Disclaimer: See chapter 1
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Chapter 4
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Obi-Wan studied the camp through his macrobinoculars. It had taken two hours to travel. Annie jumped up every now and then and Obi-Wan had to press him down on the shoulder. And now Obi had his arms around Annie. "We'll leave soon and come back at night time. Just relax my angel. Can you feel her?"
"Yes." Annie took a deep shuddering breath. "She's suffering, but not greatly." They fell silent for a moment. "So now I'm your angel, huh?" he said with a light smirk.
Obi kissed him on the forehead. "Yes you are." And then their lips found each other in a sweet loving kiss.
"I think she's kept in that small hut over there," Obi pointed one on their left. It was isolated from the other huts and there were two guards on both sides.
"Let's go. It's best to come back at night."
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There were some issues that needed to be solved.
"Do you love me?" Annie asked on their way back to their bikes.
"Yes, of course I do. Why?"
"I mean do you LOVE me? Not as a father to son but as a lover and companion."
"I thought I made myself clear already." But then he remembered their morning chat was interrupted. "Oh..."
He turned to Annie and captured his hands on his own. "Annie, please look at me."
The padawan swallowed, ready to face his doom. He looked at those ocean green eyes. But Obi-Wan smiled.
"I-love-you" Obi-Wan said kissing Annie between every word. "More than you can imagine."
"And I love you." He murmured closing the distance between them. Their lips met yet again and the kiss was so passionate Annie felt his knees turn into jelly.
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They went back to the farm and gathered some volunteers to make up a diversion. It was dark already when they were finished. People jumped on their speeders and headed to their destination.
The volunteers hid behind the rocks surrounding the Tusken camp. On a signal they attacked just the opposite side of the camp to where Shmi was captived. The Tuskens ran toward the mayhem and only Shmi's guards remained.
It was time for Obi-Wan to act: he drew his lightsabre and approached the guards from behind. They were forced to leave their positions in order to attack. Obi-Wan raised his left hand and managed to Force-push the other backwards so that he bumped his head on a rock and was knocked out. The other guard was surprisingly agile and kept Obi-Wan busy. Mindtricks didn't have any effect on creatures like this.
Meanwhile Anakin crept behind the hut and cut a hole in the thick fabric. He gasped when he entered: his mother was tied to a wooden pole and looked severely beaten. He cut the binds with trembling hands and carried her outside. His mind was boiling with rage toward the Tuskens, but his priority was to keep his mother safe and alive.
After carrying Shmi on his speeder bike he sent a message through the bond to Obi-Wan. Obi then signalled the others and they all retreated out of the battle.
The Tuskens' screams were heard far away. They were angry: their captive had been taken and now they couldn't get it back. Banthas weren't match for speeder bikes.
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There was a nervous atmosphere on the Lars farm. Shmi was being treated by a doctor, but no one knew if she was going to survive. She was a liked and well-known person throughout the village.
The waiting was getting on Anakin's nerves. After he had been bitching at couple of people Obi-Wan pulled his dear apprentice next to him on a couch, stroking his hair.
"Shh, calm down. You're not helping anyone by snapping at them." Obi-Wan whispered.
"I know, I know." Anakin said wrapping his hands around the man he loved.
The doctor didn't have time to enter the room entirely, when Anakin jumped at him craving information.
"She is going to recover eventually, " the doctor said. "You can see her n- "
Annie had already swept past him.
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"Hi mom." Annie whispered tears in his eyes.
"Hello my son." Shmi smiled faintly. She was seemingly in pain although she tried to hide it.
"The doctor says you're going to be ok." He blurted before his voice cracked.
"Of course I am," she reassured him. "Thanks to you and your Master."
Anakin blushed.
"Tell me Annie, is he more than just Master to you?"
He sighed and chuckled. "Yes. I love him and he loves me back."
"Hearing that makes me happy because now I know that you'll have someone to love you when I'm not near."
"Yes. I'm kinda fond of the idea myself," he said with a dreamy smile that revealed it all. "Now I'm leaving you to rest. Love you mom."
"Love you too."
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Epilogue
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Shmi was cooking when she heard her son and his Master's voices from the living room. She was now fully recovered. She sneaked closer to the door. The Jedi were going to leave the next day and she wanted to hear every possible bit of conversation.
"But Master, where are we going now?"
"To the Temple. We'll try to show them that the code has its own flaws."
"What if they don't accept us?"
"Then we'll have to come up with a new plan. Besides even your family accepted us."
"Yes, but they love me."
"You know what, so do I."
There was a deep silence. Shmi went away to continue her cooking. 'Let them kiss alone,' she chuckled to herself.
The End
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(A/N: Hope you all are content now for the happy ending! Blech! Now go and review!)
