A/N: Hello,
My name is Katia, and my friend Cassi and I collaborated on this story, the third in our Darth Maleficent series. Review, review, review!
Thank You Cassi! You are the BEST FRIEND EVER and an AWESOME writer!
Without any further ado, Chapter Four!
Obi-Wan managed to push Sadira and the clones behind the lifts, and then collapsed to the floor. Ahsoka rounded the bend and found him sitting on the ground. "Hey, Master Obi-Wan, what's wrong?"
He looked up. "Oh, hello, Ahsoka."
She sat down next to him, looking over at the clones, who were trying in vain to comfort a wailing Sadira, with Boogie's help. "Master Obi-Wan, she's going to be fine! You know her!" Ahsoka didn't mention that she had been feeling a bit of a different Force signature coming from the Angel, one she couldn't place, though.
Obi-Wan sighed. "Well, if I had just proposed, then I wouldn't be feeling guilty, Ahsoka! Now I may never get to!"
Ahsoka sighed. "Master Obi-Wan, she'll come back. She's a Jedi Knight, and a darn good one, too. She wants to survive, and that will make all the difference."
Obi-Wan sighed. "I guess you're right." He said softly. He pulled a tiny box, made of carved wood, and opened it. Ahsoka gasped at the beautiful ring that lay inside.
"If that's what you're going to give her that," Ahsoka breathed, "Then it's in the bag!"
Obi-Wan smiled. "That was the idea, Ahsoka."
Ahsoka smiled. "Well, I really hope she says yes, Master Kenobi!"
Adeline was dueling Maleficent and Vader at the same time. Her lightsaber was flashing as she fought, and she thought of only one thing: the fact that everything would go according to plan. They would make it. Adeline knew that she needed to make sure that Obi-Wan and Ahsoka carried out her plan. She used the Force to send a message to Obi-Wan.
"Obi-Wan, you must get us a ship, so that we can blow this thing and get out of here!"
She suddenly remembered something she had made herself forget, of the day when her mother, Zillah, had lost her beautiful, amazing self, had let her life-Force dim to the point of mental exhaustion. Tears appeared in her eyes as she remembered how her mother had been an amazing Angel, who had shared the secrets of the universe with her when she had been thirteen...
Zillah and Ada Nirvana were two sisters, Nubian Angels, who learned the way of the light and dark. Ada had been one of the two Force-wielders chosen when Zillah's daughter, Adeline, was thirteen. It was a position of honor, and Zillah often went to visit her sister, on the planet where she lived and studied under the Master, a teacher who had been around for centuries. As Zillah and Ada had been orphans from an early age, Ada called the Master her father. She ultimately lived in seclusion on a planet made of the Force, called Mortis, except for the Master and a young man named Seren. Ada and Seren were inseparable, but as alike as day and night, for they represented Light and Dark. Ada would never have done anything hurtful to anybody, but Seren was dark at times. Ada was the one person who he made exceptions for, as she was like his little sister, and he loved her. However, one dark day on Mortis, when Zillah had come to Mortis with her daughter, Adeline, to see Ada, Seren turned to the Dark Side of the Force and tried to kill the Master. Ada healed the Master, but Seren managed to get hold of a dagger that could kill the Master, and he tried again, while Ada, Zillah, and Adeline were standing there. Ada, recognizing the expression on his face, leaped in front of the Master just as Seren raised his dagger. He didn't anticipate his 'sister's' actions, and stabbed... but he stabbed Ada, instead of the Master. Angry and horrified at what he had done, Seren shape-shifted into a gargoyle and flew away, while the Master, Zillah, and Adeline knelt at Ada's side. Her last words were, "Father, do not hate him. It is his nature." Then Ada Malik Nirvana died, her last words echoing as a warning to all. Seren turned into Darth Maleficent, the one who truly longed to kill the Jedi, once and for all.
Suddenly, Adeline knew what she needed to do. She finally understood why Maleficent wanted her dead. Her mother had said that she looked like her Aunt Ada. She had to use Maleficent's anguish against him. She looked up, Force-pushing Darth Vader into a wall, and said, "Seren, Ada wouldn't want you to do this."
Darth Maleficent turned to face her. "What?" He asked incredulously.
Adeline looked at him. "You loved her, didn't you? She wouldn't want you to kill me, or anyone else, just for her. She loved you, too! She would forgive you, Seren. I promise."
