WILD | Anakin Skywalker |

E I G H T E E N

TW: THEMES OF SA
The war raged on. Alora and Anakin barely got to see each other and when they did, it wasn't for long and a lot of the time it was Anakin rescuing his girlfriend thanks to her head strong sister. It was hard for them both but of course they made sure when they had the time, they spent it together.

Padme had been more and more tough on her sister in regards to work, giving her more jobs and even some more missions after her success with Clovis all those months ago. The two girls had also grown closer, especially since Alora was not her old self that would party and sleep around. She was still fun and lighthearted but just not as immature. "Alora, you are done for tonight. You've been working very hard and I'm proud of you." Padme smiled lightly at her sister who looked exhausted doing the work she was ordered to do.

"I'm ok really" Alora tried to argue but Padme just shook her head. "No please head home. Take the early night."

"Fine, I guess I could use the rest." Alora reluctantly agreed. Anakin unfortunately was not in Coruscant so she didn't have anything to look forward to but there was a chance he would be home later. A very slim chance but still a chance.

"Good, I'll see you at home." Padme waved as Alora walked out of the office into the empty halls. The Amidala's were always the last ones to head home for the day and today wasn't different. The blonde shivered at the quietness, always feeling queasy at the emptiness and having to walk the halls alone. Luckily, the hangar where her speeder and a guard would be was not too far.

However, when the young blonde approached her speeder she saw an unfamiliar guard waiting beside it, adjusting the uniform on his body. "Ah, Miss. Amidala, heading in for the evening?" The unknown species asked, offering a kind smile.

"Yes but...where is Captain Typho?" Alora asked uneasily. She continued her approach to the vehicle, feeling uneasy but he was in uniform so maybe he was just new.

"Oh he got sick all of a sudden. Food poisoning most likely miss. Let's hurry on home though, it's getting dark soon." The creature opened the door and helped her inside. Once inside he buckled her in, locked the doors and turned on the convertible top. Alora watched in confusion as the top of the usually open speeder became a closed ship but did not question it. "Heard it would rain. Better safe than sorry." The guard chuckled, his voice had changed and he sounded almost...scary.

"Right" Alora nodded. Her palms began to sweat as she made sure he was taking the correct turns to get her to the apartment. She began to notice they were in fact not heading back to the apartment. "Where are we going? Did Captain Typho not leave you proper direction?"

"We are making a pit stop" he answered. The guard parked the speeder on the roof of an unknown building and removed the convertible top, unbuckling his belt. Alora shakily went to remove hers when the click of a blaster caused her to freeze her movements. "Get out of the car and keep your hands up. Our ride is picking us up any second now." The creature laughed sinisterly as he watched the girl slowly get out of the car, pure fear on her face. Would she ever see Padme and Anakin again? What did he want with her?

Moments later a large space cruiser came down and landed before them, a good amount of armed men came running out. Alora was now crying, pleading to be let go. She was terrified. "Please. I don't know what's going on. Why are you taking me?" She cried as the men forced her into the cruiser, shoving her roughly to the floor.

"Shut up." A human man spoke roughly. The cruiser took off, leaving Alora trembling in fear. "So...you and your sister want to involve yourself in matters that don't concern you, yeah? You think your little campaign to end slavery in the outer rims wouldn't spark the attention of the galaxies most successful slave nation?" The man crouched down and cupped the girls chin, forcing her to look into his eyes.