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26 - Wickedly Cruel

I feel like this song on top fits these past couple chapters and even the next few as well.

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Anakin's POV
"An," I heard Mando's muffled voice speaking to me as I felt my shoulder being shaken. I could feel myself moving, and I wanted to open my eyes to acknowledge him, but I felt too tired - too weak, "This is gonna hurt An and I'm sorry, but you're not dying on me too."

Almost instantly, I felt a sharp pain in my chest, and I shot my eyes open with a loud gasp. I looked down to see a needle going into my chest with his gloved hand holding the syringe.

"What the fuck did you just give me?" I began to cough as my gasp inhaled a large amount of smoke from the semi-destroyed ship.

"Just a little adrenaline...or a lot." He pulled the needle from me and threw it to the floor, "It has some bacta too so it should help with your wound, but it won't entirely heal it."

"It'll only delay the inevitable," I mumbled to myself as I glanced down to see that we were hanging from the side of the building we crashed into. Half the ship was inside, while the other half hung outwards, dangling in the air.

The ship was creaking; making me nervous, and we both did our best to be as still as possible. One wrong move, and we plummet to the ground.

As I sat there in silence, contemplating on what we should do to get out of this, I heard him speak five words that angered me - even though anger isn't what I should be feeling; she did try to kill us after-all. And she may even succeed with me if I don't get to Master Yoda in time.

"I should've just killed her." Mando groaned as the ship tilted slightly, and we both leaned back on instinct to keep the weight balanced. I debated on using the force to help, but I wasn't confident that I was strong enough right now, and I just might make it worse.

"No," I immediately said without thinking, and I saw him from the corner of my eye as he slowly looked in my direction.

He was quiet, and I remained quiet too while avoiding his intense gaze, "What aren't you telling me kid?" He asked knowingly.

I shook my head slowly, "Nothing," I lied in a whisper.

More tears swelled in my eyes as I thought about everything that's happened so far. It was all beginning to be too much for me, and I was beyond exhausted; both mentally and physically. I could feel a full mental break slowly rearing it's ugly head.

"You really want some of your possible last words to me to be a lie?" He questioned judgmentally.

I momentarily froze as the ship slightly moved forward. I swallowed nervously, "I really don't want to do this here and now Mando." My gaze was locked on the space below us; we were so high up that I couldn't even see the ground. All I could see were speeders passing by that were too low to notice our peril.

"Too bad." He countered.

I sighed heavily as I leaned my head back against the seat, and stared up at the ceiling, "You know how I told you I lost my fiancé in the purge?" I began, and I felt a painful knot in my chest when I involuntarily heard her laugh in my mind. Not the sadistic laugh that I heard moments ago either, but her soft and genuine laugh that used to fill my life with nothing but happiness.