A/N-sorry to keep y'all waiting like that! I haven't had anytime to type
up my chapters, but I've had oodles of time to right. As Juliette stated
in her last review, I have 13 chapters completed in my little blue notebook
and I have just started chapter 14! Ok, at one point in this chapter, I
needed to write what was happening in two different places at the same time
(it's right before and right after the asterisks), just wanted to say that
so you're not confused. YAY! Only 28 more days till Episode 2 comes out on
DVD and Video! I can't wait! All right, enough of my blabbering; here's
chapter 9!
Chapter 9
Anakin was barely out of breath when he reached the Nabberie's house. He ran first to Padmé. He woke her up and she asked why he was dressed in his robes so early.
"Ryoo and Pooja were kidnapped!" he screamed. Padmé jumped up and threw on her white nightgown. She ran through the door to Sola's room.
"Sola! Wake up!" Padmé yelled while shaking her sister violently.
"Padmé? What are you doing? It's nearly 4:30 in the morning," Sola replied sleepily.
Not wanting to send Sola on a frantic rampage, she calmly asked her sister to go to the living room.
"Why? It's too early."
"Something happened. Go with Anakin, he'll tell you about it." Sola got out of bed, afraid another bounty hunter was lurking around the house. She walked to the living room with Anakin while Padmé went to wake her parents.
"Mom, Mom, wake-up. Get Dad up, too!"
"Padmé, it's early, go back to bed."
"Mother, Ryoo and Pooja are gone! Anakin says they were kidnapped!"
"Oh my heavens! Padmé, why didn't you tell us?!"
Padmé rolled her eyes. 'You didn't give me a chance,' she thought. "Just go into the living room, Annie will explain everything.
***** (This is the confusing part, it's like backtracking, and it's set with Anakin and Sola, and Padmé just left to wake her parents, it confuses me still, and I wrote it! lol)
Padmé walked quickly walked towards her parents' room. Anakin helped Sola up and they walked into the hallway.
"What's going on? Was there another bounty hunter?" Sola asked in alarm.
"Well, not exactly. I think you should sit down," Anakin told her. Sola's eyes grew wide with fear as she walked towards the couch. "Sola, I'm so sorry. I don't know the best way to tell you this, so I'm just going to come out and say it." He hesitated a moment and waited for her to sit down on the couch. She didn't, so he continued. "Ryoo and Pooja have been kidnapped."
Sola collapsed onto the couch and gasped for breath. "What? My babies . . .kidnapped?!" Tears streamed down her face. "When I get my hands on who ever did this, I swear I'll kill them!!" she yelled out of pure anger.
Padmé walked in to the room to see a sobbing Sola. She walked over and sat next to her. Jobal did the same. They each gave her a comforting hug. Ruwee watched from the doorway.
Anakin started to tell everyone what happened. "I woke up about twenty minutes ago, the force telling me something was wrong. I put on my robes and let the force guide me. I saw two masked men carrying Ryoo and Pooja. The girls were screaming for me to help them. I took out my lightsaber and used the force to increase my speed, but the kidnappers pulled out blaster and shot at me. I needed to use the force to block the bullets, and this caused me to slow down. I couldn't catch them." Anakin had a look of failure on his face.
"But you did attach a tracking device to the ship, right?" Padmé asked, trying to make him feel better.
"Yes, I am going to contact Obi-Wan immediately." With that, he turned and walked to his room, where he pulled out his communicator. He hoped his master would answer, as it was three hours earlier in Coruscant.
*****
Obi-Wan was normally a heavy sleeper, but tonight was different. Something was going to happen. He could feel it, and this took him in and out of a light sleep. He quickly awoke at the sound of his communicator beeping. "Hello?"
"Master, you're up early," Anakin joked.
"What's wrong Anakin?" He knew something had to be wrong. Why else would his Padawan call him at two o'clock in the morning?
"Senator Amidala's nieces were kidnapped about a half an hour ago. I have a feeling it was issued by the same person who sent the bounty hunter last night."
"Yes, that's likely."
