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"Master I'm going into town with some of the padawans. We'll be back some time after lunch" Anakin said the next day.
"Who are you taking" Obi-Wan asked.
"Jenna, Dag, Gallen, Alora and Marlee" Anakin said.
"Alright, don't forget to check out the pod race flyers and look for a suitable pod" Obi-Wan said.
"I won't forget. Is there anything you need" Anakin asked Beru.
"No. Owen might need some parts though" she said. "Owen do you need any parts" Anakin asked.
"No, but I need so more tools for the other children to use. There aren't enough" he said.
"Alright, I'll for some tool kits" Anakin said. They got into the speeder.
"Master why did you decide to bring us" Jenna asked as she climbed into the seat next to him and the others got into the back. They didn't wear their robes but wore traveling cloaks.
"Because you are in my group. Master Obi-Wan and I split up the group evenly and you were some of the padawans in mine. You are the most powerful of the group and I might need your help while in town" Anakin said.
"What can we do" Dag asked from the back seat.
"Padme is getting very nervous about the upcoming birth of our twins. We are going to look for some medic droids with the Jawas and I need to investigate the pod race. Owen and Beru do not have enough money to feed all of us. Depending on how much the pod races pay now we may or may not be able to stay here for long" Anakin said as they sped across the hot dessert area.
It took almost an hour before they saw the town through the sweltering heat.
"Boy, am I glad these traveling cloaks are like our Jedi robes or I would be dieing right now" Dag said as they climbed out of the speeder.
"Quite complaining Dag" Jenna said. Dag reached for his light saber but Anakin stopped him.
"Be mindful of your feelings padawan. We do not need a fight right now. The citizens are already curious. Let's not let them know who we are" Anakin said and Dag put his hand down and relaxed a little forcing his hateful emotions away.
"We'll look for tools 1st" Anakin said and they walked into a dealer.
"I need 3 tool sets" Anakin said. "Follow me. We have many choices" a creature said in huttese. The teenagers looked at each other.
"Come on" Anakin said and led them out into the back of the shop where the creature was showing them different tool sets.
"How much for these" Anakin asked in huttese indicating 3 tool sets.
"300" the creature said. Anakin pulled a small bag if coins off his belt careful not to show his light saber and counted them out. He plopped a dozen of them on the counter and handed Dag, Gallen, and Jenna each a tool set.
They took them by the handles and they walked out. Anakin spotted a flyer that Obi-Wan had told him out and took it off the wall. He read over it.
"Only a week. I need to find a pod quickly" Anakin said almost to himself.
"Master" Jenna said.
"Yes Jenna" Anakin answered as he folded the piece of paper and put it in a pocket on his belt.
"Do you know him" she asked pointing to an odd looking creature starring at them. Anakin looked at him.
"That's Watto, I was a slave until I was 9. He owned me and my mother" Anakin told the group and they walked over to him.
"I couldn't help but notice you looking at the pod race flyer" Watto said in huttese.
"I'll bet you couldn't" Anakin answered also in huttese.
"I just happen to have bought your old pod 10 years ago. Maybe you'd like to check it out" Watto asked.
"Where is it" Anakin asked trying to hide his excitement of seeing his old pod again. Watto led them through the shop and into the back yard where Anakin's pod sat gleaming in the sun. He looked it over.
"I'll supply the entry fee if you buy the pod" Watto said.
"How about you supply both the entry fee and the pod and I won't kill you for selling my mother" Anakin said as he stood from inspecting the bottom.
"Deal" Watto said anxious to keep his head.
"I'll be back soon to look it over and make some modifications" Anakin said and he motioned the padawans to follow him. He led them back through the shop and back into the sweltering heat from the twin suns.
"I noticed you don't know the language of Huttese. That will have to change. Remind me when we get back to start teaching all of you huttese" Anakin said.
"Alright" the padawans answered together and they went into another shop. Anakin picked up parts and looked at them carefully before purchasing them.
"What are these for" Jenna asked as they loaded their purchases into to speeder before climbing in.
