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Chapter 4.

Obi-Wan opened his eyes. In the small light from a candle at the door he saw he was in the same prison again. He shivered because of the cold stones. Slowly, in order not to hurt his body too much, he moved in a sitting position, but to his surprise his body didn't hurt as much as he had thought it would. He frowned slightly when he realized his fever, too, had gone away. According to the state he was in when he fell unconscious and the absence of the Force, his chest at least should hurt more then it did now.

While he had been unconscious, images of thousand things had flashed through his mind. From the Temple, from Anakin, even some from Yoda. But one thing attracted his attention most. He remembered he had felt like he had woken up and that Qui-Gon sat by his side, with his strong, but soft hands healing his wounds, a blue glow surrounding him.

Obi-Wan leaned with his head against his knees. How he wished Qui-Gon had really been there. His master would have known a way out. If only he himself had been faster... Stop it! He ordered himself. Dwelling on the 'ifs' wouldn't get him anywhere. His master was gone and he couldn't change anything about it. Not anymore.

Obi-Wan lifted his head and inspected his wounds in the light of the candle. They were almost all closed. He couldn't have done that himself, could he? But how... He felt his master's warm hands on his body once again, heard his calm, strong voice telling him to relax, to sleep...

No! he was dwelling once more. His master was dead. But it felt like him, a voice in his head said. He sounded like him, he looked like him.

It was a dream, caused by the fever, Obi-Wan countered. I felt him die.

What about your wounds? Who could have healed them if it wasn't him?

But Obi-Wan couldn't believe it. How much he tried and wanted, he couldn't. He shivered and fought the tears welling up in his eyes.

"I can't believe it, master," he whispered. "Cause what if it was only a dream, what if you aren't back? I won't survive losing you a second time."

He couldn't control that a single tear escaped from his eye and slid down his cheek.

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After a while an other feeling shook him out of his thoughts. Hunger. He hadn't eaten anything since he had been captured. Nor drunk, now he thought of it. He slowly stood up, his hand resting against the wall. He waited until the dizziness faded and then looked around. To his surprise and pleasure there were a plate and a water-bottle near the candle. He walked toward it. Luckily the chain was long enough. On the plate lay something which looked like bread. Obi-Wan hesitated before he at it, but could find no reason why they would poison him. It was good to eat something. He was still hungry after he was done, but it would do. The water, of which he wasn't sure it really was water , so he decided not to think about it to much, tasted even better.

After he had eaten he sat down and leant against the wall again. After a while the candle flickered and went out. He was surrounded by darkness again, but he didn't really care.

Obi-Wan didn't know how long he had sat there when he heard footsteps. Gunray, he thought. Probably coming for another torture-session. Obi-Wan felt a hint of satisfaction. He hadn't told the Viceroy anything about Padmé or Anakin. So they were still save. Or so he hoped.

It was Gunray One of the droids who followed him bore a light, so Obi-Wan had to blink a few times before he could see. He noticed a flash of surprise on Gunray's face, when he stood up. He became a little dizzy again, but it faded quickly.

The Viceroy's expression changed from surprise to anger and after that to satisfaction, maybe even delight. Where could Gunbray be delighted about? Obi-Wan wondered. The bad feeling he sometimes had welled up once more.

"Jedi, I see you are well," Gunray said.

"Oh, indeed, I'm feeling perfectly fine," Obi-Wan answered sarcastic, "I like being tortured every day."

The Viceroy didn't react to his taunt.

"You failed, Jedi."

Obi-Wan suddenly felt very cold.

"May I ask with what?" he said, trying to keep his tone light.

Gunray laughed his disgusting laugh.

"In your mission, Master Jedi. Padmé Amidala is ours."

Obi-Wan froze. That couldn't be. How had they found her? What did they do to Anakin? Had they killed them already?

"Oh yes, Jedi, even with your pathetic self-sacrifice you couldn't save her. She's going to die. " Gunray sneered.

Obi-Wan narrowed his eyes. That wretched bastard! That wasn't a very Jedi-ish thought, but he couldn't release the anger boiling inside him. First the Viceroy had caused Qui-Gon's death and now he was going to kill Padmé and with her Anakin, too?

"I wonder what I like more, killing you in front of her, or killing her in front of you," Gunray continued.

"Don't you dare lay a hand on them!" Obi-Wan snarled.

Gunray laughed again, but Obi-Wan saw again fear in his eyes.

"What are you going to do about it? You won't be able to help her. She will die!"

The fear retreated from his eyes again when Obi-Wan didn't respond.

"You're weak, Jedi."

But Obi-Wan didn't listen. She will die. So she was still alive. And maybe Anakin was, too. If they where going to kill the three of them together, he would see them again. There was still a change. They weren't dead yet.

"You won't get away with this, Gunray," he said, his voice calm, "as soon as the Temple knows about our disappearance, they will send Jedi to investigate." He prayed Anakin had received his message and had transmitted it to the council.

