The Edge of the Universe

XIX

I ended the short transmission and ran out of my apartment, elevators were too slow so I opened the door to the stairs and jumped down the middle. I used the force to slow my fall as I reached the bottom and I shoved open the door and sprinted towards the main entrance/exit, the same place where Ahsoka had left almost two years ago. I briefly reminded myself that Ahsoka was back now and she was just on a mission but I quickly dismissed those thoughts as I saw Grevious run out the doors. I force jumped towards him ignited my lightsaber in the air, Grievous turned around and ignited four lightsabers that he had probably stolen, two of them were yellow which means he had stolen them from the Jedi Guards. 

I immediately began pushing him back and we were locked in a fast and deadly lightsaber battle, all my anger and grief from Obi-wan's death was going into this fight. 

"I was wondering when I'd see you again, Skywalker," Grievous snarled.

"The only thing you're going to see for the rest of your life is either blackness or four walls of your cell," I growled. 

I saw Grievous' gaze shift past me and I flipped over Grievous to see what he was looking at, I saw Dooku running towards the East Hanger and no one was chasing him. Grievous caught me looking and yelled in fury and began pushing me back, I managed to force push him away and I quickly contacted Windu and told him where Dooku was heading. I ended the transmission as Grievous jumped at me again, I blocked his blow and his four blades were pushing down on mine in a lightsaber hold. He took one blade away and tried to stab me, I jumped back and struggled to hold my balance, Grievous used that to his advantage and kicked me in the stomach. I went flying back and landed on the hard concrete, my lightsaber went flying out of my hand as I landed. Grievous cackled and leapt up in the air with his four lightsabers swinging around dangerously. I reached out for my lightsaber that was just out of my reach as Grievous fell towards me, I grabbed it and immediately ignited it. I closed my eyes and braced for the pain but it never came, Grievous' cackle died and I opened my eyes. My blade went through Grievous' chest and his other four lightsabers had fallen on the ground next to me, Grievous' eyes rolled to the back of his head and I kicked him off me and to the side. 

I pushed myself to my feet and caught my breath and tried to slow down my wild heartbeat, I couldn't believe my luck and how close I came to death. Things could have very easily turned out very differently and I was in a state of shock, I had a few close calls with death before but those times I had a weapon and so did the other person. But this time I had been defenceless and Grievous was less than a second away from killing me, I walked over to Grievous' dead body and pulled my dark blue lightsaber out of his body as I heard footsteps come closer. 

"Are you alright, Skywalker?" Kit Fisto asking as he appeared with other Jedi Knights. 

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine," I replied.

"I saw it happen from the elevator window, that was quite a close call," he remarked.

"Tell me about it," I muttered.

I looked at the dead body once again and almost didn't believe that he was dead, but unlike Obi-wan, I felt his force presence drain away only adding to my theory that Obi-wan wasn't dead. The Jedi Knights used the force to lift up the body and they walked away with the body still levitating in the air, Kit Fisto clapped me on the shoulder and I met his gaze. I hadn't talked to the Jedi Master since I was a Padawan, the last time I had talked to him was probably when I was 15 or 16. He was especially kind to me when I first arrived at the Temple and since he was on the Council he immediately agreed for me to be allowed to train. After I saved his apprentice when I was 13 he talked to me a lot more but as I got older Obi-wan and I went on more missions and didn't see the Jedi Master much.