"You may have your own light sabers but the younglings need to practice technique and their skills with practice sabers before we can allow them to make real ones themselves. The practice sabers do not hold the deadly power of ours but will injure you" Anakin told them.
They remembered all to well their own days of using the "lame" practice sabers when they were younglings. They speed off until coming across some Jawas.
Anakin got out and walked up to them. The teenagers watched as he pointed and gestured for their benefit as he demanded to see all medical droids they had. 10 of them were unloaded from the large rolling vehicle and Anakin inspected them carefully.
"Jenna, Marlee come here" Anakin called to them. They got out quickly and hurried to him.
"You know about medic's. Check out these droids" Anakin said. The girls asked the droids questions and tested their knowledge of all things medical. In the end they decided on 2 of them.
"How much" Anakin asked. The head Jawa said something the girls didn't recognize.
"Go back to the speeder and get Gallen's, and Dag's blasters. Bring your as well" Anakin told them. They ran back to the speeder.
"Master wants our blasters" Marlee said to the boys. They handed over their blasters and the girls hurried back to Anakin. They handed the blasters over to the Jawas and they nodded.
"Lets get these 2 back to the farm" Anakin said. Night was beginning to fall. They hurried the droids back to the speeder and loaded them into the back seats. The speeder was very large compared to other speeders. They speed off again faster this time.
"Master why are we going so fast" Gallen asked.
"The Tuskan Raiders are night time hunters" Anakin answered.
"Tuskan Raiders" Dag asked.
"Sand people" Anakin said and they all nodded. They had heard of the sand people in their studies at the Jedi temple. Anakin pushed the speeder faster and faster until they came to the moisture farm. The got out and some of the other padawans from Anakin's group came to help unload supplies.
"I got some parts to make about 15 more practice sabers" Anakin told Obi-Wan.
"What about a pod racer" Obi-Wan asked.
"Watto bought my old pod and he said he would supply the entry fee if I bought the pod. Being myself I told him if he supplied to pod and the entry fee I wouldn't kill him" Anakin said.
"Anakin, you know you couldn't have killed him anyway" Obi-Wan said.
"I know that and you know that and everyone else here know's that but Watto doesn't" Anakin said and they laughed slightly.
"I traded for 2 medical droids to help Padme feel more relaxed and just in case any of the light saber hits go astray" Anakin added.
"Good, good. We don't know enough about medical situations to be able to properly treat a wound" Obi-Wan said and Anakin nodded.
"I bought some tool kits for Owen and the younglings" Anakin said as Jenna and Marlee walked past carrying them.
"Anakin come help me pass out dinner" Beru called from inside the house. Anakin sighed.
"Being a master Jedi has to count for something doesn't it" Anakin asked before he descended the stairs into the house. He came out carrying a tray and floating 2 more behind him. He and Obi-Wan passed out the food and ate them selves.
"Tomorrow we should start building the practice sabers" Obi-Wan said as they finished.
"I agree. You can train your group and I'll train mine. It's weird though. The younglings and padawans hang on my every word" Anakin said.
"I just wish you had hung on my every word" Obi-Wan said.
"Once again I get to prove you wrong" Anakin said and began reciting a conversation they had had 5 years ago.
"Alright, alright you win. So maybe you did hang on my every word. It never seemed like it" Obi-Wan said as they followed their groups to their ships.
"Good night master. See you in the morning" Anakin said before they went their separate ways for the night. Anakin helped Padme into the ship and closed the ramp.
"Jenna, Marlee, Alora. Put the kids to bed please" Anakin said.
"Yes master" they replied together and moved off to put the children to bed.
"Dag, Gallen, Brent, Zathos lock down the ship" Anakin told a group of boys. They got up and scattered to lock the ship up and check the security systems.
"Leea I want you to check on the initiate's" Anakin told the girl that remained. She stood and went to check on the sleeping initiate's. Anakin went into the cockpit and pushed some buttons before he saw his masters figure.
"What is it Anakin" Obi-Wan asked.
"I'm getting some bad vibes" Anakin said.
"About what" Obi-Wan asked.
