The Salvation Of The Chosen One
Warnings: This story is going several weeks back to my previous Revenge of the Sith story, taking place directly after he and Obi-wan get back. It's also going to involve having his adult memories, Obi-wan and Yoda's souls shooting back to that day. So this will be insuring Palpatine is never going to win this, as the twins arrive. And they see their parents for real as young adults, insuring their adult memories are strong.
With this chapter, this finishes the story-line on Anakin's alter ego-turned twin brother, over Tru's lightsaber, but these books are the focus here. So all new canon is erased and this is the old canon now, before the sequel trilogy was created. So for this one, Anakin is the good one, Andy is the one that was under suspicion. And of Darra's coma and close call murder, as instead of resigning, Ferus takes a sabbatical now.
This is going to follow Anakin's lightsaber quest color meaning now, so he himself is blue, Andy is red, Anakin has Obi-wan and Qui-Gon as his mentor and family. While Andy is slowly becoming partnered with Darth Maul and Emperor Palpatine now. So from here is Anakin is basic writing, Andy is now in bold and italicized writing. Just to tell them apart here, when he's switching back and forth, as for certain quotes now.
If anyone remembers the Jedi Apprentice novels, when Qui-Gon Jinn was training Obi-wan, certain quotes are coming from him. Him and Adi Gallia, that Anakin, with his 46 year old mind in his 23 year old body, is using what Qui-Gon would have taught him. So expect to hear more of what they trained Obi-wan's age group in lectures now….
Disclaimers: Starwars doesn't belong to me, the story belongs to me, the characters and everything else belongs to George Lucas and the movie companies.
Chapter 14: The Final Showdown Rewrite And Lightsaber Explanations V
"If your lightsaber is permanently damaged, Ry Gaul would be right to do so." they heard in response to that remark. "After all, you don't want to go up against a Sith without a lightsaber." he said and they heard a firm tone. "No kidding, this mission is crucial, that's why I can't be send back, not yet, I just thought if I could fix it without Ry Gaul knowing it…." they heard and Anakin completed the sentence then at that remark.
"I could help with the arrest right now." they heard sighing and Mace nodded sternly as they heard more. "Look I know I wouldn't be the first candidate or the second, to enter the acceleration program. You and Anakin would be the first, maybe Darra would be the third, but I don't want to be left behind." they heard and he nodded. "You want to keep the team together and are ignoring the code?!" they heard in shocked disbelief then.
"Tru, you're advancement is not the reason we're here." Ferus said sternly at that remark and they heard it quickly. "That's not what I meant, I want to be with my fellow padawans, my fellow Jedi. Because we all know that the darkness is growing, we need every Jedi right now, I want to be out there."he said and they heard a gentle tone. "We all do Tru, but in order to be do so, we all have to be ship shape, but currently."
"We're still very young, not ready yet so much to learn still, but first rule is to survive, in order to do that, we must go home." they heard gently and Mace looked at Anakin and he nodded to him and the council nodded. "We all do…., alright, I fixed it, but why didn't you go to Anakin, he's better at this then I am." he said and they heard it. "He's busy with Obi-wan." he said and they heard a firm tone at that and Damon crossed his arms sternly.
"Busy with Obi-wan, or with Obi-wan and in extension, your parental mentor, is that what you're afraid of, you come to me and though I fixed it, I tell Tiana and Ry' the repairs may not hold up and needs more work done on it. Well I see I have no choice, but that breaks down twice, you're being expelled for implication. As well as lying and murder, because you decided not to report it." they heard and Tru went white at that.
"I don't see any reason to tell Ry Gaul, now that it's fixed, we better get back." they heard from Ferus. and he switched it off. "That's like saying I see no reason to tell the Solusars where we went, and Tionne and Lusa alerted Uncle Luke to where we were and went." Jaina said and Ferus covered his eyes. "Definitely not one of my best ideas young lady, just use me as an example of what not to do." he said and they nodded to the orders as he looked at Anakin.
"That can be rephrased as you decided to finish the repairs for me and we decided to come forward together. And after we decided to test Andy on being honest, or let his rivalries and jealousies destroy his life right now." Ferus said and Anakin nodded. "Yeah that's the rewrite, best of friends, brothers." he said and they smiled gently then. "We learned our lesson, continue the rewrite, so pick it up from there right now." he said and Tru nodded in agreement.
"Speaking of which here, we can change your name to Andy in that exchange now." Tru said and he nodded. "So with that in mind." he said gently to him then. "Yeah we rephrase that exchange, with Andy in place of you, till you talk me into it. And then convince me with his getting ready to fire and turned it back on at that right now. But we are talking this over, as we decide to tell them together, after Andy over hears it." he said and Anakin nodded in agreement.
"No stick to me, and till I finally convince you to come forward and we're telling them together, but as he's an NFS, that makes this a lot easier. As we switched settings, he knocked her unconscious and as the concussion caught up with me, she was knocked unconscious. And Obi-wan put her into an MIC for a few years, as they repaired the damage done to her body. We get off easy, and Andy is under suspicion of attempted murder." he said and the duo nodded then.
"Well we started calling you Annie, since you arrived, so that never stopped, we're a quartet, we were happy, as he was put in our opposite clan now. But Obi-wan trained you together, you bonded to all our mentors, as Obi-wan said, he was a pupil he was training. But while he let him go at 20, you chose to stay his padawan and did the entire 17 years." Tru said and Mace nodded in agreement. "What 14 to 15 years causes, hmm." Damon asked and the trio nodded gently.
