Chapter Three.
It was a few weeks later (almost a month) and Anakin, along with Saba, had arrived (much to the joy of Padmé) in Naboo. So far, Anakin had ordered parts, and bought the basic body off of some old merchant. Currently he and Saba had gone over the body, taking out dents, and stripping the paint.
"Do you two need some help?" Padmé asked, as she sat in a chair, a few feet away from were they were working.
"No." Anakin shook his head, whipping oil and dirt from his hands on a towel, "I think we're done here for the day."
"I'm going to finish stripping this." Saba told him.
"It looks like rain. Remember to cover it before you come in then." Anakin threw his rag down at her feet.
Saba nodded, and watched as he and Padmé walked back to the house. She knew they were married, and what they did at night. She also knew that the only reason they had come to Naboo was because of Padmé. Lucky for her of course, Padmé was leaving in ta few days for a Senate meeting and would be gone for a week.
Oh the possibilities.
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A few days later, Saba and Anakin sat on the side of the porch, looking out over the water and rain that was plinking down on the usually calm waters, which was creating an oddly soothing sound.
"What happened to your arm?" Saba asked.
"It was cut off."
"I know that."
"I was battling with someone. He cut it off with his saber." Anakin didn't look at her as he spoke. "Oh." She continued to look out over the water.
There was more silence. It was uncomfortable, but neither made the move to break it.
Anakin stood suddenly a few minutes later, "I'll be in my room if you need anything." And with that, he strode away. __
Anakin stood in his room, looking at his arm. It was painful to think about it, and yet he forced himself to. To relive all of the memories that had gotten him there, to that day.
"Padawan?" A voice came from behind him.
"Master Obi Wan?" Anakin turned.
"Hello." Obi Wan let himself into the room. "How are you? Where is the clone?"
"I'm feeling sorry for myself, Master." Anakin sat in a chair by the window, staring out in to the murky water of Naboo. "And Saba is out on the porch."
"No she isn't." Obi Wan shook his head. "I just came in through the porch."
There was high-pitched laughed coming from outside, in the rain, and as Anakin moved over to the window, he saw her.holding something.that was near invisible.
"Saba, what are you doing?" Anakin threw his window open.
"Look, Anakin!" She held out her arms. "A crystal snake!" The two black dots, the only thing he could see stared up at him.
"Put that down before you get bit, Saba!" Anakin was almost frantic. "Where did you get that!"
"I came right up to me." She spoke shyly, placing the slithering snake down into some wet grass. "I'm sorry." She whispered.
"Don't yell at her, Anakin." Obi Wan spoke gently, and pushed him gently from the window. "Come in side before you get soaked."
Saba smiled brilliantly willing to listen to the older Jedi Knight.
"I'm so glad she listens to you." Anakin sounded a little bitter.
"I have some news about your clone." Obi Wan cut himself short as she walked into the room, damp but extreamly happy, her Serpent friend around her shoulders.
"Look." She held the snake out to Obi Wan. "Isn't she pretty?"
Obi Wan smiled. "Beautiful." He took the snake from her, using the force to calm the frightened animal, but finding that the Animal was quite fine and enjoyed being in Saba's care better then his. "Why don't you go find something to keep her in while my Padawan and I talk?"
"Of course Obi Wan." She turned and exited the room to find something to keep her new pet in.
"What is your news?" Anakin asked. "Did they move up the.destruction?"
"That's the news. There is no destruction date." Obi Wan smiled, and then saw the look on his Padawan's face. "What?" I thought you would happy about this?"
"I.I am happy." He shrugged. "But.why?"
"We need her.and the others like her." Obi Wan whispered the last part.
"Why?" Anakin asked. "What can a computer hacking clone do?"
Obi Wan forced a smile. "She's not a hacker." The smile turned genuine. "That occurred as a hobby. You see she tried to make people see that she wasn't just another clone that would bend at their every whim. She wasn't.well, made to do that." He pressed his fingers to his lips, and then explained further. "Jedi's are forced into celibacy."
"She's a.lover clone?"
Obi Wan smiled. "In a way, I guess that is how you can say it."
"You can't be serious."
"I'm afraid I am. There are also males of her type, made to act, and.perform as.normal humans would."
Anakin raised an eyebrow. "I don't believe it. There is no way.any one.could.could ever."
"Touch her?" Obi Wan asked. "Except for you, right?" He crossed his arms. "I know about Padme Anakin. I also know that you regret marrying her now that you that you have.her." He motioned towards the laugher of Saba as she was packing away her snake in a crate in the next room.
