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Repeated History
Still slightly dazed Obi-Wan stood up clutching his lightsaber. He looked out to see a color spectrum of lightsabers from various Council members, Knights, and Masters as they ignited their weapons.
Suddenly Z's purple saber became a blur of color high in the air as she too was flung into the wall. The echo of her smacking into the wall rung in Obi-Wan's ears. He heard her hit the ground and the sound of her lightsaber rolling on the floor showed the impact had knocked her out.
No one moved, but Obi-Wan knew where every Jedi stood in the room. Garmandi in the center of the room and someone else. Someone was above him...
Ona.
The lights flickered back on and Garmandi charged at Mace who had made his way slowly towards him. The two red sabers bit at each other as Mace pulled out his lightsaber so as not to get killed.
The other Masters were getting the students out of the room as quickly as they could.
Obi-Wan began to jog over to where Z lay on the floor, but from up above him something dropped through the vent in the ceiling. It hit the floor with a metallic clang and a steady flow of orange gas began to rise from the cylinder.
Obi-Wan stumbled backward so he wouldn't breath in the gas. He peered through the orange screen and saw Ona picking up Zae-Non and tossing the unconscious girl roughly over her shoulder. She gave an evil grin towards him and quicker than Obi-Wan could comprehend, she was out the door.
*Someone will stop her out there.*
Obi-Wan began to feel light headed from the gas. He drew in a breath and sprinted through the gas. He caught site of Qui-Gon at the door and jogged to him. Everyone else appeared to be out of the room.
"Obi-Wan you have to follow Garmandi and Ona." He said.
"Where did he go? I mean how can he get out? Every Master in the Temple knows he did this. And how did he get through Mace."
Qui-Gon nodded towards the stands and Obi-Wan turned around. He had to suppress a gasp as he saw Mace sprawled out in the middle of the stands trying to get up.
"How..." Obi-Wan stuttered trying to comprehend that Mace was just taken out.
"A very well placed kick." Qui-Gon smirked.
"Now Padawan, do you remember where the duct in the water tunnels is?"
Obi-Wan nodded. "He's using the same escape route as Xanatos had used."
Qui-Gon nodded and went off to help the fallen Council member and Obi-Wan sprinted off towards the Room of A Thousand Fountains.
On the way, Obi-Wan noticed an orange haze was apparent in the halls.
*Ona must have used more gas bombs.*
Fighting back a cough Obi-Wan burst into the Room of A Thousand Fountains and made a run towards to lake. He dove in and swam as fast as he could to the boulder that held a secret way into the water tunnels running all through the Temple.
While swimming Obi-Wan could vividly remember following Bant through these tunnels while trying to get to Xanatos. There were platforms every so often and one of them led to the outside of the Temple.
Swimming against the current Obi-Wan was beginning to slow. He was tired from the duel with Zae-Non and the coldness of the water was biting his skin. Despite his aching muscles Obi-Wan pushed forward and was glad to see the platform come into view.
As Obi-Wan reached the wooden platform, he saw a speeder zoom away from the end of the duct and from the Temple into Courascant's skyline.
He was too late.
Gone Again Part 1
Suddenly the sound of hurrying footsteps came from behind Obi-Wan. He turned around and to his surprise saw Garmandi standing there, Z in his arms. And Obi-Wan was blocking his only way out. He drew his lightsaber.
"I wouldn't do that." Garmandi said. "You wouldn't want your friend to die earlier than she has to do you." It wasn't a question.
It was a threat.
Garmandi brought his hand out from under Z to reveal, to Obi-Wan's dismay, a thermal detonator.
Obi-Wan cautiously put away his lightsaber and starred at Garmandi. Waiting.
Even with Z in his hands Garmandi moved incredibly fast. He dashed to Obi-Wan's right towards the water and ran around him in a blur. Obi-Wan charged after him drawing his lightsaber.
Racing down the duct as fast as he could Obi-Wan noticed that there was no transport at the end.
