"Our long awaited meeting has come at last.", Vader proclaimed, walking towards the aged Jedi Master."The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but a learner. Now I am the Master."
"You aren't, and you'll never will.", Anakin said to him with a resentful glare.
"Only a master of evil, Darth!", Obi-Wan shot an angered snarl, Vader began with a vicious strike that the Jedidodged in time before he defensively parried two of Vader's blows.
Obi-Wan turned for a counter-attack by bringing his blade over Vader's head but the Dark Lord anticipated this and forced Ben's blade down before resorting to several more strikes that the Master of Soresu parried with his own blade until they found themselves in a blade-lock.
"Your powers are weak, old man." the Sith Lord soat as Obi-Wan broke the lock between themwith the Jedi Master backing away slightly.
"You can't win, Darth.", Obi-Wan countered, with the Dark Lord gripping his blade with both hands. "If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."
"What does he mean?", Caleb questioned though everyone could accomodate him because of what they're seeing now. Anakin, Ahsoka, and Padmé's eyes remain hopeful that Obi-Wan could best the Sith Lord in front of them.
"Then I will show you the true nature of the Force.", Vader answered back as he used the Force to levitate several objects behind Obi-Wan.
"Behind you!", Anakin called out to his master.
Obi-Wan quickly turned around and sliced a metal crate in half. Not finished, another came towards Obi-Wan, this time a fuel barrel that caused a minor explosion. The Jedi was caught off guard until Vader emerged from the flames with a growl, delivering an upwards slash that damaged the ceiling above followed by a barrage of attacks that Obi-Wan defensively parried with his own blade.
"Whoever this apprentice is, the fight with Master Kenobi appeared to be very personal.", Plo Koon whispered, observing the Dark Lord's berserker-like behaviour.
"With all that mustered anger amplified by the Dark Side, Vader may have been powerful enough to be trained by the Sith to defeat the likes of Skywalker", Mace answered back as he observed the duel between them. "In other words, we should tread carefully on intercepting him"
A powerful slash delivered by Obi-Wan is parried where the Jedi found an opening and attack from his side, only for the Dark Lord to block his attack by holding his blade downwards.
Twirling his blade a bit, Vader opted to land another slash but Obi-Wan ducked in time to deliver his own counter-attack, a few slashes that were blocked before lunging in for a stab towards the Dark Lord, only for his attack to be blocked once more. The two continued on like this; attacking and counter-attacking at the same time but neither could get an opening.
Ahsoka's eyes widened unsettlingly. "Is there something wrong, Snips?"
"No...nothing", the former Jedi attempted to brush it off, only to be met with a raised eyebrow from her master. "It's just that his dueling style bears resemblance to yours"
"Considering that he taught under General Kenobi, it would make sense for General Skywalker to teach him a thing or two", Rex answered on behalf of Anakin, who gave him a nod.
"What do you think of his dueling style, Master Yoda?", Shaak Ti asked the green Jedi Grand Master.
Yoda observed the two with a humm. "Channelled the power of the Dark Side, he has. Unthinkable, the rage and hate he had for Kenobi.", he mused.
"His dueling style is what intruiged me.", Kit Fisto interjected. "He primarily uses Form V in delivering powerful attacks and defensive measures while using a variant of what appeared to be Form IV due to the open area of the corridor and his way of delivering powerful strikes to overpower Kenobi at every way."
"However, from what I observed, it is quite slower. Probably because of whatever Cybernetics that they gave to Vader.", Luminara explained, and the other Masters agreed when they observed Vader's way of dueling, akin to that of an enraged animal rather than that of concentration nor grace such as that of Maul and Dooku.
"Surely Master Kenobi can still prevail?", Padmé asked worried. Anakin likewise felt the same since he observed that his master was not at his prime as he is in the present.
Yoda shook his head. "Uncertain, we are. Know more, we should."
Making their way to an observation window overlooking the hangar, Han was relieved to see the Falcon still in once piece."There she is." he sighed, not knowing he had been holding his breath.
"C3PO, do you copy?" Luke said into the commlink.
"Yes, sir." Threepio replied.
"Are you two safe?"
"For the moment. We're in the main hangar across from the ship."
