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Chapter Three: A New Adventure
Rena, Anakin, and Obi-Wan sat down at the kitchen table, each having their own plate of Gartro Egg Omelet. "Well, since you guys are going to be protecting me, we might as well get to know each other." Rena said, breaking the awkward silence they had been sitting in for a while now. Both Jedi nodded, Rena realized that this would only work if she started it. "Okay, well I guess I'll start then. I lived on Naboo 'till I was six, my family moved around for a few standard years until we settled here on Coruscant. Um… I have only one sibling, my younger brother, his names Riyad. Um… My parents are both detectives… and I'm running out of things to say so why don't one of you say something?" Rena said with a hopeful smile. The two Jedi looked at one another. "Or I could always read your guys minds and figure out your backstory myself." Rena said with a sly grin. "I'll go next." Obi-Wan said.
Anakin watched Rena as Obi-Wan told her about some of their missions. She reminded him somewhat of Padmé, but Rena seemed to be more bold and reckless like him. What he didn't understand was why she thought she could read their minds, Obi-Wan always had strong mental shields and no one could break his own mental shields.
Rena laughed at Obi-Wan's story and looked over at Anakin. She read his thoughts and smirked. "A bit arrogant aren't you?" Rena said. Anakin looked at her confused so she clarified for him, "I'm sure Obi-Wan has strong mental shields, but I do believe I just broke your own." She smiled triumphantly. Anakin looked at her, she could have sworn she saw anger in his eyes for a split second then it turned to embarrassment and finally it turned to irritation. She realized that he was a little full of himself, maybe his ego needed to be embarrassed. "Sorry, hope I didn't make you too mad, I just couldn't resist." Rena said, she mostly meant it as an apology but her instincts told her that he needed to stop being so arrogant.
"You didn't." Anakin grumbled. He couldn't believe that she would embarrass him like that in front of his Master. Obi-Wan already didn't trust his abilities and he didn't need Rena pointing it out to him. Plus he was already stressed and now she was just adding to it. How could she even have that power? He was the Chosen One, he had the highest midi-chlorian count, he should have been able to stop her! He felt jealous, but he knew negative emotions led to the dark side, he breathed in and let his jealous go, well most of it.
Rena looked at him, he had a lot of anger and hate. She excused herself from the table and washed her plate. "Is there a place here where I can be alone?" Rena asked. "Anakin why don't you show her the Room of a Thousand Fountains?" Obi-Wan suggested. Anakin sighed, "Yes, Master."
Rena followed Anakin as he walked out of the room. She could sense that he was stressed. "Hey are you okay?" Rena asked him. "I'm fine." He snapped. Rena stopped walking and stood in front of him. She looked up at Anakin, "Look, I get that your upset because I read your mind, but there has to be more to your anger than that." He looked down at her meeting her eyes, he didn't think he'd ever get used to her Sith colored one. For some reason, even though she bugged him, he couldn't lie to her. "I'm not the Jedi I should be." He said and started walking again.
Rena looked at him puzzled, "What do you mean, Skywalker?" He gave a small laugh, "What happened to no formalities?" Anakin asked. "I don't know, stop avoiding though, seriously what do you mean?" Rena asked him, she didn't understand but she felt she had to help him. "It's Obi-Wan, he doesn't trust me! He's holding me back! He doesn't think I'm ready for the Trials, he's just jealous because I'm the Chosen One. In a lot of ways I already surpass him, I should already be a Jedi Knight!" He half-shouted, "And now I don't know if Padmé's going to be okay because of this assassin!"
Rena looked at him, he was in love with this Padmé. Great develop a partial crush on a guy who's in love. Smart move Rena, smart move. "Look, Skywalker, you got to get over yourself, Obi-Wan from what I've seen isn't holding you back, you really need to let go of your anger. You can't control everything okay? Life's funny that way, you can't control it. I'm sorry that you're concerned for Padmé but you can't let your emotions control you." Rena stopped, she had no idea where that came from, but she knew she told him what he needed to hear.
He stood stunned no one ever talked to him like that, then again he never told anyone that either. He looked at her, she wasn't like Padmé at all, Rena said it like it was and didn't apologize for it, Padmé would have been diplomatic and try to calm him down or she would have avoided him. But not Rena, she listened to what he obviously said, and she put him back into place even if he didn't like it. "You're… right." He struggled to say.
