Part II

Ahsoka and Ben followed Anakin through the streets of Bandor. They weren't very crowded. Ben could see mining towers all over the place, and almost everyone he noticed were in jumpsuits. "All right," Anakin said, looking around the street, "if you see anyone or anything suspicious, familiar, evil, etc…"

"Yell for the police?" Ahsoka guessed. She and Ben laughed and Anakin frowned.

"No, tell me." Anakin corrected.

"Yes, Master Skyguy." Ahsoka answered.

"Ahsoka," Anakin said, rolling his eyes, "keep a lookout and stop fooling around."

"Copy that, master, keeping a lookout now."

Ben continued to make his way down the street and stopped listening to the banter between the two. The only banter he would give anything to hear was that between his master and Master Skywalker. That brought his mind back to his dream, or vision, or whatever it was. He knew the voice, he knew he did, he just couldn't remember where he had heard it before…

He was so preoccupied with his thoughts that he wasn't watching where he was going and ran straight into someone. He fell back, but caught himself before the he hit the ground. "Oh dear! You really should watch where you're going." He looked up. The person whom he had run into was looking at him oddly, or so Ben assumed by the tilt of her head. She was wearing dark-lensed glasses so he couldn't exactly tell. He caught a very familiar glimpse of red hair from under her hood. Jenna Zan Arbor.

"Yes, y…you're absolutely right." he stammered, then cleared his throat. Don't let her think I recognized her. he thought.

Jenna smiled, apparently pleased at having been told she was right, even if it was about such a trivial thing as walking down a street. "You know," she said slowly, "you remind me of…" She trailed off and shook her head, before continuing on her way. Ben caught up with Ahsoka, who was still following behind her master. She looked quizzically at Ben.

"Where were you?" she asked.

"I think I just ran into Zan Arbor."

"What?!" Ahsoka exclaimed. Anakin stopped and turned to them.

"What, what?" he asked.

"Ben just ran into Dr. Arbor!" Ahsoka said excitedly before Ben could answer, earning her an annoyed look from said person.

"I can speak for myself, you know." he said, turning to Anakin. "I just ran into someone. Dark glasses, red hair hidden under her hood, and a condescending voice common among villains and scientists alike."

"Well, where did she go?!"

"Down that street." Ben answered. The three took off after her.

Obi-Wan had fallen asleep. He had to have. That, or he was delirious. Because there was no way he was back on Bandomeer, was the captive of Jenna Zan Arbor, and was being experimented on for a new interrogation device, thing. And even if all the above were true, there was no way Ben, Anakin and Ahsoka were there as well. But he was sure he felt them, distant, but there. He began to wonder if the pinch-yourself-and-you-wake-up myth that Siri advocated was true. He moved to do so, but a tap on the thick transparisteel window caught his attention. It was a fish, or some aquatic creature. A BIG fish. "The Agricorps must be doing well if the ocean is populated again." he muttered.

"Oh, they are." a voice called, seeming to come from everywhere. "Even without you." A short pause, then the voice continued, "But then, that was never your fate."

"Qui-Gon." Obi-Wan said softly. Qui-Gon Jinn materialized before him, standing tall and erect, with that same happy-sad, bittersweet and a bit teasing smile Obi-Wan had seen for years and that was ingrained in his memory. The apparition squatted down next to him.

"Now I know I'm dreaming." Obi-Wan sighed. "Anakin and Ben, and Ahsoka of course, they aren't really here, are they? This is just a hallucination?"

Qui-Gon's smile broadened, though there was still that touch of sadness. "No, this is real." he said. "Anakin, Ben and Ahsoka are really here, in Bandor, tracking Jenna Zan Arbor at the moment if I'm not mistaken."

Obi-Wan smiled back. "Which, if my memory is serving me correctly, you usually are."

Qui-Gon looked hurt, but the sparkle in his eyes gave him away. "Ah, then it must not be serving you correctly, Padawan," he insisted, "for it was you who was often mistaken."

"Oh, really?" Qui-Gon broke into another smile, then sobered.

"I can not be here for long, Obi-Wan, as usual. I'm still getting control of my appearances to you. Let me assure you, though, help is on the way."

Obi-Wan sighed again, but this time with a more contented air. "Thank you, Master Qui-Gon." Qui-Gon smiled and disappeared. Obi-Wan, still too exhausted to move from his position on the floor, turned back to the window and watched the fish-like creatures. "I wonder if Si Treemba is still on Bandomeer." Obi-Wan muttered before really falling asleep.

TBC