"I didn't say that." Anakin whispered, his angry growing as he evil inside of him did.
"Then what are you saying?" Obi Wan fought to keep him calm.
Anakin pressed his lips together tightly turning towards the window, pressing his forehead against the cool glass. "I don't want to hurt Padme."
"You'll only hurt her more if you don't tell her." Obi Wan put a hand on his shoulder.
"I can't tell her Master Obi Wan." Anakin stroked the glass with his fingers.
"Do you want me to take the clone?" Obi Wan whispered. "Get her off of your hands for a few weeks.and then bring her back and you can work on your pod racer?"
Anakin turned to look at him, his evil level returning to.well, normal. "You would do that for me?"
"Yes." Obi Wan nodded. "Do you want me to take her when I leave?"
"When are you leaving?"
"In the morning when Padme returns." Obi Wan pulled his hand away from Anakin's shoulder. "That was my next piece of news. She's coming back early, and I think you could use some time alone together."
"You're not going to hurt her are you?" Anakin asked, as Obi Wan began to exit the room to check on Saba and her snake.
"Of course not, Anakin." Obi Wan shook his head.
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"Why doesn't Anakin like me?" Saba leaned on Obi Wan's knee as he read a book, and Anakin slept in his own chambers.
"It's not that he doesn't like you. He's just.confused. He has things on his mind he needs to sort out." Obi Wan closed the book. "You're going to leave with me tomorrow, so that Anakin may have some time to Padme."
"Oh." She spoke bitterly.
"You can bring the snake with you." He smiled.
"Oh, I'll release her before we go." She sighed.
Obi Wan nodded, and pulled the girl up into his lap. "Anakin doesn't mean to ignore you, Saba. He's just.confused right now."
"I don't understand why." She sighed. "I mean he's got everything he could ever want."
"The force is strong inside of him Saba.but I don't think he will ever use it correctly." He tilted his head to the side. "I can feel the force in you as well."
Saba smiled. "I think that's a complement."
"It is." He nodded. "A true force being in a clone is very rare. You're one of a kind, Saba."
"Thank you Obi Wan." She smiled, and pecked his cheek; "I'm going to go to bed now. I'll see you in the morning."
"Of course." Obi Wan nodded, "Sleep well, and may the force be with you."
Saba smiled, and pranced happily off to her room.
Saba knew she had been acting very childlike all day since Obi Wan had arrived. For some reason, Obi Wan brought forth these feelings of childishness in her, the type of childishness that had never been allowed on the home planet.
Pulling her hide pants over her hips, she folded them over the back of the chair in the far corner of the room. Taking her time changing for bed, she didn't notice the glint of the snake as he reared up behind her, and sunk its fangs into her thigh.
She didn't have time to scream, before the drugs in the snakes venom seeped into her blood stream, and she fell to the ground.
In the next room, Anakin heard the loud thump. Suddenly alert, he used the force to sense through the walls and saw her lying there on the floor in only a short shirt, a small bit of her thigh visible.
Withdrawing, he exited his room, and entered Saba's, looking around the room. Nothing seemed to be out of place.except for the beady black eyes from on top of Saba's chest.
"Oh blaster bolts." He sighed, and stuck his head out of the door. "Master Obi Wan?"
"Yes Anakin?" Obi Wan appeared a moment later.
"Saba was bitten by her snake."
"Where is the snake now?" Obi Wan asked.
"On top of her."
"I'll get it." Obi Wan sighed, entering the room, trying to ignore the fact that the girl on the floor was a little less then half naked.
Anakin watched as Obi Wan knelt down, and slowly reached for the snake, grasping it by the back of its triangular head.
"Naughty little beast." Obi Wan let the snake curl around his wrist, and rest its head on his thumb. "She'll be fine Anakin." He turned to his Padawan. "A crystal snake bite is harmless for the most part. She'll wake up perfectly fine in the morning."
Anakin crossed his arms a bit uneasily. "Are you sure?"
"Quite." Obi Wan nodded. "I'll go find something a little more secure to put her in." He raised the snake. "I'll be back in a little bit."
Anakin shut the door after his elder, and knelt down on the floor next to Sada, looking at her. She was beautiful, with her long brown hair splayed across the floor, her shirt up a tiny bit on her thigh, and her stockings up to her knees; cute and childish, and yet beautiful and womanly.
He felt a smile twinge his lips, and he slid his hands under her, and put her on the soft pallet next to the window.
"Sweet dream my beauty."
