Chapter 144

Laetitia, Ahsoka, Rex, Han and Chewie volunteered to go to the Fortress Inquisitorius on Nur, to save Thexan.

They planned to turn the place to dust after they were gone. Leah told Ahsoka and Rex to take care of that part and rig the Fortress with explosives. Han and Chewie stayed back on the Millennium Falcon, ready to take off after everyone was on board.

Leah swam to the entrance. When she was sure she was alone and saw no one, she got out of the water and took the aquata breather out of her mouth. She no longer needed it when she wasn't under water.

She stopped and scanned the place with the Force. She could sense a lot of pain, suffering, torture, death and darkness in there. So much so, that she was having trouble breathing normally. She also felt cold by the dark side of the Force. It was so strong in the Fortress.

While she felt all of that, if she didn't stretch out with her feelings in the Force, she would still find it strange. The place was quiet. Unusually quiet. Suspiciously quiet. It was definitely a trap.

When she felt no presence in the Fortress Inquisitorius, she felt tensed inside. The fact that Leah, the most powerful Force-sensitive, couldn't sense any Inquisitor, it wasn't good. It was really, really, bad.

As Obi-wan and Anakin loved to say, 'when you sense a trap, you spring the trap'. And she did. Laetitia didn't care if the whole Fortress was a ticking time bomb. She would get Thexan out of there before it went off. Even if it meant she died to do so.

She was quietly running towards the cells. She followed Thexan's Force-signature. She could feel that he was in a lot of pain. All because of her.

She could also sense no one in any other cell. No Inquisitor-in-training. That wasn't good. They had cleared the Fortress out, just to get Leah. This whole thing was a trap set for her. This whole place reeked of Palpatine, both big and small sizes.

Leah cursed under her breath. She knew she shouldn't have gotten Thexan involved in the mess. In her mess. In her, at all. Every time she got close to someone, they would end up dead.

Fives, Chuckles, Raven, Padme, Kitster, Obi-wan.

All of them dead because of her. No matter how much she tried to resist it, she was attracted by darkness. She was followed by darkness.

And Thexan, of all people. Darth Sidious' son. She should have known better that Palpatine was not easily fooled, if at all. He was annoyingly smart. He had back-up plans for his back-up plans.

Leah had always suspected that Sidious knew about the fact that Thexan turned to the light side of the Force and only went back to spy on the Rebellion. For 4 years, she was worried that he would use Thexan as bait to draw her out. That he was letting Thexan spy for them on purpose.

Granted, Thexan was still that snake's son, but … still. It's not like he would let something as mere as that stop him. He certainly hadn't before.

Leah stopped when a few special, black-armored Stormtroopers pass through. She had a bad feeling about them. She had never heard of or seen these type of Stormtroopers. They even looked dangerous.

Once they were gone, she cautiously followed the Force trail. It was getting stronger. When she saw where the Force led her, she could only see one room at the end of the hall.

"That's where Thexan is."


Laetitia ran quietly to that room. She opened the door and found Thexan restrained to an interrogation chair. She suddenly felt so relieved to see him.

Thexan opened his eyes, grunting in pain, and saw Leah. He tried to move but the restraints only made in harder and painful for him.

"Laetitia? What are you doing here?" He whispery snapped at her.

"You didn't really think I would leave you here, did you? I mean, not after you gave that heart-moving speech." She whispered back with a smile.

"That is … Behind you!" Thexan shouted nervously for Leah to not lose her focus.

Leah turned around quickly but she wasn't quick enough to grab her lightsabers at the same time. An Inquisitor came up from behind and jumped on Leah.

They rolled down a few times, but eventually, the inquisitors' red lightsaber was on Leah's neck. She may have been strong for anyone but that Inquisitor had a huge body and an unusual physical strength.

He laughed wickedly as his lightsaber was burning her neck. He could be the one who killed the legendary Laetitia Skywalker once and for all. If that happened, Emperor Palpatine would definitely praise him.

But while he was thinking of what he might have been able to do, Leah grabbed the knife on her hip and pierced his heart. The Inquisitor fell on the ground with no life left in him.

Laetitia exhaled repeatedly and rubbed her neck. It was sore from the lightsaber burn, but burning in fire was what she felt in her sleeps because of what she did to her father on Mustafar. So she was alright ... for now.

Thexan also exhaled out of relief. He was almost worried for a second there. Leah stoop up, grabbed her lightsabers and broke Thexan free.

She frowned when she saw the look he was giving her. It was out of shock and irritation.

Leah scanned her body to look for any sign to explain his strange frown, and she found it. There was a black single cuff on her right cybernetic hand. The Inquisitor must have put it there when Leah was distracted.

But what did it do?

Leah got her answer right away. She saw her hair turning from chocolate brown to colorless white. She groaned out of annoyance. The cuff was a Force-binder. The last thing she needed.

"Great! Just friggin' peachy!" She muttered angrily.

"They know defeating you with your access to the Force is impossible, so they severed the connection." Thexan stated.

Leah sighed. She didn't like to look like a white-haired freak ... At least, not in front of him.

"You shouldn't have come. It's obviously a trap. I know you figured that out." He quietly said.

Leah scoffed and gave him a look. She would never leave him behind. He was too important to her.

"How are you supposed to wait for me if you're dead?" She asked, raising her eyebrow.

Thexan slightly smiled and looked down. Leah grabbed the dead Inquisitor's lightsaber and handed it over to Thexan.

"What …?" He trailed off in confusion.

"You're gonna need this if we're gonna get out of here." Leah pointed out the obvious.

"Right!" He mentally hit himself in the head for being stupid.

"Though, I have absolutely no idea how you're gonna use it." She honestly said.

Thexan chuckled and stared at the lightsaber in his hand weirdly.

"Neither do I."

"That's comforting."

"Eh. We'll figure something out." He said as they quietly walked out of the cell.

"So, are you alone?" Thexan asked.

"No. Ahsoka, Rex, Han, Chewie and BB-8 are with us."

"You even brought BB-8?"

"Never underestimate a droid. My droid, to be exact." Leah snipped.

"I'll be sure to remember that." He responded chuckling.

Leah also chuckled herself. BB-8 was a weird droid. Even weirder than R2 and 3PO, if that was possible.

"The good in you will cause an awful amount of pain for you that will kill you."

Done :)


Okay, guys! I know this was a bit short chapter, but this is the part 1. Part 2 is longer and more important.

What did you think of this chapter? What do you think happens?

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