Chapter 29 - Return of the facts.


In this chapter, many memories of Onika will be revealed. Much that she hides.

Note: The chapters relating to memories of Onika will be 29, 32, 33 and 35. This chapter (29) took a while to be done as it is much that has been written, I think (I try to be creative in what I do, right? :D) And yet, memories of Onika will be random, because at times, I was thinking of ideas for her memories.


Onika found herself along with her uncle and the clone troopers. Onika calmed down inside when she remembered that time when she was still commander. Onika remembered the time she met Rex and others. Onika was very shy at first, stuttered a bit when she spoke to Rex, but then she was loosening up and socializing with troops. After much discussion with the soldiers (this was in one of the many rooms of the Resolute), Onika felt confidence in men.

Rex initiates a conversation with Onika. "Commander Onika."

Onika looked at Rex. Her brown eyes looked very expressive to Rex. "Yes, Captain."

"You know, you look much like Senator Amidala."

Onika giggled. "I'm her niece. Whoever looks at me sometimes confuse me with her. On the other hand, those who know me well, know the difference between us. "

"You are a bit taller than her."

"Only three centimeters."

"The color of your hair, the look in your eyes-"

"A small scar on my forehead. Good times of childhood. I fell and got a cut. A long history."

"And the tattoo on your arm, right?"

Onika is terrified when Rex mention about her tattoo. "Don't tell Uncle Ani I have a tattoo on my arm, so-"

"So what?"

"He'll cut off my arm." Onika could not hold back a laugh.

"Yeah, sure."

"Well, as I am wearing a blouse with long sleeve, he'll never know I have a tattoo."

"But if I tell-"

Onika put her hand in his mouth. "Silence, please, or our partnership ends here."

Onika removed her hand from his mouth.

"Of course, ma'am. I promise you."

Onika and Rex left the room and went to the training room. There was even Onika changed her clothes. Rex did not look at her now, knowing that it would be very disrespectful. When finished, Onika approached Rex.

"Well, girl. If you want a chance on the battlefield, you'll have to train hard. A lot. I want to see what you're made of."

Onika arched an eyebrow. "You are very challenging. I like it, eh, Captain..."

"Rex, lady."

Rex and Onika went into wrestling, rolling around on the mat. Onika could immobilize Rex, taking one of his arms behind her back. The other clone troopers who were in the room observed the two, and mocked Rex, having been beaten by a smaller girl than him.

"You saw it. Captain Rex lost the fight to a girl." one of them whispered.

Onika went out from the floor, laughing at Rex. "My goodness. You're so weak that you lost that round."

"You won because I let you win." Rex said in a sarcastic tone.

"Really? Tell me more."

Rex got up from the floor. "Actually, you're just a girl. I just did not attack you in this 'round' because you are smaller and weaker than me. And no man should hit a woman."

"The 'fragile' adjective does not apply to me, Rex."

Onika and Rex gave a handshake and left the training room.

"It seems to me that you two socialized with one another." Anakin said when saw them.

"Yeah. Rex is a very nice man, but-"

"Commander Onika is a great fighter. Really a shame that she won that round."

"I liked to see, Onika."

Onika smiled. Suddenly everything goes dark, and Onika advances to another memory over the front.

Onika remembered the time she was going to her initial missions. Onika always watched Anakin talking with Ahsoka, and she received attention from the clone troopers. Onika felt ignored by them and by their uncle. Onika seemed jealous of Ahsoka, and therefore, she always tried to get the attention of Anakin or the troopers.

"Now that this girl is here, Uncle Ani will spend time pretending I'm invisible." Onika murmured.

Onika up from the table and grabbed a bottle of water, then left the room. Everything was empty, an eerie silence. Onika took a few steps and heard laughter echoing in the hallway.

Can only be my paranoia.

Onika was knocked down by a mysterious, tall, strong figure. Onika got up and ran a few meters ahead. Figure chased Onika and began to strike her. Onika retaliated scams and ran, but the figure grabbed her by the neck.

