A Change Of Heart

[Richie B.]

Triton was surprised by the quick reaction of the Sith but it mattered little, the warriors reflexes were heighten by the force and as soon as the Sith stuck out his blade the warrior did a summersault with the power of the force already pushing him forward the sith will have little time to attack. Even if the Sith did the warrior's Wan-Shen was in front of him so the lightsaber would only hit the lightsaber proof weapon, landing a bit far from the Sith he gave the Sith a glare and slowly began to move closer this time taking extra precaution.

"Sith you should not speak, it will distract you from the battle." Giving some friendly advice the words held no hate or anger, in truth the Sith wouldn't sense anything of those dark side emotions in him, but rather a calm that was surprisingly fierce as if the storm was only being held back by a strong will.

In truth the Matukai warriors, loved battle not because of the need of killing or hurting but it provides them a sense of calm, purpose and duty.

Once in striking distance the warrior would send a quick jab at the Sith's left shoulder, hoping to penetrate the skin sever the muscle, the move will be over in a flash using the force to aid in his movement the warrior wanted to end this battle quickly but not by ending a life. If the Sith was able to defend himself or not, the warrior will pull back just as quickly as he jabbed and go for the Sith's right foot.

@Professor Crazy

 

[Professor Crazy]

The Sith kept his cool, pike aimed downwards at a diagonal angle. His opponent's jump did not surprise him, though there was not much to be done, no weakness to be exploited. He must wait for an opening, a hole in the warrior's defenses, a weakness, an opportune time to strike.

In a desperate attempt to evade the Matukai's jab, seemingly swift as the wind itself, the Acolyte lifts his pike, but it is too late! The spear breaks through his defenses, only to be halted in its path by Clow's shoulder-pad. The strike was painful, and damaged the armor quite severely, throwing Clow a good three feet back, but it did not graze him. Even more conveniently, the knockback rendered his opponent's second strike, this time aimed at Clow's vulnerable foot, utterly pointless. The Sith balanced his weight, stopping himself from plunging face-first into the mud.

The Acolyte threw a vicious gaze at the Matukai, pike held high, in a most aggressive manner. Now was the time. His defenses had failed, there was no other choice. It would be quite unexpected, he had that going for him, other than that, however, this was almost certainly a lost cause. A Sith Acolyte, standing before two trained force-users... But he must stay strong! Stay determined! And hopefully, at least find a way to escape this wretched situation!

His eyes blazed with anger, seemingly without any control. However! It was an act! A way to deceive the aggressors into thinking he'd lost self-control! Clow took hold of his spear, squeezing it so tightly, not even a raging rancor could break this grip.

The Sith walked not towards his primary enemy, the Matukai warrior, but rather straight at the Jedi behind him. As he made his way to the Jedi, Clow drew his backup saber, switching it on with a red flash of light, followed by a distinct hiss. He kept his pike pointed at the Jedi, while the one-handed blade stared right at the skilled warrior.

"If you refuse to fight with me... You too are my enemy..."

With those words, Clow Azere, the Sith Acolyte, powerful, and yet inexperienced in the ways of combat, swiftly turned towards the Matukai, and hurled his saber directly at his legs. The Acolyte did not hesitate, immediately turning back at the Jedi, and lunging forth with a mighty downward diagonal slash, from left to right!

 

[Rae Anne Jarrus]

Gwen stood back about five feet from the warrior watching the fight as she was told not to get involved in. She wanted to as she did go to move a few times into the fight but something held her back from doing so.

She saw that this inquisitorious sith was oddly calm. Her eyes stayed glued on the two who were giving strikes back and forth to each other. Gwen also saw when the warrior got his saber into the acolytes shoulder, her eyes widened slightly as she then watched as he flew three feet back also avoiding the warriors strike to his feet.

Gwen's eyes widened as she saw anger burning in the Sith's eyes as he then drew a second Lightsaber, and started moving towards her. She instinctly backed up squeezing the sabers in her hands tighter. She stared at the sabers as he moved towards her. Gwen ignited her lightsabers that glowed in her left, blue and in her right, green. She held her mismatched sabers in a ready stance if the sith was to do something.

She narrowed her eyes at his evil comment and stood in a more ready position.

"Suit yourself sith."

She replied with her ice blue eyes piercing into his firey stare. Gwen watched the Sith's next move very closely as he struck at the warrior and then jumped to strike her. He was very close to almost cutting her in half until she quickly blocked him and turned to face him where he landed.

 

[Richie B.]

