The Way Things Are Now: Reaching
By: Alyssa
Disclaimer: I don't own Obi-Wan or any of the Star Wars characters
Summary: Obi-Wan angst. He is trying to escape the fighting ring, and at the same time Qui-Gon has come in to save him.
Comes after Book 16 of the Jedi Apprentice series, A Call to Vengeance
Qui-Gon examined the streets as best as he could from the moving speeder. He could only hope that he would catch up to Obi-Wan before anything else happened. The streets were fairly crowded with lower class merchants, and a lot of the ground was obscured. Qui-Gon swore softly; there wasn't much he could do now except wait for Mace.
"You can stop here." He instructed the driver. Obi-Wan had to have taken this path, but where was he?
~~~
"Are you doing okay?" Obi-Wan asked Safiya as they continued to walk. Safiya merely nodded from her position next to him. "Qui-Gon has to be somewhere around here." Obi-Wan stated more for Safiya's benefit than to voice his opinion. She nodded again, without really listening to him.
Suddenly something caught Obi-Wan's eye. It was someone familiar, but it wasn't Qui-Gon. Mirko. Obi-Wan pulled Safiya into a doorway, and peeked around it.
"What is it?" Safiya asked, aware now.
"Mirko." Obi-Wan whispered hatefully.
"Another Jedi?" Safiya asked innocently.
"No." Obi-Wan responded, "He's a bad guy."
Mirko was buying something from a shop. His blond curls looked a little duller than usual, but it was Mirko, Obi-Wan was sure of it.
"What are you going to do?" Safiya asked, faint excitement piercing through her almost constant sullenness.
"I don't know, but I think we should follow him and see what he is up to." Obi-Wan answered.
Mirko was leaving the shop now, and Obi-Wan slipped from his hiding place, dragging Safiya behind him. Mirko continued down the streets, taking a winding path that he was obviously familiar with. Then he stepped into a dingy building and closed the door behind him.
"What do you think he's doing in there? There aren't any windows." Safiya noted. Obi-Wan nodded but walked towards the building nonetheless. Safiya crept slowly behind him. Suddenly aware that her hair was out of place and the fight had wrinkled her clothes, she tried to straighten them as best she could while still staying close to Obi-Wan.
When Obi-Wan finally reached the wall of the building, he didn't know what to do next. Without the force, he couldn't heighten his senses to see or hear anything, and he knew he couldn't protect himself if he went in.
"What are you going to do?" Safiya asked.
"I don't know." Obi-Wan answered, getting annoyed by her questions in spite of himself.
"I have an idea." Safiya announced as she walked towards the door.
"What are you doing?" Obi-Wan whispered fiercely, glaring at her.
"Be quiet!" She commanded, "And hide yourself." Without waiting for him to follow her directions, she knocked on the door. Cursing, Obi-Wan slipped behind an old carton, ready to jump out and help Safiya if he had to.
A few moments later, the door opened cautiously.
"What do you want?" A tall, angered man with well-defined muscles asked.
"I heard this was a black market dealership, and I need to get something." Safiya answered coolly.
"This is not a black market dealership." The man proclaimed loudly as he prepared to shut the door. Safiya stuck her foot in the door's way and looked at the man suspiciously.
"If this is not a dealership, than what is it?" She asked.
"A used chip store, but we're closed." With his answer, he shut the door noisily.
Safiya walked slowly towards Obi-Wan, and he came from behind the carton to meet her.
"I don't see how that helped us very much." He stated moodily, still sour that Safiya had acted so carelessly.
"They have a lot of boxes and guns lying around, my think they may be planning something big." She said with a smile, then she turned around and started heading down the street. "We better find your Jedi friends before something happens." She continued.
Smugly, Obi-Wan followed her.
~~~
"Do you have a better idea of where Obi-Wan is?" Mace asked as he approached Qui-Gon.
"No, but I know he is somewhere around here, or was not too long ago." Qui-Gon assured him.
"Good, because I have a plan." Mace said as he walked towards the driver of his speeder. Qui-Gon watched his back astounded that he had left without telling him his plan. Then Mace came back again and, avoiding the subject of his plan again, he looked at the buildings around them.
"So?" Qui-Gon asked.
"What?" Mace asked in return.
"Your plan." Qui-Gon felt like screaming.
"There must be something that you could write that nobody but Obi-Wan would understand." Mace started.
"Of Course." Qui-Gon pressed him.
"Well, put out a sign with a message to him, perhaps a meeting place, and when he sees it he will find you."
Mace's plan seemed rudimentary, but Qui-Gon admitted that it might work.
"I'm going to need several signs to place at different areas." Qui-Gon stated.
"Of course." Mace answered. Qui-Gon sat on the edge of his speeder. Now all he had to do was think of a secret message for Obi-Wan, but what should it be?
~~~
Safiya laughed abruptly, and Obi-Wan turned to see what was happening.
"That's a funny thing to put on a sign!" She stated pointed to a sign in the distance.
Hyphens meet following escape pattern from here.
Obi-Wan stared at the signs for several minutes. Could it be? Qui-Gon had posted this fatuous message for him?
Safiya stared at Obi-Wan, confused.
"Following escape pattern from here." Obi-Wan whispered softly. Escape pattern? Did they have an escape pattern?
Then it hit him. It was his escape pattern, the one he had used unconsciously earlier today. Obi-Wan smiled and turned to Safiya. He led her to the sign, and then they turned left.
A/N:
OK, I know it's been a while, and this chapter smells like expired milk, but I'm trying to figure out something that can happen… Anyway, I've also had stupid long Washington WASL testing all week, work, and the third person to die at my high school this year died while coming home from prom ?, so I've been a little distracted, but I did try to right something! ? Anyway, I'll try to write more, and better, later. Thanks!
