Hey! I'm SO sorry I haven't updated in over 2 months! My life has been super crazy with school, basketball, grad standards, and basically everything else. But I'm on Spring Break and hopefully will get you all a decent sized post.
Thank You's: I don't thank her often enough, but Ginger Ninja deserves a big round of applause for dealing with me and my untimely posts. Without her, I'd be nowhere on this site.
Let's get rolling. . .
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A giant rumbling could be heard all throughout the temple as well as the accompaning roar in the lower floors. Debris flew, cutting into the boy, who was pushed farther in the air from the force of the explosion. As he landed he saw the last man hit the wall hard and not get up. Obi-Wan didn't have to look back at where the boxes were to know that the other man was dead.
His guilt rose. The man was already down, and didn't need his life ended. Shaking it off, he rushed to gather the two remaining men. Using the remaining cord he wrapped them up in a way that they wouldn't be able to move at all. The Padawan was about to get up and inspect the damage when he was interrupted.
"Kaurh, what happened?!" At first Obi-Wan didn't do anything, just listened. "This is X.D., respond."
X.D. . . X.D. . Whose initials were those? 'Later, just respond.' He picked up the comlink, "I don't know who you are, but not now."
Before the voice could respond, Obi-Wan smashed the two comlinks. 'I have enough.'
The basement wasn't too badly damaged, just a hole where the boxes were. None of the supports were touched, thankfully. Going to each pillar, he saw that they were going to be connected to the triggered bomb, then the fire would travel down the cord and ignite the next one. Thus the chain reaction would cause the temple to collapse without support. From what he could tell, the triggered bomb couldn't be tampered with.
'But if I take all of the other explosives and only this one is triggered than nothing will happen.' There was another twelve bombs to remove. Obi-Wan set to work.
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Xanatos stumbled as the temple rocked with an unknown force. A confused look adorned his face, and he spoke to someone in another part of the temple. "Kaurh, what happened?!" He became frustrated when he recieved no reply. "This is X.D., respond."
"I don't know who you are, but not now."
Qui-Gon was almost too lost in his grief to notice. . . almost.
At the sound of Obi-Wan's voice, he broke into a large smile. 'My boy's alive!!'
"So it appears, Qui-Gon, that Oafy-Wan has cheated death. I'm
going to have to remedy that."
"Xanatos, you will never defeat Obi-Wan," Mace Windu declared.
"Really, if I were you, I would think about that before placing your bets."
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Obi-Wan was hungry. After not eating since dinner last night, he was paying. 'Got to learn to stop sleeping in late.' Either way, it was still the middle of the afternoon, he had not eaten in almost a day, and he was loosing energy.
He needed to move anyway. More than likely, X.D. would send goons to finish setting up the bombs, and Obi-Wan still didn't know where to stash them. 'Tree. . . no. Out the window. . . no. Back to Xanatos. . .definately not! Wait a minute. . .
Why was he just about to assume it was Xanatos? He died a year
ago, didn't he? 'X.D.. . . Xanatos DeCruet. . . oh no. . . either way. .. Lake. . . hmm. . . the lake might work.'
Gathering the explosives, he snuck out of the room. On the way he contemplated what he knew. 'Okay so if it is Xanatos, he got in through the tunnels, and is trying to destroy the temple. But what do I have to do with all this?'
Obi-Wan rounded the corner, straight into the man and alien from earlier. This time there was no escape. They took everything and gave him a slap for their troubles. They quickly bound his hands and led him away.
'You're mine, Kenobi. No escape this time.'
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Okay I'll admit I was a bit careless. Everything I had done so
far had managed to work, but I got overconfidant. I was in real trouble now. No weapons, no Force, and no idea what to do.
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As Obi-Wan entered the lift, he suddenly realized he had spent the whole time avoiding the council chambers. Now he was abruptly glad that the council couldn't read his emotions when they entered. A major one he felt was shame. If it wasn't for his overconfidance he would still be free to try and save the temple.
Ob-Wan's eyes closed as he was shoved forward down the hall. The grand doors loomed in front of him, about to open at any second. Rough hands dug into his shoulders, not intending to let their catch go this time. The entry began to open, and then the hands were just gone.
