"Shit-shit-shiiit!"
Bursting into the room I almost immediately came to a skidding stop, kicking pieces of plaster and gravel all over the place. Dumb and dumber were just where I saw them last. A quick glance showed that Qui-gonn was..about the same really. But Obi.. The woman lay with her back against the wall, body rigid from the pain and rivulets of sweat running down her face as she dared not move an inch.
"L-language Ani," she mumbled causing me to chuckle weakly.
"I think, I think that we have more important things to worry about, eh?" I asked, my own breathing labored. Shit. Don't crash now of all times damnit!
"I'll be right back; don't you dare die on me. Either of you!" I said, pointing with my finger at the duo. "After all, you, I still haven't teased enough. And you, I still need to find your secret stash damn it!" I said and tugged at the Force, hard, requesting her aid, demanding that she show me the nearest path towards help. Like the world's most expensive Gps. She acquiesced, but the effort, coupled with my already exhausted state made me feel lightheaded.
"Hang in there Obi!" I shouted as I ran out of the room, a pained groan, courtesy of my bad pun, reaching my ears and making a fleeting smile form on my lips for a moment as I dashed like the hounds of hell were after me. Searching for the nearest exit.
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A nice, hot, long, bath sounded perfect right about now.
Unfortunately, if the pattern of recent events was any indication, she doubted she would have any amount of private time for quite a while yet.
"Incoming!"
At the soldier's shout she turned away from Sabe, their conversation cut short, and towards the man who was gripping his blaster tightly. Following the man's gaze caused a smile to split her face.
"Stand down Sergeant,"
"M-my lady?"
"He's a friend." Padme simply said in response, watching the approaching youth as he dashed and jumped towards them through rubble, crumbling rooftops and cracked tiles. Speeding through the ruined streets and buildings as if he was a demented Corellian monkey. And if the preliminary reports were accurate, said boy played a very large role in her planet's liberation.
In very short order and with a final leap against a building's partially caved in roof the boy landed on the cobblestone ground in front of her troops, well more like nearly crushed on said stones. Swaying and nearly falling flat on his face. That, coupled with the ruined state of his clothes caused a worried frown to form on the woman's face.
"Hi Pads.." He said woozily, cutting her off before she could speak. "Hey Sabe, Eirtae, Rabe, guys and girls whom I don't know." He continued waving his arm in greeting, before he focused back on her. "Would love to talk buuut, I'm kinda pressed for time here. So, I reaaally need your help."
Quickly silencing her entourage's confused shouting, she smiled down at her pint sized savior.
"Of course Ani, what do you need."
"Well," he cast an appraising glance at her group. His eyes lingering momentarily on her exposed midriff and the angry pink of her mostly healed wound. "Is there a medic here, hopefully with lots of Bacta, and preferably Bacta patches as well.."
She gasped, raising her palms in front of her face with worry. "Are you ok? You didn't get hurt, did you?" she questioned and immediately felt silly for doing so, noticing the bruises and cuts all over his form. Especially the cut on his temple where a small trickle of blood continued to drip "And yes, we do have Bacta. Lieutenant?"
"Ma'am?" came the shout from a couple of paces behind her, as the group's medic approached her with swift steps. Padme once more suppressed a remark at the woman's choice of attire. A Dr's plain white robes over her military garment was a strange and inadvisable choice to say the least, but they had more important problems at the moment. This would have to wait, and besides, she did owe the woman.
"Please help our young Hero here." She replied and pointed at Ani with a smile.
The boy shook his head at the approaching long haired blonde.
"No, you misunderstand. It's not for me I'm fin—" he paused, as right at that moment a droplet of red vitae slid past his eyebrow and into his eye making him blink and curse, jumping around and vigorously rub said eye as he did. "Son of a— Fuck!" he said before the feeling of irritation subsided enough for the boy to stand still and look back at them, squinting out of one of his eyes.
"Well, ok. Not perfectly fine, but you should have seen the other gu—gal." He replied, his grin returning for a moment before he focused on the medic. "No, this is for the pair of Jedi who came here with you. I can wait."
