The Past Revealed: Chapter 7

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Somewhere above Dantooine: Two Days Later

~Meghan's POV~

Patrol's boring.

At least I'm back with the New Republic, that's always an upshot.

I fly along, Wes behind and to the right of me.

It's good to be home.

I haven't mentioned what happened at the Moff's palace ever since talking to Wedge, and the New Republic respected that.

I'm glad that they do.

Beeper whistles to get my attention, and I see a shuttle approaching our vector. I check the radar and see that's it's Imperial.

"Shuttle, this is the New Republic, shut down your engines and weapons, and surrender or we will be forced to fire upon you." I say, turning around to face the shuttle at an angle, Wes right behind me.

"We're not going down without a fight, Rebel Scum," a man's voice snarls over the comlink.

I tense as I recognize the voice.

It's the Moff's of Dantooine.

I fire a warning shot, putting a little dent in the shields, "that was a warning shot, the next one won't be," I say, an edge in my voice.

In response the shuttle fires at Wes and me.

We scatter, me going up and to the right.

I don't know what to do.

I've disowned them as my parents, but I don't want to kill them.

I also can't let them get away.

Here goes nothing.

"Beeper, drain as much as you can out of the lasers, without making it so I can't fire at all." I say, firing one proton torpedo that knocks out the shields.

Wes dives for the vulnerable shuttle, ready to finish it. "Don't Red Two, I'll disable it."

"But, Rogue Nine-"

"I'll do it, don't worry," I say, firing on the shuttle's engines.

And sigh in relief when it stops dead, engines gone. "New Republic, the engines are dead on a Imperial shuttle that was trying to escape."

"Good job, Rogue Nine, we'll bring them in after the Y-Wings disable their weapons." An official voice answers.

I lean back in my ejection seat, wondering if I did the right thing capturing the Moff's instead of letting them free or killing them.

Somehow, I know that I did the right thing.

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Later after patrol, I think about what I did.

"I wonder if I was wrong about them, maybe something happened to them." I say, staring at the ceiling of my small quarters.

'The Force is very powerful, it even has the power to brainwash.' Luke's voice from my dream echoes in my head.

Is that why they're Moff's?

They were brainwashed by the Emperor?

There's only one way to find out.

I reach for my comlink.

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Hanger: Two Days Later

I watch as the X-Wing lands.

I'm glad that he could come in such short notice.

He comes down the ladder, wearing brown pants, and black shirt.

"Luke!" I yell, hugging him.

"It's good to see you alive, when I got the message from Wedge I felt something was terribly wrong." He says, smiling.

"Well, that's why I wanted to talk to you about, I think that my parents were brainwashed." I explain.

He pulls away, frowning thoughtfully, "what makes you say that?"

I explain everything that has happened in the past few days as we walk to the prison cells.

"I can help you, if there was any actual brainwashing, if not, there's nothing that I can do." He says after I finish.

I smile gratefully, "thanks, Luke."

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University of Coruscant

I walk down the hallways, looking for the dean of students. I already talked to Wedge and the other superiors, and they agreed to allow me to work part-time for the New Republic.

It's been two weeks since Luke took my parents to reverse the effects of the brainwashing.

I haven't heard anything yet, and I hope that's a good sign.

I reach the door, and I take a deep breath, checking to make sure that my hair's okay, and that the green jumpsuit I'm wearing is okay.

I'm more nervous than any of the other battles in my life.

And I've had so many.

Callista lives with the communications officer on Home One now, and I'm happy for her.

Now it's time for me to fulfill a dream that I've had as long as I can remember.

I take another deep breath, 'here goes nothing.'

I knock, and open the door when the dean calls me in. "Hello, sir, I'd like to enroll in the University of Coruscant."

TBC.

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A/N: Epilogue up soon, please review.