The Freemaker Adventures - Season Three

Chapter Twelve - The Nearly Fatal Mistake

                 The Knights of Ren, along with Graballa's crew, stood guns pointed at the open hangar bay of The Rancor's Fist. They had landed the ship onto Lothal so the enemy could access the ship more easily. The Knights and Graballa's crew were aiming to capture them after all, and the easier it was for the enemy to get into the ship, the faster and swifter the capture would be. Baash and Raam found themselves praying that it would be Rowan and just Rowan. Without his mysterious force powers, he could be easily defeated. Besides, he's just a kid. The sith woman, however, is an adult who has definitely not lost her force abilities. Still, the Knights of Ren and Graballa's men were all waiting for whoever dared approach them, and even with the darkness of the Lothal night shielding them, they wouldn't stand much of a chance. Then, to the group's relief. They saw a blue lightsaber ignite.

"It's the kid!" Raam exclaimed, prepared to shoot.

As stupid as Baash and Raam were, they realized that without Rowan's force abilities blocking blaster shots would be hard. Ren stared at the figure and the blue lightsaber. His eyes widened as he felt a dark presence.

"It's the sith!" He said as he attempted to lower Raam's blaster.

Ren ended up being too late, as Raam pulled the trigger a second before he spoke. Naare took a step forward, dramatically letting the light of the ship reveal her identity as she deflected Raam's shot right back at him, hitting him in the stomach. To Raam's relief, the blaster was set to stun, so he was only knocked unconscious. To the crew, Naare's attack on Raam meant war. A mistake that Naare took notice of, was the fact that her enemies didn't use the layout of the ship to their advantage. They could have fired at her from all sides, but like the idiots they were, they stayed put directly in front of her. Naare couldn't help but feel like Darth Vader as she deflected shot by shot. At multiple points, she almost used her lightsaber to slice her enemies apart, but she held back. At one point she grabbed Baash and used him as a human shield when Dengar decided to start attacking. Surprisingly, he was also using stun mode. Naare threw an unconscious Baash at Ren. Ren ducked, easily dodging Baash. Now only the Knights of Ren and Dengar remained. Dengar stared at Naare and sighed.

"Screw this." He said, flipping a switch on his blaster, off of stun mode.

Naare tiled her head tauntingly. Bring it, she thought.

Zander and Roger listened attentively to the blaster shots.

"Who do you think it is?" Roger asked.

"Naare." Zander responded.

"You don't think it's Rowan? What if it's Samael? What if he was good all along!" Roger said, pondering the possibilities.

"Wishful thinking." Zander grabbed onto the bars of his cell.

"What if Naare betrays us? AGAIN! What if she leaves us here..." Roger continued pondering.

"ROGER! You're making me worried. God, I feel like Kordi." Zander sighed.

"Do you think Kordi is oka-" Roger began when Zander cut him off.

"Please, just stop asking questions..."

"Alright, alright," Roger said disappointed. "Hey...what if-"

"ARGH!" Zander banged his head against the wall in annoyance.

Dengar held his blaster close to him, his eyes darting to each side of him, where the Knights of Ren stood. It didn't seem like they were going to help him. Ren seemed to want to 1v1 the sith. Dengar wouldn't let him get the chance. His heavy blaster rifle wasn't going to do much against a lightsaber wielder in close combat. His explosives and fire blade, however, would come in handy. Dengar was well aware that lightsaber wielders were not fond of fire. Naare deactivated her lightsaber as a further taunt to Dengar. Naare was quite confident she could take him without a lightsaber. This made Dengar angry. Sure, she had beaten him before, but not this time. Dengar took out his fire dagger and swung it at Naare's head. Naare let herself fall backward, dodging the dagger. Dengar swung at Naare again as soon as she was back in a standing position. This time he swung from the right. Letting the force guide her, Naare grabbed hold of the dagger before it even got close to her. She then looked at Dengar, and then violently slammed her head into his, her black hair flying into her face. Dengar stumbled back, surprised at the immense force that came from Naare's headbutt. Naare dramatically flicked her hair back up and out of her face. Dengar quickly put his fire dagger away. He then pulled out two explosives and threw them both at Naare. He threw one high and one low. Smirking, Naare brought both of her hands to meet the explosives. As they were a second from exploding, Naare contained them with the force. She thought about throwing them back at Dengar, but she decided against it, and she threw them both behind her into the grass of Lothal. As Dengar began charging at her again, Naare decided that she was tired of this. She simply picked him up with the force and threw him at Graballa's chair. Graballa himself was hiding behind the chair. He jumped out of his hiding spot as Dengar slammed into the wall behind the chair.