Anakin awoke to an Imperial shuttle. He wore a mask and was piloting the shuttle. He recognized the controls-they belonged to the sort of shuttles that belonged when the Empire was still the Remnant. The battered, cheaper, but more enduring sort. Not like the sleek sort produced now. He saw trough the main viewport lightning flash across the sky as they descended through the clouds. The lightning illuminated the night clouds to be as bright as a Tatooine high noon.

Still, skillfully, he landed on the rocky beach. He opened the back hangar door, and almost instantly what he felt was pure light in the Force. Skywalker was using his Emerald Judgement. He stormed out of the shuttle, his anger, his hatred, his fear, all of these emotions enveloping him like the storm in the Force.

The next thing Anakin remembered, he was on top of a cliff, where a panicked girl-Rey, Anakin remembered- turned around and illuminated the Skywalker lightsaber. He felt a sudden burst of wicked energy from her and was almost overwhelmed if it weren't for his own fear, his own hatred.

"Look what you've caused, scavenger," he snarled, and he threw off his helmet. Rey gasped, staggering back a step-a dangerous thing to do on the side of the cliff with the raging storms,

His lightsaber, still a trisaber, was illuminated. But its color was a more golden red-it wasn't the same color that radiated Sith before, and in fact, some Jedi had this blade color, even in the old order.

Then he shouted something, but what, Anakin didn't know.

Rey's green eyes widened, and at that moment, he'd taken the lightsaber that was his from her. She outstretched her arms and fell backwards off the cliff. He stepped forward, trying to use the Force to stop her-

"Anakin, wake up!"

Tahiri urgently shook his shoulders. The emergency lights were on, and Anakin now realized the sirens were going.

BWOOP BWOOP BWOOP

"Grab your flightsuit and bag, we need to go, the Base is under attack," Tahiri informed him. Anakin grabbed his flightsuit in the storage cubicle under his bunk and zipped it up and pulled on his boots. He then Force-pulled his lightsaber to his hand out of the bag and stood. In one hand, Tahiri held a rifle, and in the other, her lightsaber.

"We need to get Finn first," Anakin said. "I'm not leaving without my cousin."

Tahiri nodded, and they began running down the corridors, swiftly avoiding collisions with X-wing pilots and technicians trying to prepare to move everything.

Outside the night was illuminated by the emergency lights and blaster bolts soaring through the air. They ran through the base, and quickly located the infirmary. To their surprise, they saw Poe Dameron had somehow awakened Finn and both were moving towards the exit that would lead to General Organa's private launch pad.

"Hey!" Anakin shouted, striding towards Poe and Finn.

"Finn's coming with us," Poe said. "General's orders!"

"He can come with us, I'm sure General Organa has no time to object-" Tahiri pointed out, but was cut off by Poe.

"We don't have time for this, Finn, come on," Poe said.

"He's my cousin, he'll be safer with-"

"The assassination team?" Poe asked bitterly. "Just go!"

There was a loud explosion outside, nearly knocking them all to their feet. Tahiri grabbed Anakin's upper arm, nearly dragging him out of the infirmary.

"Come on, we gotta get out of here," Tahiri grunted in response to Anakin's resistance. "We'll find him again-I can feel it."

At those words, Anakin surrendered to that feeling he'd been ignoring with all of his willpower.

Willingly, he charged out into the launch pad, barely sensing the blaster bolts and skirting around where they'd land a few seconds later.

"Kaytoo, fire up the engines," Tahiri ordered into her commlink. "We need to make a quick exit!"

"I anticipated as much when my charging was disrupted by the emergency signal and gunfire."

"Thank the Force-are you still on the launch pad?" Tahiri asked.

"Yes, of course."

"I see the Sunrider!" Anakin shouted, picking up his knees a little higher, willing his muscles to go just a little bit faster. He could see enemy aircraft already making a descent, ready to land. They were among the last to leave.

Anakin never felt more relieved to be at the controls of the Sunrider in his life. He sliced into the Resistance airwaves.

"Twin Suns Leader is online, does anyone need cover?" he asked as Tahiri strapped herself in.

"Hello Twin Suns Leader, this is Angel Blue," General Organa said. "We need cover."

"On it, Angel Blue," Anakin said, and he jerked at the joystick, and they shot up in the air, abruptly flipping over and going back around in a way that threw them both against their restraints.

Tahiri was hitting the gunners, while Kaytoo, he suspected, was in their sights for turret in the underbelly near the cargo hold.

The freighter hadn't caught the attention of the First Order until Tahiri hit a ground squadron of stormtroopers. Shots from ground artillery shook the bottom of the Sunrider.

"Angel Blue is launching," General Organa said.

"Copy that, Angel Blue, Twin Suns Leader will pull them off your trail," Anakin promised. "Anyone else in that base needs to get out now!"

"All other ships are cleared," General Organa informed him. "Just get us out of here."

"Copy that."

Anakin could sense five TIEs on his tail-it needed to be more. He skillfully maneuvered several barrel rolls, with Kaytoo and Tahiri managing to hit several ground squadrons. The stormtroopers were easy targets, the white armor highlighted by the lights.

Still, they had not managed to hit a TIE but had attracted three more.

"This is gonna be tight!" Anakin warned. He hit the accelerator as far down as he could go without hitting lightspeed, and entered a dive-they were hurtling at a hillside at over two-hundred miles per hour-maybe even five-hundred!

Anakin yanked on the joystick with all his might, trying to augment it with the Force.

"Pull up, pull up, pull up!" he shouted to himself as Tahiri screwed her eyes up, preparing for impact-

Then they soared like the majestic firebirds native to Yavin and its moons, while four of the TIEs fell for it-leaving them with four.

"Angel Blue is leaving the system," General Organa warned. "Get out now and get in our launch bay."

"Copy that."

Anakin tried a few maneuvers, unable to shake two of the pilots. Tahiri managed to shoot one, but the last one was not having any of it.

"Get in the General's ship," Tahiri said. "If we time it right-"

"We get a ride and lose our guy."

Anakin hit the accelerator again, zooming out into the stars. He recognized the Bail Organa and radioed in.

"We got a TIE on our tails- get ready to jump into hyperspace," Tahiri informed the ship via radio.

"You've got it, Twin Suns," General Organa said, her voice full of pride.

It then happened so quickly, Anakin couldn't remember any of it when he tried to recall it later. He barely made it in the hold before the TIE tried to enter as well and the Bail Organa took off for hyperspace.

Anakin slumped back in his seat and instantly fell asleep.