It was a few weeks later (almost a month) and Anakin, along with Saba, had arrived (much to the joy of Padmé) in Naboo. So far, Anakin had ordered parts, and bought the basic body off of some old merchant. Currently he and Saba had gone over the body, taking out dents, and stripping the paint.
"Do you two need some help?" Padmé asked, as she sat in a chair, a few feet away from were they were working.
"No." Anakin shook his head, whipping oil and dirt from his hands on a towel, "I think we're done here for the day."
"I'm going to finish stripping this." Saba told him.
"It looks like rain. Remember to cover it before you come in then." Anakin threw his rag down at her feet.
Saba nodded, and watched as he and Padmé walked back to the house. She knew they were married, and what they did at night. She also knew that the only reason they had come to Naboo was because of Padmé. Lucky for her of course, Padmé was leaving in ta few days for a Senate meeting and would be gone for a week.
Oh the possibilities.
__
A few days later, Saba and Anakin sat on the side of the porch, looking out over the water and rain that was plinking down on the usually calm waters, which was creating an oddly soothing sound.
"What happened to your arm?" Saba asked.
"It was cut off."
"I know that."
"I was battling with someone. He cut it off with his saber." Anakin didn't look at her as he spoke. "Oh." She continued to look out over the water.
There was more silence. It was uncomfortable, but neither made the move to break it.
Anakin stood suddenly a few minutes later, "I'll be in my room if you need anything." And with that, he strode away. __
Anakin stood in his room, looking at his arm. It was painful to think about it, and yet he forced himself to. To relive all of the memories that had gotten him there, to that day.
"Padawan?" A voice came from behind him.
"Master Obi Wan?" Anakin turned.
"Hello." Obi Wan let himself into the room. "How are you? Where is the clone?"
"I'm feeling sorry for myself, Master." Anakin sat in a chair by the window, staring out in to the murky water of Naboo. "And Saba is out on the porch."
"No she isn't." Obi Wan shook his head. "I just came in through the porch."
There was high-pitched laughed coming from outside, in the rain, and as Anakin moved over to the window, he saw her.holding something.that was near invisible.
"Saba, what are you doing?" Anakin threw his window open.
"Look, Anakin!" She held out her arms. "A crystal snake!" The two black dots, the only thing he could see stared up at him.
"Put that down before you get bit, Saba!" Anakin was almost frantic. "Where did you get that!"
"I came right up to me." She spoke shyly, placing the slithering snake down into some wet grass. "I'm sorry." She whispered.
"Don't yell at her, Anakin." Obi Wan spoke gently, and pushed him gently from the window. "Come in side before you get soaked."
Saba smiled brilliantly willing to listen to the older Jedi Knight.
"I'm so glad she listens to you." Anakin sounded a little bitter.
"I have some news about your clone." Obi Wan cut himself short as she walked into the room, damp but extreamly happy, her Serpent friend around her shoulders.
"Look." She held the snake out to Obi Wan. "Isn't she pretty?"
Obi Wan smiled. "Beautiful." He took the snake from her, using the force to calm the frightened animal, but finding that the Animal was quite fine and enjoyed being in Saba's care better then his. "Why don't you go find something to keep her in while my Padawan and I talk?"
"Of course Obi Wan." She turned and exited the room to find something to keep her new pet in.
"What is your news?" Anakin asked. "Did they move up the.destruction?"
"That's the news. There is no destruction date." Obi Wan smiled, and then saw the look on his Padawan's face. "What?" I thought you would happy about this?"
"I.I am happy." He shrugged. "But.why?"
"We need her.and the others like her." Obi Wan whispered the last part.
"Why?" Anakin asked. "What can a computer hacking clone do?"
Obi Wan forced a smile. "She's not a hacker." The smile turned genuine. "That occurred as a hobby. You see she tried to make people see that she wasn't just another clone that would bend at their every whim. She wasn't.well, made to do that." He pressed his fingers to his lips, and then explained further. "Jedi's are forced into celibacy."
"She's a.lover clone?"
Obi Wan smiled. "In a way, I guess that is how you can say it."
"You can't be serious."
"I'm afraid I am. There are also males of her type, made to act, and.perform as.normal humans would."
Anakin raised an eyebrow. "I don't believe it. There is no way.any one.could.could ever."
"Touch her?" Obi Wan asked. "Except for you, right?" He crossed his arms. "I know about Padme Anakin. I also know that you regret marrying her now that you that you have.her." He motioned towards the laugher of Saba as she was packing away her snake in a crate in the next room.
