Chapter 4 - Recovery
Anakin opened his eyes to blinking lights in the dark chamber. His body ached from the moments before when he and his Master had been strewn around the engine compartment.
Above him, Anakin could hear a crackle of a comlink and a familiar voice
It was the commander that had told them they were going to crash.
He looked around, finding Master Obi-Wan in the dim lighting. He reached out with the Force to check on his Master, finding his within a second. He was unconscious and a few feet away.
Anakin attempted to get up to talk into the comlink, but his foot was trapped under a pile of rubble and durasteel beam. Anakin, using the Force as a forklift, was able to lift the rubble off of his foot and move it safely to the side.
He stumbled up, his foot sore from the unwanted weight and strain of the rubble. He managed to reach the comlink and push the button.
"This is Anakin Skywalker with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the left engine compartment. We are not severely injured. What is our position?"
The comlink crackled to life once more, a voice coming over it.
"This is.commander.status.many wounded.system failure." the comlink sputtered.
"Commander, you're breaking up. Are we safe?"
"Several unfriendlies.twenty-five seconds.weapons down."
Anakin frowned, the bits and pieces not favoring their situation. A surge of slight frustration went through him. He was frustrated at their situation.
From ahead came a groan, the dim outline of Obi-Wan coming to life.
"Anakin, is everyone okay?" Obi-Wan said, his personality shining through as always.
Anakin smirked. Obi-Wan was always worried about everyone else but him. Anakin knew he couldn't help it, and that was one of the things he loved about his Master; his caring manner.
"From the fragments I heard Master, many are wounded, and the enemy will be on us in less than twenty-five seconds," Anakin explained.
"We have to get out. Is there a safe passageway out of here?" Obi-Wan inquired as he stood up.
"The only possible way that will get us back there in time to fight is the way we came."
Obi-Wan nodded. "We better get going."
"Which way did we enter from?"
Obi-Wan opened himself to the Force, feeling his surroundings for the opening they had come through. In a matter of moments he found the opening. It was on the wall, a meter above where they stood.
"The ship must have fallen on its side," Obi-Wan stated. "The entrance is sideways and up a meter."
Anakin walked over in the shadows, feeling through the Force his way around without stumbling, then reached the sideways entrance. He crawled up, the darkness swallowing him. He stayed on his knees, feeling a fallen piece of metal. He reached the blockage that was there minutes before, and found that the debris had cut a clear hole through the corridor.
"Master, the wall of the debris has cut through the corridor completely," Anakin almost yelled to Obi-Wan.
"Yes, my apprentice, I am on my way," Obi-Wan yelled back, beginning his crawl.
In what seemed like hours, they finally made it the sideways turbolift.
"Master, do you think it's operational?"
"There's only one way we can find out." Obi-Wan said, both now on their feet as Obi-Wan kneeled and pushed a button.
The doors to the turbolift opened, light flooding the darkness only illuminated by Obi-Wan's blue blade.
"They crouched inside the turbolift, feeling odd as they crouched on the wall.
Obi-Wan pushed a glowing blue button, the doors closing in front of them, and then the turbolift jetted off. In moments, the doors opened, revealing a chaotic sideways view of a damaged control center. The two Jedi awkwardly got out, stumbling into the room.
"Commander? Are you here?" Anakin called out.
A clone soldier appeared from behind the main console.
"Yes. I have stayed. Many of the inured have been escorted out to the safety of the nearest Wookie village. I am here to make sure everyone gets you. You were the last to get out."
"Thank you, Commander. Is there a speeder left for us to take to the village?" Obi-Wan spoke calmly.
"No, sir. The last speeder was filled past capacity. We will have to walk," the Commander said, walking to join them.
"Where is the enemy?" Anakin asked.
"They have been engaged and have been eliminated. A stronger was picked up before the sensors went out."
"When will they intercept?"
"They will intercept in five minutes or less." "We should get going," Obi-Wan said, pressing the button on the turbolift, the light flooding the room.
Obi-Wan and the Commander get into the turbolift. Anakin looked out the viewports at the gigantic trees beyond. Then Anakin turned around and entered the turbolift.
Then, in a few minutes, they reached the docking bay, the ramp already y lowered to reveal lush green grass and dense growths. Inside, parts of rust red droids were scattered on the floor, a few parts belonging to destroyer droids, burn marks throughout the room.
The Commander picked up a blaster rifle, claiming it as his own.
"We'd better hurry," Anakin said, igniting his own blue blade.
They all jogged down the ramp, the sun basking them in its warmth. Without pause, they continued into the ever expanding forest.
Then, with a flash of a red beam, causing a tree to smoke, announced the second wave's arrival.
