Pirates Lust

Disclaimer: All credit goes to George Lucas the creator of Star Wars

Summary: Anakin was captured by pirates after winning a pod race at the age of seven and has spent the last seven years in their care. He won his freedom at the age of ten by making a deal with Hondo that he would stay if he could be free and this would be ensured when Hondo made himself Anakins guardian. Anakin is turning out to be quite a fiesty assasin, even though he cannot bring himself to kill. They go to the Jedi temple at the request of the Jedi council to make sure that they are all being legal, when they take an intrest in the teenage boy being picked on by the other pirates. They realise that Hondo does not want a boy who cannot kill and take Anakin into their care, but something dark is looming on the horizon, Anakin takes a shine to one Senator Amidala.

Chapter 1

"Mum!" Anakin screamed for his mother as he was haulled into the ship by pirates. But he could not see her and his view was blocked by Hondo.

"Do not fear, boy. You are in my care now..."

"No!" Anakin screamed.

"No!" Anakin screamed as he awoke and sat up straight. He was sweating from head to toe and shaking from the fear of the nightmare, or was it a memory? Anakin looked down to find his bed soaked with sweat and blood, he had been beaten up by the other pirates the night before. Pirates. Anakin clenched his jaw at the mere thought of them. The only nice one was Hondo, his guardian. Anakin had won his freedom in a card game with them but had nowhere to go, Hondo now remained as Anakins guardian.

There must have been at least an hour left until day break on Florrum, but there was a slight buzzing outside Anakins door. "Damn it." He cursed to himself quietly. He must of been screaming loudly enough for the other pirates to hear, he had to create a reason for it. He couldnt just say that he'd had a nightmare like a small child. Anakin would not go through that again.

Spying a small bomb at the end of his bed that he often tinkered with, he used the force to allow it to fly into his hand. Anakin had been able to use the force for years, the pirates did not care. They simply appreciated the fact that Anakin could help them and that was what kept him from being cared for and being murdered, but with the rate they were going Anakin would soon be dead.

Anakin rolled off his bed and held his breath. Priming the bomb, he threw it at the wall and ducked low. A miniature explosion sounded surprisingly loudly and alarms blazed throughout the crime lords home. A bunch of pirates burst into Anakins room to find him slowly standing up with a blood stained shirt and a gaping hole in the wall. Normally, if there was no injury to Anakin, they did not care for his safety, but now it was evident that they did. They could not lose the best mechanic they had ever had.

"You alright there, Ani?" One of them asked. Anakin nodded shakily, it was the best he could manage. The pirates set off through the hole in the wall as if to track an invisible foe and Hondo rushed into the room to find Anakin.

"Ani! My boy, you are unharmed I trust, no?" Hondo always spoke as if he was drunk and it seemed to lighten Anakins mood slightly.

"Fine Hondo. They came in through the wall, but I managed to push them backwards." Anakin was a master at coming up with excuses. Hondo had noticed this when Anakin lied his way into tricking Jabba the Hutt into paying Hondo a million credits. Hondo had been so happy that he'd given Anakin his own private room, which he was now in, and trained him in fighting with blades in the unique style of pirates. Hondo was smiling now as if he had realised something special.

"I think its time we sent you on your first assasination attempt, my boy!" Hondo yelled with utter gladness and the proudness of a father seeing his son doing something extraordinary for the first time. "Lets see. You dont like weapons that we have so you can come up with something I'm sure. We have to go to the Jedi temple in an hour precisely, you can accompany us until I figure out a suitable target for you to kill."

Anakin flinched at the last words. "Thats great, Hondo. I'm all for it but I-uh- I cant kill." Hondo's face turned to stone. The looks of pleasure faded from his features as Anakin had seen multiple times before and Anakin tensed his body to brace himself for the blow that was about to hit him. As Anakin predicted, Hondo stepped forwards and puched Anakin straight in the chest, sending him backwards into the wall and face down on the floor.

"You will come with us to the Jedi temple on Coruscant or be sold to the highest bidder!" He declared at once and stormed out of Anakins room. Anakin reached to his back and found it wet and stained red with blood, he only had one spare shirt and barely enough bacta bandages to go around his body once. He sighed and stood up to give himself medical attention, Anakin was well practised by now, he had been injured often enough.

Anakin had to rip off his shirt as it was stuck to his body and put on the only bacta bandages that he had. It went around him once but not a length more, Anakin pinned it in place and pulled on a fresh blue shirt. The other pirates would surely notice Hondos mood and try to get him, Anakin immediatley went to the ship so he could avoid them. But the moment they started boarding the ship, Anakin had his hair ruffled in an un-friendly way by every single pirate. He sat on a crate by the entrance so that they wouldnt have to find him and merely sat still as they did so. Hondo finally boarded, after giving Anakin a rough lookover, and went to the cock pit.

Anakin volted over a few crates and sat in his usual corner were he tinkered with his small devices. His favourite was a device he had called C3PO. He planned to build an entire droid for threepios brain but for now he had settled with having created a concious for his future droid and placed it in a modified holopad. This holopad could hack anything, with threepios circuitry and Anakins brain, he had earned several thousand credits with his invention by tapping into star systems around the galaxy. Anakin turned his small device on and listened to the normal welcome of threepios voice.

