The apprentice forced Kota's own lightsaber down into his eyes.

And suddenly-as though in a vision from out of time, exactly the sort of vision the apprentice sought in the fire of his red blade-Kota's face became that of another man, a man with dark hair and strong features, features not dissimilar to the apprentice's own.

The general cried out in pain-and in that cry the apprentice thought he heard a man shouting, "Run!"

Chapter 3