I'm BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKK! Hehe. Apparently, my muse and fanfiction are getting along again, and I have a brand spankin' new chapter for ya'll. I've made some changes to the other chapters along the way, and shall posting them all after I go html them. Muahahahaha.
Title: Connections
Author: IrishRavenX (Also known as Sir Balin's Mistress)
Disclaimer: All characters that you recognize, belong to either the Big Moo (Top Cow) or Oh Bearded One in plaid (George Lucas). I'm making no money off this story in any way, (except possibly for the bet my friend and I have about whether I'm going to get any reviews), and that's only for a dollar. So suing me would be rather pointless, unless you wish to make 20-minute phone call.
Rating: R. Just for safe measures. Some bad words, and eventually more adult content.
Authors note: Thanks to everyone who reviewed!!! I feel so loved! And especially DKM. That recent review is a reason I began thinkin' about fan fiction again.
Chapter I
Everything is connected…….
Looking cautiously over the durasteel containers he was crouched behind, Obi-Wan Kenobi could see that the exchange of blaster fire had died down considerably. The amount of casualties was massive, and there were bodies scattered all over the floor of the ambassador ships hangar.
Obi-Wan's mission was to escort a Corellian ambassador and his family to the Jedi temple for a routine inspection. A seemingly easy mission, no? The council had assigned him to it, without his padawan Anikan, who was taking some personal time. But what they hadn't expected was that the ship would be ambushed by pirates after it had entered hyperspace. That was the point of an ambush, of course. And now they were involved in an all out war, ship staff against the pirates.
Daring another look around the room, and reaching out with the force, Obi-Wan located the Republic Intelligence agent who had also been assigned to the mission. She was across the room, also looking around, trying to find the ambassador and any of his children in the pandemonium.
The ambassador's wife has already been killed, Obi-Wan thought as he sensed it from the Agent's thoughts.
Something else distracted Obi-Wan while he was in her mind. There was a field of energy surrounding her, something he had sensed only slightly before. It felt as if there was a ripple in the Force, just around her. But his thoughts were cut short as another volley of fire started.
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Well, this mission couldn't have gone much worse, Karen Xaven thought as she crouched behind a durasteel supply container.
She had lost Allan Josefski, the ambassador in the chaos, Mrs. Josefski had been shot, and mortally wounded, and the little girl, Janine, and her older sister Mereian had run off. Now she couldn't make sure they stayed out of the line of fire.
The bracelet on her arm grew warm against her skin, glowing the usual swirling blue. Such an innocent piece of jewelry. Who'd think that it had made her life a living hell?
After I find this thing, my partner is killed, my father is put in a coma, I gain a protective stalker, and a rich eccentric bent on taking over the galaxy, and that's not to mention a bad case of insomnia.
Karen sighed, the glove of the witch, the Gauntlet, the Witchblade; in short, a mythical artifact that had found it's way into her life. *Found* its way may be a slight understatement. It had dropped down on her life like a stone, shattering everything in its way to get to her. She glanced down at the bracelet and scowled, then was brought back to reality. Karen looked over the cartons, and saw Jedi Kenobi across from her, surveying the room.
She looked back to her bracelet for any hint as to where the ambassador was. She was one in a long line of women who had wielded it before her, and their spirits, or the Blade its self would occasionally help her out. It had saved her life many times before, but the gauntlet caused her no end to trouble…
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"Jake! Get down!" Sara Pezzini yelled, jumping over the bar's counter just before the shooting broke out. She was in a bar full of people who particularly disliked cops, and there were more of them then than her and the rookie. She wished Danny wasn't chained to the desk doing paper work on their last case. Jake seemed to be doing a good job of blowing their cover lately.
"Shit," Sara muttered, reaching for her gun. Now she owed the Witchblade another one. If the blade hadn't hinted to her about the concealed weapon---it wouldn't have been good.
"Pez, you okay?" Jake McCartey asked, crawling around the corner.
"Yeah fine, you?" Sara asked, she could see her partner was bleeding from the shoulder.
"It's only a flesh wound," Jake said, and paused, looking the bleeding wound over, "Would have been a better line if I wasn't bleeding copiously."
Sara smiled, wondering how the hell Jake could keep his corny humor when he was shot. He didn't always seem like such a rookie.
"All right, cover me the best you can, but stay down," she commanded as she began to stand.
