I know, I know, it's far too late, I know. Sorry, trimester is closing, so I had a lot of work to do.
Thanks for all new reviews, favs and follows!
First, thanks to your awesome response to the assassination plot, I was already worried you might think it's too much! Any guesses on the assassin?
Okay, sorry for my long beginning talk:
So, then, for M. I will answer his question from the comments, and thank you very much for asking, cause some other people might wonder as well! So, the question about why Obi-Wan takes a new apprentice due to Ahsoka staying in the order: Well, important for this point is that Obi-Wan is far more broken about Satine now than he would have when Ahsoka had left the order, as then Yoda had put Anakin and Obi-Wan on a lot of missions together, this is how I explain their friendship in episode III again. But as Ahsoka stays, Yoda rather puts her and Anakin on missions together, so Obi-Wan is broken for the two months. This, and the fact that he does not get Anakin back as his 'apprentice' (how it seems to me a little bit in the beginning of ROTS), Obi-Wan might want to take a new one. This is just some thinking of mine, but it'll take some time anyway until Obi-Wan will decide on his padawan, so lots of time for you all to tell me your opinion! ;) At the moment I have 2 voices OC, 2 Katooni and 1 Petro.
This takes me to the next point of your comment, I'll do my best for any kind of OC not to make a Mary or Gary Sue out of it, because I can totally understand if you're freaking out about this, I often hate it, too.
For random reader w/o profile, I know have an idea how to introduce your padawan, but this will most likely not end in her being Obi-Wan's padawan and some other changes will occur, is this still okay?
So, some dark side's occurring again in the chapter, have some fun with that…
Ahsoka was bored. And by that, she meant not slightly bored, but really bored, like freaking bored.
There was nothing to do for her except meditating, what a lot of the healers seemed to think was enough for a Jedi.
Who had told them this stuff any way, they didn't know anything about Jedi, couldn't she just watch Holo Net? But the Med-Bay seemed to have none of this, and if Ahsoka was honest, she had never seen a clone trooper watching TV in sickbay either.
Just as she was going to lift a ball with the Force to smash it around and make at least an angry droid coming to entertain her for a few minutes, the door to Med-Bay opened and Padmé stepped inside.
"Padmé!" Ahsoka yelled and embraced the older woman as she came to Ahsoka's bed.
"It's also nice to see you, Ahsoka." They let go from each other and Padmé sat down next to Ahsoka, watching her closely. "How are you feeling?"
"Great, actually, now that it isn't boring any longer." She twinkled.
Padmé smiled and Ahsoka noticed the flower in her hair that matched her dress so perfectly. "Wow, this flower is beautiful! Where did you get it?"
"This? Oh, it was lying around in my quarters." Had Padmé blushed for a short moment? Ah, surely not, why should she, Ahsoka was just so bored she couldn't help herself to imagine things.
"It matches your dress perfectly."
"Thank you very much for the compliment." Padmé smiled. "Now, since we haven't come to talk that much in the last time, tell me about your latest adventures."
Ahsoka sighed relieved. Finally, something to do at least. And so she started…
-/-/-
Brooding over dark thoughts, the woman entered the quarters on Mikun. But even though she was in deep thoughts, she did not miss the assassin droids coming towards her.
With a quick strike, she cut off the head from one, turned around in an elegant bow and stuck her sword through what would have been his heart. With an evil smile, she turned off her red lightsabers. "What is it, my Lord? Don't you trust me any longer?" Her voice was filled with mockery.
The Sith, who had watched all of this secretly stepped out of the dark corner. "There are quite a lot of reasons not to trust you, Assassin. I have to make sure I'll get the information you carry without complications."
"You could have just asked for it." She pulled out a disk from the black bag on her back. With a slight Force hit, she pushed it over to the older one.
"How do I know it is the right information?"
"Well, turn it on. I'll stay here." Bored she fetched herself an orange with the force and began to peel off its skin.
The Lord put the Disk into the Holo projector, and a detailed map of the royal castle of Mikun showed up. "It seems like you haven't betrayed me."
