When You Leave

Chapter 11: Confrontation

Nahdar took out his lightsaber and ignited it, now dual wielding, like her.

She jumped up onto a nearby platform, then to another. She forced pushed him into a wall behind him and then jumped on him.

She tried striking him down, but he blocked and kicked her away.

She then attacked Melik, who barely ignited his lightsaber in time.

"W-what became of you?"

Flora smirked.

"I saw through the Jedi and their lies, you should join me Melik, let's bring an end to their facade."

Melik looked hurt, but tried his best to gather himself.

"No, you have gone down a path I can never follow."

"Then you will have to die, along with the rest of them."

She slashed at him a few times, but he dodged the first two and easily blocked the third, and kicked her back.

Flora looked between the two, realizing she could not win against both.

She knew she'd lose to Melik pretty quickly, but she might stand a chance against Nahdar.

But she couldn't do it here.

Temple guards approached from either sides of the hall.

They all ignited their lightsabers.

"Cease hostilities."

She just ran to a nearby window and slashed through it.

"Flora!"

Nahdar followed, along with a couple temple guards.

Flora swung around in time to block a strike from Nahdar, and then flipped off to the right.

The temple guard on that side barely blocked her, but it was futile, and she stabbed her lightsaber through him and he fell.

She then ran and slashed at the other guard, but Nahdar intervened, forcing her back.

She slashed at the guard's knee, and sent him to his other knee, and she proceeded to decapitate him.

She then turned her attention back to Nahdar, who scowled at her.

"You are not the Flora I used to know."

"No, that Flora was immature and weak, I am strong and powerful in the dark side."

Nahdar frowned but opted to lash out instead of reply. She blocked it, and a couple more strikes before kicking him from where they were fighting up on a temple balcony.

*Balcony, base, idk what you call it ok, just roll with it.

He fell to the ground below, losing one lightsaber.

Master Sinube, who was training younglings at the time, ignited his lightsaber, sensing danger.

Petro pointed upwards.

"Look out!"

Nahdar looked up in time to block Flora from a killing blow, and kicked her off him.

She continued to lash out, and he blocked every time. Once he kicked her in the abdomen.

Master Sinube seemed to immediately understand Flora had fallen to the dark side, and so kept the younglings back so Nahdar could deal with her.

She tried attacking again, but he grabbed both her wrists, and she dropped one lightsaber. She then brought the other back and attacked, but Nahdar blocked again and engaged in a saber lock.

"Surrender now Flora, I won't be as merciful next time."

Flora scowled angrily.

"Never."

She pushed his lightsaber up and off of hers, before slashing at him again.

She managed to graze his chest, but it had no effect.

He then lashed out, though his strikes were slower and deadlier. She managed to block them.

She then jumped to attack him again, but someone grabbed her with the force and threw her back into a tree, causing her to drop her other lightsaber, and she had no choice but to surrender.

Nahdar turned to see a pau'an temple guard, he didn't know the man's name, which nobody did, but they knew that he was the head of all the temple guards, and then master Drallig oversaw all of them.

A few other temple guards promptly went over and placed force binders on her.

Nahdar nodded.

"Thank you...master, um..."

The man nodded.

"Hysio is fine, I never particularly liked titles."

Nahdar nodded.

"I understand, thank you Hysio."

The pau'an temple guard looked towards Flora and frowned.

"How many temple guards did she kill?"

"Two."

Hysio mumbled something to himself, before turning to Nahdar once more.

"I assume you require taking her to Skywalker's trial to prove his innocence?"

Nahdar smiled slightly and nodded.

"Indeed I do master."

The pau'an proceeded to put his mask on, as Barriss walked over, having arrived on scene.

She looked to Flora and sighed, clearly hurt by this, but somehow maintaining herself about it.

"I see you were successful."

"Not before she killed two temple guards, but yes."

Barriss nodded.

"I suppose we better get going then, we have someone to exonerate."

Nahdar agreed, though he had a...not very good feeling.

"I guess it's time to see what chaos unfolds now."

*Yep, remember the Grand Inquisitor? Well in my AU, given how Tales of the Clone Wars ended, he was still on the light side and still a Jedi, though never really mentioned. I decided to give him a moment to shine, and have just decided he'll show up more in this story.