"What the hell are you doing?" Jake hissed, leaning over and grabbing her, despite the pain in his shoulder, "You'll get shot,"
"I'm not letting our suspect get away this time," Sara replied, pushing him back down, "This Spauld guy is pissing me off. Now stay down!"
She hopped over the counter, into the line of fire, and the Witchblade gauntlet appeared on her wrist, preventing the bullets from hitting her.
"This should be interesting," Sara muttered, looking around at the people scattered about the bar room, "Like looking for a convict in a prison break…"
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The intelligence agent leapt up from where she was hidden, and that's when Obi-Wan noticed the little girl, Janine, standing in the line of fire, looking around, panicked. Seeing the blurred motion of a blaster being aimed, Obi-Wan lunged forward with astounding speed, and scooped up the child. Another breakout of blaster fire had started when Karen had moved from her position and allowed herself to be seen.
Obi-Wan jumped back over the cartons, shielding the young girl from the laser bolts.
He glanced towards the Intelligence agent, and did a double take. He watched in amazement as a gauntlet formed from her bracelet, and a blade slid from it, allowing her to deflect the bolts effortlessly. The blade was a mix between metal, and a lightsaber, an impenetrable metal saber.
He had seen many strange things in his life, but this, this was much different.
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Karen saw the Jedi get the girl, and focused mainly on deflecting the laser bolts that were flying from different directions.
She had given up on being discreet about the gauntlet. Many people couldn't see it in action, any way. She just wanted to kill the damn mercenaries, find the ambassador and his other daughter, then get the hell off the ship. She glanced over to the Jedi, who had the young girl in one arm, and was using his lightsaber to deflect anything that came their way with the other. He motioned Karen over to a protective alcove, placing Janine down on the ground.
Karen sprinted across the room, protecting her head and deflecting laser bolts from the crossfire with the gauntlet.
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The little girl clung tightly to Obi-Wan's cloak, fear overwhelming her mind.
"Don't worry," Obi-Wan said soothingly "You're safe,"
"Where's my daddy?" Janine whimpered.
"I'm not sure, but we will find him, soon," Obi-Wan assured her.
He reached out through the Force, and picked up the signature of the ambassador and his older daughter, across the room. And the intelligent agent…well…
Agent Xaven was in the middle of the room, in hand to hand combat with a mercenary.
Obi-Wan was about to run out to help, but the agent impaled the man with the blade on her arm. She then dashed into the alcove, catching her breath. Her gauntlet transformed back into a bracelet, glowing a swirling blue.
Karen looked down at her bracelet and shook her head. Whenever she was around this Jedi, her bracelet was always awake. She could feel Obi-Wan's gaze on the innocent-looking bracelet, and turned to face him.
"Do you have any idea of where the ambassador is?" Karen asked. Maybe if she pretended nothing had happened, he'd forget.
Obi-Wan didn't respond for a moment, just stared at the bracelet. He finally tore his gaze away and looked up at her.
"He and Mereian are across the room, they're hidden in another alcove." Obi-Wan replied, "I think the ambassador is wounded. His life-signs are getting weaker."
Karen looked around at the on-going battle, weighing the options.
If only there was a way we could get to another ship…
Obi-Wan spoke, interrupting her thoughts.
"There's a scout ship in the hangar above us," Obi-Wan said, "I believe I can get to it from here."
"Okay, you go do that, and I'll go and get the ambassador," Karen said.
"No, I'll go," Obi-Wan protested.
"Don't argue with me, Jedi Kenobi," Karen said.
"Yes ma'am," Obi-Wan said dutifully, though quite sarcastic, "But I must point out that I may be better fitted for the task…"
The blade activated, and she pointed it at him.
"Point taken, filed, and now it's your cue to get the hell out of here,"
Obi-Wan only smiled and nodded to this comment. It took Karen by surprise that he found being threatened with the blade amusing in some way.
"Now get going,"
"What about the ambassador's staff?" he asked, grabbing her by the arm before she took off again.
"Most of them are dead," she replied.
"I know that, but not all of them." Obi-Wan said.
"I'll see who I can find, meanwhile, you get the ship started,"
Karen ran back out into the battle, weaving behind anything that could block her from the laser fire.
She was almost across the room, when something heavy hit her from behind, sending her sprawling across the floor.
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End Chapter I