Hero of Naboo Chapter 14 Preview

Vader had barely reached the end of the first platform before the dam let loose.

No one would ever be sure who started it. A brash padawan, a dutiful guardian, a overly proud knight, or maybe even a overzealous master. It didn't truly master who had leapt first from the temple, only that many more started to follow suit. Over the cries of the comrades and the orders of their teachers, waves of them charged forth to confront the darkness they believed was laying seige to them, that they were meant to fight.

And as the front of the charge closed in, Vader never broke his stride.

Not even when they attacked

Three had come to face him first. Two knights and a padawan. Their lightsabers already ignited, one knight leapt forward in attempt to catch Vader preimptively, while the other ran to try and flank Vader's right, and the padawan merely stayed in a defensive position to aide their comrades if needed.

Vader's lightsaber seemed to come to life before it ever even flew into his hand, and with a single blur, the three were left dumbstruck. The dark lord merely walked by the padawan as the trio tried to comprehend what had happened. For in their hands, the heads of their lightsabers were cut off and melted, their weapons broken and useless.

The shock left the knights as they turned to charge at the back of the sith while more of the commrades came from the front, but the padawan just stood their as his body shaked in fear. The learner turned at an uneasy pace to see the knights trying to stun the dark lord with a pair of force pushes right as another jedi, a consolar no less, came down from a force leap to unleash in a spinning strike against Vader.

Thus Vader finally broke his stride.

Vader used one hand to block the blow with his crimson saber, reaching up to grab the consolar by the arm and threw him- both physically and with the force. The green saber weilder gasped in pain, caught between conflicting pressures created by the force, before Vader's power overwhelmed the knights', sending the consular flying into them as the Dark Side began to overwhelm his senses.

The padawan felt it too, the dark side rushing about as Vader. It was like snakes that would crush the throat, water that would fill the lungs, and smoke that would steal the breathe. It was all these things and its was none of these things. And all the foolish padawan could do was fall on both knees and bare witness to this day in history.