"And the name stuck here right now, so though a young adult, we still call you by your nickname." Darra said in agreement to that. "What we go through on a regular basis here with this guy, after the explosion in the bedroom we heard. And after his own droid project exploded, while you knew not to rush the construction, it blew the bedroom door off it's hinges. As Master was annoyed by that, before during lightsaber construction we heard another explosion here."
"And went to see what happened now and saw cherry red pebbles all over the floor." Carmen said with a bemused smile as her mentor nodded as Jedi Master Jack Achardson was shaking in laughter at that. "You kidding me, out of our class, he's the problematic and most restless padawan we had in our entire age group." Ferus said to her and she smiled. "Yeah but we're just talking, we hear an explosion, exchanging knowing looks and Anakin nodded to us at that now."
"As the four us went to investigate, before the masters came to see what it was this time, and and you shoved the door all the way open and we see red pebbles all over the floor." she said and he nodded. "Well in 4 years, he's grown confident to the point of being arrogant, his anger and impatience got worse and his trust in Palpatine has him so arrogant. That he decides despite Obi-wan remark on the high ground…" he said and they all nodded as Ferus shook his head.
"Okay here we go: after a debate in telling the truth, you throw in what this could do to us, our quartet, in addition to destroying our careers. And you finish the temporary fix on his lightsaber, I tell you to tell them and we come to a new idea. Andy got stuck in the energy trap, we get the lightsaber checked as we confront him together, he knew and never said anything." he said and Anakin and Tru nodded to the idea as they figured out how to say it and smiled as they did it.
As they rewrote the conversation exchange then carefully to this. "Guys, did you expect me to not over hear the conversation today or Andy not to. Because this is enough they're going to wonder about the stern tone in my voice. And they did and Obi-wan only had to look at a single fact here in why exactly. He just figured it out in why I laid into you both for that, but I'm with him at the moment, what is that supposed to tell him."
"When he knows I'm studying lightsaber lore, but that your lightsaber is broken Tru, he knows, he told me if we don't come forward and tell the council, then he will." he said and Tru quickly said it to that. "Does he have any evidence?" he asked and Andy shook his head as he answered him then. 'Alright just admit it, you want to lie your way out of this.' He said out loud then sternly as he said it then to that remark as he answered him then.
"No, but he knows exactly how it happened right now in truth, Tru." he said and Tru sighed in relief as he answered him as he said it. "Obi-wan doesn't know anything, he has theory, so let him tell the council what he thinks happened. They'll ask us: is it true, we'll say no, there's no evidence so there is no case, we'll get off with a reprimand." he said and Anakin looked at him in shock then as he looked between them then in fury.
'What, are you kidding me, after everything he's done for me, Master Qui-Gon, the council, Obi-wan, no, no forget about it, I won't do it.' he said saying it aloud as the entire 9 years together, before it landed on them together hit him. "I can't call Obi-wan a liar." he said and Ferus said it gently. "Anakin, we have to hang in there a little longer, then this will all be over." he said and Anakin said it slowly to that and Adi nodded in agreement sternly.
"It's wrong you two." he said and Tru said it gently. "Anakin..." he started to say and Anakin said it firmly as Qui-Gon smiled in approval. "I'm going to tell them what happened." he said and Tru said it firmly to that as he crossed his arms. "You, alone, you, are going to decide what happens to you, to me and to Ferus, you're going to tell them." he said and Anakin said it forcefully then as he looked at him then as he felt his heart tearing at this.
"I'm not going to lie them again, Tru, I can't live with it." he said and that did it. "You can't lie to them, you can't live with this, you have to be the one to decide. Who the heck are you exactly?" Tru snapped at him and he looked at him in shock. "Guys..." he started to say and Ferus over rode him then and Soara crossed her arms. "You're going to turn us in." Ferus snapped at him and Anakin said it. "Wait a minute, listen to me, I got an idea to get you out of the hotseat here." he started to say and Ferus snapped at him then.
"No you wait a minute!" he snapped and sighed as he ran his hand through his hair as he said it to him. "They got to you, didn't they, Obi-wan, he told you this big speech about duty, truths and honor, well it must have been a pretty good speech. Just to make you turn your back on us, us, your friends." he said and Anakin said it sternly to that remark. "We are Jedi, we have a duty to the truth." he said and Tru said it to him then firmly then
And in pained betrayal then. "And what about your duty to your friends, I got you on this team. I gave you a chance when there were other padawans, just waiting in line. I told Ferus, you wouldn't let us down, you're on the best team in the temple. You know what it's like, just to trust your partners with your life, I guess I was wrong. At the time now." he said and Anakin said it firmly as he looked between them at that remark
And as he said it then. "Darn right you are buddy, but again it's not the Jedi way to lie to one's master right now, never lied before, I'm not starting now. The kids are spending 8 weeks living with me and their mother as we prepare for their birthdays right now." Anakin said and the council and the quartet, both age groups, nodded to the request gently at that remark. "Guys we don't, we're all getting expelled here, I can tell them and you're off the hook."
"Look if we all come forward and tell the council, you could get get off easy." he said and they heard a pained mental tone to this. 'Just admit now, the chance to get into the program is worth too much to give up. Even if it means one of us gets hurt, you're going to lie to them.' he said finishing it and the boy scoffed at that remark then. "We don't want to come forward Anakin, Ferus and me, we don't have a problem with this."
