Everyone looked at me shocked. I had beaten Clara, barely breaking a sweat.

I grinned at the site. I looked down at Clara. Her eyes were closed and she looked very pale.

"Hey Clara, your not going to faint are you." I asked worriedly. Something was really wrong with her, her breathing was ragged.

BOOM!!

The whole place shook, and it kept shaking. Tables and chairs were failing over, along with people. I fell right next to a barely-breathing Clara. The door slammed open.

The lights in the place went off, I couldn't see a thing. I heard blaster shots and swords slicing through people's flesh. Than I felt something hit me across my back and I everything went black. The last thing I saw before falling unconscious, were a pair of dark red eyes, shining through the darkness.

Flashback

Slash! Whizzz! The smell of blood was in the air. Gore was flying everywhere.

Body parts lay on the floor. It was gruesome, it was disgusting… it was war.

The New Republic was fighting against the, growing threat of the Empire.

The battle was on a new planet, Shino. It was next to Kashyyyk, but it was never discovered. It wasn't on the star charts or anything. It was like Kamino. No one knew where it was. Until Obi-Wan discovered it. Shino was also discovered by a Jedi, but unfortunately the Empire discovered it as well, and the Jedi was killed. The peaceful world was pulled into turmoil. The Empire had a new Sith Lord, Trajan. He brought a small army of 1,000 troops to destroy Shino. It succeeded, well almost. One person stood between the Empire and the total destruction of Shino, Duran Kenzee.

(Duran's POV)

I just killed about 20 or more Storm troopers. It makes me sad to know that all the soldiers were not clones, but normal ordinary people, who think they are on the path of justice. Whip! I ducked and kicked a storm trooper in the head, creating a deep dent in its helmet. It fell back, joining the dead and wounded on the ground. My forces were thinning, but I wasn't going to give up. I reached in my pocket and took out a thermal detonator. It was the new version, and hasn't even come out in the black market yet. I pulled a few strings and got one. It could kill more than a hundred troops. I closed my eyes for a few seconds. I had to do this, it was the only was the only way to turn the tide of this battle. I slipped past hordes of storm troopers and got to their base. It was small, but heavily guarded, there were about 50 something guys guarding it. I have a feeling that there is an important leader or object there. I gulped and threw the detonator…and than hell broke loss-.

Flashback end

I opened my eyes quickly. The dream wasn't over yet, some idiot woke me up before I could finish. I noticed that a pair of blue-green eyes was looking at me. They moved back and it was…Clara.

"Humph…so your finally awake."

"What happened?" I asked.

She shrugged and looked down at me curiously, "You fainted."

I blinked, 'Was she kidding? All I did was faint what about the thump I felt, and I saw those eyes.'

I shuddered at the image of the eyes.

Wait I just noticed something.

"Why are you here?" I said out of the blue. As the thought just accrued to me. Didn't she hate me?'

"What?"

I repeated the question.

She sighed, "Darrel said you saved us all. He said once the guy in the long black cape saw you, he stopped killing and left, and than you fainted. I was told to stay here to heal and give you medicines."

"Don't ya'll have any droids?"

"No."

"Ohh." This place was very mysterious. Then remembered Clara barely-breathing on the ground.

"Are you, ok?"

She seemed to know what I was talking about and said, "Yeah."

"What happened to you?" I was sorta nervous when I asked that, cause I didn't know if she was gonna answer or if she was gonna punch me.

She was quiet for a few seconds then she said, "I really don't know, I sensed something bad was going to happen and then I just started feeling sick."

We were both quiet for a few minutes.

"Clara," I said.

"Hm."

I hesitated, "Why…why do you hate me…and my friends."

"Well," She said thinking, "Your part of the Empire and...-"

"Wait a minute, what does that have to do with anything. I didn't do anything, maybe someone else in the Empire did something, but I didn't. So don't blame me or my friends, we are innocent."

"Yah right, everyone part of the Empire is a-"

"Is a what! Tell me what the hell I did!"

"You are part of the Empire!"

"So what. How do you know if I am still part of it, maybe I ran away!"

There was an awkward silence. I didn't mean to say that. I haven't betrayed the Empire.

"Sorry." She said looking down.

I looked at her surprised, she didn't look like the kind of person to apologize.

"It's ok," I said quietly.

She was still looking down, "You're right I shouldn't accuse people, of things they may not have done. It is just that I lost my mother and father to the Empire. A storm trooper came around checking all the houses, to see if we were hiding any refugees. See there were these groups of rebels fighting against the Empire, and they had to hide. So my dad, being the Empire hater that he is, decided to hide the rebels in our house. My mom protested, but he ignored her. My mother said that if they find out we were hiding the rebels we would be killed. She kept on begging him to change his mind, but he didn't. Her fears came true, and the Storm Troopers found out about the refugees in our home. They took us to their ship and waited till their commander arrived. When their commander arrived he grabbed my dad's hair and yanked it back. Than…than he got

out a blaster pistol and...and… killed both my parents. Forcing me and Darrel to watch.

She fell quiet; she looked down, her eyes closed.

I felt like I had to do something, but I wasn't sure if I should.

I hesitantly put my arm around her shoulder, and hugged her.

I felt her tears coming out on my shoulder.

I sat up, still hugging her, and felt sorry for her.

I wanted to do more, to comfort her, but I didn't know what.

We sat like that for a few more minutes.

After a while she mumbled, "Sorry."

"What do you mean?"

She moved back, "I am being stupid. I shouldn't be crying my dad would be disappointed in me. He always wanted me and my brother to be happy, and look at me I am crying on the shoulder of a guy I barely know. He must think I am pretty pathetic right now" She laughed bitterly, "He is dead so it wouldn't really matter, though."

I looked at her and smiled. She was so brave, she was trying to put on a strong face.

"You are wrong." I said still smiling.

She looked at me.

"You dad, he wouldn't be disappointed or think you are pathetic. Your dad would be proud of you, that his daughter is being so brave. If what you are telling me about your dad is correct, than he must really love you. Also he isn't as dead as you think." I said smiling.

She looked at me with confusion.

"He lives in you. He watches over everything you see, in your reflection." I touched her forehead.

Her eyes widened slightly.

"May he also live in the force." I said, pressing my hand on her forehead.

She closed her eyes, and put her head down, and she smiled.

"Thank you, Bane." She whispered.

I grinned slowly and I was about to say something when we heard a knock on the door.

We both turned to see Darrel standing by the door, his arms crossed and smiling.

"I see we have forgiven each other." He said walking towards us.

I jerked back my hand and put it in my lap.

Clara stood up quickly, blushing. I knew I was blushing just as ferociously as she was.

Darrel's smile grew even wider.

"Hey Bane, If you can may I talk to you outside?" Darrel asked.

"Uhh…sure." I said.

Darrel nodded and looked at Clara, "You can help Alice, she is at the training grounds."

She nodded quickly and practically flew out the door.

"Come on Bane." Darrel said, turning around and heading to the door.

When he got to the door, he turned and motioned for me to come.

"It is time to introduce you to our world."