The Trials of Anakin Skywalker

Little Ani: huh?

2007-10-09T09:00:00.000-07:00

Not sure what was wrong with water around the Temple this week but he looks kinda creepy if you ask me!

Little Ani: Whoa!

2007-09-28T10:40:00.000-07:00

As soon as Jaba’s goons cut me lose I ran. I wanted to help DJ but I wasn’t sure what to do to. I was my fault she was taken prisoner, so I had to think of something. The answer came in the form a funky looking ship landing in the middle of the desert.

The thing was boss! It looked just like the- um- tie fighter, I think she called it, that DJ had crashed in. And I thought to myself, this could be her ‘friend’. I looked down. I managed to snag the make shift transmitter I had made for her so if this was her friend- what was his name?- Bucket head, no, Vader, that’s it, he would find me.

I was cool with dat till I seen him. Holy Banta sticks! What the heck? He was huge and tall, all in black, and down right scary as heck. She had not been kidding about the helmet either. I almost dropped the transmitter and ran off.

He had a scanner in his overly huge hand and was making his way to me where I hid behind a rock. At the last second, I took off, scared to death. But he grabbed me by the back of the shirt and lifted me up to face him.

And stared.

His breathing gave me creeps. Kinda sounded like a broken coffee maker.

“Where is the woman?” he demanded. Geeus! Even his voice was creepy!

“What woman?” I asked.

He pulled me close. “Don’t play games with me, little boy. Where is DJ?”

“Oh, THAT woman,” I said. “She got grabbed by a Hutt.”

“Where?”

I pointed back the way I came. “That way.”

“Take me.”

I gawked. “Do I have too? It’s not hard to find- I mean it’s right there- ”

“Take me!” he shouted.

“Okay! Keep your helmet on, buster!” He didn’t set me down. “Can I walk?”

“No. Point.”

“Fine,” I sighed and pointed again. He started walking, carrying me by my shirt. Wasn’t comfortable by no means. “Hey, aren’t you burning up in that costume?” He didn’t answer. “It’s really hot out here and you are in black.”

“Shut up.”

Not the big conversationalist either. “You going to help her or kill her?”

“Both,” he breathed.

“Now why would I help you if you are going to hurt-” I started to say.

He pulled me around and faced me again. “If you don’t, I will hang you by your underwear on a rock and gut you.”

Point made. “Take a left down here.”

Finding The Younglings

2007-09-18T07:53:00.000-07:00

Obi-Wan nearly ran into the form that emerged from the top of the steps. A few quick movements and he was silenced. "Thank you, Anakin," he said.

It took that for me to really wonder about Obi-Wan. He was more than just a little off his game. "Master, are you sure you can do this? I sense you're not yourself," I whispered.

"I am fine, Anakin. Let's just see where the younglings are hidden. " He reached out with the Force to see if I could sense their signatures. "Down the hall to the left."

I nodded and looked away. We rushed down one of the dimly lit hallways, turned down another. There was funny smell coming form somewhere. I passed a door, stopped, and looked back it. Placing a hand on the door, I reached out. "They are in here."

"I don't like the look of this and the smell is something we might want to be careful with." Obi-Wan warned. "I stand on this side and you on the other side of the door. On three...."

I held my hand up. "Wasn't you that told me to try the lock first?"

“Uh, yes, I did,” he said, giving me that ‘At least you learned something from me’ look.

I narrowed my eyes, then looked away. I jabbed the door lock and the door slid open and the lights flashed on. A little girl with brown eyes blinked at me. "Master Skywalker?" then ran into my arms.

Obi-Wan stepped up behind him finding himself hugged by the other two, a girl and a boy. "It's alright, you are safe now." Large eyes looked up at him still doubtful but with hope.

I brushed the matted hair from the little girls face. "I have something very important for you." I handed her my cloned beacon. "Take this, and keep it with you. We are going to lead you to swears, from there you run, and keep running until you reach the shoot going up. Stay there and wait for us. Can you do that?" She nodded.

Obi-Wan went down on one knee in front of the others. " Trust in yourselves and the Force. Follow her and stay together at any time. Find a place to hide until you see us coming." He touched their small shoulders quickly. "May the Force be with you."

I sat the girl down. She clutched the beacon and my hand. "Let's get them back to stairs and fast."

We got them back to the stairs to the sewers without any inference, which surprised me. Theses younglings weren’t important to Marusi and Octavia, nothing more than a sidetrack for us, a distraction from what was really going on.

I knelt before the girl. "You ready?" She nodded. I smiled at her. "Go." They ran. I watched them disappear before I stood up. "They should be alright."

"I hope so." Obi-wan looked back the way we had came. "Are you ready?"

I stared at him. "I'm always ready. Question is are you?"

"I told you, yes. What makes you think otherwise?"

"Do you have to ask why?"

"Anakin, let's let it go for now, please." he said. "We can talk after all this is over."

He never let me in, never share his feeling with me. Almost if he wasn’t aloud to have any. Annoyed, I waved my hand and turned to walk off. "Fine. Come on then."

Two Down

2007-09-06T08:04:00.000-07:00

We tromped through the tunnels in silence. I paused before walking around turn. I reached out the Force. There were human guards close by. I looked at Obi-Wan and tapped my nose, which meant run and attack.

He shook his head. //No, let's not attract attention to us// he cautioned through the Force. //We need to do this quietly//

I sent back: //Alright, here we go// I wiggled my finger and made a large stone fall from the wall. Both guards came walking to investigate the noise. Obi-Wan jumped out the shadow and chopped the guard on the neck, knocking him out.

I slung out my elbow as the nearest guard next to me appeared. His head whipped back, eyes rolling, and he hit the slime with a splash. Too easy.

Dragging the falling guard over to the other, Obi-Wan tied them both up and covered their mouths. "There will be more guards inside,” he whispered.

"If last time we went up against Octavia and Marusi is any indication, a lot more guards are inside."

"Unfortunately my recollection is a bit shaky if you remember." He walked in front of me. Walked up a set of old stairs and shoved open a heavy door. //I sense something//

It was pitch black around us as we steeped in. I could see Obi-wan but that was it. But he was right; I could sense thing as well. I reached out with the Force. //Right in front of us//

A Smelly Situation

2007-08-29T10:16:00.000-07:00

As we sat in the seedy cantina, the plan was forming.

“We have to be prepared for any surprise attacks as well,” Obi-Wan said.

I ordered a drink and nearly spit it out when I took a sip. I made face. "Dirt! Yeah, but we can only plan for that so far. Once we get in, they'll know we are there."

"We have to disguise our Force signatures as soon as we get close to the premises. Otherwise we compromise the rescue mission." He shoved his drink way.

I nodded, agreeing. "There should be a entrance to the sewage system close to warehouse. Down here, there are garbage dumps everywhere, but as you can see, they don't use them much."

He nodded. I could sense his distress. Like I said, it not often you see Obi-Wan off his game. This bothered him a lot. Not that I blame him. It angered me to no end what that woman did it him. I wouldn’t mind getting my hands on her.

As we walked out, there were eyes watching us. I ignored them outwardly but in the back of my mind, I was watching. Outside, Artoo rolled out the shadows and followed us down the trash-ridden street, beeping at my heels. I dropped Artoo and my pack off in the equally wonderful domicile Obi-Wan had and met him back on the street.

I lifted my chin. "Lets get close to the warehouse and find the entrance to the sewers."

We walked in silence until we found the cover to the sewage entrance. "You first,” he said, waving his hand, half-grinning.

The entrance was located in a back ally. A gapping hole in the wall that angle down in a shoot, ending up at the bottom. I jumped up on the lip and gave Obi-Wan a half smile. "Naturally," I said and disappeared inside.

I hit the bottom with a splash, but before I pushed with Force and managed not to end up on my backside in ankle deep sludge. I backed out of the way as Obi-Wan came out the shoot and landing his backside. I held out hand to my former master.

"Need a hand?"

He grabbed my hand and jumped up with a disgusted look on his bearded face. "Thanks," Obi-Wan muttered.

I tried not smile. I lifted a finger and pointed to his cheek. "You might want to get that off."

The rather large insect squeaked as he swatted it off his face. "We need to go that way." He pointed to the canal leading down to the left.

I shrugged off my robe. Thankfully my backside wasn't as wet as I knew his was. Of course I didn't fall either. "Take your robe off. You might dry faster."

