The Legends Collide (Part 12)

   Perseus followed Yoda with the rest of the group to what Yoda called, "A real challenge".
   "What exactly is this challenge?" Perseus asked for about the fifth time.
   "Be patient!" Said Yoda, also about the fifth time.
   Perseus huffed. He was not someone to be kept waiting. They had been walking down halls for fifteen minutes. Perseus had a growing suspicion that Yoda did not know his way. After all, this hall looked suspiciously similar to one they had gone through a few minutes ago.
   "Are you sure you know where you're going?" Asked Perseus.
   "Yes!" Shouted Yoda. "Young people and their need for everything to be quick." He grumbled.
   Perseus frowned and was about to retort, when Yoda said something else.
   "Here we are."
   Perseus looked up at the huge white doors.
   "Seriously, do you people need everything to be white?" Asked Achilles.
   Yoda shot a glare at Achilles. Perseus pushed open the doors and stepped into a large black room with little pinpricks of light everywhere. Perseus realized the whole room was made of glass and he was standing in the place where all the stars were. He quickly searched for constellations but found none. These stars were not his own.
   "This is the training room on a much larger scale." Said Yoda. "Here you will learn to use teamwork."
   Achilles looked excited.
   "I'm great at this stuff!" He said. "I could lead everyone, and teach them battle formations, and...." He trailed off when he saw Perseus staring at him in disapproval.
   "I should lead." Said Perseus.
   Thor glared at him. "I should lead." He said.
   Arthur stepped up. "Well, I don't mean to offend anyone, but I should probably lead."
   Both Perseus and Thor glared at him. Thor pulled out his hammer and Perseus and Arthur pulled out their swords. Before anyone could strike, though Yoda used the force to push Arthur's and Perseus's swords out of their hands. He couldn't seem to push Thor's hammer out of his hand, but he could keep his arm from moving.
   "You can't learn teamwork with discord." Said Yoda. "Fighting among yourselves is only going to destroy your friendship. You must learn to fight together. Form up."
   Everyone seemed to know what to do. They gathered side by side in a straight line, as their enemies flood-ed in through other entrances. Perseus braced himself as the flow of enemies reached them.  

The Legends Collide (Part 11)

   Luke walked in the room, smiling at the new recruits.

   "Hi, my name's Luke." He said. They seemed to be studying him. He smiled again. He'd give them something to study.

   "Today, I'm going to be seeing if you're worthy to defeat The Moonfaller. All you have to do is beat me in a duel."

   The one named Perseus snorted as if it would be easy.

   "Okay, for the ones that don't have lightsabers, I will switch to a sword to duel with them, except for Thor, I already know I can't cut his hammer."

   Thor grunted in response.

   "So, who's going to go first?" Asked Luke.

   Arthur raised his hand. Luke reached for a sword as Arthur stepped forward and said, "Um, I don't think your lightsaber thingy can cut my sword."

   "Oh, really?" Asked Luke, "Shall we test it?"

   Arthur nodded. Foolish man, Luke thought as he swung his lightsaber down, This is a really nice sword.

When Luke's lightsaber hit the sword, it rebounded and a small explosion knocked Luke backwards.

   Luke sat on the ground, stunned for a few moments then shook his head, smiled and got up.

   "That has got to be the strongest sword I have ever seen and, unfortunately, felt." Luke rubbed his butt.

   Arthur grinned.

   "All right now, let's fight!" Luke said.

