A/N: Hello,

My name is Katia, and my friend Cassi and I collaborated on this story. It is the second book in the Darth Maleficent series. We decided that we couldn't just end it at "Return of the Padawan."

Thank You Cassi! You are the BEST FRIEND EVER and an AWESOME writer!

Without any further ado, Chapter Five! again, I want to thank Cassi (Casscat) for her wonderful contributions!

When they got to Jabba's palace, after about an hour of driving (Not to mention a speeder malfunction that took Ahsoka and Adeline three hours to fix,) the twin suns were already going down. Adeline looked behind her at her two companions and the astromech droid, R2-C4.

"Well, here goes nothing," She murmured, banging her lightsaber on the door to make a loud noise. Nothing happened for a moment, until a bounty hunter answered the door, so to speak.

"What are you doing here?" He asked suspiciously.

Obi-Wan stepped forward, but Ahsoka made a motion with her hand that instructed him to stay back. She waved her hand in front of his face and said, "You will let us pass,"

His face went blank. "I will let you pass." The bounty hunter said, stepping aside. Adeline high-fived Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka grinned secretively underneath her hood.

"Great job, Ahsoka!" Adeline whispered to the girl, who grinned. Just then, Obi-Wan realized something was different about the girl (besides the scars on her face, which took some getting used to,) and spoke up.

"Ahsoka, where's your Padawan braid?"

The Togruta turned fire-engine red. "Um, well, I..." She looked at Adeline frantically, as if to say, "Help!"

Adeline gave her a look, and something seemed to pop into Ahsoka's head. "Um. Master Kenobi, I was Knighted."

He looked surprised. "By who?" The Jedi Master asked her.

She looked away. "A friend. She said I was ready. It was a day or two after Order 66."

He hugged the young Togruta. "Congratulations, young one!"

She only seemed more distant. "Yeah. Thanks, Master Kenobi."

"Come on, we're going to need to concentrate to pull off both blending in and possibly lying to a Hutt." Adeline said softly.

"Right." Obi-Wan agreed.

They entered the room and exchanged worried glances. It was riddled with bounty hunters, smugglers, and criminals. The Hutt was lounging on his platform, looking over the crowd and eating small animals. Adeline shuddered.

"I'm not entirely sure this was a good idea." She whispered.

"Too late," Obi-Wan said, as though he was thoroughly enjoying telling her that, "Come on, just try to blend in."

The four of them- Obi-Wan, Adeline, R2-C4, and Ahsoka- made their way though the crowd.

While doing so, Adeline found a man's hand on her arm, "Hi, Pretty."

She stared at him for a second before yanking her arm away, "Bug off, Sleemo!"

He just kept following her. She darted away, glaring. As he followed her, she ran silently over to where Obi-Wan was standing at the bar, with Ahsoka, and muttered, "Obi, this creepy guy is following me!"

The Jedi Master turned. "Who?" He asked threateningly.

She pointed. "Him. I would have taken his head off, but I don't want to blow our cover, and you're carrying the blaster."

Obi-Wan got up as the man snaked over, heading for Adeline. "I'll take care of it." He said.

Adeline smiled. "No, Obi, let me freak him out, then you'll shoot him."

Obi-Wan sighed. "Are you sure this is a good idea? It's against the code..."

Adeline turned to look at him. "Would we have made out last night if you still believed in the code?"

He considered this. "No," He admitted finally.

She smiled. "Yes, never pick a fight with the Angel who always wins her arguments." She muttered. "I love you!"

He kissed her. "Love you too, Addie."

She went off to scare the guy while Obi-Wan waited by the bar. This was going to be interesting. Weren't all of Adeline's plans interesting?

Adeline tiptoed over to the bartender and ordered a cup of herbal tea. The bartender looked at her funny, but complied. Just then, the guy walked up. "Hey, sweetheart! Havin' a good time?"

She smiled sneakily. "Want to see my prize possession?"

He smiled. "Yeah sure, sweetie."

She smiled again. "You sure? It's awfully scary..."

He puffed out his chest. "I can handle anything!" He boasted.

She got a funny look on her face. "Oh really?" She pulled aside her cloak to reveal a weapon that everyone knew well...a lightsaber.

"AAAAAHHHHH!" He screamed.

