A/N: Thanks REALbluelightsaber, glad you like it! Thanks to Trigan for yet
another review :), Thanks to anyonomous, wow..thanks!, And thanks once
again to Culf!!!
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Padme slowly walked into the room, and stood in front of Anakin.
"Padme, I..I'm sorry." he said in a voice barely louder than a whisper.
"Ani? Is it really you?" She asked.
Anakin nodded.
Padme rushed forward and embraced him, sobbing, "Oh, Ani..." she cried.
The two embraced each other for a long couple seconds, but then Anakin suddenly pulled away, his face pale.
"What is it, Ani?" Padme asked.
Anakin slowly looked around the roo, and his gaze lingered on Ria for a moment longer, then turned back to Padme and Obi-wan.
"Someone..no, He..he's coming for you, Obi-wan." Anakin said, his eyes staring blankly into nothingness.
"Who?" Padme asked confused and a bit frightened.
"A sith." Obi-wan said, his voice sounding hollow.
"What? how?" Padme asked.
Ria fought back a smirk, where these two Jedi so blind that they could not tell that she was one?
As if reading her mind, Anakin turned and stared at her.
"Your one too, aren't you?" he asked, hostily.
Ria cocked her head, "You just figured that out?" She asked sarcasticaly.
"I..I trusted you!" Anakin yelled, causing Leera to bolt awake.
"Wha...?" She asked, her voice trailing off.
Anakin ignored her, "You lied." he hissed.
"Yes, I did. And now my master is on his way here." Ria said with a smirk.
"Why?" Obi-wan asked, putting a hand on Anakin's shoulder, holding him back.
"Why?! Because you Jedi ruined my life, that's why. I did as I was told, and was a perfect padawan. But did that matter to your little council? No, they just through me out on the street!" Ria yelled.
Leera stared at her in horror, and slowly backed a way from her.
"You..you lied to me. You used me." she whispered, her voice cracking.
"I'm sorry, Leera." Ria said. "Really, I am."
Leera shook her head, and continued to back away. She bumped up against the wall, and turned and ran down the hall that led to Obi-wan's and Padme's rooms.
Ria turned back to the Jedi and Padme, "There's another reason I hate you Jedi, You've turned her against me."
"No, you did that on your own." Obi-wan evenly said.
Ria scowled. "Strike me down, Jedi. While you still can." she said, and drew her 'saber.
Both Obi-wan and Anakin drew their sabers, and Ria ignighted hers.
The bright, blood red blade crackled and hissed as it came to life.
"Padme! Go get Leera safe!" Obi-wan shouted to her as he ignited his blue blade, and as did Anakin.
Ria narowed her eys, and took a sharp lunge at Anakin.
He blocked her.
Ria spun around, and took another shot.
Ani blocked it to.
Left. Block. Up. Down. Spin .Left. Right. Right. Duck! Left.
Ria fiercely fought, carefully not making any major blows to Obi-wan.
She had to leave him for her master.
Ria let the Jedi back her up a bit, so that she was getting closer and closer to the door.
She blocked Anakin's attempt, and swerved downard and grazed his leg.
Anakin's face scrunched up in pain, and he fell to the ground, allowing Ria to escape.
She ran out the door, and sped across the hot sand.
Obi-wan leapt up over Anakin, and raced after her.
But by the time he reached to outside, she was far, far away.
Obi-wan turned back into the house, and went to see how badly Anakin had been injured.
"Anakin?" he asked, leaning over his apprentice. "Can you stand?" he asked.
Anakin nodded, "I think so, help me up." he said.
Obi-wan reached his hand forward, and Anakin painfully took it, and managed to sit up.Then, slowly he tried to stand up, but his face showed the real pain he was in.
Obi-wan lifted him up, and helped him over to the couch.
He leaned over Anakin, "Your going to nedd to put yourself in a healing trance." he said.
Anakin slowly nodded.
Obi-wan gently put his hand on Anakin's forehead, and Anakin's eyes slowly closed.
~I wonder if Leera's alright...~ Obi-wan thought, as his mind played the last few minutes over and over again in his head...
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Back, a few minutes before when Padme was looking for Leera.
Padme turned and went into Obi-wan's room.
"Leera?" she softly called.
She peered inside the room, and was about to leave, when she saw Leera's slumped form huddled in a corner.
Padme walked in, and sat down next to her.
"Are you alright?" she asked.
Leera turned to her, and wiped the tears from her cheeks, "How..How can I be?" she asked, her voice cracking.
Padme put her arm around the girl. "It's going to be alright." she said, soothingly.
Leera snifed, "How can it be, She..she was like my best friend or a sister, and she rescued me from being a slave...But she was just using me, to..to find a person she nedded..Or just to..turn me over the Lord Sideous!"
Padme realised how much Ria had meant to Leera, and how deeply she had been hurt.
