Author's Note
I am so sorry for the late update. I was in Florida last week for my uncle's wedding and then the week before that I was working on another story. I am thinking about entering the Young Writer's Contest which is why I was not updating this story for a while.
There are a few references in here that I hope you guys can catch. Please enjoy the story.
Have You Fallen?
Josh looked up with a smile on his face. "Welcome back." Before she could say another word, Josh pulled her into a hug, having missed her warmth and comforting hold.
Seraphina immediately melted into the hug. She missed this. The feeling of him being close, his strong arms wrapped around her, protecting and comforting. She returned the embrace, snuggling into him.
Josh kissed the top of her head, keeping her in his arms. "I missed you."
"I missed you, too, Josh. I honestly thought we wouldn't see each other again." She whispered.
"Nothing could keep me away from you."
"Do you want to explain to me why you were dressed as a Stormtrooper, JS-2426?" she smirked.
Josh smiled. "Your family, Poe, Nathan, Finn, and I decided to infiltrate the First Order and get you out of there. We got our hands on some Stormtrooper armor while Ben and Rey went in as radar technicians."
"Took you long enough to get me away from the First Order."
"We had trouble finding you." Josh admitted. "And when we finally did, it seemed like you were never alone. You were always around Sethtis." Josh said the name Sethtis with anger, hate, and jealousy.
"Josh, are you okay?" Seraphina looked up at him.
Josh met her blue gaze. "I am now that I have you back here with me: where you belong."
"If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that you were jealous of Sethtis."
"I thought for a moment that you had feelings for him. Seeing as how you guys would spend a lot of time together."
Seraphina shook her head and looked into Josh's jade green eyes. "I don't have feelings for Sethtis. I love you, Josh Aland. I have never stopped loving you. Even though we were separated for seven years." She hugged him again.
Josh tightened his hold on her and rested his head on hers. "I wish we could've gotten you out sooner. Believe me, we tried before but failed."
"I know." Seraphina's voice was muffled against Josh's chest.
Josh kissed the top of her head. "We'll be arriving at the Resistance base on Atollon."
"What will happen when we get there?" she asked.
"The Resistance will most likely want to question you since you are Sethtis' second-in-command."
"Who else did you capture besides me?"
"Hold on," Josh pulled away from the hug, making Seraphina frown. "We did not capture you. We rescued you. Second, we managed to capture the other Knights along with Sethtis. And we also detained a Togruta. She claimed that she was your apprentice. Care to explain?"
Seraphina sighed and Josh pulled her back into the hug. She snuggled her head into his chest. "Not really."
"What's her name?"
"Anya Kerz-Tak. She also goes by Anya Tano."
"Anya Tano?" Josh wasn't sure if he had heard her correctly.
Seraphina nodded against his chest. "She's Ahsoka Tano's great granddaughter."
"And she's your apprentice?"
"That's what Agni said. I'm supposed to teach her the Dark Side of the Force. She understands the basics of the Force and lightsaber combat but she still has a long way to go and…" Seraphina pulled away from the hug, her eyes wide. "Where is she? Where did they put her?"
Seraphina stood up and began pacing, her anxiety evident through the Force. Josh stood up and approached her, coming up behind the tense woman. He placed his hands on her shoulder and rubbing them up and down on her arms in a soothing manner.
"It's okay," he whispered in her ear. "She's fine. Yes, she is locked in a cell, but she's not harmed. Nathan is watching over her."
Seraphina relaxed slightly and allowed Josh to turn her around. She let out a shaky breath and kept her gaze on her shoes. Josh smirked and grasped her chin, tilting her head upwards. She kept her gaze averted from Josh's eyes.
"Seraphina, please look at me." He whispered. When she didn't do what he asked, Josh tried again, this time a little more commanding. "Seraphina, look at me."
After several seconds, Seraphina lifted her gaze to meet Josh's jade green eyes. He removed his hand from her chin and wrapped his arm around her waist. "Anya will be fine. To be honest, it's you I'm worried about."
"What? Why?"
