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 Five!


Adeline was most certainly in trouble. Darth Maleficent was angrier than ever, and he was slashing to the left, to the right... she was having to do rolls backwards to avoid his angry stabs. She knew she wouldn't hold out against him for much longer, either. She was starting to feel sick again, and was worried that she would collapse. Suddenly, just as Obi-Wan and Ahsoka ran in, lightsabers blazing, Maleficent stabbed. Adeline fell to the ground, hands over her chest. Suddenly, Obi-Wan's worst memories were flooding back to him with a vengeance. "NOOOOO!" He screamed.

Qui-Gon Jinn was collapsing to the floor, Darth Maul's lightsaber plunged through his heart. Ahsoka Tano was dueling Anakin, her eyes flashing with the hate of a Sith. He was leaving Satine. He was dueling Anakin on Mustafar...

Obi-Wan and Ahsoka ran to her side. "ADELINE!" Obi-Wan yelled, kneeling beside the Angel. She was breathing heavily, and he managed to pry her hands away from her heart. What he saw almost made his heart stop. There was a burnt, smoking hole right through Adeline's chest. He didn't look, but Obi-Wan was sure that it came right out her back, too. Ahsoka leaped up and began to fight Maleficent, and for the first time, Obi-Wan saw the shadow of a horrible past on her face.

Adeline smiled, despite the circumstances. "Obi-Wan," She whispered, "Look at Ahsoka. She's so grown up."

Obi-Wan clasped his hand in hers. His face was stained with tears. "Adeline, I love you so, so very much."

Adeline squeezed his hand. "Obi-Wan, I l-love you too."

The Jedi Master decided that if his beloved was going to die, he might as well make her last moments the best ones in her life. "Addie, I loved you from the moment I first met you. You were so amazing, so beautiful, and not afraid of anything. We were meant to be together. Adeline Sasha Nirvana, will you marry me?" He was down on one knee, and he held out the box with the ring in it to her.

Adeline looked up at him. "Obi-Wan, I won't marry you, because I have seen that you have a final destiny that I do not share. However, I would be glad to spend the rest of the time we have together. I promise. I love you, Obi-Wan, and I always will."

He leaned down and kissed her passionately on the lips. "Adeline, I love you too." He murmured.

Obi-Wan suddenly realized that Adeline wasn't dying. She smiled softly, as if reading his mind. "No, I am not dying, Obi. However, I can't guarantee what will happen if we don't get out of here soon..." She trailed off.

Obi-Wan understood. "I'll get you out of here, Adeline!"

Suddenly, Maleficent, probably realizing that Ahsoka, who was beside herself at the harm he had inflicted on her two years ago, was more than a match for him. He ran out of the room, lightsaber deactivating as he fled. Ahsoka, stroking the scars on her face, yelled, "Ugly-stinking-coward!"

Obi-Wan suddenly realized where Maleficent was headed. "Ahsoka, he's going to get the ship!"

The Togruta didn't look very worried. "Well, we're just going to have to use a more powerful ship to get the Rebels safe and us out of here, then, aren't we?" She cut a hole in the doors to the bridge with her lightsaber, running to the controls of the Stardestroyer. They were back in business!

Sadira, Boogie, and the clones ran in at that moment, just as Ahsoka picked up the holocom. "Transmitting on frequency 11238. Rebel Alliance, this is Ahsoka Tano, Jedi Knight. We have taken control of the Stardestroyer, and a member of our mission needs immediate medical attention."

A voice crackled back over the holocom. "You have permission to land on the surface of the forest moon."

Ahsoka smiled. "Thank you!" She twisted the controls, and the Stardestroyer turned, heading for the surface. They were going to make it.

Three hours later, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, and Sadira paced the waiting room of the Rebel Base's medical station. They were all hoping for Adeline's recovery, and Obi-Wan was beside himself with fear. It was not a natural emotion for him, but he was afraid. He loved the Nubian Angel, and there was no way around the fear. Just then, a nurse walked into the room, carrying a clipboard. "Obi-Wan Kenobi?" She asked.

