Chapter 2
As the ship got closer and closer to the plant, the Jedi duo got more and more frightened of what the planet might hold for them, not that Anakin was going to tell his master that he was starting to regret his decision to go to the planet. In his defense, the ship was running out of fuel and if they were going to get back to Coruscant or even a planet on good terms with the Republic they were going to need fuel.
As they entered the atmosphere everything started going very wrong. Thick grey clouds started to cover the glass on the ship, the Jedi even with their connections to the force didn't know what was in front of them. It started getting darker in the ship, the only light coming from the small bulbs on the celling.
The ship started to jerk and flip, causing the Obi-Wan to wish that they had never gone to the planet and holding the seat he was sitting on for dear life, and Anakin to try his best to navigate through the impossible fog with his connection to the force and amazing piloting skills.
"Obi-Wan" Anakin said through grinding teeth as he tried to keep focus.
"Yes Anakin."
"Just to let you know, before we die, this was a bad idea." He said hoping that his old master wouldn't try and kill him in the afterlife.
"I know Anakin." Obi-Wan said rolling his eyes at his friend, not that he noticed.
As Obi-Wan was about to say something else, the ship took a sudden jump and stop, throwing the two Jedi forward and then back knocking them both unconcise.
They did not know that the plant they had just landed held the key to the Republic's survival. What they also did not know was that the people that lived on the planet were coming to find their ship and the people who were inside it at that moment, but none of that mattered to the Jedi at the moment, all that they were thinking about was what a stupid mistake they made when they entered the atmosphere of the Planet.
A small red light started flashing on Commander Sela Tac'Dor's surveillance system.
"What?" she spoke in confusion, rolling her chair over to the button and clicking to see what had triggered it.
The computer monitor opened a screen that showed a small Y-wing ship coming down fast from the atmosphere. Sela's overly large purple eyes widened as she watched the ship get closer to the large floating rock formations that hovered over the planet's surface. She grabbed her white hair, preparing herself for the ship to crash, but it never did, through a miracle of the force and the skills of the pilot no doubt. She let out a sigh as she let go of her hair and watched as the Y-wing headed for the jungle.
She summoned her com to her hand with the force and dialed for the master's council, knowing the urgency that she needed to act with now that the ship was headed towards the surface of her planet.
"This is Master Ashnah, what is the problem Surveillance Base 5?"
"Commander Sela Tac'Dor, I am reporting a crashing ship that just came through the atmosphere, they are headed straight into the Jungle on the west." The Commander explained, "Should I dispatch a team to search for survivors?"
"Yes Commander and send for a few detention rooms to be set up, we do not know who or what we are dealing with." The Master stated.
"Right away Master" She bowed her head in respect and turned off the communicator. She sat it back down on the table and immediately started typing on the keyboard to get the command out about the foreign ship.
"The crash zone is right up here. Remember, you are to detain any and all lifeforms or any droid forms that come from this ship." Master Jevon reminded his team before moving forward to the crashed Y-wing.
He and his team set to work, opening the door to the ship, and combing through the first room before opening the door to the cockpit. Jevon could feel his tail swish nervously, as he felt the force whisper in his ear, telling him death to come was behind the door in front of him. He nodded for the door to be opened. As one of his troopers walked into the cockpit he signaled for the rest to stay back.
"Master," the voice of his trooper rang in his com, "You better get in here, I think these two are still alive, and I think they are Jedi!" the young trooper gasped.
Jevon walked into the cockpit, weapon firmly in his hand, he remembered the Jedi, just as many on this planet did. The two men in front of him were definitely force sensitive, he could feel their power, especially the one in the darker robes.
"You two," he pointed to the two troopers at his right, "hold them up and pat them down, make sure they have no weapons on them when we put them in the D.B., give them a full scrub when we get back to base. Everyone else, get ready to move this ship to the hanger, and get a count of everything on board, if Masters Kahlan or Ashnah want to know how many screws are on this ship I better be able to tell them the exact number.
"Yes sir." His men said back, as they started on their assigned duties as Jevon walked out of the ship to call back to his superior Ashnah.
He opened his com channel and imputed the frequency, and she appeared, her deadly eyes lit that spark inside of him as they always do.
"Master Jevon, how does the crash look, are there any survivors?" She asked with a serious face, she was not looking directly into the camera though, and she seemed to be doing something with her hands as she spoke to him and did her separate task.
"The crash is not as bad as it should be, we have two survivors, both adult male humans, no droids."
"Good, what is their condition?" She inquired, her eyes still not quite looking at the camera.
"Both appear stable, and we believe them both to be Jedi."
Ashnah froze, her eyes widened, and her shoulders tensed, "Are you sure?" she said seriously, her focus now completely on the camera, her eyes piercing him with a harsh stare.
It was a well-known fact on the planet that Ashnah held no love for Jedi, though many did not know what for. There were many theories about why she did not like Jedi, he had heard one that she had once been a Sith and that was why she never liked them, but everyone knew she had been raised and lived as a Jedi for almost 60 years before coming to their planet. Another had said that she was forced to leave the Jedi after she fell in love with a bounty hunter, another was that a Jedi killed her family. No matter what the reason was though, Ashnah did not like Jedi and was usually the reason Jedi were not allowed to leave the planet without losing memories and/or limbs. Of course many on the planet did not harbor love for the Jedi, but her dislike for them was the strongest.
