Chapter 150

Han, Chewie and Rex were getting ready to save Laetitia. They didn't know that she was 100 percent alive, but ... they had to try. For her, they had to do it.

They were ready in the Millennium Falcon, waiting for Thexan to come. He walked to the them but stopped when he saw Luke lean against the Falcon. He looked like he was ready to go at it with Thexan.

"Luke ..."

"Nope! No way. There is NO way that I am not coming with you." Luke stopped him as he walked to him.

Thexan rose his eyebrow and looked at him. He had a right to come. He was more than capable, and it was his sister. But Thexan was worried about his brother. He knew Arcann was there. He couldn't risk Luke being anywhere near him.

"I'm 16 years old now. Last time, Leah benched me because it was a 'Jedi mission'. Well, I am a Jedi. And if you think that I can't take care of myself, then ..."

"That's not what I think." Thexan calmly stopped him.

"You are as capable as a Jedi Master. One of the most powerful Force-users I have ever known. I'm serious. I would never want to go against you."

"Then why don't let me come? Laetitia is my sister."

"I know. But she would kill me if she knew that I let her brother join the most dangerous mission ever." He stated from experiment.

Thexan felt how angry Leah was when she and Luke were captured on Naboo. He didn't want to repeat that. Besides, as much as he was hoping, it was still a possibility that she was alive. He couldn't risk Luke's life on a 'maybe'. He would never forgive himself if something happened to him.

"Do you know anything about my brother?" Thexan asked when Luke was silent in anger.

"Just that he's nothing like you." Luke simply replied. To be honest, he didn't know anything about Arcann.

"When I was a Sith Lord, we were the best partners in the Galaxy. We got along so well. He was my brother. We were the Eternal Twins! ... But even then, he surprised me. He was so aggressive and cruel in ways that my Sith mind was horrified. And now that I've left the Empire, I can promise you that he hasn't gotten any better. He's a true unrecognizable animal." Thexan honestly said. He didn't want to, but it was the truth.

"The thought of Leah being alone with that monster is terrifying me. So I have to rescue her from him."

"Then let me come with you! We can take him together." Luke begged.

Thexan sighed softly and put his hand on his shoulder. He couldn't risk that.

"Let me deal with my brother. You can't come with me ... I can't give Arcann another chance to hurt another person I care about." He said, hoping Luke would change his mind.

Luke sighed. When he felt fear and genuine worry from Thexan, he decided to let it go. All that mattered was getting Leah back. Who cared who did it?

"You WILL bring her back." He firmly said in a threatening way.

Thexan smiled and exhaled out of relief. Luke knew when to back out ... unlike the rest of his family.

"I will."


After talking Luke out of coming, Thexan ran to the Millennium Falcon. Han and Chewie piloted the ship and they took off. Thexan walked to the main room to go over the plan, but he was so, so, surprised to see who else was there.

Ahsoka!

She was sitting behind a chair, waiting for Thexan to come and find her. He slowly walked to her, not trying to even hide his surprise.

"What are you doing here? I thought you didn't approve of this mission." He asked.

"Well, you idiots need all the help you can get. Do you really wanna turn it away?" She changed the direction of the question, but Thexan was stubborner than that.

"An hour ago, you were yelling at me for being hopeful. Now, you're here, risking everything we have, for a 'maybe'."

"Like you said, we owe it to Leah to see what this is really about." She quietly said.

Thexan shook his head in appreciation and understanding. As she said, they were desperate for any help.

"Thank you." He quietly said.

Ahsoka gave him a look. They had NOT gotten a lot well since Laetitia had 'died'. Especially not since Thexan brought up the idea of her being alive and Ahsoka called him crazy.

"I'm not doing this for you." She smirked as she sounded like her old self.

Thexan scoffed and rolled his eyes. The past 3 years had been ... hard for all of them. Harder than any of them would have imagined.

Ahsoka leaned back and closed her eyes as she went deep into her thoughts. She couldn't even begin to think what it meant to have Leah back in her life. In all of their lives.

Mina would get her aunt back. Ahsoka and Han would have their sister and best friend in their lives again. Luke would lift off the guilt from his shoulder as there was no point in feeling guilty for Leah's death when she was alive. And Thexan would get his ... whatever Leah was to him, back.

"Do you really believe it's Leah we're rescuing?" Ahsoka's voice broke the silence.

Thexan let out a breath. He could feel that it wasn't a statement in pity or denial. It was pure hope. Ahsoka was really hoping for her sister to be alive.