"Ah, good idea." He shed the wet garment and looked with revulsion at his boots. "I dare not take anything else off."

I handed him mine, which was mostly dry. "Wipe off or they'll smell you coming," I had to joke.

"Thanks." He wiped off. It didn’t help much. I could still smell it. But I wasn’t going to say it. “Let’s go.”

Underbelly of Coruscant

2007-08-18T20:14:00.000-07:00

I eyed the ragged, dank looking cantina, and thought to myself, what a lovely place. When I stepped inside, the first thing that hit me was the smell. It was fowl. But through the haze of smoke and dregs of life forms, I spotted a familiar hooded figure in the back at the bar.

Keeping hood over my head, mostly because anyone could recognize me, I moved through the crowd. I walked up to the bar and leaned on the top. "Nice place you've found,” I muttered. “You look like poodoo warmed over.”

The hooded head looked my way. "About time you got here." Obi-Wan replied.

"Well, you know how it goes. I had to smell my way around the undercity," I said, gazing over.

"Glad you found me." He motioned for me to sit down. "We are dealing with quite the mess and our plan has to be aggressive but sensitive as well."

I slid down on the stool, which was ready to break as it were. "Aggressive works. Any idea where Adana and the others are?”

"I could sense Adana for a while but lost her. Force only knows what Octavia and Marusi have done to her. They are capable of anything." He stared at me. "We have to be fast if we want to see her alive. Octavia will not let her go like she did with me... And then there are three younglings who have gone missing as well. Master Windu informed me that he had sent Adana to find them."

I nodded, remembering. "Alright. We need a plan." His eyebrow shot up. "I don't always jump in saber blazing, master."

"I know that, my friend. You are better than that."

I thought. "Do you have an idea where Octavia has them?"

"There is an abandoned ware house about a click kilometer or so away from here." He opened the holo map for me to see.

I gazed over the holomap. "Heavily guarded too. Two ways in, that we can see. I bet there is third." I pointed down. "Underground and I bet it’s less guarded. They wouldn't think we would know about it or try that way."

"The only safe way is through the sewage system." I smirked at him. "Brings back memories, doesn't it,” Obi-Wan muttered.

I smiled. "I can hold my nose if you can."

"No problems here." Obi-Wan closed the holo. "Once we are inside we need to find the chamber with the younglings first. I don't even want to imagine what he might have done to them."

My eyes narrowed. "We need to figure out where to hide them while we get Adana. If we send them down the sewer they will have to keep going, and might get lost. and its going to take both us to gat Adana."

"I know. There has to be a way to hide them for the time being."

I thought it over. I reached in my pack. "I have an idea." I pulled out a small beacon. "This a cloned beacon of the one I keep on me. If we give this to the younglings and tell them to run, I can track them after we get out. No matter where they are." I just hoped he didn’t ask why I had cloned my own beacon.

"It is brilliant. This way we can assure their safety why trying to free Adana.”

Dawn

2007-08-08T12:52:00.001-07:00

I sat staring at the holo, lost in thought. I kept seeing Kelian’s dead face. I hate death. I hate touching it, feeling it, seeing it. My eyes were seeing the holo but mind was seeing the message written in blood.

You will fail.

Kelian took the coward’s way out by killing herself. No matter what she had done, she could have turned from it, made amends. Her heart wasn’t completely cold, I sensed that. There had been a chance for redemption. But not now. Death takes away that option.

“General Skywalker?” I looked up at Commander Cody. “There is transmission coming in from you. It’s General Kenobi, at least I think it is.”

“What do you mean?”

“There is encryption code attached to it I’ve never seen it before. It doesn’t match any I aware of,” Cody told me.

I stood up. “Show me.”

I leaned over counsel and patched in. I recognized it immediately. It was a private distress code that the two of us used. Only I know how to decipher the code. Which I did swiftly, a static filled holo of Obi-Wan flashed up.

“I have been on the trail of Marusi for several days. No sign of the younglings adducted but now Master Adana has been taken as well. I have discovered that Octavia is with Marusi, Anakin. They are both here and are behind this, I’m sure of it. I need your help on this. Make sure everything is secure on Geonosis before you leave but make it fast. I should have more information by the time you get here. I’m in the lower levels, I know you can find me easily.”

The holo faded. First thought: why not get help from someone closer from the Temple? Second thought: who better than me? No, that’s not my ego. Obi-Wan and myself worked better together than any other team. And with the way I fly, I could get there fast.

Anger washed over me. Octavia and Marusi. Octavia had did some pretty horrible things to Obi-Wan once before, a long time ago. Not much of it he remembers, but there is enough residual impression left from the experience that makes his face go a bit white when it’s mentioned.

It’s not often you see Obi-Wan Kenobi off his game.

“Cody, I’m leaving you and your men under Tarvis’ command,” I said whipping around.

“Yes, sir. Are you sure we shouldn’t come with you?” Cody asked.

“No, this is a delicate matter. Troops would make the situation worse.”

I thought of all the Jedi Knights missing, Barriss, D.J. and countless others, and now Adana.

It was time I did something about that. Starting now.

“Then again,” I gave Cody a clever smile. “A garrison hiding in the shadows can’t hurt, can it?”

Little Ani: HA!

2007-07-30T11:08:00.000-07:00

A few "makin fun of Skywalker vids" for you. Yeah, I know, I'm making fun of myself in the future, but hey, if you can't laugh at yourself who can you laugh at?

Skywalker is a dork. *ducks rocks*

Attack of the Clones in 5 secs

Revenge of the Sith in 5 secs

Check this out! Skywalker is in a new blog game. Look at what he is wearing! LOLOLOLOLOL! Next Top Hero

A Sudden Death

2007-07-21T09:05:00.000-07:00

The Geonosis night was still relatively quiet. I found Tarvis and asked for Kelian’s personal effects. He handed them to me without hesitation. I took Kelian’s lightsaber to bench and stared at it. Then I took it apart.

“Need spare parts?” Tarvis asked lightly.

“No,” I muttered. “I’m looking for something…” But, what?

Then I saw it. It was so small to the untrained eye, to someone not looking for it would have disregarded it. I pulled out a tiny chip and held it up. Tarvis peered over my shoulder.

“Well, whata know? A holo chip. Cleverly hid, too!” he said.

I slid the chip into the holo projector and the small holo sprang to life. Right from the start I knew this was recorded in secret with a hidden device. You could tell by the angles. There wasn’t any sounds, only images.

Whoever recorded this was talking to Dooku; I’m guessing Kelian. I’m not a lip reader, so I have no idea what Dooku was saying. He turned and another man appeared. This man was tall, with long black hair. A band of color went across his face, over his eyes. The back of my neck tingled. He looked very familiar. Very familiar indeed.

Warning bells went off in my head. My head snapped away from the holo. I sidestepped Tarvis and ran back down to Kalian’s holding cell and slid to stop before it. Kelian was laying on the floor, her eyes wide, a thin line of foam on her mouth. I cursed as I drop the shield and rushed in, Travis hot on my heels.

“Kelian!” I knelt down, checked her pulse and instantly jerked my hand back.

She was dead.

Travis opened her mouth. The remains of a poison capsule lay on her lounge. A quick acting one, that would have taken about thirty seconds to kill her. It was small and could be hidden under the tongue not dissolve till bitten into.

“Now why would she go and do that?” Tarvis muttered.

I noticed blood on her hand. I lifted her arm and written in blood from a self-made tear in the flesh of her finger was:

You will fail.

Little Ani: The blog is mine!

2007-07-11T19:53:00.000-07:00

*A holo flashes up. A little boy waves at the holoprojector*

Ha! Skywalker’s been hacked! By who you ask? By me, Little Ani, his younger, much cooler, and more fun self.

You can blame DJ, its her fault.

If you need to know who I am in detail, here you go. If you read DJK’s blog you know she happens to be stuck back in time with Anakin Skywalker at age 9, right before all that Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, hot chick with crazy hair deal. That would be me. *grins*

So she says to me, “Why don’t you get a blog?”

And I said, “Get a Blob? Now why would I want to get a Blob?”

“Blog not Blob, dork.”