*Garmandi doesn't have a way off.*
Obi-Wan realized he was wrong when Garmandi turned around to give him one last evil smile before looking down and jumping off the duct. As he jumped, something came flying backwards towards Obi-Wan...
The thermal detonator landed only feet from where he stood. Obi-Wan deactivated his lightsaber and sprinted towards the water, but he knew he would never make it before it went off...
An ear-piercing explosion echoed off the walls as the duct underneath Obi-Wan shuddered violently. Obi-Wan stumbled as the metal on the platform began to crumble around him. He gathered the Force in a blanket around him and with all his leg strength dove towards the raging waters in the tunnel.
As Obi-Wan flew through the air pieces of metal pierced his face as the explosion sent shattered splinters after him. He hit the water and dived down so as not to get hit by more debris. When he came up for air Obi-Wan saw a trail of his blood flowing down the tunnel from a gash he had received on his cheek.
Obi-Wan swam as quickly as his tired body would take him. He was very glad the current was on his side now.
After reaching the bank of the lake Obi-Wan lay on his stomach, guilt washing over him. He let Garmandi get away! He had a chance to block him.
*I was standing right in front of him! Force knows what Garmandi is capable of doing to Zae-Non.*
The look in his eyes before he jumped, told Obi-Wan he had little reason to keep her alive. But why did he want *her.* She was no different from any other student. Although maybe it was for Ona. After all, she did fail her main purpose in life. To keep Z away from the Jedi. If Garmandi was working with her she'd obviously want Z in particular.
He nestled his face into the lush green grass as footsteps approached.
"Obi-Wan?" Came Qui-Gon's voice. He felt a hand on his back. "What happened?"
"I let Garmandi get away with Z!" Obi-Wan gasped into the grass. Talking made him start to cough from the gas he had in hailed earlier and the exertion of the swim. "He got away!"
"Obi-Wan, it's not you fault." Qui-Gon said assuring him. "Now are you all right?"
Obi-Wan coughed again. He felt truly sick now, but he wasn't going to lie to Qui-Gon.
"You're going to see Winna immediately." Mace answered for him hurrying over. Obi-Wan had to bite back a snicker as he saw the Council member *hobble* over. He had a slight limp on his right leg and blood was soaking into his robes from his side.
"Who needs to see Winna?" Obi-Wan said fighting back a coughing/laughing fit.
Mace did a quick mock bow and presented the path towards the turbolift with his arms. "Shall we?"
Qui-Gon rolled his eyes and bit back a laugh. He then turned to Obi-Wan with a sigh. "Padawan I am not going to fight with you. But you need to see Winna almost as much as `Mr. I'm-ok-even-though-I-just-got-kicked-into-a-bunch-of-stands-and-knocked-out' over there." He said pointing to Mace.
"Not knocked out. Now you're over exaggerating Qui-Gon. I merely blacked out for a few seconds... OK minutes."
"Mace are you sure you didn't hit you head *that* hard?" Qui-Gon joked.
Obi-Wan let a laugh escape but began to cough again.
Mace rolled his eyes and started to limp off towards the turbolift wincing at the pain in the leg. "It wouldn't be the first time." He called back over his shoulder.
Qui-Gon turned back to Obi-Wan. "Obi-Wan you need to go with Mace."
"No" Obi-Wan replied sternly. "I need to find Z!"
"We will, I know how you feel. I know how it is to lose someone you care for."
A tinge of anger crept into Obi-Wan. "As do I." He replied coolly. "But *I* let him get away. Z is gone again because of me!"
"It was not your fault Obi-Wan." Mace said. He apparently hadn't gone to the Med Ward yet. "Now, you *will* be going to the Medical Ward before you and Qui-Gon leave. The Council is going to want to speak with you also."
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Qui-Gon didn't bother to knock on the Council doors, but rather just walked in with Obi-Wan following right behind him. The two bowed and Yoda began immediately.
"Good news we have. Ship Garmandi and Ona took, one of ours it was."
Qui-Gon nodded. "So you were able to track it?"