"I do the job, like promised." She took a bit of the orange. As she swallowed, a new evil smile appeared on her face. "But you know I have my price."
"And you shall be paid."
"Not shall. You pay me. Now."
"Fine. Unless you'd be interested in another job…"
The assassin hesitated, turning away from the Lord. He could not see in her eyes how the trap snatched. "Well, what is the mission? And more important… what is the cash?"
He took an orange himself now. "Very impressive, the action on Himil."
"That, puh… That was nothing."
"You seem to have a thing for this kid of Skywalker's…"
More than ever, the eyes of the assassin were glowing yellow in the dark. "The little Jedi Brad is not going to live much longer."
-/-/-
Shut! Eating with only one hand was trickier then Ahsoka would have thought. The jelly flopped from spoon every time she tried to take a bite from it. Maybe if she…
"Let me help you…"
"Lux!" Ahsoka exclaimed happy and jelly flew over the room. It was really him! Why did he always come in such situations? But then her smile fainted.
She had called for him last night. He hadn't come. He hadn't come for her.
Why did he not come?
"Hi 'Soka." He silently sat next to her bed. Then, with a slight smile, he cautiously took the spoon from her and began to feed her.
"I have the feeling like I am a baby…" Ahsoka mumbled, the mouth full of the red jelly.
"Believe me when I tell you. You're not." Cautiously, he took away some jelly from her cheek with a napkin.
Ahsoka swallowed, while Lux took a piece of the red mass now himself. "Don't eat my jelly!" Her voice was angry.
"Sorry." Lux said shocked.
She sighed and fell back into her pillows. "No, no, I should be sorry." She waved. "Take some, I am not hungry anyway."
He hesitated. "Ahsoka… About yesterday evening…"
She stopped him from speaking by holding her fingers over his mouth. Then she sat up and looked him deep in the eyes. "Where have you been, Lux? I needed you." A tear seemed to form in her eyes. "I trusted you, Lux."
He was irritated. "What are you talking…"
"I was screaming for you, Lux!" And her voice was screaming again in this moment.
"No, you weren't – 'Soka."
The tear dropped on the plate under her. "I was, right after you had gone out."
"Ahsoka…" His voice was full of desperation as he took her hands in his, and Ahsoka shivered about the sudden warmth filling her. "I did not hear you, believe me."
And suddenly, her spirit broke again. "Lux…" She threw herself in his arms, sniffeling. "Why is this happening to me, Lux? What did I do? Why…" He couldn't understand the last words over her crying.
"Shhh…" He gently petted her lekkus, like Rex had done it a few days ago, and in thinking of him, Ahsoka felt suddenly a short pain in her stomach.
But now, it was only Lux. And his warmth embraced her, and gave her strength to walk on again.
-/-/-
"Have you visited Ahsoka?"
"Anakin, don't sneak up on me like that, you've scared me to death."
"Don't say something like that." Anakin took his wife's hand to his mouth and kissed it softly.
"I'm sorry, my love." Padmé gently kissed her husband. "Isn't security going to wonder where you are?"
"Well, they think I'm meditating."
She gave him a suspicious till amused look. "Don't you have to meditate?"
"Why should I need meditation when I'm with my two most precious gifts?" He snugged her and Padmé sighed as his embrace was getting deeper. Oh God, how she loved him, every muscle, every little hair, every…
"Anakin, not." She got away from him. "Remember, we are not alone any longer." She softly stroke over her growing belly.
"He or she isn't going to remember any of this." He tried to kiss her again.
"Well, but we don't want our little ones to get hurt, do we?"
Anakin made a grimace. He obviously didn't want to, but after the last night and the following day he needed her presence now more than ever.
"You look so tired." Padmé said exactly in this moment, as if she had read his thoughts. She brushed a few of his hairs out of his face. "What is bothering you so deeply?"
He could not tell her, he knew. Because he only had fears, no proof, no evidence. If a Jedi…
"Love?"