Yeah, I was a bit off there. Anyhoo, Skywalker here offered to let me hack his. He said Buckethead was already here, so why not the Little Twerp, too? Nice guy, that Skywalker. Such a high opinion of himself. *rolls eyes* DJ could have warned me I was jerk in future, you know.

Man, I’m one angry, whiny brat in the future! *You hear Skywalker call out: I’m not whinny, twerp!* See? Whinny. He glares all the time, always looks mad. Someone needs a chocolate bar and can of space coke.

Nice scar although. Very chick magnet. I like. Really nice duds, too. I look hot in black.

Where was I? I got off the track… Oh yeah! You’ll se me here every once and awhile, for some humor that only I bring. *Leans close to holoprojector* It’s needed. I have been reading Skywalker’s life story here and this blog needs some humor. Dude needs a vacation! *Skywalker: I heard that!*
I’m out of here. I need to pour sand down over someone’s head. *wink*

Late Night 2

2007-07-06T12:09:00.000-07:00

“I was four years old when I last saw her but I remember her,” Kelian told me, looking up at me hatefully.

The Jedi Counsel usually didn’t take in younglings over a certain age. But here were cases where they did. Myself being one of those. Most of the time those children ended up in the Agricultural Corps because they had just enough Force sensitivity but were to old train safety. I always thought that was a load of Bantha poodoo.

I remember reading about the Gladarn incident but the full details were sketchy in my mind at that point. I do however remember the name of the betrayer had never been mentioned.

“Kelian, tell me what Dooku is up to. Anything you know, and I’m make sure the counsel and court goes easy on you,” I told her. “Let me help you.”

She laughed. “They won’t listen to you! They never do!” Standing up she move close to the force field. “Because they don’t trust you. If I told you anything you could use, and you went to- say, Mace Windu, do you honestly think he believe you?”

If I had proof he would. If I had it holo recorded, or if she verified the story, he would, but I said nothing about that. I knew, I could sense, she wasn’t going to let me help her.

“Get some rest. You are being transferred to Coruscant tomorrow. First to Jedi Temple, then to a Republic detention center,” I told her, turning to leave.

I had taken three steps before I heard her call my name. I backtracked.

She locked eyes with me. There was something there. Haunted, lost.

“My lightsaber,” was all she said before she turned away.

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Something New

2007-06-28T19:58:00.000-07:00

Darth Vader and myself decited to merge blogs. I know what you are thinking. Why, you hate the guy! Well, at least here I can keep him under lock and key. That helps doesn't it?

Wish me luck.

I think I need it.

Skywalker

Vader: Silly Girl

2007-06-21T20:02:00.000-07:00

She thinks she is so cute. As if I care about destroying my own bombers to kill her. I have no reservations about doing it and I proved that. But that didn’t stop her or even slow her down.

She think her taunts are funny, that they faze me, anger me. They do not, in fact they are laughable. I have been called worse in my life than Sand Baby. She never changes. A new name and occupation mean nothing. She is still a Jedi and always will be.

I watched her disappear into Hyperspace. I commed the Executor. Luckily for my Admiral, he was thinking with his head and tracked her hyperspace coordinates. I will send two of ships after her. Unless she pulls out and changes course, she will have another ship to play with later.

“Lord Vader,” my comm goes off. “The signal has gotten stronger. We have your fighter ready for you.”

Now the real fun begins.

Anakin's Missing Teddy Bear - Pt I

2007-06-18T20:48:00.000-07:00

Follow the links on YouTube for the rest of it. It's funny.

Not true of course, Mr. Snuggles is right here. *slips something behind back* Urm... never mind.

Late Night

2007-06-07T19:57:00.000-07:00

I woke up in a cold sweat. It wasn’t from a nightmare but something else. It used to happen to me on Tatooine when I was a child. You spent all day hot as Mustafar then at night cold a Hoth. Sometimes you wake up in a cold sweat.

I sat up took a look around. Geonosis was dead quiet except for the normal night sounds. So I got up, I never sleep much anymore as it is, got dressed and went outside.

A few hours before hand I had tried to reach Padme on Coruscant with no luck. After that, I contacted the Temple to report that statue was on it was way. But I left out the whole fight and capture of Kelian. Not the wisest idea but I did it anyway. She has information I want, and I will get it. I don’t need a Master to come here and take over. Which is what would happen. This is my game; I’m going to play it my way. For now.

I made my way down to the holding cells where Kelian had been taken and went inside. At the force field in front of her cell, I saw she was awake, sitting up, as if she was waiting for me. Her eyes met mine thought the glowing blue shield.

“Can’t sleep, Skywalker?” she muttered. “Or did you come here to stare at me?”

“I want to talk you,” I said.

Kelian looked away. “I’m not telling you anything.”

“Tell me about your grandmother Liflan.”

She turned back to me. “I told you ask Kenobi.”

“I’m asking you.”

“What’s there to say? She was Jedi, she turned the dark side.”

I stared. “You said the Counsel disowned ever knowing her, why? What did she do?”

She looked me right in the eye. “Better question would be: what didn’t she do?”

“I'm waiting, Kelian.”

A long pause. I almost thought she wasn’t going to answer but she started to speak, very softly. “Do you remember hearing about the Gladarn incident? Where six Jedi Masters were murdered for no apparent reason?” I nodded and she went on. “It was my grandmother who killed them.”

Force! This was one of the things I did remember from all those dull classes that put you to sleep. Mostly because it involved one of our own turning on the Jedi. Of course they gave us very little details and no names. But it had been worth mentioning in our history.

“How can you be sure it was her?”

“Dooku told me. He’s a crafty liar but I knew he wasn’t lying at the time. I already knew my grandmother turned to the dark side. My mother had told me. I just didn’t know the details.”

“Your mother wasn’t a Jedi,” I said.

“Of course not. My grandmother hid her well after was she born. But naturally my mother wasn’t smart enough to hide me. I was snatched from her as a child,” she said, looking away. “Like you, I knew my mother.”

Vader: A Familar Voice

2007-06-03T07:21:00.000-07:00

I slid into my tie-fighter and shot out of the hanger bay of the ships just as Rebel forces had gotten themselves in place for an assault. Fools, all of them. The ships they were using were out of date and completely useless. I’m surprised any of them could actually make out hyperspace without falling part much less fight against the Imperial fleet. This would a short battle.

I flipped on my communications. “Form up behind me. The leader is mine.” I came around the left and powered up the laser cannons. “Shoot to kill.”

Switching channels on the comm, I helmed the leader of the small squad of fighters shoot out of the bay. “Your fighters are out numbered. I do not take prisoners, your ships will be destroyed.”

“I suppose you are speaking to me, Baby. Uhm, I think we are going to fight anyway. You might want to comm back to your Destroyer, your balls are getting busted, Baby,” a voice said back as line of torpedoes came our way.

I snorted and zoomed to the right and over them, as did the men with me. I knew this female voice in my ear. “Starburst, we meet again. I should have known it was you leading these fools to their deaths.”

"See, Baby, they don't let me lead anymore, after that assault where we lost near about a thousand fighters on taking out six destroyers, remember that?"

A smile covered my face. “Tragic. Your skills were lacking, they always were.” I flew over her and shot my turbo lasers at her hull as I did. “Not much has changed.”

With a flick of my wrist, switch channels again, this time to the ship. “Admiral, have all the Star Destroyers begin firing,” I spat, coming over the hull of the Executor, letting lose one of my torpedoes at Starburst.

"You lost this," she laughed, "It wants you back." She dodge around and ducked her fighter, the torpedo slammed into the Executor. I gritted my teeth as it exploded, and flew thorough the back blast.

Again, I commed her. “You can’t win this with tinker toys, Starburst. I almost had you once and I will again.” My lasers danced off her canopy. “You always did think you were better than everyone else.”

"No, I am better then you.” Her torpedoes bounced off my ship, some of them impacting the others simply drifting off. "Aww, I missed you, Baby."

I fired another torpedo. “And just what have you missed, Jedi?” I hissed as zoomed right behind her.

"Now, what makes you think I am a Jedi?" she spat right before ship disappeared into a cloud of smoke and flame.

How did I indeed. I knew who she used to be. I’m not a fool. Of course I had only heard rumors and never seen her face, but I knew. And I knew she wasn’t dead.

Read the Rebel’s P.O.V. here.

Vader: Idots

2007-05-24T11:08:00.000-07:00

“Lord Vader, the wormhole had a shift that sent her through but farther back in time than she was meant to go. She could have gone anywhere.”

