A/N: *Crying from lack of reviews* Oh well, I think the end of this is
near...*Sob!* Anyway, Thanks soooo much to REALbluelightsaber, for the
review! And thanks to evrone else who has reviewed this!
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Qui-gon carried Obi-wan back to the healer's, and stayed by his bed most of the night.
Quite early in the morning though, Obi-wan began to stir.
Qui-gon watched as Obi-wan's eyes fluttered for a moment, then slowly opened.
Obi-wan's head rolled over and he stared at Qui-gon for a moment.
"M...Master?" he asked.
Qui-gon stared at him for a couple seconds, in shock. Oh, for so long, he'd believed he'd never hear Obi-wan say those words, at least not to him, but here he was...
"Yes, Obi-wan?" Qui-gon slowly asked.
Obi-wan paused, and closed his eyes.He slowly opened his eyes and whispered,"Oh master, what have I done?" Obi-wan said, as he drifted back to unconcisousness.
Qui-gon stared at Obi-wan wondering what did his former padawan mean, when Master Yoda slowly hobbled in.
The small jedi master took a seat next to Qui-gon."Rest, you need, Qui- gon.Nothing more you can do."
Qui-gon blinked, and slowly nodded to the master.
He bowed and left, leaving Obi-wan with the council member.
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Back in the infirmary at the jedi temple, Obi-wan lay unconsisouss.
Although Obi-wan was extremely still to anyone who saw him, within in his mind, though, he was trapped. Trapped in a nightmare.
A nightmare of a past long forgotten, and a future unwanted, both becoming real. Oh so real....
Images of Qui-gon played through his mind. Memories of various things, all in a jumble.
*Flash*
Bandomeer. Hutts.Qui-gon.
*Flash*
"I take Anakin as my padawan..."
*Flash*
Images, coming at him so fast, it was dizzing...Places, planets, people, but mainly Qui-gon.
Eventually, the images cleared, leaving Obi-wan alone in the darkness.
A flicker in the space in front of him, ~What the?~ he wondered as someone or something materialised in front of him.
There, in front of him, stood Xanatos.
"What do you want?" Obi-wan asked the man.
Xanatos stared at Obi-wan, "So, have you decided?" he asked, ignoring Obi- wan question.
"I...I.." Obi-wan stutered.
Xanatos nodded, "I see." he said queitly.
"Who are you, really?" Obi-wan asked.
Xanatos shrugged. "Well, I am dead."
"Oh."
Xanatos looked right into Obi-wan's eyes. "Remember, Obi-wan, choose wisely." he said, with a slight smile, and then disapeared.
Obi-wan sighed, he knew this Xanatos person was right, soon he was going to have to choose, if not right now....
Obi-wan awoke sometime right afterward.He painfully glanced around the room, and saw a small, green troll sitting in a chair by his bed, with his eyes closed.
~What the...?~Obi-wan thought, puzzled at seeing a troll in his room.
Yoda...Master Yoda.... something whispered to him.
Memories of the small green jedi filled Obi-wan's mind.
Just then, though, the Master yoda's eyes opened.
"Awakend, you have." He stated.
Obi-wan did his best to nod, but it sent shots of pain through his entire body.
"Remember, you do?" Yoda asked.
Obi-wan slowly nodded, this time prepared for the streams of pain.
"H..How did you know?" Obi-wan asked.
"Reveal things, the force does." Yoda simply stated.
Behind them, the door swished open, and they turned to see who it was.
Qui-gon.
He bowed to Master yoda, then turned to Obi-wan."How do you feel, Obi-wan?"
Obi-wan slowly blinked.
"Better, slightly." he said.
A slight smile crossed Qui-gon's face, "That's good." he said.
Master Yoda stood up slowly, leaning on his gimmer stick. "Leave you I will. Return later, Master Windu and I shall." He stated, then hobbled out of the room...
Qui-gon turned his gase back to Obi-wan.
Obi-wan though, was lost in thought once more.
~What am I going to do?~ he wondered, despairingly.~I can't go back to Sideous, but I'm a sith, I can't just go back to the Jedi either...~
"Obi-wan?" he heard Jinn's voice say.
With that, Obi-wan was pulled back to reality,"Yes, Master?" he asked.
~Darn it kenobi!~ Obi-wan silently thought, ~Sideous is going to have my head for calling anothor man master, especially a jedi...~
"Are you allright, Obi-wan?" Qui-gon asked.
Obi-wan stared back at his former master, and nodded.
"Can I ask you what happened last night?" Qui-gon asked.
Obi-wan blankly stared at his former master for a moment, then slowly began.
"Last night, I..I was trying to escape." He confessed.
"Why?"
"Be- Because my master told me I must."Obi-wan whispered.
