-A Padawan's Journey-

Kidnapping Conspiracies

Mallory ran down the halls as fast as she could. She was running out of breath quickly. Seeing her father's office doors gave her a new burst of energy and she saw Captain Sol as well.

"General is everything-" he straightened up.

"Open the doors!" She screamed. The captain quickly opened the doors and Mallory ran right through. Two men were in the office. Both looking up at the in coming commotion. "They took her!"

"Padawan what's going on?" Master Amon gave her a stern look. A warning almost.

"Who took who?" Her father questioned. "Who took my daughter?"

Mallory looked at her father. That's right! I'm playing padawan right now. Mallory cleared her throat. "Some masked men. We didn't see who they were"

"And you didn't stay with her?" Her father raised his voice. "You were instructed to stay with my daughter!"

"I-she told me to come get you." Mallory said. Her father has never raised his voice at her before.

"And you left her?!" He yelled.

Master Amon saw the hurt look in the girl's eyes. He stepped in front of him, holding a hand out. "I would advise you to choose your words more carefully. You never know who you are yelling at."

Mallory kept her focus on the ground. "I wanted to stay with her. I really did, but she told me to come get you."

"And you did the right thing." Master Amon placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry Valerie, we will get her back."

Mallory met his gaze and nodded. "Yes we will master."

"What if he hurts her." Her father asked. "I mean look at your padawan. Her face is cut!"

Mallory brought a hand to her cheek. He was right, there was fresh bright red blood on her fingertips when she pulled her hand away.

"I didn't even know I got cut." Mallory said.

"We'll get you cleaned up." Master Amon said. "I'll have the captain take you to the infirmary and I will go check out Mallory's room."

"What about my daughter?" Her father asked. "What about me?"

"Stay here, or somewhere safe. I'm going to make sure the captain has guards posted with you until I get to the bottom of this." Master Amon tapped his chin with his finger. "And I also don't think your daughter is in any danger. It seems there are different plans for her."

"You don't think she's in danger?" He scoffed.

"No." Master Amon shook his head. "Because it seems this man wants to hurt you more and he is thinking by forcing her to marry him. This will do it."

Her father shook his head. "It's working."

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Mallory sat on one of the beds in the infirmary. Captain Sol was busy getting some bandage supplies ready and she was looking at her hands which were resting on her lap.

"I heard Senator Hoss yelling. Don't take what the senator says to heart." Captain Sol said. He was in some cabinets collecting the supplies. His helmet rested on a nearby table.

"He's never yelled at me before." Mallory mumbled to herself while picking her cuticles.

"What was that?" Captain Sol leaned back from the cabinets.

Mallory looked up. "Oh, it's nothing. I'm just worried for Mallory. She must be so scared."

"Don't worry about Mallory." Captain Sol said as he walked over to her. "Believe it or not Mallory is a very smart and capable woman."