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Here's chapter 5, which should be called 'the deep predicament'. Read to find out what I mean.

Anakin's POV

I dashed and noticed very little sand was inside the homestead. I was expecting a whole pile of sands blocking the doorway, but everything seemed mild. I ran into the early morning air, up the stairs, through the entry dome, and into the wide expanse of desert... I scanned for the Twilight, knowing that it was in eyesight from the moisture farm. But looking around, I only saw GX-8 water vaporators...

I pulled out my macrobinoculars and had the same reaction... Nothing was distinct and zooming in, the only landmass I could find was the Jundland Wastes. Not even Anchorhead or Tosche Station appeared in the viewfinder.

"Grrr!" I exclaimed...

"There a problem?" I heard Owen's voice from behind me.

Yes! Yes, there's a problem. "That Twi'lek girl, Numa!" I shouted, wanting answers quickly. "She's missing. I sensed it. What room was she staying in?"

Owen still was taken aback with the rush I delivered with my question. Or the contents of that same question.

"We believe that she stayed in the droid repair station, to have conversation with our protocol droid."

"And she's gone!? Did you check the station?"

Before he could answer, I went down to find the droid area. My eye danced in dizziness as I scanned the room, seeing an empty oil bath, and section that held a V-35 Courier landspeeder, and some controls... But nothing more.

"She's gone! She's gone!" I shouted.

Beru was woken up for she tapped my shoulder. "She may act like child and is hiding somewhere here. Why would she run off?"

I held back a growl. "You tell me."

"Skywalker, Anakin... If she's not here, she's probably got lost in the sandstorm. She couldn't have gone far, even if she left right when everyone went to sleep." Owen suggested.

"Or worse." I muttered. "Got dust pneumonia in that storm."

"Don't be so pessimistic." Beru tried to calm me down. "It'll get you no where."

"Then I'm leaving."

"Where are you going?" Owen was taken aback again.

Where am I going? My adopted child is lost or dead and I can't dally!

"Well, it looks like I'm going no where." I mimicked Beru's voice, before telling the reality of the situation. "I got go find her."

Owen hesitated but realized he can't say anything that was pessimistic, like I was already. "Then we wish you luck... Look out for them Sand People."

I gnashed my teeth, suddenly fearing the worst. "I know."

I ran up, forgetting to put on boots that could keep my feet from sinking into the temporarily cool ground, and trudged without complaint to find Numa.

I came to terms that I had very few resources to persist in the search, but if Owen is right, and she didn't get far, I 'll sense her presence soon.

She is alive. I would have sensed it if she died.

But something occurred in my mind that didn't escape since I woke up. I still remembered that one mask in my dreams, that horrid thing... Was that a Sith Lord? A vision? The missing Sith...? I will find out and destroy that monster if the dreams prove to be a vision... I swear to it as much as I swear to find Numa. Somehow, somewhere.

Lux's POV

I woke up in a slow state. I gazed straight up into the stars and concurrently realized that nighttime was still in its waking hour. Looking around, I noticed Ahsoka was not sleeping but still staring at Kidd Kareen. I trudged up to her side and placed my hand on her shoulder.

"Still passed out?" I asked.

"Yes, I just don't want him to run away."

When I saw the face of Kidd, I saw only a vague reflection of the common sentient. There was many scars and bruises there, but also average cheekbones, round chin, equally-spaced eyes, and the complexion of someone who had rays of sun dapple on his blue skin. However, there was a paler face, like he was afraid the universe, Ahsoka, maybe me from finding out who he was.

Which one was the mask? Which one hid who he was? I didn't know... I didn't even know why I was pitying him, but I do... I regret it, but I do.

"What was he like?" I asked Ahsoka before I knew what was ebbing from my mouth.

"I don't know, actually. I've been speaking to him a lot on holo, but never have I actually sat down and wondered who he was... But at Mon Gazza, he was inspired by himself, afraid to show his kind side but obviously had one..., and was warm... Like an afternoon star, his whole demeanor said 'Here I am. I'm here. I'll be gone soon, but I'll see you again before you know..." She paused. "I like planetary stars... From my studies in the Jedi Temple, Shili, the planet where I was born, was meant to be a cold planet... Not that it was freezing or anything, but because the star barely shared rays of warmth. It was mainly cloudy, masked by an incessant shade. Hiding the fruits of sweet, sweet warmth. When the star did shine, it was a momentous occasion. Every Togruta would go outside, create, and play in that star knowing that it wouldn't last long... That was Kidd... That's how I remembered him... Now, he's the shade."

Ahsoka held her knees to her chest and sighed, straightening her posture, before looking up.