I stared at the man in front of me. Useless. All of them useless. None of them can do anything efficiently. I would gladly like to kill each on of them, one by one.

“I told you to track the beacon on ship. I personally installed that beacon. It was one of my own designs. It will have a signal, even though a wormhole,” I spat.

“Sir, we did that. There isn’t a signal. That could only mean the ship crashed and was destroyed-“

I swirled around and he snapped his mouth shut. “The ship may have crashed but there is a signal. If you and your pathetic men knew what you were doing, you could find it!”

He cleared his throat nervously. I smiled to myself. I do enjoy this reaction in people. “Yes, Lord,” he muttered.

“Get out of my sight,” I said and stormed passed him.

Of course there was signal. I could sense it and I could sense her. If she was dead, I would know it. I stomped into the control room and shoved the little man working at the terminal out of my way.

I found a faint signal and I could feel the man behind me get horrified. I came around. “There is the signal. Track it, widen the range as much as possible. Find out where she went through the wormhole and prepare my fighter, download the course to the nav computer.” I paused, breathing. “And make it fast. I grow tired of waitithe delay.”

He blinked and rushed to work.

Alarms went off on the ship. “Lord Vader, four Alliance cruisers just hopped out of lightspeed right in our path,” A voice came over the comm.

At least I can have a little fun while I have to wait.

End Of The Game

2007-05-24T10:34:00.000-07:00

I had Kelian backing up, swinging rapidly at her. She had stopped shooting the lightning at me after a short time. See that power takes a lot of out you, or so I hear. She had no choice but to stop.

That was when the oddest sensation went over me. It was like a trickle of water down your face. Then my head started to pound, It felt like my brain had short-circuited. It blinded me and caused me to back off, which I never do. My eyes watered and I shook my head.

Then something else passed my mind. I felt D.J. It didn’t make any since at the time but it does now. I could feel her reaching out to me, which I haven’t felt in months. And then for some dayum reason I thought of Tatooine. Why Tatooine? I never, if I can help it, think of there.

At first I thought she might be there, but why? I was wrong of course. Sort of.

Kelian took the advantage. She rushed me and slammed her foot square in my face. Needless to say, this didn’t help me much. But I blocked the pain and got my footing.

I was going end this.

I pull the Force deeper inside me and lifted my hand. The Force push flung her back against the durasteel wall and I heard the bone in her skull crack. She slumped to the ground and didn’t move.

But she wasn’t dead. Not by long shot.

I moved over and stood over her. She looked up at me, eyes glazed. “Go head, Hero, kill me.”

“I would like to but I don’t think I will. You have information and you are going to give to me,” I told her.

Kalian spit. “I won’t tell you anything!”

I grabbed her collar. “Yes, you will. This whole setup here is a joke, the statue, you, this fight. There’s something more going on here and you are going to tell me.”

A few minutes later she shackled. Commander Cody walked her out, but before she was ushered out the doors, she turned and gave me a cold smile. It made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

I rubbed my head. It was still pounding. I should have taken a few and mediated to heal myself but instead I went right to the nearest computer console and tapped into the Jedi Temple beacons. I looked for D.J.’s As I expected it wasn’t showing on their end. It didn’t show on mine either.

The feeling of Tatooine still lingered. Enough I can still smell sand and heat.

Here We Go

2007-05-13T20:21:00.000-07:00

Kalian’s blade came at my head and I blocked it easily. The move was, to me, half-hearted. She stood there, her blade and mine crossed. Through the brightness I got a good look at her face. There was something in her eyes…

“Come on, Anakin! Show me what you got!” she shouted and reared back for another swing. “Or did Kenobi and the Counsel finally tame you?”

I glared. “Last I heard I was untamable!”

I swung to the left; she ducked and came around with her foot. I somersaulted backward out the way and her foot went wide. My hand lifted and I used the Force to sweep her off her feet, flat on her back. She hit with a thud.

Moving over quickly, I was about to swing my saber down on her when she kicked up her foot again, this time nailing me in the- Holy Mother of the Stars! That blasted hurt!

“You wont be using that anytime soon,” Kelian taunted, jumping her feet, while I seen stars the size of starships.

She charged. I sidestepped to the right and landed my elbow in her face and spun around, missing her head by centimeters. Kalian ducked, rolled back, and came to her feet spitting blood my way.

“You aren’t even trying!” she shouted.

“Nether are you!”

I felt it coming. Force lightning shot from her fingertips. Oh, no, not again! I hate that! I have that hit me once before and let me tell you, if you want agony, let it hit you. You never forget what it feels like.

Kalian was aiming for my mechanical arm. Metal, lightning, you get me. I lifted my blade to catch it before it made contact. The air smelt of burnt ozone, the heat blasted my face but I held it back with both arms gripping the saber.

Jedi Knights don’t use Lightning, but we have the ability. I have never tried it because if my arm. One stray bolt, loss of focus and I could fry myself. But the thought of her using it on me made me so angry want to zap her with it myself.

My anger got the best of me.

Not the first time.

Vader: The Search Begins

2007-04-29T20:18:00.000-07:00

“I want her found. Do you understand? Do not fail me or I will cook you in your boots!” I shouted to the Stormtrooper in front of me.

“Understood, my lord.”

“Good. Go.”

I watched him leave the bridge of the Executor. Then I turned to back to the view screen over looking her last known location before hitting the wormhole. I reached out the Force again, drew the power of the Dark Side deep inside me. D.J. had not made it through the wormhole but where she ended up is beyond even my sight.

“Lord Vader, there is a transmission from the Emperor coming in,” a voice said behind me.

I rolled my eyes. It figures. “Patch it to my office,” I snapped and walked away.

In my office I pounded the button on the counsel, nearly breaking it. It made a crunching noise under my finger. I couldn’t care less. If fact I hoped it was broke so I didn’t have to here his nerve grinding voice.

No such luck.

“Lord Vader, where are you?”

“In the area of the wormhole, my master,” I said as flatly as I could manage.

“Why? Do you think you can find her? She is lost,” he said just as flat.

“It is possible to track where the wormhole pushed her.”

“By whom? You? Your powers are not strong enough, Lord Vader. Not even you can track someone through time.”

I narrowed my eyes. That is that you think old man, I thought.

“I need you back on Imperial City. This pastime of yours has gone on long enough. I expect you here in three days.”

I nodded my head and the holo disappeared.

It wouldn’t take me that long to find her. Of that I’m certain.

And then, she will have no choice but to stay here.

We Interupt This Blog...

2007-04-28T11:00:00.000-07:00

For this!

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We will retun you to this blog in a few days.

Thank you.

Vader: Hmmm....

2007-04-14T09:53:00.000-07:00

I can say I was impressed by the Force kick DJ landed on my chest. Less impressed with hot coffee that spilt on my mask and in my face. I came off the floor in a rage. She was gone, no doubt heading for the hanger.

In the end, I let her go. Why? Because of what she said:

“You said couldn’t change what happens, but maybe I can change enough and you might not end up in that suit. Have you considered that? Wouldn’t you like to be free of it? Free of the constant pain?”

A possibility I had considered. True, she might be able to change some things, this contraption I’m stuck in being one of them. If she did… Yes, I have thought about it. The idea is appealing.

Very appealing.

To see my Master’s face if that were to happen.

To have him see mine…

We shall see.

Let's Go All Ready!

2007-04-14T09:48:00.000-07:00

“So, you want to follow your grandmother’s path to darkness, Kelian? I don’t think so,” I said, staring her down.

She pointed her saber at me. “My grandmother was one the lost ones, one of the Jedi you never hear about although. After what she did, the Order completely disowned her. She never existed to them.” I opened my mouth to ask but she cut me off. “Ask Kenobi, he knows. Ask him about Liflan. That is, if you live.”

I ignited my saber. “Oh, I’ll live.”

“Live for what? Live to fight the good fight? What’s the point, Anakin? The war never ends and the Republic will fall, you know it. Is really worth it any more? The fighting, the death, all of it?” she asked, something flashing her eyes I couldn’t read.

“Fighting for peace is worth it.”

Kalian smiled. “And what you get from it, Hero? Has the Counsel made you Master yet? No, of course not. They are too scared of you. I wonder why. Maybe they know deep down inside, your soul is as dark as mine.”