Qui-gon nodded.
"And-And, he asked me where I was, and I realised I was infront of you rdoor, I'm not sure why, but he told me to complete my prior mission, but to use you instead...."
"Prior Mission?" Qui-gon inquired.
Obi-wan blinked, "To kill a Jedi.That's what I was the temple for."
Realisation sunk in for Qui-gon.His padawan had attempted to kill a Jedi, and it had almost been him.
"Continue, please." Qui-gon said.
Obi-wan sighed, and continued," I..I reconsidered. And he..well..forced me, so I let my anger loose on him.And, I don't thin he appreciated that too much...." Obi-wan explained.
Qui-gon nodded.
The two were silent for a while, when a small healer's aid walked in.
She bowed, "A vistor to see you." she said.
"Who?" Qui-gon asked.
"Um..I thin it's the chancellor!" the small aid replied.
Qui-gon looked over at Obi-wan, who shrugged, then turned back to the aid. "Send him in." Qui-gon said.
The aid nodded, and left.
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Sideous hated entering the Jedi Temple, but he didn't really have a choice. He had to play the part of the concerned Chancellor, and use that to steal his apprentice back from those jedi....
A young girl, most likely a padawan walked up to him, and bowed greatly.
She looked up at him, "T..The Jedi shall you, sir, right this way..." She said shyly.
Sideous flashed her a polite smile, and he saw her relax.
~Puny Jedi Youngling!!!~ his mind screamed, but he kept his face a mask of calmness.
Soon he would have his apprentice back, and then they could go from there....
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Qhile Obi-wan and Qui-gon waited for Obi-wan's visitor, the chancellor, Qui- gon noticed someting strange with his former apprentice.
Obi-wan was shaking, rocking slightly back and forth.
"Obi-wan?" Qui-gon asked, making sure that he was alright.
No reply came from Obi-wan, he just continued to shake, and it seemed to grow worse.
Qui-gon reached forward, and gently shook the boy.
That snapped Obi-wan out of it.
"Oh, Master." he breathed."He...He's coming for me." Obi-wan whispered, a look of pure terror on his face.
A similar look crossed Qui-gon's face. Thos words..He had heard them before.
Thoughts raced through his head, and quickly remembered last time his apprentice had said those four words.
One year ago, on Naboo. The day he's lost Obi-wan to the sith.
Qui-gon realised what he was going to have to do.
This time, no matter what, his apprentice was staying with him, even if it cost Qui-gon his life.
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Qui-gon carried Obi-wan back to the healer's, and stayed by his bed most of the night.
Quite early in the morning though, Obi-wan began to stir.
Qui-gon watched as Obi-wan's eyes fluttered for a moment, then slowly opened.
Obi-wan's head rolled over and he stared at Qui-gon for a moment.
"M...Master?" he asked.
Qui-gon stared at him for a couple seconds, in shock. Oh, for so long, he'd believed he'd never hear Obi-wan say those words, at least not to him, but here he was...
"Yes, Obi-wan?" Qui-gon slowly asked.
Obi-wan paused, and closed his eyes.He slowly opened his eyes and whispered,"Oh master, what have I done?" Obi-wan said, as he drifted back to unconcisousness.
Qui-gon stared at Obi-wan wondering what did his former padawan mean, when Master Yoda slowly hobbled in.
The small jedi master took a seat next to Qui-gon."Rest, you need, Qui- gon.Nothing more you can do."
Qui-gon blinked, and slowly nodded to the master.
He bowed and left, leaving Obi-wan with the council member.
_______
Back in the infirmary at the jedi temple, Obi-wan lay unconsisouss.
Although Obi-wan was extremely still to anyone who saw him, within in his mind, though, he was trapped. Trapped in a nightmare.
A nightmare of a past long forgotten, and a future unwanted, both becoming real. Oh so real....
Images of Qui-gon played through his mind. Memories of various things, all in a jumble.
*Flash*
Bandomeer. Hutts.Qui-gon.
*Flash*
"I take Anakin as my padawan..."
*Flash*
Images, coming at him so fast, it was dizzing...Places, planets, people, but mainly Qui-gon.
Eventually, the images cleared, leaving Obi-wan alone in the darkness.
A flicker in the space in front of him, ~What the?~ he wondered as someone or something materialised in front of him.
There, in front of him, stood Xanatos.
"What do you want?" Obi-wan asked the man.
Xanatos stared at Obi-wan, "So, have you decided?" he asked, ignoring Obi- wan question.
"I...I.." Obi-wan stutered.
Xanatos nodded, "I see." he said queitly.
"Who are you, really?" Obi-wan asked.
Xanatos shrugged. "Well, I am dead."
"Oh."
