This part of the story was kind of a two-part series (The Carlac series) so I'm gonna publish the second part of this series now.

Death Watch

I knew about these terrorists, never stopping their attempts to overthrow the Duchess Satine. They were brutal murderers. Not feeling mercy or compassion of any sort, the whole of the group surrounding us was dooming us if I tried to fight them. It was then that Artoo came out of the ship with my lightsabers. I shook my head slightly, and he immediately hid them.

I was forced to come with them to their camp. Once there, the female officer motioned to a tent and said, "The boss will see you in there."

We went inside the tent to wait for the "boss", Pre Vizsla. This was absurd, and I needed to convince Lux that this was not the right choice.

"Lux, these are the Death Watch. They're murderers! They'll –"

I got no further because Lux had suddenly pulled me close and kissed me deeply. He deserved a slap on the face. But in a moment I realized this kiss had a purpose.

Pre Vizsla and his staff entered, and he cautiously mentioned,

"Am I interrupting something?"

He had just kissed me to draw suspicion away from us.

Though, strangely enough, part of me wished it was a true act of love…

I was taken before him, and quickly dismissed to be made a slave, along with villagers from a nearby town. Among them was the village's granddaughter, Tryla. Her grandfather demanded, soon after I was forced into servitude, that the Death Watch leave their planet. Being a simple people, they trusted him when he said they would leave.

Of course, Vizsla ended up trying to incinerate the entire village and its inhabitants, so I could not stop myself from trying to save everyone's skin. The Death Watch were too many, and I wound up in Pre Vizsla's tent to be beheaded.

Artoo wouldn't let that happen, and, following a short battle, we made haste on a stolen speeder to return to the ship. Understandably, we took off without delay.

After exiting the atmosphere, I told Artoo to get the ship in order while I had a chat with Mr. Bonteri. He whistled in acknowledgement, and I told Lux to come with me to the hall.

Lux's Point of View

We went into the hallway and she turned to face me.

"I hope you trust me now how to handle certain people. I've got a grip on more things than you know, Lux." She said solemnly.

I slowly nodded. "I realize your wisdom now, Ahsoka. Though not many people can be trusted, Dooku's proof of that. I felt that Jedi, even… you, were no different."

There was a long pause when I stared into her eyes. Something told me not to leave. I wouldn't have wanted to, even if I was going to die on the spot.

"Lux, there's something I wanted to tell you… I – it – it's just – I need to say –"

I knew what she meant already. She loved me. I felt something towards her, too. I was in sound mind this time, so it was purely my choice what happened next.

I pulled her close while she stumbled nervously over her words and did something she wanted to do. I joined my lips with hers. She was tense, but relaxed momentarily. It felt good to ease the mind with a kiss… her warm lips against mine. I had completely forgotten her Jedi status. I just knew I loved her.

She broke apart from me and whispered "I love you."

She didn't stutter this time. She kissed me again. But no feelings of regret tore us apart. But all precious moments must end, and so she pulled away.

"Time to attend to the ship, I guess." She rolled out with a quivering voice.

She left the hallway for the cockpit. I smiled to myself, then sadly turned away to use the escape pod. I couldn't return with her to Coruscant. I wasn't with any side.

Just before I the escape pod detached, I heard her nervously exclaim from outside the pod,

"Lux! Lux, what are you doing?!"

I turned to her, and told her what I should have revealed some time ago. "I can't go with you, Ahsoka. You – you know that."

She seemed panicked, and hardly managed to stutter, "I know, but maybe we could… change things… together…"

I looked into her eyes. "We make a pretty good team, don't we?" It wasn't really enough at the time, I knew, but it was all I could say. I felt like I was being torn in two. Part of me wanted to stay with Ahsoka, and the other part demanded I leave. The love we shared must come last. Duty must come before feelings. The only thing that could spare my pain of leaving her was the hope that, one day, we would meet again.

"Be careful, Lux." She trailed off.

"Don't worry. We'll see each other again. I promise." I told her, quietly.

The escape pod jettisoned.

I didn't know if we would meet again, but I hoped we would.

I was right.

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