Sucked Away: Star Wars

V

"You knew!!" I said as we walked out of the jedi temple. "You knew this entire time that Fate was a real person, as well as Darkness and Light, and you made me think I was crazy!!?!!"

Obi-wan walked in front of me, Anakin and Ahsoka to the sides. Obi-wan answered, "We've always known about them. As Yoda said, 'they are strongly connected with the force.' Why do you think there is a Light and Dark side of the force?"

I stopped. I had never thought of that before. I mean, obviously there had to be some type of conflict for there to be a story, but they could have gone with the 'up and down' side of the force or the 'red and green' side of the force. Heck, they could have gone all 'leopard and zebra' (stripes and spots) side of the force!!! Naturally Light and Dark made the most sense, I probably would have gone with Dark and Light if I had written the story just because it's the most classical and recognizable conflict!

They had kept walking while I had stood there pondering in the street, and so I ran to catch up. I started again, "That still doesn't excuse the fact that you made me think I was crazy! Have you ever had that happen to you? It sucks more than a broken vacuum!!"

Ahsoka asked, "But, a vacuum doesn't 'suck' if it's broken..."

I answered, "Or does it?" No one had any idea how to respond at that point, so the conversation just kind of stopped.

We walked in silence through the streets and alleyways of Courosont. Anakin and Obi-wan began muttering about something, and I was trying to figure out where in the television series I was......

So, after a while, I started talking to fill the silence. "So, what do you guys prefer to be called?"

"What do you mean?" Anakin replied.

"Well, you know. Do you want me to call you 'Anakin' or 'Skywalker?' Or maybe a nickname like 'Sky-guy?' It really is a very simple question."

No answer.

"Okay..... since you guys don't have a preference, I'll just give you all nicknames. Obi-wan...your name is cool and everything, but I think I'll just refer to you as Obi. It's a little bit simpler. And Ahsoka, I'll just call you Soka. Again, just so that it's easier. But then there's Anakin..."

"And what about me?" Anakin asked.

"Well, your name is just difficult..."

"Difficult!? What is so difficult about my name!?"

"Well, not your normal name. It's your nickname. See, you have a lot of nicknames: Ani, Skyguy, the such. And your name is just unique enough that I could have some fun coming up with your nickname. I mean, I won't call you 'Skyguy,' that's Soka's thing...."

"What if you just call me Anakin?"

I thought for a moment. "Nah. That's too easy. Besides, then I'd have a nickname for everyone except you, and that's just unfair........... I think I'll call you Ani. It's a good nickname...."

He