Terri was quickly running out of breath as she frantically rushed through the halls of the temple. She had to alert Lusari and the Lady of the danger as quick as possible, but why was the alliance commander here this seemed rather above her station. She had just been fighting one of the most accomplished sith in the galaxy, she was lucky to be alive, but all the mercenaries were dead what was she going to do? Were they doing something wrong? no the commander was a sith she was probably just trying to stop their plan, that made sense right?

Her mind continued to race as she stumbled through the halls eventually making it to the main chamber. "Lusari, Lusari Lusari w-we uh gotta uh bad uh p- people uh" Terri began to fumble over her words as she tried to explain the situation.

Dammit she was incredibly tired and out of breath, Lusari quickly stood up turning to Terri "Terri slow down what's going on?" her face was full of concern as she tried to calm Terri down.

"B-Bad guys o-outside uh we we gotta go right now" Terri was so glad she managed to get that established her head was pounding she felt like she had just run a marathon, she wasn't very physically fit admittedly.

"well i'm sure we can take them how bad they could be?" Lusi looked very overconfident Terri had to make this situation clear

"no no v-very bad idea we absolutely cannot take them it's the Alliance commander" Terri began to take some deep breaths this was a really hard way to explain. Lusari looked shocked and confused but before she could open her mouth the echoed voice of the Lady emanated from around the room

"She's correct I can sense her presence we need to go right now" with that Lusi quickly picked up the holocron and grabbed Terri's hand

"come on lets go" Terri nodded and Lusi pulled her out the back of the chamber by the arm. As they were about to turn the corner at the end of the passage way Terri felt a sudden blast of energy fly over her head with a resounding crack against the wall. As they turned the corner she caught a glimpse of the commander sprinting across the chamber. Oh no oh no oh no she was still after them what was she going to do, she felt herself being pull round corner after corner by Lusari each time the glimpse of the commander got a little longer. She had to do something soon she was going to catch them at this rate.

"come on Terri we're almost to the speeders" Lusi shouted over her shoulder. Cmon Terri think think think what will slow her down as she pondered this question the sudden blinding bright light of the outside hit her eyes, OUTSIDE YES outside has obstacles barricades things to block the entrance. She focussed her mind reaching out with her remaining hand and letting go of her movement solely focussing on the area around her, she pinpointed every good obstacle she could find and focussed all her energy to move it in front of the entrance. As she opened her eyes she saw that the entrance was covered in rocks, branches and an assortment of plants, wow that really worked she didn't really know how she did it. She stood there astounded suddenly feeling a lurch from her collar

"come on Terri we gotta go" right yes escaping that's probably more important, she turned around and began to run by the side of Lusari. The speeders were just over the ridge they might make it

"I think I slowed them down we can make it" Terri said with a smile, Lusari smiled back as they reached their speeder bikes and quickly piloted them away from the temple

Later…

Terri's head was spinning as she sat against the wall of the cave, rain pattering against the floor just a few meters in front of her. After they had escaped the temple they had found an inconspicuous cave to rest up for the night, Lusari was taking stock of what they had left and making sure the lady was comfortable. Terri had only just really comprehended everything that happened in there, it seemed crazy now like some sort of story she barely felt like she'd been there. That was the alliance commander, the outlander, Darth Nox probably the most high profile person they possibly could've ran into but why was she there? It had to be a coincidence right? they probably wouldn't follow it up they had better things to do. But that wasn't what bothered her, the commander wasn't exactly evil so what did that make them? Terri just wanted to get away from the sith academy, this was all too much.

"hey Ter you ok?" Terri hadn't noticed but Lusari had been standing over her for almost a minute, ok uh gotta look together and sure of yourself

"uh yeaaaaah i'm all ok Lusi just a little surprised" was that convincing? it didn't feel convincing it felt stupid

"yeah i'm not surprised it's not every day you go toe to toe with the alliance commander" Terri felt her cheeks grow warm suddenly

"I uh I didn't go toe to toe with her I uh kinda got my arse kicked" Terri looked away from Lusari

"hey you're still here I consider that toe to toe" Lusari sat down next to her as she talked "you're a real cool force user now maybe too cool for me who knows maybe you're the chosen one"

Terri giggled "shut up stop being silly you're twice as cool as me miss ritual performer if anything you're the chosen one" they both giggled as they poked fun, Lusi was pretty good at cheering her up maybe things weren't so bad

As they chuckled to each other they heard the familiar echoed voice " The alliance commander being here is a bad sign we may need to get the rituals done with less precautions" that didn't sound good maybe it wasn't a coincidence

"do you think she will follow us" Lusari looked worried but determined Terri wished she could get rid of her doubts

"hard to say at this point, i believe our encounter was somewhat a coincidence but backup isn't going to help us here we need to avoid her so speed is key" Terri felt relived at that maybe it was just a coincidence, wrong temple wrong time and all that.

The lady seemed to know a lot about the commander? as she pondered Lusari spoke up "you seem to know a lot about the the commander my Lady, do you have a history?"

"I'm afraid so, i knew her a long time ago, she is surprisingly persistent but if we proceed as planned it won't be a problem soon enough" phew soon enough they wouldn't have to do so much work, it was exhausting.

They sat in silence for a few minutes before Terri spoke up again "Lusari?"

"yeah Terri whats up"

"are we doing the right thing?" Terri had been wondering this for a while now but had been too scared to ask

"what do you mean" Lusari seemed confused, Terri knew Lusari was much more sure of herself than her but she hoped Lusi had considered that idea

"I dunno it's just like everything after escaping the academy has felt kinda… sketchy" Lusari frowned a bit "I dunno there's just so many blurred lines in what we're doing" Terri looked down to the ground

"hey come on" Lusari lifted Terri's face to her gaze "I know it may feel weird skulking around and keeping secrets but we're doing it to not be found out by the bad guys. Unfortunately avoiding site from the bad guys normally means getting a little morally grey ourselves and yeah that does feel kinda shitty but we gotta do it if we wanna make things better for people like us" she always knew what to say that made so much sense "hey, soon enough we'll be able to escape all this and we can start a new life as long as we do this one thing" Terri couldn't wait

"yeah ok thanks" Terri smiled at her

"awesome see you in the morning" Lusari leaned in and kissed her on the forehead before turning over to go to sleep. what jus happened Terri felt extremely tense and she had no idea why. She was suddenly very awake, she felt an incredible tightness in her stomach while her brain tried to process what happened

"uh ah uh night" she said resting her head against Lusari…ad against Lusari…/p