From Earth to Star Wars: Part Two
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.
AN: Hey everyone! This is probably a chapter you've been waiting for and Meagan is throughout it! We've cut out the scenes at the Senate debating the Clone Army and so forth, staying focused on Meagan and Obi-Wan. But it's still pretty easy to follow. Enjoy and have a blessed week.
MissFlynnie: We've missed Meagan too, but it's how the story progressed. Dooku was counting on Meagan to think more of protecting Sasha and would blind her to everything else.....he was wrong. As for Anakin and his mom....she was never taken by the Tusken Raiders and is safely at home with her husband.
Dimonah Tralon: We miss Qui-Gon sometimes too....maybe it's time for a flashback....LOL!! I don't think I could have thought that clearly either, protecting my family, but Meagan's intuitions are stronger than most. He won't underestimate her again! Thanks again! Enjoy
Azura: Thanks again! We're glad you are enjoying it! Here's another chapter for you!
Chapter Sixty Nine
*Meagan's point of view*
I had spent the rest of my time meditating, and it seemed to work, calming me down, preparing me for a battle ahead. And finally, surprisingly the next morning, the guards came in and released me from the chains. I had the brief thought of trying to make a run for it, but knew I wouldn't get too far. So, I just watched as they re-cuffed my hands before leading me from the room. As we walked through the corridors, I could hear more and more noises. We were approaching something....probably an arena made for executions.
We turned one last corner and there stood my husband in a cart that would led us out. He turned to me, more than a bit shocked and certainly not happy to see me. "Don't tell me my daughter is here too."
"I'm spontaneous, not stupid." I nearly fired at him as the guards shoved me up next to him, both us knowing Sasha was safe at home. His rather sarcastic comment showing his disapproval.
Obi-Wan shook his head as the guards stepped back to their posts. "What are you doing here?"
I looked up into his eyes. "I knew you were in trouble and I couldn't stand by and feel you die again. I left you alone to die once and I wasn't about to do it again. Not when I could save you."
"Ah Meagan." The stern look in his eyes relented as he leaned down and placed his cheek on the top of my head, kissing me gently.
We held each other for several minutes, feeling that they weren't going to pull us out quite yet. He had looped his handcuffed hands around me while I held unto the front of his shirt, glad to be somewhat in his arms.
"Meagan." His gentle voice finally spoke. He weighed his words, as if they were going to be the last between us. "I always thought we'd grow old together, but I'll never regret loving and marrying you, if it was only for a short while."
I snuggled my head against his chest. "I love you so much and would only want to die by your side."
We shared several deep desperate kisses. After our lips parted, we held each other for a moment or so before he started speaking again. "Meagan, my love, I don't know what's going to happen out there, but I'll protect you as long as I'm breathing."
He continued on, confessing his love as I felt his fingers playing with my hair, catching on a pin.....
"Obi-Wan, give me that pin." I pulled back slightly, not caring I was interrupting, only that I knew I had thought of a way to possibly save our lives.
He stared at me in shock. "I'm confessing my undying love and your wanting a hair pin?"
"Well, we want to give them a show don't we?" I looked up at him, feeling that he was slowly catching on. "If you slip the pin that's in my hair into my mouth, I'll be able to free myself."
He grinned and gave me one last kiss before reaching up to pull it from my hair. Seeing the guards coming forward to pull us into the arena, he quickly slipped it into my mouth. We were quiet as the cart was pulled out into the huge arena and soon attached us to the chains on two of the polls positioned next to each other.
With the pin still in my mouth I was about to start working on freeing myself when Obi-Wan nearly whispered. "Wait one moment Meagan. Something else is going on."
I glanced over to him, my suspensions leaving my stomach nearly in knots, somehow managing to talk around the pin. "You don't suppose?"
"I hope not. I told him to stay on Naboo." Even chained to a poll he was scowling at Anakin for not following his directions.
"Would you have done any less for Qui-Gon?" I asked him gently.
