In her quarters on the planet of Coruscant, asleep, former princess of Aldeeran Leia Organa stirred, tossed and turned. This was not a peaceful sleep, it was one of dread, pain, and memory. "We will get answers from you," a dark voice calmly stated, "you are only prolonging your torture." The serum they injected into her began to take effect, she could feel her mind slipping away, and in its place was red. All she could see, feel, or think is red, and it hurt like hell. Darth Vader put forth his hand, "If you don't give it to me, perhaps I can reach in there, and take it." Suddenly she could feel him, inside her mind. How was he doing this? Just as she thought it couldn't hurt any more, it did – the pain was reaching unbearable levels, but she couldn't give up, not now.
"Leia! Leia, wake up!" Han said, shaking her forcefully.
Leia bolts upright - not again, she thinks. After sitting in silence for a minute she gets up and walks out of her quarters.
Han follows her, he didn't ask if she was alright, he knew she wasn't. Anyone that went toe to toe with Darth Vader couldn't be, anyone that lost their planet couldn't be, especially anyone that just lost their family – and she had gone through all three.
"I'm fine, just need a bit of fresh air, that's all." Leia brushed it off, her heart still beating fast, adrenaline pumping, pupils dilated – a bit of fresh air would calm her down. She begins to walk through the corridors
"You need more than fresh air," Han follows closely, "you Need to see a doctor. Someone who knows what exactly is happening to you and can help."
"Now you're telling me I need some sort of shrink? Since when do you want to help me?"
"Listen, in the Outer Rim they call it Scoundrel's Mortality, its driven even the toughest characters mad, some off themselves.
"What, so you don't think I can handle myself?"
"I know you can, but this isn't about strength, it's about...there are things in this galaxy that can and Should scare the living daylights out of you, and it's about how your brain deals with having lived through those things."
Leia knows he's right, but she'll be damned if she admits it.
"I'll think about it." She says, and walks away.
She doesn't think about it.
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Recovery by Fire
قصص عامةIt's a little after the events of ROTJ, and Leia is suffering from PTSD, this will chronicle her battles with what the Outer Rim folks call 'Soundrel's Mortality'
