REPUBLIC RANSOM
Anakin is captured and held for ransom by a group of bounty hunters and obi-wan is sent to rescue him when the Separatists make a deal for the bounty hunters to hand Anakin over to them.
PROLOGUE.
Anakin groaned, forcing his eyes open as his head pounded with sharp stabs of pain in time with his , Anakin tried to sit up. The Force Cuffs sent an electric charge through his body, crying out in pain, Anakin instantly laid still, hs chest heaving as he gasped fro breath.
"You're finally awake."
Anakin frowned at the voice, "who are you?"
A snorting, derisive laugh was his answer. "It's always the same questions," she said with an exaggerated sigh, "who are you? What do you want? Why am I here? You know, I was kind of hoping you'd be more... original."
"Well when you're in my position, they're kind of the questions you want answered." Anakin slowly tried to pull his left wrist out of the cuff... he gasped, hissing as the electricity shocked him.
his captor snorted, "good job." She chuckled softly and sighed, "you can't escape, so you might as well just lie back and relax."
It was Anakin's turn to let out a loud snort, "you're holding me prisoner, restrained with shackles that electrocute me every time I move, but you want me to relax?"
"you really don't have much of a choice."
"You know, since we're being so friendly,maybe you could tell me what the hell I'm doing here?!" Anakin jerked angrily at the cuffs_ he saw stars as blinding pain shot through him, ok, bad idea.
For a moment, his captor was quiet, then she sighed. "We're going to ransom you to either the Republic, or the Separatists."
"So which is it?"
The woman chuckled, "that depends on who offers the most for you, now doesn't it?"
Anakin let out a silent sigh of relief, "if you contact Chancellor Palpatine, he'll give you any amount you want." Sometimes, it was good to have friends in high places.
"I don't think so," she replied, laughing quietly. "i'm going to contact Count Dooku and your Chancellor friend, I'm going to give a base price of 1000,000 credits. Whoever offers the highest amount over that, gets you."
Anakin closed his eyes, this was not good. "You do know that Dooku will probably just kill you?" If he could convince her it wasn't worth the risk_
"Aw... You're trying to protect me, that's so sweet." She laughed loudly, "I've dealt with Count Dooku before, I always come out the big winner."
And wasn't that just great, Anakin swore... Loudly. He was going to be auctioned off and sold to the highest bidder and there was nothing he could do to stop it.