"Got it. We're right above you, sit tight."
"You came in that thing?" Leia said, getting Han's attention, "You're braver than I thought."
"Nice." Han said, taking it as a compliment, "Come on."
The quietly made their way through the halls, Han leading the way with his blaster at the ready. The turned a corner and were met with a squad of Stormtroopers.
"It's them! Blast 'em!" one of them yelled before Han shot him dead. The rest of the squad retreated down the hall, Han hot on their heels.
"Get back to the ship!" He yelled.
"Where are you going?" Luke yelled after him. "Come back!"
"He certainly has courage." Leia was forced to admit.
"What good's if he's gonna gets himself killed?" Luke sighed, as he led Leia the other way.
Han yelled as he charged after the Stormtroopers, Chewie hot on his heels. These battle-cries soon turned into shouts of terror as he rounded a corner into a docking bay filled with the bastards. Chewie soon caught up to him to see him running back around the corner, barely dodging a hail of blaster fire.
"Run, Chewie! RUN!"
The audience laughed at this charade, though some thought this was meant for comedic effect. "At least Hondo wasn't this reckless.", Obi-Wan mused.
Luke and Leia were facing similar problems. Luke laid down suppressing fire as he followed Leia down the hallway. They eventually ran into a ravine within the battle station, Luke almost falling off the edge."I think we took a wrong turn."
Luke said as the troopers caught up with them. Leia closed the door behind them, but there wasn't a lock. Luke blasted the control panel, thus locking the door and solving one problem. But he had also created another.
"Well, that oughtta hold them a while." Luke said."Now we just need to get across this. Find the controls that extend the bridge." Leia searching for said controls, Luke's stomach dropped. "I think I just blasted it."
Anakin facepalmed at this. "Really, Luke?"
"Can you blame him if he's your son?", Ahsoka answered back.
She looked around for another option and noticed some structures with metal beams attached. Maybe…Before he could finish his thought, a blaster bolt impacted near his foot. Another group of troopers on a ledge above them across the ravine had started firing on them. Leia took cover as Luke took pot shots at them. He managed to hit one, who screamed in an uncanny manner as he fell from the ledge.
"That was...weird", Caleb commented on the scream.
"Here," Luke said, handing Leia the blaster, "Cover me." As Leia began firing- with far more success than Luke, it should be noted- Luke began pulling out a length of wire from his utility belt. He had pulled out about fifteen feet of wire attached to a hook when the door behind them opened slightly. He tossed the hook and managed to loop it about one of the metal bars above them.
"Quick thinking, Luke!", Ahsoka cheered for her master's son.
"I see too much of Anakin in himalready.", Obi-Wan remarked with a smile.
Leia wrapped her arms about Luke and gave him a peck on the cheek."For luck." She explained. Luke took the win and swung across. Thankfully, the wire held and they made it across. Luke unhooked the wire from his belt and they made it into the next hallway by the time the door finally lifted.
Anakin, Padmé and Obi-Wan felt a little off. It appeared so wrong at so many levels but they do not know why.
Han and Chewie were still running from the troopers when the door in front of them started to close. Thinking fast, Han shot the control panel. He and Chewie triple-timed it and made it through just before the doors closed, leaving the troopers on the other side to impotently order the doors open.
"Close call. Even I wouldn't do something like that.", Anakin commented.
Everyone who fought alongside him looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
Meanwhile, Obi-Wan and Vader continued their duel, and this time, they made their way into a tight, corridor with little room to Dark Lord lunged for a slash that Obi-Wan dodged, only for his blade to damage one of the door panels and it sealed the entrance behind them.
Vader again lifted his blade for another that Obi-Wan parried, leading to another blade-lock as their lightsabers seared through the wall.
"There is no escape.", Vader declared, as they broke the lock between one another. The Dark Lord then began a series of attacks that forced Obi-Wan over the edge, one that nearly went close to his -Wan dodged another slash, not before he realized that Vader began to punch him about three times.
Vader then landed another slash, which was blocked, then a backhand onto Obi-Wan's face. Finding an opening, Vader outstretched his hand to deliver a powerful Force push onto Obi-Wan, sending him straight into a wall, damaging it and leaving him dazed.
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