Adeline started laughing. "Ben, c'mon!" She shouted.

Obi-Wan ran up and was about to finish the guy off when he pulled out a blaster and shot. The Jedi Master crumpled to the floor. "OBI!" Adeline shouted, but the guy turned on her. She pulled out her orange lightsaber (no use hiding now) and started deflecting blaster bolts left and right. Suddenly, a shot to her shoulder took the Angel down, and she lay there in pain.

"Ha, ha, ha ha ha! I have you now, Jedi," The man hissed.

All of a sudden, he went down moaning. "You scream like a girl." A voice said from above. It was Ahsoka. "Don't mess with my friends, okay?" She finished him off, pulling Adeline to her feet.

The Angel dropped back to her knees, turning Obi-Wan over. She gasped at the damage that the man had done to her boyfriend; he had been shot several times in the chest, and was not looking good. "Oh, Obi," Adeline whispered, forgetting the hit she had taken to the shoulder.

He coughed. "Addie...I...love...you..."

Her breath caught in her throat. "Obi-Wan, no! You can't leave me!"

He coughed again. "Help...me..."

She bent down and kissed him passionately on the lips. "Oh, Obi-Wan, you've been all I could ever think about, ever since I met you a month ago. I need you!"

Ahsoka watched this from where she was standing."Oh, how touching," The Togruta murmured, wiping tears off her face, onto her sleeve. She knelt down beside Obi-Wan and Adeline. "Are you guys... together?" Adeline looked up.

"Yeah, we are. Can you save him?"

Ahsoka smiled. "Did you forget your healing talents?"

Adeline blushed. "Oh! Thank the Force!" She started to heal his blaster wounds, Ahsoka helping with the miniature first-aid kit she carried. In about five minutes, he was less woozy, enough to stand up with Adeline's help.

"Are you going to be all right?" The Angel asked him.

He looked at her groggily and said something really intelligent, like, "Ow."

She laughed. "I'll take that as a yes. Now, come on, we have to find somewhere where you can recuperate..."

His response was a nod and a slight moan.

One of the other men, a nicer looking fellow than the one that lay dead on the floor said, "I could rent you a room, if you like, Miss."

Adeline sighed, "Thank you."

So he led them to a nearby compound and let them in, "One room, or two?"

"Two please," Addie sighed.

He pressed the keys into her hands, "Are you a Jedi? You had a lightsaber."

Adeline lied quickly, "No, I stole it from a Jedi, before they all died out."

The man let out a sigh, "That's a relief. My name's Diego by the way. May I have yours?"

"Um... Zillah."

He raised an eyebrow, "Okay, if you don't want to say-"

"Who says that isn't the truth?"

"Your friend called you something, and it wasn't Zillah."

"He called me by my middle name, I prefer my friends not to call me Zillah."

The man smiled, "Whatever. You'd better go help your friend."

Adeline smiled and ran over to help Obi-Wan to their rooms. When they got to the rooms, Addie threw open the door and Obi-Wan collapsed onto the bed, breathing hard.

The Angel sat down next to him, "Are you okay, Obi?"

He opened one eye, then chuckled, "I just got shot, and you're asking if I'm okay?"

"Am I supposed to magically know?"

"Yes," Obi-Wan groaned, smiling slightly.

She laughed. "Well, I say you need to rest right now. And that's final!"

He sighed. "Ohh, I should have known you'd use that to your advantage."

She kissed him. "That's the way it goes, Obi. Where's Ahsoka?"

He laughed, then grimaced. "Ow! I forgot how much laughing hurts...oh, yes, Ahsoka is trying to convince the cantina owner and Jabba the Hutt that we had a minor accident."

Adeline laughed, feeling silly for the first time since Order 66. "Good luck Ahsoka!" She giggled.

Obi-Wan smiled at her. "You know, you're more beautiful than ever when you laugh," He said slowly.

Adeline, still giggling, turned to look at him. "Nope, that's not going to work, Master Kenobi. I will NOT make out with you when you're hurt."

He put on puppy-dog eyes. "Please?"

She laughed again. "No. That's final, too. I'm going to go find Ahsoka and leave you in the care of our host, Diego. He's nice, and won't hurt you. Mind, he's suspicious of our names, but don't tell him anything and you'll come out on top."

