CHAPTER 5 Clash of Warriors
The ship landed on Mandalore, Azoth turned in the pilots' chair to see Obi-wan in a spare outfit with a wrap around his face.
"Alright you all set?" Azoth replied
"Yeah I think so." Obi-wan replied
"You know your part in this?" Azoth asked
"Um I believe you put it as shut up and follow your lead?" Obi-wan replied
"Good, now push that crate down the ramp" Azoth replied as the ramp lowered and he walked out to find a team of four mandalorians waiting for them. Once they made it down the ramp to the team they were stopped.
"Who are you?" the leader asked "Where is Dolnar?"
"Stranded back in Coruscant's underworld." Azoth replied "name's Night Angel"
"So you stole his ship and our shipment?" The mandalorian asked
"Had to get a ship and my name on your radar somehow." Azoth replied
"And why do you want to be on our radar?" came a new voice as they looked back to see a man in black mandalorian armor and blond hair.
"From my understanding anyone who proves themselves worthy can become a mandalorian and start anew with a clean slate?" Azoth asked
"And you think you are worthy just by stealing a ship?" the Mandalorian from before spat.
"I'm more concerned about the opinion of a real mandalorian, not some dock worker." Azoth replied
"Why you." The Mandalorian said with rage getting ready to charge up to him.
"Ke'mot!" A blond man barked
"Lord Vizsla?" the Mandalorain asked shocked.
"If he thinks he is worthy, you may test him." Vizsla replied "But you will do it properly and by the code, and duel him."
"Yes sir." The Mandalorian said with a bow. "come Laandur." He said looking over at Azoth walking over to an open landing pad.
"Alright just tell me the rules of this duel?" Azoth replied as more and more Mandalorains began to show up. To watch the match.
"Just survive." Vizsla replied "But for you we will make it a hand to hand battle no weapons, first to admit defeat or die loses."
"Sounds good to me." Azoth replied looked around at all of them then said under his breath into his radio to Obi-wan "I'll keep them occupied you find the target."
"Right." Obi-wan replied as he began to slip away without being noticed.
Azoth looked at all the spectators and then looked at his opponent and called out "you really want all of your little buddies to watch me wipe the floor with you?"
"Oh I'm going to rip that sharp tongue out of your mouth." His opponent called back as he got into a fighting stance.
"Whatever you say?" Azoth replied as he got into his own stance
"AKAANIR!" Vizsla shouted and the mandalorian shot right at Azoth how stood his ground and in a flash brought up his foot and planted his heel right in the face of his opponent, who went flipping end over end.
"You really thought a straight up charge attack would work on me?" Azoth asked in a mocking tone. "I'm not as weak as you think." At hearing this the mando charged again up from the ground, and was easily sidestepped. "Come on I want a good fight not this bull fighting shit." Azoth spat as the mando turned with a swing that was caught but then Azoth felt another hand in his gut.
"Ha how is that?" the mando spat as he stepped back
"Bout time you started taking this seriously." Azoth said with a grin behind his helmet, just then another fist came toward his head but Azoth just moved his head out of the way then grabbed the arm and tossed the guy over his shoulder sending him flying across the landing pad. This got a cheer from the crowd. "Looks like your buddies turn on you so easily." At this the Mando jumped up swinging again having the blows easily blocked by Azoth. Just then he wrapped up one of the arms and snapped it at the elbow and flipped him around and put him a choke hold, and began to twist.
"Surrender or I'll snap you neck like a twig." Azoth replied as the Mandalorian began to squirm for air.
"I yield." The mandalorian choked out. At that Azoth let go of him and kicked him across the ground. Azoth then took a minute to look at the large number of people gathered around him, while he was looking around the Mando pulled out a hidden pistol and aimed it at Azoth's back, but before he could pull the trigger, Azoth whipped out his knife and threw it at the man hitting him right in the visor killing him instantly. Azoth then looked around and saw everyone had drawn their blasters but where slowly returning them to their holsters.
"That was a good fight." Vizsla said walking over to the dead body pulling out the knife and returning it to its owner. "that is a fine blade."
"It has gotten me out of more scrapes than I care to admit." Azoth replied as he sheathed it.
"As a good blade should be able to do." Vizsla replied. "But it does take more than that to become a mandalorian. Normally we would have you go through a blooding, but we don't have the time for that now."
"Understandable." Azoth shrugged, as an alarm began to sound, and everyone began to scramble to see what was going on.
"Sir we have an intruder." One of the mandalorians called out as he ran out from one of the buildings.
"Who, where?" Vizsla demanded
"Seems to be the jedi from before." The mandalorian replied "He is here for the Duchess they are on level two of the detention area, headed toward the hangers."
"Of course he is." Viszla replied then turned toward Azoth "Actually for your blooding capture the jedi and the Duchess and bring them to the throne room, and you will be an official Mandalorian."
"Alright." Azoth replied as he picked up his EE3 blaster rifle "pull your men out of the first level and lock down all routes not leading toward the hanger bays."
"Give them a straight shot at a ship?" Vizsla questioned
"Lead them into a false sense of security." Azoth replied "Then strike." At that Vizsla gave a wicked smile.
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Obi wan and Satine were running across the first level of the detention area and up the stairs leading toward the docking bay.
"Once we get to the ship we will be out of here." Obi wan said to Satine who was right behind him. "Night Angel you ready?"