"HELP. SOMEONE HELP ME." Onika shouted before collapsing due to suffocation suffered by the grip on her neck.

When Onika wakes up, realizes she is handcuffed and leaning against a wall in a cell.

"That's great. Nothing better than starting the day caged." Onika joked. Onika rose from the floor and looked out the window, and realized she was in Florrum. "Strange, I was on Coruscant a few hours ago."

One of the Hondo's Pirates came into her cell, and Onika broke up, hanging with drawstring cuffs. The pirate fell unconscious on the ground. Onika took a pistol from his pocket and a pass card, then left the cell, locking it. "They do not know who they dealing with.". Onika noticed the presence of other 2 and hid behind a pile of boxes. Luckily for her, they went to a room on the left.

"I hope that my flight worthwhile." Onika whispered to herself.

And going to work, just believe, Onika. Came a voice on her head.

Onika turned sharply, startled. "Who's there?"

Calm, Onika. I came as a friend. I'm here to help you.

"I have to leave here, but first I have to call Uncle Ani."

Onika advanced to a door on the right. Onika opened the door and a pirate came running toward her, but as Onika is very smart, struck him with a punch in the mouth. The pirate fell to the ground and Onika pulled the pistol from her pants and pointed it at his head.

"I do not want to do that." Onika said, shaking her hand.

The pirate stood up from the floor. "You would not be mad at that point."

"Oh, no? Are you serious?" Onika said in a psychotic tone.

Onika really not wanting to hurt or to harm someone, but given the situation, she would not have the ability to "trying to spare" one of those men that keeps her a prisoner.

"Look, man. I'ma very good girl, so if my patience out of the shafts, flee to the hills." Onika spoke as if she wanted to frighten him. The Pirate ran to the other side, but Onika took him by the neck and threw him against the wall. "Tell me. Who do you work?" The pirate was silent. Onika began to tighten his neck. "ANSWER, YOUR DARN." Onika shouted.

"Hondo. Like me, others also work for him. On that basis, we are all part of his gang."

Onika loosened his neck. The pirate tried to leave, but Onika pulled him again. "Who brought me here? Was this 'Hondo' too?"

"No. Who brought you here was a bounty hunter named Bossk."

"You will not kill me, right?"

"No. Hondo want you alive. He would be crazy not to want to kill you unnecessarily."

Onika arched an eyebrow and perked up inside but her facial expression was angry. Her blood boiled with rage. Onika was never able to feel angry with someone. Onika lowered the gun. "I'm really hate you..." Onika gave him a rifle butt. "...But I'm not a killer." The pirate fell unconscious on the ground. Onika felt out of control, restless, searching for an exit. She sneak out of the long corridor and hid behind a stack of boxes near the base. "I do not believe I'm getting away from here." Onika whispered, looking up with folded hands and smiling as if a miracle had happened. The door opened. 4 Pirates entered the base. Onika was absolutely silent and looked around to make sure no one would see her. Onika quickly left the base and took a holo-transmitter and stole a speeder them and ran as far as she could.

Onika was many miles away from the base. Onika stopped the speeder and down, catching the holo-transmitter and contacted Anakin on Coruscant.

"Onika, where are you?" Anakin asked, concerned.

"Uncle Ani, get me out. I was captured and brought to Florrum." Onika said, desperate, collapsing in tears.

"Calm down, Onika. Me and my battalion are coming."

"Come quickly." Onika said. Onika felt someone placing a pistol at her head and quickly turned off the holo-transmitter.

"It's the end of the line, princess." Hondo said. "Playtime is over. Now you will return."

Onika turned sharply. "NEVER." Onika shouted, showing position of power.

"Oh, you're so audacious, girl." Hondo pulled Onika by the hair and led her back to the base.

Hondo threw Onika on a chair and walked in circles around her.

"Onika, Onika. You have been a very bold, brave little girl." Hondo said, impressed with the attitude of his prisoner.

"I am very happy that you admire those qualities in me." Onika said in an ironic tone.

