A/N: Hello,

My name is Katia, and my friend Cassi and I collaborated on this story, the third in our Darth Maleficent series. Review, review, review!

Thank You Cassi! You are the BEST FRIEND EVER and an AWESOME writer!

Without any further ado, Chapter Two!

The next morning, when Obi-Wan woke up, he heard cheerful voices from the kitchen, and realized that he must have slept late. By the time he had pulled on his Jedi robes and brushed the sand out of his hair, Adeline had breakfast already on the table. "Good morning, sleepyhead!" She said cheerfully as Ahsoka set the table. Obi-Wan's breath caught in his throat as he watched the Angel, who was running a brush through Sadira's curls. She really was beautiful. Adeline looked up at him subconsciously, brushing a glowing lock of hair out of her face.

The two had to stop looking, however, as at that moment, Ahsoka called, "Breakfast's up! Come and get it while it's hot!" There was an unusual silence between Adeline and Obi-Wan that morning, as if each knew the other was uncomfortable. To make up for the silence of the Angel and the Jedi Master, Sadira chattered away with the speed of a Jawa, about everything she knew. Eventually, after a particularly uncomfortable stretch of silence, Sadira set her iPod up on the table and played her favorite song, "What are You Waiting For" at the loudest possible volume. Now, this was saying something, because Sadira and Adeline had modified her iPod for maximum possible capacity and volume the year before.

Eventually, Ahsoka broke the noisy silence by saying, "I bet the junk dealers in Mos Espa can hear this music!" That made Sadira laugh, but Obi-Wan and Adeline just picked at their pancakes. Ahsoka sighed and banged her water glass down on the table. Obi-Wan jumped, and he and Adeline both looked up.

"Listen here, guys. I know you're experiencing mild relationship turbulence, but you don't have to be silent!" She turned towards Adeline, who was looking at her expectantly. "Look, Aunt Adeline, if you want it to move forward, just do it subtly!"

Adeline looked startled, and almost leaped up from her chair, but Ahsoka stopped her, turning to Obi-Wan, who looked mildly freaked out. "Look, Master Kenobi, if you want to propose, just do it! I don't care how, and I know Aunt Adeline won't care how, either! JUST DO IT!"

The Togruta stomped upstairs to her room, Force-pushing a chair over in the process. The small family stared after her, Sadira's music still blasting. Adeline and Obi-Wan seemed to come out of a trance, both saying automatically, "Sadira Valerie Nirvana, turn that music off!"

About twenty minutes later, all of them were acting as if the incident had never happened. Obviously, they were all wanting to ask, but nobody had the guts to. However, they were all acting as if everything was normal, even if it wasn't.

"So, Aunt Adeline, what's the plan to stop Darth Vader?" Ahsoka asked the Nubian Angel.

Adeline grinned. "Well, we just engage the Imperial Stardestroyers and send someone to the surface of Endor to warn the Rebels and help them get out of there. It's a plan worthy of Ahsoka."

The Togruta crossed her arms and pretended to be hurt at Adeline's comment. "Hey!" She exclaimed.

Obi-Wan frowned. "Isn't there something we can do that relies on more than just fate?" He asked.

Adeline crossed her arms over her chest and scowled. "Anybody got a better idea?" She asked.

No one did.

"Well, then, off we go!" Adeline said happily, clapping her hands.

No one moved.

Adeline looked around at all of them. "What are you waiting for? Let's go save the world!"

Obi-Wan cleared his throat. "Um, sweetie, the Zillah Nirvana crashed in the desert three months ago, remember?" He asked.

Adeline swore loudly in seasoned Huttese. "E Chu Ta!" She exclaimed. "I'd forgotten!"

"Well, where are we going to get another ship?" Sadira questioned.

Ahsoka laughed. "Have you forgotten my business? A small, Lambda-class Imperial shuttle was offered to me by another smuggler just a little while ago... I have the Sweet Revenge, so I refused, but I'll bet he still has it. The perfect disguise."

Sadira cheered. "Woo-hoo! The crew of an Imperial shuttle is the perfect cover! We can use my collection, too!"

