Part 6

Dantooine

They arrived on Dantooine shortly after the youth awoke. It was midday on planet and the temperature was warm. The exited the transport, there was no one there to meet them. Unsure what to think the trio walked on into the city. The city was quite, almost to quite. Teevea and Obi-Wan looked around trying to find answers. They followed Qui-Gon but when they looked up he was gone. Teevea and Obi-Wan looked at each other quite perplexed. Where did Qui-Gon go?

At that moment someone approached them, he was a human local. He spoke saying, "You must come with me."

"Who are you?" Teevea asked.

"I am Malite, leader of the people." He replied.

No one spoke for a moment so Malite continued. "You are the Jedi, are you not?"

"That we are. Do you know where Qui-Gon is?" Obi-Wan asked.

Malite gave him a questioning look before saying, "Who is Qui-Gon?"

Teevea spoke before Obi-Wan could even open his mouth, "He is the JedIi Master that came with us."

"I don't know anything about him, but I do wish to know about the two of you." said Malite.

"I am Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon's apprentice and this is Teevea Lyn, a fellow Jedi." he said with great pride.

They walked down the street as Malite apprised them to the situation. It was worse then they had believed. Some type of total war had broke out between the government and the voters. Finally they arrived at their destination. It was a small stone house on the outskirts of the city.

This is my home," Malite explained, "My door is opened to you, please stay."

Teevea spoke at this, "We would be delighted to stay here."

` Malite quickly showed them around the house and concluded the tour saying, "This is my guest room, you may sleep in here. I'm sorry about the close quarters we can place a pallet in the floor."

"The room is fine. We're both adults, we won't need the pallet." Obi-Wan said while eyeing the room.

"Make yourselves comfortable." Malite said as he left.

Teevea slide her bag off her shoulder and to the floor. Obi-Wan did the same, "We need to find Qui-Gon." Obi-Wan blurted as his bag reached the floor.

"Obi-Wan we have a mission here that must remain first in our minds. These people and the Jedi council members are counting on us." Teevea remarked.

Obi-Wan looked at her knowing she would soon be a knight, she deserved it. She was definitely dedicated to achieving a goal. He wished he was more like her. "It just seems like he's the key to success." he said giving one final try.

She looked him in the eye and took one of his hands into both of hers and said, "It's not the failure of the mission, Obi-Wan. You see Qui-Gon's disappearance as personal failure. You haven't failed until you give up. Always remember that. He's not always going to be there for you." she smiled then added. "I'll try to be there."

He returned the smile and added a passionate kiss. How did she know exactly what to say?