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Chapter 10
"I can feel Leia on one of the lower decks," Luke told the Masters as they walked out of the control center. An alarm started to ring. "What's that?"
"An alarm, you nerfherder," Anakin said. "Sith spit!"
"We have to get to the ship," Obi-Wan said.
"But Leia," both Anakin and Luke said at the same time.
"She knew what the risks were," Obi-Wan reminded them. "If she hadn't diverted that officer we all would've been caught. I sensed that his mind was too strong for simple mind tricks to distract him." The Jedi ran down the corridor. "We can always come back for her later."
Anakin didn't like the idea of leaving Leia behind, but a recue now was too risky. They had to get the plans to the Council.
Some troopers came out into the hallway and began to shoot at them. They took out their lightsabers to deflect the shots. The troopers were dressed like Clone Troopers from the Clone Wars, only they were much less accurate in their shots. Anakin stepped forward and causally sliced up the men. "Let's go!" he yelled.
When the Jedi got to the hanger bay Chewie was fighting off some officers. He ripped one's arms off and started to beat the others with them. Two young teens, Mara and Addey, watched and turned to the Jedi when the entered. They ignited their lightsaber.
"Dark Jedi!" Anakin shouted. He ignited his own lightsaber and ran forward, slashing it against the redhead's. Obi-Wan and Luke attacked the Twi'lek.
Mara was easy enough for Anakin to beat. She had a shoulder injury and could only fight with one arm. Lacking power and control Anakin was easily able to slice apart her lightsaber. She reached forward with her bad arm, trying to Force push Anakin, but the pain was too much. Anakin used the same power to send her flying backwards. She groaned out in pain.
Meanwhile Obi-Wan and Addey were caught with their lightsabers crossed. Seizing the moment Luke slashed at Addey's back. She fell to the ground, dead.
"The dark Jedi are disarmed," Anakin said.
"No Anakin," Obi-Wan said, realizing what his former padawan was thinking, "We have to get out of here. The Republic needs these plans."
The Jedi ran onto the Falcon followed by Chewie. When they reached the cockpit Chewie roared something. "I'm sorry, friend," Obi-Wan said, "But we can't go back for Han. We have a mission to complete."
"You can understand the furball?" Anakin asked.
Chewie, who was still angry, roared and slashed at Anakin.
"Yikes! Sorry."
Chewie ran out of the cockpit and back into the station.
"Can you fly this ship?" Obi-Wan asked the other two Jedi.
"Isn't that stealing?" Luke said.
"Chewie's right," Anakin said and stepped near the doorway. He paused at the doorframe. "Do whatever you want, but I'm not about to leave Leia."
"Wait for me," Luke shouted and ran after the master.
Obi-Wan looked at the controls to the ship. He wasn't a pilot and there was no way he could figure them out. The only thing he could do was help Anakin and Luke. He would reprimand them later. He stepped outside the ship to see Mara hovering over Addey, cradling her in her good arm. Anakin and Luke had already left the premises.
Obi-Wan stood behind her, feeling the rage she released into the Force. "I'm sorry that had to be done," Obi-Wan said.
"Just kill me, you Jedi scum," she shouted.
"I can't do that. You are unarmed and it's not the Jedi way."
"I'm sure my Master will be here soon. He would have felt Addey's life drain from her. You fools should have left when you had the chance. The station is on full alerted. All stormtroopers have been commanded to shoot to kill."
Obi-Wan smiled, not a devious one, but a sympathetic one. "Would a couple of stormtroopers be able to defeat you?"
More rage expelled from Mara.
"You don't have to serve this Master of yours. You are very powerful in the Force. And while I feel anger from you, I also feel control. You have other options. Come with us."
Mara stood up and glared at Obi-Wan. "I'm not a slave. I serve my Master out of loyalty. He raised me. He trained me. He will defeat the Republic, the Jedi, and I will be by his side while he does so."
Following the Force Anakin and Luke were able to locate Leia. We're coming for you Luke sent to Leia. While Leia wouldn't be able to hear his thoughts word for word, she would be able to know the meaning.
What he got in response felt like another warning. Like she wanted them to cut their losses and run.
We're not leaving without you.
Luke got parts of a message back. It had to do with Anakin and anger. Leia could probably feel Anakin's anger from her cell. It obviously scared her.
He's just worried about you.