Begging the question, I asked what was vital to me, "And what am I to you, Ahsoka?"

She gave a forced smile before denouncing, "You're many things, Lux. You're light... You're everything and nothing. Just be proud that you're all three."

I sighed, a little disappointed at how little in detail she went. I was 'many things'.

Maybe that's good.

I continued to stare at Kidd for minutes, before Ahsoka said, "I'm sensing something turning on inside him."

Indeed, Kidd was waking up. His crusty, bloodshot eyes were peeling away. When he opened them up completely, he yawned, before looking to his right... When he saw the rebels, he jumped for his blaster, if only it wasn't taken from him.

"What the- How did I-" He rapidly looked in all directions before his peripheral vision met my orange lover. "You- You-" He pointed a threatening finger at Ahsoka, before slipping off the wood stump where he sat, into the mud. His camo-clothes were already putrid with the elements of Onderon, with green chlorophyll stains on his knees and shins, as well as a cut in his shoulder armor. "You broke that branch, didn't you...? Didn't you?" He accused.

"Glad to see you too." She said sarcastically, with an inner malice.

Kidd detected it too, for, with a twitch of his thighs, stood up. "You miss me, Little Lady?" Kidd played with her sarcasm.

"Of course I missed you." Ahsoka stood up with him... "How could I not?" She stepped over kneaded his arm. "If you were gone, I wouldn't have been able to do so much."

Before Kidd saw it coming, which isn't saying much because I barely saw it coming too, Ahsoka threw back her arm, cocked it ready, and threw it forward, cracking on Kidd's face. With it all happening in a nanosecond, Kidd exclaimed (which woke up some of the rebels) and slapped a hand over his right cheekbone, where she hit him...

What I couldn't tell was that the now former assassin was tasting blood, reveling in spite of Ahsoka. "Saw it coming." He muttered.

"That was for betraying me, trying to hurt me, and succeeding the attempt... And trust me, Kidd. You didn't deserve that.. That was a mild piece of punishment..."

"Can't imagine the severe." He mocked further, enticing Ahsoka to answer.

"When you're dangling from my grip, after my lightsaber handiwork. Or when the blaster bolts of your enemies drill into you... That's when!"

Kidd chuckled. "My, my, Ahsoka. You sound a lot like a Sith."

Ahsoka opened her mouth to answer that, before snapping it back shut... I saw it on her face, and Kidd knew it as well, that he hit her weak spot.

I decided to defend Ahsoka. "And what have you to say about hurting her?"

Kidd grinned at me, before his face contorted with hatred..., and envy. "I already have..." He gave a knowing look towards Ahsoka.

I acted confused, pleasuring the assassin more.

"You met him after he attacked us at the power generator?" I winced as Ahsoka nodded.

"He told me why... Not good enough reason, of course, but I realized his folly." Ahsoka stepped over and grabbed the collar of his bodysuit glued under his camo-armor chestplates. "But I'm not with Lux yet, as you should know, Kidd... It's ridiculous to go as far as you did, just because you thought we were together."

That hurt.

I felt my inner lung take a hit from what Ahsoka said, like the hit she gave Kareen.

"You are, aren't you?" Kidd rasped.

"Finding out you were trying to kill me solidified 'me and him'." Ahsoka put an arm around mine. I couldn't help but smile, healed from the last comment. "Your efforts just took you off my sightseeing list and over to him."

Unfortunately, Kidd saw my grin and glared, staring deeply into my eyes with contempt.

"I see... But it's too late to say sorry... I had a mission to kidnap you to the Separatists. They would pay a handsome price for your capture..." He checked his fingernails with mockery. "However, because YOU turned the tables, perhaps we can bargain... My freedom for your safety."

"Forget it!" Ahsoka spat. "You can't negotiate without bringing something to the table."

Kidd smiled before holding his comlink... "But I have brought something, my hasty friend." He twiddled it in the air.

"You can't call for help," Ahsoka used the Force to grab ahold of his comlink, "without it!"

I was gladly surprised at Ahsoka spontaneous ingenuity, but that quickly died when I saw Kidd was still smiling, still beating Ahsoka in a complicated game of dejarik.

"Oh."

"What?" Ahsoka snarled.

"Oh, nothing." Kidd chided.

Ahsoka grabbed his chest cleft again. "Tell me what you're planning!"

Boom!

The explosion startled everyone, making them afraid that the detonation was somewhere close. If it weren't for the darkness against the sudden light of the explosion, I wouldn't have realized where it was as quickly. Indeed, a ball of fire was rising, furling its mushroom cloud in the distance... The droids sent a missile in the cliff face a klick away!

