Chapter three already! *Gasp* Why Ramen, you're faster then usual! (I began this actually a few days before I post, please ignore me upping myself and my greatness…I'm not that fast -_-;
I know, I know. I just want to finish this, its been stewing in my head…I think its cool, hopefully you'll think its cool…Gradually this AU omg-I'm-stuck-in-another-universe-fic is gonna get darker and darker…so for those of you who enjoy dark star wars fiction get ready…
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Title: Crossing over
Chapter title: Death Rebirth/ Anime and Coffee
Disclaimer: The great flannelled one…yeah you get it by now right? Send any money to him, cause I'm not worthy.
Timeline: if I forgot this in the first chapter I apologize profusely. Alternative *way Alternate* TPM w/ guest stars (they could be called that I suppose) from the classic trilogy.
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" Maybe this world is another planet's hell."
-Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
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The fighter circled closer and closer.
The pilot was silent. His mission was clear, outlined, burned into his brain. A problem, a danger had occurred, and it was his job to fix it. His hand moved, clicking the button, hailing the Nubian freighter.
Ship, this is TIE THX-1138. I repeat THX-1138
On board the ship, he knew, the girl, his target had frozen in terror.
I don't want an entanglement, however, an error has occurred and I need your unidentified passenger. I repeat, hand over your unidentified passenger and no one gets hurt.
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The Nubian ship pulled itself from Hyperspace.
Obi-wan listened to the message quietly.
" I think we need to conform to his wishes master." He spoke directly to Qui-Gon; " We were sent here on a mission to protect the queen and now with the senator here-"
" There is no need Jedi Padawan." The senator moved forward, " I WILL deal with this being-"
Senator palpatine strode forward, Lauren ducking out of his way as quickly as she could. Before he would reach the all-important commlink however the TIE exploded. The firecracker sound reverberated through Lauren as she stared straight ahead.
" Well…that was…pointless." She found her voice first, " I'd expect a TIE fighter to have a little bit more punch in its aim but hey." She looked around nervously.
" What was that? A…" Ric searched for the word, " A TIE fighter? I've never seen a ship like it before?" he looked back at Lauren who was sitting calmly.
" What you haven't?" mentally, she slapped herself for being so stupid, " No-not like that I mean…"
" Perhaps." Qui-Gon said, " My apprentice and I…being more skilled in interrogation matters should take over this." He spoke quietly, " Obi-wan, if you'll lead our guest to somewhere-"
" Hey…" Lauren felt the nervous twinges creep into her voice, " Its totally cool. I'll tell you everything, heh, heh, heh-"
" It's like this right?" her voice was high pitched, suddenly grasped again by something she didn't understand, " You guys are a story in my universe and well we already have the ending parts of the story. You guys are just the prequel and the beginning of a ton of other great work which is sad because the second movie hasn't come out yet and I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO SEE HAYDEN CHRISTIANSEN PLAY 19 YEAR OLD ANAKIN DAMMIT!" she fell to the floor, " Don't kill me! At least, not until after May 13, please!"
There was a stunned silence.
" Uh, okay." Anakin had finally spoken. For a brief second he sounded like any kid on earth, " So…this is the past- and you know the future. But you can't see the future."
" Right."
" That makes no sense."
The ship began to land.
" No really-"
" The Trade federation doesn't seem to have picked us up…which is odd." Pananka was glancing back and forth between the argument and the screenings, " Its almost as if they aren't reading us-"
All eyes turned to Lauren.
" Hey, don't look at me." She held her hands up, " This belongs to a guy named George Lucas…it's not my story. I'm just a fan."
" Well," Obi-wan spoke, " Tell us what'll happen next then. Prove that you're really who you say you are."
Lauren frowned.
" None of this is talked about in the movies. I mean, it cuts from Courscant to Naboo when you guys are already down on the planet. The TIE fighter- that's what the ship was…is from the older series." She blinked," Wish I could offer you more."
" Your highness, we are about to pass through the atmosphere."
Amidala nodded, and then began conversing with JarJar.
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Down on the surface the cause of all the mischief and trouble awaited the Queen's arrival.
He had of course alerted the Droid army, doing what any concerned person would have done. He supported the federation's move to the planet, and the resulting chaos that would insue from this simple world…
But what he really wanted, he reflected, was the girl who was on board that ship.
It is important to understand the structure of everything. His mentors had told him, and in order to understand the structure you must begin with destruction to understand how things change. He sighed and shifted his weight from foot to foot; it began with that second universe, the universe closest to their own. If he was right, if his predictions were true…
She's more powerful…then any of us…
If he was right
But that was the price in his line of work, he was a scientist and he made sacrifices in order to discover the truth.
" Dr. Brakken. " The head Droid officer walked to him, " We thank you, most sincerely for warning us of the impending disaster-"
He winced at its Bubbly voice.
" No problem."
" We are indebted-"
" Why don't you make like a tree…and leaf." He shooed the Droid away as the Nubian broke through the clouds. They would see his trap of course; obviously the TIE pilot hadn't worked very well.
He smiled, like the Jedi and the sith…a scientist learned to be patient as well.
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Captain Pananka saw the very large welcoming committee before they hit it.
That girl and the Jedi Padawan had been arguing, anyone with half a working brain could sense the tension in the room. The queen had sent one of her handmaidens to treat the boy's injuries while Sabe pretended at least to ask JarJar about his people's army.
" Well, wesa-" he looked down first, " Oh POODO!"
Captain Pananka watched as Ric Olie raised the stick in his hands and pulled the ship up in a graceful maneuver. The Battle Droids began to fire at the hull.
" We're taking on hits!" Pananka Yelled back. Not even the Jedi could do anything, they, like the rest of the passengers, were being tossed around like dice in a cup, " if they keep firing like they're firing-"
There was a silence as something probably important failed, and an alarm sounded.
