Chapter 3: Finding Her
Anakin had placed on a dark brown Jedi robe, while Grev had put on a long black leather jacket that met the top of his shoes, he had it zipped up and the hood was up also.
"We'll split up," Grev suggested.
Anakin nodded. "Alright, meet back in the hangar in one hour."
Grev walked off and started to look around the city. It was freezing cold, probably below zero; it had also begun to snow slightly.
'Hasn't changed any,' Grev said to himself.
As he walked he noticed a girl that looked very familiar; she made her way inside of a shop where he followed.
"That's not fair!" he heard the girl say as he walked in.
"Listen, you're gonna pay for it!" the shop owner stated.
"It already was paid for!" she shot back. "I don't have that kind of money to pay more damn it!"
"She doesn't need to pay for it," Grev said, using a Jedi mind trick.
"You don't need to pay for it," the owner followed.
"She deserves to get what she wanted free, and you'll give the girl her money back," Grev waved his hand again.
"You deserve to get what you came for free, and I'll even give you back the money that was paid," he said mindlessly.
Reaching in to the cash register, the owner pulled out three hundred credits and placed them in her hand. He slowly turned and walked off.
The girl was stunned as she put the money up and grabbed what she came for.
"How did you?" she asked. "You're a Jedi!"
Grev smiled and nodded, he was keeping the upper half of his face hidden, for now. "Yeah I am."
"Well thanks," she said, turning to walk out.
Grev slowly walked out too, he was seeing where she was going, but he didn't want her to notice as he followed behind.
Vadison Central Sector:
Anakin made his way through the crowds; Dantooine wasn't really what he expected. Of course there were mining and harvesting being done, but Vadison was a city that showed none of this. It was mainly full of humans with few other species seen.
As Anakin continued on, he noticed Durge, a Bounty Hunter that he and Obi- Wan met a few times.
'What's he doing here?' Anakin asked himself.
Durge turned and walked passed Anakin; the Jedi turned slowly and decided to follow his 'friend'. The Hunter walked through a dark alley where Anakin thought best to watch from a distance. Durge was meeting a black robed figure; he handed the Bounty Hunter a small case, unfortunately Anakin couldn't hear everything they were saying. All he made out was: 'Star, Dantooine, Jedi, The Padawan, and Weapon.'
"Damn it," Anakin cursed under his breath. "What's going on?"
Durge bowed to him and activated his jetpack, flying off in to the air. The black robed figure made it's way out of the alley; acting quickly Anakin jumped behind a cart and watched as the figure stopped. It mouthed a word, but Anakin couldn't make it out. It turned again and headed off to the north of the city.
'What the hell was that about?' he wondered. 'This is only getting worse to solve.'
The Jedi stood and made his way to check out the city more.
Vadison Northern Sector:
Grev noticed that the girl wouldn't stop eyeing him as he looked through some shops.
'Now it's time I make my move,' Grev told himself, grinning.
He walked up to her and said: "I didn't get your name."
"I didn't give it," she said sarcastically. "Besides, Jedi shouldn't be interested in that, should they?"
"I'm not your normal Jedi," he told her.
"I can tell."
The two continued walking through the city, she eyed him most of the time.
'There's something so familiar about him,' she told herself.
"What's your name?" she asked.
"I asked you first," he shot back. "If you tell me yours, I'll tell you mine."
The girl laughed. "Why should I?"
"I asked nicely," he said with an innocent smile.
"I haven't seen someone smile like you since..." she trailed off.
"Who?" he wondered.
"It doesn't matter."
"Tell me," he pushed.
She sighed. "It was an old friend. I haven't seen him in five years though. He just left me one day."
"It probably wasn't his choice," he stated, knowing that it was him who she talked about.
"I doubt it," she replied. "He didn't even tell me bye, he barely said anything."
"He had to go," he repeated.
"How did you know that?" she asked, a shocked tone in her voice.
"What?" Grev asked worriedly.
"The last thing he said to me, it was: 'I gotta go'. You talk like you were there."
"I think you just miss him," he told her.
