I had been in my apartment, unpacking with the help of Dormé. The door
opened and I heard Representative Jar-Jar Binks speaking to someone. I came
from my room and saw the Jedi Master assigned to protect me. Master Kenobi
had aged nicely. He had allowed his hair to grow out and he had a beard.
"It's a pleasure to see you again, m'lady." Master Kenobi said to me, taking my hand warmly.
"It has been far too long, Master Kenobi. I'm so glad our paths have crossed again. but I must warn you that I think your presence here is unnecessary."
He smiled and stepped to the side. For the first time I noticed the person standing beyond him. The man beyond him was a Jedi Padawan, and I knew him from ten years ago.
Annie Skywalker.
"Annie! My goodness, you've grown." I said, giving him an appraising look.
"So have you.grown more beautiful, I mean. and much shorter. for a Senator, I mean." He said softly, bringing a faint blush to my face.
"Oh, Annie, you'll always be that little boy I knew on Tatooine." I said smiling.
Master Kenobi, Annie, Dormé, and myself moved into the main room of my apartment. We started discussing my security situation.
"Our presence will be invisible, m'lady. I can assure you." Master Kenobi said.
I sighed. "I don't need more security, I need answers. I want to know who is trying to kill me." I always prided myself on being blunt.
"We're here to protect you, Senator, not to start an investigation." Master Kenobi said back to me.
I felt as if he was chiding me like I was still a child. What his Padawan said surprised me.
"We will find out who's trying to kill you, Padmé, I promise you." Annie said to me, his eyes intent.
This surprised me, one the intensity in his eyes, and the way he didn't use any formalities.
"We will not exceed our mandate, my young Padawan Learner!" Master Kenobi said to Annie.
"I meant, in the interest of protecting her, Master, of course." Annie said.
I watched the Master berate his Padawan. And, once again, people were talking like I wasn't here.
"Why else do you think we were assigned to her, if not to find the killer?" Annie continued. I realized that this Padawan was going to be as stubborn as me. "Protection is a job for local security. not Jedi. It's overkill, Master. Investigation is implied in our mandate." Annie finished, staring at his Master.
"We are not going through this exercise again, Annie. And you will follow my lead. We will do exactly as the Council has instructed. and you will learn your place, young one." Master Kenobi said back.
Annie seemed to back off with that comment. He looked like he was going to continue the conversation, when I decided that this was enough for an audience to hear. "Perhaps with merely your presence, the mysteries surrounding this threat will be revealed." I decided to take my leave. "Now, if you will excuse me, I will retire."
I was awakened out of my sleep by the deep, ominous hum of a lightsaber. My eyes flashed open and saw the flash of a blue lightsaber. The lightsaber moved away, and the smell of ozone filled the room. I sat up quickly, just to see Master Kenobi jump through the window of my apartment and grabbing hold of a droid. Annie told me to stay here.
At that moment, Dormé and Captain Typho rushed in and Dormé came to my aid.
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"It's a pleasure to see you again, m'lady." Master Kenobi said to me, taking my hand warmly.
"It has been far too long, Master Kenobi. I'm so glad our paths have crossed again. but I must warn you that I think your presence here is unnecessary."
He smiled and stepped to the side. For the first time I noticed the person standing beyond him. The man beyond him was a Jedi Padawan, and I knew him from ten years ago.
Annie Skywalker.
"Annie! My goodness, you've grown." I said, giving him an appraising look.
"So have you.grown more beautiful, I mean. and much shorter. for a Senator, I mean." He said softly, bringing a faint blush to my face.
"Oh, Annie, you'll always be that little boy I knew on Tatooine." I said smiling.
Master Kenobi, Annie, Dormé, and myself moved into the main room of my apartment. We started discussing my security situation.
"Our presence will be invisible, m'lady. I can assure you." Master Kenobi said.
I sighed. "I don't need more security, I need answers. I want to know who is trying to kill me." I always prided myself on being blunt.
"We're here to protect you, Senator, not to start an investigation." Master Kenobi said back to me.
I felt as if he was chiding me like I was still a child. What his Padawan said surprised me.
"We will find out who's trying to kill you, Padmé, I promise you." Annie said to me, his eyes intent.
This surprised me, one the intensity in his eyes, and the way he didn't use any formalities.
"We will not exceed our mandate, my young Padawan Learner!" Master Kenobi said to Annie.
"I meant, in the interest of protecting her, Master, of course." Annie said.
I watched the Master berate his Padawan. And, once again, people were talking like I wasn't here.
"Why else do you think we were assigned to her, if not to find the killer?" Annie continued. I realized that this Padawan was going to be as stubborn as me. "Protection is a job for local security. not Jedi. It's overkill, Master. Investigation is implied in our mandate." Annie finished, staring at his Master.
"We are not going through this exercise again, Annie. And you will follow my lead. We will do exactly as the Council has instructed. and you will learn your place, young one." Master Kenobi said back.
Annie seemed to back off with that comment. He looked like he was going to continue the conversation, when I decided that this was enough for an audience to hear. "Perhaps with merely your presence, the mysteries surrounding this threat will be revealed." I decided to take my leave. "Now, if you will excuse me, I will retire."
I was awakened out of my sleep by the deep, ominous hum of a lightsaber. My eyes flashed open and saw the flash of a blue lightsaber. The lightsaber moved away, and the smell of ozone filled the room. I sat up quickly, just to see Master Kenobi jump through the window of my apartment and grabbing hold of a droid. Annie told me to stay here.
At that moment, Dormé and Captain Typho rushed in and Dormé came to my aid.
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