Anakin Skywalker and Obi-wan Kinobi were at their flat in down town Corasaunt on the deck. Anakin was playing with yoyo, thoroughly bored. He was lying on his stomach on a reclining chair.

"Obi-wan", he said, "I wana do something."

"Well, too bad, I'm busy", said Obi-wan. He was working on some statistics for the clone wars and was in no mood for Anakin's sulkiness. "Nobody's keeping you here Anakin."

"You are", Anakin grumbled. "I wana go somewhere."

"Anakin, don't you think you're a little old to complain?" Anakin rolled over on his back and stared up at the sky.

"You're such an old woman Obi-wan", Anakin said. Obi-wan rolled his eyes. When Anakin had been ten, he had hoped he would grow out of complaining. Now he was twenty-seven and Obi-wan was losing hope.

"Fine", he said, "Where do you want to go?"

"Yes", said Anakin. "Lets go to that pub down by that hotel, you know, Sparkies."

"Ohh Anakin, I don't like that place", said Obi-wan.

"Please", Anakin said, "Please, please, please."

"How about you go and I stay here."

"I don't want to go alone, are you mad? I'd look stupid."

"Too late for that", Obi-wan mumbled and then to Anakin said, "Then go make some friends."

"You're my friend master", Anakin said, giving his master his most winning smile. Obi-wan quickly melted beneath it.

"All right", he said, "But just for a few hours."

"Yea", said Anikan, quickly getting up. "Did I ever tell you how good a friend you are?"

Obi-wan raised his eyebrows at him and said, "Yea, sure. Lets hurry up and get this over with."

"Yes", said Anakin, and he rushed out the door.

OOOOOO

Anakin Skywalker was having an amazing time. He had already gotten thoroughly drunk, and was very happy about it. After his money had run out, he decided to just stagger around and run into people he didn't know.

The pub lights practially blinded Obi-wan Kinobi, who hadn't gotten drunk, and was watching Anakin, annoyed that things hadn't gone his way that night. He knew he should be angry with Anakin, but he would wait to yell until his protege was sober, for fear that he might go out and shoot himself. Finally, he looked at the clock and decided it was time for Anakin to go home. He needed to buy some Advil for the headache he was going to have tonight, keeping Anakin from drinking anymore and the headache Anakin was sure to have tomorrow.

Obi-wan got up and took Anakin's arm.

"Come on Anakin", he said, "its time to go home." Anakin's head lolled to one side and he had a stupid grin on his face.

"Master", he hiccupped, "You're my best friend." Obi-wan patted his head and then dragged him out.

As Obi-wan was dragging a resistant Anakin back to their speeder, he heard a sound behind him. It was like what you would imagine hearing if someone was following you. At first, Obi-wan thought it was just nothing, just some drunk local, but then he heard it again. He let go of Anakin for a moment and turned around. There was something moving in an alleyway.

He started to walk towards it when he heard a scream behind him. Obi-wan spun around and saw Anakin being forcibly dragged away by a strange creature. He was fighting with everything in him, but he seemed to have been drained of strength.

"Anakin", Obi-wan yelled. He ran towards him, but the beast threw Anakin aside and jumped at Obi-wan. It was a strange kind of alien Obi-wan had never seen. It had a head like a bull with a body like a bear, covered all in thick brown fur with long sharp claws and teeth that glittered like a case of daggers.

The beast smacked Obi-wan across the face, leaving bloody gashes. Obi-wan dropped to the ground beneathe the creatures colossal weight and it knocked him unconscious before dragging a screaming and now sober Anakin away.