Hey, guys. These next chapters will be a bit emotional because they will mostly deal with Laetitia trying to heal what she went through.

Also, there was a really weird problem with the website that no new chapters could be uploaded. The reviews were messed-up, and everything was messy! Now, it seems to be alright, but if you have the same problem, PM me here or on Discord and tell me to send it to you. I will always upload the new chapters on Saturdays and Wednesdays.

Guest: Yes! Vader is DEFINITELY going to kill Arcann when he finds out what he did to his daughter! I actually just finished writing the first draft. It's chapter 170-ish.

Anyway, enjoy and don't forget to review!


Chapter 152

Thexan and Laetitia were both frozen when they saw each other.

Neither of them moved because it was impossible for the other one to be there. Especially for Thexan. He had watched Leah die, and even though he had hoped she was somehow back, it was still shocking to see her in front of him.

Leah, on the other hand, was only frozen for a second. There was a time when she was counting the days until her friends came to rescue her, but she kept counting until they didn't show up. Now, here Thexan was. She assumed she was either hallucinating or it was one of Arcann's tricks to torture her. Either way, she would never give into it.

She just turned around and faced the wall, leaving Thexan completely surprised.

"You're not dreaming, and I'm not a trick by my sociopathic brother." He said to reassure her. He couldn't believe those were the first words he said to the love of his life, who he thought was dead.

"Oh, yeah? You got any proof, a-trick-in-a-dream?" She tiredly challenged him.

"You definitely are the most beautiful freak I've ever seen." He joked to make sure he was right.

Leah frowned in alarm, confusion and happiness as she turned back to him. That was like something Thexan would say. Arcann couldn't know how Thexan made fun of her.

He was real! Thexan ... was really there.

She just numbly sat up and looked at him. She stared at the blue eyes before her, which were filled with happy tears. She was sure she was crying herself because her face was completely wet.

Thexan was so happy to see her alive that he didn't notice the new changes in her. Like her white hair and ... eyes! Not to mention, her bruised face and scarred body. It was horrible ... And to think that his brother was the one who ...

Leah couldn't hold in all her emotions any more. She was happy, sad, mad, relieved, exhausted. Every feeling was there for a reason and she was feeling all of them. She ran to Thexan and threw her arms around him tightly to make sure he was real. He really was.

Thexan just stood there as Leah was in his arms. He couldn't believe the person he was holding was Leah.

"You said you would always be there for me. That you'd never leave me. But where were you?!" She asked crying loudly, finally breaking.

3 years of torture and she was crying for the first time after seeing Thexan.

"I'm sorry! ... I'm sorry." He quietly said as he held her closer. He never wanted to let her go again.

Leah let go of him and looked at him. 3 years ago, all she had to worry about was her feelings about him. Now, it was all complicated.

She weakly smacked him in the arm as she had no energy left in her body. Arcann had completely broke her.

"I'll make you pay for it later."

"I deserve every second of it."

"Thexan! Did you find ...?" A voice interrupted them.

They both turned around and saw Ahsoka at the door. She, too, was frozen when she saw her best friend and sister alive. All this time, she was alive and Ahsoka didn't look for her. She didn't believe she was alive.

"Hey, Stripes." Leah cried out happily.

Ahsoka's brain melted and her lungs were out of oxygen. She just ran to her sister and hugged her tightly. So tightly.

"Ah ... so ... ka!" Leah choked out.

Ahsoka let her go immediately and just cried as she still held her tightly by the shoulders.

"I'm sorry! I'm so, so, so, sorry!" She repeated herself, crying loud.

Leah smiled sadly as she cried with her. She knew she wasn't talking about the hug. ... She had left her. They all had ... to be tortured by a Sith Lord, Arcann Palpatine. None of them would ever forgive themselves for that.

"It's okay." Leah quietly replied to calm her down.

"No, it's really not!"

"Well, do you wanna fight it out here when we don't have time?" She bluntly stated.

"Uh ..."

"Don't worry. I'll grab your Lekku later." Leah joked, which caused all of them to smile. They had missed her so much.


After finding Laetitia in a middle of a cell alone, Ahsoka and Thexan escorted her out of that cell. She would never go back there. Never again ... Not as long as he was around.

"Stop right there!" A Shadowtrooper shouted when he noticed them.