Triton was surprised with how inexperienced the Sith was, but that did not mattered the strike wasn't able to pierce the skin so for now the battle will continue. Watching and waiting for the Sith to make a move, it seemed all this sith was doing was wasting there time, when the Sith started to move towards the Jedi, and take out a second lightsaber the Sith had lost it, thinking he would be able to handle both of them was a foolish attempt.

When the Sith through his lightsaber sadly for him, the warrior simply summersaulted over it still keeping the Wan-Shen in front of him, but seeing as the Sith's attention was not on him the warrior felt confident that he wouldn't be able to manipulate the lightsaber. Once the warrior landed he saw the Sith charge the Jedi, who put a defense, but not trusting the young girl to be able to defend herself, Triton charged and when he had landed.

"Back off Sith, your battle is with me." Triton said charging again placing his foot down on the ground and sending two strikes at the Sith.

One would hit him in the right side of his stomach, after that the Wan-Shen would be sent at the Sith's knees hopefully ending the pointless battle.

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[Professor Crazy]

All hope for survival had perished... With his strike evaded like nothing, the Sith began to lose further motivation to fight. To be fair, there was hardly any to begin with! Even through the threat of a devastating defeat, Clow would not give up. He would not surrender to those who polluted the galaxy with lies and delusions! If not for the sake of his Empire, then for the sake of his own honor!

Falling back on his feet, the Acolyte ducked down, and used his built up momentum to perform yet another blow. His pike slashed in a circular motion, blocking any potential attack to his lower body, while posing as a direct threat to the aggressors' legs.

"Damn you both!" Clow cursed the Jedi and Matukai. Without the slightest hesitation, he prepared an overhead slash, ready to cut down the Jedi before him. Before he could execute his attack, however, he noticed the quick and agile movement of the warrior's weapon. It was too late to block the attack, he could only dodge it, and even then, he was uncertain of his fate. The Sith leaned to his left, just barely avoiding the warrior's move.

Clow's gaze moved towards the burning remains of the Imperial shuttle, devastated, mangled beyond recognition... The Sith desperately tried to jump back to the shuttle, utilizing the last remains of his power, and for the most part, you could say he was quite successful in his endeavor, only it cost him quite the price. Just as he leaped from the ground, the Matukai warrior's spear skimmed the cloth on his knee, revealing crimson red skin, with even redder blood flowing out of the minor wound.

With a grunt of pain, the Acolyte landed near what appeared to be the remains of the shuttle cockpit. He hid the wound under his robes, black as the night itself. Clow entered a defensive stance yet again, until a most peculiar sound reached his ears... A voice, faint, quiet, but clearly Imperial, spoke from inside the metal contraption! He could not quite tell what the voice said, though with the use of logic, he realized... His saviors... The Imperial rescue, called for by the now-dead shuttle pilots... He was saved at last...

It was no longer a fight for survival, it was a fight for time. Time was a valuable asset, and if not handled correctly, would cost Clow his very life. Of course, his enemies likely did not know of this!

"Both of you will die... You will die at the hands of the Empire. Oh, but do not think time will pass so quickly, oh no. You will feel the greatest pain imaginable before the Empire is done with you... It is the price you pay for fighting the truth... What I tell you is no threat, it is a warning. Consider that..." Clow said, in a desperate attempt to gain those precious minutes, or even mere seconds if need be...

"Before this battle is over, I shall be gone from this toxic rock. The sheer time spent on this planet has cost all of us dearly. I offer a compromise. Listen carefully. You outmatch me ten to one, I am nothing but a mere Acolyte, prepared to serve the Empire with all I have to offer. Let me live... Let me live, allow me to fulfill my destiny, and I shall order them to hold their fire..." What he said was nothing but the raw truth. No bluffs, no lies. A genuine deal.

The Sith smiled, picking up the terrifying mask from the muddy ground next to him. "Oh and before you ask... Who is 'they'? Well now, you wouldn't want me to spoil the surprise, would you?"

 

[Rae Anne Jarrus]

Gwen appreciated that the warrior had stepped in for her but she wanted to fight. She gave a somewhat annoyed look and kept her sabers ignited in case he came back for more. Then she sensed something weird. Imperials. She sensed a whole bunch of Imperials. She cringed when she caught that sense, Gwen was not a fan of imperials, but who could blame her? They wanted her captured.

She watched the battle between the two trying to step in. She then heard the curse from the sith and she shot her response back at him. "That's inappropriate for a sith to curse at royalty. Although its not unusual for a sith to do so." she narrowed her eyes. The imperials transports were able to be heard from their spot. She looked up in the sky and saw the bright flood lights of the transports that seemed like they weren't too far away.

Gwen narrowed her eyes at the sith as he spoke. She had sensed that he wasn't lying but she never trusted the empire and their tricks.