"I'm not sure. I think the Sand people have taken a prisinor" Anakin told him.
"Well there is nothing we can do unless some one asks for our help. Get a good night's sleep Anakin. It might help" Obi-Wan said and they closed the link. Anakin moved off to check on the group and make sure they were going to bed before going into his own room with Padme.
She was already sleeping so he got in next to her and fell asleep as well. He woke up to her getting out of bed. He got up and got dressed and helped her get her shoes on before they left the ship. He pressed buttons at each set of doors to shut the security down and unlock the ship.
He walked down the ramp and the children ran down around him and to the moisture farm. Owen and a few other men hurried up to Anakin as he stepped onto the sandy ground.
"Anakin, Joice from the next moisture farm over has been captured by sand people. Will you help us find her" Owen asked.
"Of course, I'll be right there. I must talk with Obi-Wan" Anakin said.
"There isn't time, don't be a fool" 1 of the men said.
"Who's more foolish, the fool, or the fool who follows him. Trust me there's time" Anakin said and hurried off to talk to Obi-Wan.
(I just had to put that in there. I thought it was funny so now we know where Obi-Wan learned that. LOL.)
"Just be careful Anakin. I sense a disturbance in the force" Obi-Wan said.
"I sense it also. I'll be careful. Take care of Padme while I'm gone" Anakin said.
"Don't do anything that I wouldn't do" Obi-Wan told him as he hurried off and back to the group.
"Lets go" Anakin said. He had removed his robe and tossed it onto the ship.
"You're a Jedi" the man asked.
"Yes I am" Anakin said. His light saber hung at his side.
"Do you want a blaster" Owen asked.
"Not on your life. Blasters are lazy and no fun" Anakin said as he jumped onto a speeder bike. The other 5 climbed onto their own speeder bikes and they sped off quickly.
"Follow me" the 1st man said.
"They didn't go that way. They went this way" Anakin said as they came to a stop.
"How can you be sure" Owen asked.
"I can sense them. I had a bad feeling last night that something was going to happen. I just didn't know what and I could feel her signature. It's coming from this way" Anakin said and nodded his head in the direction he was talking about.
"Alright" the 1st man said unwillingly. They sped off that way and over the next 3 hours they stopped to track them and finally made it to a camp site. They crept though the shadows and behind one of the makeshift homes.
"In here" Anakin said quietly as he felt the girl through the force. One of the men raised their blasters but Anakin stopped him.
"Do you want to get killed" Anakin asked him. The man lowered his blaster. Anakin pulled out his light saber and tried to hide the glow as he cut through the tent. They climbed in and he cut the girls bonds.
She was unconscious. He and Owen passed her out through the hole and climbed back out themselves. They were almost away from the camp when she moaned loudly. Anakin turned quickly and deflected the fire that was headed toward them.
"Hurry, get out of here" Anakin said as he deflected the bolts. As the firing stopped for a few minutes he turned and ran for his speeder. He jumped on and another group of sand people began to fire.
One of the bolts hit him in the arm and he stopped himself from crying out in pain. They sped off as quickly as the bikes would allow and within hours they reached the moisture farm.
Owen and Anakin stopped as the others kept going to reach their own farm. Anakin got off his bike clutching his arm.
"Master" Anakin called. Obi-Wan came out of the house with a medical droid.
"Come on" Obi-Wan said and they went into the house, He sat in a chair as the medic droid cleaned the wound and bandaged it.
"How did you know" Anakin asked Obi-Wan.
"Anakin, you were my padawan. I can feel any anger or pain in you just like master Yoda. It causes a disturbance in the force" Obi-Wan said and Anakin nodded.
"Is Padme asleep" Anakin asked.
"She didn't feel well so Beru is sitting with her on the ship" Cliegg said.
"I'll go check on her. Good night" Anakin said and headed out. He got to the ship and found Beru sitting next to Padme as she slept.
"She wasn't feeling well" Beru said.
"Dad told me. You can go back. I'll take care of her" Anakin said. Beru stood and she left the ship. He watched her go back to the farm and then locked the ship and put up the security systems.