Everyone looked at her like she was crazy until she showed them out to a small cave in the rock. Inside were about a hundred pairs of stormtrooper armor, all polished to perfection. Sadira looked proud. "See? I told you I had a collection!" She walked among the suits of armor, looking at them and picking up a datapad from a shelf. "Let's see, Addie can take ST-11783, Obi-Wan can have ST-10057, Ahsoka can take ST-98753, and I'll take ST-44444. Oh, they have nicknames, too. Addie's is 'Helmethead', Obi-Wan's is 'Boogie-Brain', Mine is 'Wacko', and Ahsoka's is 'Pookie'."

Ahsoka looked disgusted. "I am NOT wearing the armor of a stormtrooper named Pookie! That's final!"

Adeline ran a hand through her glowing green hair. "You really are crazy," She observed.

"Her nickname is Wacko." Obi-Wan observed, trying in vain to hold back a smile.

Adeline nodded, "It's the only one that applies to our personalities."

"I'll only be able to remember Sadira's." Ahsoka giggled, then glared at the teenager, "But I'm not going as Pookie!"

Adeline smiled, holding back laughter, "Hey, it's better than Helmethead. Now that I think about it, I'm not going anywhere as Helmethead either."

"You are all so picky!" Sadira complained, pouting.

"Because you picked the most ridiculous names you could find." Obi-Wan snapped.

"Well," Sadira grinned, "If you'd rather be Pookie yourself, Master Kenobi-"

"Shut up, Sadira." Adeline cut off her little sister.

Sadira began to giggle. "Well, I can understand about the whole 'Names Thing', but I have an idea." The teenage Angel pulled a bag of something out of her back pocket. Everybody's eyes popped. Obi-Wan began to drool. The bag was full of chocolate chips.

"I still don't like being Pookie!" Ahsoka complained, her mouth full of chocolate. "That was an evil bribe, Sadira."

The teenage Angel laughed from within her suit. "Well, it was the only way," She said, snickering. They were walking to find Ahsoka's contact in Mos Eisley with the shuttle, and they were all wearing the armor, whether they liked it or not.

"Gee, Sadira, it sure gets hot in here," Obi-Wan panted.

Adeline was moaning. "I have an itch and I can't reach it!"

Obi-Wan put his arm around her. "Addie, I'll scratch your back for you," He suggested.

Adeline glared at him through the helmet. "My back doesn't itch," She replied. He shut up.

Sadira just rolled her eyes, "So, where's this guy with the shuttle? Where would he be?"

Ahsoka sighed softly, "I would guess either the spaceport or the cantina. Those are the only places smugglers tend to go."

"Except you."

"I'm the exception to a lot of things, Sadira."

Sadira grinned, "So, where do we go first?"

"Cantina," Everyone else answered at the same time.

"There was no question about it." Adeline added.

"None, always look at a cantina for a smuggler." Obi-Wan continued.

"It was a pretty stupid question. All guys would go for the bar." Ahsoka pointed out.

They headed for the cantina, stormtrooper armor and all. Ahsoka was still grumbling about Pookie, but she was quiet as they entered the small room, where bouncy music was playing. There was no doubt that Adeline's nose went up in the air when they walked in. The Nubian Angel considered herself to be a notch above noisy, drunk smugglers. Ahsoka headed for the 'fresher in back, and the rest of them sat down, waiting for her to carry out her plan.

When the Togruta came back, she was wearing a black cloak that covered her head-tails, montrals, and just about everything else. She looked around, her eyes finally settling on a table where a young man sat, sipping some sort of drink and talking to a Jawa. Ahsoka made a motion with her hand that said, 'Follow my lead,' and walked over to the table. She murmured something to the Jawa, who ran off, and sat down.

"I' m looking to buy that Lambda-class shuttle?" She asked him.

He nodded. "15,000 credits."

She sighed. "I won't buy it for anything over 7,000."

He looked bored. "Ma'am, I won't sell it for anything under 14,000."

Ahsoka twisted a ring on her finger. "I'll go for 8," She said.

He shook his head. That's when the Togruta beckoned Adeline, Obi-Wan, and Sadira over. "You see," She said, "I have friends who want that shuttle, and if you don't give it to me for 9,000-"

He was beginning to sweat. "I'll take the price down to 12,000."