I glared and shook my head. “What happened to you?”

“I woke up. Just like you will. One day, you’ll see the true path and you will walk it,” she said.

“I don’t think so. Becoming a Sith isn’t appealing to me.”

She laughed. “I’m not Sith, Ani. There can only be two, remember? A Master and an Apprentice. I’m merely a follower, a minion.”

“And a bloody fool.”

Kalian stepped closer. “Maybe I am a fool, but I am a fool on the winning side.”

I blocked her blade as it came towards my head and the fight was on.

More Things Reviled

2007-04-05T11:08:00.000-07:00

I raised an eyebrow. “Oh, really? And why would you want me?”

Kelian glared. It pained me to see a face of a former friend so cold. We had been Padawans together. Kelian had been a bright student, one of the best. We became friends on one of the several missions that she and her Master had assisted Obi-Wan and myself with.

Over a two years ago, Kelian disappeared after a grueling mission in which she almost died, ironically, by the hands of Dooku. On that mission, Kelian had been captured and tormented for weeks before Obi-Wan and myself finally rescued her. I knew something was wrong with her before she disappeared but there wasn’t much I could do to help her.

After the fact, the Counsel had refused to send out a search for her. That wasn’t right, and they knew it. She was one of us, they treated it as if she was just another casualty. I protested and was denied.

Kelian flipped back her hood. Her eyes were dead. “Well, why not? I kill you, I move up the ranks.”

I locked eyes with her. “Think, Kelian, Dooku doesn’t need you! You are just one of many he toys with! Even if you did kill me, and you won’t, it won’t mean a damn thing.”

She titled her head. “I guess we’ll have to see about that.” Kelian waved a hand. “He knew the Counsel would send you here when the uprisings started, knew you would find that statue. You see, it was perfect, here we are.”

“The statue has no real meaning to you, does it? It was a ploy?”

Kelian rolled her eyes. “Anakin, of course it matters. It’s of my grandmother. She was Jedi.”

Her words clicked in my head. I could see the resemblance now. “She turned to the Dark Side. She knew Dooku,” I stated.

With a snap of her fingers, Kelian said, “Now you get it.”

“Why is it here?” I asked.

Kelian smiled. “I put it here when the riots started.”

Vader: Guest poster: DJK

2007-04-01T09:44:00.000-07:00

Heehee!

What a way to wake up on April’s first! I'm SOOOOO BADDDD!

Note from Vader: I am not amused!

Not What I Hoped

2007-03-28T19:33:00.000-07:00

For days nothing happened. The disputes died away, the riots stopped, and everything went calm. The calm before the storm.

Dooku’s statue was removed from its resting place and moved to the control center hanger where it was being prepped to ship to the Jedi Temple. I over seen the removal to insure it was carefully done. Not that I don’t trust the clones, I do, but accidents happen. In a way, I wanted to keep here so I could inspect it more, but then again, it was nothing more that a statue. I also knew the minute the statue was moved the calmness was going get noisy. How soon, not even I could have predicted.

I was watching the statue as it was loaded on a transport when the Force around me started to call warnings. A figure boldly walked in the open hanger doors draped in a black robe. Dark Side energy washed over me, and my hand instantly went for my lightsaber.

Tarvis came to my side. “You know, Skywalker, I don’t think that’s a Jedi.”

“It’s not,” I muttered. “Get the men back. I’ll handle this.”

“Wouldn’t have it any other way,” Tarvis replied and shouted to the men to back off.

The figure, hooded to hide their face, came to stand in the middle of the bay, and stood still as death. I knew instantly who I thought it was correct. It made my stomach lurch. I shrugged off my robe and approached, lightsaber in hand.

“I told you to leave the statue were it was,” the figure said, in a hard feminine voice.

I stopped and stared. “So it is you.”

A small laugh. “You catch on quick.”

“I’m surprised. I never thought you would be one to turn to the Dark Side,” I said.

A gentle breeze lifted the hood just enough so a pair of green eyes flashed at me. There was a cold smile on her lips. “How little you really know me. I thought you were smarter.”

“How did Dooku buy you, Kelian?”

Cold laughter. “He didn’t ‘buy me’ as you put it. I turned from the light along time ago, he just helped me see it.”

With a snort, I pointed. “You were one of the best Jedi Knights. And you just walked away. What did he promise you? Power? Riches?”

Kelian lifted her head. “He promised me you.”

A Famous Jedi Drinking Song

2007-03-22T21:04:00.000-07:00

Obi-Wan hates this one!

HA!

Oopps!

And a little Star Wars rap for ya!

YO!

Vader: Reflection

2007-03-14T20:00:00.000-07:00

Location: Bast Castle

Weeks ago…

She cracked the computer system in my mediation chamber while I had her locked in there. When the assassin blasted the front windows of castle with the intent of killing her, I had placed her in there for her protection, not to ramble through my personal flies.

Naturally, I had to toss her over my shoulder like a sack and carry her in there and threaten to kill her if she tried to get out. I left her with that look that meant only annoyance for me when I returned.

I was wrong.

She asked me if being trapped in this monstrous contraption hurt. So, she knew about Mustafar. Well, obviously not all of it, but enough.

“Every damn second,” I told her.

There was a tender sadness that came into her eyes at my reply. “I’m sorry,” she said.

Would she be if she knew the truth? Yes, I think she would. That is her nature. I could kill someone in front of her and she would be disgusted, angry, and maybe even start a fight but in the end she would forgive.

Once long ago, she was a dear friend. I hadn’t intended on killing her, she wasn’t even supposed to be at the Temple that day but she was. She caught me outside the Archives. I killed her in a fit of rage when she begged me to stop what she called madness.

At that point, she already knew where my path was heading, and she had tried to stop it from happening, coming very close with her efforts. I didn’t know she knew how until I found the wormhole and realized it was because of me.

So, you see, the past and the future are past are always in motion.

Then why did I use the wormhole and bring her here only to repeat what has already happened?

It is my full intent to keep her here and not let her return. Why? First, it was because out of all of them all she was the only one that did NOT turn against me I one form or anther, or try to kill me. She tossed her lightsaber at my feet and refused to fight me. She did not deserve to die.

Now, I keep her here a very different reason. One I will not share here.

She thinks she can change the past. I know she can’t.

But I can.

If I wanted too.

All the needs to be done…

Anakin Skywalker has to die.

Checking In

2007-03-10T19:28:00.000-08:00

The hologram image of Obi-Wan looked at me with pensive eyes. “Interesting and perplexing. I sense there is more you’re not telling me.”

I shrugged. I had omitted the message I had received. Probably not a good idea, but I wanted to keep it myself until I had more answers. “That’s about it. Everything is going smoothly. In the four days I have been here, the revolts, protests have calmed down considerably. They simply needed a reminder of who was in charge here.”

Obi-Wan rubbed his chin. My tone displeased him, I could see that. “Well, don’t do anything that would- “

I cut him off. His lack of trust in me annoys me to no end. “You’ve read my reports. I haven’t done anything to embarrass the Order.”

He gave me that look. “I wasn’t going to say that. I was going to say, don’t do anything that would get you killed. It would be a shame for the Hero to get killed over something so simple as that.”

I could tell he was joking but still. With a halfhearted grin, I said: “Me, get myself killed? Now, Master, if I did that who save your backside all the time?”

“Nine times is hardly ‘all the time’,” Obi-Wan said, smiling back.

“Ten, you forget Cato Neimoidia. That makes ten.”

“Honestly, Anakin, do we have to go over that again? That doesn’t count. And I don’t know why you keep score.”

I leaned back on the console behind me. My mood lightened a great deal. “To see that particular expression on your face when it’s mentioned, Obi-Wan. That is why.”

“Always with the quick wit,” he said, shaking his head.

“You should try it. Wit, that is. Not sure about the ‘quick’,” I teased.

“Funny, Anakin, very funny.” His face fell serious again. “Do you remember our dealings with a criminal named Marusi?”

My mood shifted again. “How could I forget?”

“He’s been spotted in the city. The Counsel is very concerned about it. I’m going to meet a contact in the lower levels to get more information. I may be hard to get a hold for the next few days.”

With a nod, I thought that I would like to be there. I have unfinished business with Marusi. A long story for a different day but my face isn’t one he wants to see again. But right now this statue and its connection with Dooku are more important. He ranks much higher on my list of people to capture.

