Private Back to that Day

[Valery Noble]

Ex- Imperial Planet

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Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Appearance: Link
Weapons: Blasters | Lightsabers
Tag: Kahlil Noble

It was her time to show off.

Though... she wasn't sure if he was amazed or frightened by the way she chose to do it. Usually when he showed off, it didn't really bring her in danger. He'd take down a huge monster, handle some thugs in a very clever way or do something cool... but she was jumping fences at absurd speeds with him on the bike.

Well, he was probably used to it after all these years.

"Oh yeah? What makes you think that?" Valery asked after they made their hit-and-run against the AT-ST's. Those would have been trouble, but Kahlil made quick work of them. They weren't, however, the only source of trouble. All of a sudden, a high-power sniper bolt came right for Valery's head, but she had felt it coming and pulled her head back at the last moment.

"...close," she muttered before glancing up at the 4 towers surrounding the site. "We'll need to take those out! They're trying to snipe me off and kill us both."

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"Just a hunch."

Kahlil turned his gaze up towards the first tower as it shot. Frowned. They weren't just stormtroopers, were they? Not with that accuracy. He reached down for the bike, tracing a rune as one arm continued to hold her waist before a barrier formed around them. It'd buy them a couple seconds, at least. Which might be just as long as they needed.

"Head towards the main base. We'll focus on taking that out before we deal with those towers. They won't be able to shoot us from within, so I imagine they'll try to work their way inside regardless. Just-"

He paused as he raised a hand. A tank round that had been fired at them halted midair before he turned it and threw it right back to it's sender.

"Avoid the tanks."

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Ex- Imperial Planet

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Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Appearance: Link
Weapons: Blasters | Lightsabers
Tag: Kahlil Noble

Tanks?

Valery blinked after he froze one round in the air, but she wasn't going to wait for another to be fired at them. So rather than speed and straight lines, she took a bit more risk with sharper turns and some weaving around the enemy tanks. It made it impossible for them to open fire, and the two Jedi Masters were getting closer to the main building of this base.

"Last time, I was supposed to find their leader herr and take him out," Valery explained as she rushed for the the big garage doors of the compound. She then raised a hand, and all at once, the metal doors shattered into tiny pieces, allowing them to get into the garage that contained a bunch of Imperial speeders used likely for scouting.

Right on time too, as the barrier finally gave way to sniper shots. One managed to pierce through still, and grazerd the side of Valery's arm as she moved inside for cover. She hissed a little at the pain, and watched a small stream of blood running down her arm.

"I'm okay, just a burn," she said before he could ask. "I also feel a stronger presence inside. It must be him - he was an Imperial Knight." Valery said after climbing off her bike.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"An assassination?"

He raised a brow, glancing towards her. That was certainly in her skillset, but it was a weird thought that she was sent on one such mission. It wasn't something he expected to hear about, is all. then again, that was a different time entirely, wasn't it?

He didn't linger on the thought. Instead, the barrier dropped, and she was shot. Kahlil didn't hesitate. The Force showed him right where the shooter was as he glared over his shoulder. It was a sniper that wasn't going to be a problem any longer. Him, and likely the others that witnessed his body suddenly crush into the floor as a paste of unrecognizable blood and shattered armor.

".. I don't like Imperial Knights. Are you sure you're ready to face him, if it is?"

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Ex- Imperial Planet

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Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Appearance: Link
Weapons: Blasters | Lightsabers
Tag: Kahlil Noble

"Well, capture was possible too and this whole base was a problem as well, so..." She flashed a sheepish smile. Imperial Knights were mot really the types who surrendered, so it was essentially just a mission to take him out, very much like her old Jedi Shadow missions often involves hunting down dark siders or Sith. Just... this Imperial Knight was no user of the dark side.

But Valery didn't linger on that for long when she toom a grazing hit, and felt the Force swirl around her husband. She turned to him, grateful for his protection, but also cautious. Briefly, Valery took his hand for a comforting squeeze before she began to move forward.

She was okay, and she didn't want him to give in to anger. Though, he seemed outwardly very calm after taking out the sniper.

"I don't like them either, but he won't be a problem for us," she said, knowing that's not what he really meant. This planet had brought back memories for her, after all. "I'm ready, I promise." She smiled faintly and began to move into the building with him ny her side, as always.

"Halt right there!" The voice of a stormtrooper called out from the other side of the hallway. A group of them had set up makeshift barricades and raised their rifles to open fire.

Valery's lightsaber ignited.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"Oh I know you're ready."

Kahlil once more raised a hand, glancing towards where the barricade was. Then, his hand once more came down. He wasn't going to either hesitate or hold back. The barrier, and by extension the troopers within it, simply flattened to open the way forward.

"Don't bother holding back either, mm? Can't have me doing all the work." He smirked as he ignited his own saber and stepped forward.

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Ex- Imperial Planet

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Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Appearance: Link
Weapons: Blasters | Lightsabers
Tag: Kahlil Noble

"Oh I know you're ready."

