Qui-gon's POV
Part five
The news hits me hard. I can't believe it, I won't believe it! Obi-wan alive! I would have felt it, wouldn't I?
Doubt creped into my mind. Have I been so blinded that I didn't feel it? No, I would have felt it.
"I don't need redemption," I growled.
"Everyone needs redemption, especially the cruel twisted sadistic creatures like us," Xanatos said softly.
What had changed him so? He had once been cool and calculating. He had no care for life, only for power.
"I can't trust you," I said.
"I don't expect you to. But come with me, for the boy's sake if nothing else. Or do you not have a heart left in you, Qui-gon?" he asked.
I looked at him. He shows so much pain. To think, I have only seen him show true emotional pain was when she died. I thought silently, turning my thoughts from that time. Even though she had been his reason.
I could not trust him but what if he was telling the truth? I could feel no lie from him, but Xanatos had always been able to hide the truth when he wanted to. I finally made up my mind.
"All right, Xanatos, but we will be taking my shuttle," I said.
"Agreed," he said.
I nodded and switched on the comm at my desk.
"Yes, Lord Harkin?" the officer said.
"I will be leaving for a little while, Officer Doran. Return the fleet to base and wait for my orders," I said.
"Of course, Master," the officer said and the comm shut off.
"Come," I told Xanatos and led him to my personal vessel.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
We avoided each other as much as possible on the way to his small base. Nether of us wanted to talk about anything, because everything reminded both of us of our pasts. I clung to the dark side for power, but lately it has been failing me. I do not know why, maybe it is because my emotions are in turmoil. What if Obi-wan is alive?
We arrived there five standard days after we left my fleet. That was when Xanatos finally broke the silence.
"I must warn you. He is still in bad shape. We couldn't repair everything," he said.
"What do you mean in bad shape?" I asked.
"I can't explain, you are just going to have to see for yourself," he sighed.
We landed and he led me to the medical part of the base. We met few people along the way and they kept their heads down. We entered the Healers ward and stopped at a door.
"Brace yourself," he said and opened the door.
Part five
The news hits me hard. I can't believe it, I won't believe it! Obi-wan alive! I would have felt it, wouldn't I?
Doubt creped into my mind. Have I been so blinded that I didn't feel it? No, I would have felt it.
"I don't need redemption," I growled.
"Everyone needs redemption, especially the cruel twisted sadistic creatures like us," Xanatos said softly.
What had changed him so? He had once been cool and calculating. He had no care for life, only for power.
"I can't trust you," I said.
"I don't expect you to. But come with me, for the boy's sake if nothing else. Or do you not have a heart left in you, Qui-gon?" he asked.
I looked at him. He shows so much pain. To think, I have only seen him show true emotional pain was when she died. I thought silently, turning my thoughts from that time. Even though she had been his reason.
I could not trust him but what if he was telling the truth? I could feel no lie from him, but Xanatos had always been able to hide the truth when he wanted to. I finally made up my mind.
"All right, Xanatos, but we will be taking my shuttle," I said.
"Agreed," he said.
I nodded and switched on the comm at my desk.
"Yes, Lord Harkin?" the officer said.
"I will be leaving for a little while, Officer Doran. Return the fleet to base and wait for my orders," I said.
"Of course, Master," the officer said and the comm shut off.
"Come," I told Xanatos and led him to my personal vessel.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
We avoided each other as much as possible on the way to his small base. Nether of us wanted to talk about anything, because everything reminded both of us of our pasts. I clung to the dark side for power, but lately it has been failing me. I do not know why, maybe it is because my emotions are in turmoil. What if Obi-wan is alive?
We arrived there five standard days after we left my fleet. That was when Xanatos finally broke the silence.
"I must warn you. He is still in bad shape. We couldn't repair everything," he said.
"What do you mean in bad shape?" I asked.
"I can't explain, you are just going to have to see for yourself," he sighed.
We landed and he led me to the medical part of the base. We met few people along the way and they kept their heads down. We entered the Healers ward and stopped at a door.
"Brace yourself," he said and opened the door.