In the weeks that followed Anna's arrival back from her training, Luke's recovery was starting to slow down. Physically, he was getting much stronger, but mentally, he was still weak. Anna was trying her best to help him through it, but she was finding it difficult. She was keeping Luke's skills with the Force sharp by training, and Luke had finally completed construction of his new lightsaber.

"We need to battle," Luke was saying as they walked down one of the many corridors of the frigate. Anna, who had been daydreaming about nothing in particular, suddenly was jolted back to reality as Luke spoke suddenly.

Luke smiled at her as she shook her head. "Sorry," she said. "I was zoned out. What were you saying?"

"Now that my lightsaber is finished, we should have a mock battle," he said.

"Are you that starved for action?" Anna asked, lightly touching the sides of her head with the pads of her fingertips.

"You have no idea what it's like when you're treated like someone who seems so fragile, when in actuality, you're not," he said. "I just want to re-establish that I am still strong, but that I just suffered a setback in the past few months."

"Understandable," she said. "But I do know what it's like."

"The time when you were recovering from your crash doesn't count."

"I know, it's something else, a long time ago, but when I was around eight or nine years old. My parents must have known that I was Force-sensitive, and they knew how dangerous it was for me. In hindsight, I understand why they protected me from everything, but then, I hated it. I hated being locked up, unable to go outside hardly at all, or learn to fly like my friends were doing. It lasted like that until I left home at eighteen."

"Then it sounds like we both need redemption in some way."

"I guess you're right."

The two continued to walk along the perfect halls of the medical frigate, and Anna turned her head slightly to look at Luke.

"There isn't anywhere for us to duel," she said.

"Not with that attitude," he said with a smirk, and Anna lowered her head, wondering for a moment what could they possibly be walking toward. she didn't have to dwell in the idea for long before her head shot up again.

"You've planned this all out, haven't you?" she asked, and Luke only smiled as they walked through the double doors at the end of the hallway, into a vast, white, empty room.

"I've got nothing but time right now," he said. "Why waste it when we could be doing something productive?"

He walked into the room, and Anna leaned against the door frame, smiling. "Fine," she said. "But, this is a one-time thing."

Luke just smiled. "Alright," he said, and Anna walked slowly into the middle of the room, shrugging her jacket off and tossing it to the side.

"I'm ready," she said, and pulled her lightsaber from her belt.

So I realize I've been starving you guys since August. I'm still alive, don't worry lol.

I've been doing a lot of writing for my original fiction that I'm planning to get published, as well as university applications and work taking over my life. But, I'm not going to abandon this story, or you guys. Updates will be slow until the end of January, and then they'll start to pick up again.

Sorry this one is short, but I figured that you guys would want something. I'll probably get another chapter out after I'm done my NaNoWriMo project.