Kaal-Kestis struggled desperately, but it was useless. The Force in Augus's hand grew ever stronger, leaving him no room to resist.
His face twisted viciously as he said, "We gave you everything! Everything! Yet you lowborn wretches showed no gratitude at all. What use is there in keeping people like you alive? You should die right now!"
"Let him go!" Aayla Secura rushed forward as well. With a raised hand, she summoned her Lightsaber into her grasp and thrust it toward Augus's back.
But Augus had already taken complete control of the situation. He viciously hurled Kaal to the ground, then spun and slashed backhandedly! Caught off guard, Aayla Secura was instantly pierced straight through the abdomen!
Even so, Aayla Secura still lunged at him, throwing her arms around Augus's shoulders and roaring, "Run! Run!"
Kaal-Kestis was almost completely stunned. She had no idea what she was supposed to do. She climbed up from the ground, feeling pain all over her body.
"Run!" With the last of her strength, Aayla Secura shouted, "Don't let Tang Xiao get that storage device! Run!"
After struggling for a moment, Kaal-Kestis finally got to her feet. But the instant she stood, she met Augus's incomparably savage, terrifying gaze. "You... want to run? Do you think... you can get away?"
Kaal-Kestis clenched her teeth. She knew she had been driven into a dead end. Suddenly, power from somewhere unknown surged forth. She threw back her head with a cry, and a powerful wave of the Force erupted from her!
The power was so immense that even Augus was caught off guard, forced to stagger back repeatedly.
He reacted quickly as well, kicking the dying Aayla Secura aside. Raising his Lightsaber, he hacked viciously at Kaal-Kestis.
But at that instant, he remembered Tang Xiao's highest order—for