Xanatos looked right into Obi-wan's eyes. "Remember, Obi-wan, choose wisely." he said, with a slight smile, and then disapeared.
Obi-wan sighed, he knew this Xanatos person was right, soon he was going to have to choose, if not right now....
Obi-wan awoke sometime right afterward.He painfully glanced around the room, and saw a small, green troll sitting in a chair by his bed, with his eyes closed.
~What the...?~Obi-wan thought, puzzled at seeing a troll in his room.
Yoda...Master Yoda.... something whispered to him.
Memories of the small green jedi filled Obi-wan's mind.
Just then, though, the Master yoda's eyes opened.
"Awakend, you have." He stated.
Obi-wan did his best to nod, but it sent shots of pain through his entire body.
"Remember, you do?" Yoda asked.
Obi-wan slowly nodded, this time prepared for the streams of pain.
"H..How did you know?" Obi-wan asked.
"Reveal things, the force does." Yoda simply stated.
Behind them, the door swished open, and they turned to see who it was.
Qui-gon.
He bowed to Master yoda, then turned to Obi-wan."How do you feel, Obi-wan?"
Obi-wan slowly blinked.
"Better, slightly." he said.
A slight smile crossed Qui-gon's face, "That's good." he said.
Master Yoda stood up slowly, leaning on his gimmer stick. "Leave you I will. Return later, Master Windu and I shall." He stated, then hobbled out of the room...
Qui-gon turned his gase back to Obi-wan.
Obi-wan though, was lost in thought once more.
~What am I going to do?~ he wondered, despairingly.~I can't go back to Sideous, but I'm a sith, I can't just go back to the Jedi either...~
"Obi-wan?" he heard Jinn's voice say.
With that, Obi-wan was pulled back to reality,"Yes, Master?" he asked.
~Darn it kenobi!~ Obi-wan silently thought, ~Sideous is going to have my head for calling anothor man master, especially a jedi...~
"Are you allright, Obi-wan?" Qui-gon asked.
Obi-wan stared back at his former master, and nodded.
"Can I ask you what happened last night?" Qui-gon asked.
Obi-wan blankly stared at his former master for a moment, then slowly began.
"Last night, I..I was trying to escape." He confessed.
"Why?"
"Be- Because my master told me I must."Obi-wan whispered.
Qui-gon nodded.
"And-And, he asked me where I was, and I realised I was infront of you rdoor, I'm not sure why, but he told me to complete my prior mission, but to use you instead...."
"Prior Mission?" Qui-gon inquired.
Obi-wan blinked, "To kill a Jedi.That's what I was the temple for."
Realisation sunk in for Qui-gon.His padawan had attempted to kill a Jedi, and it had almost been him.
"Continue, please." Qui-gon said.
Obi-wan sighed, and continued," I..I reconsidered. And he..well..forced me, so I let my anger loose on him.And, I don't thin he appreciated that too much...." Obi-wan explained.
Qui-gon nodded.
The two were silent for a while, when a small healer's aid walked in.
She bowed, "A vistor to see you." she said.
"Who?" Qui-gon asked.
"Um..I thin it's the chancellor!" the small aid replied.
Qui-gon looked over at Obi-wan, who shrugged, then turned back to the aid. "Send him in." Qui-gon said.
The aid nodded, and left.
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Sideous hated entering the Jedi Temple, but he didn't really have a choice. He had to play the part of the concerned Chancellor, and use that to steal his apprentice back from those jedi....
A young girl, most likely a padawan walked up to him, and bowed greatly.
She looked up at him, "T..The Jedi shall you, sir, right this way..." She said shyly.
Sideous flashed her a polite smile, and he saw her relax.
~Puny Jedi Youngling!!!~ his mind screamed, but he kept his face a mask of calmness.
Soon he would have his apprentice back, and then they could go from there....
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Qhile Obi-wan and Qui-gon waited for Obi-wan's visitor, the chancellor, Qui- gon noticed someting strange with his former apprentice.
Obi-wan was shaking, rocking slightly back and forth.
"Obi-wan?" Qui-gon asked, making sure that he was alright.
No reply came from Obi-wan, he just continued to shake, and it seemed to grow worse.
Qui-gon reached forward, and gently shook the boy.
That snapped Obi-wan out of it.
"Oh, Master." he breathed."He...He's coming for me." Obi-wan whispered, a look of pure terror on his face.
A similar look crossed Qui-gon's face. Thos words..He had heard them before.
Thoughts raced through his head, and quickly remembered last time his apprentice had said those four words.
One year ago, on Naboo. The day he's lost Obi-wan to the sith.
Qui-gon realised what he was going to have to do.
This time, no matter what, his apprentice was staying with him, even if it cost Qui-gon his life.