For anyone who doesn't know what Twirly Whirly is, it's a game I played
when I was a kid where you spin round and round.
Thanks to SJ for her help defining Luke and Leia. If they don't suck here, it's thanks to her advice.
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The drive to the Naberrie (Or was it Skywalker?) home was a silent one. Padme was playing with her hands, obviously worried about her husband and children; Obi-Wan was deep in thought about the conversation he had over heard and what to do about it and Siri had her usual lack of enthusiasm about going over an apartment with a fine tooth comb.
Upon reaching the destination, Padme was the first out. She was slower than she had been before, having feelings of hopelessness trying to creep their way in as she attempted to shut them out.
"I'll take kitchen, if one of you can take the hall and the other the front room." Padme commented.
Obi-Wan nodded, "I'll do the front room if Siri's alright with taking the hall?"
He looked to Siri, who apparently wasn't taking much notice of the conversation. "Siri," he said, loudly.
"What?" she looked up, in obvious annoyance.
Obi-Wan took a deep breath, and spoke slowly and clearly. "Can you take the hallway?"
Siri lifted an eyebrow at his tone, "Sure, fine."
Padme walked quickly up to the house, but Obi-Wan stayed behind for a moment. He needed to see what would happen.
As Siri prepared to go up to the house, Obi-Wan called to her. "Siri? Can I talk to you for a minute?"
She stood in front of him, cross armed. "No law against it."
"What *is* wrong with you?" He said, obvious exasperation dripping through his voice.
"Nothing!" She said, almost mimicking his tone.
"Well something obviously is wrong with you, this isn't you!" Obi-Wan stated, shaking his head.
"And what to sith makes you such an expert?"
"I'd like to think that we're friends."
"We are!"
Obi-Wan threw his hands up, "Then why are you being so.so."
"Me?" She said, sarcastically.
"This isn't you!"
"Isn't it? Just because we're friends, just because we've been in the same place for 30 years, just because slept together once, don't assume you know me!" she yelled though gritted teeth.
Obi-Wan withdrew physically, "Is that what this is about? What happened on Alderaan?"
"No." she said, sounding a little calmer.
"Then I don't understand,"
"No," she said, almost sadly, "You couldn't."
"So try and explain it to me."
"I can't," she said, in the same tone, "Too much has happened,"
And with that she ran up to the house, leaving a very puzzled Obi-Wan behind.
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Padme and Siri were already searching when Obi-Wan came up to the door. The rooms looked even worse than before, cushions everywhere and surfaces cleared off. Obi-Wan went into the living room to join the search when something on the floor caught his eye.
"There's something here!" he called, and both Padme and Siri came in.
He picked up the little dirty silver object. It was a skull, almost like a key ring yet it held no keys and much smaller. The eyes were deep red rubies and it wasn't any bigger than a thumbnail. There was the in-carved letters on the side too, "B.K."
"I'm going to go out on a limb and say this isn't yours," Obi-Wan commented.
Padme shook her head, "Any ideas?"
Siri practically snatched it out of his hands, looked at it for a moment, and nodded.
"Well?" Obi-Wan asked, the shrunk a little at the glare she gave him.
"Blood Kings. Coruscant lower level gang, like to go around shooting people for the fun of it. Pretty much willing to work for anyone." She looked up at Padme. "Even Imperial."
"So I guess that's our next stop." Padme stated.
With her senatorial tone, I doubt even Master Yoda would have disagreed.
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"What?" Leia commented.
"You know, Dad?" Luke commented. "The one that looks like a really old me?"
Leia rolled her eyes, "I know who Dad is, but what do you mean, he's the weird feeling?"
"I don't know. He just is!"
"Well, where?"
"Where what?"
"If he's a weird feeling, where is he? Is he here?" Leia said, in her 'its so obvious' voice.
Luke thought for a minute and said, "I think so."
"Then where?!" Leia said, getting a little annoyed.
Luke turned for a minute, then turned back, then turned again, trying to define where the feeling was coming from, like Uncle Obi-Wan had showed him.
"This is hardly the time for Twirly Whirly, Luke. I want to go home!" Leia complained.
"This way!" he said, pointing to the passage way to their left.
"You're sure?"
"Yes!" Luke said, as his sister made her way along the corridor, "I think."
