Ch33
It's cold, so cold it's like I'll never be warm again. It hurts, an its not fair. This galaxy isn't fair. Why do good people suffer? Why are good people like Mom slaves and slimy Hutts rich? Why aren't the Jedi doing anything to help save people? Jedi stand for peace and what's right! Why are they always meditating when good people die and suffer? Maybe if they knew what it was like. To be slaves and work all day then they'd stop acting all high and mighty and actually do some real saving. It's cold. There's a thermal blanket over the man with the strange looking tattoos. Found it in one of the packs, it was kind of singed but still good, its cold but he needs it more. I don't know much about healing an stuff but Mom would always cover anyone sick with a blanket. So that's what I should do too.
I made a small fire too that's what anyone should do at night on Tatooine because it gets cold like poodoo. It's still cold and I wish Mom were here. I wish she weren't dead but she is. It's not fair that she's dead but life's like that sometimes. It's not what you want it's what happens. That's what Mom would say. A Jedi would say it's the will of the force or something but their wrong. Their all wrong. None of them had a mom so it's not liked they'd understand. Obi Wan would understand but that's cause he's a real Jedi. But you know what I think? I think it doesn't matter who said what in the end of the day it's whoever has the power. Those who have power control the weak. They do what they want cause no one can stop em. But he'd stop them. He'd kill them all, the ones who killed mom. Maybe not today but he had power he'd be Jedi one day and then no one could tell him what to do.
He wondered if the horn man was a Jedi too. He'd never seen a red lightsaber before but there were all kinds. He'd seen a Jedi with a yellow saber and Master Windu had a purple one. One of his Masters said the color depended on the crystal and what kind of person was wielding it cause the crystal was somehow connected to the person. So maybe the horn man was some super elite Jedi cause he took down so many of the assassins who also had red sabers. So he must be really strong if he could take them all down. Maybe he'd ask the horn man to be his master instead of Master Nas and then he could become powerful and kill all those who hurt others cause they could. He could keep crying for his mom all he wanted that's what he'd been doing for a long time now like two whole hours but she wasn't gonna come back no matter what he did. So he'd do what he'd told her he'd do. He'd save everyone. He just have to get stronger and then, then he could go around saving everyone and vaping the bad guys.
The horn man moved. I put bacta patches on him but I'm not as good as mom. Thinking that just makes me feel even more like bantha poo cause I have to remember she's dead an it hurts. An eye opens and he growls like an animal. He wants me to be scared but I'm not. He's like one of those scared slaves that mom had to take care off. They want to sound intimidating but only cause their scared too, but when you get to know em their real nice they just don't want anyone to hurt them anymore. "You're awake!"
"I dragged you in by the way. You were passed out when I came back." He doesn't answer so I keep talking cause that's what Mom would do when the slaves she came to heal wouldn't answer cause they were trying to be tough. "I found more Bacta patches by the way. They ended up pretty far out and I had to use the force to find them. And then I went to refill the water and I found some rations. They taste a bit like dust but it's better than going hungry."
He's still staring at me with that yellow eye cracked open but I think he's calmed down a bit. "I'm Anakin by the way, Anakin Skywalker. I found some scrap parts from the speeder I tried to fix the one that wasn't so busted up but it's still in bad shape. I need more time to fix it and then we can go. I have a ship."
"Why are you helping me?" Anakin's brow furrowed. "You saved me I'm saving you back."
Anakin fidgeted under his scrutiny swallowing as he gathered the courage to ask. "Can you be my Jedi Master? Cause I don't like mine and the Council says I can't have Obi Wan cause he's still sort off a padawan…"
"You know Kenobi?"
"He's my friend!" Anakin perked up at finally getting a response. He really wanted this man to be his Master.
"Well color me amused. But I'm not a Jedi, I happen to be something far more powerful."
"But you have a lightsaber! And you used the force!"
"Alright fine, I may or may not be a Jedi."
"What were you doing on Tatooine?"
"I can't speak of my purpose here."
"Why can't you be my Master then?"
"My work is not for the eyes of children. Especially untrained ones."
"But if I trained and become stronger! Could you teach me?" The man flinched in pain and Anakin sighed it wasn't fair to keep asking. The man was right he'd been no help. He'd nearly got the Jedi killed for crying out loud.
"You said you had a ship?"
Anakin nodded. "It's a little away's from here but we could reach it with a speeder pretty fast."
"Do you have a holo? I need to speak with Kenobi."
"No, but we can use the ships transmission to reach his holo."
