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Ch.2 Treading Dark Waters
"Hello Jesi." Thomas said.
Aaron felt rather uncomfortable at the way the two were looking at eachother.
"Ah..Thomas this is Aaron Gadge, he was so kind as to walk me home."
Thomas and Aaron looked at eachother and exchanged a small nod. fter a moment Thomas said,
"Can I talk to you Jesi?"
"...Sure.." Jesi said unsure really.
"Thank you Mr.Gadge." Jesi said turning to him.
"You're welcome Jesiana.I hope we meet again sometime." He said offering his hand. he nodded and shook it.Aaron glanced at Thomas again then walked away. Jesi's eyes settled back on Thomas and he quickly knew he wasn't all that welcome here.
"What is it you want to talk about?" Jesi asked stiffly.
"I don't think we should talk about it out here."
Jesi sized him up as he had seen her do many times on Kishir and Kishir II. She was very good at making a person nervous.She sighed and moved to the door.
"Come on." Thomas followed.
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"Me?" Qui-Gon asked.
"Yes, you know her well."
"Not all that well.."
"Well enough. I just need to know what she'll do if we put something infront of her." Mace said.
Qui-gon shifted. "And just what are you planning to put infront of her?"
Mace leaned forward on the table. "Jesi needs somewhere safe for her and her children, what safer place than here."
Qui-gon raised a brow.
"At the Temple?" He asked.
Mace nodded.
"She'll refuse."
"We'll insist."
"She'll say she can take care of herself."
"We'll prove her otherwise."
"She has her work."
"She can handle it from here."
"Jesi won't take to being treated as a child."
"She won't be."
Qui-Gon paused and thought this over. "Jesi won't be convinced from you and I telling her. She's too indepedent."
"That's why you and I aren't the ones who are going to convince her."
Qui-Gon eyed him."Who?"
"Obi-Wan."
"He won't make her."
"We're not asking him to. Jesi trusts him, if he thinks she's safer here than out there than she will too.I've seen them around eachother, they're like you and Obi-Wan.Jesi knows he'll only do thing in her best interest and she'll trust that."
"And if she doesn't?"
"Then we'll think of something else." Mace said.
"He just needs to plant the ideaat least."
Qui-Gon sighed."I'll talk to him about it."
"That's all I ask." Mace said leaning back again.
Qui-gon stood. "This isn't going to work."
"Why?"
"Because she won't let it." Qui-Gon stated.
"But he'll talk to her anyway, just do me a favor and let Obi-Wan handle this. Like you said, she trusts him and I won't have you or anyone else breaking that between them."
"I won't."
Qui-gon nodded and turned away. Mace sat in the empty cafeteria for a while running over the conversation. Standing he gathered what he had brought murmuring to himself,
"This isn't going to work."
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Jesi walked through the door to her apartment as the lights came on with Thomas behind her.
"Take a seat." Jesi said motioning to the stools on the other side of the island in the kitchen. She slid off her jacket and as always felt the joys of being with children.Hiding a wince she asked,
"So what is it you want to talk about Thomas?"
"I know." He said quietly sitting and shifting his coat.
"You know what?"
"About everything.About Quire, what happened with the Jedi and Grifth, the bounties."
"And just how did you find all this out?" Jesi asked as lightly as she could just to mock him as she got a glass of water.
"In the IGPG files."
Jesi looked at him from the other side of the island.
"You've been checking up on me?" She asked tightly.
"Of course. You're my best friend's wife, I promised to look after you if anything ever happened."
"I don't need looking after."
"But you need help.The Jedi can't help you Jesi, they're in this for the power. I can help you, I can give you a new name, a new life, and a life for your children."
"Who says I want a new life?" She said quietly. "I'm content where I am."
"Content doesn't always mean happy."
"Well you think I'm going to have peace at mind anywhere when I'm carrying three children prophecized to be that of darkness?" She snapped gripping the glass so hard it made a high pitched warning.
"You don't have to think of them as darkness if no one asks you Jes. The Jedi will ask and ask and probe as much as they can to get to the bottom of this."
"And you think I don't want them to get to the bottom of this?" She asked icily.
"All I'm saying is that this is what I think Raiy would want for you."
Jesi snapped then and threw the glass at Thomas as he stood but he dodged and he shattered into the wall behind him.
"Don't you bring him into this to make me feel guilty enough to go!" She yelled.
"I'm just doing what I think h-"
"No, fuck you.You're not him so don't try to be.Get the hell out of here." She demanded.
Thomas sighed. "Jes."
"Out Thomas! Now!"
His shoulders slumped and he moved to the door.
"I'll come back when you're cooled off."
"If you come back you'll only be leaving in a body bag." Jesi growled.
Thomas looked at her then left out the open door. Jesi turned away putting her hands over her face. How could he think she could trust him again? Trust was only there to be
broken...
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Obi-Wan nearly made a dash for the light feeling his master's presence nearing but didn't when he felt a tremor within it. Moving to the living area as the main door opened. Qui-gon turned and hit the lock on the door and moved towards the living area but was startled when his apprentice was standing in the shadowed light.
"I'm sorry Master, I didn't mean to catch you off guard." Obi-Wan said though he was surprised that he had. He had tried for years to think of a way to sneak up on the other Jedi but never did. The way he had now, with no reason, worried him slightly.
"That's nothing Obi-Wan." Qui-Gon excused. Silence stood a moment then Obi-wan asked,
"Is something wrong Master?"
Qui-Gon moved around the side of the couch and sat. Obi-Wan sat in the chair near by.
"Some complications have come up in Jesi's situation." He said.
Obi-Wan tensed."What type of complications?"
Qui-Gon continued and told Obi-Wan what he knew about Grifth and everything.Obi-Wan was silent for a moment after.
"They want her here?"
"Yes."
"She won't come." Obi-Wan said certain.
"Why are you so sure?" Qui-gon asked really wanting to know but also wanting to know why he himself was so certain.
"Because..She just won't." Obi-Wan said not being able to explain it.
"Well the Council wants you to try and convince her."
"Me?" Obi-Wan asked shocked.
"Yes. She trusts you Padawan and that's what we need to convince her."
"..She trusts me yes, but I can't tell her she has to come here."
"We don't want you to, just tell her you think it would be safer here."
Obi-Wan looked away.
"If you believe it's safer here she will too." Qui-Gon added.
"Yes Master." Obi-Wan said.
Qui-Gon smiled and stood.
"All she needs to do is listen Padawan, she doesn't have to decide right away."
Obi-Wan nodded and the Master moved towards his chambers.Obi-Wan sighed, did Jesi trust him THAT much?
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Ovinene smiled, "Hey Grifth, look what we were just told..."
Grifth came to the screen and looked down.
"I'll replay what just happened, you'll love it." Grifth nodded.
When the past conversation ended he smiled.
"You're right, I love it." He said bitterly and turned away.
Tbc...
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