"Because during the seven years we were apart, there were times when I felt a surge of anger through our bond. I would catch glimpses of brown hair and yellow eyes."
Seraphina looked to be on the verge of tears. "While being with the First Order, there were times when I experienced unimaginable anger and hate. Sethtis had once told me that my eyes had turned yellow at one point. I was terrified as to what that meant. I guess a part of me really was on the Dark Side of the Force while the other part of me was still grasping for the Light." Seraphina took a shaky breath as a tear slid down her cheek unchecked. "I… I was scared that if I ever saw you again, things would have changed… I was positive that you would hate me for allowing any amount of darkness inside me. I… I was… scared that you would no longer love me."
Tears were flowing down her cheeks and dripping onto the ground but she wasn't done. "I was so afraid that you had forgotten me during those seven years. And that you wouldn't want anything to do with me… I was afraid of being left alone… again. First I was left on Tatooine, then you left the Order, then my master died, and after that, I agreed to join the Dark Side to save you. I…" Seraphina's body trembled as she cried.
Josh couldn't take it anymore. He leaned in close and gently kissed her, making Seraphina tense slightly at the action. She slowly relaxed and returned the kiss. A gasp caused them to stop the kiss and look towards the entrance of the cell.
Amber stood on the other side of the energy barrier, her mouth hanging open (A/N: Busted). Her face was one of shock but that soon turned into anger. "Josh…" her tone was dangerously calm and Josh paled. "I am going to kill you when you get out of there, which should be in the next thirty seconds because the General wants you. You two can lip-hug later."
Josh nodded and began to move towards the door when Seraphina grabbed his wrist, halting his pace. "Please… don't go." She whispered. I don't want you to go. Being away from you for even five seconds would be torture after I have just been reunited with you.
Josh looked back at her. "Alright, I won't leave."
Amber sighed in frustration and rolled her eyes before pinching the bridge of her nose. "Seraphina, Josh needs to see the General right now."
"It's all right Amber." Josh said. "Just tell General Organa that I'm keeping an eye on Seraphina."
Amber growled in anger before walking away. Josh sighed in relief. "You're cousin scares me."
Josh turned to Seraphina. "And as for you, Seraphina Padme Skywalker, I will never stop loving you. I would have to be stupid or have my memories erased to stop loving someone like you."
Seraphina felt like crying again. She hugged Josh tightly and whispered, "I love you, too. More than you know."
Josh pulled away from the hug and kissed her again, his arms firmly wrapped around her waist. When they pulled away, both out of breath, he leaned his forehead against hers. "I'm so happy you're back. I… Those seven years you were gone were torture for me."
"I think you mentioned that already."
"But I mean it."
Seraphina giggled. "I can see you mean it."
The ship they were in shuddered. "We just exited hyperspace."
Seraphina only nodded, feeling nervous. "Josh… I'm scared."
"It's going to be okay. I promise." Josh said hugging her.
Someone cleared their throat and Seraphina and Josh pulled away from the hug and looked towards the other end of the cell. Rey and Ben stood on the opposite side of the barrier.
"We're landing on Atollon." Rey informed Josh and then looked at her daughter. "I'm sorry, Seraphina, but you're going to be questioned."
Seraphina nodded. "I understand."
"I want to be there when they question her." Josh spoke up.
"And why is that?" Ben asked.
"Because-"
"Because I'll answer any questions they ask me so long as Josh is there." Seraphina said.
Rey and Ben glanced at each other. Finally, Ben nodded. "Alright, but be careful. I'm talking to both of you."
Josh nodded and Rey punched in a code in a panel to the side that allowed the energy barrier to dissolve. Josh pulled Seraphina out of the cell and immediately placed a pair of handcuffs on her wrists.
"I'm sorry about this." Josh muttered.
Seraphina shook her head. "Don't be. I'm technically the enemy so… It's just precautions."
Josh nodded sadly. "Come on." He gently grasped her upper arm and pulled her towards the exit. Several members of the Resistance watched Josh lead her down the ramp. Once on the surface of the desert planet, Seraphina spotted Leia standing near Finn and Poe. BB-8 let out a robotic squeal and rolled over to Seraphina, bumping into her leg. Seraphina glanced down at the orange and white droid and smiled.
