The Twi'lek

by Gallants


A happy landing

"Run Sasha I'll hold them off, meet me at the training grounds," Snapping out of my trance from watching the normally quiet temple turn into a war zone, I got ready to run when a clone my Master knocked down started to get up flicking the internal switch of my saber I allowed the magenta blade to sever his right hand. Turning heel I ran towards the training ground glancing behind me just to see my master's head roll while Anakins saber slashed through bone and flesh without hesitation. Sprinting through the halls blinded by tears I cut my passage paved with the bodies of clones. Finishing off two more clones I made my way into the hanger and slashed the control pad sealing the door.

I made my to my Master's starfighter setting up in the cockpit I began to start safety checks when the dropship came in forgoing the checks the blasters warmed up before discharging several pulses destroying the ship and providing a window to escape the planet. Upon exiting Coruscants atmosphere I entered a random string of coordinates and made my hyperspace jump the turbulence I experienced didn't feel right, neither did the light everything went dark before a multitude of color flashed across the viewport. I started to feel light-headed as I traveled, "Be safe Sasha," that was the last thing I heard before I passed out.

I awoke from my breath being forced from my lungs as the ship's velocity suddenly stopped as I struggled to fill my lungs with air, I noticed the atmospheric descent my ship started. I gripped the controls attempting to regain control for a landing the turbulence was too much. My eyes sealed themselves as I approached a white spire, I think I missed it. The inertia lost mixed with the groaning, crunching, and snaps told me I had stopped and had, as Master Kenobi would call it, a happy landing.