Hey, sorry about the *cough* long wait for this update. School's started,
so I don't have much time. all right enough excuses. Thanks to all those
people who reviewed, and keep 'em coming!
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Obi-Wan tried not to show his irritation and concern. He was in the Council Room, explaining how Anakin had been taken. He was very worried about him, as it had been several days since he had been captured. And the council was doing nothing. They could have at least let him go after him, but they had insisted that he remain until they came to a further conclusion. For all he knew Anakin was dead, and the council made him stand here recounting what had happened again and again.
"Worried you are, Master Kenobi," a voice broke his concentration. With a start, he realized that they were no longer talking around him. They were talking to him.
"Yes, Master. I am worried about Anakin. He has been gone for three days now, and I fear for how long he will survive."
"Need to worry, there is not," again Yoda seemed infuriatingly calm.
"With all due respect, Master, there is much reason to worry. He is only a Padawan, and if Krayn ever found out that he was a Jedi he would kill him immediately. And Anakin has a hard time hiding who he is. He is too proud."
"Safe, Anakin is." How could he be so indifferent?
"Master-"
"Speak with you privately, I will, Master Kenobi."
"Yes, Master," Obi-Wan complied with a sinking heart.
Later that day, Obi-Wan was again in the Council Room, this time with only Mace Windu, Yoda, and, surprisingly, Adi Gallia. Obi-Wan avoided her at all costs. She had been Siri's Master, and it still hurt to think of Siri. She had been closer than a sister, and then she had left.
"Still worried, you are, Obi-Wan," Yoda began. Obi-Wan sighed. Of course he was still worried. Anakin hadn't been rescued.
"Yes, Master."
Mace Windu answered this time. "Do not worry about your Padawan. The Council has agreed that, should you still wish to, you may go to the mines and try to get him out. Although that will not be your only mission there." He exchanged glances with Yoda. Something was going on here. Why were they so sure that Anakin would not be harmed?
"Troubled by something else, you are," Yoda said, snapping Obi-Wan back to the present.
"I." he wasn't about to talk about Siri. It was still too painful. And only Yoda knew how close they had been. As Jedi, they weren't permitted to be lovers, but in a way that hadn't even mattered. They had been more like brother and sister. It became all too clear why Adi-Gallia was here. Obi- Wan closed him eyes, centering himself. When he opened them, Mace Windu was gone.
"Saw someone, you did," Yoda started gently. "Disturbed you, it did." Adi just stared at him.
"It was only a slave trader-"
"You saw Siri," Adi broke in harshly. Obi-Wan tried to block out the pain, but it came anyway, a wave that crashed onto his head. Was she trying to break him?
"Yes." He said through gritted teeth. "I saw her." To anyone else, that would have more than ended the conversation. But not for Adi.
"And I supposed you either glared at her and then tried to kill her or just pretended that she didn't exist!"
Obi-Wan could only stare for a minute. Was she crazy? "What do you expect?! That I walk up to her and start talking, like nothing had happened? Like she hadn't betrayed us all?"
"Betrayed us!" Adi snarled. "She never-"
"Master Gallia, if quiet you cannot be, leave us, you will," Yoda cut in firmly. Turning to Obi-Wan, he added, "Come here to speak about Siri Tachi we did not."
Anakin. Somehow, Anakin didn't matter as much anymore. The boy always seemed to find fault in Obi-Wan, to question him. Obi-Wan had asked himself time and again why the boy had to be his padawan. But Siri had been his closest friend. They had never become lovers, because the Code forbid it, but they were still very close friends. Obi-Wan sighed. He missed her more than he would let on to anyone.
"To the mines you must go, and find your padawan you must," Yoda continued, infuriatingly calm. "More to you mission, there is. Find, you must." Yoda hesitated. Obi-Wan stared in shock, as Yoda always seemed so confident and self-assured with what he was saying. Then he seemed to make up his mind.
"A Jedi undercover we have in the mines. A bad situation, your padawan has made for her. If dangerous for him, the mines become, do her best she will to get him out. Go there, you must, and "rescue" them." Obi-Wan felt the world start to spin. He couldn't possibly mean. "Worked for two years undercover, this Jedi has. High in Krayn's trust, she is. Easy it should be, your padawan to remove. Trust you, she will not. Tell her, you must, that known it is to you that undercover she works." Obi-Wan felt his body going into shock, try as he might to prevent it.
"Siri Tachi is her name." That was the last thing Obi-Wan heard before he went completely into shock.
