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Ch. 10 Hunted

The sting shot through her violently as if acid had been thrown on Jesi.She was blown backward by the force of the paralysis bolt and landed with a splash in the muddy earth.

"Jesi!" Obi-Wan exclaimed in surprise.

Not knowing of an attack was not something he was used to.He moved to go to her but two sets of rough hands clasped onto him as a group of 5 or 6 burst from the brush.Grifth was not amoung them.Twisting out of one's grasp Obi-Wan turned his whole body forming his hand into a fist along the way and connected with the jaw of the other.

"Hey Kid, knock it off!"A rather large hunter bellowed throwing the butt of his rifle into the side of his head.

Dropping to his knees the Jedi was dazed for a moment and had to blink to regain his full vision. He looked to Jesi who lay frightening still in the surpy mud and soil. He didn't quite hear what the hunters around him were saying, he was busy watching as one walked to her tapping her with his foot then leaning over saying something.

Jesi knew exactly what had happened to her. They had hit her with a paralysis bolt making her completely paralyzed but also completely coherent. She wanted so badly to smash the butt of a blaster in the face of the man that leaned over her.

"Not so quick now are you?" He said mockingly moving her face from side to side slightly with his thumb and index finger under her chin.

'You won't be when you're dead.' Jesi thought bitterly.

"Bring the Jedi.Put him out first." He ordered to the side. Jesi heard a smack then a thud and splash.

"Someone wants to have a word with you." He grinned down at her then moved to gather her up.

~~~~~~**** Bout 20 minutes later****~~~~~~~~~~~~

At times like these was when Qui-Gon really wished he had a clipper with him. Lengthy hair, rain, and constant turning quickly and jumping didn't mix. Mace of course had no problem.

"I still don't see or feel anything." Mace said looking around.

"This rain will cancel out any tracking by foot." Qui-Gon said looking down.

"Would they go to high grounds?"

"Depends on if they had the chance. We have no idea what that other ship was doing...someone's after them and whether they have them or not is a question that is pending on everything." Qui-Gon answered looking towards the higher lands anyway.

There were cliffs and just plain rises all along the horizan. Mace was busy looking at the holo-map he had taken along.

"If, in fact, they are with that other ship they're on the near other side of this land..that's about an hour and a half trek."

Qui-Gon sighed, this was not going well at all.Course what rescue mission did...especially with Obi-Wan involved. The boy always seemed to have trouble find him.

"Well, going through these mountains one by one is going to take a whole lot longer and be much more useless if they are with them. If we go there at least we'll know whether or not they've been captured.We might even get a clue as to where they are."

"That's true." Mace agreed, rain water still pouring down around them.

"Well, come on." Qui-Gon said snatching the holo-map and leading.

~~~~~~~~~**** 30 minutes later *******~~~~~~~~~~~~

At first Jesi thought she was dreaming but when she blinked agian and the feeling didn't go away her stomach turned.

'We're lucky to have high lands, those on the beach get flooded out.' Oh, good grief. The substance beginning to cover her hand was water...and it was rising. Above her where the bars of the top of the 'cage' and all around her the rest. She had just now begun to move her fingers together, and no one had come since she was literally dropped in here.

Where was Obi-Wan?

~~~~~~~***** One hour later ******~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Obi-Wan glared at the blue woman infront of him.Or rather outside. Again he was in that damned cage and his head hurt like hell and she had stepped just outside the door a few moments ago. He hadn't seen her last time but he didn't really care. She was one of them.

"What's your name?" She asked, her voice icy and almost robotic.

Obi-Wan continued to glare.

"Very well." She said after a moment of silence."You wish not to tell me, fine, you'll be dead soon anyway."

Obi-Wan cleared his throat in mockery.

"You're so certain of yourself?" He asked.

"Who's going to stop them? You? You're half their size and withdrawn from your gifts of the Force...Your little friend perhaps. Jesi? No not her.She's going to be delt with." The blue woman was now pacing back and forth running her hands along the shut down bars.

"What do you want her so badly for?"

A smile played at her features. "Jesi?"

Obi-wan nodded.

"Simple really, dead so she won't destroy the universe."

Obi-Wan frowned.

"Not her." He told the blue.

"No, not her...her child."

At this Obi-Wan nearly choked.

"Child? Jesi has no children."

"Not yet...didn't you know? She's with child, boy."

Obi-Wan thought on this for a moment. Jesi couldn't be.Sure, he didn't know about her personal life that way but still, not Jesi. The female grinned stopping her pace and leaning on the bars.

"No, foolish boy, not a man of this world...but the next."

'She will bare darkness...Mother of darkness.'

Obi-Wan had a sinking feeling.

"There you go." The woman hissed.

Obi-Wan concluded she could read his thoughts.

"Quire has many ways of sending his gifts, she and her infant happen to be one of them."

Quire...not him. Obi-Wan didn't want to have to handle him again. The female suddenly laughed.

"I suppose that since YOU didn't know...she doesn't know does she?"

Obi-Wan remained silent, one he didn't know, two it was probably true.

"Oh how splendid!" She exclaimed clasping her hands together."How positively splendid!"

She sounded like a bloody parrot to Obi-Wan. Either she was lieing or mistaken or Jesi, where ever she was, was in for the shock of her life.

~~~~****10 minutes later****~~~~~~~~

Qui-Gon crouched down in the wet branches for cover.Below them was something of a makeshift camp. One space craft, rather large, and over hangs all about the place with varies numbers of beings within them huddled together from the rain.

"I don't see either of them." Mace whispered.

Qui-Gon remained silent, his eyes scanning over the beach. The tide must have come in or it was beginning to flood because the water line was fresh as the waves danced at the shore washing foam onto the beach.

Taking a pulsing breath the Jedi thought about every instance he had with Jesi. Every detail about her and every time he could feel her presence. Not having a bond with her at all and her Force signature not matured she wasn't the easiest for him to locate but from the times he was with her he could recall something of a signature from her and track it here. After a moment a flicker lit through his mind slightly, dulled, then brightened.

"Jesi's near here." He told his companion.

"Do you think Obi-Wan is with her?"

"Probably..she wouldn't leave him and he wouldn't leave her."

"Coincidental." Mace murmured under his breath.

"So where?" He said to the other Jedi.

"I don't know...it's like she's so far away...but I know she's not. She can't be."

"Why?" Mace asked.

"Because that's Obi-Wan right there." Qui-Gon said quietly as thunder boomed through the skies.Obi-Wan was in the middle of a group of people being led away from the camp.

In the rear, trailing, was a blue female Oismin Native along side her was a tall Bounty Hunter with his visor down covering his features.

"Something's not right." Mace said softly watching.

"Something's more than this, we're not seeing the whole picture.There's more here." He added looking back to the camp.

"We'll figure it out when we get my padawan back." Qui-Gon said already moving to follow along the tree line.

Mace followed but slightly hesitant. He thought there was something more here, he knew something was behind all this on the outside. Something lurking in the shadows.

Tbc....

There we go. I feel better now. Once again, so sorry for the wait. Forgive me? I'll throw in some ice cream and brownies.... :) Yum yum.

I'll post asap, possibly tomorrow; 3/23/02

Till then,

Elli

P.S. Remember, brownies.....Icecream....yum yummy!