Duel of The Fates

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The hanger fell silent as the door slid open, revealing the dark cloaked figure of The Zabrak that had been hunting both The Queen of Naboo and The Two Jedi since Tatooine.

Although Qui-Gon kept a calm and collected expression, inside he was tense, knowing that the opponent they were facing now was both skilled and dangerous based on their brief encounter on Tatooine

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Although Qui-Gon kept a calm and collected expression, inside he was tense, knowing that the opponent they were facing now was both skilled and dangerous based on their brief encounter on Tatooine.

He didn't even have to look in Obi-Wan's direction to know that he was feeling the same way, the force helped Qui-Gon to do that.

Just as the force helped him to feel the Sith assassins hate and rage crash against him like waves upon a shore.

The Zabrak raised his head and observed them with his yellow eyes, the unmistakable sign of the Sith, glowing like a roaring fire.

And for a brief moment, Qui-Gon noticed, glanced to something behind them... or someone.

Anakin....

Qui-Gon realized that if this Sith were to take Anakin then The Sith would truly become unstoppable. Even worse the most powerful being in existence would be on The Dark Side....

Or he would be The Dark Side....

This would mean the end of The Jedi Order, and The Darkest Era of The Galaxy's ever seen. No-one would ever come close to Anakin in pure power. 

No!

Failure was not, an option. 

He needed to win, for the sake of Anakin. 

And for the sake of The Galaxy, at large....

"We'll handle this." Qui-Gon said calmly as he and Obi-Wan stepped in front of their group, forming a barrier between The Sith and Padme Amidala's group.

"We'll take the long way." Padme said, with her reluctance to leave the Jedi behind without helping them being clearly evident in her voice, as she started walking away with captain Panka and his security force.

As they left, the two Jedi removed their cloaks to allow more movement, then ignited their emerald and azure blades and positioned themselves to be ready to fight their enemy.

The Zabrak assassin did the same, removing his cloak to reveal his heavily tattooed face and draw his saber and ignited his blood red blades, first coming out of the top and another coming out of the bottom.

Then, as the Sith assassin bared his teeth in a low growl, he striked against the two Jedi.

The battle that followed was one that Qui-Gon dreaded.

He would be lying to himself if he said that there wasn't a small part of him that hoped that their opponent wouldn't be as skilled as he first thought.

But the Zabrak assassin was well taught and easily kept up with the two Jedi, parrying the strikes, thrusts and slashes that were thrown his way.

Qui-Gon noticed that he used The 7th Form of Lightsaber Combat called Juyo.

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