Chapter 13

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Obi-wan finishes watching the escape video for a third time. Ponders a moment, then speaks.

"So let me get this straight. Lyra left a week ago and no one as reported it?"

"Yes Sir, it seemed to be one of the lesser things going on."

Obi-wan shakes his head. "I thought the orders were clear enough. Cody, start collecting the necessary people to get her back."

"Yes Sir!" Cody salutes and walks out of the room.

Obi-wan shakes his head and goes back to the holo-screen. The attack report of a base spread across the screen.

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ATTACK REPORT #3 out of 5

Number of attackers: One, female.

Estimated time of attack: 15 minutes.

Estimated killed or destroyed: 15 clones, 3 droids, 1 ship and damaged another.

Notes: Girl was about 15, brown hair and completely dark eyes according to other reports. No camera photos, she destroyed each one. Clearly is talented in the Jedi Force. Citizens said she shouted in weird language that no one had understood. Information was stolen before we could locate her, data taken was about base locations and places next to attack. Believe to have injured the girl, blood was found on the floors in certain corridors. Recovered audio file from deceased brother's helmet. Audio file is attached to this report, have the lab techies decode this.

~Submitted 6 days ago @ 11:45 a.m.~

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Obi-wan selects the newly edited audio file and plays it.

"Werda. Werda a a'den . Bantov, kyr'amur entye yaiyai'yc.Re'turcye mhi....

The words float across the bottom of the screen, followed by the translation.

Darkness. Darkness is merciless . Nevertheless, killing you will satisfy me. Goodbye...

Obi-wan shakes his head and thinks "Lyra, why now?"

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I hate living, I hate having no control about my life anymore. Dookustill holds over my head the control thing. I rob the people who trusted me before, and if they see my face I have to kill them. I try every time to get in and out without trouble, but it never works.

"Lyra, I have a mission for you."

"Yes Master?"

"I need you to go back to a base again. This time, leave no survivors."

"But Master-"

"No excuses, you will do as you are ordered."

I hold onto my newly formed scar on my arm, glare at him for a few moments, then walk away. Going to do as he ordered me to do. Now that I think off it, I haven't seen Kreil in a while.

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I step off the ship, onto the dark grassy plain. The ship takes off again, not to return till the mission is complete. I sigh, the same thing over and over again. Sneaking in, killing people, and leaving in a show with an alarm as the music. I walk over to the wall that surrounds the base, condense the force around me, and jump so I grasp the top of the wall. A patrol walks by and doesn't see my hands on the wall. I fip myself up onto the wall, behind the patrol that would have seen me. I tweet a low bird call, he turns around and I take my light-saber straight through his head.

He falls to the ground and I take his holo-tag. Dooku told me that there are at least fifteen clones here, and that I am to dispose of them all. I shake my head, and continue.

The next four are in the courtyard. The first two go without a problem, the third makes a noise and the forth fires at me. I grab him by his neck, lift him up, and whisper an apology. The trooper grasps my arm in a attempt to release him, but I hear the crack as his neck breaks. I drop him and quickly turn around, tears slowly going down my face. I force reach for the holo-tag, and I walk toward the base.One trooper walks out of the door as I'm going in, and he stops for a moment to look at my face.

"Lyra? Is that you?"

Shit, someone knows me. The trooper takes off his helmet and I see his face. Rift.

"I got a transfer after you left. Why are you out here?"

"Rift," my voice breaks as I say his name "I need your holo-tag."

A puzzled look goes across his face "Why would you need it?"

"Rift, trust me on this one. I need your holo-tag. I also need you to get off this base, hell this planet, as fast as possible."

"Lyra, what's going on?"

"Rift, please. I can't tell you."

"Lyra-"

"Fine. You know the person that keeps stealing all the intel on the bases?"

"Yes, your point be-" I give him a look "Lyra. Why?"

"Rift, all I ask if for you to get off this planet. Take your brothers and the bodies. But leave the tags."

Rift shakes his head, takes his holo tag and troughs it on the ground. "How could you choose-"

"I didn't choose. They forced me. And this is the hardest thing I have to do. Please Rift, get your brothers and go. I'll make sure that it looks like I-"

"I get it." He presses a button and tells the rest of the troopers to meet him outside for a surprise inspection. They all walk out at once and I force pull all there weapons off them. Rift tells them what they have to do, and they all comply. They toss their holo-tags on the ground and walk onto a ship. The last thing I see is Rift's face frowning before he slides his helmet back on.

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"Well done my student. You've managed to complete the task without beginning seen."

After Rift left, I changed all the logs so it looked like there wasn't twelve ships, but eleven. How they had an over stock of guns. I also made all the camera's go out at the time I arrived at the base.

"Thank you Master."

"Now, I need you to go and clear out another base..."

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Rift's ship arrives, and the first off are the bodies. Then the men, with their faces to the ground. Finally Rift, who waits on the ship and makes sure everyone got off. Obi-wan walks out to greet him on the landing pad. Once everyone is off, Rift walks up to Obi-wan, his head hanging low.

"Rift? Why have you come back?"

"General, we were attacked-"

"Was it by that girl?"

"General, it was Lyra. It always was."

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