They all turned to the left, Anakin and Obi-Wan reflecting bolts, providing cover for the Commander, while the Commander fired. Within moments, they had taken out a portion of the army. With out warning, however, one tree near them erupted in flames. Anakin and Obi-Wan squinted, seeing the cause of this: an ATT and its cannon.
"We have to split up," Obi-Wan said.
In a hum of what sounded like bugs, a swarm of STAPs swerved in and out of the trees, firing their lasers.
Anakin and Obi-Wan deflected many bolts, going in opposite directions. The Commander followed Obi-Wan, taking out two STAPs out of the group of a dozen.
Anakin, on the right, took out three of the six attacking him, using a giant tree as his protection.
Soon, the threat from the STAPs was neutralized, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and the Commander rejoining.
"That was probably the scout group. Another sward will probably come. They'll probably be doubled or tripled in size.
Then, out of the corner of Anakin's eye, he saw a downed STAP buzzed back to life.
Realizing that the droid had only been knocked out, he rushed to a nearby STAP, determined to take the scout droid down.
"Where are you going?" Obi-Wan asked a tone of alarm in his voice.
Anakin knew he didn't have time to explain if he was going to catch the droid. In a matter of moments, he had gotten on the STAP and brought it to lift, delicately balancing on its thin frame.
The STAP buzzed off, quickly accelerating to full speed, as he weaved in and out of the trees. Between his high-speed dodges, Anakin could glimpse the droid weaving as well as the Jedi Padawan.
Soon, Anakin was close behind the droid. His hand rested on the trigger button, waiting for the right moment to fire.
Just a little closer.
Anakin then pressed the button, dual beams of lasers cutting the air and barely missing the droid, leaving burn marks on a tree. He fired again and again, but still the lasers narrowly missed.
This is like podracing again, Anakin briefly thought, joy washing over him as the danger, excitement, and thrill sinking in his brain. Suddenly, calm came over him, much like that day eleven years ago. He then fired again, one of the dual lasers striking the droids legs, knocking it loose, and I turn knocking the droid off balance as it crashed to the ground, the STAP soon following in an explosion that caught the nearby brush on fire.
Anakin whizzed past, still going but slowing on the acceleration. He smiled at his succession, but that one moment almost made his hit a tree at four hundred kilometers per hour, but he bailed to the left, rolling hard until he hit a tree trunk. Near him, the STAP exploded, leaving the black burn mark that came with the explosion.
Anakin slowly recovered, getting up and, almost without conscious, checked for bleeding or wounds of any kind. He found a small head wound.
Just a minor scratch, he thought.
He took out what medical supplies he carried with him. In his hand were a couple of bacta patches, antibacterial creamk, and bandages for various uses. He put all back, save a transparent bacta patch, and quickly put it on, knowing beasts would soon smell and blood and come looking for wounded prey.
Anakin opened himself to the Force, looking for nearby life. He felt the many animals and plants that inhabited the forest around him, as well and Wookie hunters looking for food. In the far distance, he sensed his Master and the Commander, searching for Obi-Wan nearby. He felt his Master, and through the Force, Obi-Wan acknowledged and told Anakin to meet them at the Wookie village. Anakin nodded back, and then began searching again.
Besides the forest animals and the plants, not to far away Anakin felt legions of droids, heading towards the Wookie village. He also felt ling beings: Wookies.
He slowly started to make his way towards the droids, trying to get a visual. He passed the smoldering scrap that was once a STAP, quietly stepping on brush and twigs. In minutes, he reached what appeared to be a Wookie trading road, now occupied by the Trade Federation arm, or at least one branch of it. Anakin could faintly hear in the distance STAPs patrolling for life forms that they may take a slaves.
Deep in Anakin's mind, he heard a faint whisper, a cry to just lash out and destroy all of the droids.
To open himself to the dark side.
He heard the voice, telling him of the power he could wield.
Anakin shook his head, thinking of Padmé.
Then, a sensation of hope and life surged through him, the voice fading into nothing ness as he thought of Padmé.
He closed his eyes briefly, opening to the Force and embracing it. Accepting it as his ally.
He opened his eyes, now seeing the back of the caravan: an ATT accompanied by five super battle droids.
Anakin knew, from the Battle of Geonosis and other after that, that he was impossibly outnumbered, and the rash decision of jumping out into the open and showing his power would not help. The droids knew no fear and would not run at the sight of a Jedi.
The young Padawan decided to rendezvous at the Wookie village with his Master and formulate a plat to fight back.
Then, in one quick move, he wad darting through the tress as fast ah his legs could carry him, trying to reach the Wookie village before the convoy of droid soldiers reached it first.
