Chapter 52 - Mice For The Kittens (2/2)

- ”That only shows the importance of your capture, Chancellor” - said Lensen who showed a relaxed expression knowing that his victory was ȧssured and there was nothing his opponents could do- ”now, please surrender and I will make sure that you and your bodyguards are treated kindly. Otherwise I'll have to kill them all and take you unconscious to the Supreme Leader.”

- ”Lensen you know why you never ascended further than you are now?”- said Leia with a grin which made Lensen feel that she was up to something- ”because you never learned to look beyond the obvious that is before your eyes.”

He raised a brow at this comment and he mentally checked the battleground. The enemy was completely surrounded. Phasma placed herself next to Lensen to ȧssure his protection while the two knights of Ren had already arrived to their position and were flanking the group. Lensen looked at the stormtroopers which were surrounding the enemy from a higher position and he concluded it was a perfect formation with no possibility of escape or retaliation.

- ”There is no need for pointless bluffing, Chancellor”- said Lensen smiling at the attitude of Leia which seemed nothing more than a tantrum made by a kid who had lost- ”This is my win so do not take more of my time.”

- ”I will not”- said Leia grinning even more broadly- ”to be honest I am also extremely busy and cannot waste more time here.”

Lensen was very confused and did not understand why she seemed to be so confident even though she was utterly outnumbered.

- ”Its time to seal the deal”- said Leia and immediately Lensen felt a terrible hit behind his head which sent him to dreamland immediately.

- ”Start the mission”- shouted Phasma and immediately all stormtroopers on the right side of the hangar started shooting their blasters to their own allies who were completely shocked and could not react on time. Many were downed almost immediately with only a few taking cover and shooting back.

Almost immediately, a deep magenta colored lightsaber appeared at Mara's hand and moved at such speed that most would only see a brief flash before being cut in half. However, the knight of Ren who had received the attack managed to evade the slash though not completely and his armor had been sliced and you could see some blood being visible. The knight of Ren which seemed to be female put distance from the master while activating her lightsaber.

- ”Celina!”

- ”Yes, Master!”- said the young girl who immediately jumped on the injured knight of Ren while activating her two lightsabers using a dual wielding style which such ferocity that had nothing to envy the most bloodthirsty Sith.

While this was happening on that side, the other had a similar scene but having two youngsters attacking the other knight of Ren who had also been taken by surprise but who had reacted faster than his counterpart and avoided the surprise attack that Rey had launched against him. Even so, now he was on the defensive trying to deflect the constant barrage of attacks which Rey and Finn were unleashing at him at an incredible syncronization which was only possible after practicing together for a long time.

- ”Shouldn't you help them?”- asked Phasma seeing that Mara stayed next to Leia who was already walking to Mon Mothma to untie her.

- ”They will be fine”- said Mara with complete confidence while deflecting any stray blasters which flew their way.

The reason Phoenix sticked with Leia was because she knew the padawans could manage on their own. For last three years, Luke and Mara had focused in hunting down the most powerful members of this knights of Ren while looking for Kylo Ren, as a result, the First Order seemed to have accelerated the recruiting of Force sėnsɨtɨvė individuals to fill in the ranks which had caused a notable decline in the quality of the individuals. Veteran members could now be counted with the fingers and most of the members were at most padawan level. In the case of the two knights of Ren now present. The female she had injured was very powerful while the other was obviously just a recently ordained Sith apprentice. She had injured the most problematic while leaving the weaker one to Rey and Finn. Of course, she could have easily gotten rid of them, but they were just the perfect target practice for the three padawans to hone their abilities.

- ”Injured mice for the kittens...”- said Phasma who seemed to like Mara's approach.

Mara's trust was not wrong and very soon, Celina overwhelmed her opponent with her agressive and constant barrage of attacks. She was totally different from the quiet and seemengly anti social person Finn had fought before and she was like an extremely agressive wild animal. She easily managed to break the already weaken defense of the female knight of Ren and finish her off by stabbing her on the ċhėst. As soon as her opponent fell down, Celine returned to her cold and quiet attitude while never lowering her guard.

- ”Now, Rey!”- shouted Finn flanking their enemy.

- ”On it!”- replied Rey accelerating from the other side.

- ”Pull him down!”- said Rey and both padawans used a Force pull which sent the knight of Ren to the floor in a violent manner and even though he managed to land safely. It was very obvious he had hurt his knees and maybe ankles and was tumbling.

