Chapter 3
A/N 21/6/2016: I changed the classes of the Orange Eagle, Ahsoka's vehicle (They'r now, not B A C, that should make it more even to other F-Zero vehicles), other than that, this chapter contains the grammar checks and minor word changes
Ahsoka was exposed to the dirty cell environment when she woke up.
She looked down, to see that she was wearing the same clothes, to her relief, but there was a golden chain and golden collar on her neck. She looked right to see her friend and Master's Master who was now unconscious, Obi-Wan Kenobi.
She sighed in relief, at least she was not alone. But, she was a bit scared, wondering what was going to happen next.
Fear, that she wasn't in her own universe, Anger, at wondering who took her.
But her anger suddenly translated to other things that angered her. Oh how angry she was! At the Jedi, for not trusting her former Master, who ultimately got lost, at the two of her supposed friends, both of whom betrayed her in two very different ways, and finally at whomever kidnapped her right now!
She knew that the Jedi didn't fear or anger. But she couldn't help it. Not for almost six years!
A cloaked man, who was walking down the streets of Mute City suddenly looked up and towards the direction of Port Town. He then shrugged and continued carrying the groceries, attempting to ignore a feeling he got, something that happened in Port Town.
Obi-Wan's consciousness returned, but he didn't open his eyes. He felt Ahsoka's anger, at many things. He was concerned, he knew Ahsoka kept some emotions, but he didn't know that it was that… fiery.
He snapped his eyes open and looked right to where Ahsoka was. She was frowning, thinking. Obi-Wan concluded that Ahsoka was too deep in her thoughts to notice him waking up. He touched his neck, but only to feel cold metal instead of warm skin.
He looked down to realise that he had a silver chain and collar on his neck.
"Ah… Ahsoka?" Obi-Wan breathed, trying to get his voice back, Ahsoka snapped out of whatever state she was in and snapped her head toward Obi-Wan, and smiled when she saw him awake.
"Master." Ahsoka greeted, a bit cheerfully, though tired.
"Ahsoka, are you okay? I sensed your anger" Obi-Wan widened his eyes in concern, but before the answer could come, the plasma cell gates deactivated and one Don Genie came in, with a couple of robots armed with staffs.
Ahsoka glared at Genie, though she didn't know that if he was responsible or not. Genie laughed, as Obi-Wan glanced at Ahsoka for a moment, then at Genie like he was insane.
"Welcome to my place" Genie bowed in mock-respect
"You did this?" Ahsoka growled, frowning deeper
"Oh yes. Don't worry, I only bought you here to be my slaves" Genie cackled
Obi-Wan hid all his emotions with his traditional Jedi Mask, a metaphorical mask all Jedi made to hid their emotions, he then confidently replied"Whatever you do, you won't break us."
"I wasn't going to 'break' you two!" Genie laughed once again, he then continued "To beat a team, you need a team." Ahsoka and Obi-Wan both rose their eyebrows in confusion of the phrase, as Genie continued, "I don't need normal slaves, I already have them! I was planning a partnership at worst. The best F-Zero pilots always work together with other racers, the only exception being Falcon until five years ago when he began working with that newbie who suddenly became an even better pilot than Falcon. I need a slave, or a partner that can work an F-Zero machine."
"That's your motive?" Obi-Wan asked, now utterly confused
"I already have normal slaves already. To win an entire F-Zero Grand Prix is to get 1 million credits, credits I need." Ahsoka frowned 'More like want', she thought bitterly, Anakin had told her about these people. Genie then asked "Which one of you can pilot?" Obi-Wan and Ahsoka decided not to comment, their faces showed defiance. So Genie added "I'll let the other go if one of you says you can"
Ahsoka thought about it, she wasn't important, and she only lived for missions these days, she wouldn't really be a slave, but she wouldn't be free either. But that was a Jedi's life, and she disliked the Jedi for abandoning her Master.
But Obi-Wan, he was in the Council, the Galaxy needed him, while Ahsoka was just the Council's slave, metaphorically, anyway, slavery was illegal in the Republic, she did missions to the whim and got no recognition for it. She was just the underling in the galaxy. She suddenly made the choice, she could pilot anyway.
"I can then" Ahsoka suddenly burst out, standing up all she could until the chain tugged at her.
"Ahsoka" Obi-Wan whispered, not wanting her to
"You can?" Genie asked, Ahsoka knew that Genie was just trying to make her nervous, but she was perfectly determined
"I will. I can pilot, my Mas… teacher taught me how to pilot, and it's a thing I've been doing since I was a child." Ahsoka clarified, Genie smiled, evilly, his plan was working so far…
"Guards, take these two to my showroom!" The two robots immediately set off to do their tasks, releasing the two by their chains and pushing them forward, following Genie.
Genie opened a door, as the robots pushed Obi-Wan and Ahsoka into the room Genie entered in. There were many F-Zero machines, all the same shade, off-white, there were big machines, small machines and they all had a different shape. There were displays in front of the vehicles, showing the stats in of the vehicle behind the display.
"So… why are these all off-white?" Ahsoka asked, curiosity peaking at her, she would be able to see the mechanics of the main transports of this universe.
"Pick a vehicle!" Genie exclaimed, making Ahsoka sigh, she remembered that she was not free now.
Ahsoka looked around. She didn't know what to pick, she knew the advantages of a strong vehicle, but she liked speed. She noticed that the vehicles consisted of three classes, the Body Class, Boost Class and finally, the Grip Class. The bigger vehicles were heavier and each vehicle had it's own measure of acceleration, based on the line graphs drawn.
She decided to tap into the Force. She closed her eyes and purged all her feelings, though this universe lacked the Force, she could feel it for some reason she did not know. The warmth of the light soothed her.
She then focused on the question "Which machine should I pick", she focused on that question and her connection to the Force, nothing else. She learnt it from Master Obi-Wan.
The Force told her to walk forward, and she complied, her feet rising and falling, the Force instructed her to walk at different directions, Obi-Wan, the robots and Genie walked behind, though only Obi-Wan knew that Ahsoka had her eyes closed. Ahsoka then turned left and the Force told her to stop.
She opened her eyes to see a machine, it was off-white, it was not big, it had a small, spread appearance, like a eagle with it's wings stretched, flying across the sky. She saw the stats. It's acceleration was good, it was at the middle point of speed and acceleration, which was good for her. The body class was D, she didn't really mind how strongly held the vehicle was, the boost class was A, that was good since she cared about speed, and the grip class was C, she did not mind how easy it was to control the thing.
"This one!" Ahsoka exclaimed, pointing at the vehicle she chose.
"That one's a good choice, not advised for novices, but good enough for an intermediate." Genie remarked, partially impressed, he was closer to his plans from working, he then asked, since for all he knew, the alien could be the pilot of a star cruiser, there were different types of pilots, despite all vehicles had similar if not same controls, "Do you fly F-Zero machines?"
Ahsoka flatly answered, "No."
"Then, you will be learning from me, and if you manage to not keep up, you will be punished." Genie threatened, then he became calmer and ordered "Give your vehicle a colour, and a name based from that colour now."
Ahsoka thought for a while, until she settled with a colour, "Orange." She addressed aloud, then she chose the name immediately "I'll settle with the Orange Eagle."
Ahsoka's got an F-Zero machine. I obviously don't know much about partnership deals nor slavery, let alone the middle solution to it, so I tried to do the best I could with what I knew. Hopefully it's good. Anyway, see ya in the next chapter.