   Arthur and Luke started by circling each other. Arthur reached out with his sword. Luke easily parried. Suddenly, Luke attacked with quick strikes one after the other. Arthur barely blocked all of them. Arthur thrust his sword forward. Luke blocked, but then Arthur used his sword to push Luke's lightsaber up out of his hands. Arthur held his sword against Luke's throat.
   "I win." He said, but then Luke held his hand out to his lightsaber and it flew into his hand. He pushed the sword away with the lightsaber and hopped back up. Luke ran at Arthur and they both jumped at the same time. Luke whacked his lightsaber against Arthur's sword and another small explosion knocked them both backwards. Arthur was the first to recover and he once again pushed Luke's lightsaber away.
   "I win again." He said.
   Luke started laughing.
   "Where did you learn to sword fight like that?" Asked Luke.
   Arthur shrugged. "At court."
   "All right, who's next?" Asked Luke.
   Perseus stepped forward, now looking less certain he would beat Luke. Luke grabbed a sword and started circling Perseus, but Perseus went straight to the most demanding part of the fight. He started attacking fast and furiously. He knocked Luke's sword out of his hand and before Luke could use the force on his sword, Perseus broke it.
   "I win." Said Perseus.
   Luke nodded. "As you men seem fond of saying."
   Thor stepped forward.
   "Nuh uh Thor, you break too many swords and lightsabers."
   Thor grumbled but stepped back. Achilles stepped forward.
   "I'm the greatest warrior of my time. It'll be hard to beat me." Achilles said. He smiled, as if he had a secret that only he knew.
   Achilles suddenly started attacking. Luke parried and struck back.
   "Is that the style of fighting in Greece? It seems very efficient." Luke said.
   With that distraction he struck at Achilles again. He forgot he wasn't in a real battle and gave Achilles a lethal blow to the neck. Achilles fell down and Luke stared at him in horror. Somehow, Achilles got up and with Luke staring at him in wonder, Achilles struck at him. Luke held up a sword that wasn't there. He looked frantically on the ground and saw tiny metal shards everywhere. His sword had shattered on Achilles's neck. Luke ducked just in time, but lost his balance. Achilles leveled his sword at Luke.
   "I win." He said.
   Mau'i stepped forward and Luke grabbed his lightsaber. They started with some basic thrusts at each other, mostly experimental. This'll be easy. Thought Luke. He swung quickly at Mau'i but Mau'i blocked and pushed the lightsaber away. Maybe not as easy as I thought. Luke swung at Mau'i again, but Mau'i had lots of strength on his side and pushed the lightsaber away again easily. Suddenly, Mau'i made a quick thrust towards Luke blocked but realized that it was a feint as Mau'i swung his lightsaber up slicing into Luke's lightsaber handle.
   "I uh, beat you." Said Mau'i.
   Luke bowed his head in respect.
   "Well, you all passed." Said Luke, "Yoda chose wisely, I see."
   Yoda raised an eyebrow.
   Luke sighed. "As always."
   Everyone followed Yoda out of the room with Luke staring on in wonder at how good they all were. 
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The Legends Collide (Part 10)

   As they drew closer to the judges, Mau'i began to feel more and more nervous. He had never felt this nervous before.
   Their disk stopped a few feet from the judges'.
   "Yoda," One of them said, "This is the team you have gathered?"
   Yoda nodded. Mau'i acknowledged that he seemed to prefer that over speaking.
   "A fine team it is." The judge said with a nod.
   Mau'i let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding.
   "But," Said the judge, "They will have to be tested to see if they are worthy."
   Yoda nodded again.
   "Come with me." Said Yoda.
   Their disk flew back to the entrance. They walked out of the room into another room filled with...nothing. Mau'i was confused.
   "Yoda," He said leaning down to the little man, "Why are we in such a bare room to prove ourselves?"
   "The training room, this is." He said.
   Now Mau'i was even more confused, but his confusion soon turned to surprise, as the walls flipped over to show weapons of all different shapes and sizes, but mostly some small metal cylinders like the one Yoda carried at his side.
   The judges stepped into the room and faced them.
   "Choose a weapon." Said the lead judge.
   "I'll keep my hammer." He said.   Thor slid off of Mau'i's shoulder...Mau'i had almost forgotten he'd been carrying him.
   "I'll keep my sword." Said Arthur.
   The lead judge nodded. "Do what you want."
   Achilles chose a large sword. Mau'i eyed one of the cylinders and selected one.
   "Press the button." Said Yoda.
   Mau'i noticed a button on the side of it and pressed it. A long green blade of light popped out. Mau'i looked at it amazed, already knowing that with it, he would definitely pass inspection.
                                                               
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The Legends Collide (Part 9)

   Achilles slashed another man to death, before going onto another. He suddenly saw a small group of men standing amidst the Trojans.
   Stupid Trojan nobility. He thought as he charged them.
   Right as he was swinging his sword down at the strongest looking man, it flew out of his hands.
   "Come, Achilles, time to waste we have not." Said a little green man Achilles didn't notice before.
   "Who are you?" Asked Achilles, right before they transported.
   Achilles looked around him in astonishment. What were those things providing light, and how were they providing light?
   The small green man started walking down a hallway.
   "Come!" He said.
   Achilles and the small group of men followed, until they came into a grand room filled with hovering disks each big enough to fit a small group of people.
   "You are being brought before the senate to be tested." mumbled the small green man to the others. "On your best behavior you must be."
   He finally took notice of Achilles and swept his gaze up and down him.
   "I suppose you still don't know why you are here do you?" He asked.
   Achilles shook his head.
   "I am Yoda, you will soon know the rest."
   Yoda closed his eyes. Suddenly Achilles knew the whole story and why he was there.
   "How did you do that?" He asked.
   "The force is strong with me." Yoda answered.
   "Hey, you still owe us an explanation about that force thingy you do." Said Perseus--Yoda had also made Achilles know all the people in the crew's names.
   Yoda sighed. "The force, is a power that is only possessed by the Jedi and the Sith."
   Perseus frowned. "Now you just made me even more confused."
   Yoda rolled his eyes, then said, "I will tell you later."
   Perseus grumbled something about always later, and he'll show him "Later".
   "Well," said Achilles, trying to start off good with the other guys, "My name's Achilles and I am a great warrior of my time. Who are you guys? I mean, other than your names."
   Mau'i started first. "I am a god and I fished up the islands of Hawa'ii."
   Achilles whistled.
   Perseus was next. "I'm Perseus and I killed Medusa, which you guys probably don't even know who that is."
   "Wait, you mean, The Perseus?" Achilles asked, "The Perseus who killed all the gorgons and saved the princess from the sea monster?"
   Perseus looked astonished. "Yeah, that's me." He said, "Except Mau'i here killed the last and most ruthless sister of Medusa."
   Mau'i grunted in response.
   Achilles couldn't believe he was in the presence of the legendary Perseus. He wanted to say something cool, but he was afraid it would sound dumb. He pulled his gaze from Perseus onto Arthur.
   "Well," Achilles said critically, looking Arthur up and down, "What can you do?"
   Arthur returned his gaze calmly, not looking fazed in the least. "I am favored by Merlin, the great wizard and I am a king."
   Achilles nodded, then turned to Thor.
   "So, Thor." He said, "What can you--oh,"
   Thor was still slung over Mau'i's shoulder, out cold.
   "Here we go." Said Yoda, as their disk started to float up toward the center of the room, toward the judges.
    Achilles stood up straight and tall. Already eager to pass inspection.