Thexan's first instinct was to use the Force and get rid of him. He even held his hand up, but he remembered nothing could happen because they had no access to the Force.

"Uh ... crap!"

Leah quickly grabbed a knife out of Ahsoka's things hidden in her suit and threw it at the Shadowtrooper. It hit his helmet. It didn't kill him, but it was strong enough to knock him out.

"Nice throw!" Thexan stated.

"Thanks! But now they know you're here. Suggestions?" Leah panted. She was too weak to take charge of anything.

"2 seconds in, and she's already taking charge of everything." A voice mused from behind.

They all turned around in alarm. Ahsoka and Thexan had their blue and yellow lightsabers in their hands, and Leah just stood still weakly as they covered her. They were ready to attack but stopped when they saw who it was.

Leah chuckled in genuine happiness. It was so good to see her father's former Captain. She pushed them aside and embraced the Clone. She could feel his tears wetting her ripped shirt.

"Look who got even older since the last time I saw him!" Leah smirked.

Rex chuckled and wiped the tears off his face.

"Well ... it's not like I can stop it. But at least, no one made jokes about it in 3 years."

"Then I have work to do." She snipped.

Thexan was about to interrupt them, so they'd get going, but his brother beat him to it.

"Fan out! Don't let anyone escape! I want her found NOW!" Arcann shouted from behind the walls.

His voice was echoed in the empty dark halls. It sent shivers down to Leah's spine but she hid it. She hadn't given into him. She wouldn't start now ... But that didn't mean he hand't tried. The things he did to her just to hear her scream ...

Ahsoka, Rex and Laetitia were all angry when they noticed Arcann's presence, but Leah was worried about Thexan the most that she forgot all about her own feelings. She didn't need to touch the Force to know. 3 years without it, she figured out how to read people's emotion. But it didn't take a professional to figure out what he was feeling.

Thexan was ... filled with rage ... dangerous rage. It actually scared Leah and upset her that Thexan had to hate his twin brother because of her. He was mostly mad at the situation. It wasn't fair. Why did his family want to keep torturing the woman he loved?

Leah simply put her hand on his shoulder to calm him down. Thexan turned around and saw the desperate ... weird eyes. He just took a deep breath to let go of his anger. Now wasn't the time.

"Where is another way out here? We obviously can't go that way." Thexan stated, breathing heavily.

Rex and Ahsoka both exchanged a confused look. They had no idea.

"Uh ..."

"This is some rescue! When you came in, you didn't have a plan for getting out?!" Leah almost shrieked.

"Hey! Blame your boyfriend, Tiny Ti! He's the brain who came up with this whole idea." Ahsoka defended themselves.

"He is NOT my ..." Leah stopped when her eyes met Thexan. That was one of the things they needed to talk about. But that wasn't the place nor the time to do it.

"Unbelievable!" She stated in shock to Thexan's eyes that were actually expecting an answer.

"I think there is another way that way. C'mon." She muttered in frustration as she led the way.

She had to do everything herself. How did they survive for 3 years without her?


Thexan, Ahsoka and Rex did whatever they had to do to get out of the Detention Center, and go to the place when the Millennium Falcon was, to get the hell off that rock ... with Laetitia.

Leah laughed with no breath when she saw the Falcon. It was basically the only home she'd ever had. The Jedi Temple was the last place that felt like home when she was 5. The only place she felt safe after Padme's death was that big ship ... with her friends and family.

Leah looked closer, but there was no sign of Han or Chewie. She could only assume that they were busy in the cockpit. He never lent his ship to people of he wasn't there. Not his sweetheart.

Thexan was the last one to get on. He stopped when he felt someone's eyes on him in the jungle.

Arcann.

Once-his-brother enemy. The one he didn't want to hate, but he did ... with every being in his body. He would never forget or forgive him for what he did to Leah.

"Thexan, get in!" Leah shouted in the Falcon.

She knew he was hesitant because of Arcann, but she literally died to save Thexan. She would never leave him behind.

"Please."

Thexan's hand left his lightsaber. He sighed and closed the door behind him.

The entire ship shook when a blaster shot hit the nearest point.

"Buckle up, ladies and gentlemen! This is going to be a fun ride!" A voice shouted from the cockpit.

Leah chuckled. She didn't even have to guess to know who it was. God, she had missed him ... All of them.

Done :)