She knelt down next to BB-8 and smiled. "It's good to see you again, BB-8."
Leia, Finn, and Poe walked over to the young woman and Poe smiled brightly when he saw Rey's daughter. Once Seraphina had stood up, she was crushed in an embrace from Poe. "H-hey Poe." She choked out. "Can't… breathe."
Poe pulled away from the hug. "Sorry, it's just that… We all missed you."
Finn smiled and pushed his best friend out of the way before hugging Seraphina. "You're mom was a wreck."
Rey joined Finn and scowled. "No I wasn't."
"Yes you were." Ben argued.
"Was not,"
"Was too,"
"Enough!" Leia ordered. "Seraphina, it's good to have you back. But you are technically a part of the First Order and we have to question you."
Seraphina nodded. "I understand."
Leia turned to Josh. "Take her to an interrogation room and stay there with her. We'll send someone to question her as soon as we can."
Josh nodded and began leading Seraphina away but she shook herself out of his grip. "Wait. Don't do anything to the Togruta onboard, please."
"And why is that?" Leia asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Because she's a descendant of Ahsoka Tano and she's my apprentice."
Everyone looked surprised except for Josh. "Please." Seraphina begged.
Leia nodded. "All right, the Togruta will stay safe. I promise."
Seraphina smiled. "Thank you." She allowed Josh to lead her away. Her feet kicked up sand into dust clouds and the sand got into her boots, annoying her. She hated sand, having grown up on a desert planet. They walked into the Resistance's new base and Josh took her to another cell.
He unlocked her handcuffs once they were inside the prison. Seraphina looked around at the area. A cot sat in the left corner of the room. A table and two chairs occupied the center of the cell. Seraphina sighed and sat down on the cot.
"What's wrong?" Josh asked sitting down next to her.
"I didn't want to join the First Order. But I did it to save you all and now I'm worried that everybody will see me as another killer, another murderer, another Sith, and another threat to the galaxy. I only wanted to protect people. But I was forced to kill them while in the First Order."
Josh hugged her as she cried into his shoulder. "Ben was given a second chance, I was given a second chance, and you will be given that chance, too. It's called forgiveness. People forgave Ben even after all the things he did as Kylo Ren. He blew up an entire system, he killed his father, and yet, people still managed to forgive him."
Seraphina sighed. "You're right. I just… I didn't want to do those things. Part of me fell to the Dark Side while the other part of me remained on the Light Side. I kept trying to be a Gray Jedi while on the Dark Side but the struggle was so tiring I finally just… gave up."
Josh looked at her. "Everybody battles with the darkness: especially Skywalkers. Don't ever give up again, Seraphina."
"I won't."
"Let's get started." Someone said.
Seraphina looked up to see a woman with auburn hair and hazel eyes walk into the cell. The woman's skin was tanned and she wore a pilot's uniform. She smiled at Josh who shifted uncomfortably.
"Hello, Shelly." Josh mumbled.
"It's good to see you again, Josh." She greeted in a sickly sweet voice. She looked at Seraphina with derision. "I'm assuming you're the person I have to question? Let's get this over with. First: here." She handed Seraphina a cup of water which she drank.
Seraphina stood up from the cot and sat down in a chair next to the table, setting the cup on the surface. Shelly sat opposite of her while Josh stood next to the Skywalker girl.
"What's your full name?" Shelly asked in a slightly bored tone.
"Seraphina Padme Skywalker," Seraphina stated without hesitation.
Shelly raised an eyebrow. "You're a Skywalker, huh? Somehow, I'm not surprised you turned to the Dark Side; especially with the history your family has with Anakin and Ben."
Seraphina balled her hands into fists as she got angry. She just has to bring up the topic of my family, doesn't she?
Calm down, Seraphina, Josh said in her mind. Seraphina hadn't realized that she had accidentally said that through their link. This will be over soon.
