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<blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 2668884" data-attributes="member: 10079"><p><strong>Chapter 14: Can We Do This?</strong></p><p></p><p>It took only a short run before Cira and Cowan were out of the protection of the shield. Not that the area was being bombed. It seems that the shield was the current target, though they were getting a good view of the TIE Bombers flying above the somewhat thinning canopy above the forest. Animals and creatures that normally would have stayed out of their way were scattering in all direction, not caring what got in their way as long as they got away from the deafening sounds.</p><p> </p><p>And through the chaos, the two apprentices did their best to reach out with the Force to find their friends. While they could feel the distant presences, there was also a flood of...of other things. Bright, strong presences that were most definitely not Esah or Gant, but were also not too terribly far away. But in only a matter of minutes, those became the least of their worries.</p><p> </p><p>“I heard something!” Cowan yelled over the roaring of the TIEs and other ships above. </p><p> </p><p>Cira nodded, a step ahead of him, and glanced off to their left. Through the thick forest, small points of bright red could be seen, “I think we’ve got friends.”</p><p> </p><p>When she stopped, so did Cowan. He followed her gaze to see the same thing, then noticed she was taking the lightsaber off of her belt, “We can’t keep ahead of them?!”</p><p> </p><p>Cira shook her head this time, “We could, but it wouldn’t be smart! There’s something else on the other side of Gant and Esah. If we leave these behind us we’ll be trapped.”</p><p> </p><p>As the red points of light grew into large lines, the sharp <em>snap-hiss</em> of a lightsaber blade activating sounded right next to Cowan. He looked over to see a bright green blade held up in front of Cira as she took on one of the defensive stances they’d been taught. Reluctantly, he removed the weapon from his belt and held the hilt in his hands, “I don’t think I can do this, Cira.”</p><p> </p><p>“It’s a little late for doubts,” she responded quickly, taking a half step back as black-clad figures were beginning to come into view attached to the red blades they could already see.</p><p> </p><p>“No,” Cowan shook his head as he felt the odd metallic hilt in his hands, “I really don’t think I can do this!”</p><p> </p><p>Despite the fact that the...four approaching figures were now only about twenty meters in front of them, Cira risked a look to Cowan and said sternly, “Then go. Get Esah and Gant, and I’ll hold these four here.”</p><p> </p><p>“But you can’t—“</p><p> </p><p>”Then stay and help!” Cira snapped, her head turning back to face the figures that had now rounded the last of the large trees in the way. There was no more time to talk now. Cowan would do something, and now that was up to him. Cira’s mind focused in on the moment, drawing the Force to her as the four figures charged in, each with a bright red lightsaber blazing. They were all human, wearing the same black tunics but with completely different faces...two women...no, girls and two young men. None of them likely any older than Cira was. Hopefully they were just as inexperienced.</p><p> </p><p>Quickly, Cira extended her right hand towards one of the girls that was on the far right, sending a heavy wave of the Force at her. The invisible attack slammed hard into the black-clad girl, sending her flying back a few meters and onto her back. Cira then immediately ducked under a long, horizontal swipe meant to remove her head from the rest of her body, and rolled left, bringing her green blade up to parry another strike aimed to cleave her in two.</p><p> </p><p>A third lightsaber from the third attacker drove itself straight for her face, point first, but there was a sudden, very loud <em>snap-hiss</em> that interrupted the humming and whirring of the other blades, and then a deafening crash as the red blade was thrown up and replaced by a bright blue one. Cowan then was forced to sidestep an attack at his back, as he’d stepped right in the middle of the three standing attackers to parry the strike at Cira, and got a good singe across his tunic for being in so close.</p><p> </p><p>But Cira was up again, and she knew that this was where her talents truly were. She batted away a red blade swinging in at her face and then twisted around to put her back to back with Cowan, currently the safest defensive position they could manage. Planting her feet, she caught another blade at her side and then forced it away from the body of its possessor. The young man was flung back just enough that the weapon went high and away from his body, and Cira took advantage of the opening to plant a strong kick in the center of his chest.</p><p> </p><p>He fell back two steps, and just as Cira prepared for another defense, a large branch came swinging in and slammed into the back of their attacker’s head with nearly enough force to crush a skull. The young man went down face first, lightsaber falling away and its safety mechanism deactivating it. Everything suddenly seemed to stop. Behind her, Cowan had managed to defend himself clumsily but successfully, though even he and his two attackers had frozen to spin around and see what had happened.