Title: Episode I: Fighting Temptation
Author: Sparkling Diamond Satine
Disclaimer: See first chapter
Rating: G for now
Please enjoy this chapter!
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Chapter 2~Encounters
Waking up, Kandi noticed that she was not aboard the Corellian gunship anymore. Her hands were bound tightly with rope made of the finest material. She tried so much to free herself, but the ropes would not break, not even the slightest bit. She heard a rather noisy group of aliens walk through the door, and looked up to see them entering.
"Well, the stinky human has finally woken up," Thud said in the Spikers' own language. "How shall we torture her?"
"We have orders from the evil one," Blake said. "We must find out her name first, then see if she's the one he has been looking for." Blake switched from Spikish to Basic. "You are a Corellian. I can tell by the clothing."
Kandi nodded and kept trying to break the rope while they were talking.
"May I ask what your name is?" Blake asked, walking closer to her. Kandi shuddered at the closer look of the ugly alien.
"My name…is Kandi-Lakta Deboina. I have heard that your group of stupid aliens has killed him," Kandi said with a scowl.
"Hmm…Deboina…I have heard that name before…" Blake said, walking away and mumbled something to Svenk in Spikish. "Now, my dear, I do believe my master has been looking for you," Blake continued in Basic. He held up a lightsaber and placed it on the counter. "This, I have heard, belonged to the great Deng-Wan Deboina."
"No!" Kandi yelled out. "How could you do such a thing? You killed my father…" She whimpered and moaned slightly. What news this would be to her mother.
~*~*~
"Will we make it in time?" the young Padawan asked his Master.
"We must make it in time. If we do not intercept that ship, everything will be doomed," Qui-Gon said.
"It seems that we reached the ship. Good luck, you two," a young voice said, coming from the captain's chair.
"There's no such thing as luck," Qui-Gon said, winking.
The Master and his Padawan approached the ramp that would take them onto the Spikers' ship. They leaped down the hole leading into the cargo bay, and hid themselves behind some old boxes.
"Keep still and silence, Obi-Wan…we do not want to get caught until the ship gets moving," the bearded Jedi Master said.
Obi-Wan obeyed the wise man and kept quiet. In order to keep himself from making noise, he searched for the calm in the Force he loved to feel when he was excited. 'Excitement…adventure…a Jedi craves not these things,' Obi- Wan thought. It was a phrase Master Yoda used time and time again, and the young Padawan seemed to stop feeling so excited before every mission.
It had been two years since Obi-Wan joined, and already he and his master have been asked to go on missions. Ever since he started his practices as a Jedi, the Padawan had made many friends, but he hadn't found his soul mate. He was now close to twenty-three, yet he had never even gone on a date yet. His mind was not usually focused on girls, but with the extra time to spare, Obi-Wan searched through the Force for the girl they were rescuing. He could tell there was something special about her…she had a strong sense in the Force, for one thing. But there was something else…something bigger.
"All right…we're moving," Qui-Gon whispered. "Let's make a break for it, I think I know where the girl is."
Obi-Wan just nodded and followed his Master. He would trust the man with his life if he had to. He knew that Qui-Gon would lead them to the right place.
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"We are under attack!" a Spiker yelled.
Blake growled. "What now?" He turned to Kandi. "Don't you even think of going anywhere!"
The next thing Kandi knew, blood spilled everywhere and body after Spiker body piled up before her. While the older Jedi took care of the Spikers, the younger Padawan rescued the girl.
"Well it's about time," Kandi said, rather rudely. "I've been stuck here for…too long!"
Obi-Wan looked at the girl smugly. "I'll let you know that I didn't have to come here and rescue, I OFFERED to be the one to save you. I could have just left you to these slimy green aliens' torture chambers. And my, are those chambers very dangerous."
Kandi looked away, not so much annoyed with the Padawan, as she was angry with the Spikers for their dreaded deed. The main reason she refused to look at him was she didn't want to show the young Jedi that she was crying. She wanted to prove that she was tougher than she looked. The only problem was, once she was untied, she couldn't hide her tears any longer. She embraced the Padawan and spilled out the rest of her tears.
Qui-Gon bowed down, because lying next to the bodies of the dead Spikers, laid the body of Kandi's dead father. He placed some sort of flower on the dead body and said a prayer. After Kandi could no longer cry, she let go of the slightly shocked, slightly sad Jedi.
"I'm sorry…" was all the Padawan could manage to say.