Leera snifed once more, "W..what will happen to me now?" she asked.
Padme stared at Leera for a second, remembering those exact words when they were spoken by Ani...But then she snapped back to the present, and Leer'a question.
"You can stay with us, if you would like.We'd be glad to have you." Padme told her.
Leera looked at her, "Really?" she whispered.
Padme smiled and nodded, "Really." she said.
Leera smiled, "Thank you." she said, and wiped the last remnants of tears from her cheeks.
Padme hugged her once more, "Come on, let's go see if Anakin and Obi-wan are alright." she said, pulling away from Leera.
Leera nodded, and the two stood up, and went out to check on the two Jedi.
Padme led the way down the hall, and was the first to see Obi-wan sitting next to Anakin, who was stretched out on the couch, with his eyes closed.
She rushed forward, "Is He alright?!" she demanded from Obi-wan.
Obi-wan looked at her, a bit startled, then nodded.
"Ria just graze his knee with her 'saber. He's in a healing trance, hopefully when he awakes he should be practicaly well again.." Obi-wan told her.
Padme let out a small sigh of relief.
Leera came upfrom behind her, "Did..did Ria get away?" she asked.
Obi-wan nodded.
"Oh." was all Leera said. She was kinda glad that Ria wasn't dead, but after what she had done, selling them out to the sith, Leera wasn't sure how could she be....
"What of the Sith, her..her master? Anakin said he felt some dark coming nearer, and that's who it has to be." Leera continued.
Obi-wan sighed. "We shall deal with that when the moment is right." he said simply.
Leera nodded.
Now, all they had to do was wait....
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Off, quite far, Ria threw herself down on the scorching hot sand.
She gasped for air, and tried to relax.
She was far from them now, and mentally she kicked herself for running away like she did.
~Oh well, it doesn't matter much, my master should arrive soon, if he's not already here.~ She thought.
A grin crossed her face at the mere thought.
Ria looked out at the sand dunes and her thoughts drifted back to Leera.
~This really wasn't supposed to happen~ Ria thought.~ She was supposed to follow ME, not the Jedi! Now if my master finds her with them, she shall be killed also...~
Ria sighed, and heard the VOOOSSHHHHH of a ship landing not too far away.
She looked over, and saw the Sith Infiltraitor ship landing about 20 yards or so from her.
A grin played across her face, as she stood up, and walked over to greet her master.....
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A/N: Just wondering, does anyone have any guesses who Darth Vader is??? (He's also Ria's master, and hates Obi-wan) And thanks so much for the reviews everyone!
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Padme slowly walked into the room, and stood in front of Anakin.
"Padme, I..I'm sorry." he said in a voice barely louder than a whisper.
"Ani? Is it really you?" She asked.
Anakin nodded.
Padme rushed forward and embraced him, sobbing, "Oh, Ani..." she cried.
The two embraced each other for a long couple seconds, but then Anakin suddenly pulled away, his face pale.
"What is it, Ani?" Padme asked.
Anakin slowly looked around the roo, and his gaze lingered on Ria for a moment longer, then turned back to Padme and Obi-wan.
"Someone..no, He..he's coming for you, Obi-wan." Anakin said, his eyes staring blankly into nothingness.
"Who?" Padme asked confused and a bit frightened.
"A sith." Obi-wan said, his voice sounding hollow.
"What? how?" Padme asked.
Ria fought back a smirk, where these two Jedi so blind that they could not tell that she was one?
As if reading her mind, Anakin turned and stared at her.
"Your one too, aren't you?" he asked, hostily.
Ria cocked her head, "You just figured that out?" She asked sarcasticaly.
"I..I trusted you!" Anakin yelled, causing Leera to bolt awake.
"Wha...?" She asked, her voice trailing off.
Anakin ignored her, "You lied." he hissed.
"Yes, I did. And now my master is on his way here." Ria said with a smirk.
"Why?" Obi-wan asked, putting a hand on Anakin's shoulder, holding him back.
"Why?! Because you Jedi ruined my life, that's why. I did as I was told, and was a perfect padawan. But did that matter to your little council? No, they just through me out on the street!" Ria yelled.
Leera stared at her in horror, and slowly backed a way from her.
"You..you lied to me. You used me." she whispered, her voice cracking.
"I'm sorry, Leera." Ria said. "Really, I am."
Leera shook her head, and continued to back away. She bumped up against the wall, and turned and ran down the hall that led to Obi-wan's and Padme's rooms.
Ria turned back to the Jedi and Padme, "There's another reason I hate you Jedi, You've turned her against me."
"No, you did that on your own." Obi-wan evenly said.
Ria scowled. "Strike me down, Jedi. While you still can." she said, and drew her 'saber.
Both Obi-wan and Anakin drew their sabers, and Ria ignighted hers.
The bright, blood red blade crackled and hissed as it came to life.
