"We got her."
Relief flooded the hangar bay as Toni stepped out with Obi Wan and Leia, along with Tala, Roken, and Sully. Scanning the crowd, she could see a few familiar faces...
"Leda-?" She approached a familiar woman in her early-mid twenties. "Didn't expect to see you here."
"Our safehouse on Jedha was at risk," Leda replied grimly. "I evacuated those I could... but I'm still waiting to hear what's happening there while I'm gone. But on the bright side, I get to see Haja again."
"Haja-?" Toni raised a brow.
Leda tilted her head towards a man dressed like a Jedi. "That handsome idiot over there."
"Don't tell me..." Toni muttered in shock and amusement. "You're dating him-?"
Leda shrugged. "It's been 10 years."
"You've been dating for 10 YEARS ?!"
"Actually just 6."
"6 years- wow. " Toni let out a soft chuckle.
"Well, haven't you been seeing anyone lately?" Leda asked, raising a brow.
"We broke up," Was Toni's terse response at the mention of Alexsandr. "It was arranged months after the Purge, so I really had no say in it. I don't need or want an ISB agent for a husband, and besides, he was getting on my nerves."
Leda winced. "Sounds like something I've heard before."
"Really-?" Toni tilted her head.
"Yep. Admiral Moron." Leda grimaced at the mention of the now Grand Admiral Ivel's late husband. Toni couldn't blame her... she never liked Rampart either.
"My brother keeps teasing me about our wedding date," She said in an attempt to change the topic. "It's so annoying... like, I don't know if we're even going to get married, and here he is... being a bantha."
Toni let out a chuckle. "Well, you definitely have a better man than me."
"I wouldn't say that," Leda replied with a small smile. "He's a con artist."
"That's still better than the ISB's hunting dog, don't you think?" Toni asked wryly.
"Perhaps." Leda walked off towards Haja, leaving Toni alone in the crowd... amongst the chatter. Leia had begun interacting with Eva and a small boy, while Casi was chatting with Asher about their ordeals. Noble was tending to her pet wolf, and Deej was watching over a weakened Eli Henderson...
From the corner of her eye, Toni noticed Roken walking away from Obi Wan before addressing the crowd.
"All right, all right, let's hurry it up," He called, clapping his hands to get everyone's attention. "Get ready for dust off- leave anything you don't need."
As the crowd buzzed with activity, Toni approached Deej and Eli. "Long time no see, Henderson."
The former padawan gave a small smile. "Same to you, Valorum. How have the years been on your end?"
"Pretty hectic," Toni admitted. "It wasn't too bad though. Besides my ex fiancé joining the ISB and getting his squad killed on Onderon, me avoiding Inquisitors, and of course the Path's jeopardized position, that is."
"Yeah, tell me about it," Eli agreed.
"What happened to you-?" Toni inquired, raising a brow.
"Well-" Eli began before he was cut off by a sudden creak. He glanced up. "Wh-what's happening-?"
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Earthlings 2: The Dark Age
Fanfiction"...And the Jedi rebellion has been foiled. The remaining Jedi will be hunted down and defeated!" With the end of the Clone Wars comes the fall of the Republic. At Chancellor- turned- Emperor Palpatine's orders, clone troopers across the galaxy turn...
