I feel like this song on top fits these past couple chapters and even the next few as well.

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Anakin's POV
"An," I heard Mando's muffled voice speaking to me as I felt my shoulder being shaken. I could feel myself moving, and I wanted to open my eyes to acknowledge him, but I felt too tired - too weak, "This is gonna hurt An and I'm sorry, but you're not dying on me too."

Almost instantly, I felt a sharp pain in my chest, and I shot my eyes open with a loud gasp. I looked down to see a needle going into my chest with his gloved hand holding the syringe.

"What the fuck did you just give me?" I began to cough as my gasp inhaled a large amount of smoke from the semi-destroyed ship.

"Just a little adrenaline...or a lot." He pulled the needle from me and threw it to the floor, "It has some bacta too so it should help with your wound, but it won't entirely heal it."

"It'll only delay the inevitable," I mumbled to myself as I glanced down to see that we were hanging from the side of the building we crashed into. Half the ship was inside, while the other half hung outwards, dangling in the air.

The ship was creaking; making me nervous, and we both did our best to be as still as possible. One wrong move, and we plummet to the ground.

As I sat there in silence, contemplating on what we should do to get out of this, I heard him speak five words that angered me - even though anger isn't what I should be feeling; she did try to kill us after-all. And she may even succeed with me if I don't get to Master Yoda in time.

"I should've just killed her." Mando groaned as the ship tilted slightly, and we both leaned back on instinct to keep the weight balanced. I debated on using the force to help, but I wasn't confident that I was strong enough right now, and I just might make it worse.

"No," I immediately said without thinking, and I saw him from the corner of my eye as he slowly looked in my direction.

He was quiet, and I remained quiet too while avoiding his intense gaze, "What aren't you telling me kid?" He asked knowingly.

I shook my head slowly, "Nothing," I lied in a whisper.

More tears swelled in my eyes as I thought about everything that's happened so far. It was all beginning to be too much for me, and I was beyond exhausted; both mentally and physically. I could feel a full mental break slowly rearing it's ugly head.

"You really want some of your possible last words to me to be a lie?" He questioned judgmentally.

I momentarily froze as the ship slightly moved forward. I swallowed nervously, "I really don't want to do this here and now Mando." My gaze was locked on the space below us; we were so high up that I couldn't even see the ground. All I could see were speeders passing by that were too low to notice our peril.

"Too bad." He countered.

I sighed heavily as I leaned my head back against the seat, and stared up at the ceiling, "You know how I told you I lost my fiancé in the purge?" I began, and I felt a painful knot in my chest when I involuntarily heard her laugh in my mind. Not the sadistic laugh that I heard moments ago either, but her soft and genuine laugh that used to fill my life with nothing but happiness.

"Did that thing kill her?" He guessed, spitting out the word 'thing' with malice.

I nodded slowly before turning my head to look at him. His helmet was facing my direction, so I knew his eyes were glued on mine, "From a certain point of view, yes," I breathed solemnly.

"So that's why you didn't want me to kill her, you want to do it yourself; for revenge." He guessed wrong.

I shook my head before taking a deep breath in preparation to spill the truth, "Not quite. That thing you're referring to - she's my fiancé, or at least she was before-" I looked away from him, not wanting him to see the water pool in my eyes, "Before she turned into what she is now; killing the person I love in the process." I revealed; dropping my head down in sorrow, "And I know you probably think I'm insane for still loving her, but you have to understand that she wasn't always like that. She was sweet, funny, feisty, and so caring."

I've already lost all hope on getting her back. I was finally coming to terms with the fact that my (y/n), the girl I've loved almost my whole life, really is just a memory now. And fuck, it hurt.

"You're serious?" He asked in surprise, I nodded as a response.

He went silent. The only sounds that could be heard were the constant creaks of the ship, and the low beeping on the center console.

Finally after what felt like the longest minute of my life, he spoke, "I'm sorry An," I shot my head back up to look at him with furrowed brows. I don't know what I was expecting him to say, but it wasn't that, "But I need you to understand that if we survive and the opportunity comes again, I won't hesitate."

That sounds more like him.

I simply nodded, and looked away from him. I was beginning to feel the slight ache from my wound return, and the cold sweats began to slowly take over again. If I had to guess, I had maybe an hour at most, two if I'm lucky.

"How does one become what she is?" He broke our silence once more.

"I failed her," I replied with what I believe the truth is, despite what others tell me - that it wasn't my fault, "She was always there for me when I needed her the most; saving me countless times due to my own selfish recklessness," I rolled my eyes with a heavy sigh, "But when it was my turn to be there for her; I wasn't around. I left her all alone when she was at her most vulnerable." I slammed my fist aggressively against the metal wall; which was a huge mistake.