Qui-Gon gave Kandi her father's lightsaber to keep on her utility belt. He figured that the girl should have the keepsake that caused her father so much respect.
Making their way to the cockpit, the three realized they hadn't killed every last Spiker. One still remained to be killed…Blake, the leader, and the one who Kandi believed to have murdered her father.
"Going somewhere?" Blake wheezed. "The evil one wishes to take his prize, and I will deliver her no matter what!"
"The evil one…?" Qui-Gon inquired.
"Ah yes, you have not met him. Fear is his ally, and he wants his new recruit…a dark Jedi he wants, and a dark Jedi he shall get!"
This made Obi-Wan's blood boil; he hated the Sith. He didn't know what was worse, the fact that they wanted to turn this poor girl into one of their own brainwashed puppets or the fact that these Spikers were allied with such wretched creatures. His eyes scanned the room and stopped on the figure of the dead Jedi. How could these…things…have killed such an astounded knight?
"I assume the same evil one killed that great man," Obi-Wan spoke up.
"Correct, my lad. Darth Sistus has killed him, but that is not the point. Darth Sistus will have the girl, now hand her over or prepare to hurt," Blake said.
"Three Jedi against one Spiker…hmmm tough fight," Kandi said, sarcastically. Her hand was over the lightsaber that she had just received. She reached out with her mind like her father taught her and touched that calm spot to relax her. Outside she appeared cool, but inside, the girl was terrified.
Before Blake could say anything else, he collapsed to the ground. But neither Kandi nor the two knights laid one hand on him, or a weapon. He was strangled by another force.
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"Stupid fool," Darth Sistus said from the comfort of his meditation pod. "We needed that girl, but his stupid mouth caused him the entire game. Jetta, I trust that you will take over where he left off?"
"Right away, Master," Jetta said, bowing. He left for his own personal starship, the Gleaming Flame, and led three other ships towards the Spiker ship.
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While Qui-Gon piloted the Flying Banshee, Obi-Wan and Kandi-Lakta took the time to get to know each other.
"So you're from Corellia?" Obi-Wan asked. "What were you doing so far away?"
"Well I moved to Nebelisk with my mom, but I tired of the boring lifestyle, so I ran away with a group of renegades to find adventure," Kandi explained.
Obi-Wan frowned; this girl would have to change a lot if she wanted to be accepted as a student of the Jedi. "Adventure...trust me, adventure is overrated. If you want to truly follow your father...you will have to learn to control your passions for excitement and adventure, not to mention rid yourself of fears and anger."
"And when did I ever say I wanted to become a Jedi?" Kandi asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm sorry...I just assumed..." Obi-Wan said, looking down. He wished with all his heart that this girl would accept the life of a Jedi.
Kandi, almost sensing this, laughed. "Don't worry, I'm only kidding! Ever since I was a little girl I've wanted to become a Jedi knight."
Obi-Wan let out a breath of relief. "Well isn't that great. You'll love it on Coruscant, and the people there are pretty nice once you get to know them." He began to realize that his pulse had quickened and his heart was beating faster. Could he be...in love?
"I hope so...the people on Nebelisk were so boring!" Kandi said, with a chuckle.
Obi-Wan laughed with her and began to realize that there is such a thing as love at first sight. Being unaccustomed to love, he knew who he would have to turn to.
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"Princess...please let me borrow one of your ships!" Samkins begged.
"I can't do that...last time I leant you one, I seem to remember you never gave it back...in one piece," the princess was no longer happy to see Samkins.
"But Kandi's life may be in danger!" Samkins pleaded.
"She will be fine, you don't have to worry. I have the utmost faith in her...she will survive the kidnapping." The princess inched closer to Samkins. "When was the last time I saw you?" she asked, changing the subject.
"Two months ago..." Samkins said, breathing on her face. "And I missed you ever day."
"If only you weren't just a boy...if only you were...royalty," Flemtiss strained to say these words as tears fell onto her cheeks.
Samkins helped her wipe up her tears, and brushed a piece of hair out of her face.
"Like I said before...she will survive, I promise," the princess said, and kissed Samkins passionately. "I love you...always have...always will."
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"We're being hit! Looks like we have to man the guns," Obi-Wan said, grabbing Kandi's hand and pulling her up. "Let me show you to your station, milady."
Kandi laughed as she was dragged across the hall into what would be the equivalent of a laser cannon station on a Corellian gunship. She grabbed a hold of the guns and decided she would use one of her father's breathing exercises to help her concentrate on the matter at hand.