Anakin opened his eyes to blinking lights in the dark chamber. His body ached from the moments before when he and his Master had been strewn around the engine compartment.
Above him, Anakin could hear a crackle of a comlink and a familiar voice
It was the commander that had told them they were going to crash.
He looked around, finding Master Obi-Wan in the dim lighting. He reached out with the Force to check on his Master, finding his within a second. He was unconscious and a few feet away.
Anakin attempted to get up to talk into the comlink, but his foot was trapped under a pile of rubble and durasteel beam. Anakin, using the Force as a forklift, was able to lift the rubble off of his foot and move it safely to the side.
He stumbled up, his foot sore from the unwanted weight and strain of the rubble. He managed to reach the comlink and push the button.
"This is Anakin Skywalker with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the left engine compartment. We are not severely injured. What is our position?"
The comlink crackled to life once more, a voice coming over it.
"This is.commander.status.many wounded.system failure." the comlink sputtered.
"Commander, you're breaking up. Are we safe?"
"Several unfriendlies.twenty-five seconds.weapons down."
Anakin frowned, the bits and pieces not favoring their situation. A surge of slight frustration went through him. He was frustrated at their situation.
From ahead came a groan, the dim outline of Obi-Wan coming to life.
"Anakin, is everyone okay?" Obi-Wan said, his personality shining through as always.
Anakin smirked. Obi-Wan was always worried about everyone else but him. Anakin knew he couldn't help it, and that was one of the things he loved about his Master; his caring manner.
"From the fragments I heard Master, many are wounded, and the enemy will be on us in less than twenty-five seconds," Anakin explained.
"We have to get out. Is there a safe passageway out of here?" Obi-Wan inquired as he stood up.
"The only possible way that will get us back there in time to fight is the way we came."
Obi-Wan nodded. "We better get going."
"Which way did we enter from?"
Obi-Wan opened himself to the Force, feeling his surroundings for the opening they had come through. In a matter of moments he found the opening. It was on the wall, a meter above where they stood.
"The ship must have fallen on its side," Obi-Wan stated. "The entrance is sideways and up a meter."
Anakin walked over in the shadows, feeling through the Force his way around without stumbling, then reached the sideways entrance. He crawled up, the darkness swallowing him. He stayed on his knees, feeling a fallen piece of metal. He reached the blockage that was there minutes before, and found that the debris had cut a clear hole through the corridor.
"Master, the wall of the debris has cut through the corridor completely," Anakin almost yelled to Obi-Wan.
"Yes, my apprentice, I am on my way," Obi-Wan yelled back, beginning his crawl.
In what seemed like hours, they finally made it the sideways turbolift.
"Master, do you think it's operational?"
"There's only one way we can find out." Obi-Wan said, both now on their feet as Obi-Wan kneeled and pushed a button.
The doors to the turbolift opened, light flooding the darkness only illuminated by Obi-Wan's blue blade.
"They crouched inside the turbolift, feeling odd as they crouched on the wall.
Obi-Wan pushed a glowing blue button, the doors closing in front of them, and then the turbolift jetted off. In moments, the doors opened, revealing a chaotic sideways view of a damaged control center. The two Jedi awkwardly got out, stumbling into the room.
"Commander? Are you here?" Anakin called out.
A clone soldier appeared from behind the main console.
"Yes. I have stayed. Many of the inured have been escorted out to the safety of the nearest Wookie village. I am here to make sure everyone gets you. You were the last to get out."
"Thank you, Commander. Is there a speeder left for us to take to the village?" Obi-Wan spoke calmly.
"No, sir. The last speeder was filled past capacity. We will have to walk," the Commander said, walking to join them.
"Where is the enemy?" Anakin asked.
"They have been engaged and have been eliminated. A stronger was picked up before the sensors went out."
"When will they intercept?"
"They will intercept in five minutes or less." "We should get going," Obi-Wan said, pressing the button on the turbolift, the light flooding the room.
Obi-Wan and the Commander get into the turbolift. Anakin looked out the viewports at the gigantic trees beyond. Then Anakin turned around and entered the turbolift.
Then, in a few minutes, they reached the docking bay, the ramp already y lowered to reveal lush green grass and dense growths. Inside, parts of rust red droids were scattered on the floor, a few parts belonging to destroyer droids, burn marks throughout the room.
The Commander picked up a blaster rifle, claiming it as his own.
"We'd better hurry," Anakin said, igniting his own blue blade.
They all jogged down the ramp, the sun basking them in its warmth. Without pause, they continued into the ever expanding forest.
Then, with a flash of a red beam, causing a tree to smoke, announced the second wave's arrival.