Rena was shocked, she knew she had only known him for only a few hours, but admitting to be wrong seemed out of character for him. "Wait what?" She managed to say. He turned to her, "You're right, okay? I need to control my emotions but I can't."
Rena usually was able to calm herself down, she had to learn calming techniques because she got severe panic attacks, so much so that she fainted. There were a few times that she couldn't get a grip, like in the Council Meeting, but she was usually pretty good at it. "If you want, I could teach you." Rena offered. Why not, he obviously needs it, so do I, practice makes perfect. He nodded in agreement.
"Good, that can be my way of thanks I guess. You know since you are protecting me and you and Obi-Wan are going to teach me the Force." Rena said as they started walking again. He opened a door and walked in.
"Whoa." It was all Rena could say. Plants and greenery surrounded her, she opened up her senses and heard the distinct sound of a waterfall. Her odd eyes lit up in a child-like wonder. Anakin smiled at her, he felt happy at the way he made her feel. But there was another feeling Anakin couldn't place, it was almost like the feeling he had for Padmé. No what was he thinking, it wasn't that at all. He pushed the thought to the back of his mind and continued to walk through the green-house like room.
"This place is beautiful!" Rena gawked all around her. "You know I was actual thinking that the Room of a Thousand Fountains would actually have a thousand Fountains." She added as she ran her hand across a bunch of flowers. "Follow me." Anakin said. Rena nodded and started to trail him. She stared in amazement at the exotic plants all around her as he led her down a path. They stopped and before them was a large beautiful waterfall. "This is where I meditate." He said as he sat down on the grass. Rena walked over to the waterfall and put her hand in it. "This place… It's indescribable." She couldn't stop praising it. She sat down next to Anakin and closed her eyes. "What are you doing?" He asked her. "Shhh. I'm trying to meditate. That is what you do here right?" She asked without opening her eyes. "Yes it is. Do you even know how to meditate?" He questioned her. "No but the Force will help me. Now let me meditate, Skywalker." She playfully scolded him. He laughed and closed his eyes.
It took a while before Rena was fulyl immersed into her meditation. Force? I know you're listening to me, can you help me? Can you tell me why you gave a part of yourself to me? 'Hello again young one. I can only help you so much, you will soon understand why I gave you a part of me. Open up your mind so I may give you a vision.' Okay Force I will. Rena opened her mind up to the Force and let the vision come through.
(Force Vision!)
Two Jedi ran into a room. An elderly man was waiting for them. "You will pay for the Jedi you killed today, Dooku." One of the Jedi said as he ignited his green lightsaber. The 'green' Jedi sounded strangely familiar. "We'll take him together. You go slowly on the left." The other Jedi said as he ignited his blue lightsaber. The 'blue' Jedi sounded familiar as well. "I'll take him now!" The 'green' Jedi screamed. The 'blue' Jedi yelled something just before the 'green' Jedi attacked Dooku.
Dooku shot Sith lightning at the 'green' Jedi sending him flying. Dooku faced the 'blue' Jedi, "As you see my Jedi powers are far beyond yours. Now back down" Dooku said as he shot Sith lightning at the 'blue' Jedi. The 'blue' Jedi absorbed the lightning in his lightsaber. "I don't think so." The 'blue' Jedi said. Dooku pulled out his lightsaber and ignited it, the crimson red color confirmed him in being a Sith.
The blue and red lightsabers clashed together. Both the Sith and Jedi showed a great amount of skill. "You disappoint me. Yoda holds you in such high esteem." Dooku taunted. The fight resumed as the Jedi swung at the Sith. "Surely you could do better." Dooku menacingly said to the 'blue' Jedi. The two began battling again. The 'blue' Jedi dodged a would-be killing blow. The 'blue' Jedi jumped over a ramp.
The 'green' Jedi moaned as he tried to get up. He saw Dooku and the 'blue' Jedi in an intense battle. The Sith and the Jedi both fought for the upper hand. Dooku cut the 'blue' Jedi, the Jedi fell down in pain. The Sith swung down about to kill the 'blue' Jedi as the 'green' Jedi blocked the Sith's blade.
