Title: Sith Don't cry
Author: Jenna Raven Rose
Chapters 1 of 1
Characters: Obi wan, Anakin, oc
Timeframe, Cantina aotc
She had just ordered her drink and was already sitting at the bar. Her hood was drawn up close concealing her dark hair and almost amber eyes.
At least to all but the most determined or foolish of onlookers. She intentionally gave off a stay away from me aura, that kept annoyances away, and if that didn't work there was always her light saber. She was just about to take a sip of her drink when a woman ran in. she was terrified though she hid it well.
She was obviously was trying to hide from her pursuers.
The woman at the bar felt them before they entered and instinctively concealed herself and her force signature, and then decided to watch. The hunted was a metamorph and she was trying to hide for some reason. Then she saw why, two Jedi. As always a master and an apprentice. The older one the master she assumed had reddish hair and a beard the other was a teenager with blond hair. The older one looked vaguely familiar to the woman at the bar. They were obviously looking for the morph, which is why the woman at the bar was confused by the master ordering a drink at the bar.
She swallowed her drink and shifted so her saber was more concealed and waited. Fortunately someone took the empty seat between her and the Jedi she almost sighed. Then someone tapped her shoulder, it took all of her self-control not to draw her saber instead she jumped, how embarrassing.
She turned to see a man standing there. He was older and he seemed to be trying to pick up a date. She would have scanned him but she was suddenly very conscious of the Jedi standing at the counter practically next to her. "Would you like to dance?" the man asked nervously. She could really see no reason to say no. She was after all here for fun, and it had been awhile since she danced. She extended her hand to the man who gently took it and led her to the dance floor. "What's your name?" he asked. She could smell the alcohol on the mans breath, she figured that he wouldn't remember her name anyway so she gave the literal translation of her Sith name "Raven" she said simply.
She watched the younger Jedi moving through the crowd. "That's beautiful," said the man. And easier to pronounce in the mans state of intoxication
"mines Twiam" he said back. She nodded in acknowledge she was moving her hips in a swaying motion to the music moving in sensuous serpentine motion. "You are so beautiful," he said. She smiled and lightly very lightly scanned him, smiling while she did it. She caught an underlying current of guilt and wondered why. She probed a little further and found the reason soon enough, the man was married and was planning on cheating on his wife.
Raven frowned usually another persons relationship meant nothing to her but he had a wife and kids at home. Plus if he didn't do it with her he would find someone else. In this neighborhood he might not make it home after the encounter.
She glanced around the room, the Jedi kid was subtly probing the patrons in the far corner and the master was still at the bar. She pulled the force just a little and said, "go home to your wife tell her you love her and never think about straying again" she said putting as much force compulsion in her voice as she dared.
The man blinked and repeated what she said word for word, and then he stumbled away from her in a daze. The man headed out the door and into the night. She felt the light side shimmer near the Jedi and realized that he was doing the same to the death stick dealer who sat down beside him.
She watched the dealer also stumble away. She walked back to her seat and ordered another drink, a Corellian blue whiskey and tried to ignore the sensation that she was being watched. The bartender refilled her glass and then went down to the Jedi and filled his glass with the same thing.
"Do I know you from somewhere?" the Jedi asked. He had a smooth cultured voice that sounded warm and friendly and it sent ripples through her. "I doubt it," she said back. The morph chose that moment to make a break for it. Perhaps he had thought she was the metamorph. He was proved wrong when his padiwan wounded the fleeing morph. She screamed, and the masters' thoughts were interrupted. He went to the aid of his padiwan. And helped escort the morph outside,
Raven downed the rest of her drink and took that as her cue to leave As she headed towards the door she felt the morph wink out of the force. She pulled her hood down and walked out the door into the dark she turned and passed the alley where the morph had died and kept walking. She wasn't really in the mood for a fight but she wanted to relax. Perhaps a game of sabac on the lower levels. She headed for the public lifts, willing herself to blend into the crowd.
"What's wrong Master?" asked Anakin.Obi briefly thought about shrugging off the encounter in the bar. "There was a girl in the club," said obi instead. Anakin grinned "there were a lot of girls in the club master" said Anakin thinking that his master was finally loosening up enough to be interested in a girl.
"No there was something different about this one, she had a force signature," said obi. "Are you sure master because I didn't feel her" "yes and I believe she was blocking both of us" "is she a Jedi master?" "No I believe she was a Sith"said Obi "then we should track her down and kill her" said Anakin
"No, no I want some questions answered first, she seemed different" said Obi. "How so? She's a Sith therefore evil and our sworn enemy" said Anakin. "If she's evil why did she send that man home to his wife?" asked obi. Anakin looked confused "I just can't shake the feeling that I've seen her before" "where? Master" "I Don't know"
Raven kept walking she pulled her hood up more and tried to blend in but the Jedi had already spotted her. She briefly thought about running but that would have been undignified. She could feel that they were following her and apparently discussing her. She stopped at an intersection and turned right, heading towards one of the public lifts.
She had just gotten there and pushed the button to call it when she felt the presence of the two Jedi directly behind her. The lift doors opened and she walked in the Jedi quickly followed closing the door behind her. She was now alone on the lift with two Jedi.
She moved towards the back of the car, trying to put as much distance between her and them. They made no move towards her and just stood there quietly watching her. Their silence was unnerving her. She randomly hit one of the lower level buttons as she moved to the back.
They stood there watching her, she tried to ignore them. Their probes met tight shields some of her surface emotions were all they could detect. She was ill at ease but not openly hostile, at least not yet Obi mused. "Who are you?" the younger one finally asked.
"Who wants to know?" she responded… The young one seemed offended "peace my friend" said the older one. Laying a hand on the boys arm "my name is Obi wan Kenobi" he said "and this is my Padawan Anakin skywalker"