The force from my punch brought on a vibration that caused the ship to start sliding forward. I immediately raised my hands and tried using the force to keep the ship in place, but I was failing; I wasn't strong enough in my condition to hold it. In fact, the more I used it, the worse I was beginning to feel, like the life I had left was seeping away as I used more of my limited energy.

"Good job An," Mando groaned as he fidgeted with the controls, trying his hardest to see if he can get the ship to come back to life; unfortunately, he was unsuccessful.

Just as I thought we were about slip out of the side of the building, and plunge to our demise - the ship halted in place, causing us to jerk forward.

"I had a feeling we'd find you if we followed the smoke." A familiar voice came through the speaker, and I looked forward; my gaze landing on a ship straight ahead of us. Inside was Cal, Rex, Master Yoda, and Master Ti. Rex being the one who spoke while the other three appeared to be holding our ship in place.

I smiled with a weak laugh, "You know me Rex, I'm always getting into trouble."

"Speaking of trouble," Mando chimed in, "An is hurt, bad. He needs medical attention as soon as possible."

"Then let's get you two out of that hunk of metal." Rex spoke as their ship began to get closer to us.

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As I laid on a small bed in the ship, Yoda stood over me as he prepared to heal the fatal wound, "Her, this was?" He asked with low ears, as a familiar yellow glow appeared from his hands, and I could feel the injury slowly begin to heal.

I nodded, "Shes alive, but she's just as she used to be; except maybe worse somehow." I turned my head to the side to stare at the wall, ignoring the ache that came with the heal. Plus it was a large and severe injury so it was going to take him some time; as long as he's not interrupted.

"Did something, Sidious must have. Not being able to feel her, is concerning,"

"We can't feel her because it's just not her anymore." My voice cracked and I quickly took a deep breath to compose myself; I was so tired of crying, I just wanted this all to be over.

I heard beeping from next to me and I turned my head to see Artoo, who spun in a circle with joy at the sight of me, "Hey buddy," I smiled, "I didn't know you came for me."

He beeped again, 'I wanted to make sure you were still alive.'

I lifted my hand and placed it on top of his head, gently petting him, "She really did put a lot of herself in you didn't she."

Flashback
As I sat there with my head in my hands, I groaned in annoyance; leave it to me to get caught by a group of bounty hunters. Apparently there's a price on my head, a rather large one set up by Hando himself. Probably because he was still angry at me for being the one to arrest his traitor girlfriend who was siding with the separatists.

Who also murdered four people..

She was a terrible person so I have no idea why I'm the one getting the shit end of the stick for this. Besides, Obi-Wan was there too but Hando is too busy crawling up his ass to be mad at him.

I sighed as I brought my hands down; dropping them into my lap. The force-restraint cuffs on me were tight around my wrists, but I was already getting used to the pain.

I peered around the jail I was in, and my eyes landed on a vent. I glanced down the hallway, and saw that not a single person was on duty to watch me.

So I stood up and quietly made my way to my possible escape route. I stood on top of a crate in the room, and just as I was about to remove it; something, or someone forcefully kicked the vent open - hitting me in the face and knocking me off of the crate.

I rolled on the floor as I groaned from the dull pain, when I felt someone use their boot to push my body so I was laying on my back.

And as always, my breath left my lungs momentarily when my eyes landed on the woman who broke my heart.

(Y/n) folded her arms across her chest, "If you're expecting an apology then you won't get one, you shouldn't have been standing there."

I composed myself and put on my hateful act before getting up to my feet, "How the hell did you even find me?"

She smirked as she dramatically sniffed the air.

She's gonna say it..

"Because Skywalker," She grabbed the cuffs on my wrists from the middle, and pulled them up, "I can smell the stupidity from across the galaxy."

And she said it.

She dug a thin piece of metal into the key mechanism for my cuffs, and they instantly popped open, "Where did you learn to get so good at that?" I asked while rubbing my wrists.

"Wouldn't you like to know." She teased with a hair flip and spun around to go back up through the vent; already expecting me to follow her.

Jealousy overtook me and I grabbed her wrist to spin her back around, "What do you mean by that?"

She blinked in surprise at my response, "Nothing, it was just a joke." She rolled her eyes as she pulled herself from my grip, "Now let's go, being around you this long is already making me nauseous."

Now it was my turn to roll my eyes, "If you hate being around me so much, then why even bother coming to get me?"

