The Birth of a Child
Part 4
Yuzira-Love the comments. Always.
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Sleep was as evasive as a snowflake in summer. It didn't seem to be happening this morning. Buffy felt like she had just closed her eyes when a strange sound started to blare in the quiet air. She opened her eyes, alerting her body.
"Where did I put it?" Obi Wan was running back and forth across the room in his faded jeans and sneakers looking quite frazzled.
"What's making that noise?" Buffy yelped putting her hands over her ears.
"My communicator."
"I thought you didn't have one."
"It's only a simple one way one. The only person who can contact me is Padme." Buffy surpressed a scream and slapped Obi Wan off the side of the head as he ran past.
"You failed to mention this as we were fretting and worrying- what two hours ago?"
"You asked me if we could contact her! WE can't! I left this to her as a last resort. When we felt the Force I didn't think she was in trouble." Buffy closed her eyes and tried to neutralize her anger. No big deal just a miscommunication.
"So what good would it do? You said we have no way of getting there."
"Who said anything about leaving earth?" Obi Wan paused and then dove into Buffy's closet. She fell backwards onto the bed as he came up triumphantly. "I knew it was here somewhere." The offensive sound stopped and a hologram popped up into the room.
"Obi Wan, I'm coming to Earth. Don't worry, because I know you do. Anakin hasn't come after me but I would feel safer away from the Empire. Luke, Leia and I should be there soon. I have the coordinates." The hologram disappeared leaving a stunned Buffy and Obi Wan. They looked at each other.
"Luke?"
"Leia?"
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The planet Androsik was not one Anakin would haver ever picked for a Jedi to hide out in. It was primative but bustling, Coruscant a long time ago. Of course, because he was hiding out he would want to be secretive and not obvious. Obvious would be hiding out in Dagoba or something, a perfect place for a Jedi to tune him or herself to the Force.
Anakin's lip rolled backwards in a sneer. It would be a fun challenge finding Mace Windu. He had never liked the man personlly, he had always found him to be arrogant and bossy. But then again so had Obi Wan, but Obi Wan always seemed to have Anakin's best interest at heart, save for the end. In the end he fell apart.
Anakin was used to seeing the clone armies hanging around conquered planets lately, but this planet was so far at the edge of the burgeoning empire that it hadn't been bothered to post clones on the planet yet. They were just a hinderance anyways.
When the ship had landed Anakin had hunted up what could be called a primative land speeder, the thing barely hovered. Oh well, his pent up irritation would eventually be taken out on the Jedi. When he had read the alien at the bar in the central city he was tipped off that Mace Windu was not in the big city but a couple hours away in a a smaller city.
Away from his Master Anakin could still feel the pulse of the Dark Side. It was like a second heartbeat. But it was also fuzzy and sporadic, only beating to remind him of the power of the midichlorians that made up his body. How they would love to get some of his power. All of them. But they could never be him and so they never would.
The city where Mace Windu was hiding was a run down city, a more urban version of places on Tatooine. Anakin could feel the other Jedi when it was just on the horizon. As he drew closer he could sense the fear and anger and struggles going on inside the older Jedi. So the man had been tempted recently. It brought a smile to Anakin's lips.
He drove the land speeder towards the city, letting the feelings of the miserable place wash over him. These people were sad. Why would a Jedi be here?
He found his answer at the heart of the place, amidst the rubble and shade of the towering building skeletons. He got off the land speeder and pulled out his light saber. He would never be the best with it, he knew that. He looked around. There was no one else around. The building in front of him was tall and gray. He pulled his black cloak off, leaving it on the landspeeder, folding it in a disturbingly neat fashion.
The Jedi Master was sitting in one corner on a blanket. A few necessities were scattered around him. His eyes were closed. They opened slowly as Anakin entered.
"I knew you were coming." The Jedi Master acknowledged him in a slow meandering tone that spoke of a lack of fear.
"Guess you spoiled the surprise then."
"I guess," Mace Windu said without any actual remorse.
"This place do a lot for your well being? Put you in touch with the Force doesn't it?" Anakin mocked. A casual smile brightened the dark face of the man before him.
"Come young one. It is time you learned the power of the Force." A purple light blazed from beneath the man's cloak a moment before it fell away. Anakin smiled at the familiar tan outfit that bedecked the older man. He would teach him the Force would he?
The clash of light sabers echoed in the empty building. It had been a popular place once, and now it was forgotten, as one day the Jedi order would be. The flashes of red and purple made Anakin a bit dizzy but he kept it up. One good thing about a metal hand was that it didn't get tired. Pieces of the building collapsed around them as the battle raged. He hadn't been in anything like this since the beginning of the Wars. That seemed so long ago. How easy one forgot great adversaries.
"You will never win. Darkness will not prevail." The Jedi Master's arm was shaking. Anakin could feel the fear thick, like sweat, in the air.
"Then I will settle for a small win now." Anakin twisted his body, drawing up the power of the Force inside him, he spun around and when the Jedi Master jumped to miss the blow Anakin sliced downward, catching the Jedi Master off guard.
The dark eyes widened as the smell of burning flesh filled the air. Like a flame being snuffed out Anakin could sense the death of the Jedi Master as he crumbled at Anakin's feet. He turned off his light saber and left the building, leaving the body without letting it burn, sacriligious to the Jedi. An evil smile plastered itself on his face as he turned the landspeeder around to return to the main city of Androsik.