"But if you do then resign from the Jedi temple and leave, but don't make us pay for your guilty conscious." he told him and he looked at him in shock. "You'd put the entire team at risk just to save your necks?!" he said in disbelief then in shock to him. "To keep us together, the team, that is more important then you right now. And it's more important then me and if I was in your place I would do so without hesitation."
"But that's just me." Ferus told him and Anakin nodded. "That part was for us, but I meant, to keep the four of us together, we're trying to stay together, our team. But I'm scared out of my mind, if one of us leaves too soon, one of us could get killed here. So Anakin dropped the bomb, for me and you ran that test, Master Windu, but that test was for Andy, not for us." Ferus said and the council nodded gently at the reveal. "My best friend." Anakin said and he nodded then.
"Guys, guys listen to me, remember what we were taught, remember acceleration, what's that code for, in the darkside. Tru focus already, listen to me, you're saying your alter ego's thoughts, that never mind safety procedures. If the weapon goes in the middle the fire fight so be it, I want to graduate early. And get away from Tiana, Adi, Siri and Ry'!" he asked and they paled, as they exchanged looks at that remark quickly.
"Guys, you never saw your eyes for a second there, they turned gold, don't give in, come back to me. Remember, I'm a Master Guardian, a just returned Sithlord, only I know the dangers, I know what you're thinking. But remember, fear leads to desperation, desperation leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate. That leads to suffering, you're on desperation right now, desperation to hide this now from them."
"It's just a delay, a small delay while we fix this, just resist." he said and they closed their eyes, before opening their eyes and he sighed in relief. "The darkside is faster, easier and more seductive, we're tempted to turn, but this is the Sith home planet!" Tru said quickly at that. "Exactly Tru, I'm trying to save your souls, but more then souls, our friendship, but after 10 years, brothers." he said and looked between them gently then.
As he pulled him into a hug and he tightened his arms around him in response as Anakin closed his eyes in relief. 'Don't leave me brother, don't leave me, we made it this far together, I'm not letting you destroy yourself, just fight it!' they heard and he gently rocked him, before pressing his forehead to his then. "Tru, you are my best friend, we spent going on 11 years with that training lesson they drilled into us now, it was close right now."
"But duty to your friends, you do this, no one will ever let you forget it, as you're expelled from the Jedi Order. Can't give in, I know it's tempting to want to graduate early, but we're not ready yet, still another 7 to 8 years. The Sith are on the planet we know that, but can't risk a fatal mistake, you have to tell the quartet the truth. We just fix what's left to fix and turn it in, before someone a fatal mistake here on this one."
"Ferus, Tru, is this worth destroying our friendship over, after 10 years, we come this far together now, we can finish out, but what if this is all part of the Sith's plan. To destroy us after knocking father into a coma, because frankly, to know. I need to tell them how bad the damage is, but a fast repair job, before we do some real. In surgery on that lightsaber, after we get back now?" he asked and they looked down at that remark.
"That's why I'm scared to report this, but we got 5 lightsabers and mine needs more work done on it." Tru said and Anakin nodded and he rubbed his shoulder and he smiled. "Tru trust me, I created 20, I can spot it, easily, just give me a chance to help. But like we said, it's not the Jedi way to lie to one's master, but way of the apprentice. As we stick together, work as one, honesty to our mentors, so instead of you, I tell the quartet."
"Though I do this, I have to tell him, and then you do it, so they know, this is part of the training. Not the Jedi way, not the Jedi to lie to one's master, guys, we have to tell them, but we can finish out, our team quartet for another 7 to 8 years." he said and they nodded. "Fair enough, we stay together, like I said to Andy, it's not the Jedi way to lie to one's master." Ferus said and he nodded as he answered him with a bemused smile.
"Neither is eaves dropping, but I didn't as I arrived and just told you this, but looks like Andy broke said rule and decided not to say it, let me see it."he said and he gave it to him. "I got it working enough, I thought it was ready." he said and Anakin nodded. "Not yet, it needs more work, but with my building 20 of these, if Andy fixed the flux aperture, why did he never remind you to compensate for the power boost now.
"Now to make sure the repairs will hold up, because he's in trouble." he said and Ferus crossed his arms. "Yeah there it is, the blast did blow your power circuit, you fixed that, and that get you got it 75% it just needs a few tweaks. And here and there, but once I finish and you're good to go, status check, turn it on. The blow could have created a flaw in in." he said and Tru nodded and turned it on and heard a droning hum from it then.
As he double checked it then as he heard it carefully. "You check the crystals, that noise says the crystals are cracked without a focusing crystal it could explode or short out?" he asked and they exchanged looks. "No we never dismantled it completely to check, but that could be why it's losing power!"Tru said and he nodded and put in 3 new crystals, as he turned it back on it then, and they heard a gentle humming, saying it liked the new crystals.
"I think it likes the updated color, if it's humming, because your's are blue bordering purple, Annie." Ferus said with a slight smile. "You needed some new crystals huh, friend?" he asked it with it smile as they heard the happy humming and Ferus smiled. "I never heard a lightsaber sound like this before!" Jaina said and he nodded. "That only happens if you are beyond tightly bonded, so you're linked, your lightsabers see each other as brothers."
