Lie to Me - Chapter 13
By obi's girl
Sabé sighed, standing outside of the hut as she watched the twin suns of Tatooine set. She'd woken up early and left Obi-Wan sleeping to stand outside in the cool air. The young woman needed time to herself to think about things. She and Obi-Wan were together, but it was never her intention to fall for him. That, she knew, was Qui-Gon's doing, but that wasn't what was bothering her.
Now they were together, what would the future be like for them? Sabé wanted to share with her family how she felt about him, but she knew that wasn't possible, because they would risk detection by the Emperor. If he could trace her location, he'd find Obi-Wan, and then, eventually, little Luke.
Little Luke. Obi-Wan told her about his existence and Leia's, but she never really saw what he looked like. Did he look more like Padmé, or like his father? If Obi-Wan came here to watch over him, he must have had a plan – to know what to do once he matured.
Sabé leaned back onto the hut, looking again at the sunset, never once noticing the beings watch her from a distance. She turned briefly in their direction and then when she looked back, one of them crept near her and grabbed her.
Obi-Wan awoke violently, sweating. Something wasn't right. He looked to where he expected Sabé to be, but she wasn't there. He bolted from the bed, grabbed his robe, pants, and lightsaber, and quickly rushed out of the hut.
Sabé couldn't say anything as she sat in the corner of the small hut, tied to a branch as two sand people kept guard over her. They hadn't beaten her, but she knew that with time, they wouldn't let her be. She closed her eyes and bit her lip. Another entered the hut, talked to the other two and then they looked toward Sabé.
Slowly, the three of them stalked towards her. Sabé wanted to scream as they came upon her, but all there was…was silence…
/ Obi-Wan, listen to me// Qui-Gon pleaded with his former apprentice. / If the sand people have taken her, you need to be cautious. / Obi-Wan only glared at him. He didn't want to think about what she could possible be going through at the moment if they had her but he didn't want to stand around and wait, either.
"I can't leave her," he reasoned. "I can't let them…" Obi-Wan stopped himself, and instead turned the other way and left the hut.
Sabé's head was throbbing as she sat alone in the hut. Her whole body ached. She tried to move her feet, but she couldn't feel them. Visibly, she knew she still had feet, but they were numb. Sabé tried to sit up, but thought better of it and stayed where she was. She was too weak to move, and as much as she didn't want to stay there and wait to see what would happen to her, she had no choice but to stay put.
Those things had beat her senselessly, and when they grew tired of beating her, they left her and didn't bother to tend to her wounds. At this point, she didn't even know if there were still around, or if they had abandoned her completely. Though, if they did abandon her, she had less to worry about or not. Some other creature could always come along and finish her off.
/Get a grip, Sabé// she cried. / Obi-Wan will be here soon. /
But what if he didn't get to her in time? What if she was dead when he got here? There were so many things she wanted to tell him…Sabé started to cry as she realized that she never told him she loved him. She'd been so scared to give into her feelings this whole time, and she never even had the chance to tell him how she felt.
Reasonably, he could have some idea, since she did sleep with him, but Sabé needed to tell him. She knew how he felt about her; he'd professed his love to several times and each time, she turned him away.
"Oh Ben…" she managed before falling unconscious.
"Stay strong, Sabé," Obi-Wan pleaded as he watched the camp. There were three sand people outside of her hut. Three, only three? That didn't seem right. Obi-Wan looked around for any lurking about. If there were only three, rescuing Sabé would be an easy task. He removed his lightsaber from his belt and jumped down from the cliff, startling them.
Sabé stirred from her sleep. She could hear the hum of a lightsaber outside the hut, and knew it had to be Obi-Wan. Once again, she tried to sit up, but her legs still weren't cooperating. Instead, she stared at the entrance. There were only three of them; they couldn't have overpowered him. He was a Jedi, her Jedi.
She could hear thuds outside, and then saw a hand open the door of the hut and a body step inside. She stared happily at Obi-Wan and then collapsed. Obi-Wan ran over to her and untied her, and stood up, holding her in his arms. He brought her to the center of the room and laid her down.
"Sabé…"
She opened her eyes again and smiled. "You came…"
"Of course," he said, bent down and kissed her gently. "We need to get out of here quick…Can you walk?"
"I can't feel anything in my legs."
Obi-Wan looked down at her legs and gently touched them. They must have repeatedly hit her legs with their staffs. Obi-Wan clenched his teeth and then took Sabé once again in his arms, and walked out of the hut.
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