61-A Betrayal
Consider Anakin's POV to be parallel to the last one. So this is all taking place during (y/n) and Cal's raid on the Temple.
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3rd Person POV(Flashback; 21-22 yrs ago)
The heart broken man whimpered as he held his deceased wife in his arms, "I'm so sorry Katherine," His pooled tears streamed down his cheek as he caressed the face of the woman he loves.
He was devastated; wishing that he left the order when his daughter was born like his wife asked him to. But he felt devoted to it, he believed that he could have both lives. He'd spend the week with the order, and on the weekends, he would come home to be with his secret family.
Now he felt ignorant; the love of his life and his beautiful daughter was gone due to his selfishness. He couldn't feel her as he usually did, believing that she was being hidden from him purposely. But he would do everything he can to try and find his baby again.
"I'll find her my love, I swear it." He leaned forward and kissed the forehead of his beloved with a promise he intended to keep.
2 years later
He felt like a failure, it's been two years since he lost everything and hasn't been the same man since. Some noticed, and some have not. But those who have, have chosen to ignore his neglectful mood.
He searched every day for his daughter; he meditated, went on missions alone when there was word of a force sensitivity child that may have matched what she could have possibly looked like now, and he tried connecting to her on a daily basis. But he always had a difficult time, he feared his heart broken emotions have been keeping him from his full potential. He's never loved another since Katherine, and he knows he never will.
He sat in his quarters and quietly meditated, until he was disturbed by a knock on the door. He sighed as he got out of his meditative position and answered his door; already knowing who it was.
He put on a smile when his Padawan came into view, "Its good to see you Obi-wan."
Obi-Wan smiled sympathetically. He could feel his Masters negative emotions, knowing that something was eating away at him. Which is why he was here, he was hoping the child they found could bring him some joy; Obi-Wan's Master was always incredibly enthusiastic about meeting the new children. Although he had no idea of the true intentions behind it, "It's good to see you as well Master Qui-Gon," He bowed respectfully, "Master Yoda and I picked up a stray youngling today, would you like to meet her? She's a bit on the shy side."
Qui-Gon shook his head instantly, "Today is not a good day for me Obi-Wan, I fear I may have come down with something." He lied, he just wanted to be alone; today was the anniversary of his wife's death. He preferred to meditate and relive their best memories together.
Obi-Wan sighed quietly, he didn't know the truth, but he knew his Master was lying to him, but he also wasn't going to pry, "Well alright-" He paused and furrowed his brows as he glanced down at the tiny figure that was pulling on his robes, requesting to be held, "(y/n)? Why aren't you with Master Yoda?" Obi-Wan bent down and picked up the two-year old girl and rested her on his hip.
She laid her head on his shoulder, already feeling comfortable since she spent a whole ship ride with him. He fed her more food and taught her games while Master Yoda took her midichlorian count and tended to her wounds. Until she fell asleep in the arms of the little green man who was already taking a deep liking to her, he could sense she was different than most children and needed more care and attention, "I don't like the man he's with, he was mean to me." She sniffled as she wiped her teary eyes.
Mace Windu had questioned her harshly, so she began to feel scared and attacked by him. Prompting her to run out of the council room to follow Obi-Wan's trail, while Yoda was currently reprimanding Windu for using a harsh tone on an already frightened child, "That's probably Master Windu." Obi-Wan sighed as he placed his hand on the girls back to soothe her, "If you stop crying I'll tell Master Yoda to get you ice cream." He bargained with the child. She immediately stopped her whimpering and lifted her head up with a curious look on her face.
"What's ice cream?"
As Obi-Wan explain to the girl what the dessert was. Qui-Gon has yet to take his eyes off of her. She had the same hair as his beloved, the same eyes, the same skin tone, the same soft voice, everything was exactly the same. She was the spitting image of her.
Not only that, but now he could feel it, her signature; it was different than what it used to be, which is probably why he didn't notice that she was in the building. But he had no doubt in his mind that this was his little girl.
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Anakin's POV
Rex aimed his weapon at me with a cold look in his eyes, "I don't understand." My chest stung painfully with betrayal as I stared down the barrel of his blaster.
"Good soldiers follow orders." He mumbled in an almost zombie-like tone, with no hint of emotion.
I watched his finger as it began to tighten on the trigger and I glanced over to see Obi-Wan in the same predicament as me, "Now!" I shouted and both him and I used the force to shove our Captains away from us. Cody flipped in the air and landed on his back harshly with a loud thud, while Rex was thrown into the walls of the ship and he smacked his head against it; knocking him out cold.
"What the hell just happened?" Obi-Wan asked in a tone that sounded just as confused as I felt.
I shook my head slowly while I eyed Rex's unconscious body and Cody, who looked like he was about to get up, "I don't-"
"Kill the Jedi." I quickly spun to the voice to see Fives holding his blaster up to my chest. He held the same emotionless, cold eyes that I saw in Rex.