The boy turned to see the Padawan from his math class taking down the thugs. He hurried to untie Obi-Wan and began to run. Looking back he saw the boy staring into the council chambers in shock. "C'mon!"
Obi-Wan came to his senses, swiped his blaster from the unconscious alien, and joined his classmate. They both ran back down
the hall, stopping in a hidden alcove next to a door that indicated was the roof access.
"How did you escape?" Obi-Wan asked. When he had been dragged
away, the two from the beginning were still there. "And Master Meya, is he alright?"
"He's still unconscious. He woke up a few times, but those
numbskulls knocked him out again. As for how I got out, a bunch of
eleven year olds initiates suprised them. Everyone in our class and
theirs is now in the gym, and I volunteered to go find you."
Obi-Wan sighed, 'Initiates, they never listen to the Padawans.
"Although I'm grateful for the rescue, you shouldn't have come."
An angry look passed the boy's face, "Why?! I can handle it.
What's that guy in there going to do? Kill me?"
"Worse, I've faced him before. He is far more difficult to stop
than you can imagine, almost impossible now without the Force." Kenobi recognized the headstrong confidance in the younger Padawan; it was almost as if he was looking at his younger self. For the first time he noticed how much he had grown in two years. "I can't believe he's still alive," he muttered.
Even if it was hard to admit, Obi-Wan had thouroughly believed
that he could defeat everyone that came into his path. All he looked
for was the next fight. That was until Qui-Gon had shown him there was more to a mission than fighting, as well as the fact that Jedi avoid fighting at all costs. Now, the boy wished to prevent the Padawan in front of him from learning the truth the hard way.
"'I'm pretty sure whoever ti is is very overconfidant right now; easily taken down." The smug grin told Obi-Wan that the kid was
definately like him.
"You don't get it!! Not everything is about fighting! If it was, we'd be agents of the darkside!. . . Now look. . . Xanatos, the man inside, is more dangerous tan you realize. He planned. . ." Slowly Obi-Wan took a breath. "He's planned everything from the beginning."
"What?"
"Over te day, I've been having extreme. . . luck, if you want to call it that. Everytime I'm caught, I always get out, with the
exception of the basement. He must not have planned on me finding that. Xanatos has been wanting me to run around the temple all day. Why?"
Obi-Wan thought. He already knew about the bombs and the whole
blowing up the temple thing, killing every Jedi. 'What does Xanatos
want? Why am I running boy?'
Eyebrows lowered. . . wait a minute. . . Where was Qui-Gon? His
master wasn't in their quarters as he usually was during the time of
day that this all started. 'Maybe no one caught him and he's making his way around the temple. No, I would've found some sign of him.'
The council! Qui-Gon must've gone to the council to discuss their new mission. But then that meant. . . 'This is not good.'
"Xanatos wants revenge on my master for kiling his father years
ago. By making me run around, he's kept me from stopping him from
getting it. But then if I was being brought to the council room, then
Xanatos has some reason for wanting me there." Obi-Wan frowned in
confusion.
'You can't win.'
The other boy tilted his head and questioned, "He wants revenge
on you too, right? I mean you've foiled his plans before."
"Yeah."
"So he must want to extract it. He must have thought of a way
that would be the most fulfilling for him."
"Gee that's comforting."
The boy smiled, "My names's Zarid."
"Obi-Wan Kenobi."
"How long have you been a Padawan?"
"Just over two years. Look, we need to figure out a way for me to stop Xanatos."
Zarid adopted a stubborn look, "No no no. You're not going in
there without me. If he's as dangerous as you say, even I'm not stupid enough to go at it alone."
"No. And before you protest again, I need you to do something
else. There's a ton of explosives in the basement that I disarmed. But I think they're rigged again because I got caught down there," Obi-Wan explained.
"But-"
"Xanatos is planning to blow up the temple. If you don't disarm
and get rid of those bombs, then there's no point in trying to stop
him." Obi-Wan's eyes pleaded, "Please?"
Zarid sighed, "Alright. What do I have to do?"
