The Rebel Faction

Rusty saw the boulder and knew there was no way he could stop it and fight off the Sith. Rusty flicked off his saber, and dropped on his back, face up as the boulder hit. He screamed.

"Unnnnnhh!!!!"

There was no motion, no sound, nothing.

Just as the landspeeder's engines fired, a boulder almost sized like the first, dropped onto the back end of the speeder, sending Karatoga flying. The landspeeder went up in a whirl of smoke and flames. As Karatoga began to stand again, the first boulder split in two, and Rusty walked between the two halves, his green saber humming in his hands after splitting the boulder.

"You idiot. You really think you could kill me that easily?"

Just before the boulder had hit, Rusty had rolled out of the way and behind it. Due to its size, he was able to mask his Force presence and walk around the boulder as Karatoga surveyed it. Just as planned, Karatoga thought he'd disposed of Metropolis...only to be sadly mistaken.

"As for my dad...when I become one with the Force, I will tell him hi. As for you, he'll kill your soul after I destroy your body."

Rusty was still bleeding, but not as badly as before. The belt had slowed the bleeding, but Rusty felt he wouldn't last much longer. He stood, facing the Sith, ignited his saber, and awaited Karatoga's move.

Rusty deflected the Sith's saber strikes, blocking it from slicing him in two. As he fought for his life, he felt his belt loosen and fall off, his wound bleeding violently, but he fought on. Rusty deflected one blast after the other, being pushed backward across the field. He felt himself weakening from the loss of blood. He strengthened himself with every bit of the Force he could gather, and gave the Sith a punch in the gut and a Force push. As the Sith stumbled backward, Rusty collapsed in the field and his saber's green blade flickered off. Rusty was dying.

Rusty grabbed his saber, and, using what little strength he had left, flicked it on, pointing it toward Karatoga to block the Sith's saber.

"No..."

Karatoga saw the green saber flicker on, and dug his heels into the soft ground in an attempt to stop. He slid into the Jedi's saber, its green blade piercing his gut. As he collapsed, the blade slid through his side, almost cutting him in two. Karatoga lay for a moment, his breathing rapid, until finally, there was no breathing at all. Karatoga, was dead.