Ashoka forced her rising panic down and stood up slowly. She knew that if she moved in any direction, she would immediately be lost and confused, so she stayed where she was, fighting to keep from falling over.
"Ashoka?"
She squinted her eyes, trying to make out any signs of Anakin. A hand came out of nowhere and grabbed her upper arm roughly, causing her to shriek in surprise and fall to the ground. Her foot hit something hard and jagged, and she clenched her teeth as she felt her foot burst into spasms of pain. "Anakin?" She yelled. "My foot!"
His grip on her hand tightened. "Ashoka!" He yelled. "We need to keep moving!"
She stood up painfully but immediately collapsed to the ground again holding her foot angrily. "I can't!"
He yelled in frustration and, grabbing her roughly around the waist, picked her up and slung her over his shoulder. "I'm sorry, Ashoka. We need to find Obi-Wan!" He shouted and began to move forward in the direction he thought was Mos Eisley.
Twenty minutes later, the storm began to subside and Anakin stopped to rest quickly before continuing on. He slowly set Ashoka down and wiped a hand across his brow wearily.
Ashoka began to inspect her injured foot. She sighed in frustration as she tested it out. It was completely limp, swollen, and bluish purple around her ankle. Anakin bent over beside her to look at it. He frowned and glanced at her impatiently. "I don't know what we are going to do. We need to hurry." She shrugged and stood up putting all her weight on her other foot.
"Let's just keep going. We should be at Mos Eisley pretty soon." Anakin nodded and picked her up again. Ashoka winced as her ankle slammed against his belt.
"Let's go."
-STARWARS-
Obi-Wan opened his eyes and sat up quickly with a gasp, but immediately collapsed again as he felt his back shoot out stabs of pain. He slowly moved an arm to his burning forehead and groaned as he felt a warm, sticky liquid come off with his hand. He shivered and curled up stiffly in a tiny ball, trying to capture some warmth, but he soon lapsed out of consciousness and began to toss and turn restlessly. A lurch from the ship sent him crashing into a stack of cargo boxes, which in turn, fell on top of him. He groaned in his sleep and then lay completely still.
Savage Opress came into the dimly lit room at the sound of the boxes crashing to the floor. He hurried towards Obi-Wan and roughly dragged his limp body out from underneath the wreck of boxes. Several large slivers of wood had pierced his body and one had gotten caught in his eyelid so that a bloodshot eye seemed to stare at Savage Opress.
Maul appeared behind his brother. "Leave him."
Savage Opress turned towards Maul and frowned. "He will not make it Corscurant if you do not do something to help him."
"I said leave him." Maul turned and strode back to the cockpit. Savage Opress watched him leave and then quickly tore the sliver from Obi-Wan's eyelid before following his brother back to the cockpit.
Maul glared at him angrily. "I told you to leave him."
"He will not make it Corscurant."
Maul closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "He is stronger than you think."
-STARWARS-
Anakin pointed to the left of them. "Mos Eisley." He said abruptly.
Ashoka sighed. "Good. My ankle is so swollen I can't tell where my foot ends and where my leg begins."
"We should be there in about a quarter of an hour, and then I will find someone to take care of your foot."
Ashoka nodded and tried to focus on their mission instead of her injury.
Awhile later, they arrived at Mos Eisley. Anakin set Ashoka down and looked around them. People stared at the two Jedi curiously, and Ashoka was pretty sure she knew why as they were covered completely in sand.
"Let's start in the cantina." Anakin said and began to pick her up.
"Wait. Shouldn't we find a place where we can make ourselves less conspicuous first? The last thing we want right now is attention."
Anakin paused but then nodded. "You're right. I know a place we could go." He picked her up and continued on, ignoring the curious looks people gave him.
-STARWARS-
"We are approaching Corscurant." Savage Opress stared in front of him, ignoring the angry looks his brother was giving him.
"Good. You know where to go." Maul spat out and clanked out of the cockpit to the cargo hold. He smiled slightly at the limp figure of Obi-Wan.
"Stronger than you think." He whispered quietly. A sudden lurch indicated that they had landed in Corscurant. Maul walked out into the dimly-lit room they had landed in. He was wearing a black coat, so the only thing an observer could see was his burning eyes.
Back in the cargo hold, Savage Opress picked up Obi-Wan and followed Maul. "What now, brother?"
Darth Maul's eyes shone brightly. "We will wait for my old master."
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