Anuvuin: episode #29 The Pod race

Anuvuin: episode #29 The Pod race

Part 2

Previously: Qui-Gon tested Anakin's midi-cholorian level, which he found to be extremely high! Qui-Gon now thinks Anakin is the Chosen One from the one Legend. Then Qui-Gon went to Watto and made a bet with him that Anakin would win and if he did, Anakin would be freed, if not then they would lose their ship. The race then starts; Anakin's was not working because of what stupid Sebulba had done to it.

Anyway, the gun goes off and the racers start…but Anakin is left in the dust. Anakin immediately knows that someone had tampered with it…Sebulba probably. Anakin was mad! It was so unfair!

"This isn't fair!"

but Anakin knew he couldn't waste time fretting about it. He got out of the pod, then saw exactly what had gone wrong, fixed it by replacing the wire with a spare had had on hand (he had learned the hard way to take such necessary precautions when racing with Sebulba or any other charter.)

"Why do other people have to ruin things for everyone else?" thought Anakin as he quickly repaired his pod.

He jumped back in the pod, waited for it to charge up on power, then he wan off. Shmi, Padmé, Jar Jar, and Qui-Gon had worried looks on their faces.

"The boy would never win," thought Shmi, Padmé, and Jar Jar. "He doesn't even have a change now."

However, qui-Gon did not give up on him.

"Sure, it'll just have to be all the hard to win…he'll have to work extra hard, but I believe eh can still do it. He must do it."

Anakin could quickly see that his pod truly was the fastest…he was flying by some of the stragglers. After dodging many rocks, getting shot at by sandpeople, passing little canyons, and going through caves, Anakin had managed to work himself to the leader of the race: Sebulba through tricky moves. Along the way, several racers had smashed into walls and formations and had lost their lives. Anakin was able to avoid these obstacles through his special instincts. Anyway, the were just getting to the hardest part of the whole trip: Begger's Canyon. Sebulba was very aware that Anakin was on his tail, so he tried cutting Anakin off. Sebulba was low enough that he would stoop to trying to kill Anakin, and that's exactly what he tried doing. They were nearing the Canyon edge with a deadly rock at one corner. Sebulba tired to lure Anakin over to it. That was a very dusty area…the dust was so think that a person couldn't see the danger though it. However, Anakin knew it was there through his Jedi powers…he sensed the danger, and his quick reflexes fell in as he jerked the pod at the last minute on the service ramp…and with a few flicks of the controls, Anakin flew right over and ahead of Sebulba in Begger's Canyon. Sebulba was furious. After they were out of the Canyon and the finish line was in sight, Sebulba tried ramming into Anakin[s pos. He knew he couldn't get hit without actually going toward Sebulba because eh impact would be so grate that he would smash into the wall beside him if he didn't. This move made by Anakin caused their pod wiring to be caught one each other. Anakin knew they couldn't stay like that for long so he pulled sharp to the opposite side. Sebulba would have messed with Anakin's pod more, with all these devices and instruments that Anakin had learned Sebulba had the hard way, in previous races. So, after pulling hard to one side, it disentangled the pods, sending Sebulba to the ground. The impact of Anakin's pod hitting Sabula's had caused Sebulba pod to become seriously damaged. Anakin's was built much better so it barely had an effect on his won pod. Anakin's pod crossed the finish line just as Sebulba's hit the ground. Sebulba was mad, but not dead or inured. Jabba had been sleeping the entire time, and Bib Fortuna, had to wake him up. Jabba announced that little Anakin Skywalker had just won the race and everyone else could go home. But Sebulba wasn't the only one angered by the outcome of the race, so was Watto. To Watto it meant losing one of his best slaves as well as one of his best pod race driver's Qui-Gon Jinn came back to see Watto after the race. Watto glanced at him, shaking his fist.

"You know knew that boy was going to win, somehow you knew!"

Qui-Gon's reply to that was, "Whenever you bet, sometimes you lose, my friend. I'll bring the boy back here to have his slave device deactivated."

Watto says, "It was unfair you can't have him."

Qui-Gon looks at him and says, "I could bring it up with the Hutts…"

"No, that's okay. Fine take him, he's yours."

So, qui-Gon joined the proud group going back to Anakin's house.

Until next time!