He just scowled, giving me the answer. So, we stood quiet and still, each meditating, nearly together, trying to figure out a way to survive. Some five or so minutes later another cart began to be pulled out into the arena. Anakin and Padme. No big surprise. Though he looked quite surprised to see me.
"What are you doing here?" He asked as he and Padme were led towards us.
"You think I'm going to let some rebel kill my husband?" I asked him, not being able to help myself.
"I was wondering if you ever received my message." Obi-Wan greeted Anakin, purposely interrupting us.
"I re-transmitted your message just as you requested. " He almost said cheerfully. "And we decided to come rescue you."
"Good job." Obi-Wan looked up at the chains on his own arms and to the one's they were tying to Anakin.
Finally, now that we were about to get started I began to work on undoing my cuffs. Moving the pin around with my teeth, I pushed it to edge of them, griping it tightly so I didn't lose it. Stretching out onto my tiptoes, I began reaching for the metal hole. While halfway listening to our execution orders and what animals had been ordered for today, I wiggled the pin around the key hole, hoping to undo them.
During this time, through the corner of my eyes, I saw the animals come out of the caves and headed towards us. Two were cat like creatures with large claws and big teeth. One was a crab like thing and had pinchers bigger than any of us. The last animal was just a big monster. There was no other way to describe him. The creatures slowly looked at us, as if deciding which one of us to kill for their lunch.
"You ready for a fight?" I heard Obi-Wan ask Anakin as I could feel the fear in him rise slightly at the sight of these creatures bred to kill. "Patience Padawan. Use the Force." I heard Obi-Wan tell him, but could tell by the tone in his voice, he was trying to find his own calm center. "Besides we want to give them their money's worth don't we?"
I had finally undid myself and saw Anakin grin at his answer, then catching sight of Padme doing the same as I. "Shouldn't be that hard to give it to them, but what about Padme and Meagan?"
Quite amused by the question, Obi-Wan glanced from one of us to the other as I took a strong hold of the chain and started to heave myself up the pole, slowly but surely. "I think Padme is on top of things and Meagan can more than take care of herself."
I felt relief at knowing Obi-Wan's confidence in me. I then turned my attention back to the battle. One of the cat creatures was advancing towards me, obviously not liking the fact I was not an easy snack. Just as it reached me, I had securely stationed myself on top of the pole. At least safe for the moment and feeling my husband's relief as he began his own battle, I began working to free the cuffs from my hands as well. Though I did have to keep a careful eye on the cat as he kept jumping up and once I had to jump up in order to avoid getting swiped at with those claws. But after some work, I was finally, completely free as the cuffs fell off my wrists.
"Now, I need something to defend myself with." I thought once I tucked the pin back into my hair. Glancing around, I saw a guard standing nearby, holding a blaster. He wasn't holding it tightly, obviously enjoying the show we were putting on. Stretching out with the Force, praying I had enough control, I held out my hand and called it to me.
It flew from his surprised hands and into mine. As the cat reared and jumped again, I shot it. It fell down, moaning in pain and to make sure it was going to die, I pulled the trigger again.
Safe from the predator, I turned and saw Obi-Wan with the crab. He had freed himself from the post, but was still cuffed and playing dodge the claws. Aiming for its head, I gave it a shot or two. It fell, but lunged back at Obi-Wan. Of course, my husband jumped out of the way, but I shot the animal a couple more times, just to be sure. Finally it lay still and Obi-Wan called up. "Thanks love."
"Your welcome." I still stood there, clutching the blaster, not sure what to do.
"Meagan jump." He yelled over the noise of the crowd. "I'll catch you."
Taking a deep breath, stilling any fear, I looked back down to Obi-Wan and proceeded to jump off the pole. Immediately I felt the brush of the Force as Obi-Wan guided me down and braced my fall to land gently next to him. After sharing a brief kiss, I grabbed the bobby pin from my hair, and was able to take the cuffs off of Obi-Wan and since I've done it before this time I managed to do it rather quickly.