</p><p> </p><p>But before eyes could lock on and focus on what was going on, there was a rage filled cry from where Cira had thrown the first of their attackers. Eyes all again spun a different direction as the girl literally jumped from her spot straight for Cira and Cowan, red lightsaber up and prepared to swing straight down. But then there was a loud, and very familiar, sound just before a bright red bolt of energy slammed into the attacker’s chest, sending her back to the ground a second time...but this time without a chance to get up.</p><p> </p><p>When she hit the ground, chaos erupted again. The two remaining attackers, both right in front of Cowan, growled a curse and swung their lightsabers violently at the young Thyferran. He feebly raised his blue blade up in a defensive position, but it was immediately apparent that it wasn’t going to do him any good. Cira pivoted around, swinging her green blade up in a long arc to bat away the first of the attacker’s swings, but unable to do anything about the second...which slammed hard into Cowan’s blade and sent him straight down onto his backside, hard.</p><p> </p><p>There was a blur of motion behind her as Cira kicked the attacker in front of her back, and she managed to glance over to see the other suddenly flung against a nearby tree before dropping, unconscious. Her eyes, though, quickly returned to the last attacker in front of her, and she finally found an opening to attack. The bright green blade swung in at the young man’s torso, and though he managed to parry it with his own red blade, he was not able to defend himself from the tree branch that caught him across the skull and sent him to the ground in a second.</p><p> </p><p>Cira immediately looked to her side to see Gant standing there, lightsaber-sized tree branch in his hand and a grin on his face, “You are welcome.”</p><p> </p><p>“I’ll thank you later,” she said quickly before glancing back to see the blue-skinned Mon Calamari, Esah, helping Cowan up to his feet as quickly as she could, “Right now, can we leave?”</p><p> </p><p>“That would be advisable,” Esah said as Cowan tried to shake off the dizzying attack that had sent him to the ground, “We are being pursued.”</p><p> </p><p>There was silence as the four young apprentices both reached out with the Force and listened with their ears.</p><p> </p><p>“There are more than four of them,” Cowan mumbled.</p><p> </p><p>Gant nodded, then motioned back to the north, “That is why we should get moving.”</p><p> </p><p>No one disagreed, and though it took a great deal of effort for Cowan(and Cira, to a point), in another moment they were all running back to the main Academy temple.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ankh-Morpork Guard, post: 2668884, member: 10079"] [b]Chapter 14: Can We Do This?[/b] It took only a short run before Cira and Cowan were out of the protection of the shield. Not that the area was being bombed. It seems that the shield was the current target, though they were getting a good view of the TIE Bombers flying above the somewhat thinning canopy above the forest. Animals and creatures that normally would have stayed out of their way were scattering in all direction, not caring what got in their way as long as they got away from the deafening sounds. And through the chaos, the two apprentices did their best to reach out with the Force to find their friends. While they could feel the distant presences, there was also a flood of...of other things. Bright, strong presences that were most definitely not Esah or Gant, but were also not too terribly far away. But in only a matter of minutes, those became the least of their worries. “I heard something!” Cowan yelled over the roaring of the TIEs and other ships above. Cira nodded, a step ahead of him, and glanced off to their left. Through the thick forest, small points of bright red could be seen, “I think we’ve got friends.” When she stopped, so did Cowan. He followed her gaze to see the same thing, then noticed she was taking the lightsaber off of her belt, “We can’t keep ahead of them?!” Cira shook her head this time, “We could, but it wouldn’t be smart! There’s something else on the other side of Gant and Esah. If we leave these behind us we’ll be trapped.” As the red points of light grew into large lines, the sharp [i]snap-hiss[/i] of a lightsaber blade activating sounded right next to Cowan. He looked over to see a bright green blade held up in front of Cira as she took on one of the defensive stances they’d been taught. Reluctantly, he removed the weapon from his belt and held the hilt in his hands, “I don’t think I can do this, Cira.” “It’s a little late for doubts,” she responded quickly, taking a half step back as black-clad figures were beginning to come into view attached to the red blades they could already see. “No,” Cowan shook his head as he felt the odd metallic hilt in his hands, “I really don’t think I can do this!” Despite the fact that the...four approaching figures were now only about twenty meters in front of them, Cira risked a look to Cowan and said sternly, “Then go. Get Esah