Breaking The Code (Anakin Skywalker x Reader)

Chapter 38

(y/n) POV:

~1 year later~

My lungs heaved as I took in ragged breaths, running for my life. Each step I took was accompanied by a cacophony of lasers being shot at me. My anxiety shot off the scales in mere seconds, so quickly that I was currently enduring a head rush while sprinting through the sewers in Coruscant's swampy underworld.

Over my harsh breathing, I faintly heard the sound of my comlink beeping.

I groaned as I answered it, but since I was running my attempt at a groan only came out as a cough, "Kind of in the middle of something." I hurdled over a rusty fence and grunted in pain when I landed awkwardly, my legs staggering.

"(y/n)? What's going on? You should've been back an hour ago." Ahsoka's concerned voice buzzed in my ear. I ran through a dark tunnel and hid for a moment, hoping that my pursuers wouldn't find me in here.

While taking heavy breaths from all the exertion I just endured, I brought my comlink up to my lips and spoke as quiet as possible, "I've got storm troopers hot on my trail, Ahsoka."

"What?" She gasped, "How could you have let them see you? All you had to do was go to the market for fruit!" She scolded.

"It's not like this was on my—agenda—for the day." A grenade went off just outside of the tunnel I was in, making me jump in surprise as I spoke. I immediately ran out the opposite way I came in, and fired through a restricted path that led to the sewers.

"Bloody hell...." I muttered, irritated with what little progress I was making.

"Do they know who you are?" Ahsoka asked urgently.

"I don't know." I responded, only half paying attention as I scanned my surroundings for a hiding spot.

Ahsoka sighed, "I'll pinpoint your coordinates and be there as fast as I can. Try not to die." She instructed.

"No promises." I replied, quickly ending the comlink call before she could reply. I hopped down through a hole which then dropped me into the toxic filled sewers.

Though it was extremely gross and probably dangerous because of the toxic fumes, I hid myself behind piles of rusty waste bins that look like they haven't been used in a hundred years.

I panted and gently tugged at my hair, completely stressed out. "This would happen to me..." I muttered crossly to myself.

Today started off as any other day; I went to one of the markets in the underworld of Coruscant for fruit, and it was actually pretty nice and peaceful. But I had been thwarted by a newly installed security patrol set up by our self-declared Emperor, Palpatine. The mere thought of him makes me sick to my stomach.

A lot has changed since Ahsoka saved me that day, long ago. Not just for me and her, but for the whole galaxy itself. For a while Ahsoka and I laid low; she did her best to help me through my own inner turmoil while finding a way for us both to live together, all while hiding me from the eyes of the new Empire. She's been so kind to me, and I really don't deserve it.

At first we didn't really have an end goal; we just took life one step at a time, which was honestly what I needed. I needed a break from everyone and everything. I was tired of living the life of a Jedi, with countless pressure and responsibility placed on my shoulders that I never even asked for. It wasn't until my path crossed with Ahsoka that I was reminded that I have a choice. And that's something they don't tell you, as a Jedi. For my whole life I believed that being a Jedi was everything, that I'd be devastated and lost without it.