A/N thanks to RarelySimple for the loverly review.

thanks so much to Katieelessar for pointing out that I had major issues with the first time I posted this chapter.

also, major thanks to Adamanta Altierre for volunteering to beta! yay! I feel so loved. thanks a lot. It REALLY made my day.

ON to The real and ONLY chapter two...not some half baked quarter-finished chapter three! so there!

CHAPTER TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (Oh glory, what have I done? I've created a monster! It's alive! IT'S ALIVE!)

Obi-Wan was never a morning person, which made Qui-Gon even more worried when he realized his padawan was up before he was. But Obi-Wan was up, once again concentrating on his data-pad. His master wondered if the boy had gotten any sleep at all. It was the same information they'd always had. He would bet his lightsaber that his padawan had the hole document memorized by now.

"Anything change since the four-thousandth time you read it?" Qui-Gon asked his voice colored with well-meaning reprimand. Obi-Wan's head snapped up. He had not even realized his master was up.

"Oh..uh…no…um I'm sorry if I woke you Master." The boy must really be frazzled. Qui-Gon mused.

/Obi-Wan! Calm down. Don't center on your anxieties. You'll be fine/ Once again Qui-Gon gently corrected his extraordinarily apprehensive padawan

/Yes Master, I will do better Master / the reply was tinged with guilt, making it sound timid and sheepish. Being Obi-Wan's master for four going on five years now he could tell that his apprentice was inwardly berating himself for who-knows-what that he had apparently 'done wrong'.

/You're doing fine padawan. Nobody's perfect. Just work on it next time okay/

/Yes Master/

After making sure his padawan had everything packed and had eaten something healthy for breakfast Qui-Gon ushered his student down to the hanger bay to catch his transport to Kalaksta.

"You ready?" Qui-Gon realized that his apprentice still had a small case of the nerves and sent him waves of reassurance through their bond.

"As ready as I'll ever be master" The reply was lacking in confidence and Qui-Gon could see the relief in Obi-wan's eyes as he received the comfort from their bond.

"Thank you Master." Obi-Wan said, though he spoke in barely a whisper. The older man responded by laying a hand on his students shoulder.

"I'm sure you'll do fine. Now get going! It wouldn't do well to show up late on your first mission!" Qui-Gon teased his padawans habit of punctuality.

"Just because I like to be on time for things doesn't mean anything!" came the indignant reply from the ginger haired teen

"No but it did help you relax." The master said knowingly. "Now go!" he said with a wave of his hand and a smile as the youngest senior padawan in recorded history walked onto the ship of his first solo mission.

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The trip had been fairly uneventful and Obi-Wan found himself meditating almost the entire way. It had felt so good to just relax and commune with the force. But now was the time to get refocused on the task at hand. The pilot came into the lounge where Obi-Wan was. The young jedi student seemed troubled for some reason. He looked like a young child who had been forced to grow up much to fast and it made the pilot think of his own family that he wasn't going to see for another few months. His own son couldn't be much older then the youth before him. He shook his head to clear his thoughts.

"Hey Kid. We're early and we'll be landing in ten minutes" the pilot said gruffly.

"Thank you." Came the soft reply. Obi-Wan took a last deep breath to keep his center got up and walked to the window to watch the landing.

As the door opened Obi-Wan strode outside followed by the pilot. It was a beautiful planet, full of lush forests, jungles, mountains and lakes. But something still seemed off to the ginger haired teen. He felt the force prickle a warning as he hit the bottom of the ramp. Spinning and pulling his lightsaber from its place at his side Obi-Wan pulled the pilot off the ramp and toppled to the ground just as the ship exploded. Obi-Wan activated his weapon and managed to deflect the few laser bolts that came through the smoke of the destruction.

Turning off and pocketing his lightsaber, Obi-Wan looked over at the the senator and his daughter who had come out as his welcoming committee.

"I think we should go inside right about now. You two could still be in danger" he said firmly, making sure the two followed him inside. The pilot glanced dejectedly at the pile of twisted scrap metal that was his ship a few minutes ago and moaned something that sounded oddly like "the wife is gonna kill me" before following the young Jedi and his charges inside.

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Qui-Gon couldn't stop pacing. He just couldn't seem to stop all the nervous energy coursing through his veins. No matter how many times he just wasn't able to connect with the force to meditate properly, or release his feelings. So the large master decided there was nothing else to o except wait for Obi-Wan to get home and prove that all this worrying was baseless. After all most masters probably felt the same way when they sent their padawans –their children, really- off on their own for the first time. No it was probably just the standard separation anxiety that all parents get when they sent of their kids. In the back of his head though, Qui-Gon didn't remember feeling this way with his former padawans but he squashed the thought before it even came up. So it sat on the back of his concience whispering insecurities. He sighed, deciding that he really needed to find something to do to keep his mind off his padawan. I know, I'll go visit Yoda. I've been meaning to see him for a while anyway. and with that thought the master left his apartment in search of a little cryptic green master.

Qui-Gon found Yoda in the hall outside of his apartment.

"looking for you, I was" said the small master, in his usual backwards fashion.

"Were you? Why?" questioned a curious Qui-Gon

"Anxious are you? About Obi-Wan's mission?" Yoda asked even though he already knew the answers to his questions.

"Well yes, but this is normal, yes? I mean, everyone must get a little nervous for their students.." Qui-Gon let his question trail off as he felt his panic rise.

"Know this to not be true, you do. Pretending, you are. Stop, it must if to help Obi-Wan we are" The green master looked at his former padawan expectantly.

"To my quarters we will go" and with that Yoda walked off followed shortly by one frazzled Qui-Gon Jinn.

Terrible images of his student being captured, lost, hurt, flooded the tall masters mind as he walked down the hall. He quickly banished his fear to the force and followed the small green master up the stairs to his rooms. All the while thoughts of just how they were going to help his padawan streamed through his head. They reached the right door and Yoda calmly palmed it open and ushered in the other distraught master.

Mace Windu was already there. The dark master also had a soft spot for Obi-Wan, and was willing to take part in any mission attemted to help the boy. Motioning for Qui-Gon to have a seat, Yoda sat down and began to tell what he had for a plan so far.

"Contact your padawan and tell him to wait for us we should. The situation gotten to dangerous for just a young one to handle it has."

" Right. Of course. We should tell him to not make any moves until we get there to help him then we'll leave." Qui-Gon nodded, he liked this plan. It was to the point and allowed him to leave and get to Obi-Wan as soon as possible.

"Go contact him you should" Yoda then told Qui-Gon when the big master didn't moved. Jinn then leapt up and nearly ran to the comm station.

The green master frowned and shared a glance with Mace as they suddenly felt waves of dispair from the other master. When Yoda got to the comm center Qui-Gon turned slowly to him and looked horrified.

"We need to leave now. They've already jammed the communications."

Obi-Wan was in danger.

I think I fixed it, but I also managed to delete reviews! waahh! so if you want to re-review or just review for the first time I woul really apppreciate it. Okay so that's the end of Chapter 2! Um...I know it sucks. But please read and review anyway. I really appreciate that. Really. I 'm not begging. I mean. I won't bribe you or anything……hands out Invisible éclairs and puppies to everyone who reviews honest!