Integrity Unleashed

V

She woke up to a sharp pain on the back of her head and weird chatter. It was the same chatter that she had heard earlier. It was those salvage, damned creatures.

"Hey!" She yelled. She had been bound with her hands above her head, in a small cramped room. She was surrounded by robots parts, everything. "Hey! I know you-you things can hear me!" Nothing. They have stopped chattering. Then a stick appeared into her vision. Electricity was sparking at one end of it. Then it poked her causing her scream in agony. *Zap. She screamed again. *Zap. Bending her back. *Zap. Kicking her legs. Then the torture stopped. She hung her head, gasping for breath. The pain ran through her side. She looked down at the new burnt hole in her shirt on her side. She lazily held her head to look at her bonds. She chuckled dryly. They were weak rope bonds. She grunted as she ripped it, freeing her. She jumped up making her dizzy in the head from the sudden blood rush. She gripped her side and grabbed her backpack and her guns. One on either side. She eventually realized she was in a cave of sorts.

"Great." She mumbled to herself. "I got a bad feeling about this."

She ran until one of the creatures stopped her, holding the cursed stick. "Big mistake." She whipped her gun out and shot him. "Jekle was right. You are damned. Ugly things." She stepped over the dead body. Then five more surrounded her. She made all five shots without hesitation. Then she saw a glimmer of sunlight through a crack. Following it out, the suns hit her eyes. She was relieved to know she wasn't taken far from the dwelling. As she went back, she came across the scrollings. She paused for a second.

"The scroll! The word! Scroll! God, Kahsow. You sometimes can be so stupid like those old clones. 'We cannot find the droids'." She facepalmed herself. She studied the scrolling on the cliff face. It didn't make sense. Finally darkness fell. The two moons appeared over the horizon. As she watched the stars appearing, she wished that Ben was next to her. Talking about the universe. Their son. Everything.

"Wait, my map. Where is it?" She thought out loud. She searched for her universal map. As she found it, she looked up at the scrolling then back down at the map that laid out in front of her. "The scrolling. It's a map! A map! Hah!" She shrieked and smiled. She followed the scrolling on the map. It had two ends but it seemed that there was numerous ends. But it was a trick. A deceiving trick of the mind. But she was smart enough. After all, she was Obi-Wan's daughter. She knew what he was thinking.

Finally her finger stopped at a unknown planet. A unknown system. She did it. She had found her mother. Her real mother. As she packed everything that remained, she began to feel a little more complete. She was close to find her mother. She fell asleep but with one eye open.

The two cursed suns rose up over the horizon. She loaded her speedster which surprisely still was there. She went back to the town to meet Jekle. She walked back into the same bar but this time, refraining from wrinkling her nose. "Jekle."

"Ma'am." She gestured that Kahsow follow her back into the same room from days before. "Were you able to find it?" She said as she closed the door behind her.

"Yes! I already have notified my ship but I came here to thank you." She nodded. Jekle smiled and lifted Kahsow in her arms! Caught off guard, she smiled. Unsure of what to do.

As she was put down, Jekle grabbed her shoulders, "What is your mission from her on?"

"I am going to find my mother."

"Your mother?" She asked curiouser.

"Yes. My mother. Uh," clearing her throat, "Ben Kenobi was my father."

"The crazy Ben? Your father?" She laughed heartily. "Ben Kenobi?! Your father?! You can't be serious!" She threw herself back laughing even more.

Kahsow looked on in disbelief. If only she knew what she had done. "Yes." She bluntly said.

"I'm sorry." She drowned out her laugh, wiping a tear from her eye. "It is just so hard to imagine Crazy Ben a father."

"He didn't know. Well, he did but he never knew me."

"Yes. Please forgive me." She frowned, realizing her laughing fit has brought her new friend down. "Here, follow me. You can stay the night here." She showed Kahsow a empty room.

Kahsow fell asleep quickly on the free bed. She was eternally grateful for Jekle.

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The sound a roaring ship slowly approaching gave Kahsow all sorts of feelings. Excitement. Perplexity. Inferiority. She turned to her left to see Jekle standing next to her. She patted her arm. Jekle patted her back on the back causing her to stumble a bit forward. They both chuckled.

"Visit soon?"

"Yes, my friend. Yes." She boarded the ship, waving to her new, colossal friend.

"Commander." The captain and crew saluted her.

"Stand down. Let's go back home." She sat down, optimistic.

As they were in Hydrospace, something knocked them out of it. "Captain! What the hell is going on?!"

"Stay in your seats! Brace yourself for impact!"

As the crew and Kahsow buckled themselves in their seat, her mind began running with terrors.

"Do not worry, my child."

The unfamiliar voice screamed through her head. Then, they landed roughly. Surprisely, they survived. As the crew followed Kahsow out of the ship, they landed on a planet that they were not familiar with.

"Commander Leid. Where are we?" The captain questioned.

"I don't know, Captain. Just stick close." The crew crept quietly through the strange forest. The co-pilot finally spoke up.

"Commander. We are tired. We should rest for the night." She looked back at her crew. They were trudging along.

"Yes. You are right. Let's set up camp here." She dropped her backpack. As she watched the crew gratefully laid down and closed their eyes, she didn't. She was disillusioned by the sudden voice in her head. She sat down on a rock overlooking the crew. She laid down on her back, her hands on her abdomen, thinking of her son and Ben. She fell asleep.

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Ah! Where did they crash? What was the voice in her head? Where is her mother?

Ah! Over a foot of snow now. Yay. *monotonous screaming.