“Seraphina’s been gone for three days!” Amber yelled at the general. “We have to rescue her!” Nathan laid a hand on Amber’s shoulder but she shook him off. “The longer she’s in that Sith’s hands, the longer she’s exposed to the Dark Side. Do you really want two Sith’s coming to attack, General?”
“Miss Solo, we’re forming a plan to retrieve young Skywalker, but we need you to be patient.” The general replied smoothly.
Amber glared at the man in charge. “We have been patient. We have to get her back, and fast. For all we know, Amaro is leading her down the Sith path right now!”
Seraphina focused on the object in front of her, a glass cup. She closed her eyes and imagined the object in her mind. She willed it to rise and it did, floating three feet off the ground and above Seraphina’s head. The door to her room opened and Amaro walked in, breaking her concentration. The glass dropped to the ground and shattered at her crossed legs.
She jumped up and away from the fractured pieces, but not before one of them nicked her leg. She rubbed the new wound. “I don’t suppose you could give me a warning when you’re on your way here?”
Amaro noticed the shards of glass on the ground. “Are you alright?”
“I’m fine.” Seraphina answered. “You startled me; that’s all.” A droid came rolling into the room and sucked up the pieces of broken glass before leaving. “I thought you had a meeting to attend to? You said it was supposed to last a few hours.”
“We had a few minutes for a break so I came to check up on you.”
“I was slightly bored so I thought that I would meditate and use the Force to amuse myself.”
“Yes, my concern would be that you would get bored from having to be cooped up in here for so long.”
Seraphina waved her hand dismissively. “It’s fine. I’ll be fine.”
Amaro nodded and made his way towards the door. “The meeting will end in three hours. I trust that you will be here by the time I get back?”
“I won’t make any promises.” Seraphina teased as he left.
“Does the general want Seraphina to become a Sith?” Amber yelled at Nathan who was sitting cross-legged on the ground of the training room.
“Amber, I’m trying to meditate.” Nathan replied and inhaled deeply.
“I can’t believe he’s not doing anything.” Amber complained as she paced back and forth in front of Nathan.
“Amber…” Nathan had opened his eyes and was watching her.
“I mean, seriously, I know that not everybody likes Skywalkers but we still need to rescue her.”
“Amber…” Nathan tried again.
“And I’m not saying just because she’s my cousin, but I don’t want her to go down the Dark Side.”
“Amber…”
“I’ve heard enough stories from Aunt Rey and Grandpa Luke about my father and Darth Vader to know that the Dark Side is really bad.”
“Amber…”
“What Nathan?!”
Before Nathan could answer, a voice came to life over the loudspeaker. “All appropriate personnel please prepare for the attack on the First Order.”
Amber looked wide-eyed at Nathan. “Do you think that’s a rescue mission?”
Nathan nodded and stood up. “That’s what I was trying to tell you. If you had calmed down and stopped talking long enough to explain…”
Amber blushed from embarrassment. “I’m sorry, Nathan. I just…Seraphina’s in trouble.”
Nathan made his way towards the hanger. “Then let’s go get her.” Amber grinned and followed him.
Seraphina was glad that the three hours were up, even if it meant that Amaro was coming back. At least now she wouldn’t be bored and alone. When he came walking into the room, Seraphina was on the couch with the datapad hovering over her head.
Amaro sighed and removed his helmet. “Come with me.”
Seraphina immediately put the datapad down and sat up. “Are we going to spar?”
“No,” he answered. “I want to show you something.”
“Okay…” she stretched out the word. “Show me what?”
“I guess you’ll find out.” He said as he led her out of the room. When they stopped, it was outside the training room’s doors.
“I thought you said we weren’t going to spar?”
“We’re not.” He opened the doors and gestured for her to go inside. When she stepped inside, he followed her, closing the doors behind him.
He walked towards the center of the room and sat down. He gestured for Seraphina to sit as well. When she was seated in front of him, she asked. “What now?”
“Close your eyes.” He said. She raised an eyebrow, obviously repeating the last time they had done this when he was a prisoner of the Resistance. He couldn’t help but smile. “Trust me, Seraphina. Close your eyes.” He expected her to keep them open, but to his surprise, she obeyed and closed her eyes. “I want to find out why your memories of me were blocked. Okay?” She only nodded. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before entering her mind.
Amber glanced at the blue streaks of hyperspace from her seat in the X-wing. “Preparing to exit hyperspace in five…four…three…two…one.” The streaks vanished, revealing three First Order Star Destroyers. “Alright everybody, let’s begin the plan.”
Several voices responded to Amber’s order and five X-wings and A-wings broke off from the formation as a distraction while the remaining ships separated into three groups and each group approached a Star Destroyer. Amber’s heart pounded in her chest. She took a deep breath and made her way towards the Destroyer in the lead. Her group landed in the hanger and she jumped out of the ship, her blaster ready. Seven Stormtroopers made their way towards her but a few well-aimed shots stopped them from coming closer.
Nathan exited his X-wing and hurried over to Amber. “Let’s hurry.”