TBC
Alright I'm being kicked off so I'll end it here. I hope you all enjoyed the next part although it was all talk. The action will start soon. . .promise. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!
Thank You's: I don't thank her often enough, but Ginger Ninja deserves a big round of applause for dealing with me and my untimely posts. Without her, I'd be nowhere on this site.
Let's get rolling. . .
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A giant rumbling could be heard all throughout the temple as well as the accompaning roar in the lower floors. Debris flew, cutting into the boy, who was pushed farther in the air from the force of the explosion. As he landed he saw the last man hit the wall hard and not get up. Obi-Wan didn't have to look back at where the boxes were to know that the other man was dead.
His guilt rose. The man was already down, and didn't need his life ended. Shaking it off, he rushed to gather the two remaining men. Using the remaining cord he wrapped them up in a way that they wouldn't be able to move at all. The Padawan was about to get up and inspect the damage when he was interrupted.
"Kaurh, what happened?!" At first Obi-Wan didn't do anything, just listened. "This is X.D., respond."
X.D. . . X.D. . Whose initials were those? 'Later, just respond.' He picked up the comlink, "I don't know who you are, but not now."
Before the voice could respond, Obi-Wan smashed the two comlinks. 'I have enough.'
The basement wasn't too badly damaged, just a hole where the boxes were. None of the supports were touched, thankfully. Going to each pillar, he saw that they were going to be connected to the triggered bomb, then the fire would travel down the cord and ignite the next one. Thus the chain reaction would cause the temple to collapse without support. From what he could tell, the triggered bomb couldn't be tampered with.
'But if I take all of the other explosives and only this one is triggered than nothing will happen.' There was another twelve bombs to remove. Obi-Wan set to work.
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Xanatos stumbled as the temple rocked with an unknown force. A confused look adorned his face, and he spoke to someone in another part of the temple. "Kaurh, what happened?!" He became frustrated when he recieved no reply. "This is X.D., respond."
"I don't know who you are, but not now."
Qui-Gon was almost too lost in his grief to notice. . . almost.
At the sound of Obi-Wan's voice, he broke into a large smile. 'My boy's alive!!'
"So it appears, Qui-Gon, that Oafy-Wan has cheated death. I'm
going to have to remedy that."
"Xanatos, you will never defeat Obi-Wan," Mace Windu declared.
"Really, if I were you, I would think about that before placing your bets."
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Obi-Wan was hungry. After not eating since dinner last night, he was paying. 'Got to learn to stop sleeping in late.' Either way, it was still the middle of the afternoon, he had not eaten in almost a day, and he was loosing energy.
He needed to move anyway. More than likely, X.D. would send goons to finish setting up the bombs, and Obi-Wan still didn't know where to stash them. 'Tree. . . no. Out the window. . . no. Back to Xanatos. . .definately not! Wait a minute. . .
Why was he just about to assume it was Xanatos? He died a year
ago, didn't he? 'X.D.. . . Xanatos DeCruet. . . oh no. . . either way. .. Lake. . . hmm. . . the lake might work.'
Gathering the explosives, he snuck out of the room. On the way he contemplated what he knew. 'Okay so if it is Xanatos, he got in through the tunnels, and is trying to destroy the temple. But what do I have to do with all this?'
Obi-Wan rounded the corner, straight into the man and alien from earlier. This time there was no escape. They took everything and gave him a slap for their troubles. They quickly bound his hands and led him away.
'You're mine, Kenobi. No escape this time.'
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Okay I'll admit I was a bit careless. Everything I had done so
far had managed to work, but I got overconfidant. I was in real trouble now. No weapons, no Force, and no idea what to do.
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As Obi-Wan entered the lift, he suddenly realized he had spent the whole time avoiding the council chambers. Now he was abruptly glad that the council couldn't read his emotions when they entered. A major one he felt was shame. If it wasn't for his overconfidance he would still be free to try and save the temple.
Ob-Wan's eyes closed as he was shoved forward down the hall. The grand doors loomed in front of him, about to open at any second. Rough hands dug into his shoulders, not intending to let their catch go this time. The entry began to open, and then the hands were just gone.