"Miss him?!" she said, an angry tone in her voice. "The asshole tells me he loves me, and what does he do?! Leaves me without an answer! I trusted him!"
Grev gulped, he was scared now. The girl he loves, hates him, she didn't trust him.
'What do I say now?' he asked himself.
'What's up with this guy?' she asked herself. 'Who is he?!'
"He had to have a good reason to leave," he reasoned. "He loved you, he wouldn't want you hurt."
"That's what I thought," she explained. "But I waited for five years, hoping that he'd just walk in and tell me he was sorry, ask me to hold him again." She rubbed her eyes, trying to hold back the tears. "Never, not once did he come back. His parents won't even tell me anything!"
Grev clinched his fist. 'My parents,' he thought. 'Why would they do this to me?!'
"Steph," he started.
She stopped and turned. "You know my name?! How?!"
"I'm sorry."
Steph's eyes filled with tears, she quickly shook her head saying: "No. You can't be! Don't be!"
Grev removed his hood and placed each of his hands on the sides of her face, making her look up to him. "It's me, Steph. I'm Grev. And I'm sorry."
"You left me!"
"I was taken from you!" he corrected.
"Why?" She asked, her voice almost a whisper.
"I was forced to leave," Grev told her. "You know I'd never leave you!"
Steph wrapped her arms around Grev and pulled him close. "Do you have to leave again?" she asked, a saddened tone in her voice.
"Yes," he answered sadly. "I have one hour here. But I'll be back."
"Come be with me," she suggested. "For that hour."
"I can't," Grev replied. "My master's here with me, he'll be looking for me."
"We've been apart for five years," Steph protested. "We could at least have one hour together!"
"I'm so sorry," he told her, kissing her head. "Believe me, I've waited for this day for a long time, but wait a little longer. We'll be at another time."
"How longer?" she wondered, looking up to him.
Grev let out a heavy sigh. "Once my master is on Coruscant, I'll make up something to come back."
"Fine. I'll wait for you."
"I swear, I will come back to you," Grev reassured her.
Grev lowered his head and pressed his lips against hers.
Vadison Central Sector:
As Anakin walked through the city, his comlink buzzed.
"Yes?" he asked.
"Anakin," Obi-Wan began. "We have a situation."
"What's wrong?"
"Muunilist is under attack," Obi-Wan answered.
"I'll get Grev, and we'll be on our way."
"Good," Obi-Wan said.
As Anakin was about to cut off the comlink Obi-Wan added: "Vader's there."
"What?!"
"Vader is leading the attack on Muunilist," Obi-Wan repeated.
"What will we do when we get there?"
"A Republic Starcruiser is waiting above Muunilist," Obi-Wan explained. "You and Grev will land in it, Saesee Tiin will be there to allow any help."
"Understood." Anakin quickly turned off the comlink and sent a message to Grev.
Vadison Northern Sector:
Grev and Steph were still kissing when his comlink went off. Grev slowly moved away and activated his comm.
"What is it?" Grev asked agitated.
"Something wrong?"
"I was..." Grev trailed off. "Busy."
"Well, forget what you're doing, head to the docking bay, we're going to Muunilist," Anakin ordered.
"Why?" Grev wondered.
"Vader's leading an attack there," Anakin told him. "The Council wants us on Muunilist to help."
Grev gritted his teeth. "Fine, I'm on my way."
Grev cut off the comlink and looked at Steph.
"I have to go," he told her.
"Don't forget," she reminded.
"I can't forget you," Grev stated, smiling. "You're apart of me."
He kissed her one more time, stepping back he pulled up his hood and headed to the docking bay. Grev glanced back one last time and saw her smiling ear to ear.
Vadison Docking Bay:
Anakin had already boarded his Starfighter and was waiting for Grev. When he saw him enter, he asked: "What took you so long?"
"I told you I was busy," he answered, boarding his ship.
Anakin just shook his head. "Let's go."
The two Jedi Fighters slowly rose above the ground and blasted off to a new mission.
Muunilist Separatist Base:
Vader made his way through over seeing the battle that was happening on the planet.
"They will come."
"We'll see," a hologram of a robed Sith Lord said.