"Sisters, or brother and sister, our's were bonded by our relationship of brotherly and brother/sister bonds, so one lightsaber knew it's brother, or sister, lightsaber was protecting it. And from having a blow out, in the middle of defensive duty." Tru said and they smiled. "Tenal, Ka your lightsaber was created with defective crystals, before you built the new one." Lowie said and she nodded and said it. "And I learned my lesson." she said and he nodded to her gently.
"In order to make sure it's working properly, after recharging the power cell, you have to adjust the flux aperture. Just to make sure the repairs will hold, you should have let my grand daughter check it, before you used it." Anakin said and she nodded with a sigh gently. "You're welcome, friend." Anakin said in response and Tru chuckled at that response gently. "So new crystals, it also needed new crystals right now." Ferus said smiling and Anakin nodded.
"Alright cracked crystals, damaged power circuit that just got fixed, power boosted and got adjustment to the flux aperture, that's all of it." he said and Tru nodded gently as he wrote that down."Alright Andy made an adjustment to the flux aperture, I recharged the power cell, and you're reminding me to make an adjustment to the flux aperture. To compensate for the recent boost and you just replaced the crystals for me too."
"That's all of it in repairs jobs on a mission, how's the head exactly, you doing okay?" he asked and Anakin nodded. "Slight headache, but not bad enough I need to stop, I just took some painkiller for that right now, I been thinking here. Of getting back in touch with the Senator, that's Padme, before the old man assigns us to protecting her. As for this, I think we just found the problem: crystals." he said and Tru nodded gently then.
"That's more like it, that says the old crystals were damaged and needed to be replaced, so the blast destroyed the power circuit. I just replaced that and the blast put too much stress on the crystals and cracked them. And it's because there's a line in these, they're close to shattering and you just fixed that." Tru said and he checked the level and saw it hold a steady 85% power and Anakin nodded smiling as he finished that then.
"That should hold it for a bit, but until I finish the repairs, don't over use it, till we get home, and I can fix it completely Tru. But like we both know Andy created a boost in the power cell, but it needs an adjustment to the flux aperture. To compensate for the recharge, the crystals needed to be exchanged and wiring adjusted, guys. But the blast over loaded the circuits like you figured." he said and they both smiled in relief then.
"You're 85% full power, that's plenty till we finish the job, but you finished half the repairs and I did the other half, and once back home we finish it now." he said and Tru nodded gently to him at the news. "Agreed, we can fix this together, after we have Tolan look at it, but why, why did Andy never come forward about this. I'm not liking this one bit, but then you're my best friend here, so of course, you're helping me."
"What we got here exactly, Annie?" Ferus asked and he explained it. "Andy did the power boost, after fixing the aperture, but I think the blast disrupted it. That's the connection between your power cell and the flux aperture. The blast also put enough strain on the crystals they cracked, and needed to be replaced now. I just took care of that and you fixed the wiring, all we got to do is further recharge and adjustment."
"As the blast also damaged the old crystals, I need to switch them out and fix the flux aperture, but otherwise you're good, till I fix it." he said and they nodded, as he finished the repair work and snapped it back together. "Alright you're good, but take it easy on it, till we finish it, as the more in battle and the faster it drains." he said and Tru nodded as he put it on his belt. "Alright tell the trio, what you told me." Ferus said and he nodded.
"Okay, okay, I can tell them and we go from there, but you still have to tell the quartet it could break down." Anakin said and he sighed. "Graduating early is no big deal, we got 8 years left, but frankly, it's a bit lonely on our own, we had each other. On missions as the quartet worked things out, but till you take on a traveling companion. Or padawan, it's a bit lonely till then, so what's the rush." he said and they looked down.
And at that, now realizing they forgot that part. "Oops, yeah you're right, why rush graduating right now exactly we been together so long. That we had each other on missions together: we're best friends, brothers, once graduated. Then we're on our own till we take on a padawan, okay you win right now, but now what?" Ferus asked and he explained that as they went into a triangle line of defense then gently at that.
"Guys, listen to me, unlike their version right now, who was force sensitive, our Xanatos is using a blaster. Our version of him in truth, he's an NFS, he doesn't realize we can switch systems on a blaster. From kill to stun, so if Andy decides to not speak up, we can insure whoever would have been here. In getting shot is only knocked unconscious, not killed." he said and Ferus lifted his head in shock to the news in relief.
"But Master is running a test, I told him, but he's testing Andy, in whether or not he speaks up, but 6 years." he said and they nodded. "Alright, alright, I'll tell him, but we stick it out together, and it goes as he shoots. I'm switching the blaster to maximum stun, she gets knocked unconscious, but she's okay. But Andy's not separating us, not that easily here.." Tru told him and he nodded smiling and they went into a 3-way hug then.
"Old man huh, nice wording, you intended to ask permission to go see Padme, so we can settle back in with her, before the assassination attempts getting started." Obi-wan said gently and he nodded. "I figured you wouldn't mind if I told you this first, instead of going behind your back, I been seeing her for 10 months, before the assassination attempts. And we got back in with her, and made friends her fellow senators and we here are." he said and Mace and Obi-wan nodded.
"There's the exchange Master Windu, but that's a reversal for Andy, we were trying to figure out how to explain this. And to the quartet and our parents, you, without it grounding us for two months now, but Andy never said anything. Got stuck in a force trap, and we pretended that, but mentally I switched the blaster here. And to stun at maximum, knocking her into suspended animation, in the fight here at the moment now." Tru said and Mace nodded in relief to that.
