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In some places of Coruscant, even the sun couldn't reach.

Viktor would know. That was the place he spent the first eight years of his life at, after all. Coruscant, planet of progress, innovation, model for all the galaxy. If only the galaxy could see the lower levels.

At least his knowledge of the place would be useful, for once.

The two of you had been running for what felt like hours. The ache in his leg had faded to nothing as he forced the midichlorians in his blood to work overtime to stop his limp, but it just made the burning in his lungs all the more painful. A glance at you, running beside him, told him that you were in a similar state. Despite being pretty sure that no clones had bothered to follow you this far, Viktor didn't dare stop yet. There was only one thought on loop in his mind. *Run. Run and never look back.*

Everything had happened so fast. One moment, you were sneaking out of the temple together to try and feel a little rebellious. The next thing you knew, blaster shots. Screams. Clones coming from every side. Fire in the temple. And a pain in his chest--so sharp, so vivid, that he could have thought that someone had stabbed him through the heart with a lightsaber. The fight or flight instinct he had honed from his years in the streets immediately kicked in, probably helped by a kick from the Force. You couldn't stay here. It wasn't safe. The army had turned against their generals. The clones had turned against the Jedis. And despite being proficient with a lightsaber, neither of you were a match for hundreds of trained soldiers.

And so you ran. You ran, Viktor gripping your hand so tight that he might pull it off, and you didn't look back. Despite hearing--*feeling*--each and every one of your fellow padawans fall. Despite knowing that you were leaving your family behind to die. Despite the emptiness Viktor felt when somewhere far, far away, his master hit the ground. Despite it all, you ran.

Finally, he pushed you into a crack between two walls, tugging you as close as possible to his body to the point that he wasn't sure where he ended and you began. There was a small burn on his shoulder where a bolt narrowly missed him. The end of your padawan braid was singed. There was an ironic poetry in it, really. A childhood cut short.

It too a while before either of you dared to even breathe. No patrols had come by since you hid. It was the first time Viktor was actually thankful about the total lack of policing down here.

"What are we gonna do, {{user}}?"

The words were shaky, unsure, scared. So unlike Viktor. Maybe this was what would break him. Not Coruscant, not the war, but the loss of the only family he had left. And quieter, he asked again. As if even a breath could alert the clones of your presence and call them like sharks to blood.

"What are we gonna do?"