"Master Ani. A pleasure to see you again!" Threepio cried out at once.

"You cant even see threepio. But you will soon, I promise. We're heading to the Jedi temple on Coruscant for a regular check up of the pirates activities, would you like to stay on the ship or for me to carry you around in my pocket?" Anakin always valued his circuit made pals opinion, even if Anakin had made it. Anakin had given threepio a brain of his own, but not enough power for him to run wild and destory everything, Anakin had heard of that happening before. Thats why noone ever built something as complicated as threepio. They entered hyperspace in a blurr and Anakin squeezed himself into a crate so that the pirates would not find him, they never could. His natural ability at hiding had been accepted by them as a pirates reflex and they never questioned his location and merely waited for him on the landing pad of ramp of the ship.


The council had fallen silent as Master Yoda closed his eyes and listened to the whispers of the force. Something powerful was headed to Coruscant, something more powerful than any Jedi. Was it a sith? No. No, a sith was fuelled by hatred and fear. This being was not influenced by the dark side. But strangley they were not influenced by the light side either, they were neutral. Perhaps the first truley neutral being to ever come to Coruscant.

Master Yoda opened his eyes slowly. "Power, I sense. A great power. Someone is coming. Someone who has lived a life of pain and suffering." He explained slowly.

"A sith?" Master Windu asked. "They have been extinct for a millenium, apart from the rogue who confronted Master Jinn and Kenobi."

"A sith, this is not. A Jedi, this is not. No allegiances, does this power have. On its way to the temple, it is. A neutral being, strong in the force and unaware of the fight between the Jedi and the sith."

"What do you feel we should do with this, being?" Ki-Adi Mundi asked.

"Test it, we must. If sway to the dark side it may, prevent that we must. Allow such a power to the dark, we cannot."

There was a murmered agreement between the members of the council. If this power was as great as Master Yoda said it was, they had to find it. But there was a thought going through many of their minds. A being born into times of strife and pain. Remaining neutral until something could gain its allegiance. Three words described this being. The chosen one. But there was no certainty, they all believed that the chosen one would be born into the Jedi and none of them dared waver that faith. But when they found this new power, they would be certain to look into their future.


The pirates ship docked at the Jedi temple with a rough clang. Anakin suspected that he would have to fix that later on, stupid mechanics never getting things right, Anakin thought. He quickly slipped a protesting threepio into his pocket and jumped out from behind the crates the were the ramp was being lowered before any of the pirates could see him. When the ramp was finally lowered, he saw several Jedi waiting on the landing platform for them. Anakin quickly rushed behind Hondo, who always walked out first, and took his usual place at the back of the line. The back of the line always meant least important, Anakin had been told this by threepio before he had muted his speech before Hondo could hear him.

Hondo descended down the ramp and met up with the Jedi. Hondo always opened a conversation with a joke and Anakin walked off to the side, he realised the Jedis gaze was following him for the few paces that he took. Anakin knew they disliked pirates, but there was something else that appeared in their eyes. A gleam of something, perhaps confusion? He did not know. But then again, why was any fourteen year old on an outing with some pirates.

"Ah! Jedi! So good to see you again, my friends!" Hondo greeted the Jedi in an all to familiar fashion. But only half of the Jedi were listening, the other half had their gazes fixed on Anakin who was slowly becoming more uncomfortable and starring at the floor.

"Hello, Hondo. We trust you wont be staying long?" Master Plo Koon always answered the same thing. Anakin smiled slightly at the joke, but made his features go back to their blankness as the Jedi were still watching him.

"Not if I can help it old friend. And if you stare at that boy any longer he's going to turn to stone." He and the other pirates burst out laughing and Anakin looked at them with a furious glare. The Jedi's faces had turned to stony looks and they did not laugh. Hondo realised that Anakin was not laughing. "Come on, Ani! Laugh, its good for you!" Hondo encouraged Anakin as he and the piratse turned to face him.

"I will when you tell me something thats funny." Anakin bluntly stated with a cold stare. The laughter died down from the pirates and the Jedi arched their eye brows and nodded their apporvement when Anakin chanced a glance at them.

"We'll deal with you later. Idiot." Hondo spat as he pushed past the Jedi and into the temple. "Hurry up, Jedi! I dont want to have to stay here for too long!" The group of pirates started walking and Anakin followed from a few paces behind. But a few Jedi remained rooted to the spot as the pirates walked past and began to walk alongside and behind Anakin when he finally walked past them.

"So, how did you end up as a pirate?" Master Plo Koon asked eagerly.

"I was stolen by them. Hondo is my guardian, but he and his pirates arent exactly the nice sort." Anakin replied gloomily.

"Don't worry, beating minors is illegal here." Master Plo said reassuringly. Unfortunatley for Anakin, he patted him on the back exactly where he was injured and Anakin seized up for a second before continuing, praying that none of them had noticed. But they had and where studying his back in concern, eventually when they sensed how much pain Anakin was in, they stopped him.