He nodded. "All right, Addie. Will you promise me something?"

She turned to look at him. "What is it?"

He tried to grin, but only succeeded in a half-hearted smile. "Will you make out with me after I'm better?"

She laughed. "Yes, of course. Now, I have to go! No more stalling."

He just grinned innocently, "Fine, be back soon?"

"Yes!" She said, giving him a look, "Now get some rest."

He grumbled something she didn't catch and turned over. Rolling her eyes, Adeline went to find Ahsoka.

Sadira thought she heard something, some kind of fight above. The man- he was bald and REALLY creepy- turned around an scowled, "What is that?"

"Another bar fight." One of his accomplices sighed.

"Go make sure its still safe to be here."

"Hey, what are the chances it affects us? It's not like we're going to walk up there and see lightsabers or something. Even then, its not like they'll know we're here or anything."

The leader- the bald guy- thought about this, "True."

Sadira sighed softly, burying her face in her knees, hugged close to her chest. She realised in horror that her glow was fading slightly. If it went out...

"No! I won't think like that." She mentally scolded herself. Her glow started to fade again, and she sat up straight, determined to live.

"Oh, Addie, help me!" The little girl pleaded through the Force.

Adeline was going to retrieve Ahsoka when she heard it. A voice, calling out to her through the Force. A familiar voice.

"Oh, Addie, help me!" Her sister's voice echoed through her head. She could feel the little girl's life Force fading away, and the young Angel gasped. She was not far away.

"Ahsoka!" She hissed urgently at the Togruta, "Sadira's here! I felt her presence, and she's fading fast! Obi-Wan's okay for the moment; so help me!"

The Togruta turned to look at her. "I'll help you, Adeline. Come on! We have to find your sister!" She took off running, Adeline following her. There was no time to tell Obi-Wan. Sadira needed help fast.

Obi-Wan woke up after a nap, one he didn't know he had, to a voice crying out in pain. Not in the material world, either, but through the Force. "Blast!" He said, trying (and failing) to get up. "I have to help them, but I can't even move! Lousy excuse for a Jedi Master you are!"

He tried again, but still couldn't do much. This was getting him nowhere, and so he decided to disobey Adeline and use the Force to get him out of there. He launched himself off the bed and onto the floor, where he realized that he couldn't move again, except he was in a more uncomfortable position. "Blast!" He swore again, trying to get up. Adeline and Ahsoka, both headstrong, had probably gotten themselves into who knows what by now.

He finally staggered to his feet, only to fall back on the bed. He laid there for a moment.

The door opened and Diego walked in, "You all right?"

"Great," Obi-Wan groaned, sitting up cautiously and putting a little weight on his feet.

Diego stopped him, "Oh, no. You got shot up a little too badly for you to be going anywhere."

Obi-Wan raised an eyebrow and managed to stand, "My friend needs help."

"No," Diego turned to stand in front of Obi-Wan, eyes stern, "You need to rest, Master Kenobi."

Obi-Wan stared at the man blankly, "What!"

"I'm not stupid, no matter what you may think," Diego said, not moving out of the Jedi's way, "And even Jedi Masters need to rest after getting shot like that."

"She needs me."

"I'm sure you're friend can handle herself, Master Kenobi." He said, raising his hand and pushing Obi-Wan back onto the bed.

"What do you know about it?"

"I know only what the Force tells me. Now lie down and stop worrying. You're friends will be quite fine. And if not, I'll help them, not you... not until you're healed at least."

"Who are you?"

"A friend," Diego answered, "Not all Jedi died in Order 66, you know."

"You're a Jedi?"

"I never said that." The man grinned, "What do you think?"

"I don't; that's why I asked."

"Yes, Master Kenobi, I was a Jedi, until the clones turned on us. It's been nearly a month since then, you know, a month since my friend and mentor sacrificed her life to save mine." Diego turned back to him, "You need rest."

"You expect me to rest after you tell me that?" Obi-Wan asked, incredulous.

"Yes." Diego answered, smiling slightly, "I'll tell you what, Master Kenobi, rest for an hour and if your friends aren't back, we'll go look for them. Deal?"

Obi-Wan sighed, "Deal." He settled down to rest, much against his will, and waited for them to come back.