Mace nodded then stopped abruptly. Qui-Gon could see a bandage covering the deep cut he had received on his head. "He has landed on the planet Avalin. It's a small secluded planet on the outer rims of the Republic rule."
"Is there any place on Avalin that Garmandi might take Z?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Yes there is." Adi said. "There is an underwater city in the main ocean. It would be a great place to hide. Especially in the mining section of the city."
When nobody else had anything else to say, Yoda broke the silence. "Leave immediately you may."
Qui-Gon bowed and rushed out into the hall. "Obi-Wan go gather your things. We are leaving now."
Obi-Wan nodded and nearly sprinted off down the hall. Qui-Gon went towards his quarters.
Walking down the hall he didn't really pay attention to the people that he passed until he heard his name called from behind him.
"Qui-Gon!" someone nearly shouted at him.
Qui-Gon whirled around to face the voice. He saw coming towards him, the tall skinny figure of his friend Sage. Her slightly wavy light brown hair billowed out behind her and her teal eyes glowed against her pale skin.
"Sage." He said, a smile spreading on his face at seeing his old friend. "What are you doing?"
"Qui-Gon, don't tell me you didn't see me today."
"Oh I saw you alright. You were at each event to watch Zae-..." he drifted off. He nodded seeing where she was going with that comment.
She returned with a smile. "Is everything alright? I saw your Padawan go after Garmandi."
"Obi-Wan did go after him, but he got away with Z. Obi-Wan and I are leaving immediately to where they tracked him down to right now."
Sage frowned at the news. "May the Force be with you both."
Qui-Gon nodded in thanks. "Where are you off to in such a hurry anyway?"
"To speak with the Council about some matters, or rather a person that came up about the time you arrived back home from Zefron." She smiled. "I'll be here when you get back from your mission and I will talk with you then, but for now I better go. I don't want Mace to flip out from the headache he must have." She gave him one last smile a walked off towards the Council room.
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The ride to Avalin was relatively eventless. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan walked out of their transport and before them stood a massive city. Avis, Avalin's capitol city. Well actually Avalin's only city above water. The planet was so sparsely populated that only a few hundred people lived out of the two cities and in the cities the population was rather low.
"Qui-Gon." Qui-Gon turned to face his Apprentice who was studying the city in front of them. "This is one of the three landing pads on basically the whole planet right? And the main one at that."
Qui-Gon nodded.
"So," Obi-Wan continued. "Unless Garmandi flew to one of the outer landing pads, which would make it harder to get away, he must have come here. Maybe someone saw him and Z."
"Very good Obi-Wan." Qui-Gon congratulated his Padawan while scanning the area for the nearest tendent and walked over to her. "Excuse me." Qui-Gon said to her back.
"Yes." She said turning around. Her sandy hair whipped her face as light blue eyes studied them quickly. "You need help?"
"I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions. I'm Qui-Gon and this is my Apprentice Obi-Wan."
"Sure." She answered raising an eyebrow. "Apprentice? You're Jedi, right?"
Qui-Gon nodded.
"Well I'd be happy to help you. So what are your questions?"
Qui-Gon quickly gave a detailed description of both Garmandi and Z. Also giving the tendent the estimated time they would have arrived.
"Dark blue robes you say and with a younger girl." She paused searching her mind. "Yes he was here. I was fixing a starfighter for the senate when they landed. He had asked my friend Brad something, then went over to where the girl was. She didn't look too good. I mean it looked as though she could barely walk on her own. I asked if he needed help with her, but all he wanted to know was where the nearest Medical building was. He said the girl was his daughter and had gotten very sick on the ride there. And he was with a Blood Carver. I think his name was Showdow."
"Anything else?" Qui-Gon pressed on. This was a great break for so early in the mission.
"Yes. I told him where he could get Medical attention for the girl, but he went off in the opposite direction."
Not to bad of a hanger there right? I was nicer today, I could have gone on and been evil. Next time... I'm not going to be updating till Friday or so, lots to do in school this week. PLEASE REVIEW! I love your comments!