"Gah, everyone up, but stay quiet." Steela held her hand to the side... Ahsoka kept her eyes on Kidd, glaring with a fury as much as Kidd had a hatred for me; for how I 'stole' Ahsoka from him.

All the rebels who were awake mutely went to their neighbors to wake them up, moving their bodies to stir them with some gasping from the sudden exile of their slumbers. Officially, it was not certain if the droids knew where the rebels were located. But when they heard marching, it seemed certain they were taking a gamble... A gamble that I knew the droids would win!

In the distance, there was the thunderous sound of clanking plastoid against the hard, but also muddy, ground... After a couple seconds of careful listening, it was distinguished that the entire army was stretched thin, but ran the length of the cliffside. The droids will soon box them against a rock wall that was a klick high!

One of the rebels, Jerog Bridger, was shivering as he heard the oncoming droids... "It's them." He gasped.

Steela grew worried... Unfortunately, that fear was turned to terror when another explosion came from above... One woman almost screamed, before I lunged to cover her mouth to muffle the sound. We couldn't reveal our location...

But the tumbling rocks forced everyone to sprint towards the jungle, away from the falling rocks as they crashed into where we stood a few moments ago.

There was dust and debris rising in the air around us, forcing others to hold their breath against what the Separatists were doing... They were pushing us closer to the approaching Droid Army!

And it appeared that gunships were lining up against the cliff and firing rockets into the rock... It was unknown why they would waste so much ammunition to snuff us out, but there I realized there was something important that must be kept in our group in order to go to such impetuous lengths.

"The droids don't seem to be dim anymore..." Saw remarked as rock piles continued to rise higher from the rain up on the cliffs... Kidd and Ahsoka continued to glare at each other.

"Yeah." I gasped in anxiety. "They either really want us dead..., or..., or-"

"Or someone wants you're capture..." Kidd finished... He stared knowingly at my 'Soka.

"Me?" Ahsoka muttered. "They want the rebels dead but me to be..., alive?"

"They want you all dead. Trust me." Kidd grin grew so large that his dimples were like separate, vertical smile. "If they can capture you, then you could be useful. Someone like you, I mean." He continued eyeing Ahsoka.

"'Soka...?" I questioned... What do they want with 'Soka?"

The rocks stopped falling as the gunships seemed to take a break to recharge.

"She knows." Kidd said simply. "Oh, she knows."

"The Nexus Route Coordinates." Ahsoka murmured. "They will try and cough it out from me, but it won't work... Someone else has the other half."

"It doesn't matter." Kidd thrust his hand forward to emphasize. "Your half is good enough."

I just shook my head and grabbed his shoulders, nearly raising him off his feet if only I was tall enough. "Why shouldn't we just kill you right now? What is it that you have brought to the table that's so important. No communication. No weapons... Not even competence."

Kidd moved his head away as I sprayed saliva against his face, puffing for breath... But he was in no place to complain.

"They don't know I'm captured... I can work undercover for you. Tell them to call their forces off; that your crumb trail was merely a hoax. I can do that."

I sighed... Everyone was holding their breath.

"You can?" Ahsoka peeped.

He continued to puff air excessively. "Of course. They know me. I'm one of them in their eyes. I can be a double agent for you... Not like I have any other choice."

"What's the catch?" Ahsoka growled again.

"I'll have to be free, not a slave... I have to be treated like one of you." Kidd said incredulously.

"You want what?" Saw snapped.

"Now, now." Kidd sneered. "If you don't start now, the droids will come and wipe us out... We got no where to run."

The gunships warbled in ignition and fired missiles into the rockface once more, pounding the natural surface with their manufactured weaponry. The explosions were enormous, lit up the nighttime sky, and blocked out the stars with the amount of light they were carrying... And on and on went the monotone metronome of the droid's marching.

I still had a hold of Kidd, but it seemed like it wouldn't last long. Before I knew it, Kidd held a gun at my throat. "But, if you're hesitant, maybe I should make the process move more smoothly." He almost laughed as he held the blaster, finger tight on the trigger.

I realized as I felt my left holster that he took my blaster, so I whipped out the other one and aimed it at his throat, while taking a couple steps back. All the other rebels were also aimed their weapons at Kidd. I smiled, realizing how much we outnumbered him...

But when I noticed that Ahsoka still held Kidd's comlink in her palm, I realized that Kidd really had the edge. He was right... We need him to get us out of here.

"You put us in this predicament." I held my pistol stout on him.

"It was my pleasure." Kidd said giddily. "I really wanted to rebel; it's part of my Twi'lek blood to do so. And you offer so much that I can rebel against."

"Liar!" Ahsoka shouted. "You just want to join us so you wouldn't be our prisoner anymore. You're loyalty relies on the Separatists."