What is happening to them? This isn't them, I know it isn't.
He placed his finger on the trigger; ready to kill me, "Fives no!" I used the force on my friend and he flew backwards into the cockpit; landing roughly into the controls.
A red light began to flash and there was a loud beeping that was signaling us that we were going down. I stared in horror as our ship was headed straight for the Kamino oceans.
I dashed forward and tried grabbing ahold of the wheel to pull us upwards, but it was proving to be more difficult than I anticipated. And the fact that Fives got up and was choking me, didn't help either, "Fives we're friends!" I shouted while I struggled to breathe. I quickly elbowed him and he finally let go as he backed away from me with a pained grunt.
"Sorry old friend," Obi-Wan appeared behind him and poked him with an electric rod that sent a shockwave throughout his body. He jolted in place for a few seconds before falling to the floor unconscious.
"Where did you get that?" I asked as I was still struggling to regain my oxygen.
"I took it from Cody-" He paused when his eyes widened and he pointed behind me, "Anakin!"
I spun around to see us heading straight for the waters, there is no way in hell I can pull us up in time, "Artoo get out!" I yelled at my confused droid.
He beeped in annoyance for my attitude and quickly went through a small hatch, only really big enough for him, on the top of the ship before we hit the waters. (y/n) said she added many things to him while she put him together for me, but I doubt making him waterproof was one of them.
Suddenly I felt the ship hit the water and the cockpit windows broke; filling the ship up quickly. Obi-Wan hastily threw an A99 aquaria breather to me from out of his pocket and I placed it over my mouth while we continued to submerge deeper into the ocean.
Soon there was no air left and the entire ship was filled with the icy cold water. I grabbed both Fives and Rex and pulled them with me out of the broken window while Obi-Wan grabbed ahold Cody.
I know it may seem stupid to some that I would save these two after they just tried to kill me, but I had a feeling in my gut based off of the robotic-like way they were acting, there's something more to this than a betrayal.
Especially when it comes to Rex, I know him. He wouldn't try to hurt me, not on purpose. And if there's anything I've learned lately, it's to always trust your gut.
It wasn't an easy job, but I successfully pulled them up until we broke the surface. Obi-Wan followed shortly with Cody in his grasp, "Now what?" He asked with attitude; frustrated by our helpless situation.
I adjusted my grip on Fives who was slipping into the water and I kept his head resting on my shoulder. I used the force as well to help me keep them both afloat so I didn't somehow drown in the process. Holding up one person is difficult, but two is damn near impossible.
I quickly looked around my surroundings and couldn't see much of anything, not even Artoo, "Maybe Artoo- ah!" I yelled at the sudden pain in my chest, it wasn't like it was earlier where it lasted for only a moment. This time it was continuous, like one stab to the heart after the other.
I could hear Obi-Wan in pain as well, letting me know that he was feeling everything just as I was. I knew what this pain was, and now I was more terrified than before. My mind was stuck on (y/n), Ahsoka, and Cal; praying that they were nowhere near any of this, whatever this is.
"We need to get moving somehow or we're going to drown." Obi-Wan spoke as I he tried swimming back to the factory, stupidly.
"And if we go back there, who's to say that we won't be killed on sight!" I shouted over the crashing waves while I continued struggling to hold up my two friends, "Something is clearly wrong with the clones."
He groaned in frustration as he looked around his surroundings, "Look." He nudged his head upwards to the sky and I glanced in that direction to see a ship that wasn't there before, slowly coming near us.
"We're probably about to be murdered," I told him with no confidence that we were going to survive today.
He side-eyed my pessimistic attitude, "Be a little more optimistic Anakin."
I waited with my nerves all over the place as the door to the ship opened, revealing three familiar clones and my extraordinary droid, "You've got one smart astromerch here." One of our rescuers patted Artoo.
I smiled up at them, thanking the heavens that they weren't trying to kill us like the rest, "Hunter; you have no idea how glad I am to see you."
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After we were all helped into the ship, I laid my friends onto the floor, so Rex, Fives, and Cody, were all lined up unconscious next to each other, "What the fuck is going on?" I asked frustratingly as I eyed the bad batch; hoping they somehow had answers.
Tech spun in his chair to face me, "We doing know, but we believe it involves the inhibitor chips." He then went on to explain to me about how all the clones began acting different after receiving an order, and what makes them different than the rest. Hence why they're not trying to kill us right now.
"I don't understand," Obi-Wan began when Tech finished his complex explanation, "Why would an order such as this even be programmed into the minds of the clones, they're supposed to be our soldiers, our friends."
Tech sighed, "That's the part we don't know."
I stood up from my chair quickly, feeling confused and completely overwhelmed with the situation we were in, not to mention afraid, "I need a holo-communicator now, and please get us to the Temple as quick as you can."
