A/N: Thanks to Hope reigns on for reviewing. I'm glad you liked that I added in the ghost crew for a few chapters, now, on to an interesting chapter...
Chapter 6
It's been three days. Three days to try and think of a way to tell Nyx I was a Jedi and that my past was fabricated with pieces of the truth.
I thought this would be easier, but apparently I'm very concerned about what this guy thinks of me! Listen to me, an ex-commander that fought in the front lines of the war is having a hard time talking to a boy.
Who would have seen this coming?
"Ahsoka?", I heard Nyx say in a rather shaky voice, "Could you come over here for s moment? I'm in the back".
I rushed to him, it might be an emergency!
"Are you alright? You sounded nervous", I said once I saw him.
He looked, embarrassed? And he's hiding something behind him. I have a bad feeling about this.
"I-I noticed you lost your headdress when we came back from the-the, whatever it was! And I read that they are kind of important to the togrutas to wear one so I thought I could get you one", he said, handing me a headdress from behind his back.
So that's what he was hiding.
"I hope you like it", he said shyly.
"Oh! That's so thoughtful of you! I love it", I said grabbing it and putting it on. It was a little big, which left me a little embarrassed, but I could fix that later, "Thank you. Was that all you wanted to say?", I ask.
I sense there is something else on his mind.
"Well, uh, Ahsoka. I know we've only known each other for half a year or so but, I feel like we've really bonded and it might be too soon and I swear Tera has nothing to do with this!", Nyx mumbled on and on.
What's this weird feeling I'm getting inside…
"A-And I really l-like you and would you like to date me?-I-I mean go on a date with me?", he finished practically turning into a tomato.
I'm suddenly bursting with this weird feeling. Is it possible to die of joy? Am I dying.
No I'm fine, I'm just - I can't express the levels of happiness I'm experiencing.
"Y-Ye", I start to say but, I can't start a relationship with him if I'm lying to him.
"I can't", I finally say.
Nyx's eyes start to sadden. No, no, no! This is my chance, I have to tell him.
"I can't until I tell you something!", I say before he changes his mind, "I've been keeping something from you and I feel like I have to tell you before I can have a relationship with you. I don't really know how relationships work either so I don't know if you'd want a relationship with someone like me".
What am I doing? Why am I like this? Why isn't he saying anything?
"Oh. Go on, anything you have to tell me, I'll listen", he said. Is he shaking? I think he's shaking?
"I-I used to" - Ding.
Seriously! Who is coming right now!? The shop is closed!
"Oh no. I forgot that Zee'm was coming to collect the money we owe him", said Nyx, "I guess we can get back to this later right?", he said nervously, "Time to put our poker faces on!".
He walked away to unlock the door from the panel so that we can make the exchange.
"I should go with you! You're a terrible negotiator", I exclaimed feeling a little better.
I go get the case and go to the front desk to wait for Nyx and Zee'm. This should calm me down but, it just means that I will have to keep thinking about how Nyx will react when I tell him.
Nyx walks over and we hear someone walk in, just not who we were expecting.
"Senator Bonteri?", Nyx asks as I duck under the desk on pure instinct.
Lux walks over to the desk, blinking a few times before staring right at my 'hidden' figure. It was hard to see me, but the desk was kind of a fold-up table so you could still see someone was down there.
Nyx stepped in front of the spot I was 'hidden', trying to play it cool. "What are you doing here? We're closed", Nyx said.
"I thought you said you worked alone?", Lux asked confused.
#$% Why is he here?! I should've spoken faster to Nyx! I don't want him to find out this way!
"She's just a friend visiting. I'd like to know why you're here?", Nyx pushed on.
"I want to know if you've heard of the 'Mysterious Duo'?", Lux asked. I'm pretty sure he recognized me.
"I don't know about it. I'm not really in tune with news and mysterious duos. That still doesn't answer why you're here", Nyx said.
"You opened the door when I rang the bell. I was actually pleasantly surprised you opened. But, I think your lying about not knowing the Mysterious Duo", said Lux.
We're in trouble.
"I have word from some friends that you and your friend down there are the Mysterious Duo, or at least that you've discovered something underneath Coruscant, something very interesting", he continued.
"I have no idea what your talking about!", exclaimed Nyx. Now I know that he's annoyed and I don't agree with his reasons, but it might be for the best if he gets Lux to leave.
Am I getting bitter? Lux never did anything to me other than the kiss at the Death Watch camp, and even then, he did look embarrassed about it. I think I just feel ashamed for not talking to him after I left.
"I'm just kidding! I'm here to pick up one of the speeders I left you". I don't believe him. He's trying to get Nyx to leave isn't he? Why am I panicking?!
