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Lost

Tekara's POV

Why did I do that? I scolded myself as I saw Sabine run off. She's a traitor and needs to die. I can't have mercy or my Master will be displeased, I must please him. I must please him.

"Tekara...." My Master's voice came though my mind and I jumped a bit.

"Yes Master." I responded.

"Where are you?" He asked me.

"I'm on Lothal and my ship crashed, I need a pick up." I told him back.

"I'll send a ship to pick you up, stay where you are, and did you run into the girl, Sabine Wren?" He asked me.

"I did Master, why?" I asked him back.

"Did you kill her?" He said to me as I sat down crossed legged near the ship.

"No Master." I replied shamefully.

"That's all I need to know, the ship will be there shortly." He told me and cut the connection.

"Yes Master." I replied and as if I just doomed the life of Sabrina Wren.

I just couldn't kill her, I hate her, she's a traitor, but I can't kill her. I love her. I thought. I don't love her where did that come from. She's a traitor.

Back on a star destroyer...

"I want this Sabine Wren brought to me alive Grand Admiral." Vader's cold voice echoed though the comm.

"I'll dispatch a squadron right away to see to it that she's captured." Thrawn responded back chillingly.

"Good." He told Thrawn.

"Yes sir, what do you have planned?." Thrawn responded.

"All in good time, don't fail me Grand Admiral, Tekara already has." Vader said and cut the comm off.

"Dispatch a squadron right away to Lothal to get Sabine Wren and ready my command ship, I'll see to it personally that this gets done." Thrawn said to the captain.

"Sir yes sir." The captain said back and went to make arrangements.

Back to Lothal...

The more I thought the more confused I became, I just didn't understand it things weren't adding up. As I was lost in thought I heard two ships land near me and turned around. There was a troop transport with a squadron of stormtroopers and a command ship, and by the looks of it it was Thrawn's.

The doors to both ships opened and out of the transport door a dozen stormtroopers marched in line off the ship. And I was right it was Thrawn's ship.

He walked down the ramp with his personal escort of troops.

"Tekara." Thrawn said addressing me. "Where have you been?"

I clutched my head and replied. "I don't remember all I remember is that somehow I got captured by the rebels and I tried to escape and the crashing on Lothal." Something was familiar about this planet but I couldn't place it.

"You may go onto my command ship and wait there, I have another mission to complete." He told me and I nodded.

"Yes sir." I said and began to walk up the ramp of his ship as I saw him and his squad march to a farm that was about a mile off. I wonder what they are up too. I thought as I stood near one of the windows curious, as his squad reached the farm I saw him try to talk with one of the people, he seemed to grow angry and then he ordered the troops to set the farm to flames as I saw people retreat from it, running all directions and felt pain and fear from the people, who I now assume were the rebels. I watched as their troops seized a girl from the wreckage and start to come back. One girl, I'm sure there is more people they could capture. I saw a few more people make runs for their life as the stormtroopers shot to kill the rest.

Thrawn then began to come back to the ship and I went back and sat in my chair. I heard the footsteps slowly come closer and then the sound of his feet on the ramp,

"Take her to the cell bay." I heard him order from the back of the ship.

"Yes sir." The stormtrooper replied and I heard them tell her to be quiet as they took her below the main deck to the bay.

"Another mission complete." I told as Thrawn came up from the back and sat in his chair.

"This is just the first step Tekara." He replied as the pilot began to sat up his ship.

"I hope you succeed then." I told him as the ship entered Lothal's atmosphere.

"I will Tekara, I will." He told me and we sat in silence as we jumped to light speed and were on our way to met back up with the fleet.

We finally jumped out of hyperspace and instead of heading back to his star destroyer we went to my Master's star destroyer. I guess I have to be punished, I was captured and most likely failed at whatever I was sent to do. We landed in the hanger bay and me and Thrawn both got off the ship as his stormtroopers brought the prisoner out.

"Sabine..." I whispered. What are they doing with her? They can't hurt her. No she's a traitor all she has ever done is hurt me, but I didn't believe that thought fully.

"Take her to the cell bay." He addressed the troops are they walked off to the cell bay. "Come on." He told me and we walked off.

"I'm coming." I told him as we made our way into the ship.

We came to one of the conference rooms on the ship and he opened the door.

"Master." I said bowing down as I saw Vader. "I'm sorry."

He ignored me and addressed Thrawn.

"Were you able to capture Sabine?" He asked Thrawn and Thrawn sat down in one of the chairs, as I got up from the floor and sat down in a chair as well.

"I was, she's in the cell bay as we speak." He told him.

"Bring her here." He told Thrawn.

"Yes sir." He said and turned on his comm. "Bring the prisoner to conference room B-17." I heard a reply he muttered though the comm and a few minutes later he doors opened and some stormtroopers pushed Sabine in.

"Carry out the plan I have other matters to address." Vader said and followed the troops out so it was just me, Sabine and Thrawn in the room.

Thrawn opened up his comm and addressed the person on the other side.

"Ready the transformation chamber." He commanded.

"Yes sir." A voice responded back.