"They don't know where you are," Gunray snorted. But Obi-Wan saw the fear returning again..

"We will see," he said.

The Viceroy turned around and left without saying another word. Soon the prison was dark again. The droids hadn't left a candle this time.

Obi-Wan sat on the floor. He tried to meditate, but couldn't clear his mind. He wondered if Anakin was with Padmé right now. Knowing his Padawan, they would have had difficulty capturing him, except if Anakin had lost his lightsaber for the millionth time. He himself hadn't lost it that much when he was still a Padawan, right? Or maybe he had. He sighed and prayed that Anakin hadn't gotten himself killed in order to save Padmé or because of some foolish action. He wondered if he would have felt it. He still couldn't reach his Padawan. He would just have to be patient and wait.

He laid down and closed his eyes. The stone floor was not very comforting, but still he soon drifted into sleep...

He woke up when the door opened. He was on his feet in an instance, his stiff body tensed. Two droids had entered. One of them came closer. Obi-Wan didn't move when the droid removed the chain. His hands were still bound together, though. The other droid waved with his blaster.

"Follow," it's mechanical voice said.

Obi-Wan walked out the door slowly. Outside it were two other battledroids. If he had had his saber, he would have easily defeated them. Now he could only follow the first two, who were heading up into a tunnel.. The two battledroids followed behind him.

He was led through a lot of tunnels. He only recognized the first of them from his earlier trip, but then they turned right instead of left and were going upwards. The other tunnels did the same, so Obi-Wan assumed they were finally taking him outside, which meant they were going to kill him. Well, at least he wouldn't have to wait in that prison and do nothing.

It took them another couple of turns before he saw sunlight. The star stood high in the sky, it was around midday.

The droids didn't let him enjoy the sun very long, but led him inside, again. He was taken to a place he hadn't been before. It looked a bit like the room where he had spoken to Dooku, but it was a little bit smaller. Obi-Wan saw chains hanging from the wall, it seemed to be a popular decoration. The droids clung his bonds to one of them.

They left, but were quickly replaced by two Geonosians, who carried clothes and buckets with water. Why would they need to clean him? Obi-Wan wondered. Not that he cared, he was still covered with dried blood and dirt.

The water was cold, but it was refreshing. The Geonosians weren't soft and the pain slowly returned, especially in his back and chest. He wasn't completely healed yet.

After the cleaning they took off his clothes and replaced them by the ones they had brought with them. Thinking he might wear Dooku's old clothes, they were definitely Jedi's, made him feel a little sick, but then he realized the clothes suited him perfectly, so it couldn't have been from the taller ex-Jedi. They had made it specially for him. Why would they do such a thing?

While putting on his clothes, he had to be released from the chain. Unfortunately they had learned something and made sure one hand was still locked, so he couldn't escape.

They gave him some water and the bread-like stuff he had had earlier. Obi-Wan ate it all. There was no reason to starve himself to death.

The droids entered again when he had finished eating. They led him again through a couple of tunnels till they came in a big cave. It was open at one side and Obi-Wan saw droids and Geonosians everywhere. The droids brought him to a cage-like car, made from metal, completely closed and pulled by a creature walking on his back legs. It had two short front legs and a large tail. A small head with intelligent eyes rested on a long neck.

Obi-Wan was pushed inside the cage and the doors were closed behind him, shutting out all the light. He sat down on the floor, trying to find a comfortable position. Of course he found none.

A Geonosian yelled something and the car stared to move. When it finally stopped, Obi-Wan was sure he had scratches and bruises he hadn't had before.

Someone yelled again and the doors of the cage opened. Two Geonosians stood outside with a blaster pointed at him. Obi-Wan stood up and jumped outside. As soon as his feet touched the ground, one of the Geonosians walked away. The other poked in his ribs with the blaster. Obi-Wan followed the first one and looked around. The cave where he was now, looked like the one they had left. But on he other hand, everything looked the same on this planet. The Geonosians led him, how surprising, to a tunnel. After a few turns, Obi-Wan didn't count them anymore, they came in an other cave. It was small and had one other opening, which looked like an triangle. A vehicle, open this time, stood in the middle. Two animals with large horns, but clearly herbivores, stood before it, calmly waiting before they had to begin to pull.

There was something different between this cave and the others, Obi-Wan realized. He heard a loud noise, probably coming from outside. It sounded like an enormous waterfall, a none stop roaring. But it wasn't water what he heard. It was more... human. It were voices, thousands of voices.

Once again he was poked in his ribs with a blaster, it was starting to get very annoying, and the Geonosian pointed at the car. Obi-Wan jumped on it. Two other Geonosians entered the cave and the four of them took position at both sides of the wagon. One of them said something and the others made a strange sound. After a while Obi-Wan realized they were laughing.

