Chapter 19: Your Light Guides Me

Petro POV:

I blinked several times as both my ears and eyes adjusted to the pain slowly as the colours melded with the darkness back and forth. I managed to move and twitch my limbs. A groan of pain escaped my lips as a sudden pain seized the left side of my face! I lifted myself off the ground, trying to adjust to the pain as my fingers reached up to caress my cheek softly. I couldn't feel my hand. I had to look down at my hand to ensure it was still there. I lifted it again against my cheek and pressed as hard as I could.

I can't feel anything...

My vision turned blurry, causing me to collapse to my knees. I looked down at my hand again, fading slowly away.

Master Skywalker

I slowly rose to my feet, keeping my hand stretched out to maintain my balance as I forced my eyes shut.

"Anakin..." I panted. "Anakin!"

The only thing on my mind was Katooni. My longing to be back with her fueled my determination to find a way out. I listen to things burning and falling around me. I pictured Katooni's smile in my head before I heard a whisper. A call, a feeling, a comfort I feel in Katooni's presence. I followed it, reaching out my hands so as not to fall over. 

Reaching back to the Force allowed the call to become louder, but there was so much tension around me. A disturbance lay between me and the call from the Force until I understood it was a debry that had caught fire. Is this what fire feels like? Anguish? I used the Force to levitate it to the side and slowly knelt on my knees as I found the source of the call. It's Katooni's lightsaber. I can't explain it, but I find it extraordinary that even in the bleakest moments, she consistently guides me.

"Thank you, Tooni... Force, thank you."

Like the lightsaber had reached out to me, I used my emotions to reach out to the Force around me. I sensed a disturbance in the Force nearby. It could only be Master Skywalker! I tapped around the floor before feeling a tapping on something covered by fabric. I sighed in relief as I realised it was him. I quickly lifted Anakin under his arms and moved backwards to pull him out of there! I dragged him until I reached what I assumed was the way we came in. I do not see where I am going: the Force carries me where I need to go.

And Zatt said I am a terrible student. Plo would be so proud: I listened!

Come on Petro, you can do this.

I suddenly tripped backwards and fell on my back on solid rocks. Oh, come on! I tapped around before understanding the corridor had collapsed, keeping us trapped inside. No, no, no, no, no! Not like this! 

I reached Master Skywalker and verified if he was breathing. The steady pulse I felt reassured me the jerk still lived. I gasped, feeling exhausted, but I could feel the Force calling me on the other side. If I wanted to get both of us out alive before we suffocate, I needed to get to work. With one last breath, I started using the Force to sense and levitate the rocks blocking the way.

Come on Katooni... find me...

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