35 BBY
On board, a T-6 shuttle a twenty-year-old man walks down a corridor from the cockpit to one of the quarters the shuttle has. The young man looks troubled once he reaches the quarter and opens the door. Inside the quarter, a man with brown hair lies on a bunk bed with a blanket covering him. The man's eyes are closed, his forehead is covered in sweat and he doesn't react to the person entering the room he is in. The young man walks towards the bunk bed and kneels down beside it. He calmly puts a hand on the older males forehead to measure his temperature. What he feels worries him as his companion feels really cold despite the sweat covering his forehead. The young man stands up and walks to the side of the room where two bags stand containing their supplies. Inside are clothing, a few blankets and other things they need. He quickly takes one of the blankets out to cover the older male with.
"Master, we will be reaching the temple in thirty minutes. Hang in there" The young man says after covering his companion in another blanket to keep the coldness of space from him. He knows that his master needs the care of the temple healers soon if he is to survive his injuries. Knowing he can't do anything anymore for his master the young man walks back to the cockpit to monitor the ship during the last part of their journey home.
Ten minutes later a ship leaves hyperspace and enters the space above Coruscant. Within a few seconds, it is contacted by Coruscant traffic control. Because the ship gives a diplomatic jedi signal it is quickly given a vector to the temple district. The trip through this vector takes about fifteen minutes as it is a busy vector at the busiest time of the day. Once it is close to the end of the vector the ship is contacted by temple control and says
"Tranquility, this is temple control. Please follow vector 220 to the main landing bay"
"Temple control, this is senior padawan Obi-wan Kenobi. My master was injured in an explosion on Toswao and is in urgent need of healers" padawan Kenobi replies and has to wait one minute before he is contacted again by temple control
"Padawan Kenobi, we read you. Follow vector 358 to the medical hangar. Healers will be awaiting your arrival there in a few minutes"
"Understood, vector 358 to the medical hangar" padawan Kenobi replies while making the necessary adjustments to put the ship on the appropriate vector. He knows that this is a vector that is only used for medical emergencies as it is located almost next to the healing wing. Three minutes pass and he enters the medical hangar where he lands his ship. He can see a group of healers awaiting him there together with Master Windu. Quickly walking to the boarding ramp, he lowers it and the healers immediately swarm the ship. He knows that they will be able to tell where his master is without his help so he doesn't say anything nor goes after them. Instead, he turns to master Windu who is waiting for him at the bottom of the boarding ramp.
"Padawan Kenobi, welcome back. I hope you had a good trip home under the circumstances" master Windu says when Obi-wan reaches him.
"Master, the mission it ..." Obi-wan begins but master Windu cuts him off by holding up his hand and saying
"The report of your mission can wait until we have word on your master's condition and you yourself have freshened up"
"Of course, master" Obi-wan says. Together they follow the healers who have already left the ship and are moving his master to the healing wing so that they can treat his injuries. Once there master Windu is told by the attendants to wait while Obi-wan is taken aside by the healers for a medical exam. They want to make sure he is healthy and doesn't have any injuries his is unaware of, has forgotten about or didn't notice. This is the case because Master Jinn has been severely injured and they don't know if Obi-Wan was in the same situation as his master. Obi-wan doesn't like the medical exam as he is told to undress so that they can do a bodily check. Personally, he deems these checks the worst there are. They are highly embarrassing in his opinion. Also, he knows that resisting if futile because the healers then will turn to dirty tactics to get their job done. One of their favorites tactics is to give an anesthesia to the patient something which he, unfortunately, had to endure one time too many in his opinion. He knows that he learned his lessons in refusing to do as the healers say. Because of his compliance, he will be allowed to redress himself not much later and thirty minutes later he is finally released from the healing wing.
"Is there any news about master Qui-gon?" Obi-wan asks after sitting down next to Master Windu in the waiting area.
"Not yet, I've been waiting and also have informed the council about your's and your master's return" master Windu says. Just then one of the apprentice healers walks up to them.