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Chapter 4
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Obi-Wan studied the camp through his macrobinoculars. It had taken two hours to travel. Annie jumped up every now and then and Obi-Wan had to press him down on the shoulder. And now Obi had his arms around Annie. "We'll leave soon and come back at night time. Just relax my angel. Can you feel her?"
"Yes." Annie took a deep shuddering breath. "She's suffering, but not greatly." They fell silent for a moment. "So now I'm your angel, huh?" he said with a light smirk.
Obi kissed him on the forehead. "Yes you are." And then their lips found each other in a sweet loving kiss.
"I think she's kept in that small hut over there," Obi pointed one on their left. It was isolated from the other huts and there were two guards on both sides.
"Let's go. It's best to come back at night."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There were some issues that needed to be solved.
"Do you love me?" Annie asked on their way back to their bikes.
"Yes, of course I do. Why?"
"I mean do you LOVE me? Not as a father to son but as a lover and companion."
"I thought I made myself clear already." But then he remembered their morning chat was interrupted. "Oh..."
He turned to Annie and captured his hands on his own. "Annie, please look at me."
The padawan swallowed, ready to face his doom. He looked at those ocean green eyes. But Obi-Wan smiled.
"I-love-you" Obi-Wan said kissing Annie between every word. "More than you can imagine."
"And I love you." He murmured closing the distance between them. Their lips met yet again and the kiss was so passionate Annie felt his knees turn into jelly.
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They went back to the farm and gathered some volunteers to make up a diversion. It was dark already when they were finished. People jumped on their speeders and headed to their destination.
The volunteers hid behind the rocks surrounding the Tusken camp. On a signal they attacked just the opposite side of the camp to where Shmi was captived. The Tuskens ran toward the mayhem and only Shmi's guards remained.
It was time for Obi-Wan to act: he drew his lightsabre and approached the guards from behind. They were forced to leave their positions in order to attack. Obi-Wan raised his left hand and managed to Force-push the other backwards so that he bumped his head on a rock and was knocked out. The other guard was surprisingly agile and kept Obi-Wan busy. Mindtricks didn't have any effect on creatures like this.
Meanwhile Anakin crept behind the hut and cut a hole in the thick fabric. He gasped when he entered: his mother was tied to a wooden pole and looked severely beaten. He cut the binds with trembling hands and carried her outside. His mind was boiling with rage toward the Tuskens, but his priority was to keep his mother safe and alive.
After carrying Shmi on his speeder bike he sent a message through the bond to Obi-Wan. Obi then signalled the others and they all retreated out of the battle.
The Tuskens' screams were heard far away. They were angry: their captive had been taken and now they couldn't get it back. Banthas weren't match for speeder bikes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a nervous atmosphere on the Lars farm. Shmi was being treated by a doctor, but no one knew if she was going to survive. She was a liked and well-known person throughout the village.
The waiting was getting on Anakin's nerves. After he had been bitching at couple of people Obi-Wan pulled his dear apprentice next to him on a couch, stroking his hair.
"Shh, calm down. You're not helping anyone by snapping at them." Obi-Wan whispered.
"I know, I know." Anakin said wrapping his hands around the man he loved.
The doctor didn't have time to enter the room entirely, when Anakin jumped at him craving information.
"She is going to recover eventually, " the doctor said. "You can see her n- "
Annie had already swept past him.
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"Hi mom." Annie whispered tears in his eyes.
"Hello my son." Shmi smiled faintly. She was seemingly in pain although she tried to hide it.
"The doctor says you're going to be ok." He blurted before his voice cracked.
"Of course I am," she reassured him. "Thanks to you and your Master."
Anakin blushed.
"Tell me Annie, is he more than just Master to you?"
He sighed and chuckled. "Yes. I love him and he loves me back."
"Hearing that makes me happy because now I know that you'll have someone to love you when I'm not near."
"Yes. I'm kinda fond of the idea myself," he said with a dreamy smile that revealed it all. "Now I'm leaving you to rest. Love you mom."
"Love you too."
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Epilogue
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Shmi was cooking when she heard her son and his Master's voices from the living room. She was now fully recovered. She sneaked closer to the door. The Jedi were going to leave the next day and she wanted to hear every possible bit of conversation.
"But Master, where are we going now?"
"To the Temple. We'll try to show them that the code has its own flaws."
"What if they don't accept us?"
"Then we'll have to come up with a new plan. Besides even your family accepted us."
"Yes, but they love me."
"You know what, so do I."
There was a deep silence. Shmi went away to continue her cooking. 'Let them kiss alone,' she chuckled to herself.
The End
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(A/N: Hope you all are content now for the happy ending! Blech! Now go and review!)