I hope so. She's getting on my nerves. Seraphina growled.
You just met her. Josh argued.
There's something off about her.
You're just paranoid. You only think this because you're in the Resistance base. You have been with the First Order for seven years.
Josh, being gone for seven years has nothing to do with it. There's something not right about Shelly.
"Did you hear me?" Shelly practically yelled.
Seraphina jumped, shocked out of her daze. "I'm sorry. What did you say?"
"I asked you if you happened to know what the First Order is planning."
"They're planning to build another Death Star."
Shelly rolled her eyes. "Great: another planet-killer. That's exactly what the galaxy needs. Who is in charge of the First Order?"
"His name is Sethtis."
"And what were you in the First Order?"
"A girl,"
"I mean, what did you do?"
"I wielded a lightsaber. Are we done here?"
"What was your job? What was your position?"
"I was one of the Dark Knights and Sethtis' second-in-command."
"How old were you when you joined the First Order?"
"Seventeen and I'm now twenty-four."
"So you've been with the First Order for seven years?"
"Yes. Are we done?"
Shelly nodded. "We're done." She stood up and looked at Josh with a smile. "See you around, Josh."
Seraphina sighed in relief once Shelly had left the room. "I don't like her."
Josh groaned. "I don't like being around her. The few times that I've been here, she's flirted with me."
Seraphina glared at the direction that Shelly walked in. "Did she now?"
Josh chuckled. "Calm down Seraphina. I managed to ignore her pretty well. I love you, not her, remember?"
"Yeah, I know." Seraphina rubbed her temples with her with her fingers. She let out a soft groan.
Josh moved to stand behind her. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I think. I don't know. Suddenly, I got a headache. I don't know if it's from exhaustion, stress, the questioning, Shelly, or what."
Josh placed his hands on her shoulders and squeezed. Seraphina gasped. "That-that feels good."
Josh smiled and moved his hands to her head. Seraphina hummed in pleasure at the massage. Josh bent down to whisper in her ear. "Do you remember when I used to do this after a hard day of training?"
"I vaguely recall that moment." She replied.
"Is your headache any better?"
"A little bit, thank you. It's weird, I usually don't get headaches. And when I do, it's very rare."
"You're probably tired. Though I don't see how since you were recently unconscious."
Seraphina sighed. "Perhaps it's also stress and exhaustion. I haven't had a good night's sleep in… I don't know how long. The stress part could be because quite a few members of the Resistance want me dead and because I'm here in their base."
"Just rest a bit." Josh advised.
"Rest? On that cot?" Seraphina laughed. "Sleeping on that thing is like sleeping on a rock."
"Now you know how it was for me when I was a prisoner."
Someone entered the cell, causing Josh to pause the rub and Seraphina to open her eyes. Rey stood in the room and Seraphina rushed to her for a hug. Rey immediately hugged her back.
"I'm so glad that you're safe." Rey whispered to her daughter. "I missed you so much."
"I missed you, too." Seraphina said in a soft voice.
Rey pulled away from the hug and held her daughter at arm's length and looked her up and down. Seraphina still wore the black attire of the First Order and her brown hair was much longer than before, now reaching her waist. Her blue eyes that had been dull and somewhat empty when they captured her now held their usual glimmer of light.
"You've grown quite a bit, haven't you?" Rey said with a smile.
Seraphina returned the smile and looked down at her feet. "Yeah… I guess I have." She winced as pain stabbed the side of her head.
Rey noticed her daughter cringe. "Seraphina, are you all right?"
Seraphina nodded, trying to ignore the growing pain. "I just have a headache; that's all."
"Go lie down this instant. We don't have any extra rooms. You may have to deal with the cot."
"She can stay in my room for now." Josh offered. "I won't do anything. She just needs to rest. And a bed is more comfortable than the cot."
Rey nodded. "All right, Josh. I trust you." She hugged her daughter again before walking away.
Josh grabbed Seraphina's hand. "Come on."