Leia looked back at her brother with scolding eyes. Then made her way forward, making some muttered comment about how he had better be sure. They walked down till Luke stopped outside one of the metal doors in the complex. He reached at the door, putting his tiny hand on it, and tried to reach out into that energy field known as the force.
---
Anakin immediately felt the soft presence he'd been feeling trying to reach out. It was faint, but pure and familiar. Almost like a child's. Perhaps it was and in that case, he should be gentle.
'Hello?'
'Daddy?'
'Luke?'
What was a three year old doing here? How did he get here? Where was Padme? Was everyone all right? There were so many questions and yet seemingly, no answers.
'Uh huh!'
Start with the basics.
'How did you get here?'
'I don't know. We were home, and it was real scary and then we woke here and that was scarier.'
'We?'
'Me and Leia.'
'Leia's here too?'
'Yah huh.'
Don't kids ever say a simple yes anymore?
'Where's your mother?'
'I don't know!'
It sounded like the beginning of a very upset little boy, which was not a good thing at all and he couldn't do much from in here.
'Luke, you must listen to me. When you got here, where you in a room like this one?'
'Uh huh.'
'...Then how did you get out?'
'Used the force to open the lock.'
'You can do that?'
'Me and Leia, yeah. Uncle Obi-Wan taught us.'
The pride coming from the little thing was quite adorable, and uncle Obi- Wan? This was a new and hilarious development.
'Can you do the same to mine?'
'Okay.'
A few minutes later the door opened, revealing the two twins in their nightclothes. Leia was a little further up, but he could see had tiny pigtails on each side with little rose bands on them and little pink slippers with roses on too. She looked very Nubian like that. Luke was just wearing a white top, and if he had been wearing slippers, he had lost them along the way.
'Okay head,' he thought to himself, shielding around his children. 'You stop being so dizzy long enough for me to get my children out of here, I promise to give you as much rest as you want after.'
Leia was the first to notice the footsteps coming down. Heavy footsteps at that, obviously male. She gave a little squeak and attempted a whisper.
"Someone's coming!"
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SIDENOTE
Anakin saying Luke never said yes was inspired by a conversation I had with a guy from College. He said that I said "Uh huh" too much and why not just say "Yes."
I wonder where my ff.net regulars have disappeared to?
Thanks to SJ for her help defining Luke and Leia. If they don't suck here, it's thanks to her advice.
---
The drive to the Naberrie (Or was it Skywalker?) home was a silent one. Padme was playing with her hands, obviously worried about her husband and children; Obi-Wan was deep in thought about the conversation he had over heard and what to do about it and Siri had her usual lack of enthusiasm about going over an apartment with a fine tooth comb.
Upon reaching the destination, Padme was the first out. She was slower than she had been before, having feelings of hopelessness trying to creep their way in as she attempted to shut them out.
"I'll take kitchen, if one of you can take the hall and the other the front room." Padme commented.
Obi-Wan nodded, "I'll do the front room if Siri's alright with taking the hall?"
He looked to Siri, who apparently wasn't taking much notice of the conversation. "Siri," he said, loudly.
"What?" she looked up, in obvious annoyance.
Obi-Wan took a deep breath, and spoke slowly and clearly. "Can you take the hallway?"
Siri lifted an eyebrow at his tone, "Sure, fine."
Padme walked quickly up to the house, but Obi-Wan stayed behind for a moment. He needed to see what would happen.
As Siri prepared to go up to the house, Obi-Wan called to her. "Siri? Can I talk to you for a minute?"
She stood in front of him, cross armed. "No law against it."
"What *is* wrong with you?" He said, obvious exasperation dripping through his voice.
"Nothing!" She said, almost mimicking his tone.
"Well something obviously is wrong with you, this isn't you!" Obi-Wan stated, shaking his head.
"And what to sith makes you such an expert?"
"I'd like to think that we're friends."
"We are!"
Obi-Wan threw his hands up, "Then why are you being so.so."
"Me?" She said, sarcastically.
"This isn't you!"
"Isn't it? Just because we're friends, just because we've been in the same place for 30 years, just because slept together once, don't assume you know me!" she yelled though gritted teeth.
Obi-Wan withdrew physically, "Is that what this is about? What happened on Alderaan?"
"No." she said, sounding a little calmer.
"Then I don't understand,"
"No," she said, almost sadly, "You couldn't."
"So try and explain it to me."
