To Have a Gift (A Star Wars Fanfic)

Chapter 8

Arrai had bandaged the cuts on her arm. Her left leg had also been sliced up, but nothing too bad. She rolled her neck back and forth.

"You want to talk about it?" Obi-Wan suggested.

"No." She stated.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

He sighed. "Arrai, I know how visions can be..."

"Master Kenobi," she spat at him. "I know you're concerned for me and I appreciate it. But this is my vision, and it's my responsibility to decide what to do with this knowledge. Thank you, but, no thank you."

He was quiet for a moment before speaking again. "You'd tell Anakin."

She let out and annoyed sort of grunt. "As a matter of fact, I probably would."

"And why is that?"

"Cause he's my brother!" She snapped.

And that quickly ended their conversation.

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The Kaminoan was taking them to meet the bounty hunter. She led them through all the corridors where they could admire the cloning machinery. She talked while doing it, increasing the Jedi's interest.

Finally, they came to a lonely hallway that had only one room.

The door opened to relieve a small boy. He was clearly a clone. "Boba," the long-necked woman said. "Is your father here?"

Boba nodded and let them in. "Dad!" He shouted. "Tan We is here!"

A man, clearly the host for the clones, came out of a connecting room.

"Jango," the woman addressed him. "This is Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padawan Arrai Skywalker. They would like to speak with you."

He looked back and forth at each of them, clearly slightly disturbed. But he did a fairly good job of hiding it.

He bickered with Kenobi for a moment before speaking directly to his son in an old Mandalorian language. Arrai smiled almost evilly. They'd caught him. She knew that language very well.

She nodded to Obi-Wan, which went unnoticed by the Kaminoan and bounty hunter.

"Thank you for your time." The Jedi said politely. They both bowed and exited. They looked at each other from out of the corner of their eyes.

Obi-Wan went to contact the Council of their findings. Arrai, however, stayed close by and spied on the Fetts.

Just as expected, father and son left, thinking they were home free. But she almost laughed. Nothing was ever that simple. The Jedi Order had caught them, there was no where for them to hide.

She followed them. They went outside to a landing bay. A ship was there, waiting for them.

Arrai contemplated two things. She could either wait for Master Kenobi and they could stop them, or they could continue their little investigation with Arrai hitch-hiking a ride. She decided with the second option.

She found her opening and snuck in, right under their noses. The boy and his father didn't even know she was there.

She was concealed in an air shaft. Not the most comfortable place, so she crawled through, somehow managing to make minimal amount of noise, trying to find a larger area. She hoped that wherever they were going wasn't too far away.

She heard blaster fire. That means that the Master had found them.

She knew he could easily beat them and blow the ship to pieces. So she reached out with the Force and touched his mind, alerting him to her presence on the ship. She felt him ease up a bit on the bounty hunter.

Within a few minutes, the doors closed and the ship took off. Arrai could only guess at what'd happened.

She just remained there. She decided to use the time wisely. She closed her eyes and put herself in a perfect Neutral State, and suddenly everything in the galaxy became clear to her. She reached out in every which way, seeing Jedi and citizen alike. The Senate was in the middle of yet another boring meeting. The Chancellor sat in the middle of all this, drumming his fingers.

Elsewhere, Anakin and Padme were... kissing? What? She quickly moved on to another place. She'd have to have a talk with her older brother about that later.

She saw Obi-Wan following them. He looked determined, but also worried.

She also looked at random places. She peeked into the Dark Council Chambers and saw all the Dark Masters meditating, not unlike she was. Masters Windu and Yoda were discussing something serious. She checked in on her own master and saw him walking around the temple.

She was roughly awoken when she heard a missile fire. The loud sound came abruptly and disappeared. Then, she heard the frightening zing of a sonic missile.

She shook herself out of meditation a little too fast. So quickly, that she immediately felt sick.

She mentally scolded herself. She'd always been taught how to meditate correctly. And she knew that if it was done poorly, someone could end up feeling terrible or worse. She shook her head, went back into her trance, and even briefly connected with the Dark Side. She still felt sick. And she was gonna have to deal with it until it went away.

Another missile. She didn't let it surprise her this time. She felt with the Force. Obi-Wan was still out there.

On more sonic bomb was released before he felt it impact something. Thankfully, that something was not her brother's master's ship.

She sighed a breathe of relief. She could hear the evil laughs come from the cockpit.

She rolled her eyes and continued to hide.

Suddenly, they landed. She waited a minute before opening the hatch.

There, stood the amused face of Jango Fett. "Come on." He pulled her up. "Did you really think someone can he'd from me in my own ship."

She shrugged. "It was worth a shot."

He grabbed her arm, none too gently, and dragged her along with them.