She allowed her best friend to lead her through the halls of the Resistance base. Some people scowled and glared at her as they passed by and Seraphina found herself looking down most of the time, trusting Josh to lead her through the throng of people. Josh finally stopped outside a gray metal door. The door slid open to reveal his room.
A bed was pushed up against the left wall with white sheets covering it. A door to the right led to the bathroom and a brown dresser sat next to the bathroom door. A couch was sitting opposite of the bed with a lamp table on either side. A bookshelf was only a few feet from the couch.
Josh led Seraphina inside the room and allowed her to look around for a while. She walked over to the books and brushed her fingers along their leather bound spines.
"I have something for you." Josh said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out two small objects.
Seraphina gasped when she saw the twin white kyber crystals in his palm. "Where did you get those?"
"Nathan found them in Sethtis' pocket."
"I thought he got rid of them when he ordered me to switch out my white crystals for a red one."
"Here." Josh handed her the crystals and she smiled at him.
"Thank you."
"We'll put them back in your lightsaber later. Right now, you need to rest."
Seraphina nodded and glanced at the clock on the wall. The numbers read 10:24 P.M. She walked over to the couch and sat down, setting the crystals on the nearest lamp table.
"You can sleep in the bed."
Seraphina looked at him and shook her head while smiling. "The bed is yours. I can sleep on the couch."
"Are you sure? If you have a headache, then you should sleep on the bed." Josh insisted.
"I'll be all right." She stood up and walked over to the bed and removed one of the pillows from the bed. She grabbed an extra blanket at the foot of the bed and went back to the couch. "Now go to sleep."
Josh chuckled. "Goodnight, Seraphina." He walked over to where she lying on the couch and kissed her forehead. He crawled into his own bed and watched Seraphina's sleeping form before falling asleep as well.
Josh woke up to someone crying and a pain in his head that caused him to gasp at the severity of it. The room was dark and he was disoriented from the sudden movement of sitting up. He heard sniffles in the room and immediately turned on the lamp by his bed. His gaze went to Seraphina where she was lying on the couch, clutching her head with tears in her eyes.
Josh jumped out of the bed and was at her side in the blink of an eye. "What's wrong?" he asked.
Seraphina's crying was the only response Josh got. Tears streamed down her cheeks and pain was showing in her eyes. "It-it hurts." She finally gasped.
"What hurts?"
"My head…"
Josh placed a hand on her forehead but quickly recoiled when he felt the burning heat from her brow. "You're running a fever. On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?"
"Physical… Or emotional?" she asked. Josh smiled, glad to know that her sense of humor was still intact. "Twelve."
"Okay, I'm going to go get help." Seraphina only nodded and Josh left the room, running to Rey's quarters. He slid to a stop outside the woman's door and knocked frantically on the metal.
After a few minutes, the door slid open to reveal an angry Rey Skywalker. Her brown hair was in tangles and she was dressed in sleeping robes. "Josh? What are you doing here at this hour? It's two o'clock in the morning."
Josh answered through gasps. "It's… Seraphina… She's in… pain."
Rey's hazel eyes widened and she pushed past Josh and hurried to his room. They stopped by Ben's room and Rey barged in without knocking. "Ben! Get up! It's Seraphina!"
Ben jumped out of bed, a worried and angry look in his eyes. Amber joined them in the hallway outside her father's room. "What the cranberry is going on?"
"Seraphina." Was all Rey said and Amber quickly followed the trio to Josh's room where Seraphina was on the couch, still crying.
Rey knelt in front of her and touched her forehead. "She's burning up."
"I don't get it." Amber said. "What's wrong?"
"She's very sick."
"Can we do anything for her?" Ben asked.
Rey shook her head in confusion. "I don't know. We can try and give her some medicine and have her rest. Ben, Amber, go get some doctors. See if they have any medication for this kind of thing."
Amber and Ben nodded before leaving the room. Rey turned to Josh. "We need to bring her fever down. Josh, get a rag and wet it."
Josh nodded and went into the bathroom, grabbing a washcloth from the counter and putting it under the water. He returned with the wet piece of cloth and placed it on Seraphina's forehead. "How are you feeling?" Josh asked.
