She (The one)
Chapter one.
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It all started with a wound. Well, not just a wound, a lot of them. Anakin and Obi-Wan have been sent to a dangerous mission, on a planet far away outside of their rim. Droids have attacked the planet for reasons they didn't know. Jedi presence has been asked to protect the civilian and to stop Droids.
It was when he got injured. Anakin was fighting on the frontline, blocking the blaster shots with his lightsaber. A Droid aimed his gun at Rex, Anakin managed to push him aside but couldn't dodge it and ended up injured.
He woke up on a bed in the back of a ship, light of a small flashlight flashing in his eyes. He closed his eyes as soon as he was drawn back in consciousness and groaned.
"Can you see me?" A soft voice spoke up to him, pulling the flashlight away. Anakin blinked a few times until his vision got clear. Before his eyes was a young girl, short jet black hair flipped over, covering the left side of her face.
Anakin leant on his elbows trying to sit up but a sharp pain in his body stopped him, made him moan in pain.
"Don't move," The girl pushed him down by his shoulders "You got a nasty wound in your stomach. It took me a good twenty minutes to stop the bleeding."
She picked up a few stuff from the desk near the bed and sit back beside his bed. "I need to stitch the wound. Can you stand the pain?" Anakin whispered a yes, but took it back as the needle touched his skin. He closed his eyes wishing it to end soon.
After minutes of unbearable pain, his wound was stitched, bandaged up, and a painkiller was injected to the IV connected to his wrist.
The girl took her time, putting everything in place and cleaning herself up. After a few minutes Anakin's eyelids felt heavy. Between his half-way-opened eyes, he saw Obi-Wan walking in asking the girl how he was.
"I gave him a strong painkiller. He would be fine until you reach your destination." She explained, "But he might have a fever later, so I recommend him to visit hospital. But he's fine for now, as long as he doesn't leave the bed, or else he would die out of losing so much blood."
"Thank you so much," Obi-Wan put a hand on the girl's shoulder. "I owe you."
"Don't mention it. It was nothing after all of the things you had done for me."
He wasn't sure if he heard right or not, but he felt someone whispering rest well, before he fall back into the dream world.
2.
The second time he saw that girl, was 6 months after that mission. He was sent as extra protection for the princess Lara, the last hire of a planet called Sura.
Her hair was still covering her face, a blaster attached to her right thigh. She was guarding the door to Princess Lara's bedroom.
He walked up to her, a smile capturing his lips, he didn't know why.
"Hi," he spoke up awkwardly, "Do You remember me?"
The girl glanced at him for a second before looking at the plain wall in front of her.
"What do you want?" she asked sounding not interested in a conversation.
"I just wanted to than…"
"I'm not allowed to speak while on post," she cut him off.
The beeping sound of his comlink took away the chance for him to say anything else. He glanced at her for the last time before walking away to answer it.
He ran into her a few hours later, when armed guys raid inside the castle, attacking them. She had the princess at her side, clenching at her in fear, blaster in hand, using a large pillar to shelter themselves from the blaster shots.
"We're under a heavy attack. There's no way out!" Anakin said dodging a shot, leaning to the pillar next to her.
"Shut up, you scare her," The girl howled at him wrapping an arm around the young hire's shoulder.
"Sir, we are blockaded," Rex said shooting at the enemy. "There's no way out."
Anakin heard the girl swore under her breath and then turned to the princess.
"Your highness, is there any way out of here?"
The young princess thought for a second and then whispered something to her.
"Awesome," she cheered up. "Hey, can your men shoot those chandeliers?" she told Anakin pointing to the giant chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. "Apparently, there's a runaway somewhere at the end of this corridor."
Anakin nodded unsure of her plane and ordered the clones to shoot the chandeliers.
Chandeliers fell down with a loud bang, blocking the blaster shots, and gave them enough time to escape.
Fifteen minutes later they were safe and sound in a ship taking them to a secure place.
Anakin who has been giving reports to Obi-Wan through a hologram-call, assured the Princess's aunt to bring her back safe, cut the call and leant his head to the ship wall, holding his injured arm.
"Let me see it,"
"What?" he opened his eyes and looked at her standing before him.
"Your wound," She repeated, "Let me see it."
She sat beside him and opened a small bag and took a look at his wound.
"Earlier this morning, I wanted to say thank you for the last time," He finally said. "Obi-Wan told me I was injured badly."
She finished up and patted him on his hale shoulder, "You're welcome."
He watched her pulling a blanket over the princess curling into a ball on a bench and closed her eyes.
He didn't even bother asking her name.
3.
The last time he saw her that year, he wasn't neither in battlefield nor on a hospital bed injured to death.
It was a normal sunny day on Coruscant. It was Anakin's day off. He decided to walk around the city as he was bored. He saw her coming out of a store, a bag hanging from her shoulder. He called after her. To his doubtful hope, she stopped in her track and turned around.
"Hello again," she greeted him.
"Hi," Anakin said reaching her. "What are you doing here? Looking for trouble?"
"No," She laughed "I had a business to do and now I'm on my way to somewhere else."
There was a moment of silence before she spoke up again. Locking eyes with him "How's your wound? I trust you don't have gotten any?"
Anakin shook his head. "No,"
"Good," she checked her wristband as it beeped, breaking the eye contact. "I need to go."
Anakin nodded his head. "It was nice meeting you," she said putting a hand on his shoulder.
"You too," she gave him a small smile and walked past him.
"The name is Mila," She shouted from the distance "Say hi to Obi-Wan for me."
And with that she was gone but he at least knew her name.
TBC…
A/N: Hope you liked this. As said in the summary, this is one shots of how Anakin and Mila met. There's going to be more. Reviews are appreciated. Would like to hear from you.