Nyx glances at me and refuses to move from his place. I need to face this, I mean, Lux isn't a Jedi, this shouldn't be difficult! Haha.
I stand up from behind the table and say, "Hello there! Nyx, I believe we finished two of the three speeders L-the Senator left us and I believe that he's been helping our business quite a bit. Now why don't you bring them here?", I said ushering Nyx away.
He looked at me confused and seemed to glare at Lux. Is he jealous? Guess it doesn't matter, he's walking away anyways.
Once he's out of the area, "Ahsoka? I haven't seen you in such a long time! Are you alright? What happened to you?", asked Lux with a bright smile on his face.
"Hi Lux. It's been a while, I suppose I should've said hi the first time you came here, but I just didn't know how to", I said awkwardly.
"What happened after the trial?", he asked. I flinched slightly, I didn't want to remember that time.
"I left, as you might know, and I ended up here. Before we continue, Nyx doesn't know about me being a Jedi a few months ago, so if you could keep from mentioning, I'd appreciate it", I explained.
He nodded in understanding, but seemed to get anxious. He continued talking, "Well, you know you're always welcomed at my apartment here on Coruscant, if you need a place to stay, still".
Excuse me!? "I appreciate the offer, but I already have a home", I said, starting to feel uncomfortable. Where are you Nyx? Change subject, now!
"Oh! Really? I'm glad", he said smiling, "But I mean, I always thought we had something, you now?", he said.
Nyx!
"Yeah! We have a friendship", I exclaimed. I hear Nyx coming closer, probably within hearing range soon.
"Haha! Well, yes and I'd love to keep in touch, but I meant more. And now that your not a, you know, we can finally have one, if you'd like", Lux said.
Nyx is probably standing shocked behind the shelf, listening in.
%&/=?! ·$5&/(!
"Sorry Lux, but after Steela I don't feel it anymore and I don't want to hold you back but I'd love to still be friends! If it's not to awkward for you", I answered. Was I too harsh? At least I sense that Nyx feels more confident.
I really do want to be friends with Lux and because we never had an actual relationship I'm hoping it won't be weird.
"You know each other?", asked Nyx.
"Yes. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before", I said sheepishly.
"It's alright. Now senator here are two of your speeders, please pay us and leave", said Nyx calmly.
Don't be rude sir, this is my friend.
"Of course except, I didn't come alone. I'm sorry Ahsoka, they need to talk to you two", said Lux. This is why he was nervous. I have a horrible feeling about this.
Nyx and I reached for our blasters, setting them to stun. And then it happened. First five clones walked in, including Rex and Cody. That could only mean one thing, the two Jedi I spent the most time with on the front lines are here.
Great.
While there weren't many clones, there were enough to make Nyx uneasy. I relax, knowing they wouldn't try anything. Immediately at least.
Why did this happen when I was going to tell Nyx the truth? He shouldn't find out like this. I should tell him before these guys do!
"If you could excuse us for a second, we need to talk before we talk to you", I said quickly trying to pull Nyx away from the clones.
Of course a clone stepped in our way and prevented us from moving forward. Nyx was about to stun the clone when I took his gun away and pulled him so that I could whisper something with a lower chance of people listening in.
"Look don't freak out, but. I used to be a Jedi so it might be awkward and I know almost if not everyone in this room. Now stay calm I'll elaborate later!", I quickly whispered, hoping he kind of understood what I just said.
And I broke Nyx. Great! This is going to be bad. Really, really bad. At least he can't hurt anybody!
Then Anakin and Obi-Wan walked into the shop. What took them so long?
"Ahsoka?", said Anakin in shock.
"Hi. It's been a while, hasn't it?", I said awkwardly. Don't ask about Nyx, don't ask about Nyx….
"Um, is your friend alright?", asked Obi-Wan. They asked about Nyx.
"M-My friend? Oh! Yeah, he's fine", I said patting Nyx on the back hoping he could react.
"We need you to come with us", Anakin said getting straight to the point.
"What? Why would we do that?", I said. What is the force doing to me?
"We need your help with the structure you found", said Anakin.
"I don't know what you're talking about", I said a little too quickly.
%$&!
"We are expecting company, so if you could please leave, we'd appreciate it", said Nyx, snapping out of his shock and placing his arm around my shoulders.
I feel that was a fatal mistake considering that the room is filled with guys that I considered my brothers at some point and I'm pretty sure they saw me as a younger sister.
Why now force, just, why do you hate me? Please don't kill Nyx, Please don't kill Nyx!
