Cordelia sat alone for a moment, the combat she had seen taking a toll on her system. The words of her Father haunting. There she sat as if in a tomb, and then she heard that message from the transmitter, rising up she snapped her new Jedi blade to life and raised it to cut the lie to pieces. Standing there as she was bathed in cyan light, and the hum soothed her soul, she decided it was time to move on. The way forward was barricaded, and so she had to go back to the Foundation, and face whatever was there.
Making it to the ledge, she looked down at a fresh batch of Sappers.
“
They are relentless!”
She reached with her hand and made on twitch and cover another in lava, there was some confusion. A thermal detonator was held in the hand of dead trooper, she took it and armed the weapon, throwing it down. There was a great explosion and gust of wind with smoke that rose. The Daughter of Ashla waited for it to clear, the Sappers we destroyed. She wondered if she shiuld remain her and keep wiping out these droids, it at least served a purpose in defending the temple, then again, last time a Dark Acolyte was sent after her, and she had prevailed barely.
The greater wisdom was to return to the upper levels of the Temple, where some allies may still be. Her mission to save Younglings was complete, and the Sapper thwarting had bought some time. Cord began the climb, rising up the circles of walls and ledges, she had jump between gaps, and she almost fell, hanging by fingers, dangling. She pulled herself up, and used The Force as her ally, “and a powerful ally it was.”
She now was she at the hall that lead to the damaged elevator shaft, which meant she had to climb inside and use ladders and cords to ascend, fortunately the elevator has been disabled by that Sapper, so there was no threat of being smooshed. But as Cordelia climbed there was a sound as she rised, blaster fire And crackling kyber. The invaders must have breached the upper levels. Reaching a door to one of main great halls, she ignited her saber and cut it open, creating a molten line that once coolef she pried opened and saw a Dark Empire Maraunder fighting several Guards, his twin sabers sweeping around as he cut one Guard down and moved in on the other two. Taking opportunity, Cord leapt into the fray, swinging her blade, which waa caught by his purple blade:
He turned in his Alchemic armor, his red eyes fixing on her. Cord let out a grunt ws she broke the lock up, the two guards with yellow blades joined her, the he three strikes as one, Cord trying to take her place in this dance, The Marauder cackling as he mover with menance, he dug a blade in the throat of one guard that fell, their saber deactivating as it rolled on the blue carpet floor.
The remaining Guard peered through his mask at Cord and said,
“Cease hostilities! Fly! Fly away!”
His warning was followed by a blade piercing his chest cavity and then The Marauder swept both blades like scissors to decapitate the Guard. He then turned his full attention to Cord,
“I can feel it.. your anger.. you have used it before.. and yet now you choose to hide it.. your only chance to beat me is to use it!”
He lunged, and she caught his two blades, the crackling echoing in the great hall, sparks showering the long loose carpet on marble, and the blades whining as they twisted against each other. The Marauder broke the lock up and thrusted both blades like great fangs, Cordelia doing a cartwheeled backwards evaded them. She then took his hilt with both hands and made a pose of confidence,
“
The Force is my ally! I am One with The Force! And The Force is One with me!”
The Marauder chuckled,
“Cute mantra.. but its just words.. The Force is a tool, use it and win or join the dead!”
He lunged and she parried both blade, and then reached with s free hand fo call a bust of some Jedi Sage to fly at him which he cut to pieced, she then made more fly at him as she said,
“
You face all the Jedi!”
One hit the back of his metal helm and made him growl.
“Enough games girl! Now you die!”
He charged at her with both blades and swept them in circles ready to dice her, when she pulled up the carpet and him lose his footing, she then wring the carpet to direct him right through thr grrst window, which was on either side of them. His heavy armor made him plummet, and she lost sight of him. She then leapt up and in spin with her deactivated ligjtssber hikt in hand,
“
Oh yeah! Its great to be a Jedi! I mean.. whatever.”
She then made her way into Greater Hall where fighting had broken out. She tried to see if there was anyone she could assist, there was some troopers pinned behind pillars, she began to dash towards a E-Web cannon firing at them from a covered position, leaping up she lit her kyber and cut the great barrel in teo and swept her tip to the gunner’s neck,
“
Surrender or I will do my worst!”
She was beginning To get the hang of this hero thing, it felt good to be on the side of the right, fighting these creeps from Dark Empire. She wished
Balun Vale
could see her so triumphant, kicking butt and taking names in the Jedi Way, even if she was not officially one. The truth is in this battle she was seeing the difference, the brotherhood that the Order had, trying at all costs to save each other. That was foreign to her, save with Balun.. it had been the thread that had begun her path to a new life…
Astri Elyse
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