Dance Of Darkness And Light

Chapter 21: Dance Of Darkness And Light

A/N: Biggest apologies to my lovely followers. Real life plus, computer problems, plus the heavy nature of this chapter made it take a while to get finished.

Hopefully it will live up to the rest of the work done so far.

Let the Dance Of Darkness And Light Begin.

Big thanks to NixNox and Tyren as always.

His lightsaber meeting her force-imbued blade made a spectacular light show as the Force crackled through both weapons. Linshara skilfully blocked his overhead swing then swung as hard as she could at his closest knee to trip him up.

He'd however anticipated the move and jumped aside, freeing up a hand and pointing it at her, open palmed. She felt herself violently and painfully pushed back as a wave of Force hit her. The Jedi thudded onto her back painfully but used her momentum to flip her legs over her head and roll aside, her blade in front of her. She duck rolled aside again as he threw his lightsaber at her. Its red, glowing, menacing look spinning on its vertical axis towards her was enough to put anyone on edge.

She raised her barrier just in time, combining it with a short healing burst, and tried to parry or deflect it. Only marginally was she successful as it left a glancing blow on her barrier before being recalled to its Master's side.

Linshara crouched low and jumped, propelling herself high in the air her blade extended and ready to slash. Kallus easily countered this and used her own momentum against her as he sidestepped, used his saber to guide her descent to the side and grabbed at her hair, pulling her backwards roughly, bringing his lightsaber under her throat.

"I am going to enjoy breaking you, little girl." He growled into her ear as he pulled her close against him.

She would not be swayed however, she used her free hand to touch his face, imprinting a sense of immense pain into his head.

"Aaaargh!" He growled and grabbed at his head.

Seizing the opportunity, Linshara turned on the spot, dropping her blade and forming an U-shaped pose with her palms and releasing a bright golden ball of energy at him. The impact pushed him away onto his knees. He did manage to pull up a barrier of his own so her attack was only half effective.

She used this momentary distraction to gain distance and reached out through the Force for her blade. As he stood up slowly, his mind still reeling she released a sphere of bright blue energy at him which knocked him onto his back his robes reflecting the amount of damage he had just taken. Rising her free hand in front of her face, her index and middle fingers extended up, the rest curled she focused all her attention on him.

Quickly small pieces of rock and debris rose from the ground and hurtled at him at lightning speed in a continuous stream. Kallus raised his arm up, to block them from hitting him in the head extending the other to her, a jolt of lightning leaving his fingertips. She saw it early enough and ducked out of the way.

He chuckled menacingly as blood poured out of a gash a piece of debris created. "Clever, very clever. It won't help you though."

Kallus growled and extended his arm towards the Jedi, palm open then his fingers curled menacingly toward her. She could feel the ever so familiar drain inflicted on her and grunted, deflecting his blow but staggering a little. The life drain slowly ticked away inside her, draining energy and focus. It was not something she could remove only bear it and hope what strength and healing ability she had left would help her ride it through.