"I attached a tracker to the hull of the ship right before it took off, with the girls inside."
"Good, that may give us some clues as to where the kidnapper is headed."
"Kidnappers," Anakin corrected.
"What?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Kidnappers, there were two of them."
"Oh, I see. I set-up a meeting with the council for later today, around eleven o'clock our time."
"Ok," Anakin said, as he figured out the time he'd need to contact Obi-Wan for further instructions. '2:00 in the afternoon,' he thought.
"Anakin, don't go anywhere or do anything, I mean it," Anakin replied as he rolled his eyes. "I'll check back with you before eleven, you time, of course. You need your sleep. May the force be with you, Master."
"May the force be with you, too, my Padawan." They both shut off their communicator.
Anakin opened the door to find that Padmé, Sola, and Jobal had been leaning against the door. The three women fell to the floor.
"Eavesdropping, eh?" Anakin asked. "That's illegal here in Naboo, you know." They all laughed at the much-needed joke, but quickly regained a serious state.
"What's happening?" Padmé asked.
"My master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, has set-up a meeting at 2:00 Naboo time for me to with the Jedi Council. He also said not to go anywhere, that we should all stay put for our safety's sake."
Everyone agreed not to go anywhere. Sola went back to bed. She covered her face in a pillow and cried herself to sleep.
Back in the kitchen, Jobal was busy making coffee and tea for everyone. She did not feel like cooking a big breakfast today, so she toasted bread and put a few rolls on the table. She grabbed the huckleberry jam and the butter and put it on the table, also. Jobal then prepared a tray with a cup of tea and two pieces of toast, one with jam, the other with butter, for Padmé to take to her heartbroken sister.
Padmé picked up the tray and walked to her sister's bedroom. She knocked quietly, and when there was no reply, she opened the door and went in. Sola was still asleep, crying out for Ryoo and Pooja every once and awhile. Padmé knew her sister needed sleep, so she waited for her to calm down, then she left the tray on the night table and left the room.
*****
Padmé came back to the room about two hours later to check on her sister. When she quietly walked over to pick up the tray, she was delighted to that Sola had drank half her tea and eaten one piece of toast. She looked at her sister, who was lying on her side, facing the wall. She figured that Sola had gone back to sleep. Padmé grabbed the tray and started to walk towards the door when her sister called her.
"Padmé? Where are you going with my food?" she asked, trying to make the best of the horrible situation she was in. Padmé set the tray back down and her sister rolled over to face her. Her eyes were red and her cheeks were stained with tears. Padmé sat down next to her. She hugged Sola tightly and told her everything was going to be okay.
"If they hurt my babies in anyway, I'll make sure they pay for it," Sola said bitterly.
"Sola! You shouldn't say such things!" Padmé scolded. Sola didn't usually act like this, even in a bad situation, and this attitude surprised Padmé. Sola was normally a kind, gentle woman, the type who wouldn't dream of hurting anyone.
"I'm sorry, Pad," Sola said. She began to weep again. "I . . . I miss them!" she said in-between sobs.
Padmé held her sister tightly while she cried for quite awhile. "Everything is going to be okay, I promise," Padmé told her. "Anakin will get them back soon, especially if the Jedi Council helps him."
Sola's crying slowed and she drifted off to sleep. Padmé laid her sister down and went to her own room to change her shirt, which was now soaked with Sola's tears.
Anakin heard her come out of Sola's room and ventured down to the room they shared. "I had a feeling you were in here," he said, practically giving Padmé a heart attack. "How's Sola?"
"She's upset. She cried for awhile," Padmé said, and she held up the tear stained shirt for him to see. They both laughed. Anakin walked over, put both his arms around her waist and pulled her in for a quick kiss.
"I'm sorry," he said, his arms still around her.
"For what?" she asked.
"Oh, Anakin, it's not your fault! You tried and that's all that matters. At least you got the tracking device on their ship. We'll be able to find them in no time," she said and she leaned in for another kiss, which Anakin gladly gave to her.
"I hope so," he said in reply.