She shrugged, "I wanted to make sure you were still alive." She informed me as she pushed her body into the vent so only her legs were in view.

I smirked, "Is that care I hear?"

"Fuck no," She countered, causing my smirk to fall as I began to follow her; my savior as always, "The guys and I made bets on what your condition would be, they assumed you were dead. And I told them that people who are assholes tend to live longer than kind people because they slither their way through life," She coughed as the dust from the vent entered her lungs, and I know this because it just happened to me too, "So we bet money; thank you for not dying and earning me fifty credits." She finished.

I couldn't help but feel a little offended that the clones had no faith in my survival, and also for her calling me an asshole when she's an even bigger one, "Well if assholes live longer, then I guess you must be immortal."

The next thing I remember is being in immense pain; my comment prompted her to kick her foot back, and hit me in the nose, "Asshole." She mumbled, and I chuckled through the pain.
Flashback ends

I was pulled out of my memory by the loud sound of glass shattering, and a stabbing pain in my chest; one pain I only ever feel when a force user has reached their end.

Cal's POV
Hovering above Coruscant, I gazed down at the city, watching the smoke rise from buildings as the clones destroyed everything.

What was the point of doing this?

Even before when I was by her side, we never committed acts such as this for nothing; we always had a purpose. But this, this is just wickedly cruel; she's causing the unnecessary death of countless innocents.

"Let's get out of here Kestis, there isn't anything we can do; and if she gets ahold of us - we may not survive." Master Ti placed her hand on my shoulder as she spoke. I'm sure she could sense my eagerness to go down there and put a stop to it. I was even hesitant to listen to her, but her next words convinced me to make the right decision that wouldn't put us all in danger, "You promised Ahsoka you'd come back to her did you not?"

I slowly turned my head to meet the gaze of Ahsoka's mother, which still seems unreal to me, but it does make senses. She always treated Ahsoka differently. I still remember the time she caught Ahsoka and I running the temple halls in the middle of the night because we got hungry so we snuck to the kitchens. She let us go without any repercussions, and even looked happy that we were having a good time.

I smiled with a slow nod, "Alright, let's-" I was cut off by the sound of glass shattering. Shards of sharp glass flew across my skin, and some cut through me; drawing small amounts of blood.

Then I heard the sound of a body falling.

I opened my eyes when the glass stopped moving past me, and I was met with the horrible sight of Master Ti on the floor. She had a burnt stab mark going through her chest, and a lightsaber flying back out of the shatter windshield.

She was dead, in just a blink of an eye.

I shot my head up, following the weapon to meeting the yellow eyes of the woman who was once my mentor. She stood in a ship that had an open door; clones on both sides of her.

"Cal Kestis?" She shouted over the large gap of sky as if she was unsure of who I was.

I didn't say anything to her though; I was in complete shock over what happened to Ti. And it wasn't until Rex and Mando were next to me and firing at them, when I broke out of my startled state, "Get us out of here kid!" Mando demanded.

But I never even had the chance to raise a finger, when Lilith swung her weapon towards us and guided it with the force. It plunged straight into our control panel, and she then closed her fist; causing it to drag along the panel - completely destroying it.

Within seconds, her weapon was back in her hand, and our ship was falling through the air with no way to guide it. The alarms were blaring through our ears as Rex and I fell to the floor.

"What's going on?" Anakin yelled over the noise as him, Master Yoda, and Artoo stumbled into the cockpit; gripping the walls for support. Except for Artoo who involuntarily rolled to the side with an annoying screech.

"It's her," I shouted back, "We're going down!"

Anakin stumbled to the cockpit, grabbing the chair so he wouldn't fall over, and that's when I took notice to his wound that wasn't fully healed since they got interrupted. He didn't look good either, his breathing was uneven, and he swallowed thickly as sweat dripped down his temple.

He eyed the controls with a nervous expression, "It appears so," He gripped the chair tightly, whitening his knuckles on his uncovered hand, "You, Rex, and Mando have to kill her Cal, before she kills anymore innocent people. You have to." Tears fell down his cheeks, dropping to the floor.

"What!" I shouted as I attempted to push myself up from the floor, "You can't ask me to do that!"

"You have too; Yoda won't be able to, and I'm not going to survive today." He revealed, and mere seconds later; his dazed eyes fluttered closed, and his body dropped to the side.

"Anakin!" We all shouted simultaneously.

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Sorrry I know I left it on another cliff hanger but that's what always solves my writers block ahha. A cliff hanger sets me up for the next chapter already so it's easy for me to just continue on. Anyways hope you liked it!🥰 Expect another one soon because this story is so close to being over 😭
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