He grinned slightly and somehow managed to be sarcastic. "I thought they could only hold your hair back."
I laughed before turning around to shoot Padme's cat when Anakin's creature ran over it. He called up to her and she jumped down and then drove over to us. Using the Force, Obi-Wan lifted me up and levitated himself. With the four of us sitting on him, it was quite a tight squeeze, with me practically in Obi-Wan's lap, but that didn't really matter. We had survived. So, as soon as we were settled, Anakin turned, directing the animal back to where Dooku was standing.
However, we didn't get very far as three destroyer droids rolled out and circled around us, with Obi-wan's arms tightening rather protectively around me. Anakin reigned in the animal, as we all glanced at each other, trying to decide what course of action to take. But before we could make a decision the sudden conversation from the upstairs balcony slowly drifted downward.
"Master Windu." We heard Dooku greet him. "How pleasant of you to join us. I believe your two boys could use an extra hand."
"Party's over Dooku." Mace Windu's deep voice resounded in the arena, sending a signal out which lit the entire place with the lightsabers of hundreds of Jedi. We had been rescued. This battle was over.
"Brave, but foolish. Your impossibly outnumbered." Dooku stated calmly and confidently.
"I don't think so." As Master Windu was speaking an entire army marched out onto the arena floor. Our eyes widened as bullets started flying.
The Knights on the floor charged towards us, anxious to protect the most vulnerable of us. Of course, I immediately started to fire again, trying to give us more time before two of the knights tossed Anakin and Obi-Wan lightsabers. Immediately Obi-Wan ignited his and released Anakin's hands from the handcuffs.
Suddenly the reek, startled by the obvious gunfire growing around us, reared back, knocking all of us to the ground. Not expecting it, I fell flat on my face, coating my mouth with dirt.
"Meagan. Get up." I heard Obi-Wan yell over the noise and I barely had time to raise my head before he was pulling me off the ground. "Stay close."
I nodded as I ducked down to avoid a blaster as it sailed over my head, Obi-Wan's lightsaber catching it. For several moments I stood half by his side, half by his back, depending on which direction his saber was spinning in. Sometime, whether we knowingly did it or not, Obi-Wan and I fully opened our bond, fusing our minds and fighting as one. I found I didn't need to guess or ask where he would be moving next or tell him to turn to block the blaster fire coming straight at me. We just knew and did it, as one.
Through most of it, I stayed close to Obi-Wan while Padme stayed with Anakin. At one point in time, Master Windu ended up by us and together we formed a triangle. They easily deflected any bullets that came near me and I knocked out a lot of droids. Though as the reek, which was still running around like mad, began charging at us. I looked towards his wild eyes and if it hadn't been for Obi-Wan, I probably would have completely frozen, getting mauled over in the process.
"Meagan, move." Obi-Wan gave me a shove, pushing me down and away before he dove himself as the monster charged past us with Master Windu flying in the other direction.
Spitting the sand out of my mouth, I quickly hopped up, calling for my husband. "Obi-Wan."
"Meagan, duck." I didn't know if I heard it out loud or through our bond, I just did it as several shots blazed over me. "You are alright?"
I turned and found his back to mine. "If you're not counting getting a mouthful dirt, sure."
I could hear him chuckle sightly as we continued to fight. As the battle continued, we began to form a circle. The firing stopped as Dooku stepped out and raised his hands. "Ah Master Windu. You have fought gallantly, worthy of recognition in the Jedi Archives. Surrender now and your lives will be spared."
"We will not become hostages for you to use as barter Dooku." Master Windu said without the slightest bit of hesitation.
Dooku nodded at his answer and looked like he was about to give the open fire command, but his eyes glanced over the circle of Jedi before his gaze finally fell upon me. "Ah, my lady, you survived."
Obi-Wan immediately pushed me completely behind him, his lightsaber angled out across him. "Leave my wife alone Dooku."
