The
Jedi was clearly unconvinced, “This looks like a Mandalorian attack.” Lucien’s
blood boiled, “I guess; -- I wouldn’t know.” Lucien kept his answers short, and
the Jedi probed further. “Well that’s a mighty nice sword you have over there,
looks like Mandalorian iron. Haven’t had any dealings with them lately have
you?” Lucien scowled, “Look, I’m not looking for trouble from a Jedi; I just
want to find the bastards responsible for this, and make them pay for what
they’ve done.” The Jedi seemed
astonished, “Wait a minute; you are the pilot of the escape pod that landed a
few months back. I tracked the trajectory back to a Mandalorian vessel that was
destroyed by pirates.” The Jedi made a motion for Lucien to stop, but Lucien
was already moving.
He
jumped in the speeder and took off like lightning, the Jedi gave pursuit faster
than Lucien intended. Lucien took the
speeder down the path he saw the Mandalorian raiders take, there were a few
forks in the trails, and Lucien blindly chose trails, he didn’t know if he was
going to make it to their camp or if he was just trying to lose his Jedi tail.
He was running out of time, and his speeder didn’t have the speed capability
that the Jedi’s speeder had. Lucien’s
blind trail following had paid off, he stopped his speeder right in the middle
of the Mandalorian raider’s camp. Lucien’s anger was bolstered, and his
adrenaline prepared his body for combat. Lucien jumped out and immediately
began shooting at Mandalorian warriors who quickly returned the favor. Lucien took cover and managed to see the looks
on the faces of the two Jedi who arrived at the scene. Lucien must have looked
savage with his red eyes flashing behind his blazing blaster pistols, the Jedi
were immediately brought under fire as well, but they seemed to be able to
handle themselves pretty well. Their blades of energy flickered to life and
began dealing death out to the lost warriors of this planet. Lucien shouted at
the Mandalorians he was fighting “You disgrace Mandalore, you disgrace our
name!” He savagely fought, but he was
young, and the Mandalorians quickly destroyed the cover Lucien hid behind.
Lucien
ran and dove over a stack of supply crates; he rolled once he hit the ground on
the other side and brought his blasters back to bear. The Mandalorians had no
stake to this particular campsite, so they were grabbing what loot they could
and getting out of the small battle zone Lucien had created. The Jedi were dealing with the last of the
Mandalorian raiders, but not the leader, who was a big man even by Mandalorian
standards. The leader had decided to take out the little troublemaker who
started the fight. Lucien was almost caught off guard as the giant of a man
came up behind Lucien’s position. Lucien
turned just in time to put his hands up for the massive blow the man dealt.
Lucien’s arms cushioned the blow a little, but not much, Lucien went flying
through the stack of crates he had been using for cover. The leader drew his
bes’kad and slowly walked over to where Lucien was laying. Lucien drew his own
bes’kad and rolled free of the area the man was striking. Lucien could have
sworn the blow shook the ground, but he didn’t have time to think about that.
He was back on his feet, and trying to defend against the large man’s flurry of
strikes. Lucien was exceptional with the bes’kad, but he was no match for a
fully grown Mandalorian warrior.
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