On their way to find Leia they ran into a few stormtroopers. Anakin was an unstoppable force and quickly killed them. He didn't even need Luke's help. Luke had been on missions with Anakin before, but he had never seemed so deadly before.
Luke and Anakin reached detention block AA 23 where Leia and Han were being held. Anakin rushed to the cell that Leia was behind and cut it open with his lightsaber. Luke reached out for Han. He could feel a lot of fear from two of the cells. He couldn't tell which was which. He started cutting open the cell across from Leia while Leia escaped from her cell. When there was a hole he looked in. The first officer they had met, the one who took Leia away, was in there.
The man ran forward yelling profanity about Jedi and wrapped his hands around Luke's neck.
"Hey!" Anakin said, "I can do that too." He reached out and used force choke on the officer. The man let go of Luke and grabbed his own neck, trying to break free of the pressure.
"Master!" Leia pleaded, but Anakin would not stop. The man fell to the floor dead. Luke looked on Anakin shock.
"Master, you could have stopped him in a non-deadly way."
Anakin ignored her and began to walk away.
"We still have to get Han!" Luke pointed out.
Leia took Luke's lightsaber from him and opened the last occupied cell. "Bout time!" Han concluded when Leia finished.
Some stormtroopers entered the detention block but Anakin slashed them with his saber, forcing them all to fall to the floor.
Han stepped out of the cell and looked at the floor surrounding Anakin, which was littered with corpses. "What's his problem?"
"He's on a killing spree," Leia concluded. She quickly followed her Master.
They walked through the hallways of the Death Star making their way back to their ship. They ran across Chewie who was strangling an already dead storm trooper.
"Come on, big guy," Han said.
Chewie put down the body and attacked Han with a hug.
"Oxygen!" Han shouted in desperate need. The Wookie roared and wouldn't let go.
"Stop wasting time," Anakin scolded. Chewie finally let go of Han and followed Anakin. They reached the hanger bay. When they entered the ship there was one too many passengers. "We aren't taking any prisoners." Anakin ignited his lightsaber.
Luke stepped in front of their captive, protecting her. "Jedi don't kill their unarmed prisoners.
"Mara may have vital information about the self-declared Emperor," Obi-Wan said.
"Fine," Anakin said while shutting off his lightsaber, "But when she kills you none of your ghosts better haunt me." He walked into the crew quarters.
The floor beneath them began to rumble as Han started the ship. It lifted into the air and flew off into space.
Mara contorted her body and displaced her leverage in order to jump up and use the excess force to kick Luke. He fell to the ground. "I don't need anyone's protection," she said. Her hands may have been restrained but that didn't make her completely helpless.
The ship rocked. "We've got fighters," Han said over the intercom. Luke got up and ran to the one of the gun turrets. Anakin left the crew quarters and went to the other turret.
"Sith spit!" Anakin cursed as he saw just how many fighters have been released. He pressed the button of the intercom. "Han, you better get working on that jump into hyperspace."
"I'm tryin'" he got back in response, "Hyperdrive's down. I sent Chewie to work on it."
A fighter came towards them and started shooting. He didn't have any fancy maneuvers and Anakin was quickly able to destroy him. "Well that was quick."
Luke shot down another fighter. "It's almost as if they don't have any shields."
Anakin was following one of the fighters, but he was a bit more fancy. A shot graced the wing and it began to spiral. Luke finished him off.
"Three down, only two dozen more to go," Anakin said, "Han, we really need to get out of here."
The Falcon rocked as it got hit again. He shot down fighter, which exploded next to another one; two birds with one stone.
A roar could be heard from the intercom.
"Hyperdrive's up," Han announced. The ship felt distorted as they entered hyperspace. Luke returned to the main hold while Anakin went back to the crew quarters. Leia followed him in there.
"What the Hell is wrong with you?" she asked. Unlike Anakin she was able to keep her emotions under control. "I sense more dark side in you than that dark Jedi."
"Just leave me alone." Anakin laid down on one of the beds and tried to close his eyes.
"You're a Jedi Master. You're on the Council. You should be able to control yourself. What the Hell happened?"
"Leave it alone, Leia," Anakin said again, this time with more rage.
Leia felt the anger, the dark side presence, in Anakin and left the room. She wasn't going to drop that matter; no Leia was much too stubborn for that. Anakin was falling to the dark side and she could feel it. She would have to inform the Council.
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