Disclaimer: All characters except for Meagan, Sasha and a few minor other characters, belong to George Lucas, and we are not receiving any profit off this work of fiction.
This is written in first person point of view of Meagan unless otherwise noted.
From Earth to Star Wars
Part Two: Post TPM by about four years. (Anakin is about thirteen.)
Meagan comes back to Star Wars and meets up with now Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker. Follows the movies, but is an AU. (Caution.) Ours does have a bit of a twist to it.
Chapter Thirteen
The morning light filtered slowly through the window, gently announcing the dawn of another day. A smile graced my lips as I felt the warm body holding me close and remembered the night before.
"Feel better?" Obi-Wan's voice penetrated through my thoughts, and I well knew that he was referring to my insecurities about myself living in his, no our quarters.
I didn't move my head from his chest, but glanced upward into the eyes that I could stare into for hours on end. "That was a very good idea."
"Of course it was." He quite laughing at my statement, now glancing down at me knowingly. "But love, you do know that no matter where we are or doing that you are my wife?"
"I know…It's…just….I don't know…."
He gently fingered my hair, seemingly calming my nerves. "I love you."
"I love you too." I pushed myself up on his chest, then reaching up, kissing him.
*******
The next several weeks proved to be a lot of fun, especially at night, but also a learning experience. We had formed an incredibly strong bond on our wedding night, but we were still learning all the nuisances about each other. Being in love is one thing, but learning to live with someone is another one. It, on one hand, fills your life like nothing else, but on the other one, isn't easy. However, one look into his eyes, makes it all worth it, to go down life's road with someone that means more to you…
But anyway, I continued on with my own work at the Temple, while my Jedi husband and his growing Padawan did theirs', though on planet. However, the first time they left on a routine diplomatic mission, was harder than I expected it to be. Saying goodbye was ruff, but that first night was worse. It took me forever to go to sleep. In just four short weeks, I completely adjusted to sleeping with him and once I feel asleep, I kept waking up, expecting him to be there. Of course, when I realized he wasn't there, my heart would sink. Finally, I got realistic and told myself to stop being such a sissy wimp and get over it. I married a Jedi Master, this was going to be a big part of my life. After that, I usually slept just fine.
So, they, as usual, returned just fine and we continued to adjust, over the next few months, as a married couple in the Jedi Temple. The surprise came when the Jedi Council sent all three of us to a planet named Arange. Two major business corporations were trying to get along with each other. (They'd always be fighting over every resource in the planet.) Now, one, Real's Company, suspected the other, Tittley Computer Corporation, of sabotaging them. So, Real asked for a Jedi team to come and investigate. Obi-Wan was assigned to work at Tittley, while I, his wife, (real hard acting job there), worked as a counselor in Real. Anakin, as Obi-Wan's brother, was going to school.
"Do I have to go to school?" Anakin whined to Obi-Wan after we settled into the house that we'd been given once we arrived on Arange.
"Yes you do. It's a part of the mission." Obi-Wan told him.
"But I already go to school. Now I have to do two sets of homework?" Anakin's whine was quickly turning into an argument. I could feel a now more common flash of anger coming from him.
"You're going Padawan."
"Can't I be home schooled or something….." He stopped short at the look on Obi-Wan's face. I had stood back, not wanting to get involved.
"No, I told you to go to school. Now go."
Anakin looked extremely defiant and was going to challenge him, but his frustrated sigh told me he'd change his mind. "Yes Master." With that he turned and left, grabbing his books on the table.
Obi-Wan watched him go, then turned to me, kissing me goodbye, then left for work. I soon followed.
Over the next week or so, we collected all we could from the people we came in contact with, but we weren't coming up with any convicting evidence. Most of it was pure speculation and the computer systems Anakin accessed in school during free hours and computer classes didn't help much either. And during other classes, he was learning the culture of the planets, helping give us insight to maybe why this could be occurring. And both Obi-Wan and I were discovering this too.
"I can find a way into the building after hours. There's a guy at school says he can get into it." He said one day as we discussed our findings during dinner.
My husband was not one to go breaking the rules. "Another way will present itself."
"We've tried. Meagan and I have pulled and snooped around enough to know we don't have enough evidence to convict Tittley and his crew of sabotaging Real's Company. We can be in and out of there in no time."