"Everything's alright, Padmé, I'm just… having a rough time…"
Gently, she took his warm hand (so the left), and pulled him to their bed. "You have to sleep. How else is my shining Jedi knight supposed to cover me tomorrow?"
"Padmé…"
"Shh…" She crawled on the bed, taking him with her. "Just try to relax for her moment, okay?"
"I have things to do."
"You mean you have to care for others. Time, that somebody cares for you." She took him in her embrace.
Slowly Anakin layed down in Padmé's arms, and closed his eyes. "I love you."
"I know… I know." She held him through the night.
-/-/-
The sudden force signature made Ahsoka open her eyes. What was this? Who was here?
How long had she been asleep? Around her, Ahsoka saw the shadows of the med Bay. Yes, she had been brought here yesterday. But now, it was deep night (well, at least this was the official time now, on a starship the world around always looked the same…).
Her lightsaber. Ahsoka saw it on a table next to her bed, unfortunately the right side, where her arm was still bandaged and bound to her body.
The force signature approved.
The Force, Ahsoka! An inner voice screamed in her, Use the Force!
Slowly she stretched out her hand and pulled her lightsaber towards her.
The Force signature had nearly reached her…
With a jump, Ahsoka grabbed her lightsaber and ignited it, ready to defend herself on the bed.
"Relax, young one."
"Master Kenobi." Ahsoka said, slightly shocked. "What are you doing here?"
"Put the lightsaber out of my face first."
A little bit embarrassed about her confusion, she shot off the lightsaber and sat down onto her bed again. Her shoulder protested still against the sudden reaction.
He hesitated, but then Obi-Wan sat down on Ahsoka's bed and watched her, as she crawled back onto the blankets.
She remained silent, the eyes fixed on him. When he was ready, he would begin to speak, so there was no use in pushing him.
After a while, Obi-Wan finally got himself together to say something. "I am so sorry, Ahsoka."
She stayed silent, but her mind knew what he was about to say.
"About… everything. About letting you down, when you would have needed friends." He closed his eyes. "I am sorry for my part in your trial."
Silence. Ahsoka felt a tear forming in her eye.
"Ahsoka… I beg you to forgive me."
She stayed silent, and even though she had told her master otherwise about her feelings towards Obi-Wan's decision, she felt pain thinking about his betrayal. "Why, Master?" She trembled.
Silence answered her, as it had answered Obi-Wan.
The tear dropped on her cheek. "I trusted you, Master. I was sure that you were my friend." And tears were now running down her cheeks all suddenly. "I cried these same tears for you on your faked funeral. I was afraid for if you were in danger, after Anakin told me about your survival. I'd have risked my life for you. But you could not stand up for me."
"Ahsoka…"
"Why?" She sobbed. "Please, tell me… just why? Why did you and Master Koon, and everybody else lose your trust in me so suddenly?"
He swallowed. "Our decisions were clouded by the dark side, Ahsoka." He opened his eyes again. "I can't speak for the others, but I was struggling at this point. But I know, this should have not kept me from helping you, so all I can do… is begging you for forgiveness, Ahsoka."
"What bothered you so much?" Her voice was cold.
Maybe if he said it, he would become better. But it was becoming so real in this moment as well.
He had to tell her anyway.
Or should he lie?
"Satine is dead, Ahsoka. She died…" He trembled, and tears started to roll down his cheek, "She died in my arms."
"Master Kenobi…" Ahsoka was shocked. How should she deal with this? "Master, I am so sorry for being harsh." Softly she touched his forehead.
"You forgive me?"
Ahsoka smiled. "Of course I do. But I hope, you can forgive me."
"There's nothing to forgive, dear child."
Hope you liked the chapter!
Anyway, any guesses on the Sith Lords so far occurred in this story?
And what do you think about the Ani-Padmé-Scenes?
Yes, I included Rex- and Luxsoka, don't forget to vote on this: Rexsoka: Luxsoka 4:2
I hope you're as excited as I am for the peace conference, because (Spoiler!) it'll be everything else than dull boring talking, and we'll see more insight of another character who happens to be in trouble as well, any guesses? (The hint was already included in the chapters earlier)