Duchess of Mandalore Revisited
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 2 Episode 14
If you have seen this Clone Wars episode, I am picking up the story plot right when Duchess Satine is on the run through the streets of Coruscant after the Death Watch agent kills Davu Golec- the man who had just delivered the tape Satine needs to keep Mandalore neutral. It's very similar to the actual episode, but I added and changed a few items to spice things up.
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Duchess Satine Kryze had been on the run through the evening Coruscanti ground traffic for over two standard hours before she finally felt safe enough to contact her most trusted friend.
Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi stood gazing out into the night from his apartment in the Jedi Temple. The latest disturbing news had been all over the holo-net: Satine Kryze was the main suspect in a fatal shooting and was now a fugitive. Of late, things had been getting worse and worse for his peace-loving friend. Someone powerful was determined to bring about her demise but Obi-Wan was determined to keep her safe. He stroked his beard and chided himself inwardly for allowing himself to feel so anxious and worried about her. Anakin had sensed his deep-seated feelings for the young duchess, and had even gone so far as to pry at him with awkward questions about their history. However, all of the questions he had asked Obi-Wan needed no verbal response. Anakin knew love when he saw it and even more so when he felt it. He felt it rolling off of Obi-Wan in steady waves. For the first time in a very long time, Obi-Wan was struggling with his commitment to the Jedi Code, particularly the clause that forbade the forming of attachments.
That was not important to him right now. Where was Satine? She desperately needed his help. He prayed to the Force that she would contact him soon, so that he could bring her to safety and possibly aid her neutrality mission.
The very woman he had been worried sick about suddenly interrupted his meditations and thoughts. He heard the initial beeping of a holo-transmission and turned to see the gleaming hologram of Satine standing in the middle of his sitting room. She had a harried and urgent look about her.
"Obi-Wan, come in," said the hologram. "Obi-Wan, are you there?"
He started and walked swiftly over to the transmission unit where he could see her better. She was distressed but unharmed. Relief washed over him quickly followed by concern.
"Satine!" he exclaimed, his sentiments betraying him. "Where are you? Mas Amedda has demanded you turn yourself in!"
"I know," she replied, her voice reduced to a low urgent whisper. "Listen to me, Obi-Wan," she begged. "I need your help. Please come meet me. My comlink is open."
No sooner had the transmission cut out did Obi-Wan make for the door. He stopped abruptly at the threshold realizing that he would need to make himself less recognizable. He shrugged out of his clone armor so as to diminish his silhouette and conceal the popular profile of General Kenobi. He donned a pair of mahogany knee high boots and fastened his brown wool cloak about his shoulders. He clipped his trusty weapon away safely and pulled the large brown hood up around his head and face. Then he made a dash for the nearest hangar and took off in the fastest, stealthiest speeder he could find straight to Satine's location.