Obi-Wan stood up. "That's me." He said.

The nurse smiled. "Well, Miss Nirvana will be fine. She had a bit of internal bleeding, but the baby is fine, and she'll make a full recovery."

Obi-Wan, who had sat back down, looked a bit confused. "Baby? You must be mistaken. Addie's not pregnant!"

The nurse looked businesslike. "Adeline Sasha Nirvana, lives on Tatooine, twenty-seven years old, Nubian Angel?"

Ahsoka nodded.

"Well, she's sixteen weeks pregnant. The baby is quite healthy."

Obi-Wan's mouth dropped. "P-p-p-p-pregnant?" He stuttered.

The nurse looked surprised. "You didn't know?" She asked incredulously. "She didn't know?"

Sadira leaped from her chair. "YIPPEE!" She squealed. "Oh, is Master Kenobi not going to be talking for a while!" She pointed at Obi-Wan, who was looking like he had just swallowed a Tatooine Sand Fly. He started coughing, and Ahsoka smacked him on the back.

The nurse looked surprised. "This job just gets stranger... Mom said, 'Darlene, don't take that job with the Rebels. You'll get in over your head.' I said, 'Mom, I'm not a baby. I'm going to get that job!' Now look where I am!" She muttered. "Now, Master Kenobi, do you know how long a Nubian Angel- she is an Angel, is she not?"

Obi-Wan nodded mutely, too stunned to say anything.

The nurse continued. "Well, a Nubian Angel has a full term of a year, not nine months, so Miss Nirvana has about eight months to go."

Ahsoka pulled a datapad from somewhere and began to take notes. When the nurse looked at her funny, she said, "Well, Obi-Wan's not going to be writing anything down, so I might as well!"

Obi-Wan Kenobi just sat in his chair. He was stunned. Adeline was going to have a baby? "Say something, Obi-Wan! It doesn't matter what, as long as it's something!" He thought. Eventually, the poor Jedi Master managed to choke out the three words that would help him least. "What the heck?"

Sadira burst out laughing and checked her watch. "Five minutes without talking! I thought it would be at least fifteen!"

Obi-Wan glared at her. "Don't rub it in."

The nurse looked at him. "Miss Nirvana isn't awake yet, but I'm sure she will be soon. If you'd like to go sit with her, that's fine."

Obi-Wan leaped up from his chair and followed the nurse down a long, spotless white hall to room 113. "You may go in." The nurse said.

Obi-Wan opened the door and went in. There was a hard plastic chair beside her bed, and he sat down. She looked so peaceful, sleeping there.

He looked her over. She had bandages over her chest, under her hospital gown, where Maleficent had stabbed her. The Jedi Master couldn't help thinking what a miracle it was that she was alive, and he reached out, his hand meeting hers. Obi-Wan clasped her hand tightly, kissing it right on the Nubian Angel's signet ring. His eyes then strayed to her midsection, where, yes, there was a small, noticeable bump. It was only noticeable if you knew what you were looking for, and apparently neither of them had. His hand gently reached over and he stroked the spot, feeling with the Force for the telltale sign of life. There was a Force signature like a tiny heart beating, and Obi-Wan's heart nearly stopped. There was life growing inside the Angel, life that was... his son or daughter.

At that moment, Adeline stirred, and Obi-Wan quickly took his hand off her stomach, instead stroking her cheek.

Adeline's eyes opened, and she glanced around. Her eyes landing on Obi-Wan's face, she murmured, "You're cute when you're worried, Obi."

He smiled, despite himself. "Oh, Addie." The Jedi Master whispered, kissing her hand.

She smiled briefly. "I know why Maleficent tried to kill me, Obi-Wan."

He looked startled. "He wants to kill you more than he wants to kill me?"

Adeline nodded. "You see, he was in love with my aunt, Ada, who was a Force-wielder, like he used to be. His name used to be Seren, but he changed it to Darth Maleficent when he turned to the Dark Side. He killed Ada by mistake, Obi-Wan, and I am said to look just like her. He wants all memories of Aunt Ada out of his life, and I am one of them."

