I HAVE VALID REASONS WHY I HAVEN'T UPDATED! *Cowers* My internet broke down in May and apparently it takes SIX STUPID MONTHS to get it back up! So. Yeah. *Breathes* Enjoy. XD Now, I tried to keep the characters in... well, character, but I was laughing so hard and I'm sick, I kinda... I dunno.. XD Anyway, I DO support Luxsoka, but if you don't, you don't have to worry! There are ABSOLUTLY NO ROMANTIC BITS. I PROMISE.

I DO NOT OWN STAR WARS.

Bumps, Bruises and Questions

I allow the medical droids to examine me one more to confirm that there are no further injuries than the last time they checked, not that that I could have possibly been punched in the face or had a thermal detonator thrown at me.

Once they complete their check, tell me I should be fine in a week and walk away, I sit myself on the edge of the examination table and roll my eyes, propping my elbow up on my thigh and resting my jaw on my fist.

"Snips," Anakin says as he enters the room. "I doubt I'm going to want to know how an untrained, teenage Senator did this to you." He laughs at his little joke but I simply roll my eyes again and groan. I'm not in the mood to explain how I was tazered, dragged to some freezing planet and subjected to being called Lux's Fiancé. I will probably have to do that once for the council already.

"I have some bumps and bruises, a couple broken ribs, but the medic said I'll be fine in no time." I reply plainly, glancing down at the white bacta-wraps around my waist and torso.

"Ouch, Snips. I thought I trained you well enough to not get beat up by some rich senator's son." He teases me. I growl underneath my breath and finally give in to defending my poor, brutally laughed at, reputation. Isn't it obvious Lux would barely be able to hold his own against a youngling? I'm surprised a Death Watch soldier didn't shoot him by accident.

"He had a tazer, it's not like I could expect that!" I blurt out, watching Anakin's face smear in emotions. I'm not sure whether he's confused, disgusted or wary as I blabber out in shrills that in no way belong to Galactic Basic and I can't even recall what it is.

"So… he hit you with a tazer or what?!" Anakin stares at me, not quite sure if what I said was supposed to be self-explanatory.

"…He had a gun, too…"

"So he shot you?! Why didn't you tell me that?!" Anakin scowls, clearly thinking up many painful ways to maim or kill any young men with brown hair and green eyes named Lux.

"No, no, no! He didn't shoot me, Master. I took the gun away from him before he could—and no I don't think he would've shot me." I try to calm him down as he's completely raving mad and he quickly begins to breathe slower and think more rational thoughts.

Anakin looks me directly in the eyes. "If he didn't hurt you, how exactly did you get beat up like this?"

I pause, lightly touching a bruise easily the size of an orange on my head. "We… ended up on Carlac… Death Watch was there and you can guess what happened." I smile half-heartedly. "…For the most part, anyway." I leave out the details on… certain incidents and leave it at that. My down cast eyes, that refuse to look Anakin in the face signal I don't want to talk about it.

"Alright, Snips, I won't nag you any longer. You rest up, okay?" He uses his "Ordering tone" on the last part and I raise an eyebrow and smile. As he heads to leave, he adds, "Oh, and the council my not ask for your report."

"Why?" I question.

"Their very worried over some… rebels on Onderon."

The End

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