Chapter 4.
Kyra's dream
On the third day of her travel in the Infiltrator, Kyra had a dream.
She saw a young girl with raven hair running through a crowded busy street. She looked terrified and what it looked like her light green dress was torn apart with dark red smudges on the fabric, which Kyra first thought they were red flowers. But when the little girl got closer to where Kyra stood with horror she realized those were not flowers, but rusty red blood prints all over her little dress. No one paid any attention to the terrified crying little girl while she ran past Kyra and kept running toward a dark giant cave at the edge of the town. Kyra followed the little girl with her eyes and saw her small form swallow by the dark cave where she disappeared.
Then suddenly on her left, a commotion caught her attention. She saw six men in matching brown uniforms carrying weapons running toward her. They ran past Kyra and headed toward the dark cave, except for one of them. He stopped just a few yards from where Kyra stood and turned around looking at her. It felt like he saw her standing there. This man's eyes were full of pain and hunger for something she didn't understand. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her chest. When she looked down to see what caused the pain, Kyra saw a bright blue light bursting through her chest. It was beautiful and painful at the same time. Then she looked up and saw the man standing in front of her, holding the end of the blue lightsaber with sorrow and regret in his brown eyes. Then he spoke of a name.
Kyra bolted up in bed shaking with fear and terror. Breathing hard and shallow, her hand flew to her burning chest. The dream felt real and the burning sensation was still marking her hot, sweat-drenched body.
Her body was on fire and it terrified her.
How can a dream make her feel like this? It was so real to her. She seldom dreamed in the past, but nothing like this one. Ever.
Suddenly her door flew open and Maul ran in with a worried face.
Sitting on the bed, she looked like a frightened little girl, small and vulnerable to him at that moment. Wearing a light blue nightgown, she was holding her hands at her chest like she was trying to hold onto something invisible. Her gown clung to her shapely body in all the right places, which made him feel uncomfortable. It felt like an awkward setting for Maul. He did not know what he should do in a situation like this. No! He thought No one can make me feel uncomfortable.
Maul averted his eyes from her body to her face. His voice was dark with worry.
"What happened?" He asked.
Realizing the awkwardness of the situation, Kyra grabbed her blanket and pulled it up covering her body.
"I just had a bad dream." She said in a flat voice looking at his feet trying to avoid his intense gaze.
"I heard you screamed." He said.
"I'm fine, thanks." She replied to him. "Can I get some privacy please?"
Then she looked at him and bit her lip. Not wearing his shirt, Maul was half-naked from the waist up. She tried not to stare at his body but couldn't help herself.
The black tattoos covering his face and head were continuing down his body making an interesting design on his muscular arms all the way down to his knuckles and all over his broad flat chest and chiseled abs, where they disappeared into his waistband.
Tearing her gaze away, she looked at the floor hoping that he would leave soon, so she doesn't have to endure these uncomfortable moments any longer.
Noticing her uneasiness, he turned and left the room closing the door behind him.
Back in his chamber, Maul got dressed and then he went upstairs to the control room. Looking at the coordinates on his keypad, he noticed they were to arrive in a few hours to their destination. A small smile crept on his face thinking about killing the man and his followers.
He just wanted to get this task done and get on with it, because somehow he did not want to be so close to her. His troubled thoughts kept going back to her room. The way she was sitting on the bed frightful and shaking, her eyes full of terror and pain. He did not want to think about it. Then again this weird feeling kept coming back into his mind when she was around. He hated it and did not want any part of it at all. Pushing these thoughts aside, he looked at the keypad hoping that time would go faster to reach the moon of Hale.