"I didn't say that." Anakin whispered, his angry growing as he evil inside of him did.
"Then what are you saying?" Obi Wan fought to keep him calm.
Anakin pressed his lips together tightly turning towards the window, pressing his forehead against the cool glass. "I don't want to hurt Padme."
"You'll only hurt her more if you don't tell her." Obi Wan put a hand on his shoulder.
"I can't tell her Master Obi Wan." Anakin stroked the glass with his fingers.
"Do you want me to take the clone?" Obi Wan whispered. "Get her off of your hands for a few weeks.and then bring her back and you can work on your pod racer?"
Anakin turned to look at him, his evil level returning to.well, normal. "You would do that for me?"
"Yes." Obi Wan nodded. "Do you want me to take her when I leave?"
"When are you leaving?"
"In the morning when Padme returns." Obi Wan pulled his hand away from Anakin's shoulder. "That was my next piece of news. She's coming back early, and I think you could use some time alone together."
"You're not going to hurt her are you?" Anakin asked, as Obi Wan began to exit the room to check on Saba and her snake.
"Of course not, Anakin." Obi Wan shook his head.
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"Why doesn't Anakin like me?" Saba leaned on Obi Wan's knee as he read a book, and Anakin slept in his own chambers.
"It's not that he doesn't like you. He's just.confused. He has things on his mind he needs to sort out." Obi Wan closed the book. "You're going to leave with me tomorrow, so that Anakin may have some time to Padme."
"Oh." She spoke bitterly.
"You can bring the snake with you." He smiled.
"Oh, I'll release her before we go." She sighed.
Obi Wan nodded, and pulled the girl up into his lap. "Anakin doesn't mean to ignore you, Saba. He's just.confused right now."
"I don't understand why." She sighed. "I mean he's got everything he could ever want."
"The force is strong inside of him Saba.but I don't think he will ever use it correctly." He tilted his head to the side. "I can feel the force in you as well."
Saba smiled. "I think that's a complement."
"It is." He nodded. "A true force being in a clone is very rare. You're one of a kind, Saba."
"Thank you Obi Wan." She smiled, and pecked his cheek; "I'm going to go to bed now. I'll see you in the morning."
"Of course." Obi Wan nodded, "Sleep well, and may the force be with you."
Saba smiled, and pranced happily off to her room.
Saba knew she had been acting very childlike all day since Obi Wan had arrived. For some reason, Obi Wan brought forth these feelings of childishness in her, the type of childishness that had never been allowed on the home planet.
Pulling her hide pants over her hips, she folded them over the back of the chair in the far corner of the room. Taking her time changing for bed, she didn't notice the glint of the snake as he reared up behind her, and sunk its fangs into her thigh.
She didn't have time to scream, before the drugs in the snakes venom seeped into her blood stream, and she fell to the ground.
In the next room, Anakin heard the loud thump. Suddenly alert, he used the force to sense through the walls and saw her lying there on the floor in only a short shirt, a small bit of her thigh visible.
Withdrawing, he exited his room, and entered Saba's, looking around the room. Nothing seemed to be out of place.except for the beady black eyes from on top of Saba's chest.
"Oh blaster bolts." He sighed, and stuck his head out of the door. "Master Obi Wan?"
"Yes Anakin?" Obi Wan appeared a moment later.
"Saba was bitten by her snake."
"Where is the snake now?" Obi Wan asked.
"On top of her."
"I'll get it." Obi Wan sighed, entering the room, trying to ignore the fact that the girl on the floor was a little less then half naked.
Anakin watched as Obi Wan knelt down, and slowly reached for the snake, grasping it by the back of its triangular head.
"Naughty little beast." Obi Wan let the snake curl around his wrist, and rest its head on his thumb. "She'll be fine Anakin." He turned to his Padawan. "A crystal snake bite is harmless for the most part. She'll wake up perfectly fine in the morning."
Anakin crossed his arms a bit uneasily. "Are you sure?"
"Quite." Obi Wan nodded. "I'll go find something a little more secure to put her in." He raised the snake. "I'll be back in a little bit."
Anakin shut the door after his elder, and knelt down on the floor next to Sada, looking at her. She was beautiful, with her long brown hair splayed across the floor, her shirt up a tiny bit on her thigh, and her stockings up to her knees; cute and childish, and yet beautiful and womanly.
He felt a smile twinge his lips, and he slid his hands under her, and put her on the soft pallet next to the window.
"Sweet dream my beauty."