" Oh Shit." Lauren, she was already on a first name basis, said, " Oh Fucking shit-"
The Ship became comical as it limped through the air, limping like a bad horse. Talking was suspended for a few moments as Pananka and Ric tried to assess the situation. Lauren twitched, staring back and forth between the Robot army and the problems.
She went rigid.
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As before, so again, the universe is not above taking care of its own.
In whatever dimension, in whatever place, sometimes fate and its all-eternal children take a hand. In this case, the above skies of Naboo turned very dark. Lightning spewed forth like lava from a volcano as the rain came down in DROVES. The universe had seen the anomaly that was being created, and had already decided how to assist-
" WOHOOOOO!"
Whatever the passengers in the Nubian, or the Droid army on the ground expected, what appeared wasn't it.
Two women, both riding very large machines (that to Lauren's untrained eye looked like Tigers) appeared from nowhere. Working with precision they proceeded to blast several of the Droids into kibbles n' bits before leaping back into the dimensional void from which they had come.
Lauren remained rigid as the Nubian went spiraling off into the forest. The familiar sound of a plane following cataloguing its descent.
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Obi-wan's head hurt.
A six-inch gash had opened in his skull. For a terrifying moment he was blinded, and then came to realize that he was facing the white wall of what had been a bulkhead. He tried to sit up, failed, and tried again.
He twitched.
The Nubian had been completely torn apart, the top half of the ship itself had been pulled off. He was looking into a green canopy filled with the chattering sounds of the force and the rain that came down in droves. Every breath ached as he stood up, his Jedi Robes entangled with bits of grass and machinery.
Queen Amidala was on her feet and giving orders, a gash cut across one side of her face as she helped one of her handmaidens to her feet. Captain Pananka was sitting on a Rock wrapping Ric olie's arm with some bandages. Obi-wan felt warm relief rush over him as he saw Qui-Gon attending to a deep wound on his leg.
" Master!" Qui-Gon looked up as his Padawan enveloped him into a hug. The feeling was mutual, both were very glad to be alive.
" I feel a disturbance in the force young Padawan." Qui-Gon looked away into the raining canopy, loud thunder still echoing, and "Things have changed for the worse"
Obi-wan shuddered as he remembered the women riding the animals made of steel.
" Master…" Obi-wan spoke slowly, not wishing to arouse a lecture even at such a delicate time," Do you think this has something to do with our passenger?" his eyes cast toward Lauren, where the girl was sitting unscathed on a rock.
" Padawan…remember what she said?" Qui-Gon looked from her to the Queen, who was ordering one of the handmaidens to attend to young Anakin's wounds, " All things exist…nothing can be created or destroyed…"
Both paused and looked at the girl form another world, wondering at the omen she brought with her.
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Lauren was in the grasp of it again.
When the rain had begun to fall she felt the familiar thing that had been tugging at the back of her brain take over again. Treated to a sort of comic sideshow of the Star wars movies she had fallen into a deep trance…
She was back in English class on Thursday, the day she entered the Star wars Universe:
Mrs. Peters blinked, " I'd like you all to read Beneath the Sea of Mankind by Tanya Shobuck when you get back from your three day weekend." She folded her hands across her chest in a business like manner and listened to the groans. Beneath The Sea of mankind was a long book-
Needless to say Lauren had already begun…
And I was right on the part with the Mercenaries Jaguar and Devi Arabia…and their Tigers made of steel and holograms…
She thought, And then Jaguar and Devi leapt from the air and saved the day… she snapped out of it just as Young Anakin Skywalker appeared like a ghost over her shoulder.
" Lauren?" His voice was young; they had chosen well in casting Jake Lloyd as his character, " Are you okay?"
" HUH?"
" Get a move on!" Pananka shouted, picking up the pieces of their shattered party, " Lets go already!" Everyone was staring at her, once again aware of the fragile world they inhabited…
She sighed, stood up, and followed them.
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" Crawling in the dark- looking for the answers-" Lauren's loud voice echoed across the green trees. The rain had stopped an hour ago, " SHOW me some thing more, and MAKE me understand it-"
" Will you shut up?" Obi-wan had to listen to this; he and Lauren were on the perimeter
" I will DEDICATE! And sacrifice my every- thing for just a seconds worth, of how my story's ending-"
" Once again." Obi-wan used the force to calm him, " WILL you PLEASE shut your mouth?"
" Crawling in the dark-looking for the answers-"
Obi-wan didn't bother to reply, he grabbed the machine that she had been listening to from her hands, pulled off her headphones, and sent it sailing off into the bushes…with help from the force.
Lauren looked at him indignantly, " HEY! DON'T TOUCH MY CD PLAYER!" she tackled him, sprawling the two of them to the ground. Completely ignoring the rest of the party they rolled down the hill that they had been approaching, screaming insults and obscenities at each other…
" NO!" Queen Amidala interrupted the fight, Lauren and Obi-wan stopped, ended up in a very awkward position.
AT the bottom of the hill was supposed to be Theed palace.
But it was Gone.
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WOW! What a shocker ending!
WOW! What an intriguing fight
WOW! What an interesting situation between Obi-wan and Lauren!
*GRIN* relax, Obi will remain single, there's just romantic tension. So I lied…I'm sorry! Beneath the Sea of Mankind is the title of a novel I'm trying (or at least attempting) to write. However, the authors name is NOT my own. Jaguar and Devi are based off of two of my friends.
Sorry it took so long! I know I promised that I'd post it within like 48 hours but life interfered. (Isn't that always the case?) Now I can definitely promise chapter four and five within the course of the coming week, go ahead and look forward to them! You know you want to!