Tatooine Sucks

[Miz]

From the flyers Tatooine seemed like the go to hot-spot of tourists and hunters. While not totally interested in the prospect of hunting animals, Pluto thought it would be the opportune to catch some sweet rays on his way to the core worlds. The padawan absolutely abhorred killing for sport, so he skipped the hunters registration entirely. Though, if he were to say kill a krayt dragon in self-defense he could find himself in some deep trouble.

Sadly, the twin suns didn't make for very hospitable weather and needed to stay inside for the evening. The motel he stayed in didn't have good internet and the channels he got were terrible. There was a show about a chipper sea sponge he fancied but it were just another rerun.

If he recalled correctly there was a local fight club going on in the local cantina down the road. The young Jedi didn't relish in violence but thought it would be useful to pick up a few tips if the Sith miraculously returned. He made his way down to the cantina where a burly alien dude blocked his way into the club. He were a little to young to be drinking, but with a few extra credits and a silver tongue the bouncer let him in unlike he cared about underage drinking anyway.

Going down into the basement where the fights were being held, he pushed passed the crowd where the two fighters were hashing it out in the large metal cage. Pluto was so intrigued by the fight he hadn't noticed that he pushed himself in the front of the line. With that round complete, the crowd pushed him inside the cage as two guards dragged the unconscious body of the last loser out of the cage, while the winner was showered in winnings and sexy woman.

The announcer was quick to realize that he had a Jedi on his hands. His lightsaber didn't do much to conceal the fact and totally ignored the possibility that Pluto may have just robbed or killed a Jedi to get it. Nonetheless, no other competitors were man enough to step up to the skinny fifteen year old. Maybe they were afraid they were going to turn him into a frog. Who knows.

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[Arcangel]

Caedryn had been hanging out in the dingy basement of the cantina for a few hours. His first two fights had been easy, and nobody had been willing to step into the ring with him after that. The last fight had barely been interesting, with both of the fighters taking turns slugging eachother, no skill to be seen. He wasnt suprised to see them both reeling from exhaustion after barely a minute of fighting before one of them fell to a lucky blow.

Half turning away from the ring, he had to take a double take as a young teenager was shoved into the ring. He smirked at first, before noticing that the basement had gone quiet as a tomb. Sizing up the boy, he noticed a cylindrical object on his belt. Raising an eyebrow, Caedryn turned to his pack sitting on a chair, that contained his armor and all his gear. He pulled a long vibrosword out of it, a hand-and-a-half style phrik bladed longsword. Looking at one of his fellow Mandalorians, he motioned to his gear. "Watch my stuff", he said before moving to the ring.

Stepping into the ring, he closed the gate behind him and set the vibrosword down leaning against the cage. Turning to face his opponent, Caedryn smirked. "Just in case you get any ideas," motioning at the Jedi's lightsaber. Walking to stand a few meters away from the Jedi, Caedryn looked the Jedi up and down once more. Couldn't be older than sixteen he thought to himself. Readying himself for a fight, he smiled at his opponent. "Never fought a Jedi before."

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[Miz]

As the gate slammed shut behind him, Pluto cursed under his breath before realizing he had just said a bad word. Quickly directing his attention to his competitor, he noticed just how unprepared he was. This man wore a full suit of armor while he simply wore a modest white long sleeve shirt and jeans. He felt even more intimidated by the man's sword, though he quickly realized he had a simple wooden lightsaber he constructed from the parts he found around the homestead.

Blessed to have the tools to defend himself, Pluto brandished the lightsaber from his side. The green hue of the blade illuminated the rather dark arena and contributed to his mysterious Jedi factor. Initiating a guard stance with the blade across his chest he prepared to face any thing this man thrown at him. The young Jedi closed his eyes, concentrating, allowing five bubbles of force energy to leave his body and float to the top of the cage. They were intangible, meaning that if he tried to shoot them down with a blaster or slug thrower the projectile would simply pass through them. The young man would appear physically weaker, but refused to let up his defenses.

It was a technique he had devised himself and had hoped it would come in handy. "Never fought for money before. Of course I stick to honest work."

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[Arcangel]

The snap-hiss of the boys lightsaber broke the silence in the room, the green blade humming gently above the whispers that arose. "So thats how you wanna play then," Caedryn states coldly as he reached his hand back towards his sword and focused. The sword, leaning against the cage, suddenly shot forward, its grip slapping into his hand. Stepping into his own gaurd stance, blade towards his opponent, he pressed a button on the swords hilt. The deathly sharp sword blade began to vibrate at incredible speeds, a slight whirring sound rose to combat the lightsabers hum.