The Lieutenant nodded, stone faced and serious, ready to do her duty even as she rummaged through one of her pockets for a second before extending her clenched hand towards the youth, a small translucent plastic bottle in her grip.
He blinked, "What's that?"
"Eyedrop Sir."
"Err, thanks." He said, taking the proffered item and putting it to good use. Blinking with renewed clarity a moment after and focusing once more on the blonde woman in front of him. Padme scowled; his eyes were lingering again.
"That is better, thanks. Now. Say, hypothetically, that you had a patient who was a quadruple amputee and one who had a plasma torch going through her gut and pinning her in place. Oh, and her arm is also cut off. How would you prep them for transport?"
Padme paid no attention to the soft gasps from all around her. Her gaze remaining fixed to the young boy in front of her.
"Does he seem..off somehow to you?" whispered Eirtae from behind her.
The Queen would later swear that she could hear Rabe roll her eyes, she certainly heard the slap to the back of the blonde's head.
"Gee, I wonder what gave you that idea birdbrain." Snarked the brunette beauty. "If even half of the rumors are true, coupled with his earlier stunt.. Then yeah, it's quite likely that he is different, I realize that it's a difficult concept for an airhead like you but people get tired. Ti-re-d."Replied the woman, pronouncing the last word slowly.
"H-hey! I know what tired means!" whined the girl from behind her.
"I doubt that."
"..and you didn't have to be so mean about it," she finished with a pout aimed at her friend.
"No, no! Absolutely not!" said Ani, shaking his head and crossing his arms into an 'x' like warding motion.
"But—"
Despite the medic's pleas the boy remained resolute, his eyes momentarily losing focus as he peered somewhere..else. After all her recent interactions with the people that half the galaxy ignorantly called wizards, she had a good idea as to what was happening. Indeed, his next words only served to confirm her suspicions.
"Can't do lady, the Force insists that we don't have much time. At least in Obi's case, so no. We can't wait until—"
By her side, Sabe, leaned in close. A worried frown crossing her usually stoic face as she kept staring at the adorable boy. "They do have a point," she whispered, softly jerking her head towards the bickering maids behind them. "He does seem..off. Somewhat..lessened, maybe?" she said, her confusion evident as she tried to put into words what was a feeling most nebulous.
Padme merely frowned, not opting to respond. But in the privacy of her thoughts, she couldn't help but agree. For indeed, the usual aura making the boy seem larger than life was nowhere to be found. It would seem that even Ani's seemingly endless wellspring of energy had limits after all.
"Ok, thanks. So, I apply this like so, and that.. Got it. Be back in a jiffy Doc."
"I told you, it's not 'Doc' it's Cassandra, Sir. And be careful with my patients you brat!" snarked the woman at the youth preparing to depart. Medical supplies held firmly in his hand, Ani gave the Doc a cheeky two finger salute with his other arm and proceeded to jump backwards. Once more dashing madly towards her...remodeled palace.
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"Oh Obi-chan! I'm~home!" I sing-songed, as I once again entered the room and made a beeline for the fallen padawan.
"Great. I changed my mind Master; I think I would like to be one with the Force now."
"Oi!"
A tired chuckle made me pause as I was laying down the medical equipment in the prescribed order, thank the Force, otherwise there is no way I would remember the correct steps. With a tube of Bacta held in my hand I turned my head to the side, Qui-gonn's tired eyes met my own even as his next words were aimed at his padawan.
"Please don't my friend, after all, it's the Master's prerogative to experience the netherworld of the Force first. You wouldn't deny your poor old Master that privilege and make him a laughing stock amidst the rest of the departed Jedi Masters, would you Obi?"
She sighed, "I guess not, I can endure this tiny menace for a few moments more for your sake then my Master."
I glared impotently at the cheeky blonde, craving to lean in and pinch her for her cheek. But this was a delicate operation and thus the mantra off 'don't shake the patient you bloody nimrod' took precedence. Bollocks.
