Star Wars Episode IX: Revenge of the Jedi

Chapter 11: Ash & Icarus

            Ash, "Touching romance." Angel and Rey pull away and look over their shoulders. Ash, "Am I interrupting?"

Icarus, "Oh wait, yes we are." They laugh hysterically. Rey and Angel look back at each other annoyed.

Ash, "I told you seeing was believing. I'd recognize his face anywhere," pointing his lightsaber at Angel. Then Rey unembraced herself from Angel, and force pushes them backwards with both of her arms out. Angel, impressed, runs for the bar. Rey follows so she can get lightsaber. She tries to take off her heels, as Angel speeds off, she says, "Wait. Wait up." Angel starts tearing up the bar knocking over glasses, as Rey runs towards a locker, through all the frightened people in the casino. Rey gets her lightsaber, and rushes back to the bar. Ash and Icarus are back on their feet, and walking towards the bar where Angel is.

Rey hurries over and gets in front of the bar before Ash and Icarus. She smiles and ignites her lightsaber.

Ash, "Move aside girl. This isn't your fight. Somebody might get hurt."

Icarus, "So Angel...missing something??"

Angel, "Dang it, I can't find them."

Rey, "Find what?"

Angel, "My spares."

Ash, "So sorry, guess this will only be fun for one of us."

Angel, "Rey take Icarus. You're no match for Ash."

Icarus laughs, "I have to fight a girl?"

Ash, "Then don't lose!"

Angel charges at Ash, catching him off guard, Ash swings, but misses. Ash says, "What the matter, afraid of a little heat?" as he cuts a stool in half. Ash swings again, but this time Angel catches his hand, kicks him backwards, ripping the lightsaber out of his hand and throwing it across the casino.

On the other side, Rey waits for Icarus to make a move. When he grows impatient, he attacks. Rey realizes how much easier it is fighting with a double-bladed lightsaber. She imagines herself fighting thugs with her staff. Icarus is caught off guard by her fighting style as he approached her as a novice, and a girl. He becomes infuriated when he can't appear to beat her, and then she force kicks him back and he lands on the floor. Now he's mad.

Angel and Ash begin to spar. Angel throws a left kick and Ash dodges, then Ash throws a left jab, and Angel dodges. They both laugh. Angel feels more confident in his state of egotism. Ash decides to turn up the heat. Ash begins barraging Angel with nothing but elbows, kicks, jabs, punches, and knees to the stomach. Rey looks over and see's Angel getting his ass beat. Icarus thinks to himself that he has to actually try. He gets up and because Rey is distracted by Angel and Ash temporarily, she doesn't see Icarus. Icarus then forces Rey in the air, and force pulls her to the ground twice as fast. Rey slams into the ground with a loud thump. Rey holds her chest and stomach as it is writhing in pain. Rey gets up but falls and kneels on her right knee. She hears an "ahhh" coming from Icarus and sees he's in the middle of a jump, she grabs her lightsaber to block his impending attack.

At this point, everyone has left the casino hall. There's a loud thumping sound into the bar counter. Rey looks over after her lightsaber parries Icarus' and sees Ash go into stab Angel. Rey begins to fear for Angel, as she begins to struggle, and her blade draws closer to her face. She glances over at Angel again and is amazed at what she sees.

Angel, left hand on top of his right, begins to absorb Ash's blade. Ash adjusts his grip, right hand gripping under his lightsaber, left hand on top, and jabs even stronger at Angel. He begins to struggle, he looks over, and feels he has let Rey down, as he begins to doubt how much longer he can hold it. Then an idea pops into his mind when his father taught him a lesson when he was a child. Luke turned off his lightsaber. Angel takes a deep breath, and concentrates.