"Brave of you boy, but I would have thought you had learned your lesson." Dooku sneered. The 'blue' Jedi concentrated on his deactivated lightsaber that lied just out of reach. "I'm a slow learner." The 'green' Jedi said. The 'blue' Jedi yelled something and tossed his lightsaber to the 'green' Jedi.
Now with two lightsabers the 'green' Jedi turned to fight the Sith. The two fought, both placing well strategized moves. The Sith cut the green lightsaber, leaving the 'green' Jedi with only one. The two faced off as the 'green' Jedi cut the power cable. They resumed fighting and the sound of lightsabers clashing sounded in the now dark room. The Sith spun around cutting the 'green' Jedi's arm at the elbow. Then force pushing him to the other fallen Jedi.
A new presence came into the picture with a green lightsaber. It was Master Yoda.
(Force Vision Ended!)
Force! Who were the Jedi? Is this the future? Both of them were in so much pain. 'I cannot allow you to know the Jedi's names yet, but if the Jedi in the vision stay on this same path this will be their future. You must prevent this from happening.' How am I supposed to stop it? I couldn't see who the Jedi were! 'I know young one, all will be revealed in time.'
Before Rena could respond to the Force she heard someone calling her name. "Rena!" Anakin said while shaking her awake. With tears in her eyes she looked at him. "What happened? What did you see?" Anakin asked as he put his arm around her to comfort her. She leaned on his shoulder, "I can't stop it from happening. I don't even know who they were." She said as a tear fell down her cheek. Anakin ran his hand down her arm to calm her down. "Ouch!" She screamed in pain as she rolled up the sleeve of her tunic. She looked at her right arm and just before her elbow she saw a fresh cut that went all the way around her arm. It was in the same place that the 'green' Jedi had been cut in her vision. It was like she was linked to this Jedi. "I need to get a bacta patch on it." She said threw her sniffles. He nodded as he helped her up. "What happened?" Anakin asked her again. "I… I don't really know. I think I was linked to someone in my vision that I saw. The Jedi I saw got a wound just like this. The only difference was he got his whole fore-arm cut off." Rena said, she was leaning against Anakin for support.
They walked to the MedCenter. Anakin asked the Nurse at the desk for a large bacta patch. She gave him one and he walked over to Rena. "This might hurt." He said as he wrapped the patch around the cut. Rena winced but felt nothing after a few moments. "Have you ever heard of someone getting hurt by a vision?" Rena asked Anakin as they walked back to the dorm.
Rena didn't know Anakin was in deep thought. He felt that same feeling again when he saw Rena crying, he wanted to stop her pain and take it as his own. He didn't understand why he was feeling like this, he was in love with Padmé, wasn't he? What he felt for Rena seemed more pure and more intense, but what he felt for Padmé was comforting and calmer. He had loved Padmé for ten years, but the feelings that were present whenever he thought about her were dimming.
"Skywalker? Hello? Are you still there?" Rena asked him. He looked at her sheepishly, "Yeah, sorry I was thinking, what did you say?" She softly laughed, "I asked if you ever heard of someone getting hurt by a vision." He thought for a moment. "I haven't. I'll ask Master Obi-Wan about it though. You should get some rest, you went through a lot today." He said as they reached the dorm. She nodded in agreement. Today had been an extremely long day.
"Envoy Rena, What happened?" Obi-Wan said as they walked in. "It's a long story." She said with a yawn. "Last time you said that I learned you are a part of the Force itself. Is it anything like that this time Envoy Rena?" He asked her with a slight laugh. She shook her head with a yawn. "Skywalker, can you tell him what happened. I'll fill you in better tomorrow, but tonight I really need to get some sleep." Anakin nodded to her. "You can take Padawan Skywalker's bed, he can sleep on the floor tonight." Obi-Wan said. "Yes, Master." Anakin scoffed. "I can sleep on the floor if you want, I think I'd be able to fall asleep on anything right now." Rena said. "No it's fine. I can sleep on the floor." Anakin said.
Rena didn't even bother to change out of her clothes, she only slipped off her shoes and slid into Anakin's bed. She wrapped the blankets around her, breathing in. Oh this isn't a partial crush any more, this is a full blown school-girl crush. Oh Sith, why him Rena, he's in love with that girl. Rena tossed and turned until she fell asleep and drifted off into sweet nothingness. If only she knew she would be plagued with visions, maybe she wouldn't have fallen asleep.
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