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A Forsaken Life
Chapter Nine – Je t’aime. Au revoir.
The heaviness was crushing her. Crushing every single cell in her body. Why couldn’t it just leave her alone? She had been so close to freedom, with Obi-Wan…
Her temples throbbed, and her wrists ached. Her head pounded, and as she began to awaken, she realized that her mouth tasted like something had died in it. Suddenly she realized that she was no longer on the ground, but was being held up and being dragged somewhere. With her hazy mind, she struggled to fight her captive.
“Noo…let go!” She managed to croak out, trying to open her eyes. An evil chuckle reached her ears.
“I think not, princess. You’ll be coming with me.” And she felt the grip on her tighten. She managed to open her eyes, and catch a faint outline of a huge man holding onto her, as they traveled down the hallway, her electro cuffs digging into her wrists. Her feet slid against the floor and she stumbled, and if the man hadn’t been holding her, she would’ve fallen to the ground. He cursed under his breath and jerked her upright, looking as if he wanted to slap her. He continued to drag her down the hallway, and Padme was sure she’d have bruises on her arm later, but that was the least of her problems.
“Obi-Wan…” It whispered in his ear, as if she was right there. “Obi-Wan…”
His heart beat faster, his breath accelerated, and his determination to get them as far away from this hell as possible, grew stronger.
Suddenly the screams were gone and another sound filled the room which he was chained in. The change was so drastic that he raised his head in surprise, and looked around. Silence. Pure silence.
Footsteps echoed in the hallway, and soon, as he listened, they came to stop at a door. His door. The sound of the door opening was so drastic compared to the silence that he winced, and wasn’t surprised as a, quite large, man entered, and walked towards him. He wasn’t surprised when he was unchained to the wall, and was grabbed at the forearm, dragged out of the room and down a hallway. They continued to go down the hallway, until they came to a fork, and they turned right, and walked towards a set of huge doors. His ears perked up when he heard a sound behind them, and he turned his body around quickly, and saw Padme behind them, being dragged to the same room as well. They continued to watch each other as she came to stand beside them, their eyes still locked.
“Be safe.” He whispered to her, in her mind. She nodded, fear evident in her eyes, as the large doors in front of them opened slowly.
He heard her gasp, as she took the site in front of them, while they were ushered rather harshly into the room.
“Leia…” She breathed, at the same moment that the little girl cried, “Della!”
The little girl struggled against her captors, yelling for them to let her go at once. Bail caught both Padme’s and Obi-Wan’s eyes, his face set with despair.
“I’m sorry.” They read in his eyes. “But they had my family…”
Queen Breha stood a few feet away from them, and reached towards Leia, to shush her and calm her. She grabbed the child and pulled her to her, and started to stroke the child’s hair, making shhing noises, as Padme and Obi-Wan were set in the middle of the room, both facing the Senator and his family. Silence grew, and the only sound which followed were Breha’s quiet ‘shhs’. Padme watched Leia, and then looked at Obi-Wan, who in turn looked away from the doors to her, and tried to give her a reassuring smile.
“We’ve been in worse positions.” He murmured to her, a fleeting image of a smile on his face, not quite reaching his eyes. She opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted as the sound of fighting reached her ears, and it was coming from outside the closed door. All of them tensed as they stared at the doors, and the guards looked back and forth at each other, not knowing whether to leave or to go. The guard that held onto Padme’s arm looked at two of the guards and nodded, to show they were to stay there, and another guard and him walked to the door, clutching their guns.
“No! DON’T OPEN THE DOOR.” Obi-Wan bellowed, trying to escape. “That will only lead whoever is out there to us! Including you.” He added menacingly, knowing they were only here for one purpose, to capture them, and he knew they didn’t want to die, yet. The guard that held him scowled and kicked him on the back of his knee and Kenobi grunted, falling to the floor on one knee. Padme looked down at him, distress all over her face, and she turned and jumped as suddenly the doors opened with a huge explosion, debris flying everywhere. The guards closest to the door flew in the air, screaming, and landed on the ground, unmoving. Padme, Breha and Leia all screamed, as they ran out of the way of the debris, as far from the explosion they could get. Padme halted as she felt someone grab her shoulder and she was twisted around, hoping it was Obi-Wan, but instead it was a strange man, and he was dressed in armor. She yelled with fear and tried to escape, searching for Obi-Wan with all her might through the chaos. The huge room had been filtered with men littering its floor, and she noticed that Queen Breha and Bail and Leia were in one corner, but Obi-Wan was no where to be seen. Suddenly she felt herself being lifted, hands around her waist, and she was dumped across the armored man’s shoulder, as he briskly walked out of the room. She screamed and kicked her legs; she cursed everyone that she couldn’t use her hands, since they were still tied behind her back.