"Yes."

Thexan's strong response seemed to convince her, as well. If Luke and Thexan really believed she was alive, if they had really heard her 3 years ago, then maybe ... maybe she was alive, and everything could change.

"Then what happened? Because we all know what we saw 3 years ago."

"It's Laetitia. You really wanna try adding logic to her life?" Thexan joked seriously.

Ahsoka laughed at that. It was a joke, but the cruel honesty in it made it ... bitter. Her life had no part that made a bit of sense. She made no sense.

But another dark thought passed her mind. She felt like she was suffocating. All this time, she had wished for her friend to be alive. But not once, did she stop to think what it actually meant, and not just to her.

But to Laetitia.

If Thexan was right, and she really was alive, then Ahsoka had left her to be ... she didn't even know what she had been going through in the past 3 years. They had left her. She had left her. To be tortured by the most vile and cruel creature in the Galaxy.

A Palpatine.

Once again, Ahsoka had caused a Skywalker unspeakable pain by leaving.

She was so worried that when they finally got Leah back, they wouldn't be getting Laetitia Skywalker back, and just a broken shell of her. 3 years was a long time to be left alone

"I swear by the Force, if your brother is really behind all of this ..." She coldly started to threaten Arcann, but Thexan beat her to it.

"I will kill him." He finished her darkly and angrily.

Ahsoka blinked when she heard that. She knew why she felt that way, but Thexan? Did he actually swear by the Force to kill him own brother? Was his love for Leah that strong that he was willing to kill his own family?

"I'm sorry, but if Arcann had really spent the last 3 years torturing Laetitia, I will be the one to make him pay ... That is, if Leah lets me." Thexan stated.

Ahsoka shook her head. They both knew that if Leah was alive and Arcann had been the one who had made her life living hell, then she would not let anyone take the vengeance away from her.

She had a Skywalker-sized temper, which definitely beat the Palpatines'.


It had been almost two days since they left the Rebel Base. The journey to Myrkr was tiring, but everyone saved their strength to fight for Laetitia and save her.

Once Han, very stealthily and professionally, landed the Falcon on the planet, everyone got ready. They all grabbed their blasters, knives, lightsabers, bombs. But a shriek stopped them.

It was Ahsoka.

Rex and Han ran to her worriedly, with their blasters in their hands, thinking that she was attacked or hurt. They found her on the ground, wincing in pain. Thexan wasn't looking so good, either. He pressed his hand on his heart, catching his breath.

"What is going on?!" Rex asked in fear and worry.

"The Force ..." Ahsoka panted.

"It's gone!" Thexan finished her sentence.

Both Han and Rex exchanged a confused look with each other. The Force wasn't a tool or a thing to carry around that it was gone. How did that happen?

"What the hell does that mean?" Han asked.

"I don't know, but ... I can't touch the Force at all. It's like it doesn't even exist."

Ahsoka tried to pull herself together and stood up. The feeling so vulnerable that she couldn't touch the Force was ... beyond words. For the first time in her life, she felt absolutely helpless and alone.

But the main question was that how did they manage to disconnect the Force from everyone?

"How can that be?" Rex asked. He knew a bit of Force-sensitivity, so he was more shocked than Han.

"I don't know ... But we need to move fast."


After landing the Falcon on Myrkr, they split up. Han and Chewie stayed in the Falco, ready to leave when they came. Leaving was the hardest part. Rex snuck into the Command Center to deactivate the ray shields. They weren't gonna make the same mistake again.

And Thexan and Ahsoka headed to the prison cells. Their job was to find the prisoner they were looking for, see if it was Laetitia, and get the hell out of there. Which was basically the hardest part.

As soon as they entered the planet, neither of them could touch the Force. It did not come back. Without the Force, they were flying in blind, but that didn't stop them.

They found their way to the cells, but Ahsoka stayed behind because she was busy dealing with the Shadowtroopers. She had dealt with a few of them when she rescued Thexan.

While Ahsoka was dealing with the Shadowtroopers, Thexan ran to the doors and opened them one by one. The other cells were empty. It didn't make any sense.

But there was something behind one of the doors. He may not have had the Force but he could feel it ... in his heart.

He opened the door and stepped into the room but froze. He was sure his eyes were deceiving him because it was impossible to see what he was seeing!

Done :)


Ooh! A cliffhanger! I think I've mastered that art by now :D

What do you think Thexan saw that made him freeze? Was it Laetitia or is she really dead? Or not there?