Well, Chapter 5 is finally up! Thanks to Katieelessar, she made quite a few changes to this one, more than usual, but as always, her help is much appreciated! THANK YOU KATIE!

Thanks also to Yasona Black and iluvewansmile for your wonderful comments on Chapter 4! And for those of you who have reviewed, I have checked out your profiles and read any Star Wars fics you may have that I have had time to read and probably reviewed on them. If I didn't, it's because I was totally blown away by your writing skill and landed in another country, barely getting back in time to post this chapter!

It may be a while before Chapter 6 gets up. I'm working on another SW fic, Master Image, and I'd like to at least get up to Chapter 5 on there first. I'm into Chapter 4 on it in writing it out and am typing it up to send to Katieelessar, my editor. Thanks again to all who have reviewed!

Obi-Wan felt himself going numb. Caryna? Kidnapped? He felt a rising fear spreading through his body, paralyzing him. Sudden panic gripped him, making it difficult for him to breathe.

So lost was he in his thoughts, he had no idea Qui-Gon had dismissed the bodyguard and had walked back to him. Qui-Gon laid a gentle, comforting hand on his Padawan's shoulder.

"Breathe in," he instructed soothingly, "Find your calm center, then breathe out all your fear and anxiety." Obi-Wan did as his Master had said- he breathed in, and using the Force, reached deep down inside of him, to the deepest, darkest parts of his heart and his mind… and as soon as he found and grasped his calm center, he felt all his terror and worry flow out of him as he breathed out. He found himself able to breathe once again, and his thoughts were clear.

"Thank you, Master," he gratefully thanked his Master. "I… I guess I really needed that lesson to be repeated."

"I guess so," Qui-Gon chuckled, smiling slightly. Truth be told, it broke his heart to see his apprentice in any kind of emotional distress. He knew that if anything happened to Caryna, Obi-Wan would blame himself. He remembered a time five years past, right after Cerasi's death when Obi-Wan had blamed himself in a way for her death. Then his thoughts reflected back to Tahl. Qui-Gon stood there, remembering the time when the love of his life had truly become one with the Force… how he had blamed himself for weeks afterward, unable even to meditate without remembering her jade eyes with stripes of molten gold, her beautiful smile… and blaming himself, for he would never see them again.

A sharp pain hit his heart and he grew sad for a moment. He quickly regained his composure, however, and focused on the task ahead.

"All right, Obi-Wan. Are you ready?" Qui-Gon asked gently. Obi-Wan took one more deep breath and nodded. "Good. Then get dressed. We have a princess to find!"

Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan stood in the middle of Caryna's room, surveying their surroundings. Suddenly, after a few moments, Obi-Wan spoke up.

"Master, I know who the kidnapper is," he said matter-of-factly.

"What? You do?" Qui-Gon asked, surprised that his Padawan had figured out who it was before him.

"Well, he left several clues that I picked up on almost immediately. First of all, whoever kidnapped her was strong in the Force. He would have to have been in order to hide his presence- and Caryna's absence- from us."

Qui-Gon gave a start. His apprentice was correct, why had he not noticed this earlier?

"Secondly, he knew we were here. He would have to have known in order to have known that he needed to hide his presence from us."

Qui-Gon nodded in confirmation for Obi-Wan to continue. How had he not seen the obvious, when it was blatantly in front of him?

"Third, he likely left the Jedi, either keeping his lightsaber or possessing the knowledge to build another," Obi-Wan continued, indicating the scorch marks on the floor and walls. "Judging by these marks, she didn't let him take her easily," he chuckled. "And he possessed an immense knowledge of technology, seeing as he managed to disable the security cameras without anyone noticing." Qui-Gon looked up and realized that, sure enough, the lights on the security cameras were dark. Then he realized another thing- that all of Obi-Wan's observations pointed to only one person. He looked at Obi-Wan, alarmed. Obi-Wan nodded. "And finally," he said quietly, pointing to a particular image burned into the dresser- the image of a broken circle.

"Good, Obi-Wan- you've learned your lessons in observation well," Qui-Gon acknowledged his Padawan's findings. "Now all that remains is to find him- to find Xanatos. I only hope we're not too late."

Not much of a cliffie, and I usually make it a point to end every chapter with SORT OF a cliffie at least. Oh, well. Can't do it every time! Well, thanks for reading! I've changed my mind about needing two reviews, because I'm enjoying writing this story and so will publish it anyway. However, I check the profiles of everyone who has reviewed one of my stories, and if they've written any stories for that category, unless they're rated 'M' I will read them. I don't like stories with 'M' rated content. Anyway, if I read stories, I usually post a review, so please R&R, and if you do, I'll do the same for one of your stories!

And one more thing- SORRY THIS CHAPTER IS SO SHORT! I promise I'll make up for it in the next chapter, and I'll try to throw in a battle scene between Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan and Xanatos'… goons, for lack of a better word! See ya then!