Across The Stars

Chapter 44 of my crossover story, enjoy.

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Chapter 44: Reawakening

The sound of the wind, not too harsh, but none too gentle either, filled the entire area. Emerging from the small cave shelter that she had made, Clementine sighed.

'After what happened, this is for the best.' She told herself. 'I've been lying to them all, to myself, this whole time...the memories were there, I just didn't want to face them.'

The forced re-emergence of her repressed memories regarding Lee's death shook her to the core and left her in this state. But she knew she deserved it, it was her own fault, her own weakness that had led her to kill her master, and father figure, with her own lightsaber. Right before it had ended up damaged and she repaired it using the remains of Lee's damaged lightsaber.

She laughed mirthlessly to herself at that. 'Could I have been more depraved, repairing my own weapon with the remains of the weapon of the man I killed.'

But she'd ensured that damage was undone now, along with her ship, she had destroyed both of them. Now she simply lived here, living off the land which was providing enough sustenance to keep her alive.

'Staying alive is my punishment of course. I stay here, alone...with the memories of what I've done.' She told herself. 'I will not make that mistake again...The Invisibles, they said they needed me but they were wrong. They'd be better off without me. I gave Sarah and AJ as much training as I could, the Holocrons can teach them the rest. They have their Jedi, they don't need a failed one like me.'

Trying to ignore the strange feeling of dejection that thought stirred within her, she moved over to a rock which was positioned near the edge of the cliff that looked down into the sea. Sitting on it she stopped and admired the view.

Clementine wasn't too sure how long she'd been sitting there, watching the sea. But she soon felt she was no longer alone and sighed.

"This is really getting old." She said heavily.

"Funny, I was gonna say the same thing."

She looked over at the other rock where Violet sat, looking over at her. The startling mismatch in Violet's eyes now was still striking. Her right eye milky white and blind from the lightsaber injury that also resulted in the wicked burn scar running down through the eye. A notable contrast to the dazzling emerald green of her left eye.

"I...not sure I can even talk right now, Violet." Clem said sadly. "Maybe you were right about me all along."

Violet paused for a moment, eyes narrowed. "That's not the Clementine I know."

Clementine turned away. "The Clementine you knew was a lie...that's all my life has been since I killed Lee, a lie."

When she glanced back, hoping that she'd shut off the Force Bond, she found Violet still there and, shockingly, the blazing anger that she'd seen, burning in Violet's eyes, or rather eye now, wasn't there. It was almost like looking at the Violet she'd known back when she was still part of the Ericsons crew.

"Sounds more like Minerva talking that you there." Violet pointed out.

Clem sighed; maybe it was, but then, it had been Minerva who had unearthed her repressed memories.

Shaking her head Clementine sighed.

"Violet I...There's so many things I've done wrong." She confessed. "I wish I could change every single one of them. But I can't...Now because of it, I've lost, everything...everyone that ever mattered to me."

"Yet here we are." Violet replied quietly. "Talking through this...bond."

Clementine swallowed, trying to keep the tears from falling. "I'm not...I can't do this Violet. I've failed you most of all."

"You're hurting Clem, hurting more than I ever imagined." Violet replied softly. "It's a pain I've never even come close to experiencing before and you've been living with it every day."

"No wonder I'm so messed up, no wonder I ruin so many things for so many people." Clementine replied.

"That's not what I meant."

But exactly what Violet did mean never got made clear, for at that moment, she disappeared and Clementine was left alone again. Meanwhile, onboard the Impulse, Violet flinched, fighting not to lift her hand up and touch her cheek where Minerva had just slapped her.

"Were you even listening to me!?" Minerva snapped. "Honestly, you have been worse than useless since that last battle!"

"I-"

But Minerva cut her off. "Still moping about that eye of yours, pathetic. You're a warrior, act like it, now I'll be expecting you in my room, and I'll be expecting a vast improvement in your attitude!"

With that she turned and left while Violet sat, stunned.

If she was being honest with herself, she had known the truth for a long time. But she hadn't wanted to deal with it, the fact that the first girl she ever loved was still alive blinded her to the truth. It had let Minerva in, twisted her, even perverted what she now realized was her true feelings for Clementine. She recalled the pain Clementine was currently going through, had been going through for years.

'She's far stronger than anybody should ever have to be. I'm pathetic next to her...everything that's led to this, is all my own doing, my own mistakes…'

She straightened up, making up her mind. It was time to fix those mistakes. She could see the truth now and in that cold clarity, she knew she'd have to act fast. The sooner she acted, the less chance their was of her plan being discovered. So she quickly grabbed everything she would need, tools, equipment, important parts for what she had in mind, knowing they would be needed. Once they were packed up she paused for a moment, before leaving her red bladed lightsaber on the bed in her room. She wouldn't be needing it anymore. Leaving the room she began swiftly, but stealthily, making her way to the hanger of the Impulse, where her personal ship was currently docked. She had kept herself calm and focused, ignoring the looks from the Stormtroopers she passed, knowing they were surprised to see her out of her room after being shut in for so long.

With nobody truly looking to stop her, she made it to her ship, got onboard and got everything ready. By the time Minerva rushed into the hanger, having sensed Violet's intentions, it was too late. Her ship took off and blasted out of the hanger and into space and then, with a few quick calculations, knowing the location she sought, Violet had her ship jump to light speed, leaving the Impulse and Vader's Fist behind, it was time to find her way back to the light.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.