He only looked slightly annoyed at Obi-Wan's interruption. "I wasn't talking to you. I had merely wanted to remind the lady that my proposal to her is still open."
Raising up on my toes, I called over my husband's shoulder, feeling everyone's eyes on me. "I gave you my answer or have you forgotten?"
Dooku took a half a step back as if I could reach him from where I was standing. "No my lady, but I thought you might reconsider since I will now graciously include the rest of the Jedi here today to my earlier proposal, not just your husband."
This time I didn't even have to think about it. "I would rather die with them than betray them."
Dooku made a dramatic sigh before speaking again. "Very well then." He raised his hand again in a signal.
Padme and I raised our blasters while the lightsabers flashed, knowing the end was coming. Obi-Wan turned to look at me, his eyes softening as I looked up to meet his loving gaze. Then I heard in my head, a voice that had long become my own. "I love you and would die for you."
Touched by his words, I wiped the tears. "I will love you till my last breath."
Unfortunately interrupted, the droids began raising their weapons, and we turned our attention back to the fight. But before shots could fire, a loud buzzing could be heard.
"Look." Padme shouted across the circle.
Everyone looked up as Master Yoda could be seen in one of the handful of ships circling into the arena. They all immediately began to fire on the droids, knocking them out, creating a safe perimeter for us.
"Jedi go." I barely heard Master Windu's voice over the entire commotion, but Obi-Wan was already pulling me along with him. Suddenly, Anakin and Padme were next to us as he jumped up onto one of the transports, helping us up while Obi-Wan provided cover.
The ship immediately took off, speeding away from the arena, directly to another battle field. As we arrived, I went to step around to see what was happening, but Obi-Wan immediately pushed me back with a gruff stay back. Sighing, but really wanting to argue I did as I was told. So, for the next few minutes, Padme and I stayed crouched down, while Obi-Wan and Anakin gave commands to the troopers about firing on the ships and such.
"Look, over there." Obi-Wan yelled over the fray of battle a few minutes later. We all turned and saw Dooku flying away on a speeder.
"It's Dooku." Anakin yelled up to the front. "Shot him down."
"You're out of rockets sir." The solider yelled back.
"Follow him." Anakin commanded as Padme and I exchange nervous glances.
"We're going to need help." Padme put in as the icy chill of fear covered me. This wasn't happening!
"There isn't enough time." Obi-Wan said, his voice barely heard over the continued noise, placing a comforting hand on my shoulder. "Anakin and I can handle this."
"Obi-Wan...." I tried to start out, wanting to warn him, but the ship lurched nearly violently causing me to nearly lose my balance.
"Hold on." Obi-Wan squeezed my shoulder before stepping away to see what was going on.
Apparently two droids, also on speeders were escorting Dooku and had dropped back to fire on us. Padme and I stepped back as the ship took a hit, rocking the ship nearly onto its side. Tired from the battle and emotionally drained from it all, I wasn't quick enough to stay aboard and quickly found myself tumbling out of the ship.
Reaching into the Force I managed to turn my fall into a roll, so I saved myself from serious injury, but got another mouthful of sand. "Wonderful just wonderful." I glanced up, not too surprised to see the transport speeding along its way.
Though I heard Obi-Wan calling me through our bond. "Meagan, you alright?"
"Yea, I'm fine." I sucked in deep breaths of air and kept spitting out sand.
"And Padme?"
I quickly glanced around me, finding her only a feet away, gasping for air, obviously having the air knocked out of her. "She's fine. Be careful love."
He didn't respond as I managed to stand up, sliding down the hill towards Padme. "You okay?"
She nodded as one of the troopers came up to us.
"You alright my ladies?"
We both nodded, still trying to catch our breath.
"We'd best get back to the command center." He offered, leading us down the hill.
"No." Both of us immediately protested and I let Padme give the rest of the orders. "Find us a transport. We've got to get to that hanger."
"Yes my lady." The trooper turned and began to run. Padme and I quickly followed.