"You know, princess? I do not know who you are, where you came from or what you did. But I guarantee you will rejoice this place."

"In that sense, you asshole?"

"Look, it's been very difficult to maintain an interesting dialogue with you. Would you just know grumble, complain, ask many questions?" Hondo stood behind her and grabbed her long hair and pulled back. Onika had visual contact with Hondo.

"You're crazy. Disturbed. How do you feel doing harm to people who have never done you wrong? Have you ever stopped to think, if one day you suffer the same as these people?"

Hondo loosened her hair and came face to face with Onika. "In addition to rebel, you are very moralistic."

"You think my 'speech' is moralistic?" Onika ironically asked, hoping for a convincing answer coming from her enemy. Onika rose from the chair and stood with her back to Hondo.

"Now that I began to realize how much you're unbearable, girl."

"Seriously? I did not know that." Onika joked again, stoking anger in Hondo.

"You would be a great slave. Why?, You ask me. You have a sculptural, beautiful and curvy body." Hondo turned Onika to come face to face. "Why would I have to share you with others..." Hondo was pushing Onika to a wall. "... If I can have you all to myself?"

Hondo put his hand on her neck and kissed her forcibly. Onika instinctively bit down hard on his lower lip, causing bleeding. Hondo walked away from Onika for a moment and felt pain in the lower lip and the taste of his own blood. Hondo was infuriated and slapped the face of Onika, so hard that she fell to the ground.

Onika crawled a little, but Hondo turned her back. "STOP." Onika shouted, urging Hondo not attack her again.

"Calm down, my little princess. I will not hurt you, I promise."

Hondo began to pull her pants. "STOP, I beg." Onika cried, weeping in despair.

Rex pointed his pistol at Hondo. "Let her go, NOW." Rex shouted. Hondo raised his hands and slowly rose from the floor. Onika pulled her pants back up off the floor and hugging Rex.

"Thanks for coming, Captain." Onika said, crying with emotion.

"Let's get out of here, Major."

"Major? I am your commander." Onika said, surprised at being rebuked as 'Major'.

"General Skywalker decided to raise your military rank, lady."

"I do not want to stay here another minute. Let's go home."

"I really have to say... I'll miss you, my little princess." Hondo said.

Onika felt angry by the words said from Hondo and spat in his face. Onika and Rex returned to the Resolute, and Onika went straight to the medical ward undergo medical examinations.

"Now I get why I'm here with the advanced stage of dehydration." Onika said to Rex and Anakin. "It's depressing."

"Hondo did something to you?" Anakin asked.

"He tried, you mean. I was almost raped, lucky me that Rex came on time and saved me."

Ahsoka entered medical ward. "Oh, you found the Commander-"

"Major, snips." Anakin replied. "Now I made her raise the military ranks. She is very brave."

"And a little dumb, right, uncle?" Onika said. "Lucky I called you, or-"

"Okay, okay, Onika. You do not need to tell me this story. Important is that you are safe and sound."

Onika looked deeply into the eyes of Anakin. "Uncle Ani, I can talk to Ahsoka in particular?"

Anakin nodded and left the medical ward with Rex.

"Ahsoka... I really wanted you to forgive me." Onika said.

Ahsoka did not understand where Onika was getting at. "For what?"

"Ahsoka, it may seem strange our intrigues, quarrels, disagreements, anyway. I know we have our differences, but... since you got here, Uncle Ani gave more attention to you, and it made me feel a little envy of you. "

"Onika, actually, when Master Skywalker sent me for my first mission, he introduced me to the clones, as a Padawan of Master Kenobi and-"

"I think Uncle Ani doesn't want to take responsibility for you." Onika said in an unhappy tone. "Uncle Ani hates us."

"Of course not, Onika. Master Skywalker may seem a kind of mad, but deep down he is a very nice person."

"Okay. Lets forget all our problems." Onika extended her arms. "Friends?"

Ahsoka hugged Onika. "Friends."