As the Jedi closed his eyes and focuses, Caedryn kept his sense alert, preparing to protect himself. Instead he sensed five bubbles of energy begin to float up and away from the boy. A slow smile crept onto his face. Raising his left hand, Caedryn focused on one of the bubbles, pulling it towards his outstretched hand. When the bubble touched his hand he would absorb the energy resoviour that it contained.

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[Miz]

Oh, Pluto thought to himself as he too bent the force to his will. Maybe he was a Jedi too, though he didn't feel a Jedi would be hanging out in these sort of places. Maybe he was a returning Sith, though he doubted a Sith would have met him on equal terms. He winced as the blade began to vibrate like a buzz saw. If he were to land a wound on him it would leave a nasty gash. Hopefully there were some skilled doctors somewhere on this planet.

As he focused on the man's stance, he noticed that he began to pull his orb towards himself. Though, impressive it was his force energy and he could do what he wanted with it. As the orb came to his opponent, two others snapped back towards himself absorbing the energy within himself and at the same time, Pluto raised his hand at the man spewing flames from his palm, engulfing the man in flames in a wide arc in front of him.

In the case he would survive, Pluto charged the man with his blade above his head ready to crash down upon him. The last orb danced silently above him for the duration of the effect.

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[Arcangel]

As he absorbed the foreign energy into his body, he felt power course through his limbs. Sensing two of the orbs snap back to the boy, Caedryn prepared to defend himself with the excess energy he had absorbed. As an arc of flames shot towards him, Cadryn raised his blade in front of him, using it as a focus to gather his will.

As the roaring force flames reached him, reached out with his will, parting the flames down the center so that now two columns of fire roares past on either side of him, singeing his jacket and filling the room with the smell of burnt leather.

Grabbing the two collumns of flame with his will, Caedryn steered them to arc back around in a U shape behind him, to fly right back at the now charging Jedi. Just in case the Jedi survived his counter attack, Caedryn kept his sword up in a guard, ready to block any incoming blows.

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[Miz]

He had a clear shot if it wasn't for the man redirecting his fire wall back towards him. The padawan leaped back as the inferno continued on its path before holding out both hands in front of him, absorbing the incoming heat through his fingertips. Like a vacuum, the young Jedi sucked the hot air and flames back within himself, revitalizing him once more.

With the flames gone, Pluto noticed the man was still on the defensive. Inhaling the scent of burnt leather it would seem he has done some damage, though he felt it was off set by the fact that he stole one of his orbs. While it was obvious the man wasn't going to make a move, Pluto got down on both knees and began to focus his power. He kept both eyes on the man in case he did anything fishy.

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[Arcangel]

Caedryn was impressed when the boy absorbed the searing flames. Still, he had the extra strength he had stolen from the Jedi and he wasnt going to let it go to waste. As the boy got down on his knees to focus, Caedryn began to focus his will as well, subtly squeezing the hilt of his sword tighter.

The Jedi would feel a mounting pressure around his neck, pressure against his throat, enough to restrict airflow and cause panic. But more importantly was the focus of the crushing attack, the majority of the pressure would be applied to the sides of the neck, crushing the cartaroid arteries and denying blood flow to the young Jedis brain. If the Jedi didnt do something quick he would find his vision going dark before unconciousness took him.

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[Miz]

Pluto regained a respectable amount of energy, until he felt a growing disturbance in the force. Now he was certain this wasn't a Jedi. His eye's widened as he felt his neck begin to buckle upon the Man's will, he was slowly but surely being choked. If he had caught him off guard that attack may have been deadly if Pluto wasn't already meditating. His focused will was able to negate most of the damage as he would have to exert more energy to make more of an impact on him.

Pluto knew the effect would wear off if he were to break his concentration and that's what he would do. The last remaining bubble on top of his head burst into a flash of blinding green light. And with the sphere directly above him, Pluto could still see his adversary perfectly. Getting up off the ground, the young Jedi ran towards and swiped at him in a wide arc with his lightsaber. The saber came from Jedi's bottom left to a sweeping right slightly above his head. The attack would easily lop off the man's legs if he didn't defend in time.

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[Arcangel]

A blinding flash of light broke his concentration, forcing him to release the mental grip he had on the Jedi's throat. The Jedi had escaped death, but he was sure to have some bruises the following day. Bright spots covered his vision and he could just barely make out the Jedi rising off the ground and igniting his lightsaber. Closing his eyes and focusing with his other senses, he heard the patter of the Jedi's feet and the hum of the lightsaber coming from Caedryns lower right side as the Jedi swung.