Obi-Wan stared at him for a seemingly long time. Anakin did make some good points and my husband knew it. "Alright. Ask your friend the details."
Three days later, we were ready. The only reason I went along was to help with the downloads, which could take a while, and to keep watch for the security guards. True to his source, Anakin was able to get us in the back way and to a computer room. Though we quickly discovered it didn't quite have everything we needed. The memos being sent from Tittley to other managers to sabotage Real was one thing we were looking for and any other evidence like that.
"Hand me a disk Anakin. I'll go and take Meagan with me." Obi-Wan asked as Anakin, already knowing it, handed him the disks. Then with a few quick instructions about meeting up again and leaving the complex, we found our way to the other terminals.
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"You got it?" I asked nervously, standing watch while Obi-Wan was digging up some evidence for the case from a computer. I had finished working on "my computer" just a few minutes ago. Anakin, we assumed, was still downloading information from the other terminals, where most of the information was stored.
"Just about." He glanced up and around. "The guards are about to go on their rounds."
I grew more nervous, wanting to get out of there. "Anakin's not quite done."
Just then the door began to open. Grabbing the desks as the computers finished working, Obi-Wan and I ducked quickly behind the computer terminal, well knowing it would be a temporary hiding place.
Obi-Wan reached inside the jacket he wore to where his lightsaber was well concealed. "I really don't want to do this, but Anakin needs a few more minutes. Stay low."
I eyed a corner near us, getting an idea. Seconds before Obi-Wan made his presence known to the guards or they discovered us, I roughly grabbed him by the shoulders, nearly shoving him into it.
"Meagan….."
I started to kiss him. "Shut up and play along."
"What???" I heard in my mind as we continued to kiss.
"Giving us some time." I told him, leaning closer to him, seeing over his shoulder that we had the guards attention. "There're watching us."
Obi-Wan was looking extremely uncomfortable. I mean, in public, my husband was pretty reserved, though in the Temple he was a little more open with showing affection. However, elsewhere, if we did anything, it was holding hands or he had an arm loosely around my waist or shoulder. Now I was trying to get him to make out with me in public and with an audience.
"Meagan." His voice was as a warning growl.
Completely ignoring his protest, I began to kiss him deeper, trying to make this look real. I maneuvered myself until I was in his lap, running a hand through his hair. The other one reached down, starting to stroke his thigh, knowing I was hitting a spot that usually aroused him. "It's either this or fight your way out, blowing our cover."
He sighed as one hand started caressing my cheek, realizing we would have to play this out. This went on for several minutes as we continued to make out. The guards were still watching us amusingly. Luckily the comlink started blinking, Anakin letting us know he was done, and heading out the back way.
"We need to end this."
"We can't just get up and leave…." I started out, then suddenly got another idea. I grabbed one his hands, leading it to my waistband, gently pulling, and giving him the idea to pull my shirt off.
"Meagan, no." I heard him. "Start taking off mine. I'm not undressing you in public."
Going along with my husband's suggestion, I reached up, maneuvering his jacket off, both of us making sure his saber was still hidden. I then shrugged off his shirt, starting to work my way down his bare chest.
His breath intake was sharp, but he still muttered. "I thought you said this was going to work…."
Just then one of the guards yelled. "Hey you two, get a room and get out of here."
I smiled as we slowly began pulling away from each other as Obi-Wan yelled over his shoulder. "We're going."
"You've got five minutes."
We nodded and he dressed as the guards started slowly walking away, but keeping an eye on us.
It was only a few minutes later that we headed out of the building, having all the evidence we needed and no one the wiser. We had our arms around each other for show, but I knew as soon as it was safe too, I was really going to get it.
*******
We met Anakin back at our house, where he already was reading the stuff he downloaded onto the disks we took with us. "Master I think we got them. Look at this."
Despite his mood, he glanced over Anakin's shoulder, watching him with approval. "Good Padawan. Tittley has been trying to ruin Real during the last several years." The memos and other office notes where saying that Tittley was having his employees hack into Real's computer systems, steal employees, cash flow, sabotage equipment, etc.
Anakin smiled. "Where are yours? We need to see what's on them too." Obi-Wan pulled them out of his jacket pocket and gave them to him as Anakin continued. "How did you two manage to come out the front door anyway? That's a sure way to get caught, especially since the guards do rounds."
