Hey everyone! Chapter 7 is up! . Thank you all for the Story Faves and Followers! =] Hope you like this chapter as well as the last : )
The ride to Naboo was long and tiring but Ahsoka didn't mind. She didn't mind being with Lux for a while. Now that everything was cleared up, she was finally at ease! No more heartaches, and being emotionally sick all the time. She could finally say she was her old self again. Well almost anyway.
Ahsoka woke up from a sharp tingle in her side.
"Ouch!" She cried, clutching her wound. Lux heard this and was by her side seconds later.
"What's wrong Ahsoka?" Lux asked her.
"My burn…It's gotten much more worse." Ahsoka said and held up her shirt to examine it.
"Its looks pretty bad. There's nothing we can do about it until we get back to Naboo." Lux said.
"And I don't think Dooku will do anything about it either." Ahsoka said rolling her eyes. Lux shrugged and sat her head against his shoulder.
"We might as well get some more rest before we get to Naboo. Its just going to get rough from here on out." He said. Ahsoka didn't respond. Instead she started to think what would happen once they arrived to Naboo.
Dooku thinks he has us, but we'll escape. We always do…Ahsoka thought before drifting back to sleep.
"All right slaves, you must only walk in a single straight line! If you even move an inch, I'll blast ya!" A droid said. Ahsoka huffed.
Why do I have to take orders from this guy? Ahsoka thought. She, Lux, and the Ster Sisters were all chained together. She looked at Lux and noticed that he was thinking the same thing. She smiled at this. They were so alike.
"Lets move out!" The droid said and led the line into the woods. A few minutes later they approached a large swamp. Naboo was known for its beautiful large plains and fancy homes but on the other side, it was completely different. It was covered in swamps and housed many unknown creatures. Ahsoka noticed this when she saw one scurry passed her foot. It was also really misty and humid.
If I had hair, it would be a mess right now Ahsoka thought but pushed away her girly thoughts. They walked through more trees until they approached a cave. The droid pushed them through it and they were surrounded by darkness.
"Where are we?" Lux whispered.
Ahsoka shrugged but realized that he couldn't see it. "I don't know."
Suddenly there was a loud crack and a bright light started to shine through an opening door. It revealed a grey building surrounded by a large swamp.
"Welcome to your new home." The droid said as if he was smiling. He lead them through the murky swamp and into the building. It was completely dark except for the few torches hanging on the walls. Some rat looking creatures crawled around the floors.
"Oh!" Rileh said as she jumped away from them. The droid led them to another room.
"Wait here!" The droid said before slamming the door and locking them inside.
"What are we suppose to do now?" Terna growled. Her sisters shrugged in reply. "What now Jedi?"
Ahsoka narrowed her eyes. "Terna, what do you have against me? I have done nothing to you!"
"You are the reason we are in this mess in the first place. What you've done is basically lead us to our deaths! We are going to die in this place now!" Terna said. Teni started to cry and Rileh comforted her.
"Terna stop being so stubborn!" Bari said.
Terna didn't respond. Instead she walked away from them and sat against the wall with her head down. Ahsoka turned the other way with her arms crossed.
Fine, be that way! She though but let go of her anger. Right now she needed to think about more important things like a plan. But first she needed to know why they all were brought here. Where was Dooku? Ahsoka asked herself. Wasn't he on the ship with us? It was silent except for the sound of an airship flying over them.
"Lux, have you seen where Dooku went?" Ahsoka asked Lux.
"No, I haven't" He said. Ahsoka continued to think.
Okay Lux doesn't know and I don't think the rest of them knows either. It doesn't make sense. If Dooku was going to sell us…why did he tell his droid to bring us here? No slave ships would come out here, in the middle of a swamp!
"Something's not right." Ahsoka said aloud.
"What do you mean?" Lux asked. She was about to explain before they all saw a hologram appear in front of them. It was Dooku.
"Hello my prisoners. How are you enjoying your stay so far?" He asked.
"Why don't you come over here and find out?" Ahsoka threatened.
"Temper, temper, Padawan. I'm not there for a specific reason." Dooku answered.
"And what's that?" Lux asked.
"Well I actually changed my mind. I'm not going to sell you after all. Instead, I'm just planning on killing you all. But not without some fun of course." Dooku said.