"Padme! Go get Leera safe!" Obi-wan shouted to her as he ignited his blue blade, and as did Anakin.
Ria narowed her eys, and took a sharp lunge at Anakin.
He blocked her.
Ria spun around, and took another shot.
Ani blocked it to.
Left. Block. Up. Down. Spin .Left. Right. Right. Duck! Left.
Ria fiercely fought, carefully not making any major blows to Obi-wan.
She had to leave him for her master.
Ria let the Jedi back her up a bit, so that she was getting closer and closer to the door.
She blocked Anakin's attempt, and swerved downard and grazed his leg.
Anakin's face scrunched up in pain, and he fell to the ground, allowing Ria to escape.
She ran out the door, and sped across the hot sand.
Obi-wan leapt up over Anakin, and raced after her.
But by the time he reached to outside, she was far, far away.
Obi-wan turned back into the house, and went to see how badly Anakin had been injured.
"Anakin?" he asked, leaning over his apprentice. "Can you stand?" he asked.
Anakin nodded, "I think so, help me up." he said.
Obi-wan reached his hand forward, and Anakin painfully took it, and managed to sit up.Then, slowly he tried to stand up, but his face showed the real pain he was in.
Obi-wan lifted him up, and helped him over to the couch.
He leaned over Anakin, "Your going to nedd to put yourself in a healing trance." he said.
Anakin slowly nodded.
Obi-wan gently put his hand on Anakin's forehead, and Anakin's eyes slowly closed.
~I wonder if Leera's alright...~ Obi-wan thought, as his mind played the last few minutes over and over again in his head...
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Back, a few minutes before when Padme was looking for Leera.
Padme turned and went into Obi-wan's room.
"Leera?" she softly called.
She peered inside the room, and was about to leave, when she saw Leera's slumped form huddled in a corner.
Padme walked in, and sat down next to her.
"Are you alright?" she asked.
Leera turned to her, and wiped the tears from her cheeks, "How..How can I be?" she asked, her voice cracking.
Padme put her arm around the girl. "It's going to be alright." she said, soothingly.
Leera snifed, "How can it be, She..she was like my best friend or a sister, and she rescued me from being a slave...But she was just using me, to..to find a person she nedded..Or just to..turn me over the Lord Sideous!"
Padme realised how much Ria had meant to Leera, and how deeply she had been hurt.
Leera snifed once more, "W..what will happen to me now?" she asked.
Padme stared at Leera for a second, remembering those exact words when they were spoken by Ani...But then she snapped back to the present, and Leer'a question.
"You can stay with us, if you would like.We'd be glad to have you." Padme told her.
Leera looked at her, "Really?" she whispered.
Padme smiled and nodded, "Really." she said.
Leera smiled, "Thank you." she said, and wiped the last remnants of tears from her cheeks.
Padme hugged her once more, "Come on, let's go see if Anakin and Obi-wan are alright." she said, pulling away from Leera.
Leera nodded, and the two stood up, and went out to check on the two Jedi.
Padme led the way down the hall, and was the first to see Obi-wan sitting next to Anakin, who was stretched out on the couch, with his eyes closed.
She rushed forward, "Is He alright?!" she demanded from Obi-wan.
Obi-wan looked at her, a bit startled, then nodded.
"Ria just graze his knee with her 'saber. He's in a healing trance, hopefully when he awakes he should be practicaly well again.." Obi-wan told her.
Padme let out a small sigh of relief.
Leera came upfrom behind her, "Did..did Ria get away?" she asked.
Obi-wan nodded.
"Oh." was all Leera said. She was kinda glad that Ria wasn't dead, but after what she had done, selling them out to the sith, Leera wasn't sure how could she be....
"What of the Sith, her..her master? Anakin said he felt some dark coming nearer, and that's who it has to be." Leera continued.
Obi-wan sighed. "We shall deal with that when the moment is right." he said simply.
Leera nodded.
Now, all they had to do was wait....
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Off, quite far, Ria threw herself down on the scorching hot sand.
She gasped for air, and tried to relax.
She was far from them now, and mentally she kicked herself for running away like she did.
~Oh well, it doesn't matter much, my master should arrive soon, if he's not already here.~ She thought.
A grin crossed her face at the mere thought.
Ria looked out at the sand dunes and her thoughts drifted back to Leera.
~This really wasn't supposed to happen~ Ria thought.~ She was supposed to follow ME, not the Jedi! Now if my master finds her with them, she shall be killed also...~
Ria sighed, and heard the VOOOSSHHHHH of a ship landing not too far away.
She looked over, and saw the Sith Infiltraitor ship landing about 20 yards or so from her.
A grin played across her face, as she stood up, and walked over to greet her master.....
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A/N: Just wondering, does anyone have any guesses who Darth Vader is??? (He's also Ria's master, and hates Obi-wan) And thanks so much for the reviews everyone!