Disclaimer:: I don't own StarWars, I wish I did! All the Usual Characters belong to the insane George Lucas. I'm not making any money of this.
" text " = normal/verbal talking
' text ' = thoughts
italics = dreams/vision
//text// = talking through a bond
Ahaha! Well I'm going to try to update this fic everyday!
and here is! Um...Mistakes like normal are probably in here.....fresh
off the keyboard.
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Obi-wan rubbed his eyes, a fog laid over them, and no matter how many time he rubbed them, the fog returned. He was back at the Temple, walking the long halls, people walked past. It was strange, he wasn't quite sure why, but everyone's face were a blur, and there was no sound. Obi-wan pulled his cloak tightly around him. It was cold, so very cold here. There was something else, something moving around him. It went unseen, brushing against him, surrounding him, drowning him.
A whisper came sweeping to his ears. He couldn't make out what the voice had said. He twisted around looking for someone, but his mind hung in confusion. The people that were walking by him, disappeared. The halls were empty. With the Force, Obi-wan felt around, but to his surprise he felt nothing. He couldn't feel the Force.
Fog crept in from around the corners of the Temple halls. His eyes darted to keep up with something that seemed to swim in the thick fog. Quickly his hand flew to the hilt of his 'saber, and when he felt nothing he looked down. His lightsaber wasn't there. Suddenly he fell to his knees, as the Force came rushing back to him. Within the Fog he could make out forms. Human Forms, but they too were falling to their knees. He wanted to yell out to them, but something kept stopping him. There again, in the corner of his eye he saw something swimming in the fog. Slowly he got to his feet, taking a step toward the humans on their knees. All were cloaked in Jedi robes. As Obi-wan reached down to help one, he was met by a black and twisted face. Unseeing eyes, looked at him, and wept. They wept not tears....but blood, and as they did the flesh under their eyes began to oz and slide off.
If Obi-wan could of screamed, he certainly would have. Startled he jerked back, loosing his footing, he fell, landing hard on his back. His heart was pounding, rocking the walls, his breathing ragged. And from the corner of his eye, the something that had been moving in the fog, stopped. He propped himself up on his hands, slowly looking in it's direction.
".....afraid...."
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Qui-gon was out of his room in no time flat. And as he crossed the hall way, the dark feeling grew with every step. He tried to palm Obi-wan's door open, but in his hurry, his thick fingers fumbled. Forcing himself to calm down, he finally pressed the correct keys, and the hatch slid open. A frigid blast of air hit Qui-gon. A gasp fought it's way through the Jedi Master. Obi-wan's room was freezing. He took a step it, and let out his breath. The moisture in his breath became visible, as soon as it hit the cold air. His eyes locked onto his padawan's body huddled under the covers. As he ran to Ob-wan's side, he saw that the youth was sleeping. Beads of sweat hung to the boy's brow, and a few times he jerked in sleep.
Qui-gon started to shiver, suddenly it seemed a whole lot colder then it was, and the air became thin, forcing Qui-gon to take more breathes, forcing the heat out of his lungs.
//Obi-wan?//
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" What?" Obi-wan startled himself as he spoke. He had expected the word to be kept a bay, like everything else he had tried to say.
"...afraid.....fear...afraid..." The voice was not human, nor remotely human. Obi-wan didn't want to see the face of what was speaking. He wasn't sure he even wanted to talk to it.
"...pain....fear....afraid...light...." The figure began to move in the fog again. From the outline, Obi-wan could guess it was probably around 3 to 4 feet tall, and slender. It was hunched over, and the frame he could tell was small.
"I'm sorry. I don't understand." Obi-wan was still propped up on his hand, slowly moving his feet closer to him.
"Obi-wan?" His master's voiced echoed through out the halls. Obi-wan shot a look around, as Qui-gons voice bounced off the walls.
"..Answer him not! Darkness!!" The creature stepped to the edge of the Fog, but did not remove itself from it's embrace. Obi-wan shot a look at it, his eyes squinting to catch a better look. It wasn't making very much sense.
"I don't...understand." Obi-wan said again. By this time he had his feet under him and as slowly starting to stand. He could still making out the kneeling Jedi in the Hazy.
"Darkness!! Light...afraid...." The creature leaped forward from the fog toward Obi-wan. Landing in a hunched over position at Obi-wan's feet. Obi-wan jumped backwards, but was stopped by a wall, and the small creature grabbed at the young Jedi's robes, repeating nonsense.