"You don't know that. There's many things you don't know about me, 'Soka." He mocked. I nearly pulled the trigger because he said 'Soka'.

Rocks continued to tumble down, piling up the cliff face. Missiles from the gunships were not holding back. They were slamming and pounding the rock with as much hatred as Kidd and I had for each other.

"You just want to join us," Ahsoka snarled as she furrowed her eyemarks, "so you can make amends for me. But if you think after what you did to me, I'll ever forgive. Never!"

"True." Kidd sighed... He lost his glee when she said exclaimed that line. "But that doesn't mean I can't try and be around you... You need me."

"And after you drive the droids back, what authority do you have?" Ahsoka continuously gnashed her teeth... Everyone was tense.

"If I am killed," Kidd simply said as if he was asked for the contents of his groceries. "the Seps will know... I have a life tracking system in my gloves..." He showed everyone to see. "If I'm one of the Separatist KIA's..., they'll know."

Missiles blew into the mountain with the noise of ominous clanking. It was horrifying to know how trapped we were... How stuck to one decision we were still at.

Rocks fell and dust piled around us like fog.

"You're a snake." I spat. "How do we know you're not lying?"

He shook his head, but this time not out of spite. "You don't."

"How do we know you won't just tell the Droid Army to continue the attack once we give you the comlink?" Ahsoka gurgled.

Kidd turned his head to fleetingly look at our Togruta Jedi before looking back at me.

"You don't."

Rocks nearly crushed one rebel as we realized that the rubble was approaching us, eventually forcing us to be crushed or run into the jungle where the 'beasts' were lurking.

Ahsoka tossed Kidd his comlink, as he lowered my blaster from pointing at me. "Do it for me... Make the call." She grunted robotically.

"Fair warning, kid." Kidd gazed at me... I nearly growled at him for calling me 'kid'. "Stay away from her."

I shook my head like he did. "Because you still want her?"

"Because she's deceitful. She'll throw you away like she did to me... Mark my words."

The explosions overhead buzzed and wracked and impounded as one rebel was finally crushed... It was now or never!

"I'm not." Ahsoka growled... Kidd got ready to turn on the comm channel to the droids. "You are... You betrayed everything you stood for, not the outcome of that race. I hate you." Ahsoka pointed an accusatory finger.

Kidd just smiled one last time. "Oh, I love you."

"No, you don't." Me and Ahsoka said together.

Few more seconds flew by, but it seemed like minutes of wasteful time. As we were forced to rely on a double crosser turned double agent.

He pressed the button for the comm. "Stop firing." He announced. "Cease fire... The rebels are not here... Their flare trail was indeed a scam. Only one rebel was leading the way for the trail, but I took care of her... Retreat now... The rebel scum won this day."

Static roared from the speaker, but finally the gunships stopped firing; the hidden droids in the jungle stopped marching... He did it. He actually said the truth. He saved our lives.

After a dour moment, the comm buzzed as mechanical, but sentient, voice grind, "Copy... We are retreating our droid army and sending scouts in the opposite direction... The rebels won't elude us for long."

He tossed the comlink back to Ahsoka... "See... Not so bad, am I?" He folded his arms in conceit. No one rewarded or praised him.

Unsurprisingly.

"You saved our lives, but your crimes against us can still never be forgiven." Ahsoka took my blaster from his hands and gave it back to me. "Is that clear?"

"We shall see." Kidd merely muttered. "But either way, were not safe here... We better use our cables to climb up. Yes! 'Ours'!" He glared at some rebels who gave him the look when he said 'our'.

"You're still on their side." One rebel groaned.

Kidd just nodded. "Negative. The Seps gave me the chance to rebel... Now you do the same... You give, I deliver... The whole 'assassin' scenario was just a mask."

"How can I believe anything you say?" Ahsoka roughly pushed his shoulder.

"You don't have to. I just want in and you guys still need me... Simple as that." Kidd gave one more nod before firing his grappling hook as high as it could go, just a fourth of the way up... "Along the way, we'll have to hold on to the rock as best we can before refiring our slings. Got it...? And sorry, Miss Gerrera." He turned to Steela. "But that will be all the leading I'll do for now on... You take the charge." And he gave either a mocking or respectful bow.

"As it should be..." Steela grabbed her sniper rifle, attached a grappling gun, and fired it into the sky... She then shimmied up, with others following the way...

I did the same, but I waited for Kidd to start his way up there. "Need a lift?" He raised a hand towards Ahsoka.

"Never for you." Ahsoka slapped it away.

It was then I offered a hand... "Hold on to my shoulders, 'Soka... I can give you a ride."

She looked at my hand, almost hesitant, before taking it.

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