“Let go of me, you bastard! What do you think this will accomplish!” She yelled, a vein in her neck bulging, her heart racing. She struggled and gasped in surprise as suddenly, right as they were near the entrance, Obi-Wan appeared in front of them, lightsaber ignited.
“I don’t believe you have my permission to take the lady.” He stated easily, staring intently, not moving his eyes away from the man’s face. Faster than she could see, the man whipped out a blaster and twisted around and dropped her to the ground and shoved her to another group of soldiers. She screamed and fought, but they kept her from Obi-Wan, who was deflecting the armored man’s firings. She screamed his name again as they grabbed her around the waist and dragged her down the hallway. If her arms hadn’t been tied behind her she would have reached her arm out to him in desperation. Obi-Wan’s butt of his lightsaber connected with the armored man’s temple, and as the man crumpled to the ground, he twisted around, his heart racing with fear as he watched Padme being dragged away.
“PADME!” He cried out hoarsely, as he ran towards her, fighting against the soldiers that still littered the room. The sound of cries of death came from the men as they fell to the ground, dead, and as he continued to fight through them, the sound of a small child crying reached his ears. He didn’t bother turning his head towards her, instead he sent a small message to her, while fighting, not wanting to lose his concentration.
“You’ll be fine, little one.” He said to her, softly. He continued to fight, the soldiers going down one by one, and yet, she was still getting farther from him. He suppressed a cry of outrage, and fought to get to her sooner.
Leia looked up from the floor, tears streaking her cheeks. She stared out into the battlefield, as her mother and father ushered her out of the room, hidden from the soldiers. I know that voice…She thought, as she was pushed towards a hidden door, still looking out, watching that man fight..that Obi-Wan..fight. Her brow scrunched in thought as suddenly a memory assailed her.
//“Shh, little one. Don’t cry, I’m right here.” Obi-Wan whispered, as he held her in his arms, juggling her up and down, trying to get her to stop crying. The twins were one day old, and this was the last time he’d ever see her, this would be the last time that Padme would ever see Luke. His heart broke at the thought, but he knew this had to be done. Suddenly, much to his surprise, Leia stopped crying, and was staring out at something over his shoulder. Her brown eyes, such like her mother’s, watched in earnest. Obi-Wan turned his head to see what Leia was looking at, and a slight smile grazed his features as he saw Padme standing in the doorway, watching them. Leia continued to stare at her, and she raised her arms, wiggling them, towards this woman. She felt herself being moved to the woman’s arms, and looked into her eyes, as she was juggled up and down, Padme smiling at her. She was kissed on the forehead softly.
“I love you, my little Leia.” She heard this woman say, sadness in her voice. She continued to stare at the man and woman, fascinated by them. She let out a little squeal of delight, her arms and legs wiggling.//
Leia was jarred out of this memory as she was dragged by her father as they silently slipped through the door, taking a backward glance at the man and woman, fascinated by them.
“OBI-WAN!” Padme cried, tears streaming down her face. “OBI-WAN!” She cried louder, sobbing and fighting as he continued to get smaller and smaller in her view. Her heart clenched inside her, and she kicked and bit, all the while trying to get out of her electrocuffs, if that was possible.
“Why are you doing this? WHY!” She yelled at no one in particular, still fighting the men that held her.
Obi-Wan continued to fight, the only sound that was reached his ears was her voice, calling his name. A tear unbiddingly escaped his eye as he fought, harder and harder, as he felt her being taken farther and farther away from him. He felt her struggling to get out of the guards’ reach. Another tear escaped his eye as he fought even harder, trying to move down the hallway towards her, looking, searching, for anyway to get to her. He felt her being taken around the corner, and out of his sight, her voice still calling him to save her, to save them both. Obi-Wan breathed a sigh of relief as soldiers, different one, entered the room and fought along side him, the enemy soldiers falling one by one. Just as the last soldier was knocked to the ground, Obi-Wan froze. His heart beat madly in his chest, and as he turned slowly, to where he had last seen Padme, he felt it.
He felt her life force extinguish, just…gone, like a candle that had been snuffed out too early. He stood there, unable to move, his mind and soul suddenly completely empty.
He felt alone.
Utterly alone.
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