Part 4
Yuzira-Love the comments. Always.
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Sleep was as evasive as a snowflake in summer. It didn't seem to be happening this morning. Buffy felt like she had just closed her eyes when a strange sound started to blare in the quiet air. She opened her eyes, alerting her body.
"Where did I put it?" Obi Wan was running back and forth across the room in his faded jeans and sneakers looking quite frazzled.
"What's making that noise?" Buffy yelped putting her hands over her ears.
"My communicator."
"I thought you didn't have one."
"It's only a simple one way one. The only person who can contact me is Padme." Buffy surpressed a scream and slapped Obi Wan off the side of the head as he ran past.
"You failed to mention this as we were fretting and worrying- what two hours ago?"
"You asked me if we could contact her! WE can't! I left this to her as a last resort. When we felt the Force I didn't think she was in trouble." Buffy closed her eyes and tried to neutralize her anger. No big deal just a miscommunication.
"So what good would it do? You said we have no way of getting there."
"Who said anything about leaving earth?" Obi Wan paused and then dove into Buffy's closet. She fell backwards onto the bed as he came up triumphantly. "I knew it was here somewhere." The offensive sound stopped and a hologram popped up into the room.
"Obi Wan, I'm coming to Earth. Don't worry, because I know you do. Anakin hasn't come after me but I would feel safer away from the Empire. Luke, Leia and I should be there soon. I have the coordinates." The hologram disappeared leaving a stunned Buffy and Obi Wan. They looked at each other.
"Luke?"
"Leia?"
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The planet Androsik was not one Anakin would haver ever picked for a Jedi to hide out in. It was primative but bustling, Coruscant a long time ago. Of course, because he was hiding out he would want to be secretive and not obvious. Obvious would be hiding out in Dagoba or something, a perfect place for a Jedi to tune him or herself to the Force.
Anakin's lip rolled backwards in a sneer. It would be a fun challenge finding Mace Windu. He had never liked the man personlly, he had always found him to be arrogant and bossy. But then again so had Obi Wan, but Obi Wan always seemed to have Anakin's best interest at heart, save for the end. In the end he fell apart.
Anakin was used to seeing the clone armies hanging around conquered planets lately, but this planet was so far at the edge of the burgeoning empire that it hadn't been bothered to post clones on the planet yet. They were just a hinderance anyways.
When the ship had landed Anakin had hunted up what could be called a primative land speeder, the thing barely hovered. Oh well, his pent up irritation would eventually be taken out on the Jedi. When he had read the alien at the bar in the central city he was tipped off that Mace Windu was not in the big city but a couple hours away in a a smaller city.
Away from his Master Anakin could still feel the pulse of the Dark Side. It was like a second heartbeat. But it was also fuzzy and sporadic, only beating to remind him of the power of the midichlorians that made up his body. How they would love to get some of his power. All of them. But they could never be him and so they never would.
The city where Mace Windu was hiding was a run down city, a more urban version of places on Tatooine. Anakin could feel the other Jedi when it was just on the horizon. As he drew closer he could sense the fear and anger and struggles going on inside the older Jedi. So the man had been tempted recently. It brought a smile to Anakin's lips.
He drove the land speeder towards the city, letting the feelings of the miserable place wash over him. These people were sad. Why would a Jedi be here?
He found his answer at the heart of the place, amidst the rubble and shade of the towering building skeletons. He got off the land speeder and pulled out his light saber. He would never be the best with it, he knew that. He looked around. There was no one else around. The building in front of him was tall and gray. He pulled his black cloak off, leaving it on the landspeeder, folding it in a disturbingly neat fashion.
The Jedi Master was sitting in one corner on a blanket. A few necessities were scattered around him. His eyes were closed. They opened slowly as Anakin entered.
"I knew you were coming." The Jedi Master acknowledged him in a slow meandering tone that spoke of a lack of fear.
"Guess you spoiled the surprise then."
"I guess," Mace Windu said without any actual remorse.
"This place do a lot for your well being? Put you in touch with the Force doesn't it?" Anakin mocked. A casual smile brightened the dark face of the man before him.
"Come young one. It is time you learned the power of the Force." A purple light blazed from beneath the man's cloak a moment before it fell away. Anakin smiled at the familiar tan outfit that bedecked the older man. He would teach him the Force would he?
The clash of light sabers echoed in the empty building. It had been a popular place once, and now it was forgotten, as one day the Jedi order would be. The flashes of red and purple made Anakin a bit dizzy but he kept it up. One good thing about a metal hand was that it didn't get tired. Pieces of the building collapsed around them as the battle raged. He hadn't been in anything like this since the beginning of the Wars. That seemed so long ago. How easy one forgot great adversaries.
"You will never win. Darkness will not prevail." The Jedi Master's arm was shaking. Anakin could feel the fear thick, like sweat, in the air.
"Then I will settle for a small win now." Anakin twisted his body, drawing up the power of the Force inside him, he spun around and when the Jedi Master jumped to miss the blow Anakin sliced downward, catching the Jedi Master off guard.
The dark eyes widened as the smell of burning flesh filled the air. Like a flame being snuffed out Anakin could sense the death of the Jedi Master as he crumbled at Anakin's feet. He turned off his light saber and left the building, leaving the body without letting it burn, sacriligious to the Jedi. An evil smile plastered itself on his face as he turned the landspeeder around to return to the main city of Androsik.