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I twist my maternal braid in my right hand.

Anak gives me a look and I drop the braid.

"Calm down Mika. We'll be safe." Anak reassures me.

"Why Dathomir?" I demand.

"We have to repair our ship Mika. Besides Kira and Sierra want to practice with their lightsabers." Anak says.

I sigh and stare out the viewport.

Slowly we touch down.

I reach out with my senses and sense only the animal and plant life.

Cautiously we exit the ship.

Jeorje and Anak get right to work fixing the damage dealt by that stupid bounty hunter who mistook us for rebels.

The children happily run down the ramp and play.

Kira and Sierra exit the ship on the heels of the children.

I grab my lightwhip and plenty of knives before stepping off the ship.

It isn't long before I sense something heading our way.

I call out to Anak, Jeorje, Kira and Sierra.

The children immediately gather around us.

A few minutes later a group of women surround us and level weapons.

"We don't like strangers." One of them hisses.

"All we are doing is repairing our ship." I say. "We made sure that we weren't near any of your settlements."

The woman hisses and uses Ashla and Bogden to yank little Aayla from Sierra.

"We will take this one. She is strong." The woman says then she turns and runs away.

Aayla frightened screams echo in my ears.

The rest of the women leave a few minutes later.

Sierra collapses onto the ground, tears running down her face.

I look at Anak and he looks at me.

We nod.

"Get on the ship and get her ready for take off. Once Anak and I are on board take off." I tell them.

Then Anak and I run after Aayla.

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Kira

I watch as Mika and Anak run off in the direction the woman took Aayla.

Quickly we herd the children onto the Dreamer and prepare them for departure.

Hours pass and I begin to worry about them.

I hold Sierra as she weeps for her missing child.

I wish that I could tell her that everything would be alright but I can't.

Suddenly the sound of the ramp lowering brings us to our feet.

Sierra tries to run for the entrance but I stop her.

The ship lifts off and soon after we enter hyperspace.

Jeorje enters the lounge, his face pale with worry.

Slow footsteps finally enter the lounge.

At first all we see is Aayla; safe in Anak's arms.

Then I notice that Mika's hair is matted, her clothes almost nonexistent and the blood that nealy covers her body.

Anak is in similar shape except his clothes are more intact.

Their eyes are vacant.

Sierra takes Aayla out of Anak's arms and hugs her.

"What happened?" I ask.

"They were going to do unspeakable things to her" Mika whispers.

I watch as they slowly walk away.

Part of me wonders what happened. Another, bigger part of me hopes to never learn.

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