afterglow {Anakin x Reader}

5. you shouldn't have come here.

(y/n)'s pov

I woke up on the floor. My neck and back were sore from the uncomfortable position I was laying in. With a groan, I sat up and peaked around the room. The sun was rising, casting a soft orange glow into my room. With a heavy sigh, I stood away from the door and decided that another shower was in order. I stayed in here for a while, just allowing the scolding hot water wash away everything. I leaned my head against the wall, closing my eyes and trying to relax for as long as I could. I ended up crying myself to sleep last night, all of my pent up emotions deciding to come through.

They always knew exactly how to break me.

Everything in my shower was peaceful, until I felt the water go cold. Almost like ice. The lights dimmed, leaving me in the darkness with little to no light. I furrowed my brows, shutting off the water and peaking my head around the curtain. Nothing was there. I grabbed a towel and wrapped it around myself, holding it tightly to my body to try and warm myself up. I leaned my head against the door, listening to see if anyone was behind it. I couldn't hear anything, so I slowly opened the creaky door, peaking out.

When the door opened, I wasn't faced with my room. I was faced with a dark hallway. I had never seen it before, I could feel the anxiety rise in my chest, but I still felt like I needed to walk out of the room. My feet padded against the cold metal floor, my breath could be seen due to how cold it was.

"Hello?" I called out, my voice breaking a bit.

I didn't hear anything back, just the low rumbling of the floor beneath my bare feet. I held my towel tighter to my body, shivering due to how cold it was. I walked further down the hall way, leading me to a big empty room. It was huge, and completely filled with a void of darkness around me.

"H-hello?" I called out again, hearing my voice echo back at me.

Then another noise was heard. It sounded like breathing. Almost as if it was a machine. The sounds of heavy foot steps got closer and closer to me, I could tell they were coming from behind me. I slowly, with tear filled eyes and fear taking over my whole body, turned around to face whatever it was that was coming for me.

It was something. Someone. They wore a suit, they were tall, so tall. They had a helmet on, dark and menacing looking. They stood about three feet away from me, not saying anything.

"(y/n)."

"Who are you?" I cried, cowering in frozen fear. They didn't say anything, just breathed into the helmet as they stared me down. Until, they lit up a lightsaber, the crimson red filling the dark space.

"You shouldn't have come here." They suddenly said, charging towards me as I back up, screaming in fear until I tripped over and landed on my back.

"(y/n)!" I heard another voice yell over my screams, feeling hands on my body.

"Stop! Stop please!" I cried, trying to crawl away from the person.

"(y/n) stop! It's me! It's Anakin." He spoke loudly, holding my face in his hands. I opened my eyes, breathing heavily as I looked into his big, scared blue eyes.

What the hell is happening?

"W-what? I don't- I don't understand?" I stuttered, looking from his eyes to around the hallway I was in.

"You we're having some sort of episode. It's okay, you're safe, everything is fine." He spoke softly, pushing the wet hair away from my face.

"I-I.. I don't understand. I was just in that room- a-and he-" I looked around with tears burning my eyes, my throat burning from screaming.