"Alright there we go, go on that right now." Obi-wan said and he nodded. "Master, guys, the blast did some damage to his lightsaber I had to fix, I took care of it. In swapping out his crystals, but there's more work that needs to be done on it here. And I don't have my equipment with me to repair it, but as this is not a real Dark Jedi. He uses a blaster, we can switch settings, maximum stun." he said and the quartet nodded in relief.
"Taking extra precautions here, I told them we can get off easy now, and by having a fool proof plan if his. Now, goes in the middle of the fight, as the four of us are always grouped together. And there are shield traps all over the place, so his goes as he fires, I got mine and block the shot. So though knocked unconscious in whoever of us it is, we never lost anyone now, as our team is intact." he said and they and Soara nodded.
"How bad's the damage if you and Ferus had to do a case of triage?" Ry' asked him and he explained that to him. "The blast fused the circuits, and damaged the crystals, disrupting the connection between the power cell and flux aperture. After replacing the crystals, I took care of the slight boost in the recharge and compensated. And for a second time for the flux aperture, but it's got enough power for one last fight, Ry'."
"Obi-wan, and before we have to do surgery on it next after we get my analysis confirmed by Tolan." he said and he nodded. "But Obi-wan, Andy fixed the flux aperture, before we left, and they finished the recharge. And before I told Tru to adjust the flux aperture, to compensate." he said and the trio exchanged looks. "Odd, why didn't Andy tell him, if he nearly walked in on them to do that?" Soara asked and he nodded gently.
"I'm not entirely sure, but I'm going to find out, if she still goes in battle, and I got to risk that headache getting worse." he said and she nodded. "It starts getting worse I want to know right away, padawan." she said and he nodded. "Darra, let me look at your arm." he said and she exposed her lower arm and he nodded as he did a field dressing and wrapped it. "That gets worse, tell me." he said and she nodded as she hugged him tightly.
"Leader of the team in padawans, overly protective." she said smiling and he smiled and the trio chuckled at that "You're my entire world Darra, what do you expect, one girl out of the four of us, to the guys and me, you're our entire world. Our job to protect you here, but I came up with a foolproof way to head off a more then fatal injury. Omega never gained his father's force abilities, if he carries a blaster, so a fast switch on it."
"In settings and put on high should do it, though if that nailed an artery, and Winna is taking care of your injuries for a couple years, before bringing you out of it. If you're the one that got hit." he said and she nodded as she hugged him. "Well to say this now, you don't have to turn on us to save me and whoever it is. As for all we know your father had the power already, don't change, as the only way I could die is heartbreak."
"Stay yourself Annie, don't change." she said and he nodded as she pressed her forehead to his. "Thank you for the warning though, Annie, we needed to know that." Obi-wan said and he nodded. "A fast debate ended with me getting them to tell you, but we got it working enough to prevent another injury. And after the blast bounced or bounces off the lightsaber and goes in the wrong direction, again." he said and he nodded to him.
"Nice thinking and thank you for telling us this, I take it the boys are telling us this through you right now, Annie?" Siri asked and he nodded to her gently. "The 3 of us never lied to you guys before, so why start now exactly, Sis?" he asked her and they smiled in fondness at that. "Indeed and we appreciate the honesty right now, tell them we'll let it go, but we need to hear this from them next, okay." Ry' said and he nodded to request.
"I'll tell them, but the blast broke off a piece of his hilt, and put enough strain on the crystals causing them to crack, I switched out his with 3 of my back ups. So the lightsaber has a faint purplish glow to the blue now, but I need to check it. That's the flux aperture and compensate for the recharge, but I'll finish the repairs. When we get back, but I told him minimum use is best till we get back." he said and they all nodded.
"Thank you for the update." Obi-wan said gently to him. "We decided though chosen, we're not ready to just separate this soon, but I punched through. In what the planet was trying to do to us, but we been together for 10 years, 6 of the 10 as team mates. That why graduate this soon, once a knight it's lonely without someone either age to talk to now, we may have gotten into the program, but no." he said and they smiled then.
"Indeed, remember Thracia and Mace's lecture to you, during Sekot and the Carver, we only get 13 to 14 years together, so enjoy our partnership while it lasts. As soon you don't have us to fall back upon." Obi-wan said and he smiled at him. "Yeah I remember and I just told them that, and they agree, we spent all our teenage lives. As team mates, why let that go." he said and the trio nodded as they ended the conversation.
"Like I said, you're the leader of the 4 of us, that you get overly protective Annie at times, my being the only girl between us, but frankly, we should have done the survival mission together. And as our mentors hide in a designated spot, and we have to rely on each other and the force to get to where they are." she said and he nodded as the quartet nodded in agreement. "Well we can fix that, after I recovered fully." he said and their parental mentors nodded gently then.
And in agreement. "Agreed, but our team is sticking it out together, till the twins are 12, and then we meet up on Yavin IV." Damon said and he nodded gently to him. "The four of you are not as young as you used to be, but the old man is 100 years old by the time we hit Endor." he said and the quartet nodded. "Even using the darkside never compensated for his complexion, after you zapped him with his own force lightning." he said and Mace nodded to the news then.
"Much better, that sounds much better right now then what we came to believe here, as we're doing this pretense for Sidious's benefit right now. As he doesn't realize the force resurrected us from the dead and restored our powers right now." Adi said and Qui-Gon nodded smiling in agreement. "At least the team is intact, and though mom is in the force, I have you and the girls still right now." Anakin said and she nodded as he hugged her tightly and she smiled at that.