Anakin had placed on a dark brown Jedi robe, while Grev had put on a long black leather jacket that met the top of his shoes, he had it zipped up and the hood was up also.
"We'll split up," Grev suggested.
Anakin nodded. "Alright, meet back in the hangar in one hour."
Grev walked off and started to look around the city. It was freezing cold, probably below zero; it had also begun to snow slightly.
'Hasn't changed any,' Grev said to himself.
As he walked he noticed a girl that looked very familiar; she made her way inside of a shop where he followed.
"That's not fair!" he heard the girl say as he walked in.
"Listen, you're gonna pay for it!" the shop owner stated.
"It already was paid for!" she shot back. "I don't have that kind of money to pay more damn it!"
"She doesn't need to pay for it," Grev said, using a Jedi mind trick.
"You don't need to pay for it," the owner followed.
"She deserves to get what she wanted free, and you'll give the girl her money back," Grev waved his hand again.
"You deserve to get what you came for free, and I'll even give you back the money that was paid," he said mindlessly.
Reaching in to the cash register, the owner pulled out three hundred credits and placed them in her hand. He slowly turned and walked off.
The girl was stunned as she put the money up and grabbed what she came for.
"How did you?" she asked. "You're a Jedi!"
Grev smiled and nodded, he was keeping the upper half of his face hidden, for now. "Yeah I am."
"Well thanks," she said, turning to walk out.
Grev slowly walked out too, he was seeing where she was going, but he didn't want her to notice as he followed behind.
Vadison Central Sector:
Anakin made his way through the crowds; Dantooine wasn't really what he expected. Of course there were mining and harvesting being done, but Vadison was a city that showed none of this. It was mainly full of humans with few other species seen.
As Anakin continued on, he noticed Durge, a Bounty Hunter that he and Obi- Wan met a few times.
'What's he doing here?' Anakin asked himself.
Durge turned and walked passed Anakin; the Jedi turned slowly and decided to follow his 'friend'. The Hunter walked through a dark alley where Anakin thought best to watch from a distance. Durge was meeting a black robed figure; he handed the Bounty Hunter a small case, unfortunately Anakin couldn't hear everything they were saying. All he made out was: 'Star, Dantooine, Jedi, The Padawan, and Weapon.'
"Damn it," Anakin cursed under his breath. "What's going on?"
Durge bowed to him and activated his jetpack, flying off in to the air. The black robed figure made it's way out of the alley; acting quickly Anakin jumped behind a cart and watched as the figure stopped. It mouthed a word, but Anakin couldn't make it out. It turned again and headed off to the north of the city.
'What the hell was that about?' he wondered. 'This is only getting worse to solve.'
The Jedi stood and made his way to check out the city more.
Vadison Northern Sector:
Grev noticed that the girl wouldn't stop eyeing him as he looked through some shops.
'Now it's time I make my move,' Grev told himself, grinning.
He walked up to her and said: "I didn't get your name."
"I didn't give it," she said sarcastically. "Besides, Jedi shouldn't be interested in that, should they?"
"I'm not your normal Jedi," he told her.
"I can tell."
The two continued walking through the city, she eyed him most of the time.
'There's something so familiar about him,' she told herself.
"What's your name?" she asked.
"I asked you first," he shot back. "If you tell me yours, I'll tell you mine."
The girl laughed. "Why should I?"
"I asked nicely," he said with an innocent smile.
"I haven't seen someone smile like you since..." she trailed off.
"Who?" he wondered.
"It doesn't matter."
"Tell me," he pushed.
She sighed. "It was an old friend. I haven't seen him in five years though. He just left me one day."
"It probably wasn't his choice," he stated, knowing that it was him who she talked about.
"I doubt it," she replied. "He didn't even tell me bye, he barely said anything."
"He had to go," he repeated.
"How did you know that?" she asked, a shocked tone in her voice.
"What?" Grev asked worriedly.
"The last thing he said to me, it was: 'I gotta go'. You talk like you were there."
"I think you just miss him," he told her.
