Chapter 9
This chapter on, I shall also write about the events that happened in deleted scenes, and probably extend some scenes with my own events, just to make the story longer, mostly it'll just be what happened during off-screen moments and such.
Qui-Gon Jinn had left an irate Vader and a scared Anakin Skywalker, but that wasn't the point then.
The point was that R2-D2 was speeding ahead, while Qui-Gon and Padmé transported droid parts towards their ship, which needed the parts. They stopped near the sleek Nubian Spacecraft, while Jedi Padawan Obi-Wan came out the ramp, stopping near Qui-Gon.
"Where's our resident Dark User?" Obi-Wan asked, smirking slightly, unaware of his Master's feelings at that point
"Preparing to train a new apprentice." Qui-Gon grumbled, before ordering Obi-Wan, "Start getting this hyperdrive generator installed.", both Jedi glanced at said generator, a grey one with white textures on the sides, "I'm going back, some unfinished business. I won't be long."
"Why do I sense this is going to be another pathetic life-form?" Obi-Wan asked, mostly to himself
"It's the boy who's responsible for getting those parts." Qui-Gon inwardly flinched at the recent memory of the fight between him and Vader.
They were getting along perfectly until Vader had to teach Anakin some Dark Side advice.
Meanwhile, on a hill far away, a Sith Probe droid which had been looking for the same ship it saw, turned and sped away, to report the situation to it's owner. As it was programmed to do.
Anakin, as he was walking away from Qui-Gon and Vader, due to their fight and the dark feelings the boy had been getting, he was now at the edge of the poorer area of Mos Eisley, the place Anakin called home for years.
"You cheated!" A voice suddenly exclaimed in the Rodian Language, the blonde boy turned, to see a green sentient, his face was angry, very vicious. Anakin immediately knew what the Rodian was talking about.
"I did not… Greedo!" Anakin argued at Rodian, referring to the Pod Race
"Yeah, how else could you have killed Sebulba? And won the race at the same time? All the evidence is right there!"
"I did not cheat, I raced! Raced honestly!" Anakin went forward and muttered, "At least I raced more honestly than most of the others."
"It's impossible for a mere boy to win a race, the only way that could happen is by cheating!"
At that point, several children came about, cheering and expecting a fight, Anakin half-had the mind to punch the other child's bloated head right then.
"I. DID. NOT. CHEAT." Anakin punctuated every word, pushing his finger at the top of the Rodian's sensitive snout, making the other feel a bit of pain
"Prove it."
Those two words set Anakin off, a fire of fury. Not noticing the dozen children circled around them, Anakin used a unconsciously-force-assisted jump to push Greedo onto the floor.
Several hitting sounds were made, as Anakin used extra force on the push, to injure the back of Greedo's head. In revenge, the other boy punched Anakin in the face, which led to the same thing happening to the other.
The children around yelled, as Greedo tried to hit Anakin, and made sure the other boy didn't manage to hit the Rodian, especially in the snout, that was sensitive. But Anakin was very good, managing to get a few hits, and vice versa.
Suddenly, another voice roared, "What is going on here?"
The two fighting boys found themselves levitated off each other, and into a standing position, both now looking at the intimidating dark figure of… Vader. All the children fled, as the man now glaring at Anakin and Greedo had a reputation.
Until only Anakin and Greedo's friends remained, along with the two mentioned boys looking at Vader.
"He said I cheated." Anakin accused, in a whining voice, pointing at Greedo
"Cheated? No, you couldn't have… did you?" Vader suddenly asked, giving a pointed look at Anakin
"NO!" The blonde exclaimed, frowning
"Do you still think he cheated?" Vader sternly asked Greedo
"Yes." The Rodian unhesitantly answered.
"As much as I hate to say this… you can't change people's opinions." Vader stated, he hated that piece of advice, he wouldn't have become Vader in the first place if he could change Dooku's opinion during the Clone War, but that was in the past, "You know the truth, you will just have to tolerate what he thinks, fighting… as much as even I want it to… won't change his opinions."
