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Dark Skies

By

Forever-Luke

Mara unlocked the door to the apartment that she and her recently wed husband Luke share, walking into the living area she threw her duffel bag onto the floor and went to flip on the lights, but nothing happened. Odd? She made her way to the lamp on the desk in the far corner, half way across the dimly lit room movement caught her eye, spinning she whipped out the small wrist blaster she carried. Aiming it ahead she stretched out with the force for any signs of an intruder, but could sense nothing. Slowly making her way towards the bedroom where she had seen something move, she kept a cautious eye on the open doorway, easing into the room she felt a slight breeze, looking in the direction of the balcony she saw that the large glass doors were open, doors that should have been locked since she had been off planet, and she knew that it wasn't Luke, because he had been staying with his sister since last they spoke. She had no doubt in her mind now that there had been an intruder in the apartment, and gut instinct told her that they were still here, but if that was true then why couldn't she sense them. Turning back towards the living area she came face to face with a dark figure, jumping backwards she went for the trigger but something hard smacked her across the head, she collapsed to her knees daze, but the blow was repeated and she fell onto her stomach as darkness engulfed her.


Luke released the throttle as he manoeuvred the speeder into the small hanger of the apartment he shared with his wife, today had been a long day one that he was glad was over. Climbing out of the craft he headed for the lift, he couldn't wait the see Mara, to hold her in his arms again, the last week had been painful not having her on Coruscant. Mara had gone to investigate a possible lead on a rumour about a dark Jedi that was running with a crime syndicate, but from when they had last spoken she had said that it had been nothing but a waste of time and didn't appear to be to happy about it either, he was sure that he would hear all about it later tonight.

The ride in the lift didn't take long and he was at the door of the apartment before he knew it, opening the door he entered the brightly lit living area, a smile crossed his face as he saw the duffel bag lying on the floor where it had been thrown. "Mara I'm back!" he called but there was no reply, he walked to the opened bedroom door, maybe she was sleeping? If she was then he wouldn't wake her.

Passing through the door a cold chill ran down his spine making him shiver. "Mara?" she wasn't on the bed, the sound of running water came to his ears, she must be in the shower. He walked over to the door and knocked, "Mara I'm back," still no answer. Stretching out with the force he tried to touch her mind to see if she was alright, but he couldn't seem to find her presences. Pulling out his lightsaber he opened the door and entered, "Mara?"

She lay on the shower floor, her back to him, the water falling down over her naked body, turning red as it flowed down the drainage hole.

"Mara!" he rushed to her and fell to his knees, grabbing her shoulder he pulled her over onto her back, he whimpered in horror as he saw her bloody beaten face, her eyes were swollen shut and her nose and jaw were smashed. He quickly checked for any sign of life, her breathing was shallow and there was a faint pulse. Carefully picking her up in his arms he carried her to the bed and laid her down gently, grabbing the blankets he covered her cold and pale body before rushing to the com and calling for a med team. Coming back he knelt beside her and held one of her hands in his, "don't you die on me," he whispered, tears running down his cheeks mixing with the water from the shower. Stretching out desperately he tried to find her in the force, but his mind wouldn't touch her.

"Please don't die," he begged, gently running a hand over her wet red hair, staring painfully at her unrecognisable face, "please don't die."


Alright this is kind of a teaser chapter for this story. I wanted to see what people thought. So let me know what you think and if you're interest.

And yes JOAC (Joys of a Commander) chapter 2 is coming I promise, just tweaking it a little more.