He heard trumpets through the roaring outside and the wagon moved suddenly. Slowly the animals took him outside. He was welcomed by the roaring, screaming and yelling of thousands Geonosians and other creatures of the galaxy. The sound almost blew him from the car. He was in a theatre, a theatre of death. All these creatures had come here to see him die, to see blood. It made him feel sick. Sure, he had seen pain, blood and hate. He had seen torture and executions. He always wondered and always would wonder how people could become like this. Taking delight in the death of others... For once he was glad he couldn't touch the Force.

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He searched the crowd with his eyes. Dooku had to be somewhere and so had Gunray. He didn't find them anywhere, however. He did see an empty balcony. They would probably appear there later.

They had reached the middle of the Arena, where three pillars were standing, all of them with chains hanging down from them. One of the Geonosians pulled him of the wagon and pushed him to the right pillar. His hands were bound to a chain again and after that the chain was pulled up to the top of the pillar, so he was forced to raise his hands above his head.

The Geonosians left without taking off the collar around his neck. Obi-Wan leaned with his head against the pillar and closed his eyes. Whatever they would throw at him, without the Force he hadn't much change to escape.

"I've got a bad feeling about this," he muttered.

"Has there been a time you hadn't?" a soft voice said. Obi-Wan's eyes flew open and he spun around. His breathing quickened. He would recognize that voice out of thousands.

He didn't see anyone. Had it been imagination? Suddenly he realized the collar around his neck had fallen of. He reached out to the Force and let it fill him with it's beautiful light. For the first time in ten years he touched his bond with Qui-Gon. To pull back immediately. It was as dead as it always had been. It still felt like an open wound.

The crowd began to roar again. He saw another wagon coming his way with two humans standing on it. He pushed the thoughts about Qui-Gon away.

Obi-Wan recognized his Padawan immediately. They both looked a little bit startled, but he couldn't tell if it was from the reaction of the crowd or from something else.

Obi-Wan met Anakin's eyes. He rose an eyebrow.

"I already started to wonder if you got my message," he mocked.

"Don't worry, Master, I retransmitted it, just as you requested," Anakin answered while he stepped of the wagon and a Geonosian bound him to the pillar next to Obi-Wan's.

"Then we decided to come and rescue you."

So that was how they got caught. Obi-Wan glanced his bound hands. "Good job," he said.

He saw the hurt in his Padawan's eyes and was about to tell him that he was glad to see them both alive, when the crowd almost exploded.

Obi-Wan looked at the balcony where the public was pointing at. Dooku had joined the party, together with Gunray and the leader of the Geonosians, who was waving his hand for silence. Miraculously it was really silent for a few seconds, but after the leader had said something, it exploded again.

The large gate they were facing opened and armed Geonosians came out, followed by an enormous cow-like creature. It had one large horn on his nose and a horn at both sides of his head. It walked on four legs and was around twice as high as Obi-Wan himself.

The second creature was looking like a big cat. It's head was flat, as if a big stone had fallen upon it.

The third was a large crab-like creature. It had six sharp legs, with which he could easily pierce something, and a long neck.

"I've got a bad feeling about this," Obi-Wan heard Anakin say the same words he had and he could do nothing but agree with them. He was only surprised to feel so much fear from his Padawan. He frowned and sent a calming Force-wave through their now open bond.

"Just relax, concentrate," he instructed, his eyes fixing on the crab-like creature, which was coming his way. In his mind he decided to call him Crabby.

"But what about Padmé?" Anakin asked, his voice sounding desperate.

Alright, that explained the fear, Obi-Wan thought. He glanced at the Senator. She had already one hand loose and was climbing the pillar.

"She seemed to get on top of things," Obi-Wan said and he turned his attention back to Crabby.

It had focused it's attention to him and attacked. He dodged the first aim at his head and caught the second one with the chain, which broke. He stepped away from the pillar and faced the creature. He felled a warning from the Force, let himself drop on the ground and rolled over. A sharp paw hit the ground where he had lain.

Obi-Wan heard a cracking sound behind him and moved again. The pillar fell down a few inches behind him. He quickly got up to his feet. Crabby stood at the other side of the pillar, shrieking angry, but for a moment distracted. Obi-Wan decided he'd better find a weapon, so he ran away.

The only ones who were carrying weapons where the Geonosians who had brought in the animals. One of them, riding on a on his backlegs walking reptile, came strait at him, his lance pointed at Obi-Wan's heart. Obi-Wan didn't change his position until just before the lance threatened to hit him. Then he stepped aside, grabbing the front of the long weapon. The Geonosian hadn't expected his action and was lifted out of his saddle. Obi-Wan spun the lance around and hit his enemy on his head, knocking him out.

He turned around and saw Crabby had closed in. He dodged a few attacks and waited till he could counterstrike. His bound hands made throwing not easier, but he hit the crab-creature at the left side of his chest, killing it immediately. Or, it should have killed it immediately. The grin on Obi-Wan's face faltered when Crabby grabbed the lance and pulled it out the wound. He easily snapped it in two.

Next chapter will be up sooner, I promise.