"Good, then we'll get my ship and get the kark out of here." Anakin hugged his knees to his chest as he looked at the flames. He really wished his Mom were here.
Obi Wan awoke with a groan and a start.
"Now that wasn't quite so bad was it?" He turned blearily from his position on the carpeted floor looking up at the Jedi Master. Dooku was sitting back on his couch reading a datapad his polished boots stretched out before him.
Pulling himself up into a stand Obi Wan collapsed onto the couch across from the Jedi eyes narrow slits. "Now then would you like to tell me why you are helping me? Or should I start guessing? Maybe report you to the council even."
"My my not very thankful are we? Alright color me amused Kenobi that was compliments of Dark Plagues. He speaks quite highly of you, you know?"
"You want me to believe you're helping the Sith out of the goodness of your heart?"
"Quite blunt are we? No as a matter of fact I do have something to gain from all this."
"What." Dooku chuckled at his glare.
"Oh that my very young friend is my business. Come, we have a Council meeting to attend." Without looking back to see if he was followed Dooku rose and made his way out of his chambers. Obi Wan followed wondering why it was that his explicit presence was needed for this.
The Council was in session. A Twi'llek Master stood at the center of the council her serene calm disturbed by anxiety underlined with a lace of fear. Dooku ignored the woman as he took his Council seat leaving Kenobi at the center before the council. With a nod towards Master Windu from Master Dooku the Korun Master spoke. "Master Nas please repeat what you have relayed to the Council to my padawan."
"Yes of course, padawan Kenobi, my own padawan has left the temple. I don't know how he got access codes to the ships in the hanger but eight standard hours ago that is what had occurred. My padawan took a ship to an unknown destination."
"Can't every Jedi ship be traced?"
"Not this one." Master Windu interrupted with irritation leaking through his voice. "Master Nas believes that you may know the whereabouts of the boy."
"How could I possibly know that?" Obi Wan allowed some confusion to leak into his voice. Oh this was just too perfect. The boy running off to Naboo? Priceless really. He was beginning to enjoy himself.
"You were one of the last ones to speak with him." Master Nas clarified, "and he speaks often of you. It is only natural that I assume you may know something of his whereabouts that I do not."
There was no point in denying his assumptions. "Well last I spoke with him the boy made it clear he wanted to see his mother."
"You mean to say the Skywalker boy had it in his head to go back to Tatooine?" Master Windu frowned.
Obi Wan raked a hand through his hair hoping that the Masters had not sense his shock and confusion at the revelation. "Tatooine? Isn't the boy from Naboo?"
"From Tatooine, the boy is." Master Yoda clarified.
"Then is it possible the boy went to the planet in question?" Master Plo Koon frowned a hand to his mask in thought.
"Can't you feel him through the force?" Obi Wan asked incredulously. This was the Jedi Council he was talking about.
"Feel, we do, know where he is we do not. Terrible pain Skywalker is in."
His Master sighed. "We are not familiar enough with the boy's signature to be able to sense him at such a distance. And even if we were we have no force bond with him."
"I still can't believe an initiate could just fly out of the temple like that." Master Unduli's concern bled through the force in ripples. "To think that one can so easily just leave the temple."
"Not a holding facility, a Jedi Temple this is." Master Yoda alighted from his chair as he made a circuit around the two masters standing in the room's center.
"Skywalker's actions are still highly inappropriate." Master Dooku said frowning and crossing one foot over the other.
"If we find the boy he will be properly censured." The Koran master did not look too pleased with turn the conversation had taken.
"Find the boy we should, meditate on this I will."
"We will convene in several hours time." The council session ended with Master Windu closing it. The Council Member in question waved Obi Wan towards him as they made their way out.
"Kenobi. You look well."
"I feel well Master." Obi Wan wanted to roll his eyes at Master Windu's concern though he wondered if he could take advantage of it in some way.
"I wanted to commend you for your actions on Almas. The Council has agreed that your actions are exemplary."
"The Council could tell me that itself." Obi Wan bristled internally. It would have been so satisfying to be commended by the illustrious Jedi Council itself. A Sith pretending to be Jedi commended by the Council was not something you saw on a daily basis.
"We were all busy looking for the Skywalker boy."
"I understand, force I hope he hasn't actually taken it into his head to run off to Tatooine of all places."
"You and me both Kenobi, you and me both." The two made their way out of the room making their way to the Jedi Temple's communications room to see if the Jedi there had made any headway in locating padawan Skywalker. Though between the two Obi Wan had the distinct feeling that Anakin was indeed on Tatooine. And the thought that perhaps giving the boy the idea to go visit his homeworld had not been the best one.