Valery just smiled and left all of her apprehension behind her instantly. His support and trust meant more than anything else, and had her fired up to push through this facility. She moved faster, confident and blasted forward while Kahlil took down those behind barricades. Valery hadn't even wasted a second acknowledging them — their bond had already deemed them defeated the moment Kahlil had his eyes on them.

But only a few moments later, another swarm of soldiers rushed at them, the very moment they stepped into a larger room inside the facility. Valery jumped forward, and slammed her fist into the ground. A massive wave of Force energy expanded across the ground, ripping up tiles and even the rock beneath, while also taking out every single soldier on its path.

Then, she turned to him with a grin.

"How's that, babe?" she asked, before continuing forward again.

Deeper inside the facility, however, the lone Imperial Knight watched the two Jedi Masters pass through his facility with ease. He let out an exasperated sigh as a result, and flicked over a switch to activate his small army of highly durable and powerful battle droids. Even most Force Users would struggle against them.

And one by one, they were now on the march towards Valery and Kahlil.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"Much better."

He was all grins as he watched her. This was always going to be better in his mind. No hesitation, decisive action. That was the Valery he knew and supported more than anything, and when she faltered he'd always be there to remind her of it. He lifted his gaze though, towards the incoming droids. Laughed. Of course. "Darktroopers. Naturally. Shall we handle them together, love?" He leveled his blade, smirked even further.

"Remind them of their failure to take out either of us."

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Ex- Imperial Planet

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Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Appearance: Link
Weapons: Blasters | Lightsabers
Tag: Kahlil Noble

His compliment turned her smug grin into a bright, loving smile. Valery had never needed anybody's approval to be at her best, but she certainly loved his, and it made her feel really good. On top of that, knowing he was there to support her those few times she broke down was... a large reason as to why she loved him so much.

"Oh we'll take them together," she said, her own blade rising while she turned to face the incoming horde of them. "They are going to feel the consequences od their failure that day." Spoken like a woman who had almost lost her soulmate, rather than a Jedi, but there was at least no anger in her tone.

Just determination.

The first group of Dark Troopers then finally appeared, and with Valery still a bit deeper into the room, she became the first target. Their rifles fired heavier bolts that were much harder to deflect, but Valery was keeping up. For now, she was the shield and gave Kahlil a chance to move up or take over from her.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

Like always, he was beside her in an instant. This close it was absolute ease for him to do so. His blade came down in a flash of green, right through one of the Dark Troopers that had gotten too close. They were a storm together, unstoppable and unyielding. Possibly why they had targeted her to begin with. If she had been stopped then, killed, how different would the war have turned out?

Kahlil smirked after a moment, glancing back to Valery as his blade came up to scatter away another blast sent towards them.

"Let's keep up the pressure, mm?"

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Ex- Imperial Planet

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Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Appearance: Link
Weapons: Blasters | Lightsabers
Tag: Kahlil Noble

There he was.

Whenever there was even a remote flash of danger, he'd always be by her side in an instant. This time, she watched the green blade carve its way through one of the droids, not with her eyes, but through their bond. She had already turned and deflected away several incoming shots before throwing one of her two lightsabers straight through the head of the Dark Trooper. It was neutralized on impact, and with the Force, Valery summoned the weapon back into her hand.

"You got it, babe," she said with a gentle hip bump, before she dashed forward. One of the Dark Troopers opened fire, but Valery spun her blades to deflect the bolts, before severing both its arms with one sweep. A second thrust had her blade pierce its vital components, and it fell over.

Just in time, as another appeared to her side, but Valery was already drawing on the Force. Her hand raised into a fist, and a massive compressive force was applied all across its metal body. It crumbled, cracked and sparkled as electronics were severed under her use of Force Crush.

But Valery was not the only one under attack.

Having recognized Kahlil as a very serious threat ever since he moved to her side in an instant, several of the Dark Troopers decided to completely surround him, while moving closer to gun him down.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"They're heavy."

Kahlil slipped his blade through the air, deflecting another shot harmlessly into the ground beside him in his advance. This was his strength, his forte. Countless guns aimed his way, trying to break through his defense. And yet, there was no crack, because he moved not like a stone but like water. Weaving and shifting, just enough to either get out of the way of a shot or deflect one he couldn't, a calm smile as ever still resting on his lips.

When he reached the first, the rests fate were sealed. One by one he worked through them, using their bodies as shields while he finally went from defense to offence. Cleaving parts, limbs, and heads all fell around him. the less there were, the easier it got for him to continue on. Faster, quicker.

They didn't stand a chance.

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Ex- Imperial Planet

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Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Appearance: Link
Weapons: Blasters | Lightsabers
Tag: Kahlil Noble

Valery was the fire to his water.

She wasn't moving in a flowing pattern to shift between enemies, but exploded between targets with devastating force and unpredictability. Her movements were staccato and chaotic, yet controlled. Her attacks were fierce and aggressive, but without emotion. One by one, she neutralized her targets with strength and speed, while Kahlil handed those around him with grace and patience. From an outside perspective, it made them look like polar-opposites, but in reality they were one.

They always would be.

