I didn't forget about this story, promise, how could I? I expected to stop getting the reviews now I haven't added for so long, I thought people wouldn't see it - but I was wrong!!! Thanks to everyone who's reviewed!! Love you all - this isn't a particularly long chapter - but it's better having little than none at all! I'll take less time updating next time!
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Qui-Gon paced - as he had been doing for the last five hours, his patience had deserted him, no-one had told him anything, every medic he managed to talk to said "It's too early to tell." and hurried away to another patient, he was frustrated, angry, annoyed, and worried sick.
"Sir, please could you sit down?" The receptionist asked, she looked tired, Qui-Gon couldn't blame her.
He chose a seat next to a towering plant, he could stare at it and silently vent his anger at it. No. That wasn't a Jedi talking.
Instead, he observed the waiting area he'd been in for over five hours, he hadn't really looked at it before, he'd been to distracted to really notice anything, the room was quite large, and white, there were black chairs with a thin layer of cushioning over the seat to show some effort, three large, green plants stood, their green leaves almost to the ceiling, and a sort of fish tank was embedded into the wall, weird, warped looking fish swam around the lush undergrowth and miniature ships.
From the door he'd come in, to the immediate right there was reception, a small office with a high-tech looking computer and paperwork, the tired looking feline who was in the office was typing on the keyboard, the constant clicking was vaguely annoying, to the left was the waiting area, the chairs were in neat rows, the plants positioned at the end of the rows, the chairs all faced the fish tank, which was almost a desperate attempt at calming people down.
The walls were covered in different pictures, some of animals that Qui-Gon knew inhabited Canltha, and some of felines, he supposed the other people who came in knew who these people were.
A hallway left the room at the end of the waiting room to the right, with large double-doors blocking it, it was down this hallway that Obi-Wan probably was.
He had not yet seen anyone except from him and Obi-Wan that was not a feline, it was odd, as most of the other planets he had been to had at least had a few humanoids, or other species.
The waiting room was empty except for him and the receptionist, and the occasional medic that hurried to the other hallway, that led from the left, or went to talk to the receptionist in a quiet, hurried tone.
A medic entered, she looked a bit like the first Canlthian he and Obi-Wan had seen, her fur was coal black, but her hair was a dark blue, and it fell halfway down her back, perfectly straight, and she was wearing a white dress - thing, Obi-Wan would probably be staring at this moment, Qui-Gon mused, he did always have a thing for pretty girls - no, he does have a thing for pretty girls, not did.
He stood and walked over to her, she was talking to the receptionist, she turned round when she noticed him behind her.
"Hello, what can I do for you?" She asked softly, almost in a whisper, but Qui-Gon guessed this was the way she usually talked.
"I was wondering about Obi-Wan.." He began, but she cut him off.
"Obi-Wan has made improvements, but it's far too early to tell, the girl who was driving the speeder at the time is recovering, however, but she's very upset," The young feline glanced up at him anxiously "She blames it very much on herself, let us hope that Obi-Wan recovers, for both of their sakes."
Qui-Gon looked puzzled, why for both of their sakes? But the feline caught his confusion "It is a grave thing, to kill another, I know this happens in all cultures, but for us it is very bad, the guilt has been known to kill people," she sighed, but then smiled "But I am sure Obi-Wan will make a full recovery."
"May I see the girl?" Qui-Gon asked thoughtfully, the medic smiled "Yes, you can, but please do nothing to upset her."
She led Qui-Gon through the double-doors of the right-hand hallway, it was, again, very white, and very few pictures graced the walls, and few plants stood, it was much more professional, and there was less of the desperation to calm.
They went through a door quite far down, the hallway seemed to go on forever.
This room was unlike the waiting room, the walls were pale blue, and the pictures were of lakes and rivers, there was a thick blue carpet on the floor, a single bed stood in the middle of the room, against the wall, the medic went over to it, and whispered something to the figure he could half-see in the bed.
"This is Sethina, Sethi, this is Qui-Gon Jinn." The medic left, the girl in the bed sat up.
The first thing he noticed about her was that her fur was white, not black, and her hair was a pale blue, it was long and straight, even though she'd been lying on it, she had large, pale blue eyes, that appeared to be like water, she was wearing a loose white dress, or, that's what he guessed, he couldn't see very much of it.
"Q-Qui-Gon, I-I'm s-so sorry ab-about Obi-Wan." She whispered quiveringly, as though he was going to hurt her, he sat down in another of those black-with-thin-cushion seats next to her bed.
