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Chapter 9: Insanity

Master Mace Windu took Anakin back to his ship and cut off his bonds with his lightsaber. He then looked closer at where the bonds were, his wrists and neck were all black and blue. It looked like the bonds nearly cut off the serculation to his wrists and neck. Mace wrapped Anakins' wrists and neck with some goss he had on board his ship, and decided to treat his other injuries later, now was the time to get Obi-wan.

"Anakin take me to where Obi-wan is being held" Mace instructed, letting the boy walk infront of him.

"Yes master, this way..." Anakin said as he started to walk in the direction that he had came from.

Elsewhere...

Obi-wan was far past moving anymore, or even opening his eyes, he knew it didnt matter, it was just darkness anyways. He was laying in an entangled mess on the floor, also dripping with his own blood and sweat. There was a puddle of his own blood that had accumlated below him after they had brought him back the last time.

'you should just give in...' a voice interupted Obi-wan as he was trying to calm his breathing but hasnt been able too. 'no...no i cant...anakin will come...' he replied almost making an arguement out of it. 'and what if he doesnt? what if hes too late...' the voice in his head continued. 'he will make it...he will!' Obi-wan counter-acted within his head. 'you will not last that long, come on think, really, it will take at least a week for that boy to get back to the temple...at this rate you wont last more then a day' the voice told him, 'why am i arguing with myself?' he thought 'because you have lost it' the voice answered, 'you have been hit in the head a few too many times my friend and that is why i am here' the voice continued, 'but your not real! get out of my head now!' Obi-wan hissed.

Obi-wan's agruement with the voice had been interupted as the door opened. Obi-wan didnt cover his eyes this time, he was far to weak to anymore. The figure stepped into the room grabbing Obi-wan by the arm and hoisting him up.

"I will give you one last chance to answer me honestly!" The captor hissed staring with his cold eyes at Obi-wan.

Obi-wan could no longer speak, He just glared at his captor, as The captor glared back at him coldly, pulling out a shot giving device. It was filled with green transparent liquid.

"Have it your way then!" The captor yelled at Obi-wan pushing the needle point end roughly into Obi-wans' collar bone, making him yelp softly in pain. The captor pushed all the containers' contents into Obi-wans' body. The captor then heard battle-noises, they were drawing near. He looked up at his slave that was standing in the door way, the slave stared in fear at something down the corridor. Suddenly a purple flash cut threw the slave making him fall dead instantly too the floor. A tall black man in jedi clothing walked towards the being and then looked in the doorway, seeing the man holding the semi-concious Obi-wan.

"Let him go now" Mace hissed, Anakin stood next to Mace and stared at them.

"And if i dont?" The captor replied pulling Obi-wan close, as well as removing the needle and dropping it on the ground, putting him between Mace and himself. Obi-wan looked threw his bloodshot eyes at the black figures in the doorway not realizing who they were yet, and just heard some blurred voices.

"I will be forced to kill you!" Mace hissed again holding his lightsaber pointing it at them.

"Youll have to get threw him to get to me!" The captor smiled evilly pulling the gun that he kept on himself at all times and pointed it at Mace. He fired it instantly. Mace deflected the shot back at him, but wasnt accurate enough it hit Obi-wan, he gasped in pain as the shot had hit him in his chest, it was on his left upper side. The captor was shocked that Mace was so close to actually hitting him back and let Obi-wan drop to the floor. Mace lowered his lightsaber, out of shock, seeing he had missed his target and hit his friend instead. He watched Obi-wan hit the floor.

The captor snarled realizing he had let go of Obi-wan and fired at Mace again. Mace acted quickly enough deflecting the shot again but this time actually hitting his target. The captor fell onto his back dead, or dieing, it really didnt matter to Mace anymore. Anakin had already rushed over to Obi-wans' side. Mace followed quickly after disposing of the captor.

"Master...Master...please answer me!" Anakin said on the verge of crying. Mace sighed heavily kneeling down to Obi-wan, he then noticedthe empty shot giving device, he picked it up and looked at it before looking at Obi-wan. He concluded that the captor had just given him some poison of some sort. Mace couldnt define the poison now until it started taking affect on his friend, sadly more suffering for Obi-wan. He then looked at Obi-wan, he was much worse off then when mace had found Anakin. It was amazing that he was still alive with his injuries. Mace saw that Obi-wans' eyes were partically open, they were bloodshot, he was sweating and bleeding at the same time, which was not good, it would definitly lead too infections.

"Lets get back to the ship" Mace said solemnly as he pulled Obi-wan into his arms and stood up. Anakin followed Mace as they headed back to Maces' ship.

later on...

Mace and Anakin had no problems bringing Obi-wan back to the ship, he didnt budge in Maces' arms the whole time, which kind of made Mace worry a bit. Mace laid Obi-wan down on one of the benchs that extended the non-cockpit area of the ship. He then quickly removed Obi-wans' bonds and just let him stay there as he walked into the cockpit, he had to report what happened to the council.

"Master Yoda! Anakin led me to Obi-wan" Mace transmitted back to the jedi council.

"Good, Mace, what are their conditions?" Yoda asked.

"Anakin seems to be fine aside from a few lash marks on his back and the bruises from the bonds that i cut off him, but Obi-wan is in far worse condition, i dont know if i can make it back in time for the healers to save him, he has a poison in him i dont know what kind of poison but i found evidence that he has been poisoned, and beaten bruetly" Mace sighed heavily.

"Take care of him, you will, mace, stay alive, Obi-wan must" Yoda ended the transmission.


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