Star Wars Part One:
Assassin Motives
Chapter One:
An unlikely source…
Anakin and Obi-Wan glared at each other, not daring to look away. Each grasping their light sabers, they were ready for the other to attack. Anakin was tired of waiting and lunged at obi-wan, slashing at his feet. Obi-wan met his light saber and blocked the attack. Anakin kept trying to slash at obi—wan, but he met his attacks every time. After jumping about ten feet in the air, Anakin landed on a lava robot, as obi-wan stayed on the floating lava rock.
"This is the end for you, my master!" Anakin said fiercely, the unnatural color of his eye burning into obi-wan.
"You were the chosen one!" Obi-wan shouted, not wanting to try fight the young Padawan he had come to love as a younger brother and son.
Both master and Padawan were to engross in their death glares, they didn't notice the slightest movement in the shadows around them. Before Anakin could even think about attacking again, something must have hit him in the head knocking him out, maybe a flying lava rock. Who stood in Anakin's place was another person wearing light brown jedi robes, and holding a light saber handle that was increased with different symbols obi-wai didn't recognize. The two stared at each other for a few moments, obi-wan searching the person's eyes as if he was searching for an answer to a question he didn't know.
"Come with me, bring him." Obviously it was a girl based on the voice, pointed to anakin's limp body.
Without hesitation, obi-wan threw Anakin over his shoulders and followed the girl over the lava flow, and avoiding the lava patches. This girl must have been here earlier on account that she knew where to step and not to step. The girl had lead them tback to the landing platform where their ship remained. The girl was about to board their ship when obiwan ignited his light saber, making the girl stop but not turn and face him. She didn't pose him as a threat?
"Before we go any further, I must ask you a question." Obi-wan panted, the weight of Anakin pressing down on him.
"Who are you? Are you a Padawan? And if so, who is your master?" Obi-wan asked settling Anakin down on a medical table inside the ship as the girl waited patiently outside.
"My master's name is Kagu-Nor." The girl replied, looking at him, even though he couldn't see her face the hood on her robes was still around her face.
"Then you're his Padawan, your Nikki Kungari!" Obi-wan exclaimed. Shocked and surprised that a great jedai as Kagu-Nor's Padawan was standing in front of him offering her help.
"Yes, I am his Padawan Nikki Kundari." She finally threw back the hood to show her face. Piercing brown eyes, and straight brown hair looked back at him. It was then that obi-wan finally noticed that Padame's limp body was lying across from him. He ran over and checked her pulse but there was none.
"Nikki, will you please set the engines ready and prepare to take off?" Obi-wan asked picking up the corpse and carrying it to the ship.
"What are you planning on doing?" Nikki asked flicking switches and pushing buttons as she placed the head set on her head.
"I'm going to see if I can save his children." Obi-wan said preparing for dissection.
"He?" Nikki asked.
"Yes, Anakin." Obi-wan said indicating his knocked out Padawan.
"Oh." Nikki said glancing at the Padawan before continuing her orders. As they were about to take off, something had grabbed hold of the ship's edge as the inside passangers were jostled around like small pebbles.
"Watch the ship!" Nikki said opening the opening latch just enough for her to get thru.
"Where are you going?" Obi-wan shouted grabbing the control handle bars.
"Fly around the castle five times then fly away, but don't get out of orbit!" Nikki barked before disappearing out the opening. Nikki rolled off the ship and landed gracefully on the ground as she was surrounded by what seemed to be hundreds of droids.
"There she is!" One said. Nikki just smirked before igniting her unusual fiery pink light saber and dodging laser blasts, while lunging at droids tat came to close. The ship was released and Obi-wan followed orders and started flying around the castle. Nikki noticed that the ship was flying around for the third time, and that she was losing energy fast. Plunging into the force, she jumped to the top of the castle empire and waited for the ship to pass for the fifth time, and pounced on the roof wind ripping at her face.
