Sorry I didn't post the whole summer, but I'll try to make it up to you with pretty regular posts from now on.
Chapter 5
in which Someone Tries to Kill Me and Very Fortunately Does Not Succeed
Afterwards I lay there thinking. Had I done the right thing? Would it work?
Why couldn't I just go to sleep?
But in the end it was insomnia that saved me; for I heard scratching on the window. I looked up to see a blaster poking through the newly-made hole in the glass, and quickly rolled off the bed. But I was too late; the laser blast hit my shoulder, burning through skin and flesh.
At once the door flew open, and Anakin rushed in. "Are you all right?" he asked, sounding very concerned.
"He's getting away!" I shouted, seeing a dark shape escape on a speederbike.
Anakin rushed to the window, but it was too late. Whoever it was was already gone. He let out a curse just as Obi-Wan entered the room.
Obi-Wan quickly cleaned and bandaged my blaster wound, which wasn't all that serious. "You're very lucky," he said.
"But, Master," protested Anakin, "we let him get away!"
"Or her," I put in, suddenly remembering Zam Wessell.
Two heads turned to stare at me.
"Just an idea," I said uncomfortably.
"It's all right," said Obi-Wan in response to Anakin. "I sense that we will have another chance."
"You mean he'll come after me again?" I burst out angrily.
"Or she," Anakin put in, that annoying grin coming back again.
"Whatever."
"I don't know," said Obi-Wan.
"But we'll protect you," Anakin volunteered.
"By using me as bait?"
Once again, I saw that I shouldn't have opened my big mouth, because Anakin's eyes lit up immediately. "Master, we could--"
"Sam, you need to get some rest. We'll leave you alone." As they walked out, he gave Anakin a look that clearly said, "And we need to talk."
I lay down, but once again I wasn't able to sleep. I had too much on my mind. And staring out the window made me nervous. Finally, I curled up on the floor, pulled a blanket over my head, and fell into a restless sleep.
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I woke some time later at Elyssa's nagging. "Get off me," I finally groaned. "Don't you know I got shot last night?"
"What?"
"Where did Obi-Wan and Anakin go?"
"I dunno."
"Great." I filled her in on the details, except the part about using me as bait. It was too freakily like Episode II. "How did I sleep through all this?" she wondered.
"You could sleep through the house burning down."
"How is it?"
"Better. It doesn't really hurt anymore."
"I guess blaster wounds heal faster than bullet wounds."
"I don't think they wanted to leave me alive long enough for it to heal."
"But who would want to kill you?"
"I don't know. But we'd better find out soon."
Chapter 5
in which Someone Tries to Kill Me and Very Fortunately Does Not Succeed
Afterwards I lay there thinking. Had I done the right thing? Would it work?
Why couldn't I just go to sleep?
But in the end it was insomnia that saved me; for I heard scratching on the window. I looked up to see a blaster poking through the newly-made hole in the glass, and quickly rolled off the bed. But I was too late; the laser blast hit my shoulder, burning through skin and flesh.
At once the door flew open, and Anakin rushed in. "Are you all right?" he asked, sounding very concerned.
"He's getting away!" I shouted, seeing a dark shape escape on a speederbike.
Anakin rushed to the window, but it was too late. Whoever it was was already gone. He let out a curse just as Obi-Wan entered the room.
Obi-Wan quickly cleaned and bandaged my blaster wound, which wasn't all that serious. "You're very lucky," he said.
"But, Master," protested Anakin, "we let him get away!"
"Or her," I put in, suddenly remembering Zam Wessell.
Two heads turned to stare at me.
"Just an idea," I said uncomfortably.
"It's all right," said Obi-Wan in response to Anakin. "I sense that we will have another chance."
"You mean he'll come after me again?" I burst out angrily.
"Or she," Anakin put in, that annoying grin coming back again.
"Whatever."
"I don't know," said Obi-Wan.
"But we'll protect you," Anakin volunteered.
"By using me as bait?"
Once again, I saw that I shouldn't have opened my big mouth, because Anakin's eyes lit up immediately. "Master, we could--"
"Sam, you need to get some rest. We'll leave you alone." As they walked out, he gave Anakin a look that clearly said, "And we need to talk."
I lay down, but once again I wasn't able to sleep. I had too much on my mind. And staring out the window made me nervous. Finally, I curled up on the floor, pulled a blanket over my head, and fell into a restless sleep.
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I woke some time later at Elyssa's nagging. "Get off me," I finally groaned. "Don't you know I got shot last night?"
"What?"
"Where did Obi-Wan and Anakin go?"
"I dunno."
"Great." I filled her in on the details, except the part about using me as bait. It was too freakily like Episode II. "How did I sleep through all this?" she wondered.
"You could sleep through the house burning down."
"How is it?"
"Better. It doesn't really hurt anymore."
"I guess blaster wounds heal faster than bullet wounds."
"I don't think they wanted to leave me alive long enough for it to heal."
"But who would want to kill you?"
"I don't know. But we'd better find out soon."