Encroaching Darkness

Bastion

  The sound of a thrown saber forced them both to step back and avoid the blade. "You seriously didn't kill them?!" Rosh shouted at his former master. "I was in a hurry to help you two!" Throwing out his only arm Rosh hit the redhead with a force push so powerful they didn't even see her fly away. "Impressive." With a smug grin, Rosh twirled his saber. "My powers have doubled since last we met." Falling into his Makashi starting stance he continues his taunting. "She won't be getting up on her won Kyle, it's just you and me now."

  As they circled each other the old man that was with the redhead attacked from the shadows. "Do you have ANY, follow-through!?" Rosh shouted at Kyle as he fought the older inquisitor. Deciding to deal with Katarn later he approaches the downed Jaden. "Hello, Jaden. So, tell me. How has life been these days?" He kneels down by her now broken knee and rests a hand on it. "I trust that life hasn't been cripplingly difficult?"

  "Rosh, please don't kill me. I didn't mean to hurt you back then." He got up then activated his saber. "Rosh, please!" Taking one step over her prone form he blocked the redhead's saber. "Excuse me, but your interrupting the moment." He's now forced their blades to lock. He leaned over the locked blades and looked her in the eyes. "Do you really think to win? I can feel that you're augmenting yourself with the force." The impressed look she had was more or less what he was expecting from her. "I want you to know that I AM NOT. So let me ask again. Do you really think to win?"
 
  Kyle didn't like this. He didn't like how the inquisitor was at least a match to him and how the hand was along for the ride. "Come on Kyle! Is this all you've got!?" Jumping over a low swing and kicking him in the face, Kyle then pushed him away and into a tree. Hearing the sounds of clashing sabers in the distance he runs to join his students.

  The sight before him was a striking one. Rosh had the hand doubled over onto one knee both her hands completely full with keeping the blades up. "This is disappointing, woman, Jaden was so much better!" Hearing something dragging on the ground he turns to find Jaden crawling away from the fight. Rushing over to her he picks her up. "I've got ya." She latched on to him as they made their escape. "What about Rosh?" He didn't look at her or back at them. "We'll deal with him later Jaden."

  Placing her onto their speeder bike, he starts it up and then tries to call someone. "Damn it, answer!" The sound of a ship doing a very low flyby got both of there attention. "Who's this?! There not imperial!" Jadens' observation was spot on. This ship was Correllian made. "That's them!" Kyle shouted over the wind. Stopping a few yards in front of the now landing ghost they wait for the ramp to lower then pull into the cargo bay.

  Kanan and Ashoka were waiting for them there. "Hey, you two alright? She looks a little roughed up." Kyle shook his head as he lifted her up and off the speeder bike. "Her knees been broken. Where's the med bay?" Kanan nodded and motioned for him to follow. After arriving Kyle set her down then Hera came to fix her up. When Kyle and Kanan got shooed out they went to the commons area to talk. As they sat down Kyle spoke first. "Where's Ezra? He told me he'd be here." Kanan sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "He and his wife, Sabine, have been having, relations, for about two hours now. So I'd say two more are going to go by then they'll sleep for six and after that, he'll come out and greet you and your padawan formally. By the way, what's her name?"

  Kyle sat up a bit straighter, apparently having quite a bit of pride in his padawan. "Her names Jaden Core. She's been my padawan for almost six years now. What about you? Where's your padawan?" Again he pinched the bridge of his nose. "My former padawan is now having vigorous sex with his wife. Currently, I don't have one. One or more of the kids on board now will likely learn under me. Ashoka will have two maybe three. The same goes for you and Ezra's mother and sister."

  The next two hours they spent chatting amongst themselves with the kids, Ashoka and Hera. "Love, I think those two have had enough alone time. Why don't you go and get them?" Hera asked Kanan, but he knew better than that, it wasn't a question. "On it, be back in a minute."  Turning to Kyle Hera looks him over. "Mhm, Kyle how is it Jaden broke her knee? I don't think you ever told us." He looked at his feet for a moment.

  "Well, I used to have two padawans. The other, Rosh Penin, he and Jaden had a falling out when the cult of Ragnos pulled him to the dark side. He and Jaden had fought many times during his time with the cult. After they killed several other Jedi we had crossed paths with she couldn't let that go. She got angry, didn't let it out or let it go. So the next time they fought, she was going for the kill. She almost did too, she cut his left arm clean off. I believed she had killed him, she did too. After that, she realized the dark side had controlled her. She cried for days after that. As it turns out, she didn't kill him. The cult took him and kept him alive. Now he's free of them and wants revenge on her and me."