"Do you need to ask that question?" she retorted. "I feel like my head is splitting in two."
Amber and Ben came in at that moment with a doctor behind them. The doctor crouched beside Seraphina. "When did your headache start?"
"After being questioned by Shelly. I was given a drink of water and then the pain started only a few minutes after that."
The doctor hummed in response and then took her temperature. "She's running 103.6."
"103.6?" Amber repeated. "Is there anything you can do?"
The doctor shook his head. "I can give her pain medication and say she is dehydrated but I am not sure what could cause this. I will look into it though. Let me know if she gets worse."
Rey nodded and thanked the doctor before he left. "We should let her rest. And we have to make sure she drinks enough water. I'll be right back with a glass of water."
Amber and Ben left the room with Rey. Josh sat on the floor next to Seraphina and held her hand. She shivered and croaked out, "It'll be okay. I've been through worse."
Josh smiled. "You're right. Just try and rest for now. Other than your head hurting, how are you feeling?"
"My body aches, I'm freezing so I feel like I'm on Hoth, and I'm nauseous. Other than that, I'm peachy."
Rey came into the room with a glass of water and handed it to her daughter who gulped it down. "Go to sleep." Rey ordered and kissed her daughter on the forehead before leaving.
Seraphina closed her eyes and held a hand to her head. Josh stood up and then slid his arms under her, lifting her up from the couch. "Josh! What are you doing?"
"I figured the bed might be more comfortable for you."
Seraphina didn't protest or fight. Josh set her down on the bed and then slid in next to her. "I'm here for you." He whispered as he wrapped his arms protectively around her waist.
Another tear slid down her cheek and Josh noticed. "My head hurts a lot."
"I know." Josh said softly, placing a kiss to the side of her head. He turned the lamp off and pulled Seraphina closer. "It'll be okay. I promise."
A shadow fell over Josh's form, blocking his view of the morning sky. He was met with a pair of amber eyes and a tan face framed by long, curly black hair.
"Josh? Have you fallen? Do you need immediate help?" Amber asked.
"No. No." Josh said, standing up. "I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Why?"
"Because it's totally normal for people to just lie in the sand and look up at the sky."
"That's normal for me and Seraphina. We used to do that all the time. Speaking of Seraphina; how is she doing?" he asked, brushing the sand off of his brown robes.
"Better. We had a little incident when we tried to get her to eat something this morning but other than that, she's fine. Her headache is gone and her fever went down."
"That's good. So after a week of her being sick, weak, and not eating, she's finally starting to feel better? Has she been drinking enough water?"
Amber nodded. "She's been drinking so much water that she has to use the bathroom every two minutes. We're still working on getting her to eat but she seems to have lost her appetite. She won't eat anything. Not even crackers. And one of the Knights finally spilled the beans on some of the First Order's plans. Alarick, Sethtis, and the other Knights aren't breaking, though."
Josh nodded. "That's to be expected from Sethtis, Agni, the other Knights, and Alarick."
"She wanted to see you. You've been so busy with Luke and my father that you only ever see her at night and even then, you're too tired to have a conversation with her."
"Thanks, Amber. But… um…"
"What?" she asked, crossing her arms.
"You're not going to try and kill me?"
Amber rolled her eyes upward in thought before looking at Josh and smiling. She shook her head. "For Seraphina's sake, I won't kill you. Besides, I'm starting to take a liking to you."
Josh's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. "D-did you just say…"
"Don't tell anyone I said that or I'll deny it."
Josh nodded. "I swear I won't tell anyone. Except Seraphina… and Nathan, your father, Rey, Luke, Leia, Poe, Finn-"
"Josh!"
"I'm kidding." Josh smiled and walked away. He soon arrived at his room and walked in, seeing Seraphina sitting on the bed with a book. "How are you feeling?"
Seraphina put the book down and smiled at Josh as he walked over to her. "Better. Has anything interesting happened recently?"
Josh shrugged. "There was an attempted jailbreak yesterday. One of the Knights almost escaped."
"Can we go do something today? I feel like I'm in solitary confinement all day."
