Time- Unknown Location- Coruscant, Refugee sector
"A child came up to me today,
Asked me if I wanted to play
I told him no, I could not stay
He asked me if I could be here another day
I told him there was no way
He started to cry but there was nothing to say
Afterall I'm simply a ghost from another day
And someday he'll again pass my way
Rain fell, I began to fade, I could not stay"
- "Ghost from another Day" by Cassandra
The Jedi had managed to evacuate the Temple as the last of the Towers came crumbling down. A few of the braver Knights had managed to get the wounded who had been trapped beneath the rubble. Obi-Wan and Anakin were both in critical condition. The wounded were being placed on sips to hit hyper space and head to a rendervous site. Yoda and Mace windu along with several other Masters were holding off the Sith while the Jedi tried to get off the planet.
Bant was seeing to the wounded when she heard the orders to get the most severly wounded to the ships. She quickly founded Obi-Wan and Anakin. Anakin had been spared a large portion of damage. Obi-Wan had acted as a living shield keeping him from being crushed alive due to his smaller build. Anakin had managed to become conscious and call for help before he had gone into a healing trance.
-Flashback-
Anakin woke up, he was feeling like there as a unclearable fog in his mind. Then a horrifying thought struck him, most of the weight pinning him down was not jagged, hard rock, but soft. He pushed against it, chestnut hair falling in his face. The hair was was covered with warm sticky blood. Anakin began to scream for help. He cried out till his throat was sore and he couldn't make a sound. Foot steps sounded against the remaining stone floor. A Jedi with reddish hair bent down her voice was urgent, but had a calming sense to it. Her lips moving were the last thing Anakin saw.
"Hold on, helps comin, hold on Padwan"
-End Flashback-
Garen and Reeft had already left the planet and waited on the rendervous. Trija came charging through. She dadn't have the time needed to initiate her Battle Meditation and with this oncoming army of endless reinforcements they needed to fall back and formulate a new plan. With trained Sith who were deadly in lightsaber combat the escape was becoming more and more complicated. And, sighed Bant we're running out of time.
"Trija, I need you to get Obi-Wan and Anakin to the ship and any others you can get to go with you. I'll see you soon." Trija pushed Anakin into the passenger hold; securing him down. She had come back for Obi-Wan to find him thrashing and speaking in feverish dreams.
"Please, stop, Master, please. No, no. Anakin!" Trija tried to ignore him and keep going, but his words hurt to listen to. After she managed to gaher fifteen more people onto the ship she sat down and collapsed from the strain. She looked out of the window and watched all that she had ever known fall away as the ship cleared the atmosphere and vanish into space.
TBC...