All that pain I was feeling was the Jedi being killed by the clones.. I have to make sure (y/n) or the others weren't victims of this horrendous attack.
Hunter immediately pulled one out and handed it to me. I accepted it with a thankful nod and walked away to a back room while I placed the call to the first person on my mind.
She didn't answer.
I tried calling her again while my eyes began to water with dread. But then to my relief, she answered this time, "Princess I was so worried are you okay?" I spoke to the tiny image of her in my palm.
She smiled with a slow nod, "Of course I am Anakin, I'm happy to hear your voice, I got scared when you never called." She looked off screen for a moment with a cold look in her eyes, before looking back up to me and smiling once more.
Something about the way her eyes looked when she glanced off screen, didn't feel right.
"I'm so sorry I'm late, but General Grievous attacked Kam-"
"Grievous?" She cut me off coldly, her smile had faltered into a deep frown, "What happened?"
"He's dead," I informed her, as I began to eye her figure in my palm more thoroughly. Noticing that there was something completely different, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I could barely even see her full face with the hood she had on.
She looked off screen once more, this time longer, then she nodded to someone before glancing back to me, "I'm sorry, I have to go."
I furrowed my brows in confusion by her sudden urge to end the call. She never does this, she usually fights with me just to stay on calls and I always give in, "Go? No, listen to me, something is happening it's not safe-"
"Have faith Ani," She cut me off with her usual sweet smile that used to melt my heart, but in this moment; it made me feel unnerved, "Everything will soon be set right."
I watched her reach to end the call and I panicked, "(y/n) wait!" I begged her to stop.
But she didn't listen to me and her figure quickly disappeared from my palm.
She didn't even tell me that she loves me, she never ends a call without telling me that she loves me.. something is horribly wrong.
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Ahsoka's POV
I deflected the shots that were aiming right at me as I dashed through the temple, confused and wounded from an injury on my right shoulder.
When Cal never showed up, I got worried. Then I felt a pain, a pain that only appears when there is a Jedi death. Only this time it was intense, and continuous like it was multiple deaths, which only fed into my confusion.
Then I arrived at the temple.. and I finally saw the source of the pain. The horrible acts that were bestowed here were gruesome and inhumane. There were so many dead, cut in half, decapitated, dismembered, it was a horrific bloodbath in here and not to mention, the clones were trying to kill me.
I was shot by my own friend Echo when I arrived, which completely took me off guard. So now I was running for my life, but not wanting to leave this place without Cal or (y/n).
I ran as fast as I could until I reached a familiar room and I hid inside, away from the multiple clones who were currently on my trail. But I had to bring my hand up to my mouth in order to hold in a scream, the younglings..
My eyes watered at the sight as I backed away from the poor children whose lives have been taken away too early, "What is happening?" I cried in a whisper.
I would check to see if any of them were still alive, but the condition they were in would be a difficult one to survive.
I jumped in fear and gripped my lightsabers when the door behind me opened, but I immediately relaxed when I saw who it was, "Cal," I sighed his name with relief as I put my weapons away and pulled him into a tight embrace. He hugged me back as he placed a kissed on the side of head, "I was so worried about you, something is happening." I told him as I backed away from the hug to look into his emerald eyes, "We have to get out of here. Where's (y/n), is she okay?"
He was smiling at me as he used his hand to caress my cheek, "She's fine Starlight, she isn't here."
I shook my head in confusion, "I don't understand, where is she?"
"Mustafar, she's taking care of an issue requested by the Chancellor," He informed as he still held the same soft smile that was beginning to make me feel uneasy.
I was stunned quiet for a moment, why would she be sent on a mission by the Chancellor? And why right now? She barely got home a little more than twenty four hours ago, "Alright," I decided not to argue, we just needed to get out of here and then we can go and get her. I'm worried for her well-being, especially if she has any clones with her, "But we still need to get out of here it isn't safe for us."
He chuckled as he cupped my face, "You don't have to be afraid, everything is okay now, they're gone."
I knitted my brows in confusion, "You got rid of the clones?"
He shook his head with another chuckle that hardly sounded like his own, "No Starlight, the Jedi," His words caused my heart to drop into my stomach, "You're safe now, they won't be able to hurt you like they hurt me."
I could hardly breathe as I watched his green eyes flash to a deathly golden, only to return to green once more. I slowly reached up and grabbed his wrists to pull his his grip off of me, "Cal," My eyes watered as I felt painful sting in my heart while I backed away from him and eyed the massacre that was around me, "What did you do?"
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We're also soo close to the end! Maybe around 4-6 chapters left; including the Epilogue.
Also I know I said I wanted to finish this story this week but I don't know if that will happen since it's finals week ughhh I had completely forgotten, so wish me luck 🥰
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