Beyond - Legends Beyond the Prophecy ... post-NJO ... Ben Skywalker

TITLE: Beyond the Prophecy
AUTHOR: agentj
STATUS: complete
DATE: February, April 2005
CATEGORY: Vignette: Angst
TIMEFRAME: Post-Saga: beyond New Jedi Order
CHARACTERS: main: Ben Skywalker; minor: Luke Skywalker, Corran Horn, original character (Kaleb)
CONTENT WARNING: character death, self-mutalation
SUMMARY: Young Padawan Ben Skywalker faces the death of his Yuuzhan Vong friend and fellow Jedi learner.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Originally inspired by the Obi-Wan Kenobi Expanded! challenge and the scene from the Infinities comic which is mentioned in the story. This story takes place far enough in the future that the Yuuzhan Vong now have Force-sensitive children.
DISCLAIMER: I willingly and willfully use characters and situations copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox and Lucasfilm Ltd. without permission, and without monetary gain. Additional characters and situations are copyright 2005 Lisa D. Jenkins.

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Ben Skywalker stared at his right hand. Snake-like tendrils wrapped themselves around his palm and down his lower arm in swollen red welts where the laser whip had entwined itself around it.

His arm hurt. It hurt a lot.

But his arm hurt less than the pain constricting around his heart.

Kaleb was dead.

One moment, Kaleb was there beside him, bravely fighting against the Dark Lord Followers, his lightsabre swinging. The next...he was gone.

There had been no time to double back, no time to signal their masters to let them know of the trap that lay in wait for the Jedi. The Followers had sensed the Padawans through the Force, leaving Ben and Kaleb alone to fight for their lives.

Ben had faced the Dark Lord Followers before. Years ago, he snuck into their camp as one told the tale of a certain lightsabre's journey from one master to another. Once fashioned by Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen One of the Force, the sabre was lost by his son Luke Skywalker, the new hope for the galaxy. It was he, Ben Skywalker, son of Luke, grandson of Anakin, who found the sabre and reclaimed it for his heritage. He took the sabre from the Dark Follower's hand and challenged them for it. That day, he had the advantage of surprise. And although Ben had claimed the Jedi tool for his father, it was his father who returned it to him, passing down the legacy from one Skywalker to the next.

The lightsabre clung at Ben's utility belt.

Ben eyed the sabre hilt warily. The tool which was his life, had become Kaleb's death.

Ben flexed his injured hand. Pain shot up his arm, reminding him he was still alive.

Unlike Kaleb.

Squeezing his eyes closed, Ben let the memory wash over him.

Ben felt the disturbance first. Kaleb, his face lined with swirling etchings of his Yuuzhan Vong clan, felt it only a hair's breath later. By then, it was too late. The Dark Lord Followers had clouded their senses long enough to draw them into the trap. Their lightsabres sprang to life, the blue haze of Ben's sabre providing a shield against their attackers as his hands moved swiftly, becoming a blur. The pale amethyst of Kaleb's sabre pierced through the Follower's offense, causing their attackers to hesitate.

Ben had felt certain the Force was guiding them to victory?too certain. In a moment of overconfidence, Ben's guard was down, and a Dark Follower managed to lasso a laser whip around his sabre's blade. With a tug, the hilt jerked out of his hands, its blade deactivated as it flew away from him. Before Ben could call it back to his hand, the laser whip lashed out again, this time entwining itself around his outstretched right hand. The Dark Follower pulled with a hard jerk, and Ben screamed in pain as it felt like his whole arm was on fire.

Without a thought to himself, Kaleb brought his sabre's blade to bear on the whip. The energy of the two weapons sizzled, but the power of the Jedi's blade was far greater than the laser of the whip. The wire broke, freeing Ben.

Another Dark Follower had grabbed Ben's sabre, rushing up behind the Yuuzhan Vong boy.

 

Wonderful!

Thanks for listing all the info in the post. I will add it to today's index!

 

I didn't actually spot this on here... But I reviewed on FFN, and love it.

(oh and -- er -- you might wanna take the RotS lines out of your sig. o_o)