Authors note: Special thanks to my friends in the HS WC Chat Party (you know who you are) and also thanks to my reviewers. You don't realize how much your reviews have made me want to write more. I had originally planned only one chatper today, but instead I did three. I will try to update at least once a day, but some days due to life I will not be able to. Thanks again :)
Chapter 4: Coruscant Market
Obi-Wan, very green, gets out of the speeder and stumbles around as soon as they land. "I get the feeling that I will regret this one day, but I will tell you anyways, my very reckless padawan. I don't care how fast you have to get somewhere, DON'T GO SO FAST! Geeze I hate the feeling that one of these days I am going to have to ask you what took you so long?"
"You really need to get used to my piloting master. I mean, after all, that was extremely tame, remember I used to be a pod racer."
"Why me!" Obi-Wan wailed.
"Uh, because you promised Qui-Gon master."
"Oh. Yeah. That. I knew there was some good reason. Well, you better be glad for that."
"Can we just go get the ingredients for Yoda's gruel?" Aayla said, exasperated by Obi and Ani's constant bickering.
"Should we split up?" Obi-Wan asked.
"I am going with Aayla!" Ani said right away.
"Sure kid," Aayla said. "And maybe it will help your master calm down also."
"THANK YOU!" Obi-Wan said. "So how are we going to divide up the list?"
"We will take the space slug filets, tauntaun intestines, mynock tongue, and wookkie snot. You can get the green slimy fungus, molded vegetables, fresh mud, and rancor claws."
"Wow. These Yoda gruel ingredients are looking worse and worse every time I look at it," Obi-Wan said disgustedly.
"Agreed!" Ani and Aayla said in unison.
They then went their separate ways, Aayla and Ani to the Weird Meats Section, and Obi to the Weird Food Period Section. What amazed all three Jedi was that there were such sections in the market. Obi-Wan gathered his items uneventfully, save almost puking multiple times. Aayla and Ani, on the other hand…
"So what is first on the list," Ani asked?
"First on the list is space slug filets," Aayla said resigned to the task at hand. "Space meat section."
"Sounds like you know your way around this place, hmm?"
"Yes, unfortunately, Yoda has had me come on the missions before."
"How horrible!" Anakin said with pity in his voice. "I haven't even seen any of the items yet and already I am disgusted. Shall we get this over with?"
"Yes, that would be a good idea," Aayla said. "And here are the space slug filets. Make sure you only touch the stuff that has been wrapped. That Yoda has a strange body that agrees with stuff that could kill a human or Twi-lek."
"Yikes!" Ani then looked up towards the row across from them, and saw a familiar face. "Jar Jar?"
The Gungan then looked up at Ani. "Ani? Lil Ani? Mesa so smilen to seein yousa!"
"Aayla Secura, meet Jar Jar Binks," Anakin responded. "I can't believe it is you Jar Jar!"
"Mesa can't beliven it either lil Ani. Whatsa aresa yousa doin in thisa section of the market?"
"Remember Yoda? Well, he was completely out of Yoda's Gruel ingredients. I hear it is quite a legendary recipe in his species…whatever he, Yaddle, and all the other little green frog people are. I will have to ask George about it next time I am having a Force Vision."
"Yousa are getting ingredients for Yoda's Gruel? Thatsa one of mesa favorite dishes!"
"Oh boy," Anakin said disgustedly. "You like that stuff too?"
"Wellsa, twas good seein yousa again Ani, but now I must get the rest of my frogs and allsa. Big Gungan state dinner at the embassy ya know."
"Good to see you again Jar Jar."
Jar Jar then left, and Aayla and Ani went to find tauntaun intestines.
"That Jar Jar seems to be quite a character," Aayla asserted.
"Yes, that he is, and he is even clumsier then that dude Steve Furkel on the show Jedi Matters."
"You like that show too?" Aayla asked.
"Almost as much as Home Destroyment."
"Ah, another good holoseries," Aayla declared with a smile on her face, thinking of the antics of Fim and Fal, who had their own holo show, in the holo show itself. Of course Fal was the smart one, and Fim, the one who almost killed himself with tools in each episode.
"Hey, babe, looks like we have something else in common!" Anakin said excitedly.
"Oh brother!"
"I am not your brother!" Anakin shot back. "Do you think I would hit on my sister, much less want to Jedi-kiss her? I especially wouldn't want to is you were my twin sister. That's just gross."
"Whateva kid, but I told ya, I am too old for you. You might as well stop trying"
"Neeeevvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvaaaaa!"
"Suit yourself."
"No, if I were to do that we would already be kissing"
"In that case, don't suit yourself. Lets just get the rest of the ingredients and be on our way."
"I agree with the be on our way part," Ani affirmed, "but I don't like not suiting myself."
"Live with it!"
Aayla and Ani then proceeded to gather the rest of the items, pay for them, and meet Obi back at the speeder. Once they arrived, Obi was dozing in the front seat.
"Shhhh! I want to wake him when I take off, not before though!" Ani whispered conspiratorially.
"Sure"
Ani quietly got in, started the engines, and then shove the throttle all the way forward, sending them flying through the air towards a huge ship.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Obi-Wan shouted in fear, having woken up as soon as Ani punched the accelerator, and wishing he had stayed asleep.
"Oh, I forgot you don't like flying master," Ani said serenely calm. Just then, Ani pulled up, missing the huge ship with less then a meter to spare.
"I don't mind flying, but what you are doing is suicide!" Obi-Wan wailed.
They managed to get back to the temple without Obi-Wan puking or peeing in his pants, but that may have been that Aayla used the Force to put him into a deep sleep…
To Be Continued…
