Love and Warfare

Chapter 10

Drew and I rushed to the coordinates Luke gave us. Once we got there, he hadn't noticed we were there. Luke was pacing around the room. I was the first one to speak. "Luke is everything all right? I haven't seen you this worried since ever." Luke looked up. "There are the two of you. Our troops have been looking all over for you. General Solo, your troops are ready for transport. Off you go." Drew looked confused and then looked like he remembered something. I had no idea what was going on. After Drew left, I had billions of questions to ask Luke, but only slipped out.

"What is going in?" Luke just looked at me and motioned me to follow him. I asked him again. "What is going on?" Without even looking at me, Luke answered. "I will tell you later." I dropped the question until Luke was going down a place I didn't even know that was here. "What is going on?" I hoped for a real answer this time and if course I didn't. "I will tell you when we get there. Now just follow me and be quiet." Now I was getting annoyed. I stopped dead in my tracks. Luke whipped around and gave me a stern look. "I want to know what is going on on and I want to know now! I don't want to wait until we get to our destination!" Luke sighed and pulled out a blaster. He pointed straight at my head. My eyes widened. He wouldn't shoot me would he? I mean he could if he wanted to, but would he have the guts? I gulped. "Can you listen to one thing I say?"

I nodded my head. Luke smiled, but just as quickly his smile came it quickly disappeared. I stood a pretty distance between me and Luke. We finally got to our destination which seemed like it took forever. Luke opened up the door and pushed me inside. He closed the door behind him and sat down. Awkward silence filled the air. Luke was the first to break the ice. "I know that you have millions of questions to ask, but this will all be explained soon. I'm just waiting for one more person."

It felt like hours had gone by. I fixed my rifle and cleaned it. I felt like I did something productive. Soon the door opened and a women walked in. She saw Luke and Luke saw her. It was like the longest staring contest in the world. The women raced toward Luke and hugged him. Both had smiles on their faces. The women was crying tears of joy. I was standing in awe, but mostly confusion.

They broke their hug, when I coughed in annoyance. "Oh. I'm sorry. I forgot to introduce you two. Aylia, this is my sister Leia. Leia this is our cousin Aylia." My eyes widened. I knew Luke had a sister, but I didn't know what he looked like or what had happened to her. I smiled at her, but that smile was broken when Leia put me in a bear hug. It felt like I was being crushed. I guess Leia likes to hug. After the hug was over, I about fell backwards. "Ok now that we know names and everything. Can someone please tell me what is going on?" Luke and Leia looked at me with concerned looks. Luke motioned me to sit down. "Uncle Ani has issued his troops to search everywhere for us. He is planning to kill. Some spies have found us. We had to hide. There are some places on this ship that not even our father knows about."

I couldn't believe what he was saying. "I don't believe. I can't believe you. This is a dream. When I wake, this will all be gone." I knew I was going hysterical, but I couldn't believe it. I just couldn't. Leia came over to me and put her arm around me. "It's all right. I know this is hard, but it will get better it will get better. I promise. He won't find us." Tears streamed down my face. Luke stood up and hugged me. I looked up at him. "Is that why you sent Drew with his men into battle?" Luke nodded his head. "So you sent my true love to be massed murdered?" Luke shook his head. "Drew said that if you were ever threatened he would do anything to protect you." I sighed. "There's also another thing I must tell you. Uncle Ani has a partner this time. Can you guess who is is?"

There were thousands upon thousands of people flowing through my head. Before I could even speak, Luke finished his own question. "It's Ventra." That named stung my ears. Oh how that name made me to kill somebody. "Does that mean that Ventra is after me." Luke sighed. "At this moment I have no idea who is after who. Don't worry though. We are safe in here. No one can get in or out.

That gave me a sense if relief. That night I didn't sleep very peaceful. I kept thinking about Drew and what he was thinking. I didn't know if he was dead by now. I cried myself to bed. I would wake up to images in my head of soldiers being hurled through the air by grenades. I could hear alarms going off everywhere. I could feel the coldness in my uncle's heart. I could taste the blood of the dead lying on the ground. I could smell the fires of homes and vehicles burning.

This images were horrific. I couldn't take them anymore. Every night I was afraid the images would return, but they never did. That was a sign of relief. It had been a few weeks since the huge scare. I wasn't afraid of my uncle anymore. We finally got the ok to come out of hiding. I was really uneasy. It felt like my uncle was waiting. Waiting it out in the shadows. Waiting to strike. Those thoughts subsided when I saw Drew standing there. I ran toward him and gave him the biggest hug.

"I thought you were dead." I sobbed into his uniform. Drew held me tight. "It was the thought of you that kept me alive." I smiled, but then my face fell. "Ventra was still out there lurking." I had to be on my guard. "From what I could tell it didn't look like she was anywhere." I looked at Drew with a scared face. "That's what she wants you to think. She waits for you to think she's not there. Once your at that point she pounces and tears you limb from limb."

Everybody stood there speechless. Drew was the first to break the the silence. "Well everyone has to be on their guard." A few months had passed and nothing had happened. It was quiet. Too quiet for my liking. I could sense something was going to happen. Something bad.

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I know I said I wasn't going to write anymore in December, but I said its Friday and I needed to take a break from "studying" (I really haven't been studying except today). Now you have met Luke's sister. This book is starting to get to the end and I have already started thinking about the 2nd book. I know it's really early to start thinking, but I already have the title and story line ready to go.

I recently read a book called Star Wars: Daughter of the Dark Side. It's really good. I asked the author to read my book which I have no idea if she did, but I'm going use her character in the two last chapters in my book. Her character will be Aylia's best friend. If you would like to read her book, you won't be disappointed. The problem is if you haven't seen or heard about Star Wars then you will be completely lost.

Hope you guys liked this chapter. I would love to hear feedback. Chau!!!