"Change of plans." Came Azoth's voice "just play along, it is the only way to end this thing."
"What?" Obi wan asked confused just then something landed in front of him, he looked down to see a small cylinder, and it exploded with a flash and loud bang forcing both of them to the ground. Obi wan then looked around with blurry vision and saw feet walking toward him and he was picked up and restraints slapped on to his wrists, and a force suppressor on his head.
After a while Obi wan began to come around, and found himself standing side by side with Satine who was also in restraints.
"Thought you could sneak in here and steal away my prisoner?" Vizsla asked
"Well kind of." Obi wan replied with a shrug.
"Good job in bringing them in Night Angel" Vizsla said looking over at Azoth "You have proven your worth and earned your new title of Mandalorian."
"Thanks." Azoth replied
"Now I have no need of the jedi kill him." Vizsla said to the two Mandalorains behind Obi wan, who leveled their rifles on him. But before they could fire they were blown away.
"What the hell?!" Vizsla demanded looking back at Azoth, who was holding a smoking blaster.
"Sorry but he hired me first." Azoth said walking in between them
"Oh you will regret betraying me." Vizsla said as all the other Mandalorains sighted in on Azoth.
"But first I challenge you to a Taung Blood duel." Azoth replied "As a true Mandalorian you must accept."
"Only a mandalorian may call for one." Vizsla spat.
"And you bestowed that title on me only a few moments ago for capturing this jedi." Azoth replied pointing back at Obi wan "or will you not follow the code?" he said as the other Mandalorians began to look around at each other.
"Very well." Vizsla replied as he walked to the center of the throne room "Only rule no blasters, last man breathing wins."
"I have no problem with that." Azoth replied as he set his rifle down and pulled out his knife and Vizsla pulled out his black light saber.
"Then you won't have a problem with a quick death." Vizsla said as he charged forward with his lightsaber and Azoth dodged with ease, moving just in sync with his opponent. "Come fight me and go to Haran." Vizsla snapped as he brought the black blade down on Azoth's head, but there was flash of white light and Vizsla looked down to see a white light saber blocking his attack just above Azoth's head.
"Been there more times I can count, always gone feet first." Azoth replied as he pushed up against Vizsla's blade getting him to stumble back with some shock. "I am the Night Angel, darkness is my birth place." He says as he swings his light saber around and weakly blocked "War is my home." His next attack was and they both held their blades strong in a stall mate "Death has embraced me and forged me into one of its own." He says as he swings his fighting knife around stabbing it into Vizsla's wrist in between his armor plates then cuts up staying between the plats all the way up the arm and slams the blade in to his neck just below the helmet. Azoth ripped out his blade cutting out Vizsla's throat and his blood sprayed across his helmet and armor as the body fell back hitting the ground with a cold thud. Once the body hit the ground every mandalorian gripped their blasters.
"Well that doesn't bode well." Obi wan said from his cuffs, as a Mandalorian walked up to Azoth.
"You have defeated Mandalor and proven yourself to take his place." The Mandalorian said picking up Vizsla's lightsaber and handed it to Azoth.
"Sorry I don't intend to lead you I mearly had a mission to get her out of here." Azoth said pointing over to the Satine. "the best way of getting out of here was taking him out." He said pointing at Vizsla. "But I will take this blade though."
"Then without a leader the clans will disperse and go back to fighting for the highest bidder." The Mandalorian replied
"That sounds like it would be best." Azoth replied as the everyone began to disperse.
"Wow that was amazing." Obi wan said, as Azoth walked over to him and removed the restraints and helped him up.
"Think I deserve a bonus for this one." Azoth chuckled
"Most definitely." Obi wan said
XXX
Azoth and Obi wan sat in the common area of the ship headed back to Corrucant.
"So did I pass your little test?" Azoth asked sitting on the couch and his helmet on the table
"I would say yes except that little trick you pulled on me and Sateen." Obi wan explained
"I had my reasons for doing it." Azoth replied leaning forward.
"Yes and I thank you for not betraying me." Obi wan replied
"I may seem like a bad guy at times but always know I am loyal to my friends, and hold true to my word." Azoth explained "you are the only friend I have in this galaxy, and I told you I would get her out of harms way."
"And you followed through beyond my expectations." Obi wan replied
"I have only ever not finished a mission when it has been called off by a higher up or if the situation has gone so far south I could hear banjos." Azoth replied.
"Well after this you have my full support, of giving you a division." Obi wan said
"I would love to help you out, but I need to get back to my ship." Azoth replied
"Well the way I see it accepting a position in the republic army is your best course of action to finding it." Obi wan replied
"And why is that?" Azoth asked
"Well it gives you connections around the galaxy, we also have plenty of long range recon divisions used to scout out the more remote areas of the galaxy that your people could be investigating." Obi wan replied
"I could just take this rig out and start looking?" Azoth replied gesturing toward the ship they were on
"Yes but there is a lot of space out there to look for." Obi wan replied "If you work for us you will have access to the records and reports, where a unit may have come across them."
"Well you do have a point more eyes will help." Azoth sighed "fine I'll work for you guys, but just remember my loyalty is to the UNSC."
"Very well, we will have to speak to the council, but I'm sure I can convince them to give you command of a unit." Obi wan said with some joy.
END CHAPTER 5
Translations
Haran - hell
Ke'mot - halt
Laandur - weak delicate and insult
Akaanir – fight
