Lord Vader wastes no time as Adam surges forward with his battle cry.  The Dark Lord of the Sith roughly shoves Thea in front of Adam's first lightsaber attack and the attack opens a savage wound on the girl.  The Sith Lord raises his lightsaber as he steps back, and the air shimmers with raw force power.  Adam's lightsaber strikes the force barrier, bounces away, is parried away by the lightsaber, as Vader work's furiously...but finally one strike hits him, skittering across his armor and sending sparks flying.  

Fire dances across the front of Vader's armor, and the Sith completely ignores Travin's Heat Metal attack.  He throws himself against the wall, dodging Birt's Faerie Fire, then steps back, throws up one hand, and uses the Force to attempt to toss Thea and Adam both back.  Thea is able to resist miraculously.  Adam does not.  He is thrown fifteen feet backwards and lands prone.  

"That was your only chance!"  Vader says, looking down the corridor at Travin and reaching out to squeeze his fist.  Travin goes down, stunned.  

Vader's terrifying command of the room becomes clear as he regains himself.  Even Aughra looks frightened.  Aughra's good eye shoots up in alarm, and she reaches out toward Thea, muttering something as she does so, and green energy floats around the girl for a moment.  

"GIRL RUNS GIRL RUNS FOR HER LIFE RUN GIRL!"  Aughra starts screaming.

“Listen, fools.  To me you're nothing but orcshit.  Do you understand?  A lot of things can happen to orcshit.  It can be scraped off the ground with a shovel.  It can dry up and blow away in the wind.  Or it can be stepped on and squashed.”

Even Ol' Ironsides shies back from the Dark Lord of the Sith.  Birt looks like he'd rather run than fight...

Thea- terrified and clutching at her neck as she's force choked- gives out a muffled scream as the lightsaber cuts into her. Tears streaming down her cheeks, her lavender eyes flash with a steely resolve and furious rebellion as the mark on her forehead flashes bright white. Some power hidden inside of her courses through her body, giving her the strength of body to evade Vader's grasp and strength of will to evade his fearful presence. Landing in a three- point stance, she meets his gaze defiantly as a barrage of ethereal butterflies surround and buffet the Sith in her own celestial version of a hellish rebuke dealing 6 points of force damage. Gasping for air, she looks to her team mates trying to hold on to that courage coursing through her veins and she tries to sort out her next move to get out of this dangerous position. Catching Aughra out of the corner of her eye she calls out in a weak voice, "Sorry! I promised Adam's mum to protect him if I can! If he stays, I stay!" 

Jek watches in horror as Vader uses Thea to defend against Ker-Adams attacks. Then, he clutches at his neck and his shoulders slump. Oh no, how can that be? But then, is everyone okay? But, he was his friend.....

Now's not the time. He needs to focus. They need to hit him hard and fast! Okay, probably the time to try this!

With a thought and a touch to the circlet on his head, three beads of flame appear above Jek's hand, as he cast Scorching Ray. After casting, he will move back into the shadows, out of the light. If there's anywhere to get out of line of sight of Vader, he will go there. 

Ray 1 Attack: 28 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.
Ray 2 Attack: 19 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.
Ray 3 Attack: 19 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.

Lord Vader is buffeted by the butterflies, but the Scorching Ray is another matter all together.  The first is absorbed by a rippling Force effect around his body, while the other two are batted away harmlessly by his lightsaber...

Adam reaches up and wipes a drip of blood from the corner of his mouth and he stands up.  He says, “I tried being reasonable.  I didn’t like it.”  He readies his shield and lightsaber and moves forward, stepping beyond and in front of Thea, engaging Vader again.  “Are you gonna hide behind a young woman again?  Give it up Vader.  Don’t you feel the conflict in you?  I can sense it, you have good in you.  Lay down your light saber!”

Light saber attack 1 : Attack: 35 Damage: 23 + 7 radiant damage

Light saber attack 2 : Attack: 26 Damage: 16 + 8 radiant damage

(with Haste) Light saber attack 3 : Attack: 16 Damage: 15 + 11 radiant damage

Light saber attack 4 : Attack: 23 Damage: 16 + 8 radiant damage

The first attack has additional critical 2 points of radiant damage.  

