//------------------------------// // 'Robbery' (rewrite) // Story: The Twi'lek // by Gallants //------------------------------// The next couple of days on the train were mostly explaining how the force works to Copper and Silver and giving examples of how difficult and exhausting manipulating an object can be, "The way of the Jedi is a dangerous one, I am very careful not to give in to temptation, and fall to the Darkside of the force," I explained, "there was a Jedi Knight named Anakin, he fell to temptation and destroyed the order we belonged too," a few tears fell down the side of my face as all I had forgotten slowly came back, "my master sacrificed himself to save me," looking up I saw the compassionate looks on their faces before a shadow overtook the wall behind them; I deeply inspected it before it disappeared shortly after it appeared, "Get hidden, I have a bad feeling about this," I told them before having the force probe for disturbances. I was pulled when a wave of fear struck me before being quickly washed away with screams dying off. A Minotaur entered our car, "This is a robbery we won't hurt you," the blood that coated his axe told me otherwise. Taking a defensive stance caused the Minotaur the grimace, "I hate it when they fight," he raised his axe and rushed me, jumping back I had him bury the axe into the floor before he was able to rip it back out I leaped forward and planted a kick to his chest forcing him backward, "I'll make sure to keep you alive," he said swiping at me with a fist, "I bet you'll be a good lay," grimacing I blocked another strike, "You don't need to be alive sweetie," he punctuated his statement with a lick of his lips. I felt the force flow through me as I pushed him causing him to tumble to the ground, "I would suggest you and your crew leave," he slowly got up drawing a knife, "you can't win against a Jedi," I told him drawing my dagger. He rushed once more with a roar bringing his blade crashing towards my skull, I stepped to the side sending my dagger into a swing that connected with his wrist cleanly separating it from the rest of his offensive form. He let out a screech before attempting to strike with his fist, bring my left palm around I pushed his hand out of the way, sweeping my leg I was able to trip him as his jaw made contact with the floor, my blade pointedly severed his spine. Stepping through the door to the next car wiping my hands on my pants, I looked at the mix of creatures that glared at me among their victims, a Pegasus was the first to react shooting towards me wielding hoof blades, I focused my mind sending him off of his flight path and crashing through the window, bringing my dagger up in a reverse hold I watched the Griffin and Minotaur in front of me, "We don't need to do this," I said eyeing them thinking on how best to disable them. The Minotaur let out a huff as I forced him back causing him to stumble, the Griffin didn't fare much better as he clutched his foreleg from the kick I delivered to it. The bull rushed once more I stepped to the side to dodge the first of his wild swings. I kept moving as the bull refused to let up despite the clear exhaustion overtaking his body. Bringing my blade up once more I deflected his next attack, as my frustration made itself known, I felt a powerful force calling to me. I ignored it as I brought my blade to rest squarely in the creature's chest. I turned to Griffin who attempted to crawl away as I approached. He let out one final whimper as I ensured the ropes would keep him from going anywhere. The next car was a lot easier to get through a few of them surrendered immediately the others were subdued quickly enough. In the final car I gazed upon the streaks and pools of blood, I didn't see bodies.