Rena and Anakin made the trip back to Kymina's home. Rena slipped her hand into his and she couldn't help the smile that came on her face. She felt a sinking feeling grow in her chest, as if an anvil had been placed upon it. "Something's wrong." She said to him urgently and she broke off into a sprint towards her relative's house.
Fire in the distance made her want to throw up and she forced herself to keep the bile down. "Kriff." She cursed under her breath, tears filling her eyes as she saw her sanctuary up in flames.
"Gracilena! Gray!" She screamed. The fire drowning out the sound, Rena watched in horror as part of the house fell. "Ang! Baradd! Kymina! Force-Damnit!" Rena yelled as she backed up a few steps.
She turned to Anakin who was now at her side, "I'm sorry." She said and ran into the burning building. "Rena!" Anakin called after her, then in a split second followed her into the flames and began looking for the trapped family.
"Gracilena!" Rena called into the smoke filled room, she couldn't see anything around her. Her thoughts were racing at 90 parsecs a minute .How did the fire start? Why them? Who did it? Who could have done it? She sensed her cousin was still in the living room and ran to it.
She saw the figure of her best friend lying still on the floor. "Schutta! Wake the kriff up!" Rena screamed at her as she shook her cousin. "Wake up!" Rena cried out and slapped Gray in the face. "No, no, no, no, no. You're not dead. You are not dead! Wake up!" Rena screeched and crouched over Gray's lifeless body.
"No!" She wailed, tears flowing freely, she felt the heat of the fire burn hotter but refused to move. "Wake up…" She said defeated, "Please wake up."
A wooden beam collapsed onto Rena's back. She hissed as the fire burned on her flesh.
"Rena!" Anakin yelled to her, she couldn't move, she wouldn't move. "Irena?" A small voice asked. Rena recognized it as Ang's.
Rena felt the beam be lifted off of her and before she could protest she was lifted into his arms. "No! Let me go!" She shrieked and clawed at his hands, trying to get him to let go. "I can't leave her Anakin! I can't leave her!" She yelled, her voice hoarse. She pounded on his arms as he ran with her outside, Ang following them.
He set her down on the cool grass, and ran back into the house. Ang had tears rolling down her face and curled up on the ground, in shock.
Rena barely noticed when Anakin brought out the rest of the family. From what she could see, Kymina was alright but she was shaking, her own tears ruining her makeup she forgot to take off, but Baradd was… not. The limp body of Gray was the hardest to look at.
"Force! Damn you! Damn you! This is all your fault! It's all your fault!" Rena shouted into the open air. Anakin said nothing but wrapped his arms around her and whispered words of confidence in her ear.
"It's my fault. It's her fault…" Rena mumbled. "She is the one to blame." She growled an almost in human sound. "Who's fault?" Anakin asked her gently. "The Force…"
The world around her was falling apart. Everything was falling apart. The weight of everything she had been going through had finally become enough. She was broken, just like what Sidious had wanted.
AN: I'm alive! And I'm extremely sorry for not updating in forever! Can you believe the new star wars movie is going to come out soon?! I'm so excited and will be cosplaying star wars all week because of it :) So ya gotta love plot twists, bet ya didn't see that one coming! Until next time my lovely loyal amazing readers! Reviews are always nice, thank the last few reviewers/followers/favoriters because they motivated me once again! May the Force Be With You!