"Master Windu, padawan Kenobi, we have managed to stabilize master Jinn's condition but will be keeping him in an induced coma a few days as his condition is too critical to place him in a baca tank. When his condition has sufficiently improved we will be moving him to a bacta tank. It should be noted that even after the bacta treatment his recovery will most likely take around a year before he is able to go on missions. The next six to seven months he should refrain from strenuous work and should avoid stress"
"Thank you for informing us, padawan" master Windu says. The padawan leaves to go back to his other duties while master Windu turns to Obi-Wan
"Padawan, go to your room to freshen up. You are expected at the council room in ninety minutes"
"Yes, master" Obi-Wan says and then goes back to his and his master's quarters to freshen up and eat a bit. Along the way, he comes across a group of younglings going to their next lesson. His attention is drawn to a blond haired boy walking next to a Kel Dor girl. Why his attention was drawn to the boy, he doesn't know. The boy holds nothing remarkable about him except for his strength in the Force. From his experience in helping out with the clans, he knows that the strength the boy has is something extraordinary. Also, he knows that most are really arrogant to their clan mates because they deem themselves better than others. Still, that doesn't explain why his attention was drawn to the boy.
Five minutes later Obi-Wan arrives at his quarters and quickly cleans himself before making his way to the refractory reserved for ranking members of the order. This means that only padawans or those higher in rank can eat there without a ranking member escorting them. He arrives there ten minutes later and grabs some food. When he looks around the room for a place to sit he sees that Bant and Galen are sitting together eating and that there are a few chairs unoccupied on their table. Walking up to them he asks
"Can I sit here with you?"
"Of course, Obi. I didn't know you would be back already. I thought that your mission would take a few more weeks. Why are you back already? And where is master Jinn?" Galen asks enthusiastically as he wants to know why his friend is back prematurely from his mission. This almost never happens unless the council deems the mission to be a lost cause or the jedi present is being replaced with another. But then they would have heard something about it as both situations would soon be known to the temple gossipers. Then they would have known about it.
"Well, after some events we had to leave Toswao in a hurry without finishing the mission. As to where my master is, he is in the healing halls and the reason why we had to leave in a hurry. I can't talk about everything as I'm expected by the council in approximately twenty minutes to have my mission debriefing" Obi-wan explains. He really wants with his friends about his mission but knows that he can't do so without first having had a mission debriefing. This is something all of them know full well. You can't talk about your mission if you haven't had your mission debriefing yet. Thus they spend their time talking about the latest gossip they heard. One of them is that master Dooku has recently been in-temple for months now. This is surprising for all as he hasn't been in the temple for years now and the rumor mill has been saying that he intends to leave the order altogether sometime in the future. They continue to talk while Obi-wan makes sure to keep track of time. He doesn't want to arrive late for the council meeting. This would be highly embarrassing and won't look good on his record. He knows that he is well on his way to being knighted but is also sure that it will take a few more years before he is actually ready. Ten minutes later he sees that he has to say goodbye to his friends because he needs to go to the council.
Five minutes later Obi-wan arrives at the council room and waits to be called inside. He looks out of one of the windows to Coruscant's traffic while gathering his thoughts about the mission. He doesn't have to wait long before the council calls him in and is secretly glad about it as it takes some pressure off him. This is actually the first time he will have a mission debriefing without his master being present. As he walks in he can see that not only master Windu and Yoda are present but also that master Giiett. He wonders why that is because this is not a situation where more masters are needed. Also, Obi-Wan wonders what master Dooku's interest is because he knows from his master that the bond between them has never been really strong and that they haven't talked to each other in over a year. In fact, he knows that his master despises his master greatly for reason Obi-Wan knows not. He makes sure to keep his wonderings hidden as he doesn't want to have questions asked about it by the masters.
"Padawan Kenobi, the council would like to know what happened on your mission to Toswao that you had to leave without finishing and also how your master got so badly injured" master Windu says after Obi-Wan has bowed to them while standing in the middle of the room.
"As you know my master and I was sent to Toswao to survey the planet for a possible entry into the republic. While there we learned that the planet is peaceful and acceptable for entry into the republic. The technology they have developed will in our opinion be tradable as well as the natural resources the planet possesses. This is but a summary of the most important things we learned during our mission. The details will be in our mission report but I don't know when we will be able to file it, masters. But that was not what you asked" Obi-Wan says and takes a deep breath before continuing.