Everyone stared at us. I know, clones wear helmets, but I know every single person in here is staring at us.
"I'm sorry, but as citizens it is your obligation to help us protect your home", said Obi-Wan calmly.
"Why do I get the feeling your just saying that so we help you without a second thought? I'm sorry, but we can't help you, we have something more important to attend, but we wish you good luck", I said, slowly shaking Nyx's arm off my shoulder for his own safety.
"You will come with us, you don't have a choice", said Anakin in his menacing voice. Nyx cowered slightly at him, but I was still used to Anakins' methods and didn't even flinch.
I actually know when to get scared of Anakin.
"Oh really? How would you justify kidnapping two innocent citizens? I don't think it would improve our image to the public", I said, realizing my mistake too late.
Anakin smirked. He caught it, "We have reasons to believe you're the Mysterious Duo, people who have done illegal things, including stealing information from a senator", said Obi-Wan confidently.
"Do you have any evidence?", I asked him.
"Well, in part, we can sense you raising you shields up, indicating something suspicious, but the more solid evidence comes when we check your shop to look for anything suspicious", explained Anakin.
I now hate Lux. I do sense his regret, but I temporarily hate him now. My smile started to falter, luckily Nyx came to the rescue.
"You can't do that without a permit!", he exclaimed.
"We're in war time. The government isn't exactly interested in that", said Anakin.
"Now, if you could please come with us to the temple to discuss what you found", said Obi-Wan.
"How do you now we're the ones that found the temple underground? There are a lot of people in Coruscant, you can't just assume it's us", explained Nyx, not realizing he gave us away.
"We never mentioned a temple", said Anakin, knowingly.
"Actually, you did when you initially asked us", I said, doing my best to lie. I hope it works because Anakin became an expert in knowing when I'm lying.
"Good one Snips! It didn't work when you were a padawan, it's not going to work now", said Anakin.
"What are you talking about?", asked Nyx.
"It was worth a shot. It doesn't mean we're going with you", I said.
"Why not?", asked Anakin, getting impatient, "You know that Obi-Wan and I wouldn't have been sent on this mission if it wasn't important", he said.
He has a good point. We never had missions on Coruscant unless it was really important.
"What would you need us to do?", I asked, starting to give in to their request. Nyx looks at me strangely but doesn't intervene.
"You'd have to come back to the temple and explain to us what exactly you saw down there", explained Obi-Wan.
"Why can't we do that here? We can't afford to come back here too late", said Nyx annoyed. That's right! Today is Thursday, aka. supplies day.
"Because we need you to present it in front of the whole council", Obi-Wan continued, not noticing the suspicious 'have to be back'. Excellent.
"Council? How do you J"-"Could you please excuse us? My friend and I need to talk for a second", I said trying to pull Nyx away from the crowd.
Rex stepped in front of us, "I'm sorry, but we can't allow such luxury right now", said Obi-Wan.
"Why?", asked Nyx rudely.
"Will he be involved in this whole process?", asked Anakin.
"I wish he wasn't", I whispered, Nyx accidentally hearing me. Oops.
"Well, you're in our shop, so we demand you leave", said Nyx.
"How long will this take?", I ask, ignoring Nyx in favor of getting this over with.
"It depends. It can last a few days to weeks", said Obi-Wan.
"What?!", exclaimed Nyx. I'm fighting the temptation to stun him right now. Can I just stun him? Can someone just stun him already?!
"Okami! Do you have my money?", said Zee'm walking in.
Great…
"Nyx could you just give him the case so he'll leave", I whisper to Nyx. He nods and grabs the case, awkwardly walking through the crowd.
"Everything I owe you and 25% more we agreed on", said Nyx, handing the case to Zee'm.
"About that, the deal has changed to, 50% more", said Zee'm.
I decided to glare at Zee'm and once he was looking at me, attempting to point out that the room was filled with armed men. I was also attempting to intimidate him form a distance.
"Well, I suppose it can stay at 25%, but when you come back for more, and you will, it will raise to 50%", said Zee'm.
Now the good thing of Zee'm arriving, or anyone Nyx owes money to, is that they have a tendency to stun him or at least punch him, really hard. I'm not sure why, but it would be really useful right now.
"Fine, but if I see you he" -, Nyx was interrupted by being stunned. That's right! Nyx is always over the top and annoying. That's why he gets stunned.
Zee'm left and I let out a sigh of relief because Nyx is unconscious and now he won't say or do anything stupid.
A/N: So, I guess I left a small cliffhanger. Sorry. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I rewrote it a few times and I think this it as best as I could do. Thanks for reading. Feel free to leave a review!
Have a great day!