Be Your Brothers

Chapter 16 - The Truths

Reetha's point of view

The last thing I remember...I remember, Ventress. I remember seeing, visions? Yes, visions. Count Dooku.. truths.  My head hurts. I felt my veins on fire. It stung. It stung so bad, but it somewhat felt...good. Powerful. I start trashing on my bed. My body shakes violently. Every part of my body feels like its being pricked by a thousand needles.

"Hold her down!" I hear Kix scream. I feel hands holding me down, then i feel secure straps binding my arms and legs and torso. I panic. 

"Kix, what's going on?!" "

General Skywalker, I don't know. Her pulse has quickened rapidly and has come down with a very high fever." 

"Is she hurt? Is she alright?"  Ahsoka?

"She hasn't sustained any fatal internal or external wounds, commander. Physically, she is just exhausted, but, I can't say mentally." 

"Mentally? What do you mean?" 

"Gen'ral, her brain waves are off the charts. I have never seen such aggressive brain activity before. I can't tell how she'll be when she wakes up." 

Light enters my eyes, I blink it off . My eyes travel drowsily around me. Everything is so fuzzy and blurred. I feel extremely disoriented. I see Master Skywalker, Ahsoka, Kix, the captain and some other clones who I could not identify. I let out a disoriented sigh, my head lulls from one side to another as I try to collect my bearings. 

"Kix! Kix she's awake!" I hear Rex call. Kix rushes to my side and places his hand on either side of my face. "Reetha, focus on me, please." His voice is calm, but I can sense his worry. 

My eyes manage to lock on to his, but my vision keeps blacking out. I hear Anakin and Ahsoka call out my name. I hear Rex's soft worried calls. In an attempt to speak, I feel a metallic taste burst into my mouth. I choke on my own blood. 

My eyes widen in pain and I let out a shout and start trashing on the bed again. My veins burn and I scream in agony. Something pricks my neck, I let out my last scream. My limbs cease movement. My eyes widen momentarily, as the drug kicks in. 

I feel my pain fading away. My muscles, before twitching  violently as if electrocuted, now relaxing. Black spots cover my vision. The room is quiet, but the force hums in my ear, lulling me into a deep slumber. A slumber that I never want to wake up from.

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3 months later

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My eyes blink slowly as they open adjust to the lights of a room. I flinch as a light pain courses through my body when I try to move. When I completely come to my senses, I realize that I have been placed in a med bay. I feel very tired but at the same time, I feel like I've got the best sleep in my life. I let out a content sigh and look around the room. I see a heart monitor at my side, beeping steadily. 

"Reetha.." I hear a gasp from the side of the room. "Hey, Kix" I smile weakly. At my response, he doesn't hesitate a second before rushing up to my side, quickly placing his datapad on a table beside my bed. I notice the worry in his eyes. Not only that, but there are huge bags under his eyes, as if he's never had a day of decent sleep in a while.

 "You look terrible." I manage to joke weakly. "Kid, if only you knew." He laughed a reply, but then his face immediately washed over with a look of worry. "We thought we lost you. Reetha, we nearly lost you." the medics voice caught in his throat. I carefully raised my hand to hold on to his shaky ones. "I'm here now, ay. I won't be going anywhere in a while."