The sleeping Jedi awoke with a jolt, beads of sweat running down and over her entire body.
Had she only just been dreaming?
The voices, they had seemed so real. Her head hurt.
Amalia tried her best to get out of bed, feeling lightheaded, she struggled to stand on her own two feet.
I...I want out...
She cried out, though not loud enough to where anyone could hear her, a soft moan escaping her lips.
The pain, it would not go away.
The confusion, still there.
Something else was wrong, outside of her room.
Kahn, someone was with him. A Darksider, strong.
Quickly she turned her body toward the direction of the door, not moving any other way except to turn to look.
She wanted to help him. She was much too weak to do so, not with her mind in the condition that it was in.
She reached out with the force, offering words to her apprentice.
Kahn, I wish I could offer my services to you, but I can not in such a state as this. You've helped me a great deal today, and I'll never forget it. Perhaps this will be your greatest test of all, to face one of the more powerful Sith within the universe, a Sith Master. I remember the hateful words I said to you today, but those words were false. You are much stronger now, my faith is with you, my apprentice. You will make it through this day...
Amalia looked blankly toward the door for a moment or more before turning to look around the room, her eyes falling into the open window....
Freedom....
The Jedi closed her eyes, remembering all the day's events. Everyone and everything.
She had done enough reflecting now to know what she wanted.
...She had been seeking such a thing ever since her battle with Malice had ended.
Peace and quiet.
Be well, my apprentice. Until we see one another again...
Saying nothing more, with quick motions the Jedi unclipped Kahn's saber from her belt, placing it on the Jedi Master's bed.
She took a quick moment to glance at her own saber and then headed for the window.
It would not matter how fast her apprentice would run, she would be gone when he entered the room.
***
With Amalia's presence only somewhat masked by the force, the Jedi set off into the deeper, hidden parts of the forest....
....where fate and the man she loved would find her....