AN: I know that this is long in coming. I'm sorry. My life has been crazy! Well my Digital Imagery class is about to begin, so enjoy!
Chapter 15:
"How is she?" Leia gently asked.
"Not good," Wulfie quietly answered.
They both looked in on Galen. The young girl restlessly tossed and turned in the bunk that she was laying in on the Falcon. Small moans gently escaped from her throat every so often.
Han and Chewie were supposed to be escorting Leia to various remote planets to meet with some other rebel leaders. Before they had left, Galen had begged to go with them. And finally Wulfie and Leia gave in.
That was a week ago…
Four days into the trip, Galen began to become sick. At first it was a simple cough, followed by tremors through out her body. Then eventually she began to run a high fever. And since then, her fever had not broken.
It seemed as each hour passed; Galen's condition became worse and worse.
After a day of her being sick, everyone agreed to forgo the intended rebel meetings and get Galen help.
But even doing that seemed to be just as difficult. The first time they came out of hyperspace near a possible medical facility near the Bajic Sector, three Imperial Star Destroyers as well as an envoy of TIE fighters were there. This lead to a little skirmish as well as at least a day in getting Galen any help at all.
Yet it did lead them to discover a forgotten mining settlement in a collection of asteroids, known as Polis Massa. Since Leia had never heard of it, Han figured that it was the best place to take Galen to. Because if the feisty senator had never heard of it, then it was a good guess that the Imperials hadn't either.
Yet now three days had passed. And Galen did nothing but toss and turn in a restless sleep.
"I hope we get there soon. It kills me to see her like this," Leia said fighting back the tears. "She's like a little sister to me."
"I believe that we are almost there," Wulfie replied. "Come on let's give Galen some quiet. Threepio will watch over her and let us know if anything goes wrong."
Wulfie and Leia turned and head down the narrow hallway, as Threepio took up a spot by Galen's bedside. And for the first time, the golden droid was silent. He knew that there was nothing that he could do by talking to her. And perhaps that was a good thing.
The large Nikkëi engulfed a cleanly shaven Anakin. "It's good to see you too Leitz," he managed to say without loosing all his breath.
Leitz growled a response to Anakin.
It had been about two weeks since Anakin had escaped captivity and it had only been a few days since he figured that it was ok to make contact with someone who could possibly tell him where Wulfie and Galen were. And who better then Wulfie's cousin.
Just to be on the safe side, Anakin had requested that Leitz meet him on Ord Mantell instead of on Nikkëi'tz. There was enough corrupt things going on there, that the Imperials weren't going to notice that a missing shuttle had landed there then been sold for scrap.
Since Wulfie had left the Desert Star on Nikkëi'tz, Anakin had Leitz bring him the ship. Then Leitz agreed to help Anakin search for Wulfie and Galen.
After their brief greeting, they quickly made their way back to the Desert Star.
"Did you bring me what I also asked for?" Anakin asked, boarding his starship.
Leitz growled.
"Good. Come on we better get a move on."
Anakin took his seat in the captain's chair, while Leitz set next to him. He piloted the ship out of the spaceport and blasted away from the planet. Before they entered hyperspace, Anakin let the Force surround him as he searched for his daughter wherever she may be. He hadn't done this in so long. But now was a safe time to do so. They had to have some idea as to where they were going.
Finally he found her. Or at least some resemblance of her. Something wasn't right. Her presence in the Force was very dim and shallow, as if it were dead or dying.
In a panic, Anakin set a course for where he hoped she was going.
He hoped that she was going to the place where he had been saved and the twins had been born. He hoped that whoever she was with was taking her to Polis Massa.
"We've done all we can for her," the medic droid said. "This last treatment should be the decisive factor."
Wulfie, Leia, Han and Chewie all stood on one side of the glass and watched as medics and medic droids worked feverishly to bring down the little girl's fever. And so far nothing had been working.
In a last ditch effort to figure out what was going on, the medics took blood samples and discovered what could possibly be the cause of Galen's mystery illness. Her body was killing itself.
Very few humans in the galaxy suffered from this illness known as MCS, but it was treatable and usually the inflicted lived normal lives.
And at the moment, everyone was hoping that this was the case here.
As soon as the contents of a shot that was given to Galen, reached her blood stream, the monitors began showing signs of improvement. Slowly her fever was coming down.
"She does have MCS," the medic droid announced.
"What does that mean?" Leia asked.
"She just has to be careful. And be on medicine the rest of her life."
"How long until she can leave here?" Wulfie asked.
"In a few days. More tests are needed."
"At least Shortstuff's going to be ok," Han said, trying to lighten the mood.
But nothing seemed to help. Nothing could lighten the mood.
Wulfie looked like he was going to die if Galen died. Leia looked like a zombie since she hadn't had any sleep in a few days. And Chewie was just as gaunt looking as Han was. Neither of them had slept nor eaten since Galen had gotten sick.
Luke had been contacted by Han and made aware of the situation once they knew exactly where they were going. He and Artoo would be there in a day's time from that moment.
While all of this was running through everyone's minds, no one seemed to notice that two other figures had joined them.
"Would someone please let me know what is wrong with my daughter?"
AN #2: I know that I had Anakin hone in on Galen's signature instead of Leia's but that was because that was what was on Anakin's mind. Was finding his daughter.