She was too late, but it didn't feel real. She saw him fall, and felt a scream, inaudible to her own ears, come from her own lips
Ani
She felt a hollowness fill the place that had been her brother
No-no-no-no
A void was all that was left, he was gone
NO!
She ran, her legs couldn't go fast enough, all the training sessions where false pain had been inflicted upon the students felt like a joke, nothing compared to this
ANI!
His head was so fragile; she dropped next to him and held it in her lap
Not Ani, anyone but Ani, take me instead, not my little brother not him no-no-no-no-no
She felt warm wetness running down her numb face, saw dark spots appear on his tunic next to the wound
Please, its just a joke he's just sleeping no not him not him please
Her fingers groped the hole in his body, the place that was missing, why he was dead, she drew on the force to make it close, make him presentable so he looked human, whole
He can't be gone wake up Ani wake up wake up
Nothing else mattered, nothing else felt real no one could hold her now, she could feel the burning hole inside her
I'll kill you, you killed my brother I'll kill you
She didn't fell herself moving, she swung her saber round, they were all dead within seconds nothing had felt this way before she felt angry, hurt abandoned
He doesn't deserve this, sweet Ani, doesn't deserve to die, not him anyone not him
She couldn't feel Zekk and Jacen pulling at her, telling her to leave. She didn't hear them just shoved them away, closed her mind to them
Its my fault I should have been here faster not Ani not him come back little brother I love you, Iloveyou
Come back
COME BACK
Ani
FIN.