"Good to see you too old man," I said and focused my gaze back on the padawan. One of my arms reaching for the ignited saber's hilt, the other holding the unscrewed Bacta tube. "Now, and since you are awake it's time you made yourself useful. I could really use your help. I know that in your old age it might be difficult to get it up, but if you could gather enough strength and help keep her steady with the Force that would be splendid, thanks. I would help but I'm scraping the bottom of the metaphorical barrel at the moment. And I'm gonna need those last few specks I can gather in a few moments."
The man gave a pained snort. "I'll see what I can do Ani. And just so you know, you have no reason to feel ashamed. Issues with insufficient stamina are a well known and perfectly natural problem a lot of youths face. With age comes grace after all."
I nodded before the second part of his words hit, "Oi! Are you calling me a quick-shot?"
"I have no idea what you mean my friend." He said, his tone radiating angelic innocence.
"Let's get it over with," I grumbled in response. "Oh, and this might hurt a bit,"
"Arghh!" an agonized scream escaped the girl's lips, trying, and failing to curl in on herself the moment the plasma torch disappeared. Qui-gonn, true to his word, immobilizing her with the Force and helping her ride out the first few moments of agony. At the same time, I immediately applied a generous amount of Bacta within the wound itself, followed by slapping a Bacta patch in the front of the wound. Sealing it.
"Alright, release her old man." I said, and scooted closer, another patch held in my hand. Qui-gonn did, causing the girl to all but crumble into my embrace. Letting the energy field guide me, I blindly slapped the healing patch on her back. The instant I did, my hand still guided by the Force shot to the side and grasped the first in a series of girthy syringes. Which I proceeded to jam right into the squirming girl, one after another and in the order prescribed.
Reaching the last a tense sigh escaped my lips, allowing me to start relaxing. For according to Cassandra and the Force both, the worst was now behind us.
"Ok, according to Doc, you should be stable enough to move now." I said and pushed Obi-wan gently against the wall. The sweating girl closing her eye in relief, taut muscles starting to relax as her torture came to an end. "But first," I turned towards Qui-gonn, grabbing a few pieces of Bacta. "Doc's orders are that I should at least apply a bit of salve to your..cuts." I diplomatically said proceeding to do just that, turning right after and scooping up the blonde soon to be knight in a bridal carry. "I'll be back soon old man."
"I'll wait, take care of my padawan Ani."
Nodding, I scrapped the last few flecks of energy from my dry well, invigorating my tired body and dashed out of the room. I would need to rest a minute..or ten before coming back for Qui-gonn. In short order I was out of the building, eating up the distance between me and the anxiously waiting Doc, oh and Pads of course.
"A-ani?"
Surprised I peered down at the woman in my arms, whose azure eyes were wide open, gazing straight into my own.
"Mmh? Rest Obi, we can talk later." I said, looking straight ahead, my eyes once more on the road.
"Your eyes, they are..blue." I heard the surprised padawan exclaim.
I grimaced, "Well. Let's just say that I'm running on the reserves for my emergency reserves. And— oh." I paused for the girl had slipped into a seemingly restless sleep before I could finish.
"Yo, Doc!" I shouted, coming to a stop a few moments later in front of said woman. The soldiers not surprised by my presence this time, ignoring me and opting instead to gaze warily behind me. Scanning the horizon for potential threats. "Everything went as expected, no complications to be reported. So, one maimed pain in my ass as requested." I said, slightly lifting the unconscious woman in my arms.
"This is no time for jokes young man," snapped Cassandra. "put her on that stretcher over there." She said pointing with her arm, the motion making her tits go boing-boing.
"Hai-hai!" I said with an eye-roll, and proceeded to do just that.
"And cut that out, I get enough of that Hapanese crap out my younger sisters I don't need to hear it at work too. Damn that mega-corp and its animes." She muttered, and ignoring me utterly turned and bend over the unconscious padawan, her hands and eyes trailing over the younger girl's form in a thorough, yet careful, examination.
"Oi! Where did that previous respect of yours go." I pouted manly complained, ogling her fat bubble butt all the while.
Without turning to look at me she scoffed, "That was before this became a medical emergency, Sir. Now zip it brat, I need to work."
Grumbling I turned away from the annoyed woman and towards Padme and the girls, who'd been snickering behind my back. Gulping deep breaths all the while, trying to hasten my recovery.
