Chapter 26
Laetitia's face was covered in blood. Thexan was by her side. He didn't mean to hurt her. It was the opposite, actually. He was about to end the fight when suddenly he lost control of his lightsaber and cut Leah.
"LAETITIA!"
Thexan heard someone yelling her name and ran towards her. It was Anakin. Sidious had told him about their relationship. Now that he knew she was in her father's hands, he used the Force to disappear.
Anakin and Rex ran towards Leah. She was barely conscious.
"Leah? Leah, can you hear me?!" Anakin asked, shaking his daughter but didn't hear any answer.
He was about to run after the person who did this to her but Rex stopped him.
"General, she's not doing well. We need to take her to the medical center in Coruscant. Kix can slow down the bleeding but it's not good, sir."
Anakin decided to leave it be for now. He will get the person who dared to hurt his daughter and will make him pay but now wasn't the time. He held his daughter and ran to the ship.
In 500 Republica
Padme was having a meeting with other senators that she trusted. Mon Mothma and Bail Organa were there.
"We have to do something. The chancellor has stayed in the senate more than anyone else in the history. And if the senate votes to give the emergency powers to the chancellor, then he must be stopped."
"I cannot believe the chancellor is doing this. He was the senator of Naboo during my time as a queen and he acted as my consul. He has taught me most of things I know."
"It is horrible indeed. What do you suggest we do? We cannot just …" The senator was interrupted.
"Senator Amidala! Senator Amidala!" 3PO said rushing in the room.
"3PO! We are in a meeting."
"It is urgent, senator."
Padme sighed. "What is it?"
"It appears mistress Letty has been injured during the battle. She is at the Jedi Temple at the moment but your presence there is needed."
Padme jumped out of her seat. Her daughter was hurt. "Is she alright? How bad is it?"
"I am afraid I do not know, senator."
Padme was about to cry but she wouldn't lose control in front of other senators. She turned to them "I am sorry but we have to continue this meeting another time." She said as she hurried out of the room. She didn't even wait for answers.
(note: 3PO calls Laetitia 'Letty')
The Jedi Temple
Anakin and Obi-wan were at the medical center in the Jedi Temple. The danger had passed but she had lost a lot of blood. She was awake now and was sitting in a bed but wasn't saying anything.
Anakin looked at his daughter. She had a big scar on her small face. It was from the right side of her forehead to the lower part of her left eye. The scars from lightsabers never disappear in time, which means she will have to live with that for the rest of her life.
"Maybe you shouldn't be sitting, Little. You have dizziness from loss of blood. It's better if you lie down."
"I agree. You should listen to Anakin, Laetitia. After all, he has gone through this before and is an expert at getting hurt."
"I am not. Ventress just caught me off guard." Anakin said touching his scar.
"I'm fine." Leah said firmly.
Anakin had never seen her like that. She was always the source of energy to everywhere she went and was always smiling. He always made fun of her that she lived up to her name but now?
"Leah!" Padme said as she ran towards her daughter and held her. She was crying as she hugged her daughter.
"Mom … you're … smothering me!"
Padme realized she was hugging her a little too hard and let her go. She looked at her and saw the scar on her beautiful innocent face. Her left eye was full of blood because of the cut.
Just from looking at it, Padme cried. "Are you alright?"
Leah smiled to reassured her mother.
"Mom, I'm fine. Really. It's not that bad."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I look like a complete bad-ass now. No one will dare to hurt me."
"I agree." Obi-wan said.
Padme smiled at her daughter's reply. Anakin was relieved to see she was back to her old self again. She was strong, just like her mother.
"Well, Leah, if you are feeling better, the council wants to have a word with you and Anakin."
Anakin and Laetitia groaned at the same time. They weren't a fan of the Jedi council. Everybody in the room laughed.
On the other side of the galaxy
Thexan was parking his ship where no one would find it. He was worried about Laetitia. He had hurt her. He still didn't understand what happened. It was like the lightsaber moved for itself. He had no control over it. It was as I someone else was holding the lightsaber.
Then it suddenly hit him. Someone else was holding the lightsaber. Someone with the ability to move things even though he wasn't there. And the only person who had this ability was his twin brother, Arcann.
He ran to his room to confront his brother.
Arcann was practicing with his lightsaber. He looked exactly like Thexan and held a red lightsaber.
"Hey, Thexie." Arcann said casually.
"Don't 'Thexie' me right now. Did you do it?"
"Do what?"
"It was you, wasn't it?"
"What are you talking about? What was me?"
"You controlled my lightsaber when I was fighting Laetitia Naberrie and cut her face, didn't you?"
Arcann looked into his brother's eyes. He knew there was no escaping it so he just said "Yes, I did."
Thexan gasped. Arcann was always angrier than he was but he never thought he would do this.
"How could you do that? Why did you do that?! What, you didn't trust me to do the job myself?"
"No. No, I didn't."
Thexan punched Arcann in the face. So hard that his face was bleeding. Arcann tuned to face him.
"Listen, I could feel what you felt. You were conflicted. You didn't wanna do it. You were about to walk away!"
Thexan didn't even try to deny it. He and Arcann always had a special connection. Twins were really strong in the Force . They were strong alone but together? They were deadly.
"You what he would do if you didn't do what he asked. It was down to you or her and I chose you in a heartbeat. I will happily let everyone else die as long as you live."
Thexan didn't look at his bother. He knew he was right but, still, he shouldn't have gone behind his back and hurt her.
Done :)