"The reason for leaving the planet without finishing our mission is directly related to my master's injuries. While there we learned that some people want to have to leaders removed from their position and have been committing terrorist acts to get it done. As is with most terrorist, innocents have been among the victims all the time. When we were at a meeting between the public and the leadership of the planet to let the people voice their thoughts to them, a suicide bomber was discovered among the public. In the enduring chaos, my master managed to stop the bomber from detonating the bomb while everyone got out of the building. Once everyone was out my master jumped out of a building and was unfortunately caught by the explosion. I saw it happen from where I was standing outside of the building as my master had instructed me to make sure to get everyone out. The healers from Toswao didn't know how to treat my master's injuries sufficiently, they believed he would die from them but I knew that our healers would be able to help them. In the end, they made sure that we would be able to reach Coruscant. Thus I had my master brought onboard our ship and left the planet for Coruscant. What happened after that you all know" Obi-wan explains and waits for the masters to respond. He can see that they are all in deep thought.
"Thank you for your explanation, Padawan. If you would leave the room for a moment, we have matters to discuss which will affect you" master Windu says and Obi-Wan leaves the room. He wonders what they would have to discuss and can't come up with any reasonable explanation. It is all really mysterious for him and if he is honest with himself also frustrating. One thing he hopes for is that he is allowed to visit the clans so that he will be able to fully uncover why the Force directed him to the human younglings. Alright, it is rare that a senior padawan isn't allowed to visit the clans if he has time between his own lessons and training.
Meanwhile, in the council room, a heated discussion is taking place about who will temporarily take over Obi-Wan's training. They don't want him to be delayed in his knighting as he has to be ready to take on his future apprentice. For that, he has to be knighted this year or within six months of the next year. It also brings up the topic of how they will explain this to Master Jinn. All of them know that he will want to have an explanation and won't take no for an answer. All of the masters want to temporarily take over Obi-Wan's training but in the end, they all agree that master Windu will take over his training. It is then that they call Obi-Wan back into the room.
"Padawan Kenobi, we have reached a decision on the matters we had to discuss. It has been decided that master Windu will take over your training until your master can attend to it again by himself. He will also inform your master about the council's decision " master Giiett explains.
"Of course, masters" Obi-wan says but wonders why this is happening to him now. Having another master temporarily taking over a padawans training only happens with junior padawans and never before has it happened with a senior padawan. This all is really strange to him so he intends to ask master Windu about it once he has time for it. When master Windu stands up and leaves the council room shortly afterward Obi-wan follows him closely behind. Once they are outside master Windu turn around to him and asks
"Do you want to be there when I talk to master Jinn or not. This conversation will most likely happen in a few days. Currently, I will need to go teach a class of younglings. You can spend some time doing some individual training"
"Of course, master. I would like to visit the clans in a few days to learn more about the youngling I saw and why my attention was drawn to him" Obi-wan says but also knows that this is a discussion for masters. This means that he has no place being there.
"I don't see a problem with that, Obi-wan. The clans won't have lessons during the afternoon so it will be easy for you to visit with them then. But can you explain the situation to me when you saw the youngling?" master Windu asks having his interest drawn. He wonders if the youngling his attention was drawn towards is actually Anakin. This would mean that the Force is already drawing them together.
"I was on my way to my quarters when I came upon a clan going towards their lessons and the Force drew my attention to a human male child with blond hair walking next to a Kel Dor female. I could feel an incredible strength he has in the Force and that was also the only remarkable thing I could detect about him" Obi-wan explains calmly.
"Ah, I believe you came upon the juniors of the Berguutfa clan. I also know the boy you speak of. His name is Anakin Skywalker and he is a good student with some problems with emotional control. This would be something his future master would have to work on but the council believes that he will make an incredible knight" Master Windu says and is sure that Obi-wan has recently met his future padawan. Now it is just wondering how strong the connection between them will be now.
"Thank you, master. This will make it easier for me to meet him again in the future" Obi-wan says and makes his way towards one of the private dojo's to practice for some time. In a few days, he will go to the clan areas to meet up with Anakin and learn more about him. He hopes that he will discover why the Force drew his attention to him. But for now, he will practice his forms in case master Windu wants to test him later on and doesn't want to disappoint him. Meanwhile, Master Windu is making his way to the classroom where he has to teach a group of younglings.