We waited for several long minutes as we managed to get somewhere where the trooper radioed for help. It was another few minutes before it actually arrived. The waiting was pure agony, knowing I was more likely than not, about to lose my beloved husband. I had received the warning and I failed to warn him. I closed my eyes, hoping the vision was wrong.
The sudden roar of the transport brought me back to reality and just as I was stepping up, I found myself stumbling aboard, feeling a deep searing pain. Obi-Wan.
"Meagan what is it?" Padme managed to pull me up seconds before the transport lifted up into the air. "What's wrong?"
"Obi-Wan's hurt." I managed through clinched teeth, bracing myself for the soul ripping pain that I knew was coming. I waited and waited, but all I felt was that he was hurt, not dying.
The ship poured out the speed, arriving at the hanger much quicker than I thought it would. As we pulled up to the entrance, we could hear the roar of a ship's engines about to take off. The troopers and Padme stood on the arrival platform, aiming their blasters at where it would come from. However, not even caring if the Sith Lord was in there himself, knowing my husband needed me, I raced into the main hanger, barely even hearing Padme calling me.
Obi-Wan and Anakin both lay in the far corner, hurt, but alive. Speeding up, I started to race towards them, but the Force quickly alerted me of an obstacle in my path. Master Yoda was barely a foot ahead of me. Unable to veer around him or stop, I reached into the Force and managed to jump over him.
"Sorry Master." I called over my shoulder as my feet touched the ground safely on his other side.
Once I reached them, I managed to skid to a stop and dropped to my knees. "Oh, my darling." I stroked Obi-Wan's face, kissing him everywhere.
"I'm alright Meagan." He said, pampering me somewhat. "Help Anakin up first."
I nodded, certainly needing something to do and pulled a slightly dazed Anakin up and held him close, trying to comfort him, trying not to see that he'd lost his arm. But they were both alive!
Hearing Padme coming up behind me, I released him into her arms and turned back to my husband to see him slowly getting up.
Reaching an arm around him, I helped him gain his balance. And suddenly all the tension and the emotions of the last few days pounded against me.
"It's alright." I felt him soothe me, but feeling his solidness against me was too much and I couldn't stop a few tears that leaked past. His uninjured arm tightened around me as we just held each other for long moments, but almost too soon he had released me and we were nearly hobbling to where Master Yoda was waiting for us.
Without saying too much, we all loaded up onto the transports. Obi-Wan leaned on me somewhat, trying to keep the pressure off his injured leg. The transport headed to a huge cruiser and drove into its massive hanger. We disembarked and were directed toward the medical wing. When one of the Healer's came to get Anakin and headed off down another hallway, I literally had to hold my husband back from following them.
"Come on love. Let me fix you up." I held up under his fierce scowling. "As soon as we get you taken care of, we'll go see Anakin."
He tried to protest, but my argument saying that one of the Healers would drag him back here first, finally quieted him. After helping him sit down on one of the tables, I grabbed some supplies and began to look over his wounds.
"They are not too bad." He told me, glancing down his arm. "Just clean them off and put a strip of bacta on it."
Knowing he would know how to treat lightsaber wounds much better, I did as he suggested and began cutting the clothing around his arm. I took a clean alcohol wipe and started to work.
When I had completely finished his arm, I moved down to his leg where the saber had cut across his upper thigh. Obi-Wan soon began to squirm. "Hold still, I can't tear your clothes away to get some bacta on it."
He gave me a look and grumbled. "I can take care of this myself."
There was no way with one good arm that he could do it himself, but I knew there was more to it than that. "I can do a better job with both hands."
I could hear him mutter under his breath as I gently pushed him back so I could reach him better. "Obi-Wan, if you keep squirming it's going to hurt more. I'm trying not to hurt you here."
"Meagan, I can handle this."
"You're acting worse than Sasha." Despite the fact both of us should have died that day, I was fed up with him. Men were such babies sometimes. "It's not like I never touched you before." His ears started to turn red at my implications. "We do have a kid, you know."
He eyed me warily. "That's different."