She shook her head. "Not good enough. How about-"

She was cut off again. "10,000! And that's my final offer!" He yelled, face pale and sweat dripping down his cheeks. Ahsoka nearly laughed. She hadn't made someone this nervous in a LONG time!

Ahsoka smiled. "Done. I'll take it." She shook on her deal.

"Docking Bay 327. It's there. I'll wait for my payment."

Ahsoka nodded. "Thank you for your help," She said, waving her hand slightly. He repeated her words, and they walked out of the cantina.

"See, I told you that wasn't so hard!" Ahsoka said, over the choking noises of laughter the others were making from inside their suits.

"Ahsoka, he nearly had a heart attack! Yeah, it wasn't hard. More like FUN!" Adeline said, between gales of laughter.

Obi-Wan sighed, thinking to himself, "I will never understand them. Never."

"I thought we had been over shielding thoughts." Adeline said from ahead.

"Give me a break!" Obi-Wan muttered.

Ahsoka just laughed harder. Sadira grinned, "Yeah, well, Sister, for all those talks you've had with Obi-Wan, one would think you would be able to hide your thoughts from me a little better."

Addie glared, "Sadira, you're my sister. It's different."

"It won't be different for long." Sadira muttered under her breath.

"I'm going to murder you." Addie threatened.

"You can't murder me." Sadira grinned, "I'm the one who got you the stormtrooper outfits."

"And ridiculous nicknames." Adeline reminded her.

"Pookie," Ahsoka muttered darkly.

Obi-Wan shrugged, "Well, while I agree the names are ridiculous, I have to point out her own is Wacko."

Adeline giggled at that, "True,"

Ahsoka sighed. "Well, this is fun, and all, but I think we should try and rescue the Rebel Alliance, don't you think?" She walked over to the shuttle (which was sitting right next to them) and knocked. There was a brief exchange of credits, and then Ahsoka turned to her friends and smiled. "It's all ours!" She said happily, boarding it as the smuggler she had bought it from walked away. Adeline looked at Obi-Wan, shrugged, and climbed aboard, as did Sadira, still laughing about the nicknames.

"No, this shuttle is NOT being named Bozo-Brain! Sadira, where do you come up with those things?" Adeline asked. She had just set the coordinates for Endor, and now they were discussing names for the small Lambda-class shuttle. Obi-Wan had suggested Pride of the Empire, but Ahsoka had argued that it was too long a name; they needed something better.

"How about... Tweedle-Dum?" Sadira suggested.

Adeline glared. "You already know my answer on that one, Sadira."

"Yes?" The teenage Angel asked hopefully.

"NO."

"Darn!"

Ahsoka was tinkering with the control board, but she looked up at their argument. "How about Bluestar? She suggested.

Adeline looked at Obi-Wan. "Not bad!" They said in unison.

Sadira was the only one who didn't like it. "Tauntaun-Face? Kookamunga?" She suggested. Everyone looked at her accusingly.

"This is the Imperial Shuttle Bluestar, Sadira. Get used to it." Adeline said.

Sadira pouted.

Everyone looked over at Ahsoka as she muttered, "Pookie! BLARGH!"

They all laughed at that one.

...

Later, Adeline got up from the pilot's seat where she sat, covering a sleeping Ahsoka, who had dozed off in the co-pilot's seat, with a warm blanket. She found Sadira sleeping on a couch in the back, and Obi-Wan reading a book. The Angel sat down beside the Jedi Master and put her arm around him, kissing his cheek. He looked up.

"Adeline, where's Sadira? You know we can't do this when she's either awake, or within a hundred klicks of our position."

Adeline giggled and pointed at Sadira's sleeping figure. "Ahsoka dozed off too," She whispered. "We're all alone..."

Obi-Wan sighed. "Addie, we're all alone until one of them wakes up. You know that, too."

She smiled sneakily. "It would be a lot harder to do this in the Jedi Temple, you know. Be grateful that the worst we have to deal with is my nosy little sister."

"I heard that..." Sadira said sleepily from her bench.

Adeline and Obi-Wan looked at each other and began to laugh.

The elder of the two Angels got up and covered her little sister with a blanket. "Shh, go back to sleep, Sadira. We have a long way to go still." She put the power of a Force suggestion behind the words, and Sadira yawned, closing her eyes.