"Har-har, very funny guys." I said rolling my eyes and making to walk towards them. "Wait, why is the sky turning bla—, oh shit, sorry Pad—"
"Ani?!"
Ignoring the panicked shouting ringing in my ears, I instead focused at the approaching ground. Feeling cartilage begin to shatter my last semi-coherent thought could only be—
"Motherfu—"
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I woke up with a groan and my nose smarting like said motherfucker.
"A-ani?! Wait here, I'm gonna get Padme." Said Sabe from somewhere to my left. With my eyes still closed and a valiant effort of will I bit back the reflexive retort, opting instead to sink deeper within the comfortable sheets making sweat sweat love to my entire body. A sigh of pure bliss escaping my lips. Even as, much to my annoyance, rays of light kept landing on my closed eyelids. Forcing me to open my eyes with a grumble.
Said rays making me momentarily glare at the room's velvet curtains with bleary eyes, before my brain finished rebooting and I took stock of the rest of my surroundings.
Soft hues of blue, white and many other colors greeted my eyes. But once again, I cared little for the artistic talent of Naboo's people depicted on the walls all around me. Although, that at least did confirm to me that I was somewhere within the palace. Said thought reminded me of something else even as I gazed at my heavily bandaged form and the sinfully soft sheets —seriously, how did Pads and the rest of the girls get up every day?!— namely, that said Palace's structural integrity had gone through a very recent, and very thorough 'testing'.
I gulped, thin beads of sweat appearing on my brow, as I kept eying the walls surrounding me with terror healthy paranoia.
"—I don't care about any of that! He is my patient and I'm going into that room, whether through the door or through you." Grumbled a familiar voice outside.
A raspy masculine snort was the answer. "I sincerely doubt that madam, but you may go in nonetheless." Whoever he was continued with an amused droll, the sound of a lock turning sounding but a moment later.
Watching Cassandra and her thicc hips sway in a moment later served as an excellent distraction. Causing me to almost miss Padme and Sabe stepping in behind her, and only catch a glimpse of the towering behemoth clad in exotic black armor behind the girls, waiting by the door. I frowned, my lips slipping into a deep scowl. Said grimace a result of the fact that a quick check of my strength levels told me that I was nowhere near my max, so, for now, patience. Cause I don't feel like taking on the fucker outside. And besides, I don't fancy my chances facing a whole squad of said fuckers at the moment, after all, like velociraptors shady looking mercenaries come in packs.
Coming to a stop by the bed's edge beside me, Doc eyed my form critically. An instant later she whipped out some sort of rectangular boxed shaped contraption out her coat's pockets.
Watching her run it over my form caused my eyes to minutely widen.
No..
Did my girls release the budget tricorders?!
"Physically, he is fine. More than fine even. Not yet fully healed of course, but he is getting there. And at an astounding rate I might add." The woman said to the two girls behind her with an annoyed drawl. Before her gaze traveled down my form and she scoffed, rolling her eyes. "And I can see that your tales regarding the brat were not exaggerated one bit, quite an early bloomer aren't you, Sir?"
Following her gaze, I saw that a healthy sized tent had sprung up, lifting the sheets slightly.
I grinned and winked at the doctor. Causing her to shake her head in response and turn to depart with an irritated mutter about troublesome brats. Believe me Doc, for once this has nothing to do with you or the girls behind you. But the fact you are holding that item means that my pile of moolah will keep on growing. Mwahahaha!
"In any case and as I said, he is fine Ma'am. Oh, and you." She said, pausing at the door and turning towards me. "No..vigorous activities for at least a week you hear?"
I gave her a cheeky two finger salute, "Aye-aye! It's a promise!"
The woman scoffed, and opened the door. Both of us knowing my words to be nothing but complete and utter lies.
"So, what did I miss? And who's the giant pillock outside?" I asked turning towards the worrywart of a Queen, who was once more garbed in her handmaiden outfit just like Sabe. Said Queen kept gazing at me, her eyes seeming a bit weird. Making me frown and inconspicuously give my armpit a whiff. No, whoever wrapped me up like a mummy had ensured that I was squeaky clean, only the faint smell of Bacta reaching my nostrils.