"Incoming!" Obi-Wan yelled as the Sith starships began to attack. Thanks to the souped up weapons on the Flying Banshee, it wasn't too hard to shoot down the backups for Darth Jetta. Kandi managed to shoot one down while the Padawan took down the other two. Darth Jetta's ship dropped out of the fight when Jetta saw he had no chance against the ship, and flew back to Sistus' own ship, the Highlander.
"Well wasn't that lucky of us," Kandi said with a grin. She had never felt so happy around someone...even Samkins!
"There's no such thing as luck," the Padawan said, with a sly grin.
"All right, you two! Enough chit-chat let's get back to work!" Qui-Gon yelled from the cockpit.
Obi-Wan walked with Kandi to the cockpit, but before they reached it, Kandi had a pressing question to ask. "I need to ask you something...would there be any chance I could see my boyfriend again...?"
Obi-Wan's heart sank. 'She has a boyfriend...there goes all my dreams,' he thought. "You'll have to ask Qui-Gon, he's the one flying the ship."
"All right then," Kandi said, smiling. She thought back to the times she had just shared with Samkins before she was kidnapped, and thinking back, she thought something was funny between the princess and Samkins. 'That's silly to think about...he still loves me...I could see it in his eyes!' she reassured herself.
Reading her thoughts, Obi-Wan discovered her uncertainty about her boyfriend, and, even though he knew it was wrong to do, kept tuning into her mind.
'Well...if it turns out that he fell for that stupid slut of a princess...I'm sure I'll have my choice of guys in Coruscant,' Kandi thought.
Obi-Wan had to laugh; this was one strange girl.
"What's so funny?" Kandi asked.
"Oh...nothing," Obi-Wan said, with a sly smile. The two finally got to the cockpit after Qui-Gon yelling their names at least five times.
Qui-Gon could sense many feelings behind the two young people. Behind Obi- Wan was love and hurt, but behind the girl there was uneasiness and fear. These emotions would have to be cured at once before it had disastrous consequences. He could also sense deep down that each loved the other. 'I refuse to play matchmaker!' he told himself. 'They'll just have to find their feelings out themselves.'
And so, Kandi, along with her new friends, flew off to Coruscant to hopefully meet up with Samkins again, but also to start a new lifestyle.
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Author: Sparkling Diamond Satine
Disclaimer: See first chapter
Rating: G for now
Please enjoy this chapter!
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Chapter 2~Encounters
Waking up, Kandi noticed that she was not aboard the Corellian gunship anymore. Her hands were bound tightly with rope made of the finest material. She tried so much to free herself, but the ropes would not break, not even the slightest bit. She heard a rather noisy group of aliens walk through the door, and looked up to see them entering.
"Well, the stinky human has finally woken up," Thud said in the Spikers' own language. "How shall we torture her?"
"We have orders from the evil one," Blake said. "We must find out her name first, then see if she's the one he has been looking for." Blake switched from Spikish to Basic. "You are a Corellian. I can tell by the clothing."
Kandi nodded and kept trying to break the rope while they were talking.
"May I ask what your name is?" Blake asked, walking closer to her. Kandi shuddered at the closer look of the ugly alien.
"My name…is Kandi-Lakta Deboina. I have heard that your group of stupid aliens has killed him," Kandi said with a scowl.
"Hmm…Deboina…I have heard that name before…" Blake said, walking away and mumbled something to Svenk in Spikish. "Now, my dear, I do believe my master has been looking for you," Blake continued in Basic. He held up a lightsaber and placed it on the counter. "This, I have heard, belonged to the great Deng-Wan Deboina."
"No!" Kandi yelled out. "How could you do such a thing? You killed my father…" She whimpered and moaned slightly. What news this would be to her mother.
~*~*~
"Will we make it in time?" the young Padawan asked his Master.
"We must make it in time. If we do not intercept that ship, everything will be doomed," Qui-Gon said.
"It seems that we reached the ship. Good luck, you two," a young voice said, coming from the captain's chair.
"There's no such thing as luck," Qui-Gon said, winking.
The Master and his Padawan approached the ramp that would take them onto the Spikers' ship. They leaped down the hole leading into the cargo bay, and hid themselves behind some old boxes.
"Keep still and silence, Obi-Wan…we do not want to get caught until the ship gets moving," the bearded Jedi Master said.
Obi-Wan obeyed the wise man and kept quiet. In order to keep himself from making noise, he searched for the calm in the Force he loved to feel when he was excited. 'Excitement…adventure…a Jedi craves not these things,' Obi- Wan thought. It was a phrase Master Yoda used time and time again, and the young Padawan seemed to stop feeling so excited before every mission.
