As Obi-wan was running, he thought about what would happen, and about what he could change, even though his memory of the event was sketchy at best. He heard Anakin's light breath and returned to the present. 'Focus Kenobi!' he thought to himself. Leaping the final few meters, he landed in the same speeder as last time, and hurriedly sped off in the direction of where the bounty hunter was last time.
On the way there, he heard Anakin suddenly yell excitedly "There Master! It's the droid!" turning the speeder, Obi-wan hurriedly followed the droid to the overhang. Seeing the bounty hunter, the two grinned in triumph and Obi-wan zoomed closer, only to be nearly hit by a sniper bolt. 'Blast' he thought, just as the droid blew up from stray fire. The bounty hunter zoomed away in her speeder when they weren't looking, and they hurriedly chased after it.
As they flew through lanes and broke laws, Obi-wan was thinking; 'maybe if we make her think that she lost us, we can meet her at the bar, without that whole power incident.' And with that thought in mind, he slowed down, barley keeping her in his sight. "Master! What are you doing? He's getting away!" "Calm down Anakin! I am just going to wait till she thinks that she has lost us, before I catch her by surprise." At Anakin's reluctant nod, he zoomed down another lane, the one heading for the bar. 'I'll catch you yet.' He told himself, and, with a swift and tricky move that Anakin had taught him In the clone wars, Obi-wan landed the speeder and jumped out. Anakin looked at him in wonder.
"Wow master, how did you know she would be here?" he asked him, gesturing to the familiar vehicle parked a few spaces back. "I saw her land?" he told him in mild annoyance that Anakin could miss something so obvious. He quickly took the emotion and released it into the force, and took a calming breath. "Head into the bar and find her." "What about you, master?" he looked at Anakin with amusement. "I? I am going to go get a drink. You are strong and wise. I trust you to make the right decisions." Anakin ducked his head in pleased embarrassment, before nodding and heading into the bar. Entering the bar himself, Obi-wan made his way to the bar.
Sitting down, he ordered a drink and waited. "Wanna buy some death sticks?" an alien asked him. He smiled when he remembered this conversation.
"No, go home and rethink your life." He told it, waving his hand and using a variant of the phrase that he used last time. The alien repeated what he said and left the bar, and Obi-wan settled into the chair. After he finished his drink, the force all of a sudden screamed its warning that she was behind him, and he slid smoothly to the side. And, in one fluid motion, his lightsaber was out and Zam had lost her arm, again. He saw Anakin come out of the crowd and tell the crowd to back off, just like last time, and grinned to himself, before quickly getting rid of the expression and creating a Jedi façade of perfect calm and control of the situation.
Grabbing her arm roughly, he was about to take her outside, before remembering what happened last time. With a quick veer to the left, he settled her against the wall.
"What's your name? Who hired you? Tell me and I will let you go now." He informed the changeling, and she growled at him and tried to escape Anakin's iron grip.
"Not so fast, bounty hunter!" he spat, glaring at the bounty hunter. She glared back, but eventually caved under the ferocity of the glare. Obi-wan looked at Anakin worriedly and frowned. He should not be glaring at him like that.
"All right! My names Zam, and I work for a bounty hunter called Jango…" At this, a small poison dart shot to her, killing her instantly. At the same time, Anakin was knocked off his feet by the bounty hunter Jango fett, as Fett made his escape. Taking a moment morn her death, Obi-wan looked to where his padawan was silently seething.
"I can't believe that he killed her before she could say anything!" he said, his voice laced with frustration and anger.
"Calm down, Anakin! She told me the name when you were busy being thrown away! I think I have heard of him and I will investigate into this further." At that, Anakin's anger subsided with relief.
"Well, that's a relief! Let's go and head back to Padme." The two turned and headed out of the bar, and climbed into their speeder and they zoomed towards the 500 Replica.