Control The Uncontrollable // The Acolyte

26. Protect The Light

"We need to leave," Master Sol told Master Elzar, as he tried to override his system and put in coordinates. Elzar, disappointed, put the ship on lock, and looked up at Master Sol. He truly did not see the risk of leaving you out there? You had been his padawan nd now he wanted to leave you here?

"We can not leave until Y/n is onboard," Elzar's voice was cold, his eyes were trying to see what was going on out there, but the sand had started to block you out of his view.

"If he comes onboard, he'll kill everyone-" Master Sol warned.

"Y/n has the relic, both. I rather throw you and Yord out to him than let her die with it," Elzar stood up, and began to walk down the corridors of the ship. Finally, Master Sol was quiet when he understood the importance at play. Elzar sensed something was wrong, as the waves at sea began to overtake a fisherman's boat. The force was warning him. He ignited his lightsaber, and walked toward the gate, when he suddenly saw you in the chokehold of The Stranger. Yord was on the side, trying to reach out for you in the force, but even Elzar could see that Yord wasn't strong enough. No one was alone.

Elzar and Sol reached their hands out towards you, and through the force tried to move you out of the monster's grip, but his anger dominated the light as Elzar could feel less and less of you. Elzar watched as Yord was able to retrieve his lightsaber from the ground, and gave a signal for Elzar to lower the gate. Elzar knew the risk of doing so. He rather get you onboard with The Stranger than go empty handed back to Coruscant.

Yord came down to your level, but stood little chance. His duel only moved The Stranger onto the ship, just like Elzar had feared. In an probably ill-advised risk, Elzar to everyone's surprise, began to close the gate, with The Stranger and you on it. The Stranger dropped you to the floor, and you laid their, like you were passed out. The Stranger marched towards them, with intent of war.

The Stranger fought in a way Master Elzar had never seen, beyond being aggressive, he was smart, tactical combined with his brute force. Elzar had no idea who, but one of the others must have unlocked the ship, as he could feel the whole ship moving. The way they all swung their lightsaber against him, was tearing up his ship, and Elzar knew that unless this threat got eliminated, the ship and everyone in it would sink. Especially as we were in air. Master Sol, similar to himself had been thrown to the ground, and for a short second Elzar feared he had been lost, but he could still feel him with him, worse was it for Yord, who yet again was facing The Stranger alone hovering over him. In a painful moment, Elzar watched as Yord lost his balance and the Stranger cut off his hand.

"Stop!" You shouted and smashed the button, opening the ships gate.

In your hand you held something that Elzar could only assume was the full relic.

The Stranger immediately went searching for something under his robe, clearly not believing what he was sensing. Everyone could understand that somewhere along the line, a deep betrayal had been made, and only now been revealed to The Stranger.

"If you take something of mine," The Stranger began, lifting his lightsaber against Yord.

"I'll take some of yours," He said in full rage, but in only millimeters before Yord could sign off to his own funeral, you stopped him.

"Protect the light," you whispered, and in one snap moment...

Everything turned white.