It had been two years since Obi-Wan joined, and already he and his master have been asked to go on missions. Ever since he started his practices as a Jedi, the Padawan had made many friends, but he hadn't found his soul mate. He was now close to twenty-three, yet he had never even gone on a date yet. His mind was not usually focused on girls, but with the extra time to spare, Obi-Wan searched through the Force for the girl they were rescuing. He could tell there was something special about her…she had a strong sense in the Force, for one thing. But there was something else…something bigger.
"All right…we're moving," Qui-Gon whispered. "Let's make a break for it, I think I know where the girl is."
Obi-Wan just nodded and followed his Master. He would trust the man with his life if he had to. He knew that Qui-Gon would lead them to the right place.
~*~*~
"We are under attack!" a Spiker yelled.
Blake growled. "What now?" He turned to Kandi. "Don't you even think of going anywhere!"
The next thing Kandi knew, blood spilled everywhere and body after Spiker body piled up before her. While the older Jedi took care of the Spikers, the younger Padawan rescued the girl.
"Well it's about time," Kandi said, rather rudely. "I've been stuck here for…too long!"
Obi-Wan looked at the girl smugly. "I'll let you know that I didn't have to come here and rescue, I OFFERED to be the one to save you. I could have just left you to these slimy green aliens' torture chambers. And my, are those chambers very dangerous."
Kandi looked away, not so much annoyed with the Padawan, as she was angry with the Spikers for their dreaded deed. The main reason she refused to look at him was she didn't want to show the young Jedi that she was crying. She wanted to prove that she was tougher than she looked. The only problem was, once she was untied, she couldn't hide her tears any longer. She embraced the Padawan and spilled out the rest of her tears.
Qui-Gon bowed down, because lying next to the bodies of the dead Spikers, laid the body of Kandi's dead father. He placed some sort of flower on the dead body and said a prayer. After Kandi could no longer cry, she let go of the slightly shocked, slightly sad Jedi.
"I'm sorry…" was all the Padawan could manage to say.
Qui-Gon gave Kandi her father's lightsaber to keep on her utility belt. He figured that the girl should have the keepsake that caused her father so much respect.
Making their way to the cockpit, the three realized they hadn't killed every last Spiker. One still remained to be killed…Blake, the leader, and the one who Kandi believed to have murdered her father.
"Going somewhere?" Blake wheezed. "The evil one wishes to take his prize, and I will deliver her no matter what!"
"The evil one…?" Qui-Gon inquired.
"Ah yes, you have not met him. Fear is his ally, and he wants his new recruit…a dark Jedi he wants, and a dark Jedi he shall get!"
This made Obi-Wan's blood boil; he hated the Sith. He didn't know what was worse, the fact that they wanted to turn this poor girl into one of their own brainwashed puppets or the fact that these Spikers were allied with such wretched creatures. His eyes scanned the room and stopped on the figure of the dead Jedi. How could these…things…have killed such an astounded knight?
"I assume the same evil one killed that great man," Obi-Wan spoke up.
"Correct, my lad. Darth Sistus has killed him, but that is not the point. Darth Sistus will have the girl, now hand her over or prepare to hurt," Blake said.
"Three Jedi against one Spiker…hmmm tough fight," Kandi said, sarcastically. Her hand was over the lightsaber that she had just received. She reached out with her mind like her father taught her and touched that calm spot to relax her. Outside she appeared cool, but inside, the girl was terrified.
Before Blake could say anything else, he collapsed to the ground. But neither Kandi nor the two knights laid one hand on him, or a weapon. He was strangled by another force.
~*~*~
"Stupid fool," Darth Sistus said from the comfort of his meditation pod. "We needed that girl, but his stupid mouth caused him the entire game. Jetta, I trust that you will take over where he left off?"
"Right away, Master," Jetta said, bowing. He left for his own personal starship, the Gleaming Flame, and led three other ships towards the Spiker ship.
~*~*
While Qui-Gon piloted the Flying Banshee, Obi-Wan and Kandi-Lakta took the time to get to know each other.
"So you're from Corellia?" Obi-Wan asked. "What were you doing so far away?"
"Well I moved to Nebelisk with my mom, but I tired of the boring lifestyle, so I ran away with a group of renegades to find adventure," Kandi explained.