A/N- I hope you liked it! I'm gonna start typing chapter 10 soon! Please REVIEW! Love you all, especially all of you who have been reading all my chapters (Juliette & JoJo to name some, sorry to anyone else I didn't name that has read all my chapters!) Thanks again to Juliette for reviewing ALL my chapters before I type them!
Chapter 9
Anakin was barely out of breath when he reached the Nabberie's house. He ran first to Padmé. He woke her up and she asked why he was dressed in his robes so early.
"Ryoo and Pooja were kidnapped!" he screamed. Padmé jumped up and threw on her white nightgown. She ran through the door to Sola's room.
"Sola! Wake up!" Padmé yelled while shaking her sister violently.
"Padmé? What are you doing? It's nearly 4:30 in the morning," Sola replied sleepily.
Not wanting to send Sola on a frantic rampage, she calmly asked her sister to go to the living room.
"Why? It's too early."
"Something happened. Go with Anakin, he'll tell you about it." Sola got out of bed, afraid another bounty hunter was lurking around the house. She walked to the living room with Anakin while Padmé went to wake her parents.
"Mom, Mom, wake-up. Get Dad up, too!"
"Padmé, it's early, go back to bed."
"Mother, Ryoo and Pooja are gone! Anakin says they were kidnapped!"
"Oh my heavens! Padmé, why didn't you tell us?!"
Padmé rolled her eyes. 'You didn't give me a chance,' she thought. "Just go into the living room, Annie will explain everything.
***** (This is the confusing part, it's like backtracking, and it's set with Anakin and Sola, and Padmé just left to wake her parents, it confuses me still, and I wrote it! lol)
Padmé walked quickly walked towards her parents' room. Anakin helped Sola up and they walked into the hallway.
"What's going on? Was there another bounty hunter?" Sola asked in alarm.
"Well, not exactly. I think you should sit down," Anakin told her. Sola's eyes grew wide with fear as she walked towards the couch. "Sola, I'm so sorry. I don't know the best way to tell you this, so I'm just going to come out and say it." He hesitated a moment and waited for her to sit down on the couch. She didn't, so he continued. "Ryoo and Pooja have been kidnapped."
Sola collapsed onto the couch and gasped for breath. "What? My babies . . .kidnapped?!" Tears streamed down her face. "When I get my hands on who ever did this, I swear I'll kill them!!" she yelled out of pure anger.
Padmé walked in to the room to see a sobbing Sola. She walked over and sat next to her. Jobal did the same. They each gave her a comforting hug. Ruwee watched from the doorway.
Anakin started to tell everyone what happened. "I woke up about twenty minutes ago, the force telling me something was wrong. I put on my robes and let the force guide me. I saw two masked men carrying Ryoo and Pooja. The girls were screaming for me to help them. I took out my lightsaber and used the force to increase my speed, but the kidnappers pulled out blaster and shot at me. I needed to use the force to block the bullets, and this caused me to slow down. I couldn't catch them." Anakin had a look of failure on his face.
"But you did attach a tracking device to the ship, right?" Padmé asked, trying to make him feel better.
"Yes, I am going to contact Obi-Wan immediately." With that, he turned and walked to his room, where he pulled out his communicator. He hoped his master would answer, as it was three hours earlier in Coruscant.
*****
Obi-Wan was normally a heavy sleeper, but tonight was different. Something was going to happen. He could feel it, and this took him in and out of a light sleep. He quickly awoke at the sound of his communicator beeping. "Hello?"
"Master, you're up early," Anakin joked.
"What's wrong Anakin?" He knew something had to be wrong. Why else would his Padawan call him at two o'clock in the morning?
"Senator Amidala's nieces were kidnapped about a half an hour ago. I have a feeling it was issued by the same person who sent the bounty hunter last night."
"Yes, that's likely."
"I attached a tracker to the hull of the ship right before it took off, with the girls inside."
"Good, that may give us some clues as to where the kidnapper is headed."
"Kidnappers," Anakin corrected.
"What?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Kidnappers, there were two of them."
"Oh, I see. I set-up a meeting with the council for later today, around eleven o'clock our time."
