A/N: Hey! I am reposting this chapter cuz I agreed that Anakin would not really act like that. : ) So I had to go back and change it a bit. The plot is reeally still the same, but i just changed who was talking.
Chapter 15
"That plan will never work!" cried Luke as he started pacing the empty bar. After Larveus and his minions had left, the three Jedi decided to further discuss their plan of action in a nearby deserted pub. They knew that they would want their privacy lest anyone came out of their homes.
"How can you do something that you don't even know how to do?" continued Luke. "It's impossible."
"I thought that bringing someone back the dead was impossible," said Anakin. "But look at me. I'm here."
"That's different," argued Luke.
"Really? How so? Bringing someone who is dead to the living, and putting the living dead back in the grave. Seems close enough to me," said Janira, who was standing with her arms cross, leaning against the counter.
"But you knew how to raise him. You have no clue how to put someone back in the grave!"
"Then I'll have to learn, won't I?"
"From who? No one knows how!" cried Luke. "Well you seem to be full of uncertainties."
"Hey!" yelled Janira, as she pointed her finger accusedly at Luke. "You're rash too, so don't act all innocent towards me!"
"At least I do things that I know how to do! I wouldn't risk my neck trying to do something that I knew to be impossible! That's suicide!"
"Do I seem suicidal to you?" asked Janira.
Luke shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe. If you follow through with your plan, then yes."
"Listen here you thumb-sucking twit!" yelled Janira. "At least I am trying to do something in order to stop Larveus, or Dooku, whatever the hell his name is! At least I'm not backing down like you, saying that I don't give a damn about what happens to this place! You're supposed to be Jedi, and the least you can do is help. After all Jedi are supposed to protect the people at all costs, not back away saying that it's impossible! I am trying to think of something here to put a stop to him! Unlike you who is wimping out saying that this is suicidal! I thought that Luke Skywalker was one of the bravest Jedi ever, and here you are saying that you won't try to defeat an unconquerable enemy! I would rather die than back away from an opportunity to destroy the enemy. That's what a Jedi is all about; risking everything to protect justice and the republic. But of course, what would you know about being a Jedi. You don't even know how to be a human being. I am going to go through with my plan, whether I am successful or get killed. Perhaps you'll come to your senses over my dead body, but I guess I'll never know."
With that, Janira turned and stormed from the room, leaving a very surprised Anakin and Luke behind.
Anakin rose from his seat and went out to the streets to try to find Janira, but she was nowhere in sight. He sighed to himself and after giving one final glance about him, went back inside.
Luke was still where he was, pacing the room in deep concentration. From what Anakin had learned about son, he knew that Luke didn't take criticism very well. He wondered whether or not he should try and speak with him, but Anakin didn't know if that would enrage his son more. The last thing that Anakin wanted was Luke to get mad at him as well. Deep down, Anakin knew that Janira was right, and that Luke should at least try the plan, but he kept these things to himself.
Watching his son pace the room, he wondered what he was thinking. Was he thinking about whether or not he should help with the plan? Or was he thinking lowly of Janira? Anakin prayed to the force that it was the first. He knew that they would need all the help that they could mister up in order to stop Dooku. Just as Anakin was in his thoughts, he heard a sound come from the door. He turned, hoping to see Janira standing there, but instead found something that surprised him even more.
"Obi-Wan!" he cried out. This caused Luke to immediately stop his pacing and look at the new comer. His eyes widened as he realized that it was Obi-Wan. But not as his blue hologram form, but as a real person. Luke was dumbfounded at how he got his life back, for he knew that Janira had not brought Obi-Wan back. Luke shook his head. He couldn't think about how Obi-Wan here, his mind was occupied enough as it is. The fact of the matter was that Obi-Wan was now here, and that he could help them if no one else.
"Hello, Anakin. Luke," said Obi-Wan, giving a slight inclination of his head to each of his former pupils. "I guess you're both wondering how I got here." Both of them nodded their heads. "Well, Yoda and the rest of the dead Jedi figured out a way to send one person back to the living. How they did this, I'm not sure. But they did, and they decided to send me back, since I taught both of you in the Jedi ways and would have a stronger force bond with you both than any one else would. And so, here I am."
"But why?" asked Luke.
"You shall need help in your quest, this I know," was all Obi-Wan said.
"Do you have a plan?" asked Luke, hoping that his master would know of a better way to defeat Dooku then Janira had…
Obi-Wan chuckled. "You already have a plan, if I'm not mistaken."
"You honestly believe that that plan will work?" questioned Luke.
"Well, it's the best plan that any of us can think of. That apprentice of yours is a smart girl."
"Yeah, but that apprentice has walked out on us," said Anakin quietly.
"Don't worry Anakin!" said Obi-Wan, a little too cheerfully. "She knows what she's doing!"
Luke grunted. "She doesn't have the slightest clue in what she's doing."
Obi-Wan's eyes darkened. "Don't count her out just yet, Luke. She is the wisest of us all, and will become very useful to us if she succeeds."
"What are you talking about?" Anakin asked suspiciously.
"Oh nothing, nothing. Come let us get some rest, we have a big day ahead of us."
Obi-Wan walked over to a spot on the floor and laid down to go to sleep. Neither Luke nor Anakin followed his actions, but instead stared at him with a wary look. Neither of them recognized this to be the Obi-Wan that they remembered, and they would be on their guard to discern whether or not this was their Obi-Wan… or someone else.
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