~*~
Qui-Gon sank back down in the seat and starred at the black holo. His thoughts were racing. He couldn't believe what he had just seen.
As the holo began to flicker again, he quickly brushed the salty tracks away, which the tears had left behind.
Then a holo of Xanatos appeared. He sniffled dramatically, as he turned to Qui-Gon. "Now, if that wasn't touching."
The Jedi master didn't react, couldn't react. Xanatos leaned forward, a grin on his face. "Hello, dark to light side. Anyone at home?"
"Why?", Qui-Gon asked slowly, not able to say more.
The grin on the dark Jedi's face disappeared. "You know exactly why!", he growled.
"No, I mean, why did you change so much?", the master asked like numbed.
Xanatos looked at him coldly. "I didn't change. I was always like this. You just were to blind to see it." He pondered for a moment. "Hard to see the dark side is", he continued mocking. "Even today you don't recognize it."
"What is that suppose to mean?", Qui-Gon asked frowning.
"Did you really think your beloved Padawan would have even thought, that YOU were responsible for Tahl`s dead, if I hadn't used the force on him? No. Not you. To him, everything that's good and equitable is unified in you. You were the light to him, that could bring him back of the deepest darkness. No. He didn't blame you. Far from it. He blamed himself. Had been eaten up by the feelings of guild." The dark Jedi laughed loudly. "Even I saw it. Why didn't you?"
The masters throat tightened, banned all air out of his lungs. Was it possible? Had the feelings of guild chased Obi-Wan all this years? Why hadn't he told him a word? And why had he, his own master, not seen it?
"You want to know why?", Xanatos asked with cold tone. "Because you shut yourself off, so you couldn't get hurt again. And so you didn't see, that, in the end, you hurt him."
Again the dark-haired man laughed. "I should've become a psychiatrist.", he sighed dramatically. "With that today's session is finished." Laughing about his own joke, he turned off the Comlink.
~*~
Black. Everything around her was black. And silent. Panic overtook her, as the darkness began to creep up her legs. The cold, which the black brought about, send a shiver down her spine. Inhaling deeply, she fought the fear. Then she searched for the last bit of warmth, that was left in her body. But the cold seemed to be her permanent companion, recently. She couldn't remember the last time, she felt warmth…could she? Yes, for sure she could.
/"I swear by the moon and the stars in the skies, I will always be with you. Deep in here. And I will always believe in you."/
How long had it been? One hour? One day? But at this place, all sense for time were gone.
'What's that?' Danielle narrowed her eyes, as in some distance, a light began to part the darkness. Like hypnotised, she walked slowly towards the light. "Danielle." Where did that came from? A warm wind, had brought the voice to her. But whose was it?
~*~
"How are the drugs working?"
"The girl is still asleep. But when she wakes up, we will see how it will affect her."
"Good." Xanatos opened the fat door and entered the cell, Chan behind him. Danielle slept shivering and rolled up in a corner. Obi-Wan`s cloak entwined her tightly.
"Hey, sleeping beauty.", Xanatos said, as he kneeled beside Danielle. "Wake up." He gripped her shoulder and shook her roughly.
It didn't last long until her eyes opened slowly. She blinked against the light, which was falling through the open cell door, and tried to adjust her eyes to the brightness. Then her gaze fell on the from before her. She gasped and struggled in an upright position. She starred at him and let out a sigh of relief. Then a smile crept on her face.
Xanatos were surprised, as he looked in this warm, green eyes. Never ever had someone looked at him with such warmth…except…except when he had been a Pad…no, he would not think back to that.
"You're alive," Danielle whispered. "You're alive!" and with that she threw her arms around his neck and buried her face in his shoulder.
Xanatos frowned and looked asking at Chan.
"The drug.", Chan answered. "She's hallucinating."
~*~
Danielle had been so happy to see Obi-Wan again, that she hadn't realised the nagging feeling in the back of her head and had ignored the darkness she felt. He was alive, that was all that mattered. But this nagging feeling didn't stop. Even now, when she held Obi-Wan in her arms, she could feel it.
~*~
"Oh great," Xanatos said sarcastically and turned back to Danielle. His long, black hair swung with the movement and brushed Danielle's arm. Danielle raised her head, frowning. Slowly she turned to Xanatos. Her eyes widened, as she recognised him. She screamed surprised, let immediately go of him and jumped backwards against the wall. Irritation, fear and pain fought for the control of her feelings and mirrored in her eyes.
"What, you're not happy to see me again? That hurts," said Xanatos mocking. "Well then, get ready. We'll go shopping. Oh, actually we'll go selling. And guess what we will sell."
