Broken Beginnings (A Star Wars: Clone Wars fanfic)

Chapter 29: Battle of Coruscant

Alexa POV

'Rendal, hold me! Hold me tight!' I pleaded. 'I saw things.... Terrible things....'

'Shh....  Don't worry, I'm here....  Nothing can hurt you now....'  He did as I asked and enclosed me in his arms, keeping his voice soft as he spoke.

I knew he was right, but that didn't mean I instantly calmed down.  Instead my heart was thrumming like the wings of a caged bird and my mind was racing at what felt like a million miles an hour! It was only worsened when Anakin raced into the room and saw Rendal and I!

The look on his face said that he was more than a little surprised as we stared at each other, but he then seemed to clear his head and ignore our situation in order to explain what he was doing in here.

'The Chancellor has been kidnapped!'

'What?!'  Rendal and I gasped, staring at the man with our mouths hanging open in shock!

'Count Dooku's men just kidnapped him from his apartment!  The Council has requested our presence in a meeting, come on Alexa!'

In an instant I had my cloak pulled back up over my head and leapt out of my bed over to the door.

'What about Rendal?'  I asked and he turned to my friend who was trying to get into his wheelchair.

'You'd better come too, I have a feeling Master Kenobi will be waiting for us with the Council.'

The three of us then raced to get to the meeting and start formulating a plan to rescue the Chancellor from the Sith lord Count Dooku....  But on the way Anakin decided to make things difficult by asking questions.

'Alexa, what are you thinking?'  He hissed as we ran.

'I don't know what you're talking about.'  I replied, even though I knew perfectly well.

'Don't lie to me, how could you let a boy sleep in your room?  Much less in your bed!'

'Anakin, I don't think now is a good time to-'

'Alexa what if it hadn't been me that had come and found you?  What if Obi Wan had seen you with his padawan?!  What would he have said?!  You could be expelled for that!'

'Well I'm sorry!  He's been helping me with my nightmares!'

'I understand that, but letting him sleep in your bed?!  Remember you're twelve Alexa!'

'So what?!'

'So twelve year old girls shouldn't be sharing their bed with thirteen year old boys!  It's not right!'

'And my waking up screaming in the middle of the night is?!'

He then slowed his pace until he was only walking and I did the same.

'I'm sorry, Alexa....  I didn't mean it like that.'  He apologised, hanging his head in shame.

'I know.'  I replied.

'I just don't want to see you get into any trouble because attachments are against the Jedi Code.'

'I know....  But Rendal and I are just friends, you can't say that friendship isn't allowed because I know you and Obi Wan are friends.'