Time passed, but Anakin wasn't sure how much. He was still sitting in the pilot's seat, thinking. He was so into his thoughts that he almost didn't hear the comm crackle to life. He'd set it on the frequency of the docking bay, so that he could hear if Siri was talking with the owner. She was now.
"Do you have a 492 Behani Freighter in your docks?" she was asking.
"I do." the Dresselian said simply in reply.
"Do you have a spot open next to it where I can land. I have some friends in there."
"What is your name?"
"Hana Domaas." Stang! Anakin thought. She's using an alias.
"I'm sorry. That's not the name that I was told to listen for."
"Wait!" Anakin shouted into the comm. "This is Anakin Skywalker on the Behani Freighter. That is the person I was waiting for."
"I thought you said her name was Siri?" the owner asked, obviously confused.
"Um, Siri is just a nickname. She always uses it, so I thought she would this time. But that's her."
"If you say so. Ms. Domaas, you may land in Bay 83F. You should come to my office later to pay for the rental space."
"Whatever." Siri said. Moments later, a small cargo ship landed next to Anakin's ship. After shutting down, Siri and Ferus strode up to the office and paid the fee. After that was done Siri waved to Anakin from the floor, gesturing for him to lower the ramp. He did, and in moments she was behind his seat in the cockpit.
"Hello, Ani." The blonde-headed Jedi studied Anakin for a minute. He was the same boy she had worked with a few times, but now there was something different about him. Dread and fear was what she felt from him now, replacing the bravery and certainty she associated with Anakin Skywalker. Something really horrible must have happened. Has Obi-Wan died? she wondered. No, I would have felt it. But when she searched for Obi-Wan in the Force, she found nothing.
"Hello," Anakin said blandly.
"Where's your Master?" she asked, trying to brace herself if the boy said he was dead.
"Well, I don't know where he is, but his body is back there."
This comment left Siri feeling confused, but she turned to her Padawan. "Ferus, stay out here with Anakin. I'm going to check on Obi-Wan." The boy nodded and took a seat in the copilot's chair. Siri rushed to the back of the ship until she reached the med bay. There, lying on a stiff sleep couch, was Obi-Wan.
At first she thought he was dead, because she felt nothing from him in the Force. But as she got closer, she could see his chest rise and fall with his breathing. She approached the cot and kneeled by it. What happened? She absently pushed a stray strand of hair out of his face as she studied him. He looked as though he were just deeply sleeping. She reached into his mind with the Force and felt the same thing as Anakin, nothing. She was still probing when Anakin came in.
She turned to him. "Tell me what happened."
Anakin sighed. "We went to visit the Jedi Memorial so he could put Qui-Gon's lightsaber in it. When we got there the Ithorian warned us of a dark spirit haunting the halls. Well, when we were down in there, it found us. It was so weird; you couldn't see it with your eyes, but you could see it easily through the Force. It came at us and floated around Obi-Wan for a minute. Then it said his name."
"His name? How could it speak?" Siri interrupted.
"I don't know. The voice sounded like it came from nowhere, but we heard it. It said Kenobi, so it knew who he was. Well, then it kinda flew into his face, and it knocked him down. I thought maybe it had just hit him, but then he started spazing out. He was on the floor, jerking and kicking. Then the spirit left him and just flew down the hall."
"It didn't attack you?" Ferus asked
"No. It floated around me for a minute, then it just left. Like it wasn't interested in me. Like it had something against Obi-Wan." Anakin looked up at Siri, his eyes innocent and hurt. "Will he die?"
Siri had no answer for him. She could only stare at the boy's blue eyes.
Anakin looked down. "He will die then. Kelchu said that the other Jedi who was attacked died."
"Kelchu Omaas?"
"Yeah. The Jedi at the Memorial." Anakin's face darkened. "He wouldn't even help me after Obi-Wan got attacked. I tried to make him help me, but he fainted. Some Jedi."
"Oh, well Kelchu never did do well under pressure, That's why all he does is guard the Memorial. And after the first Jedi was attacked, he got really paranoid. He kept thinking that the spirit was going to get him."
"Oh," was all that Anakin had to answer.
"Well, since there are more of us here," Siri suddenly said, "I think we may need more food. I don't think it's safe to leave until Obi-Wan is better." If he gets better, she thought. She shook her head and turned to the two boys, handing Ferus a small bag. "Why don't you and Anakin go into town and get some food." She focused on Anakin. "It may help to clear your head."
Anakin nodded solemnly, glancing at Obi-Wan's still form. Then he turned to Ferus. "Well, let's go!" He turned and walked quickly to the ramp of the ship.
Ferus looked up at his Master. "Are you sure about this?"
Siri nodded. "Something tells me that we will endanger Obi-Wan's life if we leave."
Ferus nodded and trotted after Anakin. As soon as the boys left, Siri turned her attention to Obi-Wan. She took out a small med kit and began to inspect his health. His heart beat was abnormally slow, along with his breathing. She opened the lid to one of his eyes to look at it, but it sent a chill up her spine. His eyes were dull and lifeless, not the way she remembered them.