Authors note: Hey guys, only 3 chapters left of Dreams are all but one. don't worry though the next story in the series is coming soon!
Ok me shut up now!
Chapter 18: Escape.
When he entered the compound he saw nothing. The darkness made him feel helpless as an unborn child as he felt his way through the corridor. He felt the sharp edges of the wall, the blood slipping through his fingers as the glass slit his hands, the continuous sounds of droids footsteps clanging across the floor echoed round him as he moved round a corner and stopped. He reached for his sabre and ignited it, the blue ore lightning his eyes as he turned to corner and was faced with a group of droids which he destroyed before they had time to react. He continued to follow Satine's force signature, the light showing him the way through the endless maze.
He finally came to a door. The same silver door he had followed Satine through stood ahead of him, small cries were heard from the room, helpless pounds sound on the door.
"Duchess is that you" Anakin whispered through the door, hoping she would hear him. There was a small scuffle, and the pounding stop.
"Yes. Who is that?" she asked.
"Its Anakin. I've come to get you and Obi Wan out of here" he heard her small sigh of relief as the tears stopped.
"Duchess move away from the door, I'm going to take it down" he heard her scuffle from the door.
Anakin removed his lightsaber from his belt again and ignited it, pointing it towards the door and cutting through the door making a hole through it and pulling it down using the force revealing a cold and shivering Satine standing in the doorway, her dress ragged and ripped. Dirt covered and her hair was tangled and filled with dirt.
"Duchess are you ok?" Anakin asked taking her hand and took her from the room.
"I'm fine Master Skywalker. Where's Obi Wan?"
Anakin turned from her and took Obi Wan's lightsaber from his belt and showing Satine.
"I found this where he went missing and I haven't found him"
Satine paled slightly but turned to deep thought, flicking her blonde hair behind her neck.
"I know where he will be, I spent the night with him before we were separated and I remember the way"
Satine gestured for him to follow and they began to run through the corridors, Satine's long dress twisting through her ankles causing her to stop every so often.
"Duchess let me help you for that" Anakin stopped her and ripped the bottom of her dress so it only reached her knees.
"Thank you Master Skywalker" she said smoothing down the nightdress.
They began to run again, twisting and turning down each hallway until they reached a rusty door. There were sounds coming in from the room, continuous cries of pain filled both of their ears, electric currents buzzed in their ears.
"Now you will tell us what we need to know"
The sound of shackles clanking against a wall sounded out as a blunt answer of no echoed round.
"This is a waste of time. He will never speak. Continue with the torture" Anakin pulled Satine round the corner just as the door opened and the red haired woman walked out the room.
"That's the same woman who attacked Obi Wan"
"Her names Manizra" Satine said.
Another cry of pain brought them back to the subject matter. Obi Wan was in there.
"Come on"
Satine pulled Anakin towards the door and tried to push it open, the creak of it not opening. Anakin moved her over delicately and force pushed the door so it creaked open and blew of its hinges. At that droids swarmed round them like a bee's nest and were sliced down in a matter of seconds. Satine rushed over to Obi Wan's still body that hung against the cold wall, his chest covered in welts and the gash on his leg no weeping out pus and blood.
"Obi, are you ok. Obi" Satine asked, carefully shaking him trying to wake him up.
"Master wake up" Anakin shook Obi Wan as well. He used the force ad crushed the shackles making them break and Obi Wan fell to the floor, his head colliding with the concrete wall and floor.
"Obi Wan, wake up"
Satine pulled Obi Wan into her lap and kissed him gently a few times making him groan slightly as his eyes began to flicker open.
"Good morning Master Kenobi" Satine whispered into his ear, her hair tickling his ear.
Obi Wan groaned again, slowly lifting himself up, not bothering to even stand as he was still crying in pain. He looked at his leg and saw the blood and pus pour from his leg.
"That doesn't look to good," Obi Wan said, looking towards the gash on his leg.
"Take it easy master, you've gone through a lot lately" Anakin said steadying Obi Wan as he attempted to stand up.
"Have you got my lightsaber Anakin" Obi Wan asked weakly. Anakin pulled Obi Wan's sabre of his belt and handed it over to him.
"It doesn't work I've tried" Obi Wan tried to ignite it but found it flickered of all the same.
"Well we can't just sit here, we have to move" Obi Wan moved away and walked to the door with the support of Anakin and Satine.
"Master Skywalker I should take Obi Wan you can fight and Obi Wan is in no state to fight"
Obi Wan looked towards Satine and took his lightsaber from his belt and ignited it.
"I can still fight Satine, I can defend myself" Obi Wan protested wobbling slightly as he took his balance.
"Are you sure Obi Wan?"
"YES, I'm fine" Obi Wan snapped back at Anakin, each inch of anger rising from being bottle up from the few hours of torture. Anakin was taken back from his sudden anger outburst.
