Twin Destinies (Private)

Lilliana found herself someplace she did not know, an open market she had never been to. On Coruscant, there was a seemingly infinite number of buildings and even having spent her whole life on the world she only knew of the smallest fraction of it.

Having left that tiny section, she found herself completely lost. A fact that only added to her terror. The people chasing her probably knew the area better or at least had a map of the area. 

Running through an open market, she barely missed running into an elderly old woman. She took only a moment to apologize before she took off again, running toward the nearest alley to get away from the crowd. Looking more behind her than in front of her, she ran into something hidden in the shadows and ended up sprawled on the ground.

It took a few moments for Lilliana to realize she was on the ground, stunned by the sudden stop. When she saw a looming presence above her in the relative darkness of the alley she first cringed with a look of fear. When the person stretched out their hand the girl visibly flinched. It was only after she looked up did she realize they did not appear to mean any harm.

Shakily Lilliana took the woman's hand and pulled herself to her feet. Shivering out of fear rather than cold, she kept looking back to see if anyone was entering the alley. "Th-thank you. Th-they're after me! I don't know what I did wrong, b-but I think they want to kill me or something!"

The apparent lack of emotion and intense stare caused Lilianna to flinch, fearing perhaps this was one of her pursuers. Then the woman's words registered and relief flooded the girl. Whoever this person was they were willing to help, and that was more than she had hoped for. 

"Y-yes. I can still run," she said panting. Her lungs and legs burned, but the adrenaline pumping through her veins kept her going. The few seconds to catch her breathe had helped, but if she did not get back to moving her body was likely to try and seize up on her. "Wh-where are we going?"

"Okay," Lillianna replied with a nervous nod of her head. At this point, she did not have much choice but to trust this woman, because the alternative was turning herself into her pursuers. That option did not even cross the girl's mind as she looked around warily. "S-shouldn't we get going?"

While Lilliana was grateful for the help, she found this stranger to be, well, strange. Some kind of explanation as to where they were going might have alleviated some of the girl's fears, but then again it might have just made things worse. She was in a fragile state following the chase.