Please continue reading and reviewing.
By: Alyssa
Disclaimer: I don't own Obi-Wan or any of the Star Wars characters
Summary: Obi-Wan angst. He is trying to escape the fighting ring, and at the same time Qui-Gon has come in to save him.
Comes after Book 16 of the Jedi Apprentice series, A Call to Vengeance
Qui-Gon examined the streets as best as he could from the moving speeder. He could only hope that he would catch up to Obi-Wan before anything else happened. The streets were fairly crowded with lower class merchants, and a lot of the ground was obscured. Qui-Gon swore softly; there wasn't much he could do now except wait for Mace.
"You can stop here." He instructed the driver. Obi-Wan had to have taken this path, but where was he?
~~~
"Are you doing okay?" Obi-Wan asked Safiya as they continued to walk. Safiya merely nodded from her position next to him. "Qui-Gon has to be somewhere around here." Obi-Wan stated more for Safiya's benefit than to voice his opinion. She nodded again, without really listening to him.
Suddenly something caught Obi-Wan's eye. It was someone familiar, but it wasn't Qui-Gon. Mirko. Obi-Wan pulled Safiya into a doorway, and peeked around it.
"What is it?" Safiya asked, aware now.
"Mirko." Obi-Wan whispered hatefully.
"Another Jedi?" Safiya asked innocently.
"No." Obi-Wan responded, "He's a bad guy."
Mirko was buying something from a shop. His blond curls looked a little duller than usual, but it was Mirko, Obi-Wan was sure of it.
"What are you going to do?" Safiya asked, faint excitement piercing through her almost constant sullenness.
"I don't know, but I think we should follow him and see what he is up to." Obi-Wan answered.
Mirko was leaving the shop now, and Obi-Wan slipped from his hiding place, dragging Safiya behind him. Mirko continued down the streets, taking a winding path that he was obviously familiar with. Then he stepped into a dingy building and closed the door behind him.
"What do you think he's doing in there? There aren't any windows." Safiya noted. Obi-Wan nodded but walked towards the building nonetheless. Safiya crept slowly behind him. Suddenly aware that her hair was out of place and the fight had wrinkled her clothes, she tried to straighten them as best she could while still staying close to Obi-Wan.
When Obi-Wan finally reached the wall of the building, he didn't know what to do next. Without the force, he couldn't heighten his senses to see or hear anything, and he knew he couldn't protect himself if he went in.
"What are you going to do?" Safiya asked.
"I don't know." Obi-Wan answered, getting annoyed by her questions in spite of himself.
"I have an idea." Safiya announced as she walked towards the door.
"What are you doing?" Obi-Wan whispered fiercely, glaring at her.
"Be quiet!" She commanded, "And hide yourself." Without waiting for him to follow her directions, she knocked on the door. Cursing, Obi-Wan slipped behind an old carton, ready to jump out and help Safiya if he had to.
A few moments later, the door opened cautiously.
"What do you want?" A tall, angered man with well-defined muscles asked.
"I heard this was a black market dealership, and I need to get something." Safiya answered coolly.
"This is not a black market dealership." The man proclaimed loudly as he prepared to shut the door. Safiya stuck her foot in the door's way and looked at the man suspiciously.
"If this is not a dealership, than what is it?" She asked.
"A used chip store, but we're closed." With his answer, he shut the door noisily.
Safiya walked slowly towards Obi-Wan, and he came from behind the carton to meet her.
"I don't see how that helped us very much." He stated moodily, still sour that Safiya had acted so carelessly.
"They have a lot of boxes and guns lying around, my think they may be planning something big." She said with a smile, then she turned around and started heading down the street. "We better find your Jedi friends before something happens." She continued.
Smugly, Obi-Wan followed her.
~~~
"Do you have a better idea of where Obi-Wan is?" Mace asked as he approached Qui-Gon.
"No, but I know he is somewhere around here, or was not too long ago." Qui-Gon assured him.
"Good, because I have a plan." Mace said as he walked towards the driver of his speeder. Qui-Gon watched his back astounded that he had left without telling him his plan. Then Mace came back again and, avoiding the subject of his plan again, he looked at the buildings around them.
"So?" Qui-Gon asked.
"What?" Mace asked in return.
"Your plan." Qui-Gon felt like screaming.
"There must be something that you could write that nobody but Obi-Wan would understand." Mace started.
"Of Course." Qui-Gon pressed him.
"Well, put out a sign with a message to him, perhaps a meeting place, and when he sees it he will find you."
Mace's plan seemed rudimentary, but Qui-Gon admitted that it might work.
"I'm going to need several signs to place at different areas." Qui-Gon stated.
"Of course." Mace answered. Qui-Gon sat on the edge of his speeder. Now all he had to do was think of a secret message for Obi-Wan, but what should it be?
~~~
Safiya laughed abruptly, and Obi-Wan turned to see what was happening.
"That's a funny thing to put on a sign!" She stated pointed to a sign in the distance.
Hyphens meet following escape pattern from here.
Obi-Wan stared at the signs for several minutes. Could it be? Qui-Gon had posted this fatuous message for him?
Safiya stared at Obi-Wan, confused.
"Following escape pattern from here." Obi-Wan whispered softly. Escape pattern? Did they have an escape pattern?
Then it hit him. It was his escape pattern, the one he had used unconsciously earlier today. Obi-Wan smiled and turned to Safiya. He led her to the sign, and then they turned left.
A/N:
OK, I know it's been a while, and this chapter smells like expired milk, but I'm trying to figure out something that can happen… Anyway, I've also had stupid long Washington WASL testing all week, work, and the third person to die at my high school this year died while coming home from prom ?, so I've been a little distracted, but I did try to right something! ? Anyway, I'll try to write more, and better, later. Thanks!
Please continue reading and reviewing.