"Whats wrong with your back?" Aayla Secura asked in concern.

"Beatings arent illegal on Florrum. I tend to get alot of them." Anakin explained as he tried to follow the group of pirates, but a hand grabbed his arm gently and pulled him backwards.

"You should get that looked at." Shaak Ti advised.

"Its fine, really, I'm used to it." Anakin tried to explain, but the Jedi led him away and down a corridor. Anakin did not try to protest but he was curious as to where he was going.

"Not to sound like a curious child or anything, but, where are we going?" Anakin asked.

"To the medical room to see if you need treatment." He was told as they rounded a corner.

"But what about Hondo?" Anakin asked more out of fear of what would happen to him if Hondo found out he had gone than curiousity.

"You need not worry about him. Considering the fact that he is your guardian, he is required by law on Coruscant to allow you to see a medical droid. If he refuses, you are removed from his care. If that happens, you will most likely be placed into the care of the Jedi until a foster home is found." They explained to him. Anakin could not repress the pure joy of the thought of being away from those piratse, even though he had fun at times, Anakin had a feeling that Hondo didnt plan on him being around much longer.

They rounded another corner and a drop of blood ran down Anakins back, he shivered as he felt it trail down his back and slowly slide to the point where his shirt contacted with his back. A small drop of red appeared on the blue and Anakin had a strange feeling that the Jedi were becoming more concerned as their pace quickened ever so slightly. Anakin felt his eyes dropping and with a jolt he remembered that the pain killers he was supposed to take, he had forgotten to take. He cursed in his mind at his foolishness and suddenly they were standing in a room with a bed and a medical droid. Anakin gulped down his nervousness and became intent on listening to what was going on.

"Our friend here has been injured. Please make sure that he is well and if not tell us how long he will have to stay." Shaak Ti told the medical droid who gestured for Anakin to sit on the bed.

Anakin nervously sat down and eyed the droid suspiciously. "Please remove your shirt." It requested. Anakin complyed and took off his shirt over his head with one swift movement. The bandages, he saw, where stained deep red and the fact that there wasnt enough of them to remain tight seemed to of taken its toll on Anakins health. The medical droid quickly stripped away the bandages to reveal the scars on Anakins back and a small gash that ran from his shoulder to his ribs. "This may hurt a small bit." The medical droid warned Anakin who braced himself. The pain was nothing compared to what Anakin had experienced with the pirates and slavers. The droid was stitching up Anakins wound, after it had finished threepios voice sounded from Anakins pocket.

"Master Anakin, are you alright?" The Jedi were startled and Anakin cursed silently again. He reached into his pocket and drew out the device that was tthreepios brain.

"No I'm fine threepio. Can you just be quiet for a moment please? I think I'm going to yell at you if I feel anymore pain." Anakin advised his cyber friend who muted himself immediatley. Anakin was about to put him back into his pocket when the Jedi overcame their shock.

"You made yourself a droid with a brain? No programming?" Plo Koon asked.

"Well, he does have some programming to make sure that he dosent run amuck or anything serious. I thought it would be a good idea to restrict his abilities so that if anyone got a hold of him, he would be useless without me." Anakin explained as he handed threepio over to the Jedis outstretched hand.

"I am afraid your friend will have to stay the night here masters. He has some internal bleeding that will be healled by the bacta but it is impossible to determine how long that will be. The day will be needed to determine exactly how long he must stay for." The medical droid explained.

"Master Anakin will be just fine I'm sure." Threepio piped up suddenly. Anakin closed his eyes and thought to himself, please threepio dont argue with the medical droid. But his hopes vansihed.

"That may not be true..."

"So an actual droid knows more than one with a brain!" Threepio spat back.

The medical droid was about to make a sassy retort when Anakin reached out and deactivated Threepio and muted the medical droid. "He can be so annoying sometimes."

"I can see that. Hondo will be informed of your prolonged stay, if he refuses you are to remain in Jedi care. Understood?" Aayla Secura suddenly turned serious.

Anakin nodded in silent agreement and was handed back threepio. "Maybe you should tinker with your friend to change his attitude to pass the time?" Shaak Ti suggested with a smile. Anakin smiled back and turned to the small device in his hand, he immediatley removed the backing and moved around a few wires. Hopefully changing threepios mood. But when Anakin turned his friend on, he was speaking in a language Anakin had never heard of before. He shut off threepio again with an embarrased blush at hearing the slight cuckles of the Jedi.

"We will be in session with the Jedi council and your guardian Hondo. But I seriously doubt that you will see him again, beatings are illegal and these sessions are here to make sure he stays legal. Try and get some rest, and fix threepios attitude while your at it." Master Plo Koon said in an amused tone as he and the two other Jedi left him alone with a muted medical droid. Anakin reached out and unmuted him.

"Say anything against threepio and I'm muting you again, alright?" He asked the confounded droid. It simply moved away and Anakin moved backwards so that he could lay back on the bed with his head resting on some propped up pillows. Threepio had embarrased him badly and now he was determined to rewire that droids circuits. "Hondo had better not think I'm going with him." Anakin muttered under his breath.