Greedo skulked off, and got warned by one of his friends, 'Keep this up Greedo, and you're gonna come to a bad end'. Vader got the feeling that the statement that was heard contained some irony to it.
'Perhaps Greedo got shot by some Corellian Smuggler in Mos Eisley Catina, who knows?', thought Vader
"Vader. Anakin." A calm, baritone voice greeted
"Master Jinn." Vader greeted back, mock-bowing
Qui-Gon kneeled to Anakin's height, and gave the boy some rectangular metal objects, which Anakin recognised to be Tatooinian currency.
"These are yours. We sold the Pod." Qui-Gon smiled, when Anakin whooped in happiness, Vader smiled at the boy, but frowned at the Jedi.
Shmi Skywalker had been cleaning up the kitchen, when Anakin burst through the door, Vader and Qui-Gon behind him. The mother glanced up and looked at Anakin, who was positively bursting with happiness.
"Mom! He sold the pod! Look at all the money we have!" Anakin exclaimed, opening a bag of coins.
"Oh my goodness, that's wonderful." Shmi gasped at the amount, holding the bag with her own hands
"And Anakin's been freed." Qui-Gon added, smiling, and making both people of the Skywalker family gasp in shock
"What?!" Anakin exclaimed, smiling uncontrollably
"You're no longer a slave."
The reaction was positively tremendous, Shmi stood there, stunned in shock as Anakin whooped around in joy. Vader smiled, knowing something they didn't.
"And I have enough credits to free someone else too." Vader smirked, holding up his own bag of credits, making Shmi gasp, and almost faint at the amount of good things happening
"You mean… you can free my mom?!" Anakin asked, suddenly hugging Vader, making Qui-Gon glare slightly at Vader
"How?" Was all Shmi could ask.
"We just have to go to Watto's junk shop, and make a deal." The former-Sith smiled, a genuine smile that he had not for years.
The pack stood up, as Vader walked out of the hovel, it was time to free the other slave, the woman who used to be Vader's mom in an alternate timeline, and the mother of the boy who was currently named Anakin Skywalker.
Anakin was genuinely skipping the entire way, Watto's Junk shop was not too far, so they could walk there.
"Wait… Qui-Gon, could you do me a favour?" Vader asked the other man, though they were not in good terms.
"What do you want?" Qui-Gon distrustingly asked
"Nothing for me, just… can you find a way to sell Shmi's hovel, we won't need it anymore."
"Sell it?" Shmi asked, surprised
"Yes. I will manage to find a home for you in Coruscant, where we're headed. So, after we free you, you'll need to pack your stuff." Vader answered, making Shmi cry in happiness.
Anakin and Shmi conversed, as Vader went in, leaving Qui-Gon to find a real estate place, smiling, he wasn't doing this for Vader, but for the family… and Anakin.
"Watto." Vader gruffly called, and when the blue sentient saw who was at the door, he groaned
"You again. Making me lose more stuff, I just got stolen… right when I was at the pod-race!" Watto exclaimed, making Vader revel in victory
"Partially. I want to buy Shmi Skywalker, force knows you need the money." Was the former-Sith's answer
"How did you… oh never mind!", Watto backed off to the counter, muttering about 'Omnipotent swindling Jedi'
Vader smiled at Shmi and Anakin both, as Watto pulled out the remote to Shmi's slave transmitter.
"I don't want to do this, so you better make a good deal, or else no buy!" Watto barked
"I got an amount of 50,000 in this bag. Will that be enough?" Vader asked calmly
"50… not bad… fine then! Deal! As long as you don't return here along with your other Jedi friend!" Watto was very furious at that point, and Vader guessed that the blue sentient could not think clearly, hence why the deal was that quick. Watto also added, "By the way.. a slave's home belongs to their owner, which is you now."