Peace Out
Repeated History
Still slightly dazed Obi-Wan stood up clutching his lightsaber. He looked out to see a color spectrum of lightsabers from various Council members, Knights, and Masters as they ignited their weapons.
Suddenly Z's purple saber became a blur of color high in the air as she too was flung into the wall. The echo of her smacking into the wall rung in Obi-Wan's ears. He heard her hit the ground and the sound of her lightsaber rolling on the floor showed the impact had knocked her out.
No one moved, but Obi-Wan knew where every Jedi stood in the room. Garmandi in the center of the room and someone else. Someone was above him...
Ona.
The lights flickered back on and Garmandi charged at Mace who had made his way slowly towards him. The two red sabers bit at each other as Mace pulled out his lightsaber so as not to get killed.
The other Masters were getting the students out of the room as quickly as they could.
Obi-Wan began to jog over to where Z lay on the floor, but from up above him something dropped through the vent in the ceiling. It hit the floor with a metallic clang and a steady flow of orange gas began to rise from the cylinder.
Obi-Wan stumbled backward so he wouldn't breath in the gas. He peered through the orange screen and saw Ona picking up Zae-Non and tossing the unconscious girl roughly over her shoulder. She gave an evil grin towards him and quicker than Obi-Wan could comprehend, she was out the door.
*Someone will stop her out there.*
Obi-Wan began to feel light headed from the gas. He drew in a breath and sprinted through the gas. He caught site of Qui-Gon at the door and jogged to him. Everyone else appeared to be out of the room.
"Obi-Wan you have to follow Garmandi and Ona." He said.
"Where did he go? I mean how can he get out? Every Master in the Temple knows he did this. And how did he get through Mace."
Qui-Gon nodded towards the stands and Obi-Wan turned around. He had to suppress a gasp as he saw Mace sprawled out in the middle of the stands trying to get up.
"How..." Obi-Wan stuttered trying to comprehend that Mace was just taken out.
"A very well placed kick." Qui-Gon smirked.
"Now Padawan, do you remember where the duct in the water tunnels is?"
Obi-Wan nodded. "He's using the same escape route as Xanatos had used."
Qui-Gon nodded and went off to help the fallen Council member and Obi-Wan sprinted off towards the Room of A Thousand Fountains.
On the way, Obi-Wan noticed an orange haze was apparent in the halls.
*Ona must have used more gas bombs.*
Fighting back a cough Obi-Wan burst into the Room of A Thousand Fountains and made a run towards to lake. He dove in and swam as fast as he could to the boulder that held a secret way into the water tunnels running all through the Temple.
While swimming Obi-Wan could vividly remember following Bant through these tunnels while trying to get to Xanatos. There were platforms every so often and one of them led to the outside of the Temple.
Swimming against the current Obi-Wan was beginning to slow. He was tired from the duel with Zae-Non and the coldness of the water was biting his skin. Despite his aching muscles Obi-Wan pushed forward and was glad to see the platform come into view.
As Obi-Wan reached the wooden platform, he saw a speeder zoom away from the end of the duct and from the Temple into Courascant's skyline.
He was too late.
Gone Again Part 1
Suddenly the sound of hurrying footsteps came from behind Obi-Wan. He turned around and to his surprise saw Garmandi standing there, Z in his arms. And Obi-Wan was blocking his only way out. He drew his lightsaber.
"I wouldn't do that." Garmandi said. "You wouldn't want your friend to die earlier than she has to do you." It wasn't a question.
It was a threat.
Garmandi brought his hand out from under Z to reveal, to Obi-Wan's dismay, a thermal detonator.
Obi-Wan cautiously put away his lightsaber and starred at Garmandi. Waiting.
Even with Z in his hands Garmandi moved incredibly fast. He dashed to Obi-Wan's right towards the water and ran around him in a blur. Obi-Wan charged after him drawing his lightsaber.
Racing down the duct as fast as he could Obi-Wan noticed that there was no transport at the end.