"heh, hmm, yeh hm! Ah!" Travin's eyes roll in the back of his head as he attempts to wake, but he cannot seem to summon the wherewithal to bring himself back to the moment, he remains sprawled out over the floor, writhing.

"I left all my good on a battlefield in a time and place you can't even imagine!"  Lord Vader says as Adam comes at him.  His lightsaber sweeps around to meet the first attack, but the attack is so hard that it rolls down the length of his arm, spraying molten metal as it does so.  He doesn't take the full brunt of what it could have done, but it still wasn't good for him.  Vader grunts, but his lightsaber continues to move, and between the saber and whatever defense he threw up during Adam's initial attack, the rest of Adam's attacks fall short.  "You cannot change my destiny!  You have no idea what it is I'm after!  Your Goddesses have refused to help me!  Your world's magic has failed to bring her back!  As long as my master remains the pinnacle of this pathetic realm, I get what I want, and there is nothing you can do to change that!  This is my destiny!"  

Ironsides remains behind Adam in the corridor and mewls pitifully as it searches for the courage to move up and attack, but doesn't find it...

Thea, trying to sort out what was best for her to do, hears Vader's words as he lashes out at Adam. She says loudly enough to be heard as she backs away, "I'm sorry she couldn't be brought back. But is how you're living your life now- what you're doing to all the good and the innocent in the world- would that make her proud? Be a good legacy to the bond you shared?" As she talks her hands glow with radiant light and she takes a chance hurling out her guiding bolt to hit him (17 to hit; 16 points of damage and advantage to the next attack if it hits). She doesn't go her full movement away, she did promise to try and protect Adam after all and she stops about 15' behind him. Taking a moment to catch her breath, her forehead shimmers with iridescent pink light that courses over her body, helping to heal some of the damage Vader did to her. (Healing light, 3 dice for 10hp back).

"Who are you to assume what she would want!?"  Lord Vader shouts at Thea as he brings his lightsaber up to absorb the Guiding Bolt.  He reaches out with one hand, makes a fist...pulls her back to him.  This time, however, as she flies to him, the Lightsaber sticks into her belly...and out through her back.  His helmet leans forward as he whispers something in her face.  "You have no idea.  And now you die, like your friends will die soon." 

He pulls the lightsaber free and throws her limp form aside

Somewhere in the back of the corridor, Birt makes a blowing-raspberry sound with his tongue as he refuses to move up and engage.  

"STUPID GIRL!  AUGHRA SAID RUN!"  Aughra shouts down the corridor at Thea.  She steps back and forth, pacing in place as she struggles with what to do next...

Thea's eyes widen and she stares defiantly at Vader as he pulls her towards him. Before he runs her through, she whispers "But you're the one who has to live with your decisions..." She tries to be brave but cries out at the searing hot pain of the cruel weapon before she loses consciousness and is tossed aside, crumpled limp on the ground.

Stepping in, as if appearing out of Thin air. The stark red and amber colouration of her weapon slices through the air and down upon Vader. Her scarlet mane signaling her arrival as without a word, she takes her silent anger out upon the Sith which had just impaled her friend. Her Jaw clenched in fury as her weapon's initial attack is deflected, Her heel plants onto the ground and pivots as she ducks. Swinging the long blade around to the other side of Lord Vader this time with a fair bit more precision. 

With a flurry of quick blows, Malenia ducks and rolls over to Thea. Looking upon her friend with a grimace of worry, She grips her friends arm and vanishes in a blast of silvery mist. Appearing 30 feet further away from the Sith, Malenia stands in front of her friend with her weapon held high. "Stay away from her." Her voice does not match her expression, Her face is contorted with fury and rage, yet there is a serene calmness to her tenor. A cold proclamation of her intent to protect her friend. 

