AN/ and we meet little Lana….grown up since the first visit to Kegan in JA#9

Chapter one

The quietness of the Jedi Temple halls were cut short by the banging and clinking of metal and some yelping of pain coming from one of the dormitories at the end of the hall. Obi Wan, who had just come from breakfast, walked down the end of the corridor as he heard the loud ruckus.

As he got nearer to the door, that's when a loud pang sounded and water came spurting out into the hallway, drenching Obi Wan's sandy tunic and trousers top to bottom. Inside the tiny room, a tiny padawan girl was fighting back the spray of water that was coming from the pipe under her refreshing sink. She was completely drenched by now, and the carpet was soppy with continuous water. The little girl noticed Obi Wan standing there, looking a little puzzled at his wet robes.

"Oh! Err…sorry…but…could you help….me!" She yelled as she struggled to tighten the bolt around the pipe with a durasteel wrench. The water kept spraying out in all directions at a very powerful flow. The girl was struggling to fight against the pressure of water.

"Goodness!" He said and proceeded into the room, crouched down and they both put their hands on the wrench. But the wrench was slippery from the water, and Obi Wan lost his grip on it.

"Arg! Sith pipe!"

He called on the force to nudge the wrench to the right and it finally gave way. He was then able to turn it until it tightened and the water stopped spraying into his face. He wiped away the water from his eyes, shaking out his pony tail as well.

"Thanks! I was having a hard time, as you can tell!" she laughed and then looked down at their robes. "I'm sorry I got you wet." She pointed to his robes. Obi Wan grinned.

"Well, thanks to you, I am wide awake for the day." He laughed and she smiled shyly. He picked her off of the floor. "Your name is Lana, right?"

She smiled at him pleasingly. "Yup. How did you know?" Obi Wan grinned again, remembering the infant girl from Kegan that they had taken to the temple many years ago. How long has it been? 11 years?

"Oh, I've seen you around the temple before, you know, going to classes. And I won't forget the time you almost took Yoda's ear off when you were sparing Keg Baleens."

Lana face flushed pink in embarrassment. "You know about that too?"

Obi Wan chuckled warmly. "Lana, everybody heard about that. Of course, I was actually there too. Just got back from a mission and my master and I thought we'd watch." Obi Wan leaned closer to her as he saw her face grow solemn with despair. "Between you and me, Lana, I thought your lightsaber technique was brilliant."

Lana's glum look lightened a bit as he said this and she smiled once again. "Really? You think so?"

"I know so Lana. Believe me, you aren't the only one with clumsy feet sometimes." He gave her a wink and Lana blushed a little in her cheeks. Then they both jumped in surprise as a sound like someone clearing their throat came from the door way of the room.

A tall, blonde young woman stood there, looking at them. Her hair was shoulder length and tucked behind her ears in that no nonsense way. She had a mixture of both surprise and awkwardness in her face as her eyes took in the un-Jedi site before her. She glanced at soggy Obi Wan, then soggy Lana, then the soggy carpet.

"Uh, good morning Siri." Obi Wan bowed. Siri stood there, gazing for a moment at both of them.

"Ahem. You, uh, weren't answering your comlink, Lana, so we figured you," Siri looked down at Obi Wan's wet pants that clung to his legs and then quickly looking up at Lana, "were indisposed."

Now it was time for Obi Wan to blush. He was surprised when he did so. Why should he be blushing? He decided to wave it aside for a moment.

Lana wrung out her long dark hair of water. "Oh? I, well, my refresher wouldn't turn on and so I thought if I just fixed the piping…well needless to say, he came to my rescue." Lana explained while wringing out her wet cloak.

"Oh, well your master, Kiday, has been summoned to the council room and you are needed there. He asked me to go look for you." Siri said stifling some giggles.

Lana looked a little excited when she answered. "Are we going on a real mission?"

Siri shrugged her shoulders and then smiled. "Well, either way you better hurry up."

Lana wiped her face of the excitement and replaced it with determination as she got her survival pack together. Most of it was wet with water but she still stuffed it into her pack, not really caring at the moment. As she packed, Obi Wan headed for the door past were Siri stood. He gave Siri the 'don't ask' look to her as he passed by. Siri tried not to smile at his ridiculous appearance.

"Oh by the way Lana, my name's Obi Wan." Obi Wan said and then bowed goodbye to the twelve year old girl. She smiled warmly back to him and Obi Wan left Siri and her alone to go to the council chamber.

Lana said under her breath so not even Siri could hear. "Obi Wan…"