MasterMind

Chapter 5

Atathum watched the temple grounds grow smaller and smaller, knowing what awaited at the bottom. His body flipped to face the ground. It was coming in fast. Oh dear. Atathum thought.

"Sorry, Master," Atathum whispered to himself.

His body did another flip and faced towards the sky.

"I'm sorry that I failed you, Master."

Atathum hit the ground with a thud.

*~*~*~*

"Atathum what?!" Lilak exclaimed.

"Atathum's life force isn't resonating, I can't sense him," Sebellrae exclaimed.

Lilak was still confused with what Sebellrae way talking about. After Atathum left, class ended, and she was sitting calmly and normally with Sebellrae at lunch until it seemed like she had a motionless seizure.

"I still don't understand what your saying," Lilak said.

"Lilak, Sebellrae," Anakin said, startling Lilak a little.

"What do you want, hot shot?" Lilak asked annoyed, turning to face Anakin.

Anakin rolled his eyes. "Can you come with me out into the hallway?"

"Why?"

"It's about--"

"Atathum?!" Sebellrae asked, excitedly.

Anakin nodded as the three walked out into the hallway.

"Okay, Anakin, you managed to remove me from my seat, now, spill the tea," Lilak said.

"I was taking my free hour stroll down in the streets of Coruscant and--"

"You were down in the streets?! Wait till Obi-wan hears this!"

"That's not my point Lilak. The thing is, as I was walking down the street."

"What a padawan," Lilak murmured.

Anakin slightly glared at Lilak. "If you'll let me finish, I can tell you what I saw."

"Go ahead. Bore me."

"As I was walking down the streets, I heard people saying they saw a skyboy. At first, I thought this was a storytime for children, but when they described him, it was the same features as Atathum, and I'm worried if Atathum somehow got to the streets without us knowing."

"If you want us to help you find him, I might as well go with you."

"I will, too!" Sebellrae added

Lilak lifted up the hood on her cloak. Anakin and Sebellrae did the same.

"Okay, chosen ones," Lilak said and held her arms wide facing Coruscant, "lead us to Atathum."

"I'm not the chosen one, Lilak," Sebellrae argued.

"You get my point!"

Anakin walked ahead of Lilak and started heading down the steps. The two girls followed him. They walked past cantinas and bars, and homeless people along the walls of the skyscrapers. I can see why the Jedi don't want younglings like us to be down here. Lilak thought. Lilak saw that the party had stopped to talk to an alien.

"Did you see the sky boy?" Anakin asked.

The alien clicked a yes.

"What did he look like?"