For a lot of reasons.

“Watch your back,” I started to say. “I would hate to have to come rescue and embarrass you for the eleventh time.”

“Tenth,” he said, not thinking.

I shot him an amused look. “I thought you said it was nine times.”

Obi-Wan laughed. “Uh, yes, well- “ He tossed his hands. “I’ll contact you later. If anything comes up on your end, inform the Temple immediately. May the Force be with you.”

“And you as well, Master.”

I should guilty for not telling him about the threatening message but I don’t.

I would regret that later on…

Vader: A Conversation

2007-03-02T19:35:00.000-08:00

Location: Deep space

Weeks ago…

She stares at me with her big eyes. I fully expect a hot gaze of hate coming from her but she does not. Instead, the look is full of alarm, which I find amusing.

“Was that necessary?” she asked, crossing her arms.

I stepped over the body of the storm trooper at my feet. “Yes, it was.”

“He messed up a simple order and you crush his throat. I would hate to see what you do to someone who really messes up,” she tells me, obviously disgusted.

I hardly need to explain myself to anyone much less this small wisp of a woman. But she challenges me and I refuse to step down from a challenge. I enjoy trying to make her see things from my point of view.

“I do not allow failure.”

“To make mistakes is what makes us human,” she comes back with. “I’m sure you have messed up.”

Well, I’m completely human anymore am I? I stood over her and stared down at her.

“I run my Empire with a strict hand, fail me and you suffer for it.”

She lifts her chin in that defiant way and smiles. “Your Empire, Lord Vader? I thought it was Sidious’.”

That is all a matter of time, little one, I thought.

“He may sit on the throne as Emperor, but it is he who wields the fist that truly rules,” I told her.

“And that would be you? I don’t think Sidious would see it that way, my lord.”

“I do not care what he thinks.”

Her head tilts. “I believe you have mentioned that before.” She walked away and went to stare out the window. “Do you care what I think?”

“Does it matter if I do or not? You will voice your opinions nonetheless,” I replied.

She laughs and looks over her shoulder at me. “And yet, you listen and I don’t find myself with my throat crushed.”

“I told you would not be harmed. I keep my word.”

“But what if I drew my lightsaber and held it against your neck?” she asked.

If she could see the face behind this mask, that question would never have been asked. “You would be pressing your luck severely.”

“I believe you,” she said, her smile fading.

I got the impression that she did not.

A Message

2007-03-01T21:12:00.000-08:00

“From where I just came from?” I repeated.

“Yes, sir,” replied the officer.

I thought for a moment. “Send a few men to check it out. Look for a remote commutations device. Bring it to me.”

Tarvis gave me questionable look. “Not going to go do that yourself?”

I shook my head. “Whoever planted it and activated it would expect me to go look for it.”

“A trap? Ka boom?” he asked.

“It’s possible. We’ll see.”

I didn’t have to wait long. The remote was in my hand minutes later. I wanted to kick my self for not having sensed it before. I spun it around in my hand, rubbing my thumb over the small device. There was a click. A small holo flashed from a very small holoprojector.

“I knew you couldn’t help yourself, Skywalker. You always were the over curious kind,” a hood voice said. The same voice as on the other holo. “But I’m glad you are. Makes this more fun for me.” A pause. The figure shifted. “I’m sure you know there more going on Geonosis than meets the eye. I know by now you have seen the statue that our friend Count Dooku made. Lovely is it not?

“If you would, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t ship it off to Coruscant. You see, he made it for me. I never did get chance to receive it. I knew when you got here, it would be found.” The figure’s head lifted some. “Yes, Anakin, I know you and you know me. It’s been a long time since I last seen you.”

My eyes narrowed.

“I can see your face in my mind right this very second. That glare you have. Your face is an open book of expression.” There was laughter that quickly faded. “Do yourself a favor, leave the statue where it is. Do what you have to control these bugs and leave. You need not involve yourself with this. If you do, you will have to deal with me.”

The head lifted and I saw a very brief flash of a face. Too fast and too blurry to tell who it was.

“You don’t want that, Ani.” A flash and the holo disappeared.

She called me Ani. I can count how many people in my life who called me the on one hand. My mother, Padme, D.J., Pho, and-

Tarvis was watching me. I meet his eyes slowly. “I see the wheels turning. You know who that was?”

I frowned. “I think I do. And if I’m right… “ I shook my head slowly.

The thought did not please me at all.

Vader: Sidious

2007-02-26T19:33:00.000-08:00

I knelt before the holoimage of my Master. His eyes were displeased as I stared at him through the red tint of this hideous mask I have to wear to live. Sidious was looking down at me at me as if I were a large, revolting insect. I pretend to be humble before him.

But in my heart, I hate him.

It was he that put me in this suit of horror, this never-ending nightmare of pain. This suit, which keeps me living, was his way of keeping me under his control by locking the most power Jedi in galaxy in box. If the Force had not been with me all these years, I surly would have went mad from the pain and restrictions of it a long time ago.

There were other ways of saving my life after Mustafar, easier, less painful ways. Sidious thought the pain would bring me closer to the Dark Side. He was right; it has, in many ways. But it has made my pure unadulterated hate for him grow as well. It clouds my every thought. I would like nothing more than to toss him in a pool of hot lava and incase in him the same contraption.

He would not survive it.

But I have.

One day, Sidious will be dead. It will be me that kills him. I use the pain and it makes me stronger. I’m already more powerful than he. But I wait, bide my time, sucking knowledge from him and waiting. When the time is right, I will strike him down and his Empire will be mine.

It should have been from the start.

Knelling in front of his glowing holo made the mechanical joints of my knees throb excruciatingly. Sidious knows this and in his sick way, enjoys it. He leaves me there, saying nothing, while I bite my lip until it bleeds. I felt the blood run down my chin.

“Why is that girl still with you, Lord Vader?” he said in the harsh, cracked voice.

“She can a be a great advantage for us, my Master,” I replied.

“I hardly see how. You were foolish to bring her from her time to ours. If she finds out who you are and somehow returns to her own time, you can see what trouble that can cause. Kill her now before its too late.” He paused.

Sidious in my Master, I don’t deny that, but only to a certain degree. I am still my own man. I am not his slave and never will be. What I chose to do in my own time is none of his concern. I refused to explain myself or my actions to him on this.

Suddenly, he laughed. “You are still a foolish man, Vader. Will you ever learn?” A pause. “Fine, do you what you like but remember this: if I sense that this girl in any way is threat to my Empire and all I have built, I will kill her myself and then you will have to deal with me. Is that clear?”

“Yes, my Master,” I said, glaring, wishing he could see my face and that particular expression.

The holo faded and I pulled myself back to my full height. Hate welled up in me and I slammed my fist down on the console. Sparks flew from it where I had crushed it.

An Interesting Discovery

2007-02-22T20:07:00.000-08:00

Ignited my saber and gave a quick look around. The room was bare of anything except for a large structure in the middle of the room covered with a tarp. It wasn’t what I was hoping to find. Not at that point, anyway.

I walked over it and pulled the tarp off it. It was a statue of a woman, but not just any woman. It was beautiful and atrocious at the same time. One half of the statue was a Jedi with soft features and kind eyes. The other half was a Sith with a hard facial appearance and hateful eyes. Her arms were stretched, reaching up to the sky, long waves of hair spiraled down her back.

I stood there staring trying to put the face to a name and came up with nothing. I’m not a good judge of art but this was magnificent, even it did radiate Dooku’s aura. It was obviously his; that he had made this with is own hands. But who was she? And what was her connection with Dooku, if there was one. She could be someone made up from his mind or memory.

She was quite beautiful and familiar in someway.

“General Skywalker?” A voice down below called. I stuck my head out the door in the floor. General Tarvis was standing in the middle of the room, looking a bit confused to say the least.

“Up here,” I called down.

He looked up. “I’m not even going to ask you got yourself up there.”

I smiled. “Get a ladder, there’s something you should see up here.”

He nodded and disappeared. I went back to the statue and stared at it some more, trying the to place the face. Tarvis climbed up and came to my side, whistling softly.

“Impressive,” he said. “Any idea whom this is?”

I shook my head. “Not a clue. But it’s hidden up here for a reason.” I lifted a small holorecorder and captured the image, moving close for her face.

