Blue Waters: episode #56
The Switch and Friends or Enemies?
Previously: Owen has accepted the responsibility of
raising Luke…. if he survives. The Maurders had taken Leia to Maurder Base,
where Obi-Wan tracked them down and retook Leia. He took her to Bail on Alderaan. After Bail and his wife had left
and Correon was a guard, Magg stole Leia again. This time he took her to
Anuvuin.
It
had been announced to the entire planet of Alderaan that Bail had had a
daughter named Leia by now. So when they entered the room, they immediately saw
the empty crib.
"Bail's going to kill me. She's been kidnapped, no doubt. Listen, I'd better be going."
Magg sneaks off in the shadows with Leia,
laughing.
"They'll never know!"
He has this simile on his face as he takes
off in his ship, this time heading for Anuvuin. As soon as he lands, he takes
Leia over to where Mr. Idiot ahs been bouncing on his head for the past hour.
"I was only able to get the girl. The boy's going to die anyway…he's really
sick. We don't need to worry about
him."
"Excellent, bring her on over."
Mr. Idiot examines her a while. She doesn't like him either, although she
liked the Emperor less.
"Magg, I need you to do this job for me.
Make sure you get this note card to write down the name of the person you
switch her with, so that we will know in the future…when we close the door for
the last time. Make sure the match is
fairly close…we don't want any suspicions…the weight, sex, height, blood type,
and all that junk needs to be about right."
Magg nods "yes sir."
That said, Mr. Idiot opens the doorway with
Dyrnwyn that special way. He keeps it
open for Magg's return. I won't say
much about it, because it will be revealed in Death Star, but Magg does
switch babies successfully and returns with the baby he switched it with. They
close the doorway and Magg hands Mr. Idiot the note card. Mr. Idiot puts it in a "safe place." Meanwhile, Obi-Wan has returned to Tatooine.
He goes to Owen's house again.
"So how are things going? Have you seen Luke yet?"
Owen nods, "He is really
sick. You didn't tell me he was that
small…he's under 4 pounds. I
really don't know how in the world he's going to survive. I have to bring him home tonight with the
machines. I'm borrowing them. I can't afford to keep him there."
Obi-Wan nods.
"I'll be back again,
I just wanted to check on him.
"Where are you going this time?"
"I'm going to go see if I can get Anakin back
on the good side. There's just got to some good in him."
"Anakin should never have gotten involved in
the first place."
Obi-wan said nothing except, "It was his
destiny. I'm going."
"Good luck…I want you
to turn my brother back…I don't see how he can be so evil…it's just weird."
"I know, that's why I'm going to try."
With that Obi-Wan sets off for Coruscant this
time. Anakin had not been on the planet when Luke and Leia had been taken to
the Emperor, fortunately for Palpatine, Samantha, Obi-Wan, and the children
themselves. He had just arrived back on
Coruscant as Obi-Wan arrived. Obi-Wan knew
he could not confront Anakin on that planet with the Emperor there. Because of
this, he got out of his ship to follow Anakin. Anakin got there to find the
Emperor in an unusually bad mood. After
Arawn had not come back, he knew the outcome was not in his favor. Either Arawn had failed and had chosen not
to come back…or he had been killed…or he had taken the twins somewhere
himself. Either way, he did not have
the twins. As Anakin approached, the
Emperor scowled at him.
"Master, what's
wrong."
"Nothing, Anakin, just leave me alone! Oh, go off to (he names some planet with a
boiling pond on it) and see if you can get that stormtrooper learning center in
order. I hear there's been some kind of
catastrophe over there. I'm sure you
can put it in order, Darth Vader."
He stresses this to
remind him of the dark side…he, too, knows that Vader is vulnerable to turning
back to the light side at this point in his Sith career. Anakin bows and
leaves. Obi-Wan follows. Neither the Emperor nor Vader even notices
him. When they arrive at the planet,
Anakin starts walking in the direction of the boiling pond. Obi-Wan follows. Once within a couple feet
of it, Obi-Wan decides to reveal himself.
"Anakin…"
Obi-Wan says coming out form behind a tree.
Anakin abruptly turns.
"What do you
want? Can't you see I have a new master
now? I serve a different purpose."
"Maybe, but the goodness has not been fully
driven form you. Come back with me, and we'll help you."
Anakin stares at Obi-Wan.
"You must be crazy. I have much more power on this side."
"Or so Palpatine has
told you and caused you to believe. Anakin, we've been good friends, don't let
this pull us apart."
This makes Anakin mad.
"It's the truth, and I no longer need your
friendship."
Obi-Wan wanted
to tell him about his children…it was a secret that was very hard to
keep. Anakin and he had been very good friends, and Obi-Wan didn't want
to lose him. But Obi-Wan kept this knowledge to himself, only smiling. Anakin
detected that Obi-wan was hiding something form him, which really made
him mad. But he soon forgot this sensation that Obi-Wan knew something as he
attacked Obi-Wan, hoping to kill him. Obi-wan reacted fast and ignited his own lightsaber to meet Anakin's. And the battle started…the battle that would
decide Anakin's fate.
Until next time!