Round 6
Day
The Expedition Leader, also known as
Yoda – the Grand Master of the Jedi, was leaving his quarters late in the evening.
He had some business to attend to. He had just locked the door of his quarters using the force instead of a key when he heard a sinister voice to his right.
“Soo… Yoda, Grand Master of the Jedi, we meet at last.”
Yoda reacted quickly drawing and igniting his green crystal lightsaber in one fluid move.
There in the middle of the hallway to his right stood a cloaked person with amber glowing eyes and a crimson plasma blade radiating an eerie red glow on the floor, on the walls and in the ceiling. Yoda was ready and took his defensive stance after showing his Grand Master lightsaber signature.
The cloaked person seemed not too impressed.
“Nice moves, old man – now view for the first and last time of your aging life, the signature of a Sith Lord” and the cloaked person proceeded to show his flurry move with a twirl that would have decapitated a close opponent.
It seemed a tad aggressive to Yoda, but he said nothing. He just stood waiting.
The cloaked person walked calmly up to Yoda and attacked with a powerful overhand swing. The sounds of plasma against plasma vibrated in the hallway as the two combatants exchanged attacks and blocks. This continued a little while before Yoda showed who was the real master of the blade and grazed the hand of the cloaked person upon which the crimson lighsaber went clanking down the hallway.
The cloaked person screamed in rage and took up a position of wanting to jump at Yoda like a predator. Instead of leaping towards him, he seemed to release something. Yoda was barely able to create an impregnable barrier around him before a torrent of the force was unleashed in his general direction. The air howled all around his force field and destroyed the cabins on both sides of him. But Yoda stood still under his force protection.
The cloaked person looked utterly spent kneeling on the floor and couldn’t believe his own eyes.
Someone was approaching from behind him and another cloaked person appeared, putting a reassuring hand on the shoulder of the kneeling cloaked person. Amber glowing eyes looked directly at Yoda from a shrouded and dark face.
The second cloaked person said nothing but raised his hands towards Yoda and blue lightning cascaded from them and danced on the protective shield.
Such was the power of the lightning that it sat afire all the debris around Yoda. But Yoda was safe under his force driven protective shield.
Much of his force powers went into maintaining it and the last two attacks had nearly drained him dry.
Both of the cloaked persons stood now side by side, one clutching his damaged hand.
The second looked inquisitively at Yoda and raised one hand. Yoda suddenly felt heavy as if all his force power were ripped from him. He stumbled and fell to his knees. The destroyed and burning hallway swirled around him and he hit the floor hard – utterly devoid of life force.
The second cloaked person looked at the fallen Grand Master of the Jedi and chuckled:
“And so ends the might of the Jedi, the reign of the Sith will begin.” They both laughed. The first cloaked person reached out and his lightsaber returned to his hand.
Somewhere a member of the Jedi expedition force were meditating.
She had started her usual routine, but was suddenly overcome with peace and elevation as a presence surged into her very being. She heard a call from somewhere and followed the directions she received. The directions led to a special storage area.
The gathering next morning was lacking the expedition leader and everybody was starting to worry. The Jedi Masters sent out a team of Jedi Knights to search for the expedition leader and they soon returned with his dead body. A great man had fallen prey to the Sith and they were without a leader.
The Jedi mourned the loss of this great man. The expedition was in jeopardy as they had no one to lead them. As they were at a loss of what to do – a light formed next to the fallen leader’s body. A ghostly appearance looking a bit like the fallen leader stood there in front of them. A hollow voice declared: “Greetings Jedi. My essence has returned from the Valley of the Jedi. I will still be able to guide you, but I will appoint a replacement that will lead you. I hereby declare that the Jedi Master
Qui-Gon Jinn will take the mantle of Grand Master of the Jedi in my absence.
A round of applause and cheers were heard.
“Now, I will have to go, I can not stay long in my visits to you. The force allows it not. You will however need to find the Sith among you. I was attacked by two and two you must find.”
Then he was gone and Qui Gon Jinn declared. “Let the voting begin!!”
24 hours of voting people. (ends at 23:00 GMT+1 23rd of April).