and Gant, and I’ll hold these four here.” “But you can’t—“ ”Then stay and help!” Cira snapped, her head turning back to face the figures that had now rounded the last of the large trees in the way. There was no more time to talk now. Cowan would do something, and now that was up to him. Cira’s mind focused in on the moment, drawing the Force to her as the four figures charged in, each with a bright red lightsaber blazing. They were all human, wearing the same black tunics but with completely different faces...two women...no, girls and two young men. None of them likely any older than Cira was. Hopefully they were just as inexperienced. Quickly, Cira extended her right hand towards one of the girls that was on the far right, sending a heavy wave of the Force at her. The invisible attack slammed hard into the black-clad girl, sending her flying back a few meters and onto her back. Cira then immediately ducked under a long, horizontal swipe meant to remove her head from the rest of her body, and rolled left, bringing her green blade up to parry another strike aimed to cleave her in two. A third lightsaber from the third attacker drove itself straight for her face, point first, but there was a sudden, very loud [i]snap-hiss[/i] that interrupted the humming and whirring of the other blades, and then a deafening crash as the red blade was thrown up and replaced by a bright blue one. Cowan then was forced to sidestep an attack at his back, as he’d stepped right in the middle of the three standing attackers to parry the strike at Cira, and got a good singe across his tunic for being in so close. But Cira was up again, and she knew that this was where her talents truly were. She batted away a red blade swinging in at her face and then twisted around to put her back to back with Cowan, currently the safest defensive position they could manage. Planting her feet, she caught another blade at her side and then forced it away from the body of its possessor. The young man was flung back just enough that the weapon went high and away from his body, and Cira took advantage of the opening to plant a strong kick in the center of his chest. He fell back two steps, and just as Cira prepared for another defense, a large branch came swinging in and slammed into the back of their attacker’s head with nearly enough force to crush a skull. The young man went down face first, lightsaber falling away and its safety mechanism deactivating it. Everything suddenly seemed to stop. Behind her, Cowan had managed to defend himself clumsily but successfully, though even he and his two attackers had frozen to spin around and see what had happened. But before eyes could lock on and focus on what was going on, there was a rage filled cry from where Cira had thrown the first of their attackers. Eyes all again spun a different direction as the girl literally jumped from her spot straight for Cira and Cowan, red lightsaber up and prepared to swing straight down. But then there was a loud, and very familiar, sound just before a bright red bolt of energy slammed into the attacker’s chest, sending her back to the ground a second time...but this time without a chance to get up. When she hit the ground, chaos erupted again. The two remaining attackers, both right in front of Cowan, growled a curse and swung their lightsabers violently at the young Thyferran. He feebly raised his blue blade up in a defensive position, but it was immediately apparent that it wasn’t going to do him any good. Cira pivoted around, swinging her green blade up in a long arc to bat away the first of the attacker’s swings, but unable to do anything about the second...which slammed hard into Cowan’s blade and sent him straight down onto his backside, hard. There was a blur of motion behind her as Cira kicked the attacker in front of her back, and she managed to glance over to see the other suddenly flung against a nearby tree before dropping, unconscious. Her eyes, though, quickly returned to the last attacker in front of her, and she finally found an opening to attack. The bright green blade swung in at the young man’s torso, and though he managed to parry it with his own red blade, he was not able to defend himself from the tree branch that caught him across the skull and sent him to the ground in a second. Cira immediately looked to her side to see Gant standing there, lightsaber-sized tree branch in his hand and a grin on his face, “You are welcome.” “I’ll thank you later,” she said quickly before glancing back to see the blue-skinned Mon Calamari, Esah, helping Cowan up to his feet as quickly as she could, “Right now, can we leave?” “That would be advisable,” Esah said as Cowan tried to shake off the dizzying attack that had sent him to the ground, “We are being pursued.” There was silence as the four young apprentices both reached out with the Force and listened with their ears. “There are more than four of them,” Cowan mumbled. Gant nodded, then motioned back to the north, “That is why we should get moving.” No one disagreed, and though it took a great deal of effort for Cowan(and Cira, to a point), in another moment they were all running back to the main Academy temple. [/QUOTE]
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