"Tru, just use what I said here to you, and I can say it first and then you put your's in, as it was only by blind luck, that we switched settings, just before he shot her." Anakin said gently and he nodded. "We got off easy, that's all that matters, but the chance to graduate early was screwed because of Omega and the Chancellor, we could wait another 8 years, we don't mind. But just us and Andy for a few years, before she woke up and he came back." Tru said and Anakin nodded.
"You told us there was the likely chance it could break down, and switched settings on the blaster, putting it at maximum stun. And just as his shorts out, you threw your blade up and deflected the blast, just before the pain from your concussion struck you." Siri said carefully and they all nodded to her. "Just as Andy broke through the effects of the shield trap, and got out, as I checked her and then told you, but not dead, just knocked into a coma right now Masters."
"I switched settings, he knocked her unconscious girls, Ry', she's okay!" Anakin said and the trio nodded in relief then as their parentals nodded in relief then. "There we go, alright boys, we do your new updated version to this, that exchange and with it. In knowing Anakin saved your careers, but Andy still managed to force you out now, Ferus. And the boys were heart broken your trio was dismantled, while Darra was in a coma." Mace said and the trio nodded gently.
"Yes alright Anakin you first please we need to hear the truth here, to what happened if Obi-wan double checked her and said she was knocked into a coma here. And, rather then killed by the blaster shot." Adi said and he nodded gently to her. "Knowing Andy heard the conversation between them over his lightsaber needing more work on it. I considered the possibility with us on Korriban, he was going to allow it here now."
"And of a chance early graduation to cloud it his judgement, before a debate broke out between the three of us, and I convinced them we can get off easy. As Tru and I switched settings on the blaster, I told Obi-wan and the trio there was a chance. But the guys and I were taking extra precautions, in case it did go right then. And Tru agreed with my idea, I shoved my lightsaber in place of his as it went right then."
"The blast ricocheted off my lightsaber and struck her, but fortunately the blast was at maximum stun, knocking her out. As my exhaustion and the concussion struck me right then, by luck, I saved all four of us. But I saw a gold glint enter Andy's eyes, a malicious look to them, saying he was hoping. That as a result of the trap, there was no chance of the blaster shot being deflected." he told her and they nodded in amazement.
"I take it that concussion was bad, if Obi-wan said you also collapsed on the girls and Ry'?" Kit asked and he nodded. "Yes it was Master, but to me it was never mind my own health, protecting my team was what mattered. As only by luck did I was prevent the shot from killing her, as the blaster was at maximum stun. As the shrapnel that hit her, I realized, nicked a vein, and we never saw it, before I took care of wrapping it."
"As I saw blood all over her sleeve, wrapping it after tearing a strip off my own tunic, I took care of it and Obi-wan put her into an MIC till we came home. Before the blow to the head caught up with me and I felt like I did after we stepped. That's into the water spring, like Father did after ending up in the water supply system. That you and the trio did, on Belasco." he said to her and she nodded gently as Mace nodded in agreement.
"With us on Korriban, I just realized it, the key Master, but accelerated training, code for the darkside, the darkside is faster, easier, more seductive. We decided to sabotage our acceleration, stay padawans, we stay with our mentors." he said and Yoda smiled in approval. "Passed the test of patience and honesty you have, knowing that this well could be dangerous lead you to the darkside, it could." he said and Anakin nodded.
"How serious was the damage done to his lightsaber?" Mace asked and he explained it. "The blast knocked it right out of his hand, and taking a chip the size of a credit coin off it, but after listening closely to sound it made. I realized the the blast put too much strain on the crystals and cracked them, so I switched them out. And before they recharged it, and I compensated for the power boost by adjusting the flux aperture."
"But the blast disrupted the connection and fusing and we had to make an adjustment, but all in all we got it up 95% full power and use. Before it decided to go right as Omega fired, and I thrust my lightsaber in place of his, blocked the first shot. But the second bounced off my lightsaber and hit her, but thankfully here now. Is we switched settings on his blaster from kill to stun, at maximum." he said and they nodded to him.
"She's going to be fine, but turns out that your thoughts were right, the blast hit an artery in her arm. And rather then a vein, so she's in medical recovery Winna and Minga while heal the damage. It could have been a lot worse if you never made that fast decision, we're proud of you." Kit said and he nodded. "Fast case of strategy, and upstaged him, before arresting Zan Arbor, again, I think that's why she was there."
"She was intending to go back to said experiments with genetics, and combined with Omega, he's playing the part of Ona Nobis here. So preventing it, as Master took him out and I arrested her." he said and they nodded in approval. "So you prevented her from getting her hands on one of the 8 of you by switching settings, if her lab. Now has the only anti-toxin for that neurotoxin she used already?" Adi said and he nodded gently then.
"I was the only one that knew what said neurotoxin was, so if he yanked his blaster, I had to prevent one of us from getting kidnapped, after being poisoned. And for the second time in 22 years and us this far out of reach, she could be dead by the time. We get back, I wasn't having it, making sure that instead gone, whoever was injured. And put into an MIC, before they killed her by anemia, or worse." he said and she nodded.
"That was some very quick thinking to save her life, and by the boys and yourself, Anakin, that was also very wise in telling us beforehand, that you did a repair job. And enough now it could be of use till it caved finally." Mace said gently and he nodded. "Yes Master, we decided though in the program, we want to stick together, Master. And for a while longer now, not ready to let go and separate." he said and the 11 nodded gently.