Swinging his sword blade down to intercept the Jedi's lightsaber and bat it to the side, Caedryn would then make a short feint, moving as if he were going to stab the Jedi in the thigh before dancing back a few paces. As he retreated, he focused his will in his left hand, before thrusting it halfway forward and projecting a telekinetic push at the Jedi, keeping his hand well behind the protection of his own blade as he did so.

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[Miz]

His attack was blocked and sent back but that did not deter the Jedi. He knew that his vision was severely obscured. Victory was just an arm hair's away and would not allow his opponent time to recover. He was forced to halt his assault for but a split second has he dodged his vibroblade. It even allowed him to get another good look at the man, before he realized it was but a bluff.

But what was real was to him was that he tried to command the force as he outstretched his arm. Pluto sidestepped out of the way allowing the push to simply brush past his shirt. With his opponent's eye's now closed he would be blind to his next move. Pluto also outstretched his hand to send his own wave of kinetic energy towards the man. Just enough to knock him off his feet and to send him into the gate behind him. With him stumbling to regain his balance, Pluto simultaneously threw his lightsaber at the man like a spear before he could recover fully.

If the blast wasn't successful he'd quickly snap the saber back towards him.

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[Arcangel]

Caedryn sensed the Jedi's use of the force too late and took the full brunt of the telekinetic push to the chest, stumbling backwards, his back crashing into the cage with a loud rattle. Sensing the incoming saber, he let his body slide down and to the right as he swung his sword in an attempt to deflect the blade. Only partially succesful, Caedryn managed to avoid being impaled, but failed to prevent the blade from grazing his left shoulder. Batting the lightsaber away just as the tip of the blade seared the flesh and some of the muscle on the outside of his shoulder.

Hissing in pain, Caedryn immediately used the anger that the injury caused in his next move. While the Jedi was surely using the force to call his blade back to him, Caedryn would telekinetically grasp the Jedi's ankles with the force and viciously yank them forward, intending to upend the Jedi. With a snarl, he would then generate a powerful telekinetic blow focused downwards on the Jedi's head, intending to smash the mans head on the floor as if between a hammer and an anvil.

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[Miz]

As the blade seared through the man's armor, a supernatural force swiped at his ankles forcing him to the ground. Too late to bring back his lightsaber, Pluto felt the same force down upon his skull. Knowing full and well what he was trying to do, the Jedi learner quickly outstretched his arms to catch himself before eating it.

Using the force to bolster his strength, he once again negated his adversary's attack. Kicking himself up off the ground, Pluto reached out to the force, quickly snapping the lightsaber into the air across from his stationary opponent. If the attack connected, his enemy's legs would be severed from his body in an instant.

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[Arcangel]

Realizing his attack had only been partially successful, Caedryn decided to press the advantage while he still had it. Unable to use his eyes, Caedryn relied on the force to be his eyes. As the Jedi began to kick himself upwards, Caedryn surged forward, covering the short distance between them rapidly.

Timing his strike so that it would land just before the Jedi's feet would alight upon the ground, his sword would snake forward in a quick horizontal one handed slash across the stomach. If his blow landed as intended, the rapidly vibrating blade would disembowel the young man.

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[Miz]

Pluto had wished the blade had seared his swinging arm, but he had to make due with what he had. He was fast. Too fast. Before he could even try to reach out to his saber, the man was already within sword range and needed a quickly escape. Rolling to the side was out of question, and his usage of the force had already taxed him. The Young Jedi didn't relish the thought of back water medical malpractice and decided to act. Without thinking, Pluto jumped high into the air, knees to his stomach, would attempt to drop kick the man in his upper chest region.

If successful, it would put more distance between he and his foe. Not to mention knock the wind out of him for a few precious seconds. For now he had to worry about retrieving his lightsaber.

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[Arcangel]

Miraculously, the young Jedi managed to avoid being disemboweled at the end of Caedryn’s blade. Through a feat of sheer mystery, the boy had managed to leap up over the top of his blade as he swung. Through the force he could see the Jedi clear as day, and did not fail to notice as he began to extend his legs for a drop kick. A sense of elation filled him as victory was so close at hand.

As soon as the Jedi was committed to the kick, with gravity taking hold of him, Caedryn seized the opportunity that had presented itself. Caedryn stepped out with his left leg, pivoting on the balls of his feet and twisting 90 degrees, leaning back as he did so. As the Jedi’s feet passed through the spot his chest had previously occupied, Caedryn swept his blade in an upward strike that, without a miraculous act of divine intervention, would slice through both of the Jedi’s thighs like a hot knife through butter. The rapidly vibrating metal would make short work of flesh and bone. Unlike a lightsaber, the vibrosword would not cauterize the wound and the Jedi would find himself quickly bleeding to death from the two major arteries in his legs.

