Unforgettable Melody - S01 E32

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Unforgettable Melody - S01 E32

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Resuming his assault, Vader now began striking quickly from multiple directions in succession, drawing from the combat techniques of his youth. Beginning to spin his saber in his hand, the power of his slashes skyrocketed, forcing Burke to use full acrobatic maneuvers to evade them. Needing something to tip the scales in his favor, he suddenly remembered the bag of supplies in his speeder.

Quickly force pushing Vader back to give himself a moment of breathing room, he focused with all his might, drawing on the Force like never had before. He extended his hand and called his master’s old lightsaber to him from within the bag. Just as Vader recovered, he ignited the bright green blade in his left hand and assumed a protective stance with both sabers horizontal, one high and one low.

Undeterred, the Sith Lord continued his power attacks. Burke, however, was now able to defend much more effectively with his second blade, resuming his encircling strategy. Now able to press his own attack, the Jedi began to drive Vader back towards the mouth of the outcropping. As they dueled, Burke heard the most heavenly sound in the world: The entry ramp of his ship fully opening.

Realizing that his prey was close to escaping, Vader pressed his attack once more, forcing Burke to evade with a series of backflips, keeping his dual sabers in prime position to protect himself while in the air. As he slowly moved the duel towards the ship, Kana boarded and began the take off sequence. Burke found himself defending a frenzied barrage of attacks, resulting in the destruction of his master’s lightsaber. Now forced into a saber-lock with Vader, he was finally able to disengage, back flipping onto ramp of his ship as it took off. In the process, however, Burke took a nasty slash to his left thigh from Vader’s lightsaber.

As he staggered up the ramp and into the cockpit, Burke began activating the cloaking systems while Kana programed the hyperdrive coordinates. “I have a friendly contact on Corellia. How bout we head there?” She inquired.

“Let’s do it,” Burke replied. Two minutes later, they had made the jump to lightspeed, undetectable to all hostile ships. Panting and sweating in the pilot’s chair, Burke couldn’t believe he had actually faced the most feared warrior in the entire galaxy and lived to tell about it.

Kana turned to him, her mind running a mile a minute. “I can’t believe all of this… you, a Jedi… those Stormtroopers… him… it’s all too much…”

Rubbing her shoulder gently, Burke responded, “It’s ok. You’re safe now.”

Nodding, she suddenly noticed his leg. “Oh my god! You’re hurt!”

“Nah, it’s nothing,” he tried convincing her, but his wincing at her touch was too obvious.

“That is most definitely NOT nothing! Come on, to bed with you.”

The ship now on autopilot, she brought the injured Jedi to his quarters, seating him on the edge of his small bed. Inspecting his leg, the cut didn’t appear to be too deep, but the slash itself had nearly cut his pant leg clean off. She tore the last bit of fabric from the leg, exposing him up to mid thigh.

“There’s a med pack on the wall with some bacta fluid in it,” he directed her.

She slipped his boots and socks off, took the medicine from the med pack, and began to treat his wound. It stung at first, but the soothing motions of her hand slowly began to relax him. With his wound now clean, she bandaged it up, and sat next to him on the bed.

“You’re very lucky, you know. The cut wasn’t too damaging, but a centimeter or two more, and he could have completely severed your muscle,” she said.

He shrugged. “Comes with the territory. The Jedi Knights, guardians of peace and justice, no matter what.”

She gazed into his deep blue eyes, dumbfounded. “You still believe that after all these years? After everything that’s happened?”

He smiled. “It’s all I’ve ever had, all I’ve ever wanted. That is, until…”

His hand slowly moved on top of hers. “…Until you.”