Obi-Wan frowned; this girl would have to change a lot if she wanted to be accepted as a student of the Jedi. "Adventure...trust me, adventure is overrated. If you want to truly follow your father...you will have to learn to control your passions for excitement and adventure, not to mention rid yourself of fears and anger."
"And when did I ever say I wanted to become a Jedi?" Kandi asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm sorry...I just assumed..." Obi-Wan said, looking down. He wished with all his heart that this girl would accept the life of a Jedi.
Kandi, almost sensing this, laughed. "Don't worry, I'm only kidding! Ever since I was a little girl I've wanted to become a Jedi knight."
Obi-Wan let out a breath of relief. "Well isn't that great. You'll love it on Coruscant, and the people there are pretty nice once you get to know them." He began to realize that his pulse had quickened and his heart was beating faster. Could he be...in love?
"I hope so...the people on Nebelisk were so boring!" Kandi said, with a chuckle.
Obi-Wan laughed with her and began to realize that there is such a thing as love at first sight. Being unaccustomed to love, he knew who he would have to turn to.
~*~*~
"Princess...please let me borrow one of your ships!" Samkins begged.
"I can't do that...last time I leant you one, I seem to remember you never gave it back...in one piece," the princess was no longer happy to see Samkins.
"But Kandi's life may be in danger!" Samkins pleaded.
"She will be fine, you don't have to worry. I have the utmost faith in her...she will survive the kidnapping." The princess inched closer to Samkins. "When was the last time I saw you?" she asked, changing the subject.
"Two months ago..." Samkins said, breathing on her face. "And I missed you ever day."
"If only you weren't just a boy...if only you were...royalty," Flemtiss strained to say these words as tears fell onto her cheeks.
Samkins helped her wipe up her tears, and brushed a piece of hair out of her face.
"Like I said before...she will survive, I promise," the princess said, and kissed Samkins passionately. "I love you...always have...always will."
~*~*~
"We're being hit! Looks like we have to man the guns," Obi-Wan said, grabbing Kandi's hand and pulling her up. "Let me show you to your station, milady."
Kandi laughed as she was dragged across the hall into what would be the equivalent of a laser cannon station on a Corellian gunship. She grabbed a hold of the guns and decided she would use one of her father's breathing exercises to help her concentrate on the matter at hand.
"Incoming!" Obi-Wan yelled as the Sith starships began to attack. Thanks to the souped up weapons on the Flying Banshee, it wasn't too hard to shoot down the backups for Darth Jetta. Kandi managed to shoot one down while the Padawan took down the other two. Darth Jetta's ship dropped out of the fight when Jetta saw he had no chance against the ship, and flew back to Sistus' own ship, the Highlander.
"Well wasn't that lucky of us," Kandi said with a grin. She had never felt so happy around someone...even Samkins!
"There's no such thing as luck," the Padawan said, with a sly grin.
"All right, you two! Enough chit-chat let's get back to work!" Qui-Gon yelled from the cockpit.
Obi-Wan walked with Kandi to the cockpit, but before they reached it, Kandi had a pressing question to ask. "I need to ask you something...would there be any chance I could see my boyfriend again...?"
Obi-Wan's heart sank. 'She has a boyfriend...there goes all my dreams,' he thought. "You'll have to ask Qui-Gon, he's the one flying the ship."
"All right then," Kandi said, smiling. She thought back to the times she had just shared with Samkins before she was kidnapped, and thinking back, she thought something was funny between the princess and Samkins. 'That's silly to think about...he still loves me...I could see it in his eyes!' she reassured herself.
Reading her thoughts, Obi-Wan discovered her uncertainty about her boyfriend, and, even though he knew it was wrong to do, kept tuning into her mind.
'Well...if it turns out that he fell for that stupid slut of a princess...I'm sure I'll have my choice of guys in Coruscant,' Kandi thought.
Obi-Wan had to laugh; this was one strange girl.
"What's so funny?" Kandi asked.
"Oh...nothing," Obi-Wan said, with a sly smile. The two finally got to the cockpit after Qui-Gon yelling their names at least five times.
Qui-Gon could sense many feelings behind the two young people. Behind Obi- Wan was love and hurt, but behind the girl there was uneasiness and fear. These emotions would have to be cured at once before it had disastrous consequences. He could also sense deep down that each loved the other. 'I refuse to play matchmaker!' he told himself. 'They'll just have to find their feelings out themselves.'
And so, Kandi, along with her new friends, flew off to Coruscant to hopefully meet up with Samkins again, but also to start a new lifestyle.
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