I Trusted Him
By: ilovedrwilson
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Warning: Extreme changes in Anakin...makes me sad. Oh Well, that's how it goes...
Part Three: Force Give Me Strength
Len awoke with a horrible pain in his chest. As he started to climb out of bed he heard screams. Suddenly he remembered all his dreams and vision of the night of fire and blood.
The Younglings! His mind shouted.
He grabbed his training saber and raised it the highest level available to him. He ran into the main corridor of the temple and saw ten to twenty younglings hiding from what appeared to be a droid army making its way inside. He got to them without being seen and ordered, "Go to the council room and hide. Do not come out unless a Master appears."
"Yes, Len." the oldest of the six year old group answered.
As they started running to the council room, they were spotted by the droids. Len positioned himself between the army and the running children. As they fired at him he called on the force to guide his every move. Blocking and destroying so far had been easy.
Then he heard a scream for the darkness. He saw the body of Master Klavan fall from the shadows behind the columns and his light saber roll onto the marble floor. He realized he had stopped fighting but the droids had also stopped firing. They continued moving like he wasn't even there. A figure crept out of the darkness. The Sith lord he had dreamed about was finally here. As light hit the Sith, Len looked to his face that was barely visible.
"M-master Anakin."
Len felt his training saber slip from his hand. No! He thought. Master Anakin is kind and brave. He's a Jedi Knight. How could he?
"Why?" Len asked as his former friend moved closer.
"You know already, Len. You've seen it." He simply answered.
Len searched his thoughts, he remember the woman dying in his vision. She had loved Master Anakin he was sure. Wait, she'd been in child birth.
"The woman in my vision, she's your wife!" Len shouted, feeling outraged. "How could you dishonor the code? Jedi should have no attachments! How could you disgrace your Master's training?"
"I have a new master now." Anakin announced. "One who will teach all that the Jedi have kept from me."
"You are doing this to save her!" Len's anger blinding him.
Anakin smiled to himself, feelings Len's anger.
"So you aren't as perfect as I thought. You can feel anger." He chuckled, igniting his light saber.
"You'd murder younglings just to save one woman and child!" he shouted. Len looked at Master Klavan's light saber. He knew he was going to die. He had foreseen his death but he wasn't going to death without trying to protect all those he held dear.
"I won't let you do this." He focused all his energy his hand, asking and begging the light saber to come to him. It slowly started to move, twitching in anticipation.
Force, I release myself to you.
Without a word Anakin raised his light saber to destroy the boy in one sweep. Len felt the saber suddenly hit his hand and he ignited it in time to block Anakin's blow. Len used the force to push himself away from the sith.
"She will die because of the choices you have made in order to save her!" Len shouted. Only to be forced pushed in a wall.
"Shut up! You know nothing about this!"
Len tired to ignore the burning in his back as he stood.
"I have foreseen my death, but also hers. You cannot save her by doing this-"
Anakin started battling the boy, swinging his light saber in what should have been deadly hit after another. But somehow Len about blocked each of them with the stronger light saber. The boy had practiced on everything Anakin and had taught him, raising him too a level five. Although that was almost unheard of for his age it stood no chance against Anakin's new level nine powers granted by the dark side of the force.
Len was quickly weakening and Anakin watched as the boy started to loose his footing. Anakin stopped his attack as the boy grasped his chest. Screams were filling his head. He quickly released his feelings into the force, granting him more focus.
"No…how many people's death have you caused?" Len cried, "You would destroy us all."
Len usually never used his powers to hurt or harm someone but as he saw what was happening in his mind he boldly announced, "This woman you love so much will die by your hand!"
Len gasped as he felt the Anakin's light saber slash into his side. He looked down to see blood freely flowing from his left side. Anakin had not stabbed him straight through, but cut him deep enough to make him bleed to death slowly.
Len felt his body connect with the floor and heard Anakin's footsteps echo in the corridors. He turned his head to each side seeing the bodies of Masters, Padawans and younglings. He forced his mind on the younglings in the council room; he can hear the relief in their thoughts as Master Anakin entered. Len closed his mind off; he didn't want to hear their screams. He couldn't take anymore screams and pain.
In what seemed like hours a droid approached him with its weapon draw.
"No." he heard Anakin order. "I want him to suffer."
Len closed his eyes listening to footsteps fade from the temple. Evil Sith, Len cursed, he'd probably kill his own children.
He silently waited for the inevitable; he would not remain to see if the Masters returned.
Master Obi-Wan, Len suddenly thought, someone must tell him. He must know.
But realistically Len knew it might be hours or even days before anyone returned to see if there were survivors. He slowly and carefully reached into his pocket, holding the Force sensitive rock in his fingers.
Force, give me strength.
End Part Three
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