I Am Me: The Bonds of Trust

By Serena Kenobi

Hello, my fellow reviewers! No, this isn't the sequel, but I think that my files will soon be available! So don't worry, the sequel will be coming up soon! This is just another interlude, not a oneshot this time, but a short story in between the first one and the sequel, just so you can read more Elena before the sequel.

Hey, to the people who signed my guestbook, did my vote caster, and my mini poll, thanks a billion! I love having people visit my website.

Just before we start the story: I had a wild idea for the sequel. Since Elena's going to be about eighteen, I wanted to put some romance into the story. I have a person of interest. Now don't freak out on me, here. I want it to be Erik, aka the Phantom of the Opera. Sounds crazy, right? Well, since I am an avid Phan, and Gerard Butler fan, I wanted to turn him into kinda like a Terry Sheridan kinda guy, but still the Phantom. He would end up being Force sensitive. I personally love the idea and would love to add him to the story... I already know how Elena would end up in France. Well? What do you think? I'm very seriously leaning towards the idea.

Prologue

A dark shadow whisked around the corner, darting deeper into the darkness of the night. Sharp, quick breathing was heard, and then silence. Slowly, deftly, another larger shadow followed, holding a deadly weapon in its grasp. The shadow glanced around, trying to find its prey.

Light on her feet, she hurriedly turned and ran as fast as she could in another direction, hoping that the other looming shadow wouldn't follow her. Finding her speeder in a dark alleyway, she leapt into it and gunned the engine.

The other shadow swore, raced after her when hearing the speeder's engines, and aimed his blaster at her, firing continuous rounds at her speeder.

But the speeder managed to rise up into the air and speed away into the Coruscant traffic, leaving the shadow alone behind in the alley. The shadow stared after the disappearing speeder for a moment before turning away and striding back to his own small ship. He then put away his blaster and got into his ship, zooming away into the direction of the speeder.

Following the tracer he had put on the speeder, he sped up and raced after the getaway vehicle.

Sensing almost at once that she was being pursued, she shifted into a higher gear and sped up as fast as she possibly could.

The fast approaching ship took aim and began to fire rounds at the smaller ship, causing it to swerve sharply and dive downwards towards the ground, which seemed like miles away.

Down, down, faster and faster the two ships zoomed down towards the very heart of Coruscant. The small speeder, though exceedingly fast, was slowly beginning to be overtaken by the slightly larger ship, which continued its nonstop firing.

Finally, just when the speeder was about 100 feet away from the ground, it sharply jerked upwards and accelerated, zooming away into a nearby tunnel.

The pursuing ship had a harder time turning up, but it managed to get its bearings and followed the speeder into the lighted tunnel.

The speeder sped through the tunnel, passing other slower and larger ships until it came out and quickly turned around. It then zoomed back right into another tunnel beside it, going the opposite direction. The driver of the speeder reached out, feeling on the side of the speeder, until she ripped off a tracking device, throwing it out into the traffic.

Making its way out of the tunnel, the other ship raced out into the open. Suddenly reading on his charts that the tracer had been somehow disabled, he hissed in anger and sped back through the traffic, disappearing amongst all the other ships.

Realizing that the other ship was not following hers anymore, she sighed in relief and drove home; but the feeling of dread was by no means gone.

She was being stalked.

And she didn't know what to do about it.

Well, that's the beginning. I hope you like it! Kinda scary, huh? Well, please review and tell me what you think! NO flames allowed, though. The chapters will be longer than this, fyi.