Qui-Gon sank back down in the seat and starred at the black holo. His thoughts were racing. He couldn't believe what he had just seen.
As the holo began to flicker again, he quickly brushed the salty tracks away, which the tears had left behind.
Then a holo of Xanatos appeared. He sniffled dramatically, as he turned to Qui-Gon. "Now, if that wasn't touching."
The Jedi master didn't react, couldn't react. Xanatos leaned forward, a grin on his face. "Hello, dark to light side. Anyone at home?"
"Why?", Qui-Gon asked slowly, not able to say more.
The grin on the dark Jedi's face disappeared. "You know exactly why!", he growled.
"No, I mean, why did you change so much?", the master asked like numbed.
Xanatos looked at him coldly. "I didn't change. I was always like this. You just were to blind to see it." He pondered for a moment. "Hard to see the dark side is", he continued mocking. "Even today you don't recognize it."
"What is that suppose to mean?", Qui-Gon asked frowning.
"Did you really think your beloved Padawan would have even thought, that YOU were responsible for Tahl`s dead, if I hadn't used the force on him? No. Not you. To him, everything that's good and equitable is unified in you. You were the light to him, that could bring him back of the deepest darkness. No. He didn't blame you. Far from it. He blamed himself. Had been eaten up by the feelings of guild." The dark Jedi laughed loudly. "Even I saw it. Why didn't you?"
The masters throat tightened, banned all air out of his lungs. Was it possible? Had the feelings of guild chased Obi-Wan all this years? Why hadn't he told him a word? And why had he, his own master, not seen it?
"You want to know why?", Xanatos asked with cold tone. "Because you shut yourself off, so you couldn't get hurt again. And so you didn't see, that, in the end, you hurt him."
Again the dark-haired man laughed. "I should've become a psychiatrist.", he sighed dramatically. "With that today's session is finished." Laughing about his own joke, he turned off the Comlink.
~*~
Black. Everything around her was black. And silent. Panic overtook her, as the darkness began to creep up her legs. The cold, which the black brought about, send a shiver down her spine. Inhaling deeply, she fought the fear. Then she searched for the last bit of warmth, that was left in her body. But the cold seemed to be her permanent companion, recently. She couldn't remember the last time, she felt warmth…could she? Yes, for sure she could.
/"I swear by the moon and the stars in the skies, I will always be with you. Deep in here. And I will always believe in you."/
How long had it been? One hour? One day? But at this place, all sense for time were gone.
'What's that?' Danielle narrowed her eyes, as in some distance, a light began to part the darkness. Like hypnotised, she walked slowly towards the light. "Danielle." Where did that came from? A warm wind, had brought the voice to her. But whose was it?
~*~
"How are the drugs working?"
"The girl is still asleep. But when she wakes up, we will see how it will affect her."
"Good." Xanatos opened the fat door and entered the cell, Chan behind him. Danielle slept shivering and rolled up in a corner. Obi-Wan`s cloak entwined her tightly.
"Hey, sleeping beauty.", Xanatos said, as he kneeled beside Danielle. "Wake up." He gripped her shoulder and shook her roughly.
It didn't last long until her eyes opened slowly. She blinked against the light, which was falling through the open cell door, and tried to adjust her eyes to the brightness. Then her gaze fell on the from before her. She gasped and struggled in an upright position. She starred at him and let out a sigh of relief. Then a smile crept on her face.
Xanatos were surprised, as he looked in this warm, green eyes. Never ever had someone looked at him with such warmth…except…except when he had been a Pad…no, he would not think back to that.
"You're alive," Danielle whispered. "You're alive!" and with that she threw her arms around his neck and buried her face in his shoulder.
Xanatos frowned and looked asking at Chan.
"The drug.", Chan answered. "She's hallucinating."
~*~
Danielle had been so happy to see Obi-Wan again, that she hadn't realised the nagging feeling in the back of her head and had ignored the darkness she felt. He was alive, that was all that mattered. But this nagging feeling didn't stop. Even now, when she held Obi-Wan in her arms, she could feel it.
~*~
"Oh great," Xanatos said sarcastically and turned back to Danielle. His long, black hair swung with the movement and brushed Danielle's arm. Danielle raised her head, frowning. Slowly she turned to Xanatos. Her eyes widened, as she recognised him. She screamed surprised, let immediately go of him and jumped backwards against the wall. Irritation, fear and pain fought for the control of her feelings and mirrored in her eyes.
"What, you're not happy to see me again? That hurts," said Xanatos mocking. "Well then, get ready. We'll go shopping. Oh, actually we'll go selling. And guess what we will sell."
