The time of the republic

Chapter Fourteen

Chron ran beside the old Jedi master in silence.

I am no Jedi. Not anymore.

How could he even say that? He had been one of the greatest Jedi, a master on the council. He even refused his blade back from Rey. It was held in the Octavia's hand. They were staying near the back, letting Chron and Rey defend their front. Qwinn still sat on his shoulder, blasters hot. Another intersection, to the left was the path to their ship. Chron stepped that way as two more Yuuzhon Vong rounded the corner.

"How far out of the way would that path be?"

"It would not connect anywhere Knight. That path leads to the other side of the spaceport. I have a ship there but it would take longer. We would have to backtrack across Coruscant."

Rey cursed and accepted the lightsaber hilt from Octavia. The two blades ignited. More Vong came out behind the originals, yelling and jeering. Bows pulled back arrows and took aim at the small group. Chron ran forward, blade held high. Rey fell in at his heels, blaster fire from Marly flying around her. Arrows flew into the air, the two Jedi leapt to meet them. Their blades swung through the air, meeting the sharp points and vaporizing them. The two landed on the group, blades swinging. Chron disarmed his opponents, knocking them unconscious. He vaulted around his opponents, the Force amplifying all of his movements. Extra power came through his hits as he pulled the Force more and more into him. Rey was a deadly force in the battle. Her borrowed blade swung through each enemy who dared to face her. The Force augmented her swings as well, each one finding a weak point. It couldn't warn her however as one beast smacked her in the head, sending her flying back. The lightsaber flew from her hand, landing at Octavia's feet. The family stood back, watching as the two fought. Mace defended them with a blaster rifle pressed into his shoulder. Marly advanced, Qwinn beside her, blasters burning hot. With a crash, rubble fell behind the shooters. Marly looked up to another Zillo claw crushing the building it was climbing. She turned to the family as more rumble crashed down.

"Come on! You'll be trapped!"

Octavia snatched the lightsaber hilt and pulled her husband forward. Mace took a step and stopped. He looked up and threw his hand out. Calling on the Force, he pulled Octavia's family backwards towards him. Rubble crashed down, followed by the building. Marly covered her face and when the smoke cleared, there was a building between their groups.

"Mace! Octavia!"

She turned to watch as Chron took down the last enemy. Rey pulled herself up and took note of the building blocking them.

"Come on. They have Windu. He can guide them to his ship. We need to reach ours."

Sith'ari slammed into the wall. He caught himself with the Force and landed lightly on the ground. Finn stood surrounded by crushed battle droids. Grievous had been thrown back and lay unmoving behind the throne. The Sith'aris apprentice was nowhere to be seen. Finn ran at the Sith, anger clouding his judgement. A red bar of light ignited pointed directly at Finn's chest. With a roar, red lightning exploded out of Finn's hands. The beams of electricity connected with the origin of the red blade. The Sith'ari lost his blade as it flew across the room. Finn's electricity lost its power and he tackled the masked man. With a grunt and a flick of his wrist, the Sith launched Finn off him. His blade was recalled to his hand. Finn slid before scrambling to his feet. He faced off to the Sith'ari, whose blade sprung back to life. An explosion knocked them both over. Sith'ari righted himself with the Force as B4 rushed in the room.

Master. The Vong have discovered us.

"Too bad Finn. I wanted to take my time killing you. I'll settle for-"