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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 2469136" data-attributes="member: 10079">Chapter 260: Close Quarter BrawlHe hadn’t run. It was at least a mild surprise to both Jyren and Shadow to find Ket still in the corridor, turned to face them and ready. Both of them had gotten far too used to having to chase their target down, or be forced to deal with some other distraction. But Ket was there, standing strong, tall, and ready. Shadow and Jyren had to stop themselves from running headlong into him, and planted their feet a to leave a few meters in front of them.    There was a silence in the corridor, with only the dual thrumming of the two lightsabers to provide any sound at all. Jyren wanted to say something. He felt like he should. But what could he say to Ket? This Alraxian had built an army for the sole purpose of wiping out his own species because of the actions of only a handful. There was nothing to say that could possibly stop Ket from his current course now. Jyren could feel that through his link with Shadow, who was also feeling the need to speak, but knew just how useless it would be.    Shadow and Jyren exchanged a short glance before they both came to the silent agreement that talking really wasn’t going to do any good. Even if it wasn’t the Jedi way...and even if it made Shadow feel like she was doing the same thing as Ket. They had no choice now. He had left them none...and here on this ship, there wasn’t going to be an easy escape as there had been back down on the planet. Ket was up here for a reason, and it was all too clear to the two of them just how finite this would really be...one way or another.    And then the short silence between the three of them came to an end. A rush of air could be felt suddenly, and Jyren reacted to hold his ground from what he had expected to be a push to throw him off of his feet. It wasn’t. But holding his ground still managed to resist for a short few seconds before he was pulled from his feet and straight at Ket.    Shadow reacted as quickly as she could, stepping in and swinging her lightsaber to bat Ket’s sword out of the way, which was poised to run Jyren through. Instead, he slammed into Ket full on, sending them both to the deck plates with a loud thud and a crack from Ket. A knee pushed Jyren up roughly, and then it snapped upwards to kick him off and over Ket. Jyren was flipped over before landing on his own back with a similar crack. But Ket was still on the ground and on his back.    Not foolish enough to let such an advantage slip away, Shadow brought her lightsaber around and thrust it down at her opponent’s torso. Ket rolled out of the way, but the blade went down fast enough that it burned a scorch mark across his right side. As he moved, a leg swept around to take Shadow’s feet out from under her. Having expected this, Shadow had no trouble in jumped over Ket’s leg, and as she came down she swung the lightsaber down to cleave Ket into two.    This time, his sword was pulled around to catch her violet coloured blade. There was an odd crack of lightsaber impacting with the metal(a sound that seemed altogether wrong), and then Ket lashed out with the Force, throwing Shadow back against the wall. She hit hard, and her head snapped back to slam into the wall and cause her vision to go blurry for the time it took her body to bounce off the wall and then hit the deck face first. And Ket was back up on his feet in the tightly cramped corridor, spinning around to kick Shadow while she was down.    But Jyren was up, now, too. He interjected his own foot in Ket’s way, parrying the kick as if his leg was a lightsaber. Jyren hadn’t thought that it would hurt his shin as much as it did, but he figured things could have been worse. Then, unsurprisingly, Ket swung his metal sword in a long, sweeping arc meant to remove Jyren’s head from the rest of his body. Jyren brought his lightsaber up to parry the strike, but his footing was off from getting in the way of Ket and when Ket’s sword hit his lightsaber, Jyren lost his balance and was thrown against the opposite wall.    It was his left shoulder the emitted the crack this time, and Jyren had only a short half second to remorph the ruined bone before being forced to duck under another similar attack. This time, the sword went over his head and dug into the wall almost up to its hilt. Ket quickly removed his hand from the sword and took a sudden step back when a violet blur slashed through where he had been, and then had to duck under another long arc from Shadow’s weapon.    Now with Jyren and Shadow in between Ket and his weapon, the two of them pressed their attack even stronger. But when Jyren took his first step in to swing his blade as Shadow attacked to where Ket would likely dodge, a heavy wave of the Force slammed into the both of them again. Jyren was thrown back a good ten meters, landing on his tail(yet again) and sliding another meter before he stopped and was able to get back up to his feet. Shadow, however, managed to hold her ground. A hint of a sharp-toothed grin could be seen on her otherwise neutral face as she thrust her lightsaber right for one of Ket’s hearts.    He twisted out of the way, and when Shadow then yanked her blade around to simply cut Ket’s chest, he ducked and then rolled to the other side while lashing out with a vicious fist to her gut. The hit caused Shadow to curl up just slightly, but it was enough for Ket to flip over her and rip his sword out of its place in the wall. Again, sparks exploded as it was wrenched out, but Ket ignored it as he spun around to use his momentum for another attack.    Shadow didn’t turn around, she didn’t have time. Instead, her arms were back and she used the Force to get her lightsaber into the right spot. She caught his metal sword above the small of her back and forced it up a few centimeters before a leg shot back and caught him in the knee. It wasn’t where she was aiming, but she was having enough difficulty holding the sword back in her position. But it had been enough. The kick forced Ket back a half step, and that was just enough Shadow needed to spin around and face him again. Over his shoulder, she could see Jyren running at Ket.    Knowing exactly what to do, Shadow swung her lightsaber low at Ket’s knees, forcing him to stay up when Jyren reached them. Ket blocked her swing with his sword, then lurched forward to avoid the horizontal slash from behind that came from Jyren. There was another splash of sparks and bright lights as Jyren’s lightsaber instead dug across the wall, cutting deeply across the metal. Two of the nearby lights flickered, but managed to remain on.    But now they had Ket flanked, and there was so little horizontal room in the corridor that it would be nearly impossible for him to defend himself from both sides. That was Jyren’s thinking, at least...Shadow knew better. The first series of strikes from the two of them were dodged and parried with an amazing flexibility and speed that could only come from an Alraxian...or some other creature capable of reshaping their physical form. Then, reaching behind him, Ket caught a strike from Jyren that was dangerously close to relieving him of his ears. At the same time, Ket spun to the side and kicked Shadow’s arms, which were pulling her blade around to attack his undefended midsection. Her blade went into the wall, deep into it, and instead of just sparks, there was an explosion.    Shadow managed to pull the blade out of the wall soon enough to retrieve the weapon before the burst of flames exploded outwards. She was thrown back, as were Ket and Jyren, and then the lights within about ten meters all cut out. A second alarm then kicked in to accent the red glow coming from the distant door to the bridge they had originally been in. It was amazing how much ground they’d covered.    But that wasn’t important. Shadow didn’t wait for the smoke to clear before charging through to see both Ket and Jyren on their feet, with Ket facing him and viciously striking again and again. Stopping a few meters away, Shadow reached out with the Force and, to the surprise of both of the males, yanked Ket in her direction. But she didn’t wait for him to reach her. Shadow took two quick steps forward and jumped up, bringing a knee into Ket’s torso when he spun around to face her. Now too close for their weapons to be of any use, Ket simply swung a clawed hand at Shadow’s face.    She caught it, twisting his hand around before throwing him back a half meter. When he landed, her lightsaber was swinging up at him, and Ket only had a short second to bring his own sword down to parry the strike. This time, when Ket caught Shadow’s eyes glance over his shoulder, he didn’t simply wait for Jyren to move in. A door next to Shadow lurched open suddenly, and Ket took the tiny second of surprise the sound had caused to roughly kick Shadow in before diving in after her.    The door closed in front of Jyren, and he couldn’t find any switch to open it. Cursing, he pointed his lightsaber and started to cut through it.</blockquote>

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