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/ = bond speech
~ = personal thoughts
Chapter 5...
Obi-Wan only woke up one time on the way back to Corascant and it was only for a few minutes. Cody and Anakin took turns staying with him in the medbay. Occasionally, Rex or one of the other troopers would come and sit for a while to give them a break.
It took a couple days to reach Corascant. When they landed in the Temple hanger, Mace Windu and Vokara Che, along with a couple other healers, were waiting for them.
Anakin waited for them at the top of the ramp. "Masters," he greeted them. Motioning for them to follow, he headed back to the medbay, "Obi-Wan is this way."
"What exactly happened, Skywalker?" Master Windu asked. "Master Ridley said she didn't know the whole story, only that Master Kenobi was injured and would need healers upon arrival."
They reached the medbay and Anakin explained what had happened as Vokara and the other healers began to examine Obi-Wan's wounds. When Anakin finished, Vokara turned to him, "It was a good call to wait to put bacta on the arm wound until after we had seen him. I need to get him to back to the Ward and examine it more closely before deciding the best course of action to treat it." She then turned back to Obi-Wan and they began to work on moving him to the stretcher they had brought with them.
Mace turned to look at Anakin, "The Council needs your report on the battle."
Anakin watched as the healers left with Obi-Wan on the stretcher before nodding.
Mace turned and walked out of the medbay, Anakin following behind him.
Anakin sat in the Halls of Healing's waiting room. He had finished his report to the Council over an hour ago and the healers still hadn't finished with Obi-Wan. He was getting more and more worried. Ashoka, having heard that they were back and then meeting up with Anakin on his way to the Halls, sat in the chair to his left.
Finally, after another thirty minutes of waiting, Vokara Che came out and walked over to them.
"How is he?" Anakin asked once she had reached them.
"He is sleeping at the moment. After examining his wounds, we decided it would be best to begin surgery on his arm at once. The nerve damage was extensive. We were unable to heal it using either Bacta or Force Healing."
"Does that mean he'll never be able to use it again?" Ashoka asked worriedly.
The Twi'lik smiled gently at the teenager, "I didn't say we weren't able to heal it at all." At their confused looks, she continued, "One of the younger Healers had an idea to fuse the nerve wiring we would typically use for prosthetics, such as the one you have Skywalker, with the damaged ends of the nerves in his arm."
"Is that actually possible?" Anakin asked.
"It is, yes. We have actually done it once before, several years ago. It worked then and, hopefully, it will this time. At the end of the day, wether or not it works is up to Master Kenobi himself. The cut on his cheek was easily fixed. Nothing more than a bacta patch was needed, though it will scar as all lightsaber wounds do. I am concerned about the damage that may have been done by the Force Lightning. I believe he may end up with a slight tremor in his left hand but we won't know for sure until he wakes up"
They both nodded before Anakin spoke up, "Can we see him now?"
Master Che nodded, "Follow me."
She led them down the hall to Obi-Wan's room. When they reached it, she turned to them, "Alert me when he wakes."
"We will, Master. Thank you," Anakin said with a bow.
He and Ashoka walking into the room as Vokara left. Obi-Wan lay on the bed, asleep, just as the Master Healer had said. His face was pale and there was a Bacta patch covering the cut on his cheek. His right arm was bandaged and his left had several IVs in it.
Anakin sat in the chair on Obi-Wan's left side, while Ashoka took the one on his right. They settled in to wait until the injured Jedi awoke
A/N: I am so sorry this took so long! I've been super busy with school and stuff. Finally decided to sit down and make myself finish this chapter. Hopefully I'll be able to update a few other stories soon as well. I may even be able to get one or two new ones out.
Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed/favorited/followed this story since the last chapter! Y'all are awesome! Stay safe, wash your hands, and, hopefully, I will update again soon. :)