Story: There is No Emotion
Plot: AU-How about instead of Anakin, Obi-Wan turns to the dark side? I LOVE Obi-Wan but he needs to make a mistake once in awhile. Sabe/Obi romance and Ani/Ami in future chapters.
Rating: pg-13 I suppose
Disclaimer: None of this is mine! Wahh! Well, except for the plot and I may end up making up a few characters.
Obi-Wan raised his lightsaber, preparing to bring it down on Skywalker. To be once and for all rid of him. Gathering the living Force to himself, Anakin hurled himself over Obi-Wan and back onto the land. Obi-Wan raised an eyebrow cynically. "You plan to fight me without your lightsaber?" He asked, for Anakin's lightsaber had been swallowed up in the burning pit of lava.
"You forget," Anakin returned. "A lightsaber isn't a Jedi's only weapon."
Obi-Wan smiled. "You think the Force will save you? You think you are mightier than the one who trained you? Your foolish beliefs will be the end of you." And with that, he charged.
Padme, now arrayed in her "handmaiden costume", gathered her things and went out into the room where Obi-Wan and Anakin waited. Sabe, her decoy, followed closely behind. "Master Kenobi, Anakin, this is my decoy, Sabe." Padme said.
Anakin bowed slightly and Obi-Wan took Sabe's hand and gently kissed it. A soft blush spread over her cheeks. "I believe we may have briefly met before, but I pray that this time we may get to know each other better."
Anakin's eyes widened. Was Obi-Wan – OBI-WAN FLIRTING! Wow! This was a first. Why, he could remember the time when Obi-Wan reprimanded him for saying that Padme was intoxicating. He glanced at Padme, remembering that day. She was still intoxicating in his mind, but she had strictly told him that there could never be anything between them. Still, he could wish…
Padme was speaking. "…we had better leave before another so-called bounty hunter decides to try to make some credits off of me." Obi-Wan nodded. "I agree. Please lead us to the ship, milady."
It took only a few moments to reach the small platform, on which sat the equally small spaceship. "Mistress! Mistress!" The group turned to see a small, protocol droid coming towards them, frantically waving its arms. "The Supreme Chancellor left a message for you," it said as soon as it reached Sabe. "He said to give it to you, Mistress, before you leave."
Sabe nodded and turned to a young bodyguard by her side. "Ratili, take my bags into the ship and we will join you in a few moments." She turned back to the protocol droid, who had by now projected an image of the Chancellor.
"Senator Amidala, I have made contact with a friend of mine who lives on the planet Alderaan and he has agreed to harbor you in your time of need." Chancellor Palpatine smiled a toothy grin. "He is…."
A sudden explosion rocked the landing platform, throwing nearly everyone off their feet. Padme scrambled to her feet and turned to see what was left of the charred spaceship. Her face paled as she realized that the explosion was meant for her. She turned to Sabe, whose face was equally pale and two lone tears ran down her cheeks. Padme put her arm around Sabe's shoulders and squeezed gently. "It's okay. At least we weren't on it." Sabe nodded, but another tear fell from her eye.
Anakin and Obi-Wan had both gone to investigate what had triggered the explosion. Both of their faces looked grave as they returned to the group. "A bomb, probably set up on the ship after the inspection this morning. It was set off by body heat." Anakin reported. "That's why it did not go off until that guard entered it." Obi-Wan noticed that Sabe's face had crumpled at that last statement.
He spoke. "I think we should find another spaceship immediately…before something else happens."
Another ship was soon made ready and after Anakin "Force-scanned" the ship, making sure that all was safe, everyone boarded. Obi-Wan was the last to enter and as he walked up the platform, he felt a slight wind sweep across the back of his neck. He stopped and looked around, sensing that someone or something was watching him. Strangely, he could not sense anything with the Force. He finally shook his head, deciding that it was a figment of his imagination, and entered the ship.
The hooded figure stood behind a large boulder, watching through binoculars as the Jedi looked in his direction. 'Ah, the weakness of the light side.' He thought with a dark smile as the Jedi shook his head and entered the ship. If only the stupid Jedi knew what awaited him at Alderaan….
AN: I want the truth: Is this boring or dumb? Please let me know! I'm going to try to pick up the pace in the next chapters….