Jek watches in horror as Thea is impaled on the saber. The image of the Child-Like Empress's limp form, impaled the same way, flashes in his mind. No... Not again. 

Then, this new lady shows up. She looks familiar, she was there yesterday, right. One of the chosen. 

As she appears near him with Thea, he will move forward and pull out one of the healing potions. He pulls the stopper and forces it into Thea's mouth. "Not again. No! You will fail, Vader. I don't know who your master is, but he is not the Pinnacle of this Realm." 

Lord Vader is about as surprised as one would expect him to be as the Jedi steps out of thin air and attacks him.  His lightsaber comes up, spinning to meet Malenia's in the seconds before her lightsaber punches a hole in the ribs of his armor.  He roars and twists away as the Jedi grabs Thea and Misty Steps her to safety.  Roaring with rage, he lines up his lightsaber and wings it at Adam, slashing him before the lightsaber flies back to Vader's hand...but it only hits the magical shield that Adam places between the two of them. 

"A Jedi!"  He shouts down the tunnel.  "I have felt your presence for a long, long time!  I will be glad to not be nagged by such an annoyance after today!"  

Travin sputters and says something like 'yeh yeh hmm' as Birt shakes him and blows raspberries...

She pays little mind to the Siths words, in fact she finds him ot be far more talkative than she believed. Lowering her weapon to her side, she extends her prosthetic hand forward. The alloyed fingers curl in as she grits her teeth, for just a moment. There is a spark of electricity that arcs between her fingers. 

"You will not harm her again." Again, while her voice is a picturesue of calm and composed tenor. Her face is contorted and twisted in anger, her soft features wrinkled in a fury the likes of which she had never felt before. The arc's of electricity fade from her fingers as a dull thud wooshes through the air, directed towards the Sith lord. After which she grips her weapon firmly with both hands, still standing in front of the prone Thea. Holding her weapon ready for any incoming attack.

Lord Vader throws his hand up as Malenia tries to slow him, and the Force shimmers around him.  His lightsaber comes back up, and the Force shimmers around his body again...

Adam narrowly blocked the attack from Vader by casting shield, now he is wanting to continue the attack.  “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”  he pauses for a quick second and says “Tomorrow is promised to no one.”  He is moving quickly, makes two swings of his lightsaber at Vader, and then he is huffing and puffing, to an abnormal degree.  You wonder if there is something wrong with him as he prepares.  He lets out a gutteral thrumming sound, shouting full on at Vader and wave of energy shoots out of his mouth at him.  

He shouts “FUS - - RO - - DAH!” at him, and you see a rippling, warbling wave of energy extend out from, buffeting the Sith.  

 Light saber attack 1 : Attack: 19 Damage: 15 + 10 radiant damage.

Light saber attack 2 : Attack: 18 Damage: 15 + 7 radiant damage.

Unrelenting Force attack (Haste)  :

Ironsides makes a mewling sound, like it is afraid, not the usual angry mewling and hunger sounds that usually happen during a fight.  It’s shell glows for a moment, twinkling.  It tries to gather its courage to move forward.  

Ironsides wisdom save : 13 

Adam hears the tone of the mewling sound behind him and knows what has happened.  Quickly looking over his shoulder, he sees that Ironsides has withdrawn into his shell.  He looks back at Vader saying “It doesn’t have to be this way.  We can see Gandalf, he can solve this problem for you, you don’t have to continue down this dark path.  There is still good in you!  Let go of your hate, your fear!  Don’t you see?”

Lord Vader steps to meet Adam and brings his lightsaber up, blocking the first attack, before swinging down, blocking the second.  

"Impressive, but clumsy."  He goads.  "At least the Jedi actually hurt me.  With training..."  

He is interrupted and steps back as the wave of Unrelenting Force rolls over him.  He throws one arm up over his face, braces himself...but is otherwise unaffected by the attack.  He huffs, his metallic breathing rattling his faceplate, as he throws his hand out toward Adam.  A noise explodes through the air around Adam's head, but the Fighter is tough, able to resist it better than most.