HELLO! I'm sorry that it's been a while since I last update, but it is sooner than the last time. Anyway, since I know that some of you are starting school this week I feel that you need something to uplift your spirits once the school day is over. SO I present to you TWO chapters today! Yes, you heard me right. I am posting two chapters today. No I am not sick. I just feel that you guys deserve it. SO please read and review!

Last time: We got to see into Sasha's mind and see her visions.

Now: We go one week back in time like the note in the last chapter said. In this chapter, Bant believes she has found a possible cure for Sasha. Will it work?


Chapter 9- Possible Cure

"And duck," Obi-wan said.

Sasha tucked and rolled missing the blaster bolts. She then took cover behind a crash pad and tossed a droid popper in the direction of the two test droids. The two test droids short circuited and shut down. Sasha hopped up onto her feet.

"Well done," Obi-wan said coming out from behind the blast shield they had in the dojo. "I'm very impressed."

Sasha leaned against the crash mat panting slightly, smiling.

"Thanks," she said.

Obi-wan walked over with a water bottle. He handed it to her. She took it and chugged about half of it down. Obi-wan raised an eyebrow at it.

"Are you drinking enough water each day?" he asked.

"Yeah, I've drank enough that all the lakes on Naboo have run dry," Sasha commented with a smirk.

He chuckled.

The second week of her final days was coming to an end. The third was going to be starting soon. Yet each day Sasha trained as if she was to be sent to the front lines any minute. However, recently she had been getting thirsty quite often and started to experience a lack of hunger. So Bant told her each day to make sure she drank plenty of water and she at least got two square meals.

She was losing so much weight. Yet with all the exercise she was doing too, she also was gaining muscle, but not much. However, many were starting to notice her becoming skinner and her skin starting to lose its tan color. It wasn't much of a secret anymore that she was dying from this damn curse. But she didn't let them or the curse itself bother her. She kept on smiling each day and living life like nothing had changed. Just like the doctor ordered. And Obi-wan was proud of her for that.

"Alright, I think you have had enough training for today," Obi-wan said placing a hand on Sasha's shoulder.

Sasha nodded as she straightened up. "I agree. I'm so tired I think I could sleep a week, but I want to see next week too."

He smiled. "I'm amazed that you could keep such a sense of humor despite the circumstances."

"Well I gotta stay positive and hopeful, don't I?" Sasha said as she walked over to the bench where her cloak and outer tunic waited.

Obi-wan nodded as he grabbed his cloak that was sitting on a chair behind the blast shield.

"Yes you do. We all do in this war," he said as he pulled it on.

Sasha nodded once she finished putting on her outer tunic and adjusting her belt. Suddenly Bant came running through the door, sweating and panting.

"Sasha! Obi-wan!" she said as she leaned over catching her breath.

"Present!" they both said.

She glared at them as she straightened up finally catching her breath.

"Very funny," she said.

"Sorry it's the mood we're in today," Sasha said as she tossed her cloak over her shoulder.

"What is it, Bant?" Obi-wan asked tossing a narrowed look at his padawan.

"I think I may have found a cure," Bant said.

Sasha and Obi-wan exchanged a shocked glance.

"Are you serious?" Sasha asked.

"Do you think that I would run here if it wasn't?" Bant questioned.

"She's got a point," Obi-wan said.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Sasha asked.

Bant smiled and gesture for them to follow her. They made their way out of the dojo and to the healer's ward as fast as they could.


Sasha sat on the examination bed. Obi-wan stood next to her. Bant had led them to the Halls of Healing and told them to wait in this examination room while she grabbed her research. She came walking in a moment later with a data pad in one hand and a tray in the other. She set the tray down on the bed. Sasha looked at it. There was a needle and a syringe with a purple medicine in it.

"What's this?" Sasha asked gesturing to the tray.

"That is the possible cure," Bant said scrolling through her data pad.

"Possible?" Obi-wan questioned.

"Meaning it might work or it might not," Bant said as she continued to look through the pad.

"That's comforting," Sasha mumbled.

"But what is it, Bant?" Obi-wan asked. "What is in it? How is it a cure?"

"Well this is made up of every known medicine that took place when trying to cure this before and had a positive outcome,' she said finally looking up from her data pad. "I noticed while I was looking through all of the articles we had on this that every time someone came up with a cure for it, it had a positive and negative outcome. Things that made it work and things that caused it to fail. I took the things that worked and mixed them together with proper calculation and came up with this cure."

"Bant, when was the last time you got rest," Obi-wan commented as he noticed his friend was rambling.

She looked at him. "Three nights ago."

"And you're sure this will work?" Sasha asked now concerned for the healer.

"Of course! Vokara helped me make just in case my tired state screwed it up along the way," Bant said setting the data pad down.

"Well that's… good. But do you think it will actually stop this curse?"

"Well… we will have to test it and see," she said grabbing the syringe and needle, and putting them together.

Sasha shot a worried glance at Obi-wan. He just shrugged and gave her a look that told her to trust the tired healer.

"Alright, let's do this," Sasha said as she rolled up her sleeve to reveal the black veins on her arm that reached her shoulder.

Bant got the needle ready. She then dabbed a wet cloth on her arm. She placed the needle in and injected the medicine. Sasha cringed at the needle. Bant pulled the needle away and put it back down on the tray.

"Now we wait," she said as she cleaned up the tray.

Sasha kept her sleeve rolled up and glanced over at her Master before looking back at her arm. After a moment, Sasha couldn't believe her eyes. The veins turned grey and were starting to retract back to her hand where the veins had started in the first place.

"Oh my… it's working," Obi-wan said eyes wide.

Sasha could feel tears gathering in her eyes. It really was working.

"Bant you did it! You are a genius," Obi-wan said patting his friend on the back.

"I can't it believe either. I am a genius," Bant said just as surprised as they were.

Just as they were all cheering and celebrating, Sasha gasped in pain about a few minutes later. She looked down at her arm. The black veins returned looking darker than before, but they did not spread to her shoulder. They stopped on her upper arm. They all sighed in defeat.

"It did work," Bant grumbled. "I'm sorry Sasha. I thought I had it."

"Well it did work… for like five minutes," Sasha said trying to cheer up Bant. "I could just come in tomorrow and get another dosage of it until it's gone for good."

"Sadly, if you did that, you would be dead from over-dosing before you died of this curse," Bant said still sounding sad. 'This was only good for one try and no more."

"Well you did your best, Bant," Obi-wan said. "I guess we will just have to look for another one."

"Yeah."

"But until then. Get some rest. That's not the doctor's orders, that's a concerned friends orders."

Bant nodded. "I will."

"Come along, padawan. Let's leave Bant to her midday nap."

"Yes Master," Sasha said as she hopped off the bed.

She grabbed her cloak and patted Bant's arm.

"Thank you. Even though it may have only worked for about a few minutes. I may have been given a few extra minutes in life," Sasha said.

Bant smiled and hugged the girl. "Don't worry I will find you this cure if it is the last thing I do."

Sasha pulled away and smiled at her. "I know you will."

With that Master and Padawan left the Halls of Healing and returned to their quarters.

"Well there's our excitement for today," Sasha stated.

Obi-wan chuckled. "Indeed."


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