"Well.."
"Quite a bit, young Master." Said Sabe, having moved to the other side of my bed while I focused on Pads, the maid dipping a bit of cloth into a bowl of almost translucent blue. "Now please stand still, I need to be thorough." Said the woman, kneeling by my side and bringing the wet bit of clothing close to my temple. Making me roll my eyes.
"Chill, Sabe. I feel fine, the doctor said s—ow-ow-owie!" I hissed for an instant, jerking my head minutely to the side and away from the wet rag as the Bacta came into contact with the angry cut on the side of my head, causing my nerves to briefly flare up as the miraculous substance proceeded to work its magic. Cleaning the wound and accelerating its healing.
"Is that so Master?" questioned the blonde, her visage for once not hidden allowing me to see the minute upwards tilt of her lips, her face remaining the picture perfect image of a prim and proper maid otherwise.
"I was surprised is all.." I replied mulishly, steadfastly looking away from the victorious seeming maid and her weird eyes, akin to Padme's.
A soft chuckle escaped Pads lips, causing me to turn and focus upon her, even as her expression quickly turned somber again. Stoically bearing the ministrations of the maid kneeling by my side all the while.
"It's been two days since you fell to the ground in front of me, of us, nearly giving me a heart-attack." Said the Queen, her piercing gaze fixed upon me, her hands on her hips.
By my side, and at her Queen's words, Sabe jabbed a little bit harder against my still aching ribs with her Bacta imbued towel. Making me squirm and glance at her with disapproval. The girl met my eyes with an innocent tilt of her head, blinking coquettishly at me.
Shaking my head I looked back at Padme and opened my mouth.
"Before you ask, yes, we've won, it was a complete victory somehow. And I'm glad to say that your Jedi friends also..survived."
I closed my mouth and eyes in bliss. The boner underneath the covers twitching in agreement as the warm feeling of satisfaction begun to suffuse my body, even as the blonde maid kept poking at me by my side. Eager to make me squirm once more. The little sadist.
Remembering the rest of my question I opened my eyelids and—
"As for the guards outside… Well, I'll explain later, for now know that they are friendly-ish." Padme muttered before I could speak, crossing her arms underneath her developing chest and looking at the door with a complicated expression. Personally, I focused on the flotation devices undergoing a structural integrity test right in front of me even as—
"Oof, watch it woman!" I said with a groan, turning towards the maid whose hand had ventured downwards towards my abs, where she proceeded to press down, hard.
"Apologies, but the Bacta needs to seep everywhere." She said, her face once more awash in angelic innocence and— was, was she pushing her chest outwards?
"Whatever. What do you mean by friendly-ish?" I said, ignoring the maid and her confusing signals.
Padme's lips formed a thin line, "Well. All we've managed to gather; from the few questions they've deigned to answer is that they are protecting the investment of their Master's brother." She said, once more pining me in place with her gaze. "Wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you Ani?"
"Nope! Haven't the faintest!" I said, feeling the first beads of sweat once more appear on my brow.
"Uh-huh." She snarked, before sighing and uncrossing her arms. "In any case, I'm glad you are awake. Today is a day of celebration you see. Once you are ready, we'll be waiting for you. The Queen will make a public announcement later today and she was insistent that you join the guests of honor if possible and—w-what?"
Neither Sabe or me deigned to answer, instead, both of us continued to gaze at the girl with a deadpan expression.
Blushing the girl swiftly avoided our gazes, opting instead to turn and start heading for the door.
"I-she, will see you at the ceremony!"
"Wait Pads! I have a question." I said, making her pause.
"Yes Ani?" she said turning partially backwards.
"Who undressed me, in fact who washed me?"
Padme's form turned rigid even as she hastily turned forwards again.
"Hehehehe!" a depraved giggle came from my side causing my neck to snap in Sabe's direction, surprise written all over my face and wide eyes. Frustratingly the girl blinked back demurely.
"I'll see you at the ceremony, b-bye!" squeaked the Queen, all but running out of the room.
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Nothing to say this time around, have a good one.