Disclaimer: They're not mine. They belong to George Lucas, and the only character that's mine is Jeela Linn.
Chapter 1
Jeela Linn landed her starfighter on the landing pad of Geonosis. She knew she was expected. She was to assist a Sith Knight in the struggle against the Separatist forces.
She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. This was her first assignment on her own since passing her trials. At nineteen standard years, she was one of the younger Jedi in the Order. She touched her hair, making sure it was still bound in the tight bun. It would be easier to go into battle with it bound that way; it would remain out of the way. Even when she was a Padawan learner, she always kept her reddish blond hair bound, except for the standard Padawan braid worn on the side.
As she made her way to the command center, she found herself wondering about the mysterious Sith Knight she was to work with. The Sith order was similar to the Jedi order. They worked together to maintain peace and justice in the galaxy, but the Jedi mostly tried to use words and negotiations, and when they failed, the Sith came in. Jeela and her master had worked with a Sith knight before, so she knew the drill.
She got out of her starfighter and walked over to where clone troopers were assembled, talking with a handsome man. The Sith Knight, she thought. She took a moment to study him.
He was, indeed, handsome, with reddish blond hair like hers, smoky blue-grey eyes, and a well-kept beard. She guessed his age to be about thirty-five standard years. He wasn't very tall, but from what she knew about Sith Knights, his height wasn't a hindrance.
Sith Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi sensed he was being watched and he looked up from the radar he was studying with Commander Cody, to find a young girl walking toward them. Very young, he thought with disapproval. She doesn't look a day over nineteen. She can't be a Jedi Knight at that age. He found himself scanning the area for her Jedi master, but it was obvious she was alone.
"You must be the Sith Knight I'm to report to," she said without preamble. "I'm Jeela Linn."
"Where's your master?" he demanded. "I didn't know the Council would send their Padawan learners on missions like these on their own."
Jeela was annoyed, but managed to channel her annoyance into the Force. "With all due respect, I just passed the trials three weeks ago and am a Jedi Knight."
He shook his head in disbelief. "You can't be a day over nineteen."
She looked at him long and hard. "Just turned nineteen the day I passed the trials." She sighed. "Look, maybe you should concentrate more on my battle skills rather than my age, and maybe we'll get through this mission with as little drama as possible."
He nodded, sending his own annoyance at the girl's impudence into the Force. After all, once this mission was over, he'd go back to the Sith order and never have to see her again. "Fair enough, Jedi Linn." He held out his hand to her. "I'm Obi-Wan Kenobi, Knight of the Sith order."
She reached out to take his hand and the moment their fingers touched, she felt a slight jolt of electricity rush through her. She shivered, but shook it off, trying to force her mind back onto the battle at hand. "Okay, Knight Kenobi, what have we got?"