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The Legends Collide (Part 8)

   When they made it back to the golden sphere, the man in golden armor transported them without Yoda even having to use the force.
   Suddenly Yoda felt a great disturbance in the force. Or...no, that was just his staticy earpiece. Someone was trying to call him. He answered.
   "Yoda speaking."
   He glanced at the others, who were too busy staring at the futuristic place around them, to notice him seemingly speaking to nobody.
   "Hello, Yoda this is Luke." Said Luke on the other line, "We have found someone else that seems to have enough potential for the mission."
   Yoda sighed. Someone else to get. He really was getting too old for this.
   "His name? What is it?" He asked.
   "Achilles." Replied Luke.
   Yoda sighed again and said, "Come on, boys. We have another new recruit to get."
   "But I thought you said Thor was the last one?" Said Arthur.
   "I did, but Luke has just informed me that someone else has the potential to join us."
   Perseus looked confused. "Who's Luke?" He asked.
   "He is a jedi knight that I trained. Well, mostly. Did the rest, Obi-Wan Kenobi did."
   Perseus looked confused again. "Who's Obi-Wan Kenobi?"
   Yoda sighed. "We are not getting anywhere with this."
   "Apparently not." Said Perseus.
   "Come. Let us go get the new recruit." Said Yoda.
   "Oh, man!" Said Arthur, "I was just getting used to this place."
   They transported to a world of blood and death and destruction. The middle of the Trojan War.      

The Legends Collide (Part 7)

   Arthur studied the big man who had entered the room. He looked like he would be a real challenge in a fight, with those big muscles and that bulky hammer of his.
   "It's really happened?" Asked the man.
   Yoda nodded gravely.
   The man finally seemed to notice the men standing around Yoda. He looked at each one of them in turn. When he looked at Arthur, Arthur almost cringed under that disapproving gaze. But I can't show weakness or else everyone else will think I am weak and will lose confidence. So Arthur stood up tall until the man's gaze shifted to Perseus.
   Arthur sighed quietly.
   "A fine crew you have gathered, Yoda." Said the man.
   "A fine crew, indeed it is." Yoda said, "Crew, I would like to introduce to you to Thor."
   "Hi, Thor." Said Perseus.
   Thor looked sharply at Perseus, who didn't look in the least fazed.
   Thor looked back at Yoda. "Well," He said, "I want to see some abilities."
   Arthur looked at Perseus, who looked at Mau'i, who looked at Yoda.
   "Well," Said Yoda to Mau'i, "You're abilities he must know."
   "Well, how must I show my abilities?" Asked Mau'i.
   Thor laughed. A deep rich contagious laugh.
   "Well fight me of course." He said.
   Mau'i nodded and got into a fighting position.
   "You're not going to get a weapon?" Asked Thor.
   Mau'i shook his head.
   Arthur looked on with excitement. This was going to be interesting.
   Thor charged at Mau'i and swung his hammer. Mau'i simply sidestepped and conked him on the head with his fist. Thor fell to the ground unconscious.
   Arthur broke out laughing.
   Odin sighed. "My son is sometimes reckless like that."
   "Mau'i," Yoda said, "Please pick up Thor and bring him with us."
   Thor suddenly got up looking woozy. "That, is a good ability." He said before collapsing again.
   Arthur burst out laughing again.
   Mau'i hefted Thor onto his shoulder and everyone walked out of the palace.

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