Chapter Seven: Space Port Incident

Legolas finally exhausted himself and fell asleep. Obi-Wan carried Legolas back onto the ship, closely followed by Arella, who immediately went to Yeep's side. Only after several frantic seconds of pleading with Yeep to wake up, begging him not to be dead, did the Teek stir and a wave of relief washed over the girl. She realized, with a soft smile, that she was starting to like the Teek after all. Obi-Wan gently tucked Legolas into one of the bunks in the back of the ship, quietly promising him to check any damage the blasters caused, before heading back to the landing ramp to clean up the mess. He had just barely finished burying the Nikto when Arella hurried over to him.

"We've got a problem, sir. The ship won't start." She told him breathlessly. Obi-Wan groaned inwardly before he and Arella headed back to the ship.

"It's like we fried something, or the power's been cut off. Nothing's working. But, I assume it's nothing a Jedi can't fix." Arella told him as they entered the cockpit. Obi-Wan cracked a smile.

"It probably isn't. But you have to remember the Jedi aren't infallible." He replied kindly. Arella didn't smile as Obi-Wan checked the power. He sat back after a moment and began to think. The Nikto could have cut the power or sabotaged the ship in some way, but the question was how he was going to fix it. And how bad the problem really was. They needed Anakin. But Anakin was all the way on Coruscant and of little use to them on Naboo. And he wasn't about to bother his young apprentice about a problem with the ship. He could fix it himself, once he identified the problem.

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After checking everything, Obi-Wan found nothing wrong with the ship. The only problem was that there was something wrong with the ship. And unless he could locate the damage, they were stranded. He knew that there was no way in the galaxy that Legolas would leave his brother's ship on Naboo for people to use as spare parts.

"Arella says there's something wrong with the ship." Obi-Wan smiled and Legolas, who hurried over to him and curled up on his lap.

"I haven't found anything wrong, yet. Did your brother ever have any problems?" The Jedi replied. Legolas thought for a moment before shaking his head. The elfling winced in pain and Obi-Wan frowned. The Jedi examined the small bloody lumps on the back of Legolas's head.

"I'm not hurting you, am I?" Obi-Wan asked.

"No." Legolas replied softly. "Ow! You are now!" he suddenly exclaimed as Obi-Wan further examined the small, bloody bumps.

"Sorry, young one." Obi-Wan muttered as he began to Force-Heal the bumps. Legolas blinked as the dizziness began to slowly fade away. The pain dulled, and then disappeared altogether.

"There. Good as new." Legolas looked up at the Jedi and grinned.

"Thanks, Obi-Wan. You wouldn't mind carrying me, would you?" He replied. Obi-Wan lifted the elfling into his arms and Legolas put one arm over the Jedi's shoulders.

"At least I'm not screaming like the last time." Legolas commented, a mischievous smile on his face. Obi-Wan had a feeling he knew what Legolas was talking about.

"Oh, yes?" He asked.

"And at least you aren't telling me to shut up either." Legolas added, his smile now a full-fledged grin. Obi-Wan gave him a look.

"And at least you aren't going to leave me here in a few minutes."

"Okay, Legolas. That's enough." Obi-Wan laughed. Legolas shrugged.

"Okay. Wait, Yeep. Is he-" He began.

"Alive. The blasters were set to stun." Obi-Wan interrupted as they entered the cockpit. Obi-Wan set Legolas down before checking the power. It still didn't work.

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"Find anything, yet?" Obi-Wan sat down in the co-pilot's seat. He had just finished his fifth examination of the ship, and it had proved just as fruitless as the other four. The Jedi shook his head in exasperation.

"Maybe you're just not looking in the right place. Or maybe you've already stared right at it. I do that all the time, you know. And it's so annoying when you realize you've been looking at it the whole time. This one time I was trying to figure out why- What?" Legolas asked. Obi-Wan swallowed the laughter trying to burst from his mouth and shook his head.

"Nothing, Legolas." He replied. Legolas gave Obi-Wan a look that clearly told the Jedi he didn't believe him. Obi-Wan, however, began to examine the controls again. He suddenly froze and shook his head.

"We're out of fuel." He said.

"Exactly how many times did you look at that?" Legolas laughed.

"Four times too many." Obi-Wan replied. He stood and ran a hand through his hair.

"We'll have to go to Theed and see if we can't find any. Come on." He said.

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Legolas looked around in awe at the large city. It was absolutely beautiful. He had never seen anything quite like it. Coruscant could hardly compare to Naboo, let alone Theed. Obi-Wan looked over his shoulder at the younglings behind him, making sure they were keeping up, and smiled. Legolas was looking around in awe, his mouth part-way open, and Arella was close behind him, sometimes stepping on the heels of his boots and tripping him up. He had put Yeep in a sleeping trance before they had left, the children having decided that it wasn't such a good idea to take Yeep with and leaving him on the ship might mean more damage to the ship. As Legolas had told him when they were leaving the ship, Teeks might bring about the downfall of the galaxy with all their tinkering.

They had been searching for a place where they could get more fuel for several minutes when Arella spoke up.

"How much longer until we find somewhere to get fuel?" She sighed.

"We should get lost. After all, you have to be lost in order to find the places that can't be found. And, no, I don't remember who told me that." Legolas piped up.

"I think we're already lost, young one. But not to worry. I'm sure we'll find a place soon enough. See, what did I tell you?" Obi-Wan put in. Legolas and Arella looked at the place Obi-Wan was pointing.

"Space port." Legolas stated with a smile. Arella looked up at the Jedi.

"How'd you know the space port would be there?" She asked. Legolas gave her a funny look.

"He used his eyes." He said. Arella gave him a look.

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They entered the space port moments later. Legolas looked around, wondering if it would even be possible to get fuel there. Maybe Obi-Wan planned on bargaining with a pilot or something.

"How do you-" Legolas began. Screams suddenly shattered the peaceful hum of engines and talking and the hair-raising sound of blaster fire filled the air. Legolas looked up at Obi-Wan in fear, silently begging him to do something. The Jedi grabbed hold of the younglings just as the blaster-wielding Nikto came into sight. Arella and Legolas both screamed as Obi-wan pulled them towards the maintenance hangar.

"Stay here, and keep out of sight." Obi-Wan said as he hurried the younglings behind a ship. Legolas nodded, too frightened to speak. Minutes past before everything went completely silent. The elfling peeked around the ship, then looked back at Arella.

"Stay here." He whispered before he quickly crawled out into the open. Arella watched him, anxiety making her heart pound. Suddenly, someone, or something, clamped a hand over her mouth and her eyes widened. She tried to scream, but no sound came out, so she kicked and squirmed. Her foot slammed into the ship's engine, and, though it hurt, it made a dull noise.

Legolas looked over his shoulder and froze. The Nikto looked up and saw him just as Legolas opened his mouth top call for Obi-Wan. A shot rang out and everything went black.