"You guys hear that?"
"Of course!" Eldra grit her teeth and looked over at the glowing lights, making sure not to get lost.
"Master, I think I see someone!" Shmi separated her blades and pointed one of them to the left. Where a shadowy figure stood. It was at least seven feet tall!
"It's either a statue or an illusion." Asmodeus also saw the figure and had an ominous premonition, "Be careful though. When I dealt with a tiny egg, it turned into a big-ass Rakatan Droid. So I have no idea what the Star Map might have become…"
*Ohhh-eeeeh~! Ooooouuu-eeeh~!* The heavy breathing echoed in the darkness along with the sound of heavy metal boots against a stone floor.
"Master…" Shmi backed up, but suddenly felt something hard hit her shoulders. She looked behind and noticed that she was up against the wall… Everyone else was gone!
"Master! Help!"
"Your Master…" The deep, ominous voice had a mechanical quality to it, along with a deep, ominous breath, "Can't harm you now…"
It was a huge man, wearing a suit of black armor. A samurai-like helmet, an almost skull-like mask with a silvery grill on the 'mouth', a cloak covered his wide shoulders and aside from the device on his chest, the rest of his outfit was also black. That 'box' on his chest had several long white switches and one red. With three red gauges up above on the right side.
"Who are you?!" The short woman held up her yellow lightsabers to guard, as the man lifted his dark-gray hilt and ignited the crimson blade!
"Shmi Skywalker…" He took another deep breath, "I am your… Son."
"No! That's impossible!" There was nowhere to retreat, so she rushed forward and clashed against his blade! But he easily blocked both her sabers with only his right hand, then reached out and grabbed her throat from a foot away.
"Search your feelings, Mother. You know this to be true." He pushed backwards and she went flying into the stone wall!
"Ani… Ani is only nine years old! And he would never hurt me!"
"Anakin Skywalker is dead." That blade swept down fiercely and cut a deep swath out of the wall as she rolled between his legs. Those two blades left scorching hot gashes in the armor, but didn't cut through completely. Only his cape was cut apart near the bottom.
"Only Darth Vader remains."
"Liar! I'll never let you take him from me! My Master will never let our son become 'you'!" Shmi stood up closer to the middle of the room now and regained some of her composure. As she calmed down, that huge, hulking figure shrunk down…
"I'm so sorry… Mom. I'm sorry… I shouldn't have left you behind." There was a handsome young man with dirty-blonde hair and bright blue eyes. He was holding a blue lightsaber with both hands and approaching her slowly. He still wore black, but this time it was actually the outfit of a Jedi Knight without the cloak.
"I abandoned you… Let that, that monster do those horrible things to you! I can never forgive myself!"
"Master Asmodeus isn't a monster!" Shmi retorted angrily and clashed her blades against his, this time she pushed him back easily!
"And my son isn't so weak or ignorant! He'll understand how happy I am! He'll accept my Master and he'll accept me!"
Those blades knocked the blue lightsaber away and then she kicked the man in the chest, sending him flying into the fog, disappearing…
"Hey Schutta! Are you okay?" Eldra asked from behind and Shmi almost attacked her, but calmed herself down. She saw the familiar blue face and Lekku, plus the glowing blue lightsaber that reminded her of Anakin for a moment.
"Did you see something too?" Shmi approached her cautiously, still not really sure if she was real. But once they were both close enough, the Force helped them recognize each other. Besides, they both knew each others' bodies… Very intimately. The smell of their sweat and other odors. It was at that moment that the women realized that those illusions didn't have any smell.
"Yeah…" Eldra nodded and sighed, "I've heard of places like this. The Jedi often use them to test themselves. To face their fears, their 'darkness' and vanquish it. I… I had to defeat my Master. They called me a schutta, blamed me for being captured, sold, enslaved… My Master would never act that way. Then I ended up fighting a Sith version of myself. Obviously I won."
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