"Don't be sorry, Sethina, what happened was an accident, no-one could stop it." He told her, as well as telling himself, he sighed.
"Qui-Gon, do you blame me for what happened?" She asked, her blue eyes focussed directly on him, they were full of fear, Qui-Gon thought for a moment, did he blame her, really? He didn't, not really, it almost felt as though he wanted to blame it on her, just to blame it on someone.
"No, I don't, and neither should you." He said gently.
The girl gave a small smile, at that moment, a tall, male medic opened the door, he looked round.
"Is Medic Layia in here?" He asked, Sethina shook her head, the medic swore under his breath - but Qui-Gon caught it.
"Why, what's happening?" He asked urgently, please let it not be Obi-Wan, he silently begged, the tall medic turned to him, a look of sadness on his face.
"We're losing Obi-Wan, he's just regained consciousness, and now we're losing him, I must find Medic Layia." He left, the door shut softly behind him, Qui-Gon stared at it, unbelieving.
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Obi-Wan woke slowly, and painfully, he'd been dreaming about something, but the details were lost to him now, and awareness hit him hard, he kept his eyes shut, he had no idea where he was, all he remembered was seeing the speeder come at him, and then seeing Qui-Gon - and that was it, now, he felt as though he couldn't breathe, each breath was painful and labourious, his whole body ached.
Slowly, he opened his eyes, and then wished he hadn't done so, the light was blinding, it made his eyes sting, but the room slowly came into focus, although it was slightly blurred, he seemed to be in some sort of room with white walls, and people were standing around him - they were felines - he realised, there was different sorts of machinery, he could hear a heart monitor beeping in the background, and he could dimly hear the felines talking in low voices.
He had to be in some sort of med centre, he could faintly smell disinfectant, and bacta.
Everything was blurring more now, the lights were almost overtaking his vision, he could hear the voices getting raised, and people were saying something to him - but it was too blurred, he couldn't hear.
He wondered for a few moments how the feline who had hit him was - he hoped she didn't blame herself, it was pretty much his fault that people had got killed.
Well, he expected them to have got killed, he had heard a lot of screaming when he'd seen Qui-Gon - and children screaming as well.
He couldn't see anymore, everything had gone black, the last thought he had before he lost consciousness was of his friends back at the temple.
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I promise I won't make you wait as long for the next chapter! I know this chapter was kinda boring really - but I'll make the next one less so.
Phoenix
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Qui-Gon paced - as he had been doing for the last five hours, his patience had deserted him, no-one had told him anything, every medic he managed to talk to said "It's too early to tell." and hurried away to another patient, he was frustrated, angry, annoyed, and worried sick.
"Sir, please could you sit down?" The receptionist asked, she looked tired, Qui-Gon couldn't blame her.
He chose a seat next to a towering plant, he could stare at it and silently vent his anger at it. No. That wasn't a Jedi talking.
Instead, he observed the waiting area he'd been in for over five hours, he hadn't really looked at it before, he'd been to distracted to really notice anything, the room was quite large, and white, there were black chairs with a thin layer of cushioning over the seat to show some effort, three large, green plants stood, their green leaves almost to the ceiling, and a sort of fish tank was embedded into the wall, weird, warped looking fish swam around the lush undergrowth and miniature ships.
From the door he'd come in, to the immediate right there was reception, a small office with a high-tech looking computer and paperwork, the tired looking feline who was in the office was typing on the keyboard, the constant clicking was vaguely annoying, to the left was the waiting area, the chairs were in neat rows, the plants positioned at the end of the rows, the chairs all faced the fish tank, which was almost a desperate attempt at calming people down.
The walls were covered in different pictures, some of animals that Qui-Gon knew inhabited Canltha, and some of felines, he supposed the other people who came in knew who these people were.
A hallway left the room at the end of the waiting room to the right, with large double-doors blocking it, it was down this hallway that Obi-Wan probably was.
He had not yet seen anyone except from him and Obi-Wan that was not a feline, it was odd, as most of the other planets he had been to had at least had a few humanoids, or other species.
The waiting room was empty except for him and the receptionist, and the occasional medic that hurried to the other hallway, that led from the left, or went to talk to the receptionist in a quiet, hurried tone.
A medic entered, she looked a bit like the first Canlthian he and Obi-Wan had seen, her fur was coal black, but her hair was a dark blue, and it fell halfway down her back, perfectly straight, and she was wearing a white dress - thing, Obi-Wan would probably be staring at this moment, Qui-Gon mused, he did always have a thing for pretty girls - no, he does have a thing for pretty girls, not did.