Vader smirked in victory, pouring all the coins in his velvet bag onto Watto's counter, while taking the slave transmitter, leaving immediately with Shmi and Anakin. They went back to their hovel, where they saw Qui-Gon conversing with a human man.
"This is a nice home… for a poorhouse." The man commented
"And we'd like you to buy it. You can do anything you want with it." Vader came in
"I think our company can furnish it up, we can do with this… I'll give you 40,000!"
"65,000." Vader bargained, making the man frown
"Too much! Too much! 40,000 no less!"
"Ok then… 50,000. Final deal", Vader smirked, at seeing the man bring out coins
"Deal!"
Vader held out his arm, which the other man put credits on to, glancing at Shmi and Anakin.
"Well, I give you two hours to pack up everything in this house. After that, I'll put this house on sale!" The man exclaimed, making Vader smile
"Thank you for your gracious service kind sir." Qui-Gon thanked
"Yeah, whatever, now get packing!" The man ordered
Vader ushered Shmi and Anakin into the house, as they packed everything, and Vader put all the coins he now possessed into the bag. There was one word Vader could use to describe the entire situation. Quick.
The family packed up all necessities, Vader put all remaining food into a piece of cloth he had found and washed, then quickly dried it using a quick Force move to heat up things. Mostly, the food was rice, spices, fruit and all those stuff, which was easy to transport.
Shmi put everything into separate bags, Anakin's personal items went into one backpack, all food was preserved before Vader put them in the cloth he found, while everything else went into another bag, a leather one.
Qui-Gon had smartly wrapped all sharp items together and put them bound in a very small bag, so they didn't cut anything.
Anakin and Vader went into the boy's room, and turned on C-3PO, who immediately stood up, staring at Anakin blankly.
"Well, Threepio… I'm free… Mom's free… so I'm gonna take you along with everything else into a starship." Anakin awkwardly stated, gradually smiling
"Oh… we're leaving?" Threepio asked, surprised at the new development
"Yeah! I'll be able to finish you up on Coruscant!" Anakin exclaimed, becoming excited.
"Actually Anakin… You won't be able to." Vader cut into the conversation like a knife
"Why?" Anakin gasped, not being able to find any reasons why
"Qui-Gon has elected to have you trained as a Jedi in Coruscant, and Jedi aren't allowed to have anything… I'm afraid someone else will have to finish him."
"Oh… not anything?"
"Yes, well… many Jedi broke that rule anyway, but they only owned small trinkets, the biggest thing being a personal datapad."
"So… if I can't finish him… can you?"
"If that's what you want." Vader kneeled to Anakin's height
Anakin thought about this, knowing that he'd have to say goodbye to his faithful protocol droid anyway, if what Vader was saying had been true… plus, after that fight between Qui-Gon and Vader, Anakin was now more inclined to trust the latter.
"Finish him… he just needs coverings, and other minor stuff…", Anakin told Vader, who nodded in reply
"So, C-3PO, you're my droid now. Come along then." Vader stood, up to the height he could, along with the protocol droid
"Simply Splendid, Master Vader!" The droid replied, as the three left the room.
Once the five finished packing, it had been one hour and fifty minutes, Vader walked out, carrying the leather bag filled with Anakin and Shmi's clothes and other miscellaneous items on his back. He had just walked out of the front porch, when the former-Sith saw the same man who had bought the house.
"So, you're done?" The man asked, sitting along with a few other men
"Yes. Enjoy your newest house." Vader replied, moving away with the other four as quickly as the man and his work-mates went in.
"Well, that was fast." Qui-Gon commented, as the five walked away, knowing that their lives would be very different at the end of the journey.
I had a review from Reader-anonymous-writer telling me what they wanted to see for this story, and I can promise them that it will happen next chapter.
Anyway, I'm not too good with business deals or Tatooinian currency, so if I did anything wrong with that, then sorry (Though you can tell me in the reviews and I'll attempt to fix it up). Hopefully you've enjoyed this one and please review.