Obi-Wan managed a smile toward me. "Oh the guards were there alright."
Anakin looked puzzled. "But how……" His voice trailed off as he picked up on the looks the two of us were exchanging. "On second thought I don't want to know. I think I'll go find us something to eat while this loads. It will take a while." With that, he left the room, obviously feeling the tension building between the two of us.
As soon as the door was shut, my husband turned to me. "What did you think you were doing back there?"
"Saving our lives and this mission."
"The actions you took were very appropriate too." His voice was dripping with sarcasm.
"It was all I could think of at such short notice." I threw back at him. "Besides, I didn't see you having any other ideas besides fighting your way out and completely ruining everything."
"Meagan, we were causing a scene."
"A scene? And what would have happened if you ignited your lightsaber? At least my actions seemed to go along with our cover story and looked a whole lot more normal."
"Normal? You call making out in public normal?" I was certainly glad that Anakin left, not witnessing our first real fight.
"I've talked to a lot of people since we've been here. Believe me when I say we aren't the first couple a set of guards has caught in there after hours. They just group us with the rest of them and will forget we were there and won't discover what we were actually doing."
Obi-Wan sighed. "How in the world am I going to put this in my report to the Jedi Council?"
Well, he had me there. "Don't say anything about how we nearly got caught."
"I'm not going to lie, they'll know."
"Obi-Wan, why do you do everything by the book?'" The look on his face well told me he wouldn't leave a single detail out. "Fine, if you have to tell them, you can say it was all my idea and that I forced you into my plan."
"Meagan, that is telling the truth."
"Yes, it was my idea, but I didn't force you into it after a while."
"Where did you get that idea from?" The look he gave me nearly had me sinking into the floor.
Straightening my shoulders and shaking his look off, I ventured on. "Admit it, you were beginning to like it."
"Like that? You were taking off my clothes in public with two guards watching us. And you think I like that? What fried your brain?"
"Nothing fried my brain except maybe you, but that's besides the point. You just don't want to admit that I got us out of that mess and not you."
"That had nothing to do with it. Our relationship isn't supposed to interfere with our duties, remember? And you were using it in a dangerous situation."
"Of course I used it. It made the whole thing look like a young, newlywed couple finding some time alone together after work before going home to the younger brother. Besides, I knew we could make it work since I know you…."
"Don't even start on that." He easily cut me off. "How far were you planning on taking that little scene?"
I shrugged. "I don't know, just far enough to were the guards would kick us out. I could tell that they weren't going to put up with us for very long."
"Meagan, how many times have I told you to think before jumping into a situation without looking where you are going to land?"
"My quick thinking saved this entire mission." I yelled at him. "Why don't you get off your high horse about following every single rule and get off this Jedi ego trip and admit it that I can get us out of trouble instead of into it?"
I could feel his temper nearly reach a boiling point while the two of us glared at each other for a long time. Finally he spoke. "Meagan, I'm going to take a long walk, so we can both think about this and cool down." With that he turned and left, leaving me alone, thinking about what we said.
*******
It was much later, after Anakin and I ate and went to bed that I felt my husband crawl into bed next to me. Luckily I was pretty much asleep, so his being there didn't affect me too much. It was waking up the next morning, our backs trying not to touch, with the tension extremely thick between us that was hard to deal with.
"As soon as we make miles out of the data we collected, I'm going to the authorities." He said as we got ready that day, finally breaking the hard silence between us. "If everything proceeds okay, we should be back home in a few days."
"Good." I told him as I left the room, wanting to get away from him. "The sooner the better. I have a lot of work to do."
I barely heard him acknowledge it as I went into the kitchen to find Anakin trying to find something to eat. "Morning."
"Morning." He said uneasily as I poured myself a cup of coffee. "Did you two have a fight?"
I smiled, the 'kids' always felt it too. "We had a disagreement over something. It's nothing for you to be concerned about."
"Good, cause I was worried." The sweet look on his face was so sincere.
"Anakin, Obi-Wan and I will have fights, but we will always love and care for each other and for you." Though, at over fourteen, he was still a little boy at times.
"Okay." He glanced toward the closed bedroom door where Obi-Wan was. "I got to go to school. Tell him that all the stuff is downloaded onto the computer here. We just need to sort through it."
"All right." I sat down to eat as he grabbed his books and left.
