I wake up to the strong smell of coffee…..wait coffee?
I crack an eye open and find myself staring up at the roof of a tent. Just great, I take it I'm still in the clone wars.
I push myself to sit up as slowly as I possibly can (careful not to do anything that would cause something like what happened outside.)
Hm…..this isn't the tent I was in when I first came to the Clone Wars………….I scan around the tent and find no one around.
But looking in front of me, out the slightly unzipped door I see a light. At first I think it's daylight seeping in, but then I realize the light's a dim golden color.
I suddenly look up and see a very dim golden bulb hanging over my head as well. Which could only mean this was a jointed tent. There was another room directly in front of mine.
I remember using these a lot because I wanted privacy from my clones. I also remember Obi-Wan telling me he hated using these unless it was an utter emergency. He told me he felt bad making all the clones attempt to make themselves comfortable in one small room while he had all this leisure space.
Always caring about other, that man.
I am brought back to reality through the voice of one of the clones:
"We are at a small campground a good few miles away from the next base, sir. We decided to wait till morning to continue to the base, seeing General Kenobi collapsed a while back."
"What?! Is he alright?" Wait……was that….was that Garen's voice??? Is he here? Force I'm gonna have a kriffing heart attack if I have to even look at him. Force…….I thought Garen fought mostly on systems on the other side of the galaxy from Obi-Wan and me…………..
"Physically yes, he's alright. But he's still asleep. I'm pretty sure he just needs some rest as of now" the trooper answers.
"Shithspit…….alright then-" Garen's voice is cut of by the sharp noise of static. Then it hits me. He's not here, he's just on the comm. or sending the clones holo-messages "Sorry, the connection in these parts are terrible" he continues.
"It's alright, sir" the clone says.
"Listen, if Obi-Wan's conditions worsen then let me know. I'm not too far away and I'll drop by if needed. Even request the council to take him off the field for a while if necessary" there's something in Garen's voice that I am very much familiar with.
Exhaustion.
He sounds so tired. So frustrated and in need of rest.
"Yes General Muln" the trooper answers.
"Is Anakin with you? If he is then let me speak to him" Garen says.
"He…..he's not here. He's on Coroscant giving the council a report, sir" the trooper answers hesitantly.
What?! I'm right here!! I'm right here dammit, right here!
I want to scream. But of course that will get me no where but the temple soul and mind healers offices.
"Stars end! Where the hell is Skywalker when you need him?! Why can't that boy ever even bother to look after his master?" Garen actually almost looses it for a second. . I hear him sigh.
"General?" the clone asks with Garen's lack of response.
"You know what, never mind. Just…just look after Obi-Wan alright? Just make sure he gets some food and any fluid in him every once in a while. Please Alpha, I'm counting on you. You and your boys" Garen says, the tiredness returning to his voice.
"We won't let you down sir. That's a promise" Alpha, I figure out the clone is (sorry they all seem to sound the same…..Obi-Wan never shared that thought with me thought. He always said each clone was different in their own special way and it was easy to differentiate them) says adamantly.
"Good. I'll catch up with you boys again as soon as I can" Garen pauses for a moment as all the troopers in unison let out a "yessir" before he says "Muln out" and hangs up the transmission.
Now, what was that bit about me being on Corscant?
Suddenly it hits me. This must be one of the many time I went to Corscant to report. Then stayed back a day or two with Padme.
Dammit.
Is this what happened while I was gone? Obi-Wan never even told me he had been this……this….sick.
I hate using that word. Especially on Obi-Wan. It's just so unlike him to be…….sick.
He always did look a bit out of it when I returned but he acted like everything was normal.
And when his face would suddenly twist in pain and he would waver on his legs for a moment before regaining his posture I always passed it off as a battle injury and kept walking. I never even imagined he would have been so horribly…..sick. If I knew I would have helped him instead of waiting for a clone to do that job for me.
And to think all this is from lack of food. The fact that everything in his system was absolutely messed up.
And that I am no where to be seen because I am blinded by love. So blinded the closest person I have to a father is half dead in the inside and I am planets away flirting with my wife.
I, the closest person he has to a son was not there to help him. No. His clone troopers did that job. Maybe that's why he never told me he was like this. Because he was hurt his clones had to my job for me.
Speaking of clones, I hear one of the clones sigh "So how long are we going to be here?"
"As long as it takes for General Kenobi to recover" I think Alpha responds.
"It's so unlike him to actually collapse while we're fleeing. I mean we've done this before and he's never passed out until we got to the next base" the first clone exclaims.
It entertains me to no end how much these simple clones care for their general.
It also entertains me to no end how much that simple general cares for his clones…
But really. Those clones probably know more about Obi-Wan's conditions more than I do. The thought makes me ashamed to a degree.
The clone's words return to me:
"It's so unlike him to actually collapse while we're fleeing. I mean we've done this before and he's never passed out until we got to the next base"
A two things occurs to me.
1) Force…….this has happened to Obi-Wan before? Like more than once? Stars that one ordeal made me want to kill myself just to end the pain…..having to deal with it again??? It would seriously kill me.
2) I felt the nausea kick in less than a minute after I walked out of the base. Which means Obi-Wan had the nausea kick into his system less than a minute after he walked out of the base.
And then he held it in and continued on until he got to the next base. Force knows how far that may be.
"I know it's like he's a completely different person now" one of the clones mutters.
He doesn't know how right he is.
I decide I should go talk to the clones…..try to find out anymore information that I may not know about Obi-Wan.
But that idea completely goes down the drain when all my energy suddenly seems to drain out of me. And I can't help but close my eyes and sink back into blissful and ignorant sleep.
Sorry if theres a bajillion spelling mistakes here guys. It's like 3:30 am and im barely even lucid enough to recognize my own voice at this moment. So if there are any mistakes, tell me and i'll fix them later.
lol enter the concerned brotherly Garen XD My "Someday" readers, you know how much I love him and I couldn't help but bring him in XD
Plus do u want Anakin to stay in the Clone Wars for one more chapter or should he move on to the next saga of Obi-Wan's life? I need ur votes cause i can't decide =]
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