Star Wars: The Old Republic: Resurrection/Chapter 1

The training droid hovered a meter away from him, bobbing up and down as it's repulsorlifts kept it above the tile of the exercise yard. It's multifacited body twisted around in the air, almost like a human trying on different expressions. But it didn't move from it's position. That came as a suprise, as it had been flying around, spouting sting bolts at him for the past few minutes. Now, it was still compared to the beginning of the exercise. What was it expecting him to do? Loosen his guard?

He wouldn't. There wasn't any chance. This was just an attempt to make him slip and open up to another attack. In no way would he allow this hunk of metal to get the better of him.

''This insignifigant flying junk can't best me. It won't. I won't let it.''

Then he winced, remembering the pain of some of the sting bolts that had hit him in the chest because of a failed manuver.

That, apparently, was the moment that the training drone was waiting for. It dived, spinning rapidly, and fired a string of bolts aimed right the sore spot on his torso. He spun his blade in a tight arc, deflecting the bolts, but failed to direct any of them back at the drone. More bolts came, ths time much faster. ''I can't dodge those! Who programmed this thing?'' He was forced to leap into the air, using a slight burst of the Force to augment his leap and take him closer to the drone.

The droid seemed to register his change in position, and suddenly moved higher in the air, firing as it went. But his sudden movement had forced it to fire errantly, and all the shots passed by him with no threat. But then it moved yet again, this time shooting low and behind him, and shot a single bolt under his thigh. The pain took him completely off-guard, sending him tumbling to the tile of the exercise platform.

Now it was serious. Now it was a fight he absoluetly had to win.

Now he was getting angry.

The drone was no longer a training droid, used for helping student practice. Now, it was an Imperial soldier, finding every opening to capitalize and strike against him.