The creature was a dark gray color. It's eyes, overly huge for it's head, blazing a light green. The hands that grabbed at his clothes were oversized, as well as it's feet. It's ears were large human shaped ears, and thin white hair hung from the back of it's balding head.
"Paaaain...afraid....afraid...afraid....AFRAID!" it hissed as the large hands caught hold of Obi-wan's padawan braid and pulled down harshly on it. Obi-wan couldn't help but be dragged downward from the yank. His eyes were wide as he could feel fear coming from this creature. He wrinkled his nose up from it's smell. Like rotting flesh, and bone burned inside his nostrils. Suddenly the creature turned deadly silent. It stopped tugging on the youths braid and clothes, but it cocked a head, it's huge eyes staring down the hallway.
Obi-wan turned an eye down the hallway as well. He could feel it. Something terrible. Slowly his head turned to turn his full attention at the hall. He strained his ears, and was rewarded by a faint clicking sound. Chains. It sounded like chains hitting against each other. And there was something else. His eyes went out of focus as he tried to hear. He could hear breathing, but it was not his, nor the creature who was standing in front of him. The breathing stopped for a moment, then resumed.
"Coming....." The creature whispered lightly into the air and tightened the grip on Obi-wan's robes. He could feel the fear coming from it, washing over him like a tide. "..it's coming...Run...away...runaway....runaway! runaway! run! run!" and with that it let go and ran into the fog, away from the noise. Obi-wan turned a head to watch it run away for a moment, as it disappeared into the fog, he could still hear it hissing 'run'
He wanted to. He wanted to run so badly, but it was if his feet were glued to the floor. A snarl came from down the hallway, and his feet became unglued. He whipped around to face what ever sort of thing was coming down these halls. His body trembled, as the snarling grew louder, and louder. He clenched his teeth resisting the urge to clamp his hands over his ears. The snarls roared through out the hallways, and then it stopped.
Silence grew just as loud as the snarls had been, and Obi-wan tried to pier into the dark fog. His squinted eyes suddenly grew wider as a low snarl came from directly behind him. His lips parted slightly, and his eyes brows arched in an unknown fear. Hot breathes were pulsing the back of his neck. What ever had been coming down the hall was no directly behind him. Something wet and warm dripped on his neck. He was afraid to turn around, but slowly his eyes started to turn, his head followed. A scream tore through his throat when his eyes beheld the sight.
Qui-gon jumped when Obi-wan's horrified scream filled the room. He had been trying to wake him up for a small while. When he looked at the boy's face again, terrified eyes looked up at him, and his padawan seemed to be holding his breath.
"I'm here....everything is going to be just fine." he tried to assure himself more then anything. A heavy breath released from Obi-wans lungs, and he began to breath again, just short of panting.
"What was it you saw?" Qui-gon brushed a few strands of Obi-wan's matted ginger hair from his forehead. He sent reassuring waves to his padawan through the bond. As he pressed his hand to the youths forehead, he could feel the boy had a raging fever. But something else caught his attention. The feeling of darkness was gone. And the moment Obi-wan woke up, the room returned to the normal temperature.
"bad dream....just a bad dream..." Obi-wan told his master between his breathes, trying to calm himself down.
"You're burning up." Qui-gon got up from the side of the bed and walked to the refresher. After a few moments he returned with a cold rag and placed it on the boy's forehead. He kept his hand there for a moment, sending warm feelings through their bond.
//Rest// Qui-gon commanded, Obi-wan quickly obeyed. Once Qui-gon felt Obi-wan slip into dreamless sleep, he took himself away from the bed. Moving over to a comm, he called for a doctor. The Jedi Master quickly went back to his room and grab a datapad, as well as a few other things he needed to study for the negotiations. With a few thing in hand, Qui-gon went back to Obi-wan's rooms, pulling up the chair from the desk to the bedside. There he could keep an eye on Obi-wan's condition as he waiting for the doctor.
But something bothered him. In the back of his mind, he couldn't quite figure out. The feeling of the darkness, and the cold. Why where they there? Why had it disappeared when Obi-wan woke up? He would have to keep his guard up, but he didn't know why. Perhaps the feelings of evil and cold had been created by Obi-wan, and he was projecting his nightmare. He shook his head, and started to read the datapad. It was still to early to answer the questions of what had happen. He would have to wait for Obi-wan to make the first move.
As he cast his thoughts elsewhere, he thought he could hear a light clicking noise come from hallway, pass and fade.
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(I can be so evil! lol at least I didn't leave it at a cliffhangar.
^_^)