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in the morning we set out for my first jedi mission with my father and anakin. there has been a rumours of illegal weaponry trading in nal hutta. typical hutts.
on the ship, i am going through the file. i spin the hologram of the swampy bog of a planet. "land here." i tell my father who is flying the ship.
he does as i say and lands the ship in the mud as there is nowhere to land on dry ground since the planet is one big swamp.
we exit the ship onto the mud, sinking slightly into the mud with each step we take, all in unison. obi-wan is on my left and anakin on my right, both close to me as if trying to protect me though i have been through full jedi training and cal wield both the force and a lightsaber so there is no need.
the three of us in our line walk into the town which is just as filthy as the swamp we landed by though built up nicely. the door isn't mud for us to sink it but plain dry dirt and the buildings are metal and the creatures inhabiting this planet are mostly hutts which are giant slug like thing with wrinkly faces.
we approach one. "excuse me, we are looking for taate the hutt." obi-wan says.
the hutt answers in huttese.
obi-wan looks to me and anakin "i don't know what he's saying."
"he said he'll take us to him." anakin and i tell him in unison. i look over into his dark eyes and blush at both his eyes staring back into me like he's trying to read my soul and impressed that i know huttese.
"smart girl." he winks, making me giggle and twirl my long dark hair round my finger. my god why is wrong with me. i'm a jedi not some random girl he can flirt with.
"stop it. both of you." obi-wan commands us as we follow the hutt to who we're looking for.
we reach a building and the hutt tells us that tatte is in there. "you two will have to negotiate alone." obi-wan informs us but anakin and i had already guessed that by the fact that we're the only ones who speak huttese.
   we negotiated with tatta, telling him to give up his illegal smuggling ring and hand over all the goods or we'll be forced into...aggressive negotiation tactics. as i say this, i put out my lightsaber, twirling the hilt in my hand a few times before leaning my arm on the side of my chair with it still in my hand.
   "imani. relax." anakin whispers to me.
   i roll my eyes "start with a threat. makes negotiation quicker."
   "he hasn't done anything wrong yet."
   "illegal smuggling is wrong. he started it." i put my lightsaber back in its loop on my belt, following as anakin said.
   in huttese, tatta tells us that our negotiation tactics won't work on him and he will not give up smuggling, to which anakin responds that we will have no choice but to just take it from him.
   he laughs in our faces, saying that we can try but we will fail as his goods are locked away in a vault that is impossible to get into without facial recognition.
i let my eyes wander back to r2 giving him a 'you know what to do' look as he rolls away, followed by obi-wan.
   tatte asks us where they're going and i just tell him they're going back to the ship to wait for us so we can finish this alone which he stupidly believes.
   we're interrupted when guards come in, speaking in huttese as they tell tatte that the vault has been broken into and everything illegal that was in there is gone.
   they begin to shoot their blasters at us when tatte accuses us of stealing it all and anakin and i quickly get out our lightsabers, blocking every laser blast.
   i wince in pain as one hits my arm but i keep fighting despite my arm being in excruciating agony.
   "are you okay?" anakin calls back to me as he spins his lightsaber round his back and again in front of him as he gets closer to the guards to fight them off. it's really hot which i can still notice despite the pain i'm in.
   i call back "i'm good. i can still fight."
   i come closer, fighting one guard as anakin fights the other.
   once they're both out, i hold my lightsaber an inch away from tatte and tell him in his native language that he's going to let us leave with what we've taken or i'll kill him too and if he even thinks about getting more to sell and trade then we'll come back for him.
   he lets us leave and we head back to the ship where r2 and obi-wan are waiting for us.
   "are you okay?" anakin repeats as we make our way back through the city.
   i nod "i'm fine. it was a later so the wound will have cauterised the second it hit me and i can deal with a bit of pain.
   we get back to the ship and head back to coruscant. on the journey, i'm going through everything we confiscated and obi-wan comes to me "anakin told me you were hurt."
"it was just a blaster and it just skimmed my arm. i've had worse." i don't even look at him.
his face becomes even more concerned "when."
"training." i lift my shirt slightly so he can see my stomach which has a perfectly circular scar on the side just above my hip. "blaster went straight through me. miracle i was fine."
"i wish you'd have told me." obi-wan sounds hurt. "i mean i am your father after all."
"i wasn't allowed contact with anyone else to focus on my training." i explain. "besides i was fine it wasn't a big deal."
he leaves and a few minutes later, anakin comes in, making me jump when he gets my attention by resting his hand gently on my waist, the feeling of his warm hands against my cold skin startling me. "obi-wan told me you've taken a blaster before."
i roll my eyes "you two sure like to gossip about me."
"well i like you and i don't trust a lot of people but for some reason i trust you, despite having just met." he stares deep into my eyes, making me swoon but i can't show that.
"i'm fine."
"can i see your arm?"
i push my sleeve up so he can see just above my elbow where i was hit "it just skimmed me i'm fine."
as he inspects in, he says in a gentle voice "tell me if it starts hurting more or swelling. i don't want it getting infected. i want you to be okay."
i nod "i will don't worry."
"good." he looks to the closed door before planting a kiss on my head before leaving.
did anakin just kiss me or am i delirious from pain? or perhaps my crush on him has made me delusional?

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