Aria shifted her weight in an almost impatient manner while Yerbol and the Sith exchanged words, snapping abruptly back to attention as the red skinned alien made, what sounded to her, very much like a threat to their existence. Their gazes locked again for a fraction of a second, and a shudder rippled down the acolyte's spine. Growling softly, Aria snatched her lightsabers from their holsters at her belt scarcely in time to block the first onslaught of electricity he directed towards them. The majority of the energy bolts bounced off the bright red blades as they hummed to life, a few stray forks of the energy fizzling past her to connect with a point on the pillar above her head. 
She ignored the shower of debris that followed behind her, keeping her attention focused ahead of them as Yerbol went toe-to-toe with the True Sith. Despite the Knight's best attempts to catch him off guard, it seemed that the alien was a far more experienced duelist than either of them. A simple shift of his weight onto the other foot and a nonchalent flick of his wrist was all it took for him to shove the pair back towards the staircase and regain his own footing. 

Aria grabbed hold of Yerbol's forearm as the Jedi staggered backwards towards her, both pulling him to a halt and using him as a solid anchor to steady herself so neither of them would be sent tumbling back down to the foot of the stairway. The acolyte nodded her head in acknowledgement, eyes narrowed in determination. "Keep moving, don't let your feet touch the ground for more than a few seconds." she hissed under her breath, hoping that despite his more muscular frame Yerbol would be well-versed enough in Force acrobatics to accomplish such maneuvers. "He can't hit us if he can't be sure where we'll be from one moment to the next!" 
She rocked back onto her heels, glancing across at Yerbol again, she added quickly. "And for Force sake, whatever you do, don't trip." a simple loss of balance on a landing or take off would be all it would take to tip the advantage back to the Sith alien; giving him enough time to grab an ankle or another appendage and then it would all be over. With little more time to spare, he could stop smirking at them and launch another energy attack or worse at any moment, she darted towards the crimson man, throwing one saber ahead of her in the hopes of catching him off guard either with the weapon that flew through the air or the blade still held firmly in her leading hand. With Yerbol close behind her, one of them was bound to land a blow one way or another.

Using Force speed to augment her own momentum and give herself more lift, Aria didn't wait for any tell-tale shout or resistance against the energy beams that would indicate a successful impact, sailing almost immediately over the Sith man's head to land behind him instead. This would leave an opening for Yerbol to take her place directly in front of him while Aria twisted to aim for his vitals from behind. The strategy had the desired effect, the Sith tutor clearly not expecting the duo to be able to work together quite so cohesively at such short notice. Despite an instance where his lightsaber barely skimmed the top of her head, she landed a solid blow to the alien's torso which then unbalanced him enough to give Yerbol the opportunity to slice through his jugular before the man had realised what was happening. 
"Shit...that was a close one!" Aria snorted with laughter, dropping onto her knees as the projection disintegrated before them with one last cry of despair. "Guess we didn't pass, then?" it seemed ironic for them to have come all this way just to be refused at the last stage of the trial. Not that there was anything they could do about that now. No, they needed to worry about what would come next. Was there other information in this temple about the True Sith's plans that they could uncover with some careful exploration?