I raised my eyebrows. "You know Master Windu or one of the others can do this."
He sighed and I knew I had won and proceeded to treat his leg wound.
Once I was done, I wanted to persuade him to stay here and rest, but I knew there was little I could do except allow him to see how Anakin was doing. Of course they had sedated him, cleaned his wounds, preparing it for the artificial arm that would be put on once back in the Healer's Wing at the Temple. Padme, whose injuries had been tended to, stood close by as well.
"Meagan." Master Healer Jessie looked over to me. "Do me a favor and get these two out of here. I can't tend to any patients with everyone else hanging around." She glared at both of them as they both started to protest. "There are quarters on the next several levels. We also brought extra clothes."
"Come on. He'll be fine." I helped Obi-Wan up, slipping an arm around him, despite his slight grumbling.
So we picked up what we needed and headed toward the lift, Obi-Wan still leaning on me. After seeing Padme to a room, I palmed open the door to the next one, helping him through the door.
He limped over to the small bed and sat down with a light groan. "Force, I'm tired."
"Me too." I ran my hand through my hair, feeling the dirt and grim. I didn't even want to know what the rest of me looked like. "Though I think I need a shower more than sleep."
He glanced down at himself too, nodding. "Come on, we'll take one together. I might need your help anyway. I'm not sure how long my leg will hold me up."
"We can take a quick one." I paused as I watched him pull his boots off. "Do you need a hand?"
"This much I can get." He said, pulling his outer shirt loose.
I nodded, turning to head into the small unit. Reaching in I turned on the water, letting it warm. I noticed they had soap, but nothing really to wash my hair with. Well, it was better than nothing. Sighing, trying not to think about the last several hours, I stepped back out, starting to pull off my filthy clothes, not even wanting to look at them. Almost in a daze I helped Obi-Wan remove the rest of his clothes and somehow we managed to squeeze into the shower unit.
Despite it being in rather close quarters, the warm water felt so good, washing off the dirt, grim and blood. We didn't say anything, Obi-Wan's good arm running through my hair, helping me get the wild range of curls clean. Then taking a clean cloth, I worked my way up his arms, to his shoulders and back.
Toward the end, for long moments I allowed myself to enjoy the feel of my husband so close, his uninjured arm holding me. I nuzzled my face into his neck, taking in his now clean masculine scent, knowing a war had finally started, a war that could tear our family apart.
"Meagan." His voice was quiet, gentle and comforting.
I lifted my head from his shoulder just enough for his head to come down so our lips could meet in a series of deep passionate kisses.
I finally made myself pull away as my lungs were crying out for air and I could tell Obi-Wan needed to get off his injured leg. "Come on Obi-Wan, it's time to get out."
He nodded, reaching behind me to turn off the water. I reached around the curtain, grabbing a couple of towels. We managed to get dressed, thankful to the Healers' for being able to think quickly enough to bring all sorts of supplies with them.
I towel dried my hair as he sat down on the cot, looking exhausted as he pulled back the covers. Putting down the towel, I helped him climb in. I leaned down, kissing him on his cheek. "Get some rest."
He gave me an odd look. "Meagan?"
"Honey, you're hurt, you need the space." I protested. "I'll be fine on the floor."
He gave me a sharp look, but it soon softened as he reached up, taking my arm. "It's alright. I need you more."
Sighing, I gave in to him, climbing in on the other side. I curled up into the covers, feeling exhaustion come over me, trying to block out everything that happened, that my visions hadn't come true. And when I felt Obi-Wan pull me rather protectively into him, I couldn't stop the tears.
"It'll be okay." His voice was low, comforting as he kissed me gently, his hand reaching and finding mine. "I love you."
"I love you too." Taking comfort from his gentle touch, I gave into my body's needs and fell into an exhausted sleep.
Drum roll please........
From the Princess Bride.......
"As you wish."
"What have I done? Oh, my sweet Wesley." With that Buttercup throws herself down the hill after him.......