They all turned to the left, Anakin and Obi-Wan reflecting bolts, providing cover for the Commander, while the Commander fired. Within moments, they had taken out a portion of the army. With out warning, however, one tree near them erupted in flames. Anakin and Obi-Wan squinted, seeing the cause of this: an ATT and its cannon.
"We have to split up," Obi-Wan said.
In a hum of what sounded like bugs, a swarm of STAPs swerved in and out of the trees, firing their lasers.
Anakin and Obi-Wan deflected many bolts, going in opposite directions. The Commander followed Obi-Wan, taking out two STAPs out of the group of a dozen.
Anakin, on the right, took out three of the six attacking him, using a giant tree as his protection.
Soon, the threat from the STAPs was neutralized, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and the Commander rejoining.
"That was probably the scout group. Another sward will probably come. They'll probably be doubled or tripled in size.
Then, out of the corner of Anakin's eye, he saw a downed STAP buzzed back to life.
Realizing that the droid had only been knocked out, he rushed to a nearby STAP, determined to take the scout droid down.
"Where are you going?" Obi-Wan asked a tone of alarm in his voice.
Anakin knew he didn't have time to explain if he was going to catch the droid. In a matter of moments, he had gotten on the STAP and brought it to lift, delicately balancing on its thin frame.
The STAP buzzed off, quickly accelerating to full speed, as he weaved in and out of the trees. Between his high-speed dodges, Anakin could glimpse the droid weaving as well as the Jedi Padawan.
Soon, Anakin was close behind the droid. His hand rested on the trigger button, waiting for the right moment to fire.
Just a little closer.
Anakin then pressed the button, dual beams of lasers cutting the air and barely missing the droid, leaving burn marks on a tree. He fired again and again, but still the lasers narrowly missed.
This is like podracing again, Anakin briefly thought, joy washing over him as the danger, excitement, and thrill sinking in his brain. Suddenly, calm came over him, much like that day eleven years ago. He then fired again, one of the dual lasers striking the droids legs, knocking it loose, and I turn knocking the droid off balance as it crashed to the ground, the STAP soon following in an explosion that caught the nearby brush on fire.
Anakin whizzed past, still going but slowing on the acceleration. He smiled at his succession, but that one moment almost made his hit a tree at four hundred kilometers per hour, but he bailed to the left, rolling hard until he hit a tree trunk. Near him, the STAP exploded, leaving the black burn mark that came with the explosion.
Anakin slowly recovered, getting up and, almost without conscious, checked for bleeding or wounds of any kind. He found a small head wound.
Just a minor scratch, he thought.
He took out what medical supplies he carried with him. In his hand were a couple of bacta patches, antibacterial creamk, and bandages for various uses. He put all back, save a transparent bacta patch, and quickly put it on, knowing beasts would soon smell and blood and come looking for wounded prey.
Anakin opened himself to the Force, looking for nearby life. He felt the many animals and plants that inhabited the forest around him, as well and Wookie hunters looking for food. In the far distance, he sensed his Master and the Commander, searching for Obi-Wan nearby. He felt his Master, and through the Force, Obi-Wan acknowledged and told Anakin to meet them at the Wookie village. Anakin nodded back, and then began searching again.
Besides the forest animals and the plants, not to far away Anakin felt legions of droids, heading towards the Wookie village. He also felt ling beings: Wookies.
He slowly started to make his way towards the droids, trying to get a visual. He passed the smoldering scrap that was once a STAP, quietly stepping on brush and twigs. In minutes, he reached what appeared to be a Wookie trading road, now occupied by the Trade Federation arm, or at least one branch of it. Anakin could faintly hear in the distance STAPs patrolling for life forms that they may take a slaves.
Deep in Anakin's mind, he heard a faint whisper, a cry to just lash out and destroy all of the droids.
To open himself to the dark side.
He heard the voice, telling him of the power he could wield.
Anakin shook his head, thinking of Padmé.
Then, a sensation of hope and life surged through him, the voice fading into nothing ness as he thought of Padmé.
He closed his eyes briefly, opening to the Force and embracing it. Accepting it as his ally.
He opened his eyes, now seeing the back of the caravan: an ATT accompanied by five super battle droids.
Anakin knew, from the Battle of Geonosis and other after that, that he was impossibly outnumbered, and the rash decision of jumping out into the open and showing his power would not help. The droids knew no fear and would not run at the sight of a Jedi.
The young Padawan decided to rendezvous at the Wookie village with his Master and formulate a plat to fight back.
Then, in one quick move, he wad darting through the tress as fast ah his legs could carry him, trying to reach the Wookie village before the convoy of droid soldiers reached it first.