The boy turned to see the Padawan from his math class taking down the thugs. He hurried to untie Obi-Wan and began to run. Looking back he saw the boy staring into the council chambers in shock. "C'mon!"
Obi-Wan came to his senses, swiped his blaster from the unconscious alien, and joined his classmate. They both ran back down
the hall, stopping in a hidden alcove next to a door that indicated was the roof access.
"How did you escape?" Obi-Wan asked. When he had been dragged
away, the two from the beginning were still there. "And Master Meya, is he alright?"
"He's still unconscious. He woke up a few times, but those
numbskulls knocked him out again. As for how I got out, a bunch of
eleven year olds initiates suprised them. Everyone in our class and
theirs is now in the gym, and I volunteered to go find you."
Obi-Wan sighed, 'Initiates, they never listen to the Padawans.
"Although I'm grateful for the rescue, you shouldn't have come."
An angry look passed the boy's face, "Why?! I can handle it.
What's that guy in there going to do? Kill me?"
"Worse, I've faced him before. He is far more difficult to stop
than you can imagine, almost impossible now without the Force." Kenobi recognized the headstrong confidance in the younger Padawan; it was almost as if he was looking at his younger self. For the first time he noticed how much he had grown in two years. "I can't believe he's still alive," he muttered.
Even if it was hard to admit, Obi-Wan had thouroughly believed
that he could defeat everyone that came into his path. All he looked
for was the next fight. That was until Qui-Gon had shown him there was more to a mission than fighting, as well as the fact that Jedi avoid fighting at all costs. Now, the boy wished to prevent the Padawan in front of him from learning the truth the hard way.
"'I'm pretty sure whoever ti is is very overconfidant right now; easily taken down." The smug grin told Obi-Wan that the kid was
definately like him.
"You don't get it!! Not everything is about fighting! If it was, we'd be agents of the darkside!. . . Now look. . . Xanatos, the man inside, is more dangerous tan you realize. He planned. . ." Slowly Obi-Wan took a breath. "He's planned everything from the beginning."
"What?"
"Over te day, I've been having extreme. . . luck, if you want to call it that. Everytime I'm caught, I always get out, with the
exception of the basement. He must not have planned on me finding that. Xanatos has been wanting me to run around the temple all day. Why?"
Obi-Wan thought. He already knew about the bombs and the whole
blowing up the temple thing, killing every Jedi. 'What does Xanatos
want? Why am I running boy?'
Eyebrows lowered. . . wait a minute. . . Where was Qui-Gon? His
master wasn't in their quarters as he usually was during the time of
day that this all started. 'Maybe no one caught him and he's making his way around the temple. No, I would've found some sign of him.'
The council! Qui-Gon must've gone to the council to discuss their new mission. But then that meant. . . 'This is not good.'
"Xanatos wants revenge on my master for kiling his father years
ago. By making me run around, he's kept me from stopping him from
getting it. But then if I was being brought to the council room, then
Xanatos has some reason for wanting me there." Obi-Wan frowned in
confusion.
'You can't win.'
The other boy tilted his head and questioned, "He wants revenge
on you too, right? I mean you've foiled his plans before."
"Yeah."
"So he must want to extract it. He must have thought of a way
that would be the most fulfilling for him."
"Gee that's comforting."
The boy smiled, "My names's Zarid."
"Obi-Wan Kenobi."
"How long have you been a Padawan?"
"Just over two years. Look, we need to figure out a way for me to stop Xanatos."
Zarid adopted a stubborn look, "No no no. You're not going in
there without me. If he's as dangerous as you say, even I'm not stupid enough to go at it alone."
"No. And before you protest again, I need you to do something
else. There's a ton of explosives in the basement that I disarmed. But I think they're rigged again because I got caught down there," Obi-Wan explained.
"But-"
"Xanatos is planning to blow up the temple. If you don't disarm
and get rid of those bombs, then there's no point in trying to stop
him." Obi-Wan's eyes pleaded, "Please?"
Zarid sighed, "Alright. What do I have to do?"
TBC
Alright I'm being kicked off so I'll end it here. I hope you all enjoyed the next part although it was all talk. The action will start soon. . .promise. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!