"I can't," she said, in the same tone, "Too much has happened,"
And with that she ran up to the house, leaving a very puzzled Obi-Wan behind.
---
Padme and Siri were already searching when Obi-Wan came up to the door. The rooms looked even worse than before, cushions everywhere and surfaces cleared off. Obi-Wan went into the living room to join the search when something on the floor caught his eye.
"There's something here!" he called, and both Padme and Siri came in.
He picked up the little dirty silver object. It was a skull, almost like a key ring yet it held no keys and much smaller. The eyes were deep red rubies and it wasn't any bigger than a thumbnail. There was the in-carved letters on the side too, "B.K."
"I'm going to go out on a limb and say this isn't yours," Obi-Wan commented.
Padme shook her head, "Any ideas?"
Siri practically snatched it out of his hands, looked at it for a moment, and nodded.
"Well?" Obi-Wan asked, the shrunk a little at the glare she gave him.
"Blood Kings. Coruscant lower level gang, like to go around shooting people for the fun of it. Pretty much willing to work for anyone." She looked up at Padme. "Even Imperial."
"So I guess that's our next stop." Padme stated.
With her senatorial tone, I doubt even Master Yoda would have disagreed.
---
"What?" Leia commented.
"You know, Dad?" Luke commented. "The one that looks like a really old me?"
Leia rolled her eyes, "I know who Dad is, but what do you mean, he's the weird feeling?"
"I don't know. He just is!"
"Well, where?"
"Where what?"
"If he's a weird feeling, where is he? Is he here?" Leia said, in her 'its so obvious' voice.
Luke thought for a minute and said, "I think so."
"Then where?!" Leia said, getting a little annoyed.
Luke turned for a minute, then turned back, then turned again, trying to define where the feeling was coming from, like Uncle Obi-Wan had showed him.
"This is hardly the time for Twirly Whirly, Luke. I want to go home!" Leia complained.
"This way!" he said, pointing to the passage way to their left.
"You're sure?"
"Yes!" Luke said, as his sister made her way along the corridor, "I think."
Leia looked back at her brother with scolding eyes. Then made her way forward, making some muttered comment about how he had better be sure. They walked down till Luke stopped outside one of the metal doors in the complex. He reached at the door, putting his tiny hand on it, and tried to reach out into that energy field known as the force.
---
Anakin immediately felt the soft presence he'd been feeling trying to reach out. It was faint, but pure and familiar. Almost like a child's. Perhaps it was and in that case, he should be gentle.
'Hello?'
'Daddy?'
'Luke?'
What was a three year old doing here? How did he get here? Where was Padme? Was everyone all right? There were so many questions and yet seemingly, no answers.
'Uh huh!'
Start with the basics.
'How did you get here?'
'I don't know. We were home, and it was real scary and then we woke here and that was scarier.'
'We?'
'Me and Leia.'
'Leia's here too?'
'Yah huh.'
Don't kids ever say a simple yes anymore?
'Where's your mother?'
'I don't know!'
It sounded like the beginning of a very upset little boy, which was not a good thing at all and he couldn't do much from in here.
'Luke, you must listen to me. When you got here, where you in a room like this one?'
'Uh huh.'
'...Then how did you get out?'
'Used the force to open the lock.'
'You can do that?'
'Me and Leia, yeah. Uncle Obi-Wan taught us.'
The pride coming from the little thing was quite adorable, and uncle Obi- Wan? This was a new and hilarious development.
'Can you do the same to mine?'
'Okay.'
A few minutes later the door opened, revealing the two twins in their nightclothes. Leia was a little further up, but he could see had tiny pigtails on each side with little rose bands on them and little pink slippers with roses on too. She looked very Nubian like that. Luke was just wearing a white top, and if he had been wearing slippers, he had lost them along the way.
'Okay head,' he thought to himself, shielding around his children. 'You stop being so dizzy long enough for me to get my children out of here, I promise to give you as much rest as you want after.'
Leia was the first to notice the footsteps coming down. Heavy footsteps at that, obviously male. She gave a little squeak and attempted a whisper.
"Someone's coming!"
---
SIDENOTE
Anakin saying Luke never said yes was inspired by a conversation I had with a guy from College. He said that I said "Uh huh" too much and why not just say "Yes."
I wonder where my ff.net regulars have disappeared to?