"We understand and that's fine right now." she said and he nodded. "Master with the crisis over Omega finished finally, and Zan Arbor back in jail now. That, with permission, sooner or later, he's going to decide to have us be her personal protection. With your approval, I think it's time I went to see her, she's a senator now, and we're adults now." he said and the council smiled knowingly at that as Mace answered him gently.
"Alright you can go see her, as she gets used to seeing you like this now." Mace said smiling gently and he bowed to him at that. "Eight months sooner then he expected that by the time we reached what we been together. And who knows how long now, as we got used to this now, but at this age now. It's a constant case of trouble here, and frankly I'm in no rush to graduate." he said and Mace nodded and they ended it at that.
"You think Andy was trying to get Ferus in trouble?" Adi asked and he sighed. "Frankly I'm not sure I even know him anymore Mother, really, for 8 years. Since you trained us, it's when I looked at him now, I saw myself, we were identical. In everything and now, now he's spending 70% of time with the Chancellor. And you can tell us apart, in more then just colors, but the jumpsuit." he said and Mace nodded in understanding then.
"But the day he chooses that choice, in turning on everything we are, what you trained me to be, if something happens to mom. That is the day I lost my biological family, and I'm not only an orphan, but an only child. That if he allows the darkness to warp his mind, I stayed strong, if there's a power to save lives, I use that to save her now. That's what scares me here, what's happening to him, did being around Palpatine."
"But, in truth now, did warp his thinking or was it just going to this planet, I don't know but I always had you and brother. Siri and the duo, keeping me on the straight and narrow, I stayed strong and resisted. Every time, the holocron, to Korriban, or just building my lightsaber and seeing the Zabrak." he said and they nodded gently. "We understand, but till further notice, the decision of acceleration trials is cancelled now."
"If you're not ready to let go of Obi-wan and want to wait a few more years, that's fine, as like I said pushing harder means going too fast, that's dangerous." Mace said and he nodded. "Agreed, but until I'm ready to let go of the safety net, I'm staying at Obi-wan's side." he said and they nodded. "Very well Padawan Skywalker, until you are ready to let go, you shall remain at Obi-wan's side." Adi said and he bowed gently then.
"Brother you never have to worry, though married, I'm still your baby brother, that will never change." Anakin said and he looked down with a smile as he felt his remark warm his heart. "I love you too Annie, you are my brother, I love you, the loyalty to me, you seeing what changed me and fixing it, you remember what Master said. You proved it, and that said partnership, team loyalty more then anything." he said and Anakin nodded.
"I'll be right out soon, brother, I have to talk to the council, but if you want to stay at my side that's fine, I don't mind at all, a while longer is fine, until you're ready to let go." he said and Anakin nodded. "You may go Anakin, and thank you for your report, take your time and we can do you three one by one, but send your twin in please. I'd like to hear here what he has to say here." Yarael said and he nodded as he bowed to him then.
"Hey buddy, you okay, is she okay, I told them everything here?" Anakin asked and he nodded. "Your idea of switching settings, before the lightsaber shorted out worked perfectly here, Annie. She got knocked into a coma, but Winna said it's going to take 18 months to 3 years. Just to heal the damage done by the blaster, but we got off easy, but the program got cancelled right now." he said and Anakin nodded in relief then.
"Well that's a relief, we're not separating too soon right now, but…., no, no, Ferus you don't have to leave, we pulled it off, she's going to be okay." he said and he straightened. "Annie we got lucky, what if that happens again, this time in team duo's?" Ferus said gently and he sighed. "Don't go, we been together 10 years, don't let this push you into leaving." he said, gripping his arm and he looked down and they exchanged looks then gently.
"Graduation jitters is that it, you're taking a sabbatical, then coming back?" he asked and he nodded. "Stronger together then, my brother." he said and they nodded. "Stronger together always." he said in response and they went into a 3-way hug then. "I'm next, and I'll tell them, I'm taking a few years off, then coming home." he said and he nodded gently at that. "Our stories match that's all the matters." he said and he nodded gently.
"Wait a blasted minute, didn't you catch a cold or suffer a case of mind fever 3 days in after we came home from this mission?" Tru asked and Mace covered his eyes. "He did, and it was so bad we had to sedate him, before we brought his temperature, trying to be too active too fast. Was only aggravating his condition, this was why you had to leave, he needed immediate. In medical attention." Winna said and he nodded. "Put that in boys." Mace said and they nodded gently.
And as they did it. "That's the reason I stayed longer right now, I wasn't leaving when my best friend still needed me, but we both were furious here. It wasn't just Darra now, or that Andy framed me here to get me out, he didn't care Anakin. His own brother, was in the hospital wing for an injury that would have him out of commission for 3 months in observation." Ferus said and he nodded as Tru gripped his arm and Anakin hugged him and he tightened his arms then.
"And this was going to be a reminder, after seeing the blaster hit Cerasi, if we had a repeater of going back there right now Qui'. But he's seeing the blast hit Cerasi's daughter, and after seeing the ricochet hit Darra, before flashing back. In during a case of delirium seeing instead of him as the victor, Krayne standing over him about to take the axe to him. Before I woke him up, he'd been in bed for 3 weeks." Damon said and he nodded gently to the news as he answered him.
