The Second Padawan

Chapter Forty-Nine

"There." I awoke to The Son standing over me. "Everything is set."

"What did you do..." I rubbed my eyes, wiping the tear stains away.

"Some of my power is transferred to you." He said. "Unfortunately I have things to attend to. You must wait outside, and do what we planned. Kill Anakin Skywalker."

I nodded. I glanced at the glass of the barred window, noticing my eyes. They weren't the usual brown, they were a golden color. "My eyes..." I rubbed the bags underneath them.

"Further indication of what you must do." He stepped aside as I headed towards the entrance.

It was now nightfall, I was asleep the entire day. One I stepped outside I felt a presence approaching.

"Liyah?" Master ran towards me. "You're okay! Where's Ahsoka? We need to get out of here!"

"So you can abandon me again, Master?" I asked rhetorically. I could feel me slowly losing myself, and my words seemed to stream out without control.

"Abandon you? We've been looking for you for the last two days!?" He said.

"You should have found me." I said. "Now I know the truth. You're the problem. I've seen the future and it all leads back to you."

"Liyah...what did The Son do to you?"

"He showed me what you will become. No matter how time turns Master, YOU'RE the root cause of torment. You need to pay for what you're going to do." I ignited my lightsabers.

"I don't want to fight you, Liyah. Snap out of whatever control he has on you! Fight it!"

"This is my own accord!" I charged him with both blades, he blocked and pushed me with the force.

"You're not yourself! Stand down!"

I summoned red lightning from my finger tips and zapped him. He fell to the ground in agony. A tear rolled down my face, I didn't want to do this, but I had to.

I walked closer to him still shocking him with the lighting. I could feel his life force draining. I was almost done.

"I'm sorry Master, you wouldn't understand why I have to do this." I didn't want him to suffer. I stopped shocking him, and aimed for a clean strike on his head.

He picked me up with the force, so forcefully I couldn't even combat it. He threw me into a wall as I collapsed. I could feel my rib cage break, but repair slowly. The Sons power was still coursing through me.

"See." I spat blood out my mouth. "Even now, you're destined to bring nothing but agony to others."

"You're wrong. I'm more than that, I don't know what you saw but the future is not set."

"IM changing it! You're too dangerous to let live!" I charged at him, he blocked my attack and struck both of my blades, knocking me off guard.

I leaped upwards and grabbed my sabers with the force. "You've already began your descent. Remember the women, the children you killed?" I shot him a low blow.

He didn't say anything for a moment. "Everyday it haunts me Giggles."

"Don't call me that!" I threw my lightsabers at him, controlling them with the force to swing wilding at him. He struggled to block each attack.

"He's manipulating you Liyah!" Master called out to me.

"I'm not dumb Master! I know he's using me for his own gain, but that doesn't change the facts of the futures he showed me! Pain...suffering...death. And YOU'RE the root of ALL OF IT!"