"We have no confirmation yet, but they were dressed in Jedi robes, carried lightsabers, and held the republic crest on their shoulder armor."
"Get them to the Detention Boxes as soon as possible. We cannot allow Jedi to be running around our planet." Ashnah told him.
"Yes ma'am" he acknowledged as she quickly cut the call and left him staring at the space where her hologram had just pierced him.
He turned back towards the ship and walked in. "Okay boy's, get the Jedi to the D.B.'s and continue the pat down when you get there. Make sure they don't wake up, if they do put them right back to sleep."
He continued with his work and as the medical team arrived to take the two supposed Jedi he thought to himself "How did the Jedi even find us?"
As Anakin woke up he noticed something wrong with his surroundings.
One: He last remembered crashing into the planet with Obi-Wan and watching as the dark grey clouds consumed the windshield as they hurled towards nowhere.
Two: He never remembered having fallen asleep in a small white room with a single bed which he was sitting in.
But in the short grey chair next to him were his dark robes that were in a folded pile and his boots were neatly placed underneath the chair, he did not ever recall himself or someone taking the black glove off his robotic hand and placing it on the bedside table next to him. He noticed that his lightsaber was not on top of the pile, nor could he see it anywhere else in the room, for him that meant who ever had taken it from him was not a friendly.
As he quickly got out of the grey bed and grabbed the glove putting it back over the disgusting metal replacement hand he had to get just a few years ago after losing his real one in a fight that almost cost him a lot more.
The young Jedi took in his surroundings again; looking for a way out while putting his clothes back on and replacing the thin white gown that he had been sleeping in. The room reminded him of nothing, everything in the room was white, the only color was the small amount of dark red and blue that came from his robes.
"Hey!" He shouted at the ceiling, hoping someone would tell him where he was and if they would let him out. "Where am I, what am I doing in here." He received no reply.
He started worrying, where was Obi-Wan, what had they done with him, had his Master died in the crash and he was the survivor. Did the inhabitants of this world do something to him and Obi-Wan?
Was this in reality a separatist base and they were holding him in an inescapable white box till Count Dooku or General Grievous or maybe even the mysterious Sith master that has not yet let himself be known? Or was this a new threat all together?
Anakin could not wait any longer to find out what was going to happen, he had to find a way out, find Obi-Wan, and a way off this planet.
When Obi-Wan woke up he felt strange, he sat up and looked around, only a small white chair where his light robes were folded in a small stack, and his boots right below it. A small white side table at his side which was free from any dirt or dust, just like the rest of the room seemed to be.
Obi-Wan stood up and put his clothes on; he noted that there were no exits in the room which was just a white box from the looks of it. As he finished putting his clothes on he sat back on the bed and tried to feel the force around him. Nothing came back to him, and that frightened him, he knew of some building materials, even a species, that produced a bubble around themselves that kept the force from being used but saw nothing else other than white and grey.
Obi-Wan knew that Anakin was out there, where ever they were. He knew his head strong Padawan would have survived the crash.
"Where is he" the Jedi wondered. "Was he in a box like me, waiting for what's next to come or is he somewhere else? Was this just a waiting room that he was going to leave when whoever or whatever takes his to do whatever to him?"
Although he probably had the element of surprise on his side, if the natives of this planet did not know that he was a Jedi then he could use the force against them, although they did have his Lightsaber, and if they knew what that was then they might know that he is a Jedi.
As he was planning what to do, a wall slid away from the box he was in and in walked a species that he had never came across. It had a rough face shaped like a rock, uneven and bumpy, hard looking brown skin, if it could be called that, for it resembled hard leather, and mahogany brown hair that looked like a water fall of mud. It wore dark grey robes that went down to a sturdy looking pair of black boots.
"H'ello." It said in a thick accent, sounding like it had not known basic for very long and was still trying to get a hold of the language.
"Hello, I don't suppose that you can tell me where I am or who you are." The Jedi asked politely with his trademark grin.
"O'nly told to take you to spot" It said in harsh sounding words that were slow to come out and hard to make out.
"Well could you tell me where I am at least?" He asked again hoping that rock-humanoid alien would tell him where he was.
"Room of Ju'dgments, where ot'hers come to be test if worth to see our pl'anet." The alien said in the same slow pace as the last time.
"And do you know anything about another person in this room, maybe another human with dark blond hair and blue eyes." Obi-Wan asked hoping to get news on his old Padawan.
"O'nly told to take you to the spot, no'thing more, answers with her you can find." The alien told the Jedi again.
"Of course." The Master Jedi said thinking of what trouble his friend would be able to get into in the box that he was most likely also put in.
They kept walking Obi-Wan right next to the alien walking down the hallways that all looked the same, making Obi-Wan a bit dizzy. They turned the corners till they finally came to a small pure white door that looked like it should be see through. The alien leads him into a room that over looked a small town of houses and shops. In the center of the room was a young man that the Jedi Master would recognize anywhere.
Who do you think Obi-Wan sees? What do you think the people of this strange world will do to our two favorite Jedi?
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