"Miss him?!" she said, an angry tone in her voice. "The asshole tells me he loves me, and what does he do?! Leaves me without an answer! I trusted him!"
Grev gulped, he was scared now. The girl he loves, hates him, she didn't trust him.
'What do I say now?' he asked himself.
'What's up with this guy?' she asked herself. 'Who is he?!'
"He had to have a good reason to leave," he reasoned. "He loved you, he wouldn't want you hurt."
"That's what I thought," she explained. "But I waited for five years, hoping that he'd just walk in and tell me he was sorry, ask me to hold him again." She rubbed her eyes, trying to hold back the tears. "Never, not once did he come back. His parents won't even tell me anything!"
Grev clinched his fist. 'My parents,' he thought. 'Why would they do this to me?!'
"Steph," he started.
She stopped and turned. "You know my name?! How?!"
"I'm sorry."
Steph's eyes filled with tears, she quickly shook her head saying: "No. You can't be! Don't be!"
Grev removed his hood and placed each of his hands on the sides of her face, making her look up to him. "It's me, Steph. I'm Grev. And I'm sorry."
"You left me!"
"I was taken from you!" he corrected.
"Why?" She asked, her voice almost a whisper.
"I was forced to leave," Grev told her. "You know I'd never leave you!"
Steph wrapped her arms around Grev and pulled him close. "Do you have to leave again?" she asked, a saddened tone in her voice.
"Yes," he answered sadly. "I have one hour here. But I'll be back."
"Come be with me," she suggested. "For that hour."
"I can't," Grev replied. "My master's here with me, he'll be looking for me."
"We've been apart for five years," Steph protested. "We could at least have one hour together!"
"I'm so sorry," he told her, kissing her head. "Believe me, I've waited for this day for a long time, but wait a little longer. We'll be at another time."
"How longer?" she wondered, looking up to him.
Grev let out a heavy sigh. "Once my master is on Coruscant, I'll make up something to come back."
"Fine. I'll wait for you."
"I swear, I will come back to you," Grev reassured her.
Grev lowered his head and pressed his lips against hers.
Vadison Central Sector:
As Anakin walked through the city, his comlink buzzed.
"Yes?" he asked.
"Anakin," Obi-Wan began. "We have a situation."
"What's wrong?"
"Muunilist is under attack," Obi-Wan answered.
"I'll get Grev, and we'll be on our way."
"Good," Obi-Wan said.
As Anakin was about to cut off the comlink Obi-Wan added: "Vader's there."
"What?!"
"Vader is leading the attack on Muunilist," Obi-Wan repeated.
"What will we do when we get there?"
"A Republic Starcruiser is waiting above Muunilist," Obi-Wan explained. "You and Grev will land in it, Saesee Tiin will be there to allow any help."
"Understood." Anakin quickly turned off the comlink and sent a message to Grev.
Vadison Northern Sector:
Grev and Steph were still kissing when his comlink went off. Grev slowly moved away and activated his comm.
"What is it?" Grev asked agitated.
"Something wrong?"
"I was..." Grev trailed off. "Busy."
"Well, forget what you're doing, head to the docking bay, we're going to Muunilist," Anakin ordered.
"Why?" Grev wondered.
"Vader's leading an attack there," Anakin told him. "The Council wants us on Muunilist to help."
Grev gritted his teeth. "Fine, I'm on my way."
Grev cut off the comlink and looked at Steph.
"I have to go," he told her.
"Don't forget," she reminded.
"I can't forget you," Grev stated, smiling. "You're apart of me."
He kissed her one more time, stepping back he pulled up his hood and headed to the docking bay. Grev glanced back one last time and saw her smiling ear to ear.
Vadison Docking Bay:
Anakin had already boarded his Starfighter and was waiting for Grev. When he saw him enter, he asked: "What took you so long?"
"I told you I was busy," he answered, boarding his ship.
Anakin just shook his head. "Let's go."
The two Jedi Fighters slowly rose above the ground and blasted off to a new mission.
Muunilist Separatist Base:
Vader made his way through over seeing the battle that was happening on the planet.
"They will come."
"We'll see," a hologram of a robed Sith Lord said.