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[Miz]

The Man thought himself quicker than the average goose and tried to avoid the strike when he had already committed to an attack. But it was all for not when he leaned back, catching the Jedi off guard as he swiped his blade upwards, cutting into the Jedi's legs. The crowd went wild as he passed out from the pain and blood gushed from out of him. His unconscious body smacked the crusty and blood stained floor beneath in front of the victor.

Credit chits and roses were thrown into the cage as shady men in top hats collected their bets. As the crowd settled, they watched in silence on what he was going to do next. They wondered if he would kill him or allow the staff to salvage what they could of the boy's life so that he could fight another day.

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[Arcangel]

As the boy soared past him, blood sprayed and the crowd roared, their bloodlust sated. Opening his eyes, the bright spots had just began to fade, and he turned to regard the now unconcious Jedi. As he had first thought when he entered the cage, the Jedi was hardly old enough to be considered a man. Shaking his head in pity, Caedryn reached out to the boys lightsaber and it shot to his hand. Activating the green blade with a snap-hiss, he regarded the brilliant green blade for a moment as the crowd hung on the edge of their seat, wondering what he would do. Turning to the unconcious boy, Caedryn let out a loud snarl as he swung the blade down.

To barely brush the ends of the boys ruined legs, cauterizing the massively bleeding wounds. Turning to the the crowd, Caedryn began yelling orders. "Open this cage! Somebody get a stretcher!" Turning to one of the bet collectors as two men brought in a makeshift stretcher, "Is there a medical facility nearby?" The man seemed to stutter for a moment before responding. "Th-th-their is a doctor d-d-down the street." Scowling, Caedryn shook his head, he had seen the so called doctor on his way to the bar, a scruffy drunk whom had been passed out on the front porch of his office. "That wont do-" turning to the two Mandalorians he had been drinking with "-bring him to my ship, im a doctor, and better than that drunk." The two warriors rushed to follow his order. Shaking his head again, Caedryn would not trust his own life to that drunk of a doctor, and he wouldnt trust this boys life to him either.

One week later...

The Jedi lay on a clean surgical table, IV's sticking out of his arms, a white blanket covering him from the waist down. Caedryn stood over him, waiting for the Jedi to awaken. Wearing his full kit, armed and armored, he was prepared to defend himself if the Jedi attempted to retaliate for the events in the arena, though he doubted he would, it was better to be safe then sorry. He had stopped administering sedatives to the Jedi earlier that day, and it wouldnt be long before he woke up, so, he waited.

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[Miz]

Pluto awoke, his face staring off into the distance as he tried to wrestle himself off bed. Last thing he remembered was being torn to shreds by the man in the arena's vibroblade. Scared, he immediately tried jumping off the table only to find out he no longer had any functional legs to jump with. He torn the sheets from atop of him to be greeted by two baby carrots that were his amputated legs. He thought to himself Where am i!? as he quickly deduced he weren't sleeping comfortable in his motel. That's when he turned his head to address the elephant in the room, the man, now standing over him was the same guy that just tried to kill him. Scared and confused, the Jedi pushed himself off the table sending him tumbling down to the floor. The sound of IVs snapping filled the room as his butt landed on the floor below.

He tried crawling towards the nearest door, but it would seem that he had been heavily drugged and trying to resist the mind-numbing effects only weakened him further. His body buckled under its own weight and collapsed to the floor. This time he remained conscience and was able to utter "What have you done with me?" before looking back up at the man. Fear enveloped the Jedi as his fate remained a mystery. He certainly didn't want to become a slave to warmaster and lacked the will to pull the plug on himself after narrowly escaping death the first time. All he could do was wait for his response.

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[Arcangel]

Caedryn watched as the boy woke up, wincing as the panicking boy rolled of the bed and his IVs were ripped out of his arms. The boy crawled towards the door, trailing blood from the fresh wounds in his arms, before collapsing on the ground. Mumbling out his question through the drugged stupor that was preventing him from feeling the pain.

"I saved your life, thats what i did. Admittedly, after nearly killing you. Now relax boy, im not gonna hurt you-" pausing to glance at the the stumps where the Jedi's legs had been "-well, not any more than i already have anyways."

Walking over to the boy, talking as he walked, "Im going to put you back on the bed now." kneeling down next to the Jedi and lifting him up gently to walk him back over to the bed and lay him on it. "Luckily for you, im also a doctor." Caedryn began bandaging the wounds from where the IVs had been ripped out. He worked in silence, waiting for what the boy would say.

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