Chapter 145

Once they were out of the cell, Laetitia and Thexan ran to the place where she came from in the first place. The narrow window in the Fortress to get the hell out of there. They had to swim to reach the surface and fly off the Falcon. Leah handed an aquata breather to Thexan as she put on her own.

Thexan jumped outside the building, in the water. Leah was about to follow him but suddenly, the Fortress was shaking. Thexan stopped and turned to Leah, who was still in the Fortress.

He waited for her to come out and join him, and she was about to, but suddenly, 3 black-armored Stormtroopers jumped on Leah, preventing her to escape.

Thexan's eyes were wide open in horror. She was struggling to break free, but the more she struggled, the more she was twisting her own arm. He was about to swim to her but a strong wave from the building came and threw him away, leaving Leah completely on her own.

There were 3 heavy Stormtroopers on Leah but she could see Thexan disappearing in the water. At least, he was safe.

Leah tried to use the Force but it was no good. Her connection was still severed and it was hard for her to get rid of 3 huge Stormtroopers without it.

She kicked them, releasing a shout in struggle, and finally got them off. She let out a deep breath and stood up.

She didn't have time for that. She needed to get rid of them and get to Thexan and the others to get the hell out of there. So, she grabbed her lightsabers and struck one of the Stormtroopers with her lightsaber. On the contrary to what she thought, it wasn't as easy to get rid of them because the lightsaber did not good.

"Huh." She moaned as she looked at her lightsaber that was hissing.

The Stormtrooper laughed in humiliation under his helmet.

"Let me guess. Cortosis?" Leah asked. It was the only explanation.

Cortosis was a very rare material that had the ability to temporarily short out the lightsabers upon contact. This effect made Cortosis a useful material for anti-lightsaber melee weapons.

"I thought you Stormtroopers were just created to get rid of."

"We are Shadowtroopers, Jedi scum!" One of them scowled.

Leah sighed. Shadowtroopers were Stormtrooper-Dark Jedi hybrid soldiers. She had never met one before but she heard they were dangerous. And they even looked scary. That also explained why they were holding a red lightsaber in their hands. They were basically Inquisitors!

"You're never getting out of here alive!"

"You got one thing wrong, you know." She calmly said.

"What's that?"

Leah quickly re-activated her lightsabers and sliced his heart with all her strength.

"I'm no Jedi." She coldly said as she struck the other 2 down as well.

Once the Shadowtroopers were dealt with, Leah stopped to get back her breath. It had taken her all of her strength to kill them. She just took a deep breath and ran to get out of there.


Thexan quickly opened his eyes and gasped to get a deep breath. He found himself on a land but he had no idea where he was.

"Laetitia!"

She was the first thing that came to her mind. She was still in the Fortress, but Thexan didn't run to find here. He realized that he couldn't get back to where Laetitia was. It wouldn't do any good. He was too far away.

So he ran to the Falcon to get some help. That was the only thing he could do.

He basically jumped into the ship and startled Ahsoka and Rex, who were waiting for them. Rex ran to Thexan t help him get up.

"You made it." He said out of relief. They were taking it too long.

"Where's Leah?" Ahsoka asked worriedly when she didn't see her best friend.

Thexan got up, out of breath. But he didn't let that waste a second. It was Laetitia. He couldn't waste a second to save her.

"Still in the Fortress Inquisitorius. We have to get back to help her!"

Ahsoka and Rex both gasped in surprise. They had to save her, but they had no time for that! They needed to get out of there as fast as possible.

"We can't. The ray shield surrounding the Fortress is the reason why the Falcon is here. And the bombs could set off any moment!" Rex stated.

"Wait, what bombs?" Thexan asked in confusion. He had no idea. Leah never told him of any bombs!

"Leah planned to …" Ahsoka started to explain but she suddenly stopped when something was happening.

The 'ground' was shaking and sending strong waves in the water. It was so strong that the Falcon near the water was also shaking. They walked to the nearest window to see what the hell was happening.

"Have the bombs gone off? No, it's too soon!"

The Fortress Inquisitorius moved up from under water and was shown outside of water. The water was dripping from its metal stones. But it was impossible! The Fortress was an underground building.

