Disclaimer: See chapter 1

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Chapter 6

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"Padawan, I don't know how you base your suspicions. I don't sense anything dark at all," a voice echoed in Dazlio's dull mind.

"But I DID feel it master, maybe she can hide it even in sleep," said another, child-like voice.

"Obi-Wan, please take him to your quarters to calm down and come back here. Anakin, there's no need to panic, it's completely normal for young ones to have disturbing emotions every now and then. You are not as adept with the Force yet as us."

"Yes, master Windu," the boy said, disappointment clear in his tone.

She had probably been unconscious for a while, because now when she listened Obi-Wan was back.

"...Yes, you may see her in a while. Master Windu, here's the girl's mother."

Mother? Daz's eyes opened immediately. She saw Elmikk through the glass of the door window. She talked with Obi-Wan and another Jedi, that Windu guy. Daz was lying in a hospital bed, probably in the Jedi Temple's infirmary. She glanced around and saw dozens of other beds, some occupied, beside hers. The lights were dim blue. There were no healers around at the moment so it couldn't be the emergency ward.

"I'm so relieved to know she's safe here," Elmikk said. "She ran away from the hospital where she was treated."

Daz forced herself sitting up and looked at the equipment attached to her body. She pulled the oxygen mask off and checked she could breath without it.

"May I ask what caused her injury?"

With a glance Daz shut down the heart beat monitor.

"Kenobi, you saw my date at senator Palpatine's birthday. I think that... he might be a dark Jedi."

"A Sith."

"Yes. I found Dazlio near our home, she was lying on the ground with blood all over..."

Elmikk's voice faded away and she started sobbing. Fake!

Daz pulled out the medication tubes that were injected in the underside of her wrists and ripped the monitor cable ends off her chest.

"She didn't remember a lot about what happened, but I can surely tell it was him out of her description. And she said he had a two-blade lightsabre."

Daz slid her feet carefully on the floor and ran through another door.

"She's become delusional and she possibly ran away because of a nightmare. You have to guard her so she won't get hurt again."

"We will. You can see her now."

Mace opened the door and stopped. There was no one on the bed.

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Daz sneaked in the infirmary corridors. She couldn't let Elmikk find her. She didn't want to become a Sith anymore!

"Attention all wards! A female human patient is missing. She's dangerous to herself and maybe to others."

Her chest heaved. She had to get out somehow. She could survive; the wound was a lot better. If she only could get away...

She heard a noise behind her and when she turned around she saw Elmikk and the Jedi looking straight at her. She ran to the opposite direction and snatched a blaster from a surprised guard.

However hard she tried, she was eventually cornered. With her back against the wall she aimed her blaster at the people surrounding her.

"Let me go or I'll shoot her!" She pointed at Elmikk. "She's a Sith, you need to capture her. She was the one who almost killed me!"

/Is this your way of thanking me of all the training I gave?/ Daz jumped. She'd never heard Elmikk speak through the Force.

Elmikk got closer to Daz. "Honey, just please give me the blaster. You know you don't want to hurt me. I'm your mother." Daz' breath quickened and her vision blurred.

/You won't win in this game, I'm way out of your league./

She saw her hand open and drop the gun to the floor. Elmikk took it and watched as a couple of nurses pinned Daz to the ground and pushed a needle on the left side of her neck.

She didn't break the eye contact with Mikk before her eyes reluctantly closed as she fell asleep.

TBC