"Ok," Anakin said, as he figured out the time he'd need to contact Obi-Wan for further instructions. '2:00 in the afternoon,' he thought.
"Anakin, don't go anywhere or do anything, I mean it," Anakin replied as he rolled his eyes. "I'll check back with you before eleven, you time, of course. You need your sleep. May the force be with you, Master."
"May the force be with you, too, my Padawan." They both shut off their communicator.
Anakin opened the door to find that Padmé, Sola, and Jobal had been leaning against the door. The three women fell to the floor.
"Eavesdropping, eh?" Anakin asked. "That's illegal here in Naboo, you know." They all laughed at the much-needed joke, but quickly regained a serious state.
"What's happening?" Padmé asked.
"My master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, has set-up a meeting at 2:00 Naboo time for me to with the Jedi Council. He also said not to go anywhere, that we should all stay put for our safety's sake."
Everyone agreed not to go anywhere. Sola went back to bed. She covered her face in a pillow and cried herself to sleep.
Back in the kitchen, Jobal was busy making coffee and tea for everyone. She did not feel like cooking a big breakfast today, so she toasted bread and put a few rolls on the table. She grabbed the huckleberry jam and the butter and put it on the table, also. Jobal then prepared a tray with a cup of tea and two pieces of toast, one with jam, the other with butter, for Padmé to take to her heartbroken sister.
Padmé picked up the tray and walked to her sister's bedroom. She knocked quietly, and when there was no reply, she opened the door and went in. Sola was still asleep, crying out for Ryoo and Pooja every once and awhile. Padmé knew her sister needed sleep, so she waited for her to calm down, then she left the tray on the night table and left the room.
*****
Padmé came back to the room about two hours later to check on her sister. When she quietly walked over to pick up the tray, she was delighted to that Sola had drank half her tea and eaten one piece of toast. She looked at her sister, who was lying on her side, facing the wall. She figured that Sola had gone back to sleep. Padmé grabbed the tray and started to walk towards the door when her sister called her.
"Padmé? Where are you going with my food?" she asked, trying to make the best of the horrible situation she was in. Padmé set the tray back down and her sister rolled over to face her. Her eyes were red and her cheeks were stained with tears. Padmé sat down next to her. She hugged Sola tightly and told her everything was going to be okay.
"If they hurt my babies in anyway, I'll make sure they pay for it," Sola said bitterly.
"Sola! You shouldn't say such things!" Padmé scolded. Sola didn't usually act like this, even in a bad situation, and this attitude surprised Padmé. Sola was normally a kind, gentle woman, the type who wouldn't dream of hurting anyone.
"I'm sorry, Pad," Sola said. She began to weep again. "I . . . I miss them!" she said in-between sobs.
Padmé held her sister tightly while she cried for quite awhile. "Everything is going to be okay, I promise," Padmé told her. "Anakin will get them back soon, especially if the Jedi Council helps him."
Sola's crying slowed and she drifted off to sleep. Padmé laid her sister down and went to her own room to change her shirt, which was now soaked with Sola's tears.
Anakin heard her come out of Sola's room and ventured down to the room they shared. "I had a feeling you were in here," he said, practically giving Padmé a heart attack. "How's Sola?"
"She's upset. She cried for awhile," Padmé said, and she held up the tear stained shirt for him to see. They both laughed. Anakin walked over, put both his arms around her waist and pulled her in for a quick kiss.
"I'm sorry," he said, his arms still around her.
"For what?" she asked.
"Oh, Anakin, it's not your fault! You tried and that's all that matters. At least you got the tracking device on their ship. We'll be able to find them in no time," she said and she leaned in for another kiss, which Anakin gladly gave to her.
"I hope so," he said in reply.
A/N- I hope you liked it! I'm gonna start typing chapter 10 soon! Please REVIEW! Love you all, especially all of you who have been reading all my chapters (Juliette & JoJo to name some, sorry to anyone else I didn't name that has read all my chapters!) Thanks again to Juliette for reviewing ALL my chapters before I type them!