Darth Maleficent suddenly turned into an unrecognizable person. He had black, shaggy hair, blue eyes, and a face that didn't seem like that of the Sith Lord that Adeline knew. "Ada loved me?" He asked.
Adeline nodded. "She always loved you, Seren, from the moment she first met you, when you were children."
She was so sure it would work, that Maleficent would turn back into Seren Atras and they would gain another ally. She was wrong. His face turned black with rage, pain, and anger.
"I KILLED HER!" He howled, his face turning back into Maleficent's. "SHE TRUSTED ME, AND YET I BETRAYED HER! I WILL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF!"
Adeline winced. Her plan had backfired. She managed a glance at the pillar where Obi-Wan and Ahsoka had been, and was relieved to see that they were gone. She drew her lightsaber and began to duel Maleficent once more, who was enraged at himself for killing Ada Nirvana. He struck again, and again, and again, eyes burning at Adeline. She was a reminder of her aunt, and he wanted all of those out of his life... forever. Adeline didn't know what to do, and suddenly, she heard a voice in her head, a voice she hadn't really heard in years.
"Adeline Sasha Nirvana, do what is right." The voice was her mother's. Zillah Jane Nirvana. The mother who had gone mad thirteen years ago and died eleven years later. Adeline took a deep breath and began to duel again, protecting her family, the only people she ever really wanted to be with. She would fight to the death, for every one of them.
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, Sadira Nirvana, several clones, and Boogie the mouse droid were hightailing it towards the hangar where they could probably find a ship, as Adeline requested. Sadira was still slumped in Oddball's arms, weeping, and the clone looked more than a little bit uncomfortable. Eventually, the clone looked over at Obi-Wan, giving him a 'Help-me-right-now!' look. Ahsoka saved him by sticking Sadira's earbuds in her ears and turning on her iPod at full blast. That took care of the problem. She was still crying, but managed to hold herself together, at least a bit.
Obi-Wan was worried about Adeline. She hadn't been herself lately, not for at least three weeks. She'd been doing strange things, like sleeping longer (She was ALWAYS up at the crack of dawn), eating strange things, like hot soup, (Tatooine was hot enough as it was, and soup puts one over the edge!) and disappearing for long hours at a time. Even her life Force was a little bit off, and that was what really worried him. What was wrong with her?
Sadira meanwhile had stopped crying, but was whimpering quietly. The clones still seemed rather uncomfortable trying to reassure the sobbing Angel.
"Obi-Wan, you must get us a ship, so that we can blow this thing and get out of here!" He heard Adeline scream through the Force.
Obi-Wan looked over at a weeping Sadira. "All right, that's enough!" He commanded.
She looked up, eyes red. "W-what do you know?" She asked. "She's m-my s-sister!"
Obi-Wan put his arm around Sadira. "Sadira, do you know how much your sister means to me?"
Sadira shook her head slowly.
Obi-Wan sighed. "Well, Sadira, she means so much to me, that I'd get her this, and ask her to spend the rest of her life with me."
Sadira's eyes popped out as Obi-Wan showed her the ring. "I believe you," She whispered softly.
Obi-Wan smiled. "Look, Sadira, I'm worried about your sister, okay? She's not been herself lately. She asked us to get a ship so that we could get out of here and blow up the ship, okay? C'mon, I need your help!"
Sadira nodded, dried her tears on the sleeve of her Jedi robes, and got up. She put her iPod away, in her pocket, and slipped her hand in Obi-Wan's. "Hey, Master Kenobi?" She asked.
Obi-Wan looked up. "Yes, Sadira?" He questioned.
She scuffed one shoe. "If you want to marry my sister, you've got my blessing."
Obi-Wan smiled. "Well, Sadira, thank you."
She blushed. "Well, I want you to be happy!"
Obi-Wan wrapped his arm around Sadira as they walked towards the small, brand-new Imperial shuttle. "C'mon, Sadira. Let's get this ship ready, so we can rescue your sister."
She grinned. "Fine by me!"
Ahsoka beckoned them over urgently. "I think Aunt Adeline's in trouble!" She gasped.
Obi-Wan turned pale. "Sadira, Oddball, you stay here and guard the ship. Ahsoka and I are going after her."