Obi-Wan looked thoughtful. "So that's why he wants to kill you so badly." He muttered.

Adeline nodded, her face suddenly getting a stern look on it. "Obi-Wan, what are you hiding from me?"

Obi-Wan gulped. He didn't realize that he was being so obvious. "Well..."

Addie gave him the famous 'Nirvana Glare', and he relented.

"Adeline, there's something you need to know," He said softly.

She looked concerned. "What is it, Obi-Wan?"

He sighed. "Well, there's only one way to say this... you're going to have a baby. The nurse told us."

Adeline looked very surprised for a moment before face-palming. "I should have known!" She said. "There were all the symptoms, and yet I never thought about it!"

Obi-Wan stroked her cheek. "It's okay. I never would have thought either, Addie."

She turned to look at him. "Obi-Wan, did the nurse say how far along I am?"

He nodded. "Four months."

She sighed. "Wow. I can't believe I was so stupid..." Her hand strayed downward, eventually coming to land on her bump. She stroked it, her eyes closing, and Obi-Wan figured that she was doing what he had done, and feeling for a Force signature.

Adeline's eyes flew open. "Holy Force!" She cried.

Obi-Wan smiled. "The baby's strong, isn't he?"

Adeline glared. "I think the baby's going to be a girl." She declared.

The two looked at each other and burst out laughing. "We were made for each other!" Adeline said happily, kissing Obi-Wan on the lips.

Suddenly, there was a banging noise on the door, and they saw that Ahsoka and Sadira were peeking through the glass window and waving. Adeline laughed and waved them in.

"Jeez, guys, some way to eavesdrop!" The Angel teased. Sadira threw herself on her sister.

"ADDIE!" She cried. Adeline winced, and Obi-Wan had to pull Sadira off the elder of the two Angels.

"Sadira, I wouldn't expect a lightsaber stab wound (which virtually no one has ever survived before, impressive feat, Aunt Adeline) not to hurt only four hours later, so I bet she doesn't want any hugs right now, don't you, Aunt Adeline?"

Adeline shot Ahsoka a grateful look. "Yeah. Thanks, Ahsoka."

Obi-Wan let Sadira go, and she came over quietly. "Addie?" She asked.

The older Angel looked up. "Yes, Sadira?"

The teenager looked down at her sandals and scuffed one on the floor. "Um, is it true? That you're going to have a baby?"

Adeline nodded. "Yeah, Sadira, it is true!"

Sadira seemed ready to scream with joy and hug her sister, but she did neither. Instead, she sat down on Adeline's bed and gently placed her hands on her sister's stomach, her face screwing up in concentration. Obi-Wan chuckled softly, holding Adeline's hand, at the effort Sadira was putting into her meditation, something she never did.

Sadira eventually looked up. "Whoa, Addie! That is so wizard!"

Adeline smiled. "What is this, a very strange party?" She teased.

Ahsoka got up. "You know, I'd better be going, anyway. I'll be back later, after I talk to Mon Mothma about a few things."

She left the room quietly, and Adeline shook her head, looking worried.. "That girl has something big on her mind."

Obi-Wan nodded in agreement. "I see your point. She's more subdued than I've ever seen her."

Sadira sighed. "Well, I have a present for you, Addie." She reached into the pocket of her Jedi robes and tried to pull something out with a flourish. Apparently she was having a hard time getting it out, because she was pulling quite hard. Obi-Wan and Adeline looked on, curious, as Sadira tried to get it out of her pocket. Eventually, it came, with a loud ripping sound. The teenage Angel held up a slightly fuzzy, lint-covered lump. "It was a lemon drop, but I guess it's not anymore." She said ruefully. Obi-Wan and Adeline looked at each other and burst out laughing, Sadira joining in. They forgot all about Ahsoka's strange behavior, and thought nothing more of it than the aftermath of a bad day.

A/N: Hey!

Thanks so much for the nice review, TCTrent45! We appreciate this more than you or anyone else could imagine! Oh, Harriet, thanks for reading, and may the Force be with you!

May the Force be with you!

~Katia and Cassi