“Dooku is talented. Twisted, but talented.” He snapped his fingers. “The reason I came looking for you. You have a transmission from Coruscant.”

I nodded, absently. I could sense there was little more in here. Moving around the statue once more I followed Tarvis back down.

“Make sure no one comes in here,” I told him before leaving him. “I don’t want anyone touching that statue.”

“You got it, boss man.”

~ ~ ~

Back at the control center, I went straight to the commutations console and pulled up the transmission. It was audio only.

Don’t ask questions. You won’t like the answers.

My eyes narrowed. What was this? The voice was feminine and very low in tone.

I looked at the clone trooper behind me.

“Where did this come from?” I asked.

“Somewhere on the planet, sir,” he said.

“Trace it, now.”

“Yes, sir.”

I listened to it again while I waited.

“General Skywalker, this is odd, but it came from the area you were just in, sir,” the trooper tells me.

I raised an eyebrow.

Interesting indeed.

What's Hidden

2007-02-15T10:03:00.000-08:00

I love a challenge and this mission I knew was going to be one. First thing I did was inspect the regions and the troopers at each location. Then I regrouped the troops, sending some of Commander Cody’s men to reinforce the others. I kept a small group and Cody with me. Cody is good to have at your back; he is one step ahead of the other clones, and faster.

Then I spoke to the new Geonosian leader. General Tarvis stood silently behind me as I spoke to Gebb with the help of a translator. I had expected him to be hostile but he wasn’t. He was for peace even if was under the symbol of the Republic. Whatever I thought was best he agreed that he would go along with it. His only plea was that his people not be hurt if all possible.

I can’t help but to enjoy that feeling of authority. With Obi-Wan around, it was usually him who approved the final decisions. Even if I didn’t like it. The perks of being a Jedi Master and higher ranked General. Now it was mine turn.

“If the men have to discharge their weapons it will be to stun only,” I told Gebb. “Unless necessity calls for a different approach.”

He bowed and made several clicks in his language which I took for ‘Thank you.’

After leaving him and General Tarvis I entered what used to be the control center for the Separatists leaders. The place reeked of Dooku; I could feel his presence as if he was actually in the room with me. I felt a scowl come to my lips.

I did a search. I saw nothing that we didn’t all ready know about that Dooku could have left behind. Yet, I felt there was something I couldn’t see, something just out of my sight. So, I stood in the middle of the room and closed my eyes, letting my mind and body tune in with Force.

My eyes came flipping open and turned my head to the ceiling above. At first glance there seemed to be nothing special about it, just stalemate. But what I sensed, however slight, had come from up there.

I eyed the ceiling carefully. Where the ceiling curved down into the wall, I noticed what appeared to be a small ledge. Easily missed if you weren’t looking for it. There was little space to stand on, getting up there and staying there would be tricky. For anyone that wasn’t a Jedi, that is.

I tossed my robe on the nearest console and positioned myself with my back facing the ledge. Using the Force, I jumped up and back flipped, landing on the ledge with only my heels and perfect balance to hold me in place.

What I had sensed was in fact a secret panel in the ceiling, carefully concealed In the rock. There didn’t seem to be a handle on the rock panel but I could see the outlines of the door. I debated on whither to use the Force to open the door or cut around the edges with my lightsaber.

Seeing how my arms were helping me balance, I opted for the lightsaber. I looked down and used the Force to lift the saber off my belt. I moved it to the rock panel and ignited the blade. Following the outline, I cut the door away, sparks and shards flying everywhere. The door fell to the floor with a loud bang.

Now I could have jumped back to the floor and jumped straight up the open panel but where is the fun in that? I leaned forward, pushed myself off the ledge, leaping and grabbing the hollow edges the open panel with my hands. My left hand slipped but my right, the mechanical one gripped hard to hold my weight.

I looked up into the darkness of the hole above me with curious eyes.

Location: Geonosis

2007-02-07T19:22:00.000-08:00

Geonosis, planet of the insectoids. The whole planet is basically a nest, a huge bug nest. At first you think the planet was inhabited, that is until you land and get surrounded by the nasty things.

It was here that their leader, Poggle the Lesser, became a member of the Separatists Counsel, and built most of the droid army. The planet recourses were at Count Dooku’s disposal, and for a time was used as he base of operations. That is, until we came in.

Last time I was here, Padme was with me, attempting a rescue of Obi-Wan. It didn’t quite go as planned and we ended up prisoners ourselves. I was more worried about Padme than myself. I shouldn't, she can take care of herself in most situations, but I can't help it.

We faced some impossible odds that day. When the Jedi landed and began the assault, we lost a large number of them. I was determined, despite the odds, that I wasn’t going to die and nether were Padme or Obi-Wan. I admit, right before Yoda arrived with clones, I had a bad feeling I couldn’t stop it.

I lost my arm here, when I faced Dooku. Or as Obi-Wan calls it: attacked Dooku without thinking. I can still feel the Force lightning he used on me. You don’t forget that kind of pain. Someone asked me once, which hurt more, losing my arm by saber or the lightning? The lightning.

When I exited the transport the first thing that I noted was the smell. There is such a fowl odor here that it makes you want to use your saber and remove your nose. It is that bad. I could say I have smelt worse but that would be a lie.

Poggle has yet to be located. I wonder if he knows the extent of what the Republic has done to his beloved factories. What once made droids now makes weapons, armor, and ships. I think it was fair trade. Work for the Republic or suffer without means of income for their people. That doesn’t mean they hate us any less. I could feel hate filled eyes on me as I walked with Commander Cody to the control center, a line of troopers behind us.

General Garvl Tarvis met me at the entrance. He was an older man with a face covered in scars. Rumor was, this man had flown his ship into a enemy ship as it was firing on Republic troops to stop the attack, and had lived the hideous explosions and crash. I knew him well enough to believe it was true. He was all soldier.

"It makes my eyes glad to see you, Anakin Skywalker. I was hoping they would send you," General Tarvis said.

I bowed and smiled. "General Tarvis, this not where I would expect to you be posted."

He clapped my back with a large hand. "Good thing I am here. These Termites are getting out of hand. Revolts, protests, attacks, they want us out of here."

"How bad is it?" I asked.

General Tarvis shook his head. "The Counsel sugar coated it, didn’t they?"

"I don't understand what you mean."

He waved his hand. "Let me guess, they just sent you here and didn't you much, right? Come on, let me show you."

We walked over to a console. He pulled up the reports of the last few weeks. My eyes narrowed. Things here were much worse than the Counsel had led me to believe. In fact, it was a down right disaster waiting to happen.

"They should have sent more Jedi Knights with you, Anakin," General Tarvis told me.

I looked up at him with a grin. "I think we can handle this."

Leaving

2007-02-05T11:33:00.000-08:00

I rushed down the hallway to the turbolift to meet up with Commander Cody in the hanger bay with my eyes narrowed. I had just had the fastest, most uncomfortable conversation with Padme. As I predicted, she wasn't pleased. That sad expression on her face was going to haunt my dreams. I ended up getting snappy with her, which I hate doing because I love her. But sometimes, like I get, she doesn't understand.

I can't just tell the Counsel no, I can't go. My wife would like to spend more time with me, can I? I have thought about it, however. Sometimes, I get so frustrated I want just to lay it out for the Counsel and be done with it. But that would be one disastrous move for both of us if I did.

I can still be the Chosen One and fulfill my destiny if I’m not in the Jedi Order, can't I?

At least we would still have each other.

I rounded the corner and ran into the something short and small. It fell back and I had to step over them to keep from crushing them under my boots. I looked down at the small red headed youngling at my feet.

"Excuse me, Master Skywalker," Belda Pinik said, looking up at me.

I run her over and she apologizes to me, and then calls me Master. I had to smile at that. I like the sound of it. Master Skywalker.

I leaned down, picked Belda up and placed her on her feet. "I ran you over, little one, I'm the one that is sorry. Are you hurt?"

"No, sir," Belda said, blinking at me. "Are you hurt?"

Ruffling her hair, I stood up, my annoyance gone. Nothing like plowing down a nine-year-old to snap you back into focus. I smiled at down at her. "I'm fine. Thank you for asking."

Belda smiled and bowed. "Excuse me, Master, I have to go class now. I'm late."