"Have you recanted the First Order?" Josh smirked.
"I left the First Order the day you captured me."
"Rescued," Josh corrected.
Seraphina rolled her eyes and smiled. "Whatever." She stood up from the bed and stretched her arms. She was now wearing a white jewel style tank top, gray leggings, and a pair of brown boots were sitting by the door. "What do you suggest we do that won't involve anything dangerous or stupid?"
"We could take a walk." Josh suggested.
Seraphina grinned. "I'd like that."
Josh held out his arm for her to take and she happily obliged. Josh led her out of the room and down the hall with no particular destination in mind. Josh enjoyed listening to her talk and smile. She laughed at some of the things he said and would slap him playfully on the arm when he cracked one of his terrible jokes he picked up from Poe.
Their good mood was interrupted by an alarm going on throughout base. "Let me guess," Seraphina sighed. "Prison breakout?"
Josh sighed as well. "I'm afraid so. Come on; let's see if we can do anything to help."
Seraphina nodded and they raced down the halls, Josh in the lead. A black figure slammed into Josh, sending him flying into the wall with a groan. He slid to the ground on his knees and groaned again. Seraphina looked to see Agni, Sethtis, and the other Knights standing in front of her. Agni glared at Josh with condescension while Sethtis was focused on Seraphina.
"Zillah, we need to leave. Now," Sethtis ordered.
Seraphina looked back at Josh's form. He was struggling to stand up. A hand wrapped around Seraphina's wrist and she turned to see Sethtis standing near her. He began dragging her towards the hanger. They passed pilots on the way that tried to stop them but failed. They were thrown into walls and each other whenever the dark Force-users were near. One guy wasn't so lucky and he ended up being thrown into a bathroom where his head ended up in the toilet.
When they stepped into the hanger and Sethtis began to drag her up the ramp of a ship, Seraphina strained against his hold. The grip on her wrist only tightened. "Stop fighting, Zillah!"
"No!" she shouted. "My name is not Zillah! It's Seraphina! Let me go!"
When Sethtis didn't answer or comply, Seraphina used the Force to push him away, freeing her wrist of his grasp. Sethtis glared at her and pushed her back with the Force, slamming her head against the wall. Pain erupted in her cranium and the last thing she saw was a blurry image of the ship Sethtis and his Knights stole disappearing before she blacked out.
Author's Note
This was very much overdue. I said that I would update in a day or two but it ended up being three days. So sorry.
Amber: This chapter took you forever. I could Force-choke you right now but then there would be no more chapters for the readers.
Ben: Why would you want to Force-choke Breann?
Amber: Because she took forever! It's been two or three weeks since the last chapter.
That isn't entirely my fault, Amber. I was working on another story for the Young Writers Contest and then I was in Florida for a week. And I am so happy! My uncle got married! I have a new aunt!
Amber: That's great Breann. So happy that you had fun but this still took forever. And a part of me still wants to choke you.
Josh: If you choke her, then the story will not continue.
Amber: I'm aware of that Josh. You being here reminds me... (takes out lightsaber) Can I please kill you now?
Josh: (Backs away and then runs with Amber chasing him) HEEEEELP!
(Sighs)
Did any of you get the three references? If not, here is what they are.
The first one was when Amber said, "You two can lip-hug later." The word lip-hug is from the movie Aliens in the Attic.
The second reference is when Josh asked, "On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?" And Seraphina responded, "Physical... Or emotional?" This was from the movie Big Hero 6.
And finally, the last reference was when Amber asked, "Josh? Have you fallen? Do you need immediate help?" This was requested by my sister who created Amber after watching the movie The Giver the other night.
Josh: BREANN! HEEEEEELP!
(Looks over to see Amber still trying to kill Josh) Sorry, readers. I have to save Mr. Aland. If I don't, then it will be Seraphina who kills me and we can't have that, can we? (Yells at Amber) AMBER LEIA SOLO! Put that lightsaber away!
I hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment and let me know if you guys got any of those references before I revealed them to you. Thank you for reading!
