Chapter 4: Lux, of course!

"His name is Lux Bonteri."

Anakin stopped breathing. So much for not being reminded of Ahsoka. "How do you know Lux Bonteri?"

"He's from my home planet, Onderon. My mother got me out of there before it became a Separatist planet. Lux is one of a few others I connected with from there. He was a friend of my mothers."

"Well, you run along, then. Don't be too late."

"Yes, Master."

Lexa ran off to where they kept the speeders, and Anakin sighed again. This would be harder than he thought.

"Hey, Lux!" Lexa said to her friend.

"Oh hello, Lexa. How are you?" Lux let her in and they sat down in the living room.

"Great! I've been made a Padawan!"

"Really? That's really cool, Lex. Who's your new Master?"

"His name's Anakin."

Lux raised his eyebrows. "Anakin Skywalker?"

"Yeah, that's him. He seems really sad, though. I don't think he wants a Padawan."

"He hasn't ever wanted a Padawan. He had one, though. Once."

"He mentioned an Ahsoka in the Council Chambers."

"Ahsoka Tano. A good friend. But I'm afraid he blames himself."

"What happened?"

"She died. Captured and tortured for days. By the time he got there, she was already gone. There wasn't even a body to bury."

"Oh." Lexa looked downcast. "That must have hurt."

"It did. It hurt a lot of people. At her funeral, there was hundreds of people mourning."

"You were one of them."

"I was in the hospital. The attack came when I was with her. Right in this apartment, or what used to be here."

"There used to be a different building? What took out the apartments?"

"Asajj Ventress. She had a grudge against us for making her look like a fool. So she nearly killed me, and took Ahsoka. I would be dead, if Anakin hadn't used the force to move the rubble."

Lexa looked in his eyes. "You blame yourself, don't you?"

Lux looked down. "It was. She fell trying to protect me. If she had let me go, she'd still be here."

"You loved her a lot, didn't you?" Her eyes fell on a silver bracelet, a band with several emeralds embedded in it. "Was that hers?"

He nodded. "I gave it to her for her eighteenth birthday, just moments before she-".

A chime from the clock sounded, startling them. Looking up, Lexa saw the time.

"Oh, it's getting late. Master Skywalker made me promise to be back before too long."

Lux walked her to the door. "It was nice to see you again, Lux."

Then Lexa did something completely unexpected. She moved forward and kissed Lux full on the lips. He was surprised, but made no move to stop it.

When she moved back, she murmured "for luck" and was gone. Lux stood there still, in shock. What had just happened?

Anakin was just about to leave when Lexa showed up to say goodbye.

"Sorry I'm late, Master, I lost track of time."

"It doesn't matter. Now, while I'm gone, you should work on your studies and do some meditating."

"Yes Master."

They went over everything else, and Anakin went onto the Twilight, his ship.

Sinace paced the bridge. She was impatiently waiting for the Jedi to arrive. What was taking them so long? Surely they wanted their Jedi back. She knew they would come eventually, but this was taking so long.

"Sir, a small ship has come out of hyperspace nearby."

Sinace smirked.

"Should I open fire?"

"No, let them think we do not see them. I will take care of the Jedi fool."

"Yes, Sir." The officer walked back to his post.

Sinace felt a familiar force signature. "So, my old Master, you're the one who has been sent to kill me." She said to herself. "Perfect. I've been looking forward to this."

Sinace turned on her heel and strode towards the prison block.

Anakin docked at an emergency airlock. Hoping he wouldn't be noticed, he crept down the corridors to the detention area, where the prisoners were being kept. Barriss was unconscious, but Jinx and Omar looked up when he entered. Relief was clear on their faces.

"Master Jedi!" Omar said. He seemed to have something to say, but Jinx shouted, at that moment, "Look Out!"

Anakin spun just in time and brought up his lightsaber to stop a red saber from ending his life. As he pushed the Sith back, he looked in her eyes and gasped.

"Ahsoka?"

At this she bristled and attacked even more viciously.

"Ahsoka, it's me. It's okay, you don't have to fight me. It's that Sith scum Sinace you have to watch out for."

"You just don't get it, do you?" she said with a thrust at his heart.

"I am Sinace."

Anakin shook his head in denial. "No. No, that's not possible."

Sinace smirked and fought even harder. Anakin barely brought his lightsaber up in time, not wanting to hurt her. He got a cut to the arm, and staggered back, towards the door. But the fight went on. Sinace didn't miss a beat, not stopping to take a breath.

For Anakin, this was the hardest fight of his life. He didn't want to hurt her, but she didn't seem to share his sentiment. Her strikes only became more unhinged and she became more dangerous. He knew he wouldn't last much longer. Anakin moved towards the door and flipped over her, deactivating his lightsaber and running. He had to get a message to Coruscant, before she caught up. Anakin also managed to deactivate all the scanners that detected incoming ships, though he didn't have much time.

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