"Get off me!" Nikki snapped noticing a droid that managed to follow her and grasp onto her ankle. Nikki stabbed the droid in the face sending sparks every where and continued to jab at the droid which now had a pistol and was aimlessly shooting singing her left arm, until it finally released and was sent plummeting into the fiery depths below him. Nikki slowly made her way to the port hole repeating to herself not to look down and to quickly get inside the now safe ship.
Obi-wan lunged for the control sticks as Nikki dropped out of the ship. Obi-wan waited for the ship to ease as he could hear the familiar sounds of a light saber in action. The ship eased and he took off, starting to circle around the empire, waited for Nikki to come back in. As he circled for the fifth time, he heard a thunk sound on the roof and decided it was Nikki. But to his discouragement, he could hear pistol shots
Nikki dropped thrue the port hole and turned to face Obi-wan's ice blue light saber as he turned to face her.
"It's ok, it's only me." Nikki put her hands up in defense. Obi-wan apologized and withdrew his light saber returning to his continued dissection.
"Who is she?" Nikki asked putting the ship on auto pilot back to the jedi temple, and the council waiting for them.
"She was queen of Nabboo, but not any more." Nikki could hear Obi-wan in the other room. Broken out of thought by a groan, Nikki turned to see Anakin start to come to.
"Oh, m-master Obi-wan, what happened?" Anakin asked slowly getting up and looking around. His regular green eyes were back to normal, Nikki thought it was because they were off the fire planet.
"Master Obi-wan, he's awake!" Nikki joyed as she watched Anakin.
"Uh, sorry but who are…?" Anakin asked.
"Oh, I'm Nikki Kungari, Kagi-Nor's Padawan." Nikki said as Anakin got up.
"Ugh! It's no use!" The both could hear Obi-wan in the other room.
"Master?" Anakin said walking toward the room Obi-wan was in.
"Oh you might want to wait here." Nikki said following his movements.
"Anakin! Your awake! Well done!" Obi-wan grinned at Anakin.
"What is it,master?" Anakin asked.
"Take a look for your self." Obi-wan said moving aside for Anakin to walk in. Nikki waited as Anakin stared shocked at the sight before him. The whole way back to the jedi temple, Anakin would speak to no one, just stare out the window making Nikki and Obi-wan feel very uncomfortable not knowing what he might do.
When the finally got to the temple, Nikki was the first to run out to a waiting man as he, and a little robot waited for them.
"Master Kagu!" Nikki smiled running to her master and hugging him.
"Welcome back, my young Padawan!" Kagu chuckled.
"Your mission completed, it is?" Said a little green man with big ears as he walked closer to the jedai.
"Master Yoda, it is an honor!" Nikki bowed lower then the man in respects.
"Good work, young Kundari. Your father would be proud, very." Yoda said as he turned to Obi-wan.
"General Obi-wan, welcome back, you are. And Young skywalker, you are too." Yoda greeted them.
"Master Obi-wan, Nor, Yoda. I am outrageously sorry for all the mischief I have caused and all the debt I need repay." Anakin sarted but was cut off by Yoda.
"Forgiven, all is." Yoda smiled as Anakin relaxed al little bit.
"Master Kagu-Nor, I would like you to meet Master, general Obi-wan Kanobi, and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker." Nikki introduced all of them. The nodded their heads in respect, the they all went to go and talk to the jedai council, through a holocam.
"Anakin, Nikki the meeting is finished you both are dismissed." Obi-wan said releasing them. The two Padawan bowed then left thru the huge cement double doors and down the hall without a double glance at each other. A series of younglings had ran toward Nikki hugging her knees.
"It's ok.now go back to your business." Nikki said firmly but gently as the younglings all went back to their business.
"None of them trust me." Anakin said as everyone's eyes were glued to him.
"Trust is hard to regain, and easy to break. They will soon trust you again. Just wait." Nikki smiled before walking down the opposite hall, Anakin going down the other hall.