But in the dwindling chaos of their battle, more guards were sent to fight them as well — stormtroopers who stood no chance but were thrown at the Jedi with the hopes of overwhelming them. Among this group, however, was one soldier that caused Valery to freeze. She couldn't see the familiarity because of the armor, but she could feel that she had seen this officer before. Her mind flashed back to that day, and all at once, she saw him again — standing with his gun raised at her husband, seconds before he ordered all of his men to open fire at him.

The ground, the walls and the ceiling split apart as massive cracks formed and expanded throughout the building, and with one explosive leap, Valery closed the distance and slammed him into the ground with a tackle. She raised her hand, but rather than use her blade, punched down against his helmet with so much force that it shattered completely, exposing the face of the blond man with blue eyes.

Valery didn't care she was exposed like this, knowing deep down that Kahlil would never allow her to get shot, and looked at him with fire in her eyes. Anger, hatred. "Do you remember me?" she asked, her voice laced with emotion. The man stared up at her with fear in his eyes, while other soldiers around her turned to gun her down.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

Anger. Hatred.

That was a surprising emotion to feel, at least from Valery. Kahlil reached out as the Force once more beckoned under his control. The troopers around her flattened in an instant, their weapons never going to reach her. None in the facility would. He was drastically making sure of that as he stepped over to her to gently set a hand on her shoulder. Killing in anger, it never ended will for them, either of them.

"Val."

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Ex- Imperial Planet

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Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
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Weapons: Blasters | Lightsabers
Tag: Kahlil Noble

"Well, do you?" Valery asked, but there was no answer. The soldiers around her were flattened against the ground, and before she even had a chance to do anything, she felt Kahlil's hand settle on her shoulder. His voice pierced through the anger, and Valery's entire body relaxed. What was she doing? She looked down at the frightful officer beneath her, and realized just how close she had gotten to caving in.

He had hurt her so much, but hurting him back just because of those emotions... it was wrong.

Valery's grip on the man's neck loosened up, and her eyes shifted over her shoulders, filled with shame. "I... I'm sorry," she told her husband, but while Valery focused on him, the hand of the officer slipped down towards his blade. He had seen what these Jedi were doing to him and his men, and he was loyal to his own cause.

He wouldn't surrender.

With his hand around the grip of the vibro-blade, he suddenly moved, aiming to stab his blade right between Valery's ribs.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

He didn't move far at all. Kahlil didn't want her to kill out of anger, but he wasn't surrendering. The moment the man made a move for a knife, he was dead. They all were dead in that instant, his pressure through the Force crushing them outright. They were still enemies. And he was far from showing the Imperials any sort of mercy.

"You can be sorry later. We're still among enemies. Don't loose yourself, alright love?"

Kahlil smiled, squeezing her shoulder before standing up.

"We have to keep moving."

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Ex- Imperial Planet

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Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Appearance: Link
Weapons: Blasters | Lightsabers
Tag: Kahlil Noble

The second Valery felt a pulse of danger when the officer reached for his knife, it was gone. The man was dead on the floor underneath her, and so were the other soldiers trying to fight them. Normally, Valery would always try not to kill when it wasn't necessary, but these people were fighting until their last breaths. There was no way to end this without taking lives, and so she had no problem with it.

It was just an unfortunate reality.

"Right, I'm with you," she smiled at him when he squeezed her shoulder, and got back up to her feet. That calm confidence and strength returned, and with a wave of her hand, she blew right through the blast doors they had brought down to cut them off from the rest of the facility.

"I sense the Imperial Knight up ahead, but he's not alone," Valery then told him, as she moved down another hallway. But right as she got around another corner, ray shields moved down both in front and behind the two Jedi. They were cut off in just a small section of the hallway now, and they could feel enemies moving up ahead.

"Ugh... what now?"

 

[Kahlil Noble]

Not alone?

Kahlil frowned a little as he focused his eyes and tried to figure out what exactly was waiting for them ahead. Only for the shields to come down. He blinked once before glancing right to Valery.

".. I've no idea how this happened. Aren't we better than this?"

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Ex- Imperial Planet

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Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Appearance: Link
Weapons: Blasters | Lightsabers
Tag: Kahlil Noble

"At least they can't get to us either?" Valery shrugged and chuckled, but knew what that meant too. They were repositioning, and perhaps even getting reinforcements to deal with the two Jedi. It wasn't about trapping them or killing them - this was purely an attempt to buy them time.

But as serious as that was, Valery couldn't stop herself from grinning.

Without explaining herself, she steppes forward and phased right through the shield like it wasn't even there. With a huge, smug grin she turned back around and waggled her eyebrows at him. "What's wrong, love? Are you stuck in there?" She was grinning even wider and flicked her hair off her shoulder in the most sassy way possible.

"Do you need some help?"

 

[Kahlil Noble]

Kahlil stared at her as she smugly turned to look at him still trapped within the barrier. He jsut raised a brow. Then chuckled. He should've thought about the fact she could easily get free. It at least made the next part easier for himself. In an instant he was just standing beside her, draping an arm around her shoulder as he leaned down to whisper in her ear. "I think I got all the help I need."

He just smirked as he stepped away from her, instead focusing where they both felt the Imperial from before.

"Shall we finish this?"

Valery Noble