Han and Chewie were still in the cockpit, waiting to take off. Ahsoka, Rex and Thexan all focused on the Fortress out of water, trying to find Laetitia.

And they did.

She was on the highest level, that looked to be the landing zone of the Fortress. She was surrendered by thousands of Shadowtroopers and 7 Inquisitors, in different gender, size and species.

Thexan could see that she had a few scars on her shoulders, legs and face, but they didn't stop her to fight back. She was grabbing her silver lightsabers tightly and fighting the red blades. She was fighting for her life and her friends'. She couldn't give up.

"Please tell you disabled the ray shields." He begged as he turned to Ahsoka and Rex.

They shook their head, which caused Thexan to almost lose it. They couldn't help her and could only watched as she was fighting for her life. It was worse than torture!

"How much time do we have until the bombs are activated?"

"They're already activated. The countdown started 20 minutes ago." Rex sadly said with frustration in his voice.

"And how long was the original countdown?" Thexan asked in desperation. This could not get any worse.

"30 minutes." Ahsoka quietly choked out.

Thexan let out a breathless breath. Apparently, it could get worse. Leah had only 10 minutes to get rid of the Shadowtroopers and all the Inquisitors to leave.

As strong, skilled and powerful Laetitia was still only one person against an entire army. Maybe, if she was still able to reach the Force, her chances were higher. But Thexan could see the Force-cuff on her wrist, so that was not an option.

"We have to help her!"

"How?! How are we supposed to get past the ray shields, kill that army down there, get Laetitia and leave, all in 10 minutes?!" Ahsoka shouted. It wasn't directed to Thexan. She was just frustrated with the situation.

"We could …" Rex tried to say but he stopped when he saw what happened.

They could do nothing but watch as Leah got stabbed in the back. While she was holding her own against 5 Inquisitors, an Inquisitor came up from behind and stabbed her in the right side of her back, near her spine.

Her body shook in pain as another stab by another Inquisitor followed.

Ahsoka, Thexan and Rex all gasped. Thexan almost ran out to Leah but Rex stopped him and grabbed him by the shoulder.

"Stay here! You'll only make things worse!"

Leah could feel the pain she felt in her back. She wanted to make it stop and heal it, but she still had the Force-cuff on her.

"Damn it!"

She desperately screamed for the Force to come back to her. With the last ounce of strength, she freed her blades and swung them around. She managed to kill all 7 Inquisitors in one blow and fell on the ground.

She had to say, even she was impressed with what she just did.

"7 Inquisitors in one blow ... Nice." Leah tiredly thought to herself. She had no strength left to actually speak.

With her scream, the Force-cuff was broken. As she felt the Force coming back to her, she unconsciously Force-pushed everyone around her and threw them away.

The people in the Falcon smiled, panting, when they saw she was starting to get her strength back.

She weakly walked towards her friends, who were eager for her to join them, but she suddenly felt an awful pain in her heart. She had been through different kinds of pain, physical and emotional, little and too much. But this was …

She looked down and saw a red lightsaber piercing her heart. She numbly looked up and saw an Inquisitor striking her down with her blade. She didn't even have the strength to fight her and just fell on the ground.


Everyone on the Millennium Falcon gasped in shock, horror, pain, anger, frustration, and most of all … sadness.

They were starting to feel a bit relieved when they saw Laetitia kill all the Inquisitors in one blow. But anything they felt disappeared as they witnessed an Inquisitor stab Leah in the heart.

She immediately fell on the ground and they all felt her bright signature go dark in the Force.

Ahsoka let out a shaky breath when she saw her best friend, her sister, get a deadly injury in the heart. Thexan just froze as he was unable to move.

Before any of them could shout for her name, beg her to get up and keep fighting, run to her, help her and shake her until she woke up … their 10 minutes was up and the entire Fortress was blown to dust, leaving the Falcon alone in shock ...

Done :(


NOO!

Laetitia's dead!

I can't believe I did that :D

What did you guys think of this chapter? What do you think will happen?

And stay hyped, guys! The next chapters, when Darth Vader finds out that his precious little girl is dead, when Luke finds out his sister isn't coming back ... It will be so emotional.

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