He stood and walked over to her, she was talking to the receptionist, she turned round when she noticed him behind her.
"Hello, what can I do for you?" She asked softly, almost in a whisper, but Qui-Gon guessed this was the way she usually talked.
"I was wondering about Obi-Wan.." He began, but she cut him off.
"Obi-Wan has made improvements, but it's far too early to tell, the girl who was driving the speeder at the time is recovering, however, but she's very upset," The young feline glanced up at him anxiously "She blames it very much on herself, let us hope that Obi-Wan recovers, for both of their sakes."
Qui-Gon looked puzzled, why for both of their sakes? But the feline caught his confusion "It is a grave thing, to kill another, I know this happens in all cultures, but for us it is very bad, the guilt has been known to kill people," she sighed, but then smiled "But I am sure Obi-Wan will make a full recovery."
"May I see the girl?" Qui-Gon asked thoughtfully, the medic smiled "Yes, you can, but please do nothing to upset her."
She led Qui-Gon through the double-doors of the right-hand hallway, it was, again, very white, and very few pictures graced the walls, and few plants stood, it was much more professional, and there was less of the desperation to calm.
They went through a door quite far down, the hallway seemed to go on forever.
This room was unlike the waiting room, the walls were pale blue, and the pictures were of lakes and rivers, there was a thick blue carpet on the floor, a single bed stood in the middle of the room, against the wall, the medic went over to it, and whispered something to the figure he could half-see in the bed.
"This is Sethina, Sethi, this is Qui-Gon Jinn." The medic left, the girl in the bed sat up.
The first thing he noticed about her was that her fur was white, not black, and her hair was a pale blue, it was long and straight, even though she'd been lying on it, she had large, pale blue eyes, that appeared to be like water, she was wearing a loose white dress, or, that's what he guessed, he couldn't see very much of it.
"Q-Qui-Gon, I-I'm s-so sorry ab-about Obi-Wan." She whispered quiveringly, as though he was going to hurt her, he sat down in another of those black-with-thin-cushion seats next to her bed.
"Don't be sorry, Sethina, what happened was an accident, no-one could stop it." He told her, as well as telling himself, he sighed.
"Qui-Gon, do you blame me for what happened?" She asked, her blue eyes focussed directly on him, they were full of fear, Qui-Gon thought for a moment, did he blame her, really? He didn't, not really, it almost felt as though he wanted to blame it on her, just to blame it on someone.
"No, I don't, and neither should you." He said gently.
The girl gave a small smile, at that moment, a tall, male medic opened the door, he looked round.
"Is Medic Layia in here?" He asked, Sethina shook her head, the medic swore under his breath - but Qui-Gon caught it.
"Why, what's happening?" He asked urgently, please let it not be Obi-Wan, he silently begged, the tall medic turned to him, a look of sadness on his face.
"We're losing Obi-Wan, he's just regained consciousness, and now we're losing him, I must find Medic Layia." He left, the door shut softly behind him, Qui-Gon stared at it, unbelieving.
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Obi-Wan woke slowly, and painfully, he'd been dreaming about something, but the details were lost to him now, and awareness hit him hard, he kept his eyes shut, he had no idea where he was, all he remembered was seeing the speeder come at him, and then seeing Qui-Gon - and that was it, now, he felt as though he couldn't breathe, each breath was painful and labourious, his whole body ached.
Slowly, he opened his eyes, and then wished he hadn't done so, the light was blinding, it made his eyes sting, but the room slowly came into focus, although it was slightly blurred, he seemed to be in some sort of room with white walls, and people were standing around him - they were felines - he realised, there was different sorts of machinery, he could hear a heart monitor beeping in the background, and he could dimly hear the felines talking in low voices.
He had to be in some sort of med centre, he could faintly smell disinfectant, and bacta.
Everything was blurring more now, the lights were almost overtaking his vision, he could hear the voices getting raised, and people were saying something to him - but it was too blurred, he couldn't hear.
He wondered for a few moments how the feline who had hit him was - he hoped she didn't blame herself, it was pretty much his fault that people had got killed.
Well, he expected them to have got killed, he had heard a lot of screaming when he'd seen Qui-Gon - and children screaming as well.
He couldn't see anymore, everything had gone black, the last thought he had before he lost consciousness was of his friends back at the temple.
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I promise I won't make you wait as long for the next chapter! I know this chapter was kinda boring really - but I'll make the next one less so.
Phoenix
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