I waved her on her way. Being late for class was grounds for trouble. I should know, I was late a lot. Extra lightsaber practice was never much of a punishment for me. Washing dishes in the kitchens, however, was.

I watched her disappear before I headed to the turbolift.

- - -

"General Skywalker, all the men are on board and everything is ready when you are," Commander Cody told me as I walked up the ramp of the Republic cruiser.

"Well, let's get this bird in the sky then, Cody," I said.

"Yes, sir."

I gave one last glance around the hanger, that uneasy feeling still in my guts. I almost expected D.J. to be on the catwalk above, ready to tease me about keeping my head. Of course, she wasn’t there. I frowned. There was still no word on her but I know her well enough to know she can take care of her self.

Inside the ship, I watched the ramp close, thinking about all the others that had disappeared in the last few months. I really feel that there should be more of effort by the Counsel to find the missing Jedi. And if there is, it's just another thing I'm painfully unaware of.

With a deep sigh, I turned and walked to the bridge.

Anakin’s Blog Reloaded

A New Mission

2007-01-28T19:50:00.000-08:00

Location: Jedi Temple

I could tell today was going to be one of those times when a man, Jedi or not, wishes they had just stayed in bed the second my eyes opened. For several reasons; one: the fact that it was still night, several hours before dawn when I woke, and two: that sinking feeling in my guts that something about to happen.

I tired to go back to sleep but my mind started racing, so I just got up, dressed and headed to the Room of a Thousand Fountains to mediate. It's kind of amazing how a place as massive as the Jedi Temple can be so full of beings and yet at night feel so empty of life.

When I was small, I used to wander the hallways at night for hours. I was mesmerized by the tall ceilings, the large columns, and the somber but tranquil colors of the rooms, captivated by the silence and peacefulness. I admit, sometimes I still am. It echoes of the past, the present, and of the future.

I've discovered that when the Temple and all it's inhabitants are sleeping that I can think more clearly. Of course, it also depends on what’s going in my life, too. Clearly thinking or not, sometimes the answers never come. Sometimes, only more questions pop in my head, leaving me even more perplexed.

I cleared my mind as I walked through the Temple and let the Force speak to me. I needed to know what was coming. The Force tells us what we need to know when we need to know it. And right then, it had decided I didn’t need to know. Which honestly, annoys me to no end.

Am I not the so-called Chosen One? Shouldn’t the power I possess and will posses give me the advantage over the Force? Too push it harder and get the answers I need, when I want them and not the other way around? I have always been told: the Force binds us. We are it’s servants not it's masters.

I think that should be the other way around. What is point of this power if we can't fully control it?

But I'm getting off the subject.

I entered The Room of a Thousand Fountains and was hardly surprised to see Obi-Wan there. He was sitting by one of the fountains in a deep mediation state. Careful not to disturb him, I moved to his side and sat on the floor next to him and waited. I could tell immediately, he was sensing the same thing I was.

His eyes came open and he turned to gaze at me. "You feel it, too." It wasn't a question but a statement.

"Yes," I replied. "What does the force tell you?"

Ob-Wan sighed and rubbed his chin. "Nothing. You?"

"The same. But whatever it is, I get the impression it won’t be enjoyable," I told him.

"Is it ever, my friend?"

I gave him a half-smile. "Usually not. It would be nice to sense something pleasant once and awhile."

He nodded. "On that, I agree with you."

______

Hours later, I found myself standing front of the Jedi Counsel. Not my favorite place to be. I loath the way Master Windu looks at me. The way all of them, with the exception of Obi-Wan look at me. I see the fear they warn us not to feel shimmer in their eyes. It aggravates me and sets my nerves on edge. And they make you remain there for a long while before they tell you why you are there.

It makes my tension build till I want to shout. I could feel the muscles in my left cheek start to twitch. I cast a glace at Obi-Wan and started to open my mouth to speak.

"Anakin, we have a mission for you," Master Windu began before I could get the words out.

I figured it was that or I had done something that displeased them again. Knowing Obi-Wan as I do, he would have warned me if the latter was the case, he usually does.

"Need you to go to Geonosis we do," Master Yoda said.

I haven't been back there since the war started. A lot of Jedi Knights lost their lives that day. It was also where Padme told me she loved me for the first time. It's strange how that outshines the death and destruction to me.

"The Geonosians are displeased with being under Republic control. Conflicts are breaking out all over the planet. We need you to take Commander Cody and his team and go there to put a stop to it before it escalates further," Mace told me.

I nodded. "Will Master Obi-Wan be going with me or is this a solo mission?"

Obi-Wan shook his head. "You're on your own for this one, Anakin. We are fully convinced you are capable of doing this on your own."

I shot him a look. Maybe he was convinced, but the look on Windu's face told me differently. It was on the tip of my tongue to point that out but I bit it back.

"Alright. When do I leave?"

"Within the hour," Obi-Wan told me.

I grimaced inwardly. That didn't give me must time to prepare and let Padme know. She wasn't going to be happy I had to leave again. I had only been back for a few days as it was and I've seen her twice. That didn't make me very happy either.

I bowed and left the Counsel Chambers. I wasn't even to the turbolift before I heard Obi-Wan call my name. Turning to look over my shoulder, I saw him rushing over.

"Anakin, I need to speak with you for a moment."

I waved him the in turbolift. "You'll have to talk while I walk, Master. Less than an hour doesn't give me much time to prepare."

"Yes, I know." Obi-wan said, stepping in the lift next to me. "It was a last minute decision to send you."

I lifted an eyebrow. "I wasn't there first choice?" I asked grimly. "Why am I not surprised?"

Obi-Wan waved a hand. "No, that's not it. We weren't going to send anyone at this time to Geonosis but I talked them into it."

"Oh? And why is that?" I asked amused.

Obi-Wan suddenly looked very serious. "While you are there, I need you check into something. I think Count Dooku might have left something behind when he field the planet. Some clue or record to his plans. Something that was over looked when the planet factories were searched."

Thoughtfully, I muttered: "Is this a guess or something more?"

"Sadly, only a guess, but if there is something there, with your knack of finding out things, I know you will find it," he told me with a slight smile.

I grinned and rolled my eyes. "I remember you said that was a annoying trait of mine."

"Depends on the situation, my old friend. This time, it is needed."

The turbolift door came open and we stepped out. "I'm on it, Master."

Obi-Wan touched my shoulder in a fatherly way. "I have a bad feeling what we sensed before- this could have something to do with it. I don't think I have to tell you be mindful and careful, do I?"

"Hardly, but you will anyway," I told him, heading towards my quarters to get my things. "Don't worry, Master, I do know how to take care of myself."

Obi-Wan gave me that 'I know how you take care of things' look. "That's what concerns me."

"I find your lack of faith disturbing," I told him, half joking, half serious.

"It's not lack of faith, trust me.” He looked concerned. "Contact me if you find anything. Contact me even if you don’t."

I nodded again and bowed, sensing that was all he had to say. He bowed back and turned to get back on the lift, paused, and looked over his shoulder.

"May the Force be with you, Anakin."

I smiled. "And with you, Master."

I had a feeling I was going to need it.

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Anakin’s Blog Reloaded

2007-01-26T19:23:00.000-08:00

Hi, Anakin's author here. I bet you're thinking… oh, boy, what does he have to say? Well, don't freak, it's not bad. In fact, it's good. Let me explain.

I finally got my pc up and working again, so I can finally do Anakin as he was meant to be done. Since I started this blog, I’ve had to use DJK's PC to do posts and toss something together. Not the way I wanted to do it. I'm not 100% happy with it.

I have completely cleaned out the posts and from here on a new, and improved story line will emerge. So, bare with me.

Anakin: Obi-Wan is going to kill me... again.

Yeah well, he'll get over it. Now shut it, while I talk to our fans here.

Anakin gawks: Did you just tell me shut up?

Yes, I did. You're in my head. I can do that. Where was I? Oh, yes.

Same time frame for Anakin, Pre Revenge of the Sith and his unfortunate accident on Mustafar. *cough*

I would like to thank you all for reading and hope you continue to do so. I think you’ll really enjoy what's coming.

Thanks DJK for your help and the use of your PC. Now I can make you proud. *wink*

Anakin: If she stops stalking us, it's your fault.

She won't.

So, check back, same Sith channel, same Sith network for updates!

Anakin: And people call me crazy?