SON OF THE CHOSEN.
Sequel to 'Tortured Soul'.
Palpatine kidnapped Rexan to escape when he was exposed; fourteen years later, Rexan Skywalker returns. He is angry, resentful, withdrawn_
Is he just a troubled, tortured, young man? Or is he something more sinister?
Rexan: 3 -17.
Luke/Leia: 14.
CHAPTER TWO.
Coruscant.
Rexan sat back in the pilot's seat of the one man fighter that Palpatine had acquired a few months ago, and let the ship spiral out of control; he wasn't really in trouble, but if he was going to make his 'escape' story believable, he had to act like he had never flown a ship before.
As the ground rushed up to meet him, he braced himself - this was going to hurt.
It hurt.
The force of the ship impacting on the landing strip slammed his head against the glass of the cockpit, the ship crumpled in on itself, Rexan felt one of his ribs snap, felt the flare pf pain up his left side, blood dripped down his face from a gash across his forehead.
Gasping, Rexan groaned. "Ow," taking a deep breath, he used the Force to push the cockpit open.
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Rex ran towards the ship, the cockpit opened and pilot staggered out, coughing, hunched over, reeling from the ship as smoke began to plume from the wreck_!
Launching himself forward, Rex grabbed the pilot, dragging them both to the ground as the ship exploded.
The pilot struggled beneath him, cursing and screaming.
Rex sighed and stood, he pulled the injured pilot to his feet and froze.
He was just a kid, but it wasn't that that made him pause; it was his shocking resemblance to Anakin, his face was thinner and slightly gaunt, his hair shorter, resting around his ears - but he looked almost identical.
he was about sixteen or seventeen years old_
Rex felt his jaw drop, "Rexan?"
The kid jerked out of his grasp, backing away fast. "Stay away from me!"
Rex raised his hands, "It's ok_"
Shaking his head, the kid - who Rex was almost a hundred percent sure was Rexan - continued to stagger back, "Leave me alone!" He turned and ran, limping heavily on a leg that was saturated with blood.
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Anakin and Padme stared at Rex in shock, licking his lips Anakin took a deep breath."You're sure?"
Rex nodded, "he looked almost exactly like you."
Padme's eyes were wide; her son had returned. "Where is he?"
"He ran away," Rex shook his head, "I don't know where he is now."
Anakin closed his eyes, he'd thought he'd imagined the growing sense that Rexan was near, now though; he could feel his son's emotions - fear, anger, confusion - he felt them like they were his own. "He's angry and afraid. As soon as I get a chance to talk to him, he'll be fine."
he hoped he would be anyway, who knew what lies Palpatine had told him. "Rex, I need you to go to the Council and tell them that Rexan is back."
"What are you going to do?"
Looking at Padme, Anakin smiled. "I'm going to find our son."
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Rexan breathed heavily and stumbled to a stop, he gritted his teeth and breathed deeply through the pain; his back throbbed, his left side was on fire from his broken rib, his head ached and he's had to pull a chunk of metal from the ship out of his leg.
Leaning against the wall of a building, he closed his eyes; now he just had to wait, his Father would come for him - the clone had recognised him - which meant his father would have been told of his return.
he felt his Father's emotions through their bond - joy, love, shock and worry and concern - Palpatine had been right, his father did love him_
Just not enough to fight for him, he'd let the Jedi force him to abandon him. It wasn't his fault though, the Jedi were the real enemy, his father was just... Misguided, in time, he would understand, in time he would accept the truth.
He felt his Father drawing near, part of him leaped with joy - another part, a bigger part, was angry at his father. No, I mustn't blame him, Rexan shook his head, he had to remember what Palpatine had told him; his father was their friend, he had just been lied and manipulated down the wrong path.
As he heard the footsteps growing closer, Rexan stepped out from the shadows.
Anakin stared at him, he looked so much like him. His eyes wide, Anakin smiled, "Rexan..." what was he supposed to say? How could he explain?
Rexan smiled, a small, tentative smile. "Hi dad."
