Title: Poison's Relief
Author: Mlinyaia
Disclaimer: You know already!
Chapter 12
A.N Stuff written in bold for this chapter are flashbacks.
The situation developing before him was spiraling out of his control. Qui-Gon had decided to talk and discuss with Obi-Wan the options he had concerning the procedure. It hadn't gone well. Qui-Gon was now sitting by the window watching the evening traffic passing by in the space lanes that covered Coruscant. Obi-Wan was curled up in a ball in the corner of the room. Sighing Qui-Gon began to lose himself in his thoughts. How did I let this happen, Obi-Wan needs me now more than ever and all I have done is push him away more. Sighing he glanced back at his Padawan. The vacant stare on the boy's face was eerie, the eyes expressionless face still. Chancing it, Qui-Gon walked over and crouched down on the ground hoping to get through to Obi-Wan. He placed a hand on the boys arm.
"Argh! Stop hurting me!" He scrunched up his face at the pain just that small physical touch on his arm gave. Immmediately Qui-Gon withdrew the contact, this isn't going well.
"I'm sorry Obi-Wan, I didn't mean to hurt you."
"I know Master." He mumbled in reply.
"I don't just mean for the physical pain I have caused you but for everything." Obi-Wan made no indication that he had acknowledged his Master.
However he did hear him, but that statement just placed his mind back into a state of focusing on the past.
Qui-Gon helped me into the chair in the corner. The Mace Windu, Master Yoda and the huddle of Healers walked out of the door. My Master came up and crouched down next to me. I knew we needed to discuss the situation that Master Yoda had presented us with. After a few minutes, which I assumed was the length of time it took for Qui-Gon to come up with his thought provoking speech, he decided to speak to me.
"Obi-Wan, I know what Yoda has just said is hard to understand, but you need to do this. This is the only way that you can get cured. You do want to be cured?"
"Of course I want to be cured!"
"Then I will go and tell Yoda that we wish to go ahead with the treatment."
"I didn't say I wanted the treatment!"
"But you want to be cured! The treatment is what will cure you." He was getting angry with me, I was disagreeing with his views. It's my life, my choice! Can't I decide!
"I want to be cured but I.."
"I know it's dangerous but you don't need to fear it. I will be there with you, it will be fine."
"You don't get it Master! I can deal with the pain, I've been dealing with the pain since we left that Sith forsaken planet! I would have the procedure but I don't want others to go through even a percentage of what I am going through!" In a way what Mace said was what I was thinking, we don't need anymore people here with anything to do with this stupid poison.
"Obi-Wan see sense! The dose of poison that they get would cause minimal damage."
"Minimal but none." I replied in a flat tone.
"Obi-Wan, I have had enough of this stupidity, if you can't see the sense in this then I have no choice but to order you."
"You wouldn't Master!" I said in a slightly threatening manner.
"Obi-Wan Kenobi, you will obey me, and you will accept this treatment."
This sparked me off, how dare he choose for me, how dare he decide what I want to do with my body, with my life! He may be my Master, but that doesn't give him the right to put me in the situation where I will hurt others. I suddenly felt the anger swelling up, I clenched my fist and did what would be the worst thing I had done in my apprenticeship so far. I pulled back my hand then thrust it forward towards my Master, my hand made contact with Qui-Gon's cheek. I sobbed, I had hit out against my own Master, it wasn't a hard hit, for it hurt me alot just to move my arm, the physical touch was too much to bear and I knew that and so the force that hit Qui-Gon was nothing more that a gentle tap. Realising what I had done I slowly dropped to my knees letting out a scream as pain made its course up my legs as I did so. I watched through tear filled eyes as Qui-Gon walked over to the window. There I stayed just staring away from him, the tears long stopped. Then he came over.
Obi-Wan's mind was wrenched back into the presence by the questioning eyes of Qui-Gon staring at him.
"I don't want to hurt anyone." Obi-Wan stated slowly, without really directing it at Qui-Gon.
"Look at me Obi-Wan," he did not continue until Obi-Wan had made and maintained eye contact with him, "I wouldn't let you hurt anyone, I know better than anyone else how you feel about these things." Obi-Wan continued to stare into Qui-Gon's eyes, something seemed to click while he stared there, Obi-Wan's thoughts changed, By not doing this I am hurting one person alot more than I can hurt the many involved.
"Master, I can see that by not accepting this procedure, I am only succeeding in hurting you more, and I will only end up hurting you more. If I stay this way soon my frustration and anger at being in this condition will get the better of me, and I will lash out at you again. I am sorry for doing that Master, I didn't mean to go against you or your wisdom."
"It's ok Obi-Wan, I understand. What is your choice then?"
The boy took a few minutes to think it through one last time, while he was doing this he felt his body become warmer, as the poison's firey rage ravaged his body once again.
"Please Master, just make it stop." He began to cry, letting out quiet moans. Qui-Gon was reaching into his robe to take out his Padawan's pain relief when it was taken from his hand, boy the smaller, trembling one of Obi-Wan's. The boy threw it as far as he could away from them.
"No Master, Yoda said I needed to feel the pain, so I know how much to give, I will start that now." Qui-Gon nodded, and pulled out his comlink, "Master Yoda, Obi-Wan has agreed."
"Good, return we shall."
All that remained was for Qui-Gon to send calming, healing waves of the Force into the hurting body, giving as much comfort as he can while the long wait started.
Once again I had hopef for this chapter to have been a little bit longer, but it did have alot of events in it so it makes up for the length. Thank you to my WONDERFUL reviewers, i luv ewansmile, JackGirl and Snowfur! Hope you liked it! More to come soon!
