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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Title: Feelings
Chapter: 1
Commander Webb would have preferred if he had received the Order before or after the mission, not during. When he received the Order directly from the Supreme Chancellor, all those years of training made him order his troops to gun down General Hellon. Unfortunately for him and his men, her female Twi'Lek Padawan managed to escape.
Many Jedi were caught unawares the day the order was issued and with the deactivation of the droid army, the survivors were made easier to be hunted down. The notorious actions of that day and the subsequent hunt were later known as the Great Jedi Purge. Leading the 99th Attack Regiment, he managed to kill a few Jedi, but he was unable to find Hellon's apprentice.
Commander Webb's quarters, a week after receiving the order.
He was lying down on his bed, looking blankly at the ceiling, recalling what he and his men had done in the past week. He knew that he was following orders, but his heart told him that he had done something wrong. The guilt of killing all those Jedi weighted heavily on his shoulders that he was unable to sleep properly since receiving the Order.
Webb at first ignored his guilt, but those feelings never seem to go away and he began to wonder what caused them. He suddenly realized that it all started every time he thinks about General Hellon and her last words. Webb now knows the reason for his insomnia. However, Webb was still puzzled by her last words and for the whole week, he had been trying to figure out the real meaning of those words.
General Hellon was one of those Jedi that was constantly called upon to help the Corp and was usually assigned to him, even though his regiment had its own Jedi Commander. When he first met them, he felt that both the Master's and her Padawan's dress code were inappropriate for the Jedi and also for the military. But according to Commander Bly, so was General Secura's. Still, Webb had to admit that their dressing did give them greater mobility.
He figured that she and her student were two mere Jedi for him to baby-sit since the current Jedi Commander was more like a medic than an actual leader. However, the more missions they had together, both Webb and Hellon found themselves having so many things in common. Their character traits and the things they liked made Webb feeling comfortable being around her and he loved their conversations. It came to a point where he began to like her for who she was, but he knew that their relationship would never go further than an officer and her subordinate.
He accepted that fact, but when she left after completing a mission with the 99th, he felt a bit lost, as if part of him was missing. Every time news reached his ears that two Jedi were assigned to his regiment, in his heart, he hoped that it was her and her Padawan. He was happy if it was them, but he felt disappointed if it wasn't.
Suddenly, something hit Webb in his mind and heart. He got up, sitting on his bed and looked down at his palms. Webb felt horrified looking at both his hands. He felt so much pain in his heart that he did not notice that he was actually crying.
Webb finally understood the meaning of her last words. He had realized that he had fallen in love with General Hellon and he had killed her with his own hands.