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Through most of that day, barely speaking to each other, Obi-Wan and I managed to put everything together, who was involved, why, how, where and everything else. Then when Anakin came home from school, they went straight to the people that sent the help message and was able to put under arrest most of the ones involved. However, the ringleader was the hardest to handle.
I hadn't gone with them before because he said it was too dangerous for me to go along, so I pretended that everything was normal. I just happened to be out and about, visiting people when the commotion started. Tittley was on the run, closely followed by Anakin and some security guards. I briefly wondered where Obi-Wan was when bullets started flying and that pure chaos erupted among the town's members.
Diving down to the ground, I took the two ladies I was talking with down to safety. "Stay low." I told them, as I started crawling to a safe spot where I could see what was going on and if I could help any.
I could hear Anakin's voice calmly talking to Tittley. "Put the blaster down. Shooting all these people doesn't help matters anyway. We can help you."
"Help me? You are going to send me to jail."
"If you just put down the weapon, we can talk. See if we can't arrange something." His voice was steady and I was impressed with his maturity, but I hoped he wouldn't get shot.
"Get rid of the guards then." The shuffling of feet told me that the guards were leaving.
"Now, it's just us." Anakin stepped closer to him, his lightsaber off, but in one hand. "Hand me the weapon. It'll be alright."
From my vantage point, I thought he would give himself over, but suddenly he took off running and straight towards me. My eyes widened, I couldn't run, but just hoped he wouldn't see me. However, he didn't see me, but tripped over me. Thinking I could help, I moved to capture him, but he being extremely quick, grabbed me.
Obi-Wan had come out of his hiding place as Anakin called to him, just in time to see me with Tittley's arm around my neck, pinning a blaster to my head.
"Let her go." Obi-Wan's voice was low and gruff. "She has nothing to do with this. Your quarrel is with us."
"Oh, I think she has everything to do with this." His wild man impression earlier was obviously an act. "I've done my own research and discovered she's just not here on an uncover assignment, but your wife. I've got myself a real good hostage."
I stood still as he talked, glancing toward Obi-Wan. I could feel both of them wanting to tear this man limb from limb. "I'm okay." I sent him. "Keep him talking and I can get out of this."
Obi-Wan knew of my training. "Look, if you want to get even with anyone, it's me. Let my wife go. I'll be your hostage."
The man's eyes began to gleam with pleasure and his hold slowly began to loosen on me. Just another minute…..
"You could get a lot more out of us verses her. I believe a Jedi Knight is a lot more valuable." Anakin added, both of them seeing it was working.
He was going along with it. "How do I know you're trustworthy?"
Obi-Wan sat down his lightsaber. "I don't play games when it comes to my wife and
Padawan. Now let her go." He slowly walked forward with Anakin covering his side.
Tittley let go of my neck, putting his hand on my waist. Using the same move I'd had before, knowing he didn't expect it, I maneuvered out, throwing him over my head. He landed on the ground with a big thud as the two Jedi raced toward us. It was just a few minutes later that they tied him up, leading him away.
*******
Now that everything was done, it was just the next day when we left the planet. After we took off, with Anakin busy fixing something up, Obi-Wan and I really got to talk.
"Meagan…"
"Obi-Wan…" We both stared at each other as we spoke each other's names and then soon found our way into each other's arms.
"I'm sorry, you were right." I started out. "I shouldn't have done what I did in the computer…"
"No, my love." He broke in. "You did what you did to save the mission and you proved yesterday you can take care of things quite well. And you were right about me being more concerned about me doing things than the rules. My pride and ego were more hurt than anything else."
I glanced up at him, as we grew quiet, our bond doing more of the talking. Finally he spoke after we shared several kisses. "Just promise me one thing."
I smiled, sensing where this was going. "And what's that?"
"You know I love you, but don't ever put me into that situation again."
I couldn't help, but laugh. "I promise."
He nodded as he lowered his head again.
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AN: Awwwwww……their first fight. They are not different from other married couples that have conflicts and have to work through them. (Though the fight scene was really fun to write!!!) We like the idea of the three of them working together and showing a little of their married life. We didn't want to bore you with the everyday details of a newly wedded couple, so this shorter mission was added. Next chapter you might get to see a lightsaber "contest." Thanks for continuing to read and reviewing our story.