"So 13 trapped in a just turned 19 year old body." he said and they nodded. "And this scared all of us out of our wits, I didn't just leave immediately I stayed for another 2 months. And then headed for my home planet, telling him, if he ever needed me, to give the call. It was 9 months later came Padme coming back into the picture here now, as a result now. He was just beginning to heal and changed into Obi-wan as a 20 year old now." he said and Qui-Gon nodded gently.
"Though 20, I still see him as the little boy, we remember, just trapped in 23 year old body now." he said and Obi-wan nodded. "Same here, though a young adult, to me, my baby brother, the boy I know would never just give up or turn to the darkside. Master was right, the boy I know Andy to be, he's gone, consumed by the darkside right now. But Annie, I have to find him, before, with his frame of mind, he kills him." he said and he and Mace nodded in agreement.
"Did anyone pay attention to titles here, mom, dad, the girls are calling Father and Uncle Damon dad, while us boys are calling you three, mother?" Anakin asked and the quintet nodded smiling. "We did, but that's raised, since toddler younglinghood, you're using the more formal title here, with you having parents already." Winna said smiling and Mace smiled. "Us in training our own species, it results in switching titles from master to parent." he said and they nodded then.
Before he could answer, he grabbed his head, and Ferus caught him. "Bad headache, you need to take it easy brother." he said gently as he sat him down on the windowsill. "The pain started getting worse after we got back, whatever level it is, I think the mission. It did more damage then we thought." He said and they both nodded. "You look like you're running a fever buddy, just take it easy." Tru said and Ferus nodded in agreement.
"Hospital wing, Winna needs to double check, but the quartet find out they're not going to like this, that blow to head could have caused a mind fever." he said and Anakin nodded as they headed for the infirmary. "What's wrong now guys." Minga asked and Ferus sighed. "Had a dizzy spell bad enough he nearly collapsed on us, I think this was a third degree concussion, Minga, Winna." he said and they nodded, as she checked him.
As he got under the mental scanner, and her eyes narrowed. "Minga go to tell the council, our unsub gave him a 3rd degree concussion, we're looking at possible mind fever. He's on temple rest for the next 6 weeks, but to make sure his powers don't go crazy, baby, it's a neural inhibitor, because the last time we saw you looking like this. The delirium chucked the monitor across the room, after Krayne." she said and he nodded.
"Gods, my head feels like someone hit with me a shockball bat." he said and she nodded. "Well you're grounded mister, no leaving the temple, you need to be where we can see you." she said and he nodded. "Well this is less dangerous, then Father's case right now." he said and she nodded. "I know that, but still best keep an eye on you, so your teams are spotting shifts here." she said and he nodded with a sigh as the duo stuck close.
"We heard that, guys." Tiana said and Tru nodded. "Mom, the blow to the head is bad enough we're looking at 3rd, borderline 4th degree concussion here." he said and she and Damon nodded sternly. "And who do we have to thank for this, of not leaving immediately, if you were hurt. By that I mean both you and my daughter, the mission should have been scrapped here right now." Damon asked sternly and they nodded then.
"Wasn't us, I talked them into telling you the truth immediately, but if I have to guess the trip to Korriban over ruled Andy's common sense." Anakin said and he nodded. "Well like she said, you're on temple rest son, you need to be where the 9 of us can see you. In case you black out now and stay off the landing pad, stay indoors, because you suffer a black out out there, you could fall over the railing." he said and Anakin nodded.
"And that's the first real head injury I took, but just imagine my doing a repeater of Obi-wan's case with Bruck and Xanatos. And I'm going from mission to mission, till the lake lays me out." he said and they nodded nodded. "Yes and you keep this you're going to give us a coronary, you're not indestructible, young man. So that's enough of that already, baby." Clee said bemused and Garen crossed his arms with a bemused smile.
"Well I can work on my lightsabers, with the guys at my side, but I've been banned from flying or lightsaber practice for 3 months." he said and they nodded in agreement. "Saying of which, we better double your diagnosis on my lightsaber at the moment. Because if you're right, and we know his desire for getting out of your shadow just over ruled his common sense." Tru said and Ferus nodded in agreement, as Dane nodded.
"Best go together though actually, we need to confirm your theory." Ferus said and he nodded they headed for Tolan Ling. "Master, we need a fast confirmation to what Annie told us was the problem on my lightsaber." he said and Tolan nodded as he took it and checked it over. "You had your theory correct Annie, the damage done is exactly as you said, in addition to the crystals needing to be replaced, it needed an adjustment."
"To the wiring and the flux aperture, to compensate for the power boost right now, after you fixed it, boys, nice repair job, and maneuver as Omega is an NFS, Annie." he said and they nodded. "Going over the repairs, I heard a droning noise coming from the middle of it, switched crystals and it started humming." he said and Tolan nodded. "I see, well droning means the blow to them caused them to crack and lose their focus."
"Humming means the focus is back in place, and their back to their focusing, but what you considered you read it out exactly, after recharging it. That you needed to compensate for the boost by adjustment of the flux aperture. Or the repairs won't hold up now, but that decision to check the lightsaber was a perfect one now. As was checking the crystals to see if they're fractured or not." he said and Anakin nodded then.
"The adjustment was exactly as you said here Annie, the wire fusing needed a slight adjustment." he said and Anakin crossed his arms. "Andy fixed the flux aperture, but after the guys and I recharged it, I reminded Tru the light adjustment to the flux aperture. To compensate for the boost, after swapping crystals." he said and he nodded. "That was a good thing you did, because it got you up 90%." he said and they exchanged looks then.