*Garmandi doesn't have a way off.*
Obi-Wan realized he was wrong when Garmandi turned around to give him one last evil smile before looking down and jumping off the duct. As he jumped, something came flying backwards towards Obi-Wan...
The thermal detonator landed only feet from where he stood. Obi-Wan deactivated his lightsaber and sprinted towards the water, but he knew he would never make it before it went off...
An ear-piercing explosion echoed off the walls as the duct underneath Obi-Wan shuddered violently. Obi-Wan stumbled as the metal on the platform began to crumble around him. He gathered the Force in a blanket around him and with all his leg strength dove towards the raging waters in the tunnel.
As Obi-Wan flew through the air pieces of metal pierced his face as the explosion sent shattered splinters after him. He hit the water and dived down so as not to get hit by more debris. When he came up for air Obi-Wan saw a trail of his blood flowing down the tunnel from a gash he had received on his cheek.
Obi-Wan swam as quickly as his tired body would take him. He was very glad the current was on his side now.
After reaching the bank of the lake Obi-Wan lay on his stomach, guilt washing over him. He let Garmandi get away! He had a chance to block him.
*I was standing right in front of him! Force knows what Garmandi is capable of doing to Zae-Non.*
The look in his eyes before he jumped, told Obi-Wan he had little reason to keep her alive. But why did he want *her.* She was no different from any other student. Although maybe it was for Ona. After all, she did fail her main purpose in life. To keep Z away from the Jedi. If Garmandi was working with her she'd obviously want Z in particular.
He nestled his face into the lush green grass as footsteps approached.
"Obi-Wan?" Came Qui-Gon's voice. He felt a hand on his back. "What happened?"
"I let Garmandi get away with Z!" Obi-Wan gasped into the grass. Talking made him start to cough from the gas he had in hailed earlier and the exertion of the swim. "He got away!"
"Obi-Wan, it's not you fault." Qui-Gon said assuring him. "Now are you all right?"
Obi-Wan coughed again. He felt truly sick now, but he wasn't going to lie to Qui-Gon.
"You're going to see Winna immediately." Mace answered for him hurrying over. Obi-Wan had to bite back a snicker as he saw the Council member *hobble* over. He had a slight limp on his right leg and blood was soaking into his robes from his side.
"Who needs to see Winna?" Obi-Wan said fighting back a coughing/laughing fit.
Mace did a quick mock bow and presented the path towards the turbolift with his arms. "Shall we?"
Qui-Gon rolled his eyes and bit back a laugh. He then turned to Obi-Wan with a sigh. "Padawan I am not going to fight with you. But you need to see Winna almost as much as `Mr. I'm-ok-even-though-I-just-got-kicked-into-a-bunch-of-stands-and-knocked-out' over there." He said pointing to Mace.
"Not knocked out. Now you're over exaggerating Qui-Gon. I merely blacked out for a few seconds... OK minutes."
"Mace are you sure you didn't hit you head *that* hard?" Qui-Gon joked.
Obi-Wan let a laugh escape but began to cough again.
Mace rolled his eyes and started to limp off towards the turbolift wincing at the pain in the leg. "It wouldn't be the first time." He called back over his shoulder.
Qui-Gon turned back to Obi-Wan. "Obi-Wan you need to go with Mace."
"No" Obi-Wan replied sternly. "I need to find Z!"
"We will, I know how you feel. I know how it is to lose someone you care for."
A tinge of anger crept into Obi-Wan. "As do I." He replied coolly. "But *I* let him get away. Z is gone again because of me!"
"It was not your fault Obi-Wan." Mace said. He apparently hadn't gone to the Med Ward yet. "Now, you *will* be going to the Medical Ward before you and Qui-Gon leave. The Council is going to want to speak with you also."
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Qui-Gon didn't bother to knock on the Council doors, but rather just walked in with Obi-Wan following right behind him. The two bowed and Yoda began immediately.
"Good news we have. Ship Garmandi and Ona took, one of ours it was."
Qui-Gon nodded. "So you were able to track it?"