"What is he talking about?" Bari asked with a horrified look on her face. Suddenly the Dooku hologram disappeared and there was a loud screech.
"Uhm, that wouldn't have happened to be a ship again…would it?" Lux asked.
"I don't think so." Ahsoka said shielding them from whatever they were about to face. Just then the locked door flew open and two large bird beasts rushed inside. They screeched and showed their numerous, sharp teeth. Rileh and her sisters screamed in shock.
"We have to get out of here!" Ahsoka said and tried to think of a distraction. "Everyone make a run for the door and I'll distract them!" Ahsoka commanded and waited for the beasts to attack. They started to charge towards her and Lux and the Ster sisters ran for the exit. The bird beasts were approaching Ahsoka rather quickly. She waited a few more seconds before jumping out of the way, causing them to run into the wall behind her. She then ran out the exit herself.
"Where to now?" Lux asked once she had joined them.
"Out into the swamp!" Ahsoka answered and led them out the building and towards the cave. They heard the screech of the beasts and ran faster.
"Oh no, there right behind us!" Teni cried.
"Split up! They can't find us if we 're all hiding in different places!" Ahsoka said and they did as they were told. Lux went with Ahsoka, Teni went with Bari and Rileh with Terna. The birds beasts saw this and they also went their separate ways to find their prey.
"I don't see them anymore." Ahsoka said. Her and Lux had took cover behind a fallen tree stump. "Let's just hope the others are safe too."
"Yes. Then we'll find a way out of this swamp…if that's possible." Lux said.
"I'm guessing Dooku will be coming back to see the damage. Then we'll be able to sneak back onto his ship. Its risky but I've done it before." Ahsoka said. Lux nodded and stood against the stump.
"I don't know about you, but I'm getting hungry." Lux confessed. Ahsoka suddenly realized her hunger and agreed.
"What food do we find in a swamp?" She asks. "Unless we eat those bird beasts." Lux shrugged.
"Good luck with that. Those things look like they can put up a fight and wont go down easy." Lux said.
"Hey, you just basically described me!" Ahsoka joked. "But you're right. We're going to need more than just some simple tricks to kill them."
They sat for a few minutes in silence before Lux spoke.
"I was wondering…" He started. "If we get out this-"
"-When" Ahsoka interrupted.
"Sorry, when ,we get out of this…what will happen to us? I am suppose to be going back to Onderon in two more days so I'm not staying here and I know your going back to the Temple to do Jedi things and such."
"…I don't know." Ahsoka said after a short minute.
"Ahsoka, why don't you go back to Onderon with me? Then we'll both help lead and be together." He asked, taking her hands.
"Lux, you know I can't do that…and if I were, what would I tell my Master?" She asked and pretended to talk on her Comlink. "Uh yeah Master, you remember Lux Bonteri right? Well, I sort of moved in with him and we're staying in Onderon now. But don't worry, since he's a Senator…I'm pretty sure he's well protected!" She took her arm away from her face. "Plus there's the Jedi Code, in case you didn't know, that I'm completely breaking right now!" Ahsoka said.
Lux sighed. "Yeah, I know about the code." He said. "But all I know for sure is that its going to be hard not being crammed with you in a jail cell anymore." He joked. Ahsoka rolled her eyes but smiled back at him.
"Whatever Bonteri." She answered. He smiled back at her and proceeded to kiss her but there was a sudden screech that startled the both of them.
"What was that?" Lux asked.
"It sounded like Teni…this way!" Ahsoka said and they ran to the source of the sound.
Ahsoka and Lux arrived in another part of the swamp. They saw tracks but no one was there.
"Teni, are you here?" Ahsoka asked. There was no sound except for what seemed to be weeping.
"Do you hear that?" Lux asked in a whispered tone. Ahsoka nodded and they followed the sound of the weeping. Suddenly they saw Teni sitting on the ground, crying into her hands. Ahsoka rushed to her.
"Teni, what's wrong?" Ahsoka asked.
"Bari's…." She said and started to cry again.
"Where is she?" Ahsoka asked.
"She's dead."
:O How will they get out of this one? And a death already? :,( Well I hoped you all liked it either way and I hope you review too. I am also wondering how Ahsoka and Lux can keep their relationship…? Guess they'll have to pull a Padme and Anakin! Get it? Except they wont be married. Ha! Well stay tuned and hopefully I can come up with a better joke. Maybe :B