"Well, if the Empire kills me, they're going to have an angry senator on their hands that will be looking for his daughter. Plus you will also have a Matukai clan on your hands looking for their comrade. Killing us wouldn't be the best of ideas. And yeah I know who they are. It's those Imperials who are coming our way, to destroy people like me and this warrior here!" she said firmly.

 

[Richie B.]

As the Sith tried to fight back it was clear who would be winning this battle, an though the Sith began talking, the warrior was not letting the foe run off, when the Sith jumped the warrior prepared to join with him. Having jumped above the Sith's counter attack, and his own attack connecting, the warrior hoped to end this battle quickly, jumping onto the down Imperium starship, the warrior had used the force to get on it though starting to feel the effects of using to much of the force, Triton still felt like the battle was going to end with him winning. The Sith had only start talking about how the Jedi and himself would be dying, Triton would have none of that and interrupted the Sith in mid speech.

"Sith save the words for later the battle still isn't over." Triton said but as soon as he began to take a step, the warrior heard the speaking clear as day with his enhanced hearing and new that right now the Imperium was getting closer.

"Jedi run now I will defeat this fool and join you soon." Triton said running towards the Sith ready to quickly end this fool than join the Jedi as she should be running off now.

Triton will attempt thrust the Wan-Shen into the Sith's stomach, however the Sith attempts to defend himself, Triton was trying to keep close to use his most powerful weapon his body to finish this battle.

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[Professor Crazy]

Events transpired faster than Clow could even perceive. His strength was fading, and the wound on his leg only further hindered him. There was no reason to keep on fighting. The Imperials would be here soon, perhaps they could save him from this misery. The Sith's sight grew blurry and distorted. His ears were rendered near-deaf. The pain became more and more resonant with every second passed...

The Acolyte turned to face the warrior behind him, pike held in a constant defensive stance. There was no way he could defeat the Matukai in fair combat. One of the combatants would fall by the hand of the other... Though both would feel the harsh consequences of battle.

"Kill me... Strike me down... Do it n--" Clow was interrupted mid-sentence as the Wan-Shen shattered his inner organs, breaking through his flesh and skin. He gasped in pain, as blood exited his wide-open mouth... The Sith dropped his weapon to the ground... But this was not the end...

The deceptive Acolyte grasped the hilt of his opponent's spear, and dragged it in further into his system, until it exited his lower back, hopefully lodged inside his body. The Sith extended his right arm, and just like that, a small metal hilt slipped into his grip!

"...It... It wi-- It will take more... Than this..." The Sith flicked on the saber in his hand, still holding the Wan-Shen as tightly as his remaining bits of strength allowed, and slashed towards the warrior's left arm with full force.

He did not have the time nor motivation to see how efficient his final strike had been... Clow's heavy eyelids closed shut, as he exhaled in relief, listening to the roaring of shuttle engines in the distance...

 

[Rae Anne Jarrus]

Gwen put her sabers away and crossed her arms to protest but he had a look on his face said that he wasn't going to buy her protest. She growled and ran away finding an old hut to hide in. She waited for him in there. Where she was at, she could hear the transports much better and they were almost directly over her head. She didn't know that she would have run that far that fast. But she had.

She had sensed that the sith had been defeated and she ran outside of the hut and looked around. She then looked up noticing that there was a star destroyer and three transport ships over head. She gasped and ran back to where the warrior and the sith were. "They're almost here! They're over the forest about a third of a mile from here. There's a star destroyer and three transports." she said panting.

 

[Richie B.]

Triton was shocked to see the Sith weakening so quickly but was still glad for it, once the weapon had connected the warrior notice how the Sith dropped his lightsaber trying to figure out what was the fool thinking, the Matukai saw that the Sith pull the Wan-Shen deeper into him. As soon as this happened the Matukai reacted the only way he knew how by using a open fist and sending a palm strike right into the Sith's chest, using the force to empower it and sending the Sith flying with the Wan-Shen still in Trition's hand.

Looking around he saw the Imperium's ships closing in on them, and looked to the Jedi that had returned for some reason, with a annoyed look the warrior jumped off and started running to the Jedi.

"I said run." With blinding speed he gathered all of his energy in one last burst, grabbing the Jedi and running deeper into the dead planet away from the crash. With speed surpassing what any normal person could achieve, even with the Jedi dangling by Triton's right mechanical arm, which would be apparent to the young girl as there was no fake skin. The Wan-Shen in his left arm the pair would run far enough away to be safe from the Imperium's forces.

But the warrior felt no regret or ill feelings, as this was his job to smite the darkness were ever it shows itself an with the job finish hopefully Triton had saved a few more souls from becoming food for that fool's rage.