Mace nodded then stopped abruptly. Qui-Gon could see a bandage covering the deep cut he had received on his head. "He has landed on the planet Avalin. It's a small secluded planet on the outer rims of the Republic rule."
"Is there any place on Avalin that Garmandi might take Z?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Yes there is." Adi said. "There is an underwater city in the main ocean. It would be a great place to hide. Especially in the mining section of the city."
When nobody else had anything else to say, Yoda broke the silence. "Leave immediately you may."
Qui-Gon bowed and rushed out into the hall. "Obi-Wan go gather your things. We are leaving now."
Obi-Wan nodded and nearly sprinted off down the hall. Qui-Gon went towards his quarters.
Walking down the hall he didn't really pay attention to the people that he passed until he heard his name called from behind him.
"Qui-Gon!" someone nearly shouted at him.
Qui-Gon whirled around to face the voice. He saw coming towards him, the tall skinny figure of his friend Sage. Her slightly wavy light brown hair billowed out behind her and her teal eyes glowed against her pale skin.
"Sage." He said, a smile spreading on his face at seeing his old friend. "What are you doing?"
"Qui-Gon, don't tell me you didn't see me today."
"Oh I saw you alright. You were at each event to watch Zae-..." he drifted off. He nodded seeing where she was going with that comment.
She returned with a smile. "Is everything alright? I saw your Padawan go after Garmandi."
"Obi-Wan did go after him, but he got away with Z. Obi-Wan and I are leaving immediately to where they tracked him down to right now."
Sage frowned at the news. "May the Force be with you both."
Qui-Gon nodded in thanks. "Where are you off to in such a hurry anyway?"
"To speak with the Council about some matters, or rather a person that came up about the time you arrived back home from Zefron." She smiled. "I'll be here when you get back from your mission and I will talk with you then, but for now I better go. I don't want Mace to flip out from the headache he must have." She gave him one last smile a walked off towards the Council room.
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The ride to Avalin was relatively eventless. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan walked out of their transport and before them stood a massive city. Avis, Avalin's capitol city. Well actually Avalin's only city above water. The planet was so sparsely populated that only a few hundred people lived out of the two cities and in the cities the population was rather low.
"Qui-Gon." Qui-Gon turned to face his Apprentice who was studying the city in front of them. "This is one of the three landing pads on basically the whole planet right? And the main one at that."
Qui-Gon nodded.
"So," Obi-Wan continued. "Unless Garmandi flew to one of the outer landing pads, which would make it harder to get away, he must have come here. Maybe someone saw him and Z."
"Very good Obi-Wan." Qui-Gon congratulated his Padawan while scanning the area for the nearest tendent and walked over to her. "Excuse me." Qui-Gon said to her back.
"Yes." She said turning around. Her sandy hair whipped her face as light blue eyes studied them quickly. "You need help?"
"I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions. I'm Qui-Gon and this is my Apprentice Obi-Wan."
"Sure." She answered raising an eyebrow. "Apprentice? You're Jedi, right?"
Qui-Gon nodded.
"Well I'd be happy to help you. So what are your questions?"
Qui-Gon quickly gave a detailed description of both Garmandi and Z. Also giving the tendent the estimated time they would have arrived.
"Dark blue robes you say and with a younger girl." She paused searching her mind. "Yes he was here. I was fixing a starfighter for the senate when they landed. He had asked my friend Brad something, then went over to where the girl was. She didn't look too good. I mean it looked as though she could barely walk on her own. I asked if he needed help with her, but all he wanted to know was where the nearest Medical building was. He said the girl was his daughter and had gotten very sick on the ride there. And he was with a Blood Carver. I think his name was Showdow."
"Anything else?" Qui-Gon pressed on. This was a great break for so early in the mission.
"Yes. I told him where he could get Medical attention for the girl, but he went off in the opposite direction."
Not to bad of a hanger there right? I was nicer today, I could have gone on and been evil. Next time... I'm not going to be updating till Friday or so, lots to do in school this week. PLEASE REVIEW! I love your comments!
Peace Out