"Look I'm sorry its just I know I can protect myself" Obi Wan said apologetically the emotion rising through his voice.
Anakin nodded and looked round the corner making sure no droids were present and walked out. Then they ran, ran through each twist each turn from the corridor, Obi Wan at the back, his leg slowing him down.
They came to a junction where Anakin took his comlink and pressed it.
"Flint, you there?"
"Yes sir"
"Launch the attack"
Then the comlink broke off. Obi Wan looked down each junction, hoping his instincts would guide the way but nothing came. He began go walk down the left hand side corridor and ignored the protests from the other two as the light lead him. He ignited his sabre and sliced through a droid that came his way, he placed his hand on the wall to balance himself as he waited for Anakin and Satine to come. But they didn't come. A sudden scream came to Obi Wan as he turned for the corridor he had just walked down and ran as fast as he could, cries of pain filled his ears, the musky smell of the dungeon filled his nose as he came out from the junction to see no one there.
"Anakin, Satine where are you?" he called out through the darkness. Nothing answered him back except the echo of his voice that bounced back towards him. Then he began to choke. He gasped for air as he felt his throat constrict, blocking of any form of oxygen to his lungs. His hands reached for his throat, hoping that it would some how pull of the invisible barrier that stopped him from breathing.
"You thought you could escape did you" a sinister voice spoke from behind him, her hand slowly tiptoeing over his shoulder and down his chest. He felt himself slowly turn around to be faced with the blood red eyes again that punctured his heart.
"Well I did try," he gasped out, his voice rasping through the remains of air he had left.
"Despicable" was all she said, flinging him into a wall opposite the junction he had walked from.
"Weak" she said, now smacking him across the face, scratching her nails down his face.
"Pathetic" she gripped his neck with her hand and pulled him into the air, his feet not even close to brushing across the floor. She laughed at his pain, the expression that held his face dry. But his eyes hit her in the gut like a punch.
"I wonder what Daddy would say. My, my Ben Kenobi would be disappointed wouldn't he" she smirked again and threw him across the room making his head collide with another wall. The stars in front of his eyes obscured the vision of her walking slowly towards him. He felt each inch of anger rise up again, the mention of his father, it annoyed him the way she had said his name. He couldn't control the anger that bubbled through his veins; the force restrain collar began to crumble and shattered into shards. This took Manizra back by surprise, especially when he force pushed her so hard into a wall it knocked stars into her eyes for a few seconds. She drew her sabres and ran to him, seeing the yellow tint in his eyes showed his anger was uncontrolled. He got to his feet carefully and drew his own lightsaber and parried her blows. Each hit was like a tonne of bricks landing on Obi Wan's head but he didn't care, he had to fight, fight to survive and prevail over this witch. She force pushed him to the ground in a quick flurry of an attack and kicked his sabre from his hand.
"The final chapter of your life ends here Master Kenobi" she bared her teeth at him and raised her lightsaber over her head, ready to do the killing blow until
*Metallic thud* she fell to the floor suddenly, behind her Satine stood with a gob smacked Anakin holding a frying pan in her hand, both hands gripped on the handle as she looked at the fallen sith lord.
"No one calls my Obi weak and pathetic and gets away with it" the voice filled his head with happiness as he lifted his head to see Satine standing proud above him holding the rather large frying pan. Where she got that from he would never know!
"Well that was certainly worked" Satine said with a nervous laugh, throwing the frying pan to the floor.
"Obi Wan are you ok?" Anakin asked rushing over to him.
"Well thanks to Satine I'm alive at least. That's always a good sign!" he joked getting a rolling eye look from Anakin. Anakin's arm pulled him up from underneath his own arm and took him to his feet. The sounds of sudden explosions filled their ears, the roof crumbling slightly from the rumbles.
"We need to go now!" Anakin shouted to the two who nodded in unison.
They walked as fast as Obi Wan could go, turning through each corridor, slicing through droids that met them on their way until the door loomed within touching distance. Anakin gave Obi Wan to Satine, who let his head rest on her shoulder as Anakin pushed hard onto the door; the creak sounding from it but no movement was made.
"Come on, come on" Anakin said to himself as he pushed even harder on the rusty door, the sound of droids coming closer urging him on. He turned to Satine and gestured for her to help him. She carefully lowered Obi Wan to the floor, who took in the cool floor as warmth as his eyes slipped closed. The other two pushed harder on the door and felt it swing open, the two falling to the floor into the light.
"We have to hurry" Satine cried, rushing back towards Obi Wan who had slipped unconscious again. They pulled him to his feet, taking the weight of him on their shoulders and walked out into the light. A true light Satine had not seen for a whole day since her kidnapping. Anakin force pushed the door closed just as droids came towards them, trapping them on the other side into the danger of explosions and darkness of death.