The Way Things Are Now: Indecision
By: Alyssa
Disclaimer: I don't own Obi-Wan or any of the Star Wars characters
Summary: Obi-Wan angst. He has been kidnapped to be used in an illegal fighting ring and has participated in his first fight.
Comes after Book 16 of the Jedi Apprentice series, A Call to Vengeance
Obi-Wan opened his eyes against the groaning pain. He was in the hospital again. He had won the fight. He tried to lift his head to look around, but it was too heavy and drug-laden to move. And yet again, he was without the force. He thought back to the fight, when he had had the force. He only wished he could have talked to Qui-Gon more. 'Atleast he knows I'm alive' Obi-Wan thought 'He'll come get me'. Reluctantly Obi-Wan realized he didn't fully believe what he had just told himself. What if Qui-Gon couldn't find him? Obi-Wan didn't even know where he was, so how should Qui-Gon?
Obi-Wan finally reasoned with himself; at the first opportunity he would try to escape. As soon as he was outside, he would be able to contact the temple and they could come pick him up. Obi-Wan was trying to think of a way to escape this prison, when the medic came into view.
"So you are still alive? I hoped you would be." The medic smiled warmly as he changed Obi-Wan's bandages. This man seemed genuinely nice, and Obi-Wan couldn't figure why he would be working for Mirko.
"He wanted you to fight again today, but I insisted you were not ready." The medic turned to fiddle with something on the table behind him. "Tomorrow you will be fighting a wookie. This one will be a little tougher for you I think." The medic said gravely.
"Why?" Obi-Wan asked. He knew a little of wookies, but the vornskr had surely been just as ferocious.
"You will not be allowed a knife." The medic said quickly. Obi-Wan's eyes shot open and his jaw dropped open to speak.
"Why not?" He finally asked.
"Even trained wookies won't use their claws in battle." The medic answered.
"Then how am I supposed to beat him?" Obi-Wan asked. The medic shrugged.
"You are the Jedi." He merely answered.
~~~
"I don't think they could have gotten him onto another planet that fast." Qui-Gon told the council, "He must still be on Coruscant."
"Agree with you I will." Yoda answered softly. "But difficult finding him will be."
~~~
Obi-Wan was devastated. If he had ever felt more hopeless, Obi-Wan couldn't remember it. Wookiees were tall and strong; without a weapon, Obi-Wan was lost.
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READER PARTICIPATION TIME!!!
Ok, here goes:
I could write another battle scene, this one involving a wookiee, but that would be very difficult. I could also have Obi-Wan plan an escape, but it probably wouldn't go well and he'd still get hurt. I think I could get the escape scenario done faster than the fighting one. What do you think?
Vote by writing a review:
a.) wookiee fight
b.) escape attempt
If you choose b.) then:
a.) Obi-Wan gets hurt, but manages to escape
b.) Obi-Wan gets hurt, but manages to escape, and Qui-Gon bursts in with great difficulty just to see that Obi-Wan has left
c.) Obi-Wan escapes only to get lost in an area of Courescant that he doesn't know; faces many-a-peril
d.) Obi-Wan tries and fails
By: Alyssa
Disclaimer: I don't own Obi-Wan or any of the Star Wars characters
Summary: Obi-Wan angst. He has been kidnapped to be used in an illegal fighting ring and has participated in his first fight.
Comes after Book 16 of the Jedi Apprentice series, A Call to Vengeance
Obi-Wan opened his eyes against the groaning pain. He was in the hospital again. He had won the fight. He tried to lift his head to look around, but it was too heavy and drug-laden to move. And yet again, he was without the force. He thought back to the fight, when he had had the force. He only wished he could have talked to Qui-Gon more. 'Atleast he knows I'm alive' Obi-Wan thought 'He'll come get me'. Reluctantly Obi-Wan realized he didn't fully believe what he had just told himself. What if Qui-Gon couldn't find him? Obi-Wan didn't even know where he was, so how should Qui-Gon?
Obi-Wan finally reasoned with himself; at the first opportunity he would try to escape. As soon as he was outside, he would be able to contact the temple and they could come pick him up. Obi-Wan was trying to think of a way to escape this prison, when the medic came into view.
"So you are still alive? I hoped you would be." The medic smiled warmly as he changed Obi-Wan's bandages. This man seemed genuinely nice, and Obi-Wan couldn't figure why he would be working for Mirko.
"He wanted you to fight again today, but I insisted you were not ready." The medic turned to fiddle with something on the table behind him. "Tomorrow you will be fighting a wookie. This one will be a little tougher for you I think." The medic said gravely.
"Why?" Obi-Wan asked. He knew a little of wookies, but the vornskr had surely been just as ferocious.
"You will not be allowed a knife." The medic said quickly. Obi-Wan's eyes shot open and his jaw dropped open to speak.
"Why not?" He finally asked.
"Even trained wookies won't use their claws in battle." The medic answered.
"Then how am I supposed to beat him?" Obi-Wan asked. The medic shrugged.
"You are the Jedi." He merely answered.
~~~
"I don't think they could have gotten him onto another planet that fast." Qui-Gon told the council, "He must still be on Coruscant."
"Agree with you I will." Yoda answered softly. "But difficult finding him will be."
~~~
Obi-Wan was devastated. If he had ever felt more hopeless, Obi-Wan couldn't remember it. Wookiees were tall and strong; without a weapon, Obi-Wan was lost.
~~
READER PARTICIPATION TIME!!!
Ok, here goes:
I could write another battle scene, this one involving a wookiee, but that would be very difficult. I could also have Obi-Wan plan an escape, but it probably wouldn't go well and he'd still get hurt. I think I could get the escape scenario done faster than the fighting one. What do you think?
Vote by writing a review:
a.) wookiee fight
b.) escape attempt
If you choose b.) then:
a.) Obi-Wan gets hurt, but manages to escape
b.) Obi-Wan gets hurt, but manages to escape, and Qui-Gon bursts in with great difficulty just to see that Obi-Wan has left
c.) Obi-Wan escapes only to get lost in an area of Courescant that he doesn't know; faces many-a-peril
d.) Obi-Wan tries and fails