Adeline sat back down and smiled cheekily. "See? She's asleep again..."

Obi-Wan shook his head. "No, Adeline. We're on a mission, remember?"

She leaned her head against his shoulder. "That never stopped us before, did it?"

Obi-Wan sighed. "No, you're right," He admitted grudgingly.

"Yeah, like the incident on Corellia, and the botched mission to Alderaan, and-"

"That mission wasn't botched! We just had a few problems, that's all!"

"Yeah, problems that you couldn't fix... like the ship's engine falling off..."

"It wasn't my fault!"

Adeline's eyes glowed with mischievousness. "Well, apparently, it wasn't your fault on Cato Nemoidia, either. At least, that's what Anakin told me three years ago..."

Obi-Wan had turned red. "Hey! I didn't think he told you about that!"

Adeline snickered. "He told everyone about that, Obi."

Obi-Wan face-palmed. "He said he wouldn't tell anyone!"

Adeline giggled. "I can't believe that you thought he wouldn't! It's in Anakin's nature!"

Obi-Wan sighed. "Yes, I do suppose you're right."

She smiled sweetly. "Obi, I'm always right!"

He glared at her, throwing his lightsaber playfully at her head. As he had expected, she caught it with the Force before he even threw it, hurling it back at him with tremendous power.

He caught it in his hand. "I don't know how you do that!" The Jedi Master exclaimed, rubbing the spot where the lightsaber had hit his palm. Adeline seemed pleased. "It was about 200 klicks per hour, actually. Not my best pitch."

Obi-Wan smiled, marveling at Adeline's incredible power. "I love you."

She smiled, snatching the lightsaber out of his hand. Before he knew it, she had clipped it quickly and noiselessly back on his task belt. Adeline rested her head on his shoulder again, smiling. "I love you too, Obi."

When he looked down at her, she was giving him puppy-dog eyes. Obi-Wan sighed. "All right, Adeline. You win!"

She giggled and kissed him. "Why do I get the feeling that you're nervous about something?" The Angel asked.

Obi-Wan was annoyed. "Blast! Why can she always read my emotions?"

Adeline sighed, turning to face him. "Obi-Wan, how long is it going to be before we can be honest with each other?"

He looked down, shuffling his feet. "Well..."

She gave him the classic 'Adeline-doesn't-like-you' look. He deflated.

"Addie, I'm sorry, but I can't tell you right now!"

She got up. "Well, if we aren't honest with each other, then what are we doing together?"

Obi-Wan was angry. "I don't know!"

She whirled to face him. "Well, when you do, tell me!" She yelled, turning to stalk out.

He realized too late that he had said too much. Or was it too little?

"Adeline, I'm sorry! Come back-"

"Talk to me when you've found a sense of value, Sleemo!" She snarled, breaking into a run.

Obi-Wan sat down. "Blast! Why on the Force did I do that?" He asked himself.

He heard the tapping of feet and looked up hopefully, thinking Adeline might be coming back. It was Ahsoka. She sat down beside him. "Master Obi-Wan, are you okay?"

He sighed. "Yes, Ahsoka. I'm alright."

She looked at him critically. "Master, I know you aren't. It's okay! Everyone argues!"

He looked at the Togruta. "Are you sure?" The Jedi Master asked her hopefully.

She looked at him. "Of course! Where would you get the idea- oh."

He sighed heavily. "Yes. When Satine and I argued, we split up!"

Ahsoka put her arm around him. "Master Obi-Wan, it's not like that every time!"

He looked a lot happier. "Really? I should go apologize..."

Ahsoka sighed. "Give it a little bit of time, Master. She needs time, after all. I'll go talk to her, try to convince her that your secret is all for the best. Oh, I would try proposing sooner, rather than later. She'll get suspicious otherwise. She's no dumb bantha, after all."

Ahsoka left to go talk to Adeline, and Obi-Wan started tinkering with the shuttle, feeling quite relieved at Ahsoka's explanation.

A/N: Hey!

Thanks so much for the nice review, TCTrent45! We appreciate this more than you or anyone else could imagine!

May the Force be with you!

~Katia and Cassi