The next morning, Nikki woke up in the presence of her dark room. Aiming blindlessly for light switch she found one and turned it on. She quickly changed into her jedi robes, a deep shade of red the color of a dark red wine. Grabbing her lightsaber hilt, she left for the door without a second glance for her room which she had come to love since she moved there, with the four post bed and the old looking furniture that was quite new. She sighed knowing what pains would erupt today, and from seeing certain…people might aggravate her even more. Closing the door, Nikki ran smack dab into Kagu.
"Oh master, I'm so sorry." Nikki apologized and bowed in sincerity.
"It's alright, but why are you dressed like that?" Kagu asked rather shocked at her jedi apparel?
"Master, I'm wearing this to the funeral." Nikki said opposed by his contradiction.
"Nikki Kundari, you know your place. You are going to stand next to your younger brother and sister." Kagu smirked at the expression that was plastered on his Padawan's face.
"But master!" Nikki pouted.
"No, and please no lightsaber." Kagu said as he reached into the force and controlled Nikki's light saber to come to him. Nikki snatched her lightsaber back and was an inch close to lighting it in her rebellion, but thought better and stormed back to her room, leaving her master smiling and walking to where the funeral progressed. Nikki quickly changed again into one of her most elegant dresses, a wine red dress very similar in color to her jedi robes she had picked to wear to the funeral, but had attached sleeves. Reaching for and pausing for her light saber, Nikki just walked out of the room and closed the door.
As the funeral started, passers by stopped and paid their respects out of their busy schedule. Anakin dared not to look at the floating casket that was next to him. Obi-wan could sense Anakin's uncomfortable ness. Obi-wan also felt uncomfortable, but he could deal with it, but he would have to tell Anakin one day. The funeral progressed until they were met by a building that smelled like formaldehyde, and no wonder it was a grave yard building. A building where they kept dead ancestors of the queen. Once inside, the doors shut close and gave Nikki a bone chilling feeling.
They walked to a certain isolation pod, where the priests would put the coffin. As the priests offered their last prayers, Anakin stepped forward and placed a simple ring among a rose upon the casket as it was placed into the wall. Nikki, Obi-wan, and Kagu all watched as Anakin did this, and Nikki could have sworn she saw a tear slid down his face, but quickly dissolved before she could get a second glance. After that the doors burst open and the pod was sealed. Nikki walked to where Anakin was standing In front of the pod. As she peered in, she could see the diseased queen.
"Anakin, come on, their closing the doors." Nikki said pulling Anakin out of the room, and into the fresh air.
"Ah, fresh air." Nikki smiled breathing in deeply then looking at Anakin.
"What's wrong.?" Nikki asked.
"I killed her." Anakin whispered.
"I-I'm sorry for your loss." Nikki said serenely.
"She was my wife, and expecting a child." Anakin said looking at Nikki, his eyes looked blood shot.
"Oh, no. Didn't Obi-wan tell you, she was expecting twins." Nikki stated.
"What?" Anakin asked dumbfounded.
"Yes." Nikki said again.
"I killed my wife and my children." Anakin whispered more to himself then to Nikki.
"I'm sorry Anakin." Nikki stated. Anakin walked her to her room, then left for his own mumbling things to himself. And swore that he would get revenge against the former chancellor, .
As a figure waited in the shadows for the funeral to progress, it recited it's mission to itself. As the progression came further, it snapped it's head up to watch. Watching every passerby and making mental notes and taking pictures with a built in holo cam that it was given, it took a picture of Anakin, Obi-wan, Kagu, and Nikki. It thought less of Nikki since it couldn't spot a light saber hilt anywhere on her person. After it completed it's mission of taking profile pictures and mental notes of the jedi's appearance, it retreated to a little space capsule and took off for the lava planet. There it met the
Paliptine, whom nobody was eager to meet again.
"What have you learned?" Palpatine asked the robot as it handed him all the data it has just collected. The former chancellor left the robot an headed for his office in the abandoned castle empire. Once there he played the data and found out that his so-called apprentice had gone good again and that he acquired new help from other jedi.
"Fine, the battle will begin, and I will win." Palpatine swore before he took the data and smashed it against the wall.
End of chapter one…