A/N: sooooooooo what do you think? CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is welcome!!
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Obi-Wan tried not to show his irritation and concern. He was in the Council Room, explaining how Anakin had been taken. He was very worried about him, as it had been several days since he had been captured. And the council was doing nothing. They could have at least let him go after him, but they had insisted that he remain until they came to a further conclusion. For all he knew Anakin was dead, and the council made him stand here recounting what had happened again and again.
"Worried you are, Master Kenobi," a voice broke his concentration. With a start, he realized that they were no longer talking around him. They were talking to him.
"Yes, Master. I am worried about Anakin. He has been gone for three days now, and I fear for how long he will survive."
"Need to worry, there is not," again Yoda seemed infuriatingly calm.
"With all due respect, Master, there is much reason to worry. He is only a Padawan, and if Krayn ever found out that he was a Jedi he would kill him immediately. And Anakin has a hard time hiding who he is. He is too proud."
"Safe, Anakin is." How could he be so indifferent?
"Master-"
"Speak with you privately, I will, Master Kenobi."
"Yes, Master," Obi-Wan complied with a sinking heart.
Later that day, Obi-Wan was again in the Council Room, this time with only Mace Windu, Yoda, and, surprisingly, Adi Gallia. Obi-Wan avoided her at all costs. She had been Siri's Master, and it still hurt to think of Siri. She had been closer than a sister, and then she had left.
"Still worried, you are, Obi-Wan," Yoda began. Obi-Wan sighed. Of course he was still worried. Anakin hadn't been rescued.
"Yes, Master."
Mace Windu answered this time. "Do not worry about your Padawan. The Council has agreed that, should you still wish to, you may go to the mines and try to get him out. Although that will not be your only mission there." He exchanged glances with Yoda. Something was going on here. Why were they so sure that Anakin would not be harmed?
"Troubled by something else, you are," Yoda said, snapping Obi-Wan back to the present.
"I." he wasn't about to talk about Siri. It was still too painful. And only Yoda knew how close they had been. As Jedi, they weren't permitted to be lovers, but in a way that hadn't even mattered. They had been more like brother and sister. It became all too clear why Adi-Gallia was here. Obi- Wan closed him eyes, centering himself. When he opened them, Mace Windu was gone.
"Saw someone, you did," Yoda started gently. "Disturbed you, it did." Adi just stared at him.
"It was only a slave trader-"
"You saw Siri," Adi broke in harshly. Obi-Wan tried to block out the pain, but it came anyway, a wave that crashed onto his head. Was she trying to break him?
"Yes." He said through gritted teeth. "I saw her." To anyone else, that would have more than ended the conversation. But not for Adi.
"And I supposed you either glared at her and then tried to kill her or just pretended that she didn't exist!"
Obi-Wan could only stare for a minute. Was she crazy? "What do you expect?! That I walk up to her and start talking, like nothing had happened? Like she hadn't betrayed us all?"
"Betrayed us!" Adi snarled. "She never-"
"Master Gallia, if quiet you cannot be, leave us, you will," Yoda cut in firmly. Turning to Obi-Wan, he added, "Come here to speak about Siri Tachi we did not."
Anakin. Somehow, Anakin didn't matter as much anymore. The boy always seemed to find fault in Obi-Wan, to question him. Obi-Wan had asked himself time and again why the boy had to be his padawan. But Siri had been his closest friend. They had never become lovers, because the Code forbid it, but they were still very close friends. Obi-Wan sighed. He missed her more than he would let on to anyone.
"To the mines you must go, and find your padawan you must," Yoda continued, infuriatingly calm. "More to you mission, there is. Find, you must." Yoda hesitated. Obi-Wan stared in shock, as Yoda always seemed so confident and self-assured with what he was saying. Then he seemed to make up his mind.
"A Jedi undercover we have in the mines. A bad situation, your padawan has made for her. If dangerous for him, the mines become, do her best she will to get him out. Go there, you must, and "rescue" them." Obi-Wan felt the world start to spin. He couldn't possibly mean. "Worked for two years undercover, this Jedi has. High in Krayn's trust, she is. Easy it should be, your padawan to remove. Trust you, she will not. Tell her, you must, that known it is to you that undercover she works." Obi-Wan felt his body going into shock, try as he might to prevent it.
"Siri Tachi is her name." That was the last thing Obi-Wan heard before he went completely into shock.
A/N: sooooooooo what do you think? CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is welcome!!