Amber nodded and began leading the way down the halls. She shuddered as they walked, thinking about her time here as Amaro’s prisoner. Tuning into the Force as best she could, Amber tried to locate Seraphina’s signature. Amber had finally told Nathan what Amaro told her; she was Force-sensitive. Nathan had given her only a small amount of training so she was able to at least use the Force to her advantage.
Amber crept around the corner of a hallway, Nathan right behind her. Focus on the Force, Amber. She told herself. Focus on Seraphina. Amber stepped into the hallway. There. Seraphina was close; Amber could feel her Force signature. It was brighter than most, almost like staring at the sun.
Amber glanced at Nathan. “I found her. She’s in this next room.”
Nathan nodded. “I can sense her.”
Amber cautiously approached the room. She opened the doors and froze when she saw Amaro.
Amaro was too distracted by Seraphina’s blocked memories to sense the two approaching people. Only when the door slid to the side and his eyes flew open, did he realize why they were here.
Amber Solo and Nathan Mahir stood in the doorway, watching the two Force users. Amaro watched as Seraphina opened her eyes and whipped her head around, a grin spreading on her face and her blue eyes sparkling with excitement.
“Amber! Nathan!”
She stood up and took a step towards them.
Amaro jumped up and grabbed onto her wrist, shoving her behind him and putting himself between the two rescuers and Seraphina. “She is not leaving!” Amaro yelled, activating his red lightsaber. His eyes momentarily turned yellow before reverting to their usual jade green.
Nathan lit up his acid yellow saber while Amber readied her blaster. Amaro had found out who was the cause of Seraphina’s blocked memories. He knew the person who had caused her to forget about him. Amaro was determined to keep Seraphina with him. She had been taken away from him once before; he would not allow it to happen again.
When Amber had fired her first blaster bolt at him, he deflected it easily and slowly advanced towards them like a predator. Amber began firing off a round of random shots, each deflected by Amaro’s saber. A shove from behind caused Amaro to fall forward. He dropped to his knees, his lightsaber deactivating as he went down. He heard the sound of footsteps retreating into the hall and disappearing as they got farther away.
He looked up in time to see Seraphina standing in the doorway, looking at him. He met her gaze before she fled, leaving him in the training room. Amaro felt her presence growing farther and farther away.
Seraphina opened her eyes after having felt Amaro slip out of her mind. They had only witnessed one memory and it hadn’t felt that long. Then she felt Nathan’s familiar Force signature in the room. She looked behind her to see Nathan and Amber standing there.
She couldn’t stop the smile from spreading across her face at seeing her two best friends. “Amber! Nathan!” she exclaimed, standing up and taking a step towards them.
Amaro had also stood up and had grabbed her wrist, shoving her behind him. “She is not leaving!” Amaro yelled. Seraphina noticed his eyes change from jade green to yellow, and then back to green. Her heart pounded against her ribs in fear.
Amber shot at him, but Amaro easily deflected the shot with his saber and moved towards the pair. Seraphina watched this go on and soon began to fear that her friends would be cut down if Amaro managed to reach them. She did the first thing that came to mind. She used the Force and pushed Amaro. It surprised him and he toppled forward, falling to his knees. Amber motioned for Seraphina to follow them and then she and Nathan retreated down the hall.
Seraphina hurried after them, but paused in the doorway. She looked down at Amaro who was raising his head to look at her. When his eyes met hers, her heart nearly stopped. His eyes were asking her a silent question. Don’t leave. Please…stay.
Seraphina quickly looked away and followed her friends. She climbed into Amber’s X-wing. “How are you doing?” Amber asked as they took off.
“A little squished.” Seraphina said. “But other than that, I’m alright.”
“Good.” Amber said. “To be honest, we thought that he had turned you to the Dark Side.”
“I would never go to the Dark Side.”
“Good. I don’t need any more family members becoming Sith lords.”
Seraphina noticed the anger spicing her cousin’s voice. “You’re thinking about your father, aren’t you?”
Amber nodded. “Yeah, I was.” Wanting to change the subject, she asked, “So what did he do to you?”
“Nothing. Actually, you’re not gonna believe this, but Amaro Ahriman was an old friend of mine from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.”
Amber nearly choked on the water she had been drinking. “He…what?!”
“Yeah, he was actually my best friend.” And quietly she added, “And my only one.”
“Why do you Skywalkers always make friends that end up becoming enemies?” Amber asked, rolling her eyes.
“Excuse me?” Seraphina crossed her arms. It wasn’t easy in the cramped space.
“You heard me. You Skywalkers make enemies everywhere you go.”
Seraphina scowled at Amber. “Where are we headed to?”
“D’Qar.” Amber responded.
“Change the coordinates.” Seraphina ordered.
Amber raised an eyebrow. “Why?” she asked as she brought the ship out of hyperspace.
“Set our new destination to Ahch-To.”
Author’s Note
So we are coming to a close on this story. I decided that I will be making a sequel to this story. I have enjoyed writing this, but then again, I love writing in general.
Please review this story, and I desperately need new characters. So please, if you have any character ideas, PM me. I want to hear them.
I am still debating on what to call my next story but I think I figured it out. So we will wait and see. Thank you to those who have added this story as their favorite and has followed it. You guys have no idea how much that means to me.