Her answer only infuriated him more. He gathered the Dark Side and wrapped it around the Nautolan's throat and slowly began closing off the air she needed to breath. She had thrown up a pathetic attempt to block it, but in her condition he had blown right through her Force defenses. He planned on dragging this out and he was going to enjoy every minute of it.
A calm voice with a steady, even tone came from behind the Sith warrior over the howling wind. "Raezyr... release her."
Raezyr hadn't heard the ship land, but somewhere in his subconscious, he had felt the approach of another being, one sheathed in the pathetically weak light side of the Force. Unfortunately, he had been too wrapped up in exacting his revenge on the first Jedi to take more notice. "Touching that you should come down and witness the final moment of your little friend here," Raezyr said over his shoulder. "Although it is strange that you should be so eager to have your turn to die, Jedi. I thought your Order taught you more patience than that." He closed his grip in the female Jedi's throat even tighter.
The other Jedi must have sensed it because Raezyr felt the being behind him go tense, as if preparing an attack. Quickly he thrust out his palm and released a wave of Dark Side energy into Nal's body. She flew backward and slammed into the side of her fighter. The impact was forceful enough to pulverize a nerf, but he hand no time to investigate what happened to her. Instead, flipping forward while twisting and drawing his blades. He had just enough time to ignite them and block the powerful downstroke of the big Chiss Jedi as he completed his leap.
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Val could feel the life force slowly ebbing from Nal. If she were to be saved, he had to act quickly. He was unsure of exactly what was happening, but he could feel sickening taint of the Dark Side flowing form the armored Sith into his friend. She clearly didn't have much longer.
He still suspected some sort of a trap. If not, why had the Sith not killed her yet and allowed him to approach on foot to within ten meters. He stopped and said something, hoping to change Nal's fate, hoping it wasn't sealed already.
The reaction from the man whom Master Solumi suspected was his grandson was about like Val had expected: a snide retort and then further torturing of Nal. The big Jedi did the only thing he could do and propelled himself through the air, igniting his lightsaber and bringing it down on the Sith.
Raezyr had reacted unbelievably quickly. Val had fully expected his attack to be blocked, but he hadn't expected the Sith to take the time to lay one last devastating blow on Nal. Val only knew she was alive because he hadn't felt her death through the Force.
He stood briefly, his blade crackling against the Sith's crossed lightsabers, and then the fight began in earnest.
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Raezyr was tired. He had expended way more energy on the Nautolan than he had expected. In fact, he had hoped to draw energy from her fear, but had ended up using his own as he desperately sought to elicit a reaction from her. No matter, he thought. He'd make quick work of this one, then rendezvous with Trych and get off this ball of ice.
He furiously rained blows upon the Chiss, who slowly gave ground under the assault. For a moment, if felt almost like fighting against his brother since they both used a lightsaber which had blades that extended from both ends of the unusually long hilt, and since he could often push his sibling into defense mode as well.
It took only a few moments for Raezyr to realize that he was gravely mistaken. This Jedi was much more skilled than his brother, and this defense mode wasn't a desperation tactic to save his life. The parries and blocks were too deft and too sure to be anything but a passive form of attack. The Jedi was going to wait and let the Sith tire himself out, then end it when his opponent was too fatigued to go on.
Raezyr quickly changed his tactics to a more balanced attack, rather than try to over power his foe with powerful blows. He was already too tired from the first fight, and he cursed himself for underestimating this foe who was vastly superior to the last one.
The Jedi noticed the change in tactics as well, and it was obvious that Raezyr couldn't win. "Raezyr, everything you've been lead to believe is a lie. Surrender. Come with me and I can show you the calm and peace you've been seeking," the blue Jedi said amidst his calm defense.
The Sith snarled beneath his helmet. He spat out the Sith code: "Peace is a lie, there is only passion!"
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