Finn and Rey did not give any opportunity and once again attacked him in combination, having Finn attracting the attention of the enemy while Rey danced around looking for an opening to exploit. It was simply too much for the knight of Ren who was pushed back and would be soon neutralized.

- ”Damn it!”- shouted the knight of Ren and he seemed to have gotten a second wind- ”I'll kill you!”

Somehow, the dark user seemed to gain speed and power beyond what he had shown until that moment and managed to stand his ground against both Rey and Finn. He started to make random objects fly on their direction breaking their formation. In a moment he managed to make a big container fly to Finn who had to use a complex pirouette to evade the huge object but this made him get lost behind it making it impossible to support Rey who now had to face the knight of Ren by herself.

- ”Raaahhh die!!!”- the dark user of the Force started to unleash heavy blows injecting his anger and hatred making Rey go on the defensive and about to be overwhlemed.

She knew she had to hold off as much as she could until reinforces came; however, her defense was slowly being breached and she knew she had to act before it was too late. However, the knight of Ren did not give her the opportunity and hit her using a big box of metal which hit her on the side breaking her posture. Rey saw his opponent's red lightsaber in front of her face and by reflex evaded and jumped trying to get distance but his enemy pulled her back to the floor where she lost her lightsaber due to the impact.

- ”You're mine now!”- said the dark user apprtoaching but Rey used a powerful Force push which made the Sith also lose his lightsaber but immediately used a Force lightning again only this time concentrating all the power on Rey who tried to block it using a Force barrier but it started to dissapear bvery fast and she could feel the electricity on her skin and she knew the attack would hit her completely in a matter of seconds- ”you're nothing in front of the power of the Dark side!”

For some reason, that phrase made Rey very angry. As if something inside her had awoken and felt the person in front of her was not worthy of those words. The pain caused fro the electricity fueled the feeling of anger even more and soon Rey was looking at the Knight of Ren with furious eyes full of hatred.

- ”Use it now!”- Rey seemed to hear from somewhere inside her heart in seething and dark voice- ”Show this faker what true power is...”

Rey would have normally fought this voice and the will it showed but the pain and the anger had simply overwhelmed her and she felt that her strength returned and could fight back. The Force barrier vanished completely but Rey now started to receive the lightning directly with her hands using a technique Luke had taught her which had been used previously by Master Yoda against Sith lords who used this type of attack. He received the lightning and then dispersed it. This action made the knight of Ren surprised by he continued his attack by increasing the power.

- ”Use your anger... unleash your fury”- whispered the voice in her head which had a tone that showed a cruel glee- ”stop holding back... make him submit!”

Rey started to stand up and soon the lightning started to return to its caster who started to tremble and even though you coud not see his expression behind the mask one could easily tell he was horrified. How could this young girl return his own lightning and where she could get the power to do so... he decided to stop his attack, but then he noticed that the torrent of lightning still came to him. The pain started to run through every cell of his body as he received this attack and immediately knew that he was suffering not from his own lightning but the girl's.

- ”You're supposed to be a Jedi!!”- he said while screaming in pain- ”you're not supposed to use this attack.”

- ”Oh! and who decided that?”- said the girl but her voice had a different tone and etween his spams of pain the knight of Ren could see that the girl in front of him was smiling with a gleeful grin and her eyes were not the same color as before- ”you are... using...”

- ”I'll show you power!”- said Rey stopping the torrent of lightning and clearly enjoying the view of her opponent spasming in front of her.

- ”No...”- shouted the knight of Ren using his anger to ignore the pain and once again making objects fly to Rey while jumping back to create distance.

Rey simply evaded the objects with a dashing speed and appeared in front of the dark side user who felt a terrible cold feeling when he saw the glare she was giving him. He tried to use another attack of Force ightning but before he could gather the power to do so he felt a sharp pain and a sense of weightlessness coming from his arm. He needed some seconds to notice that his arm had been chopped off by his own lightsaber which for some reason was now in Rey's hand. However, before he could even speak, he felt his body being lifted on the air and thrown at a metallic box with a tremendous power, making his bones tremble in such way that he thought they were broken.

- ”Who... are... you?”- asked the knight of Ren fighting for not losing conscience due to the pain and then he saw the girl walking to him with cold eyes as if she were watching an insect which disgusted her.

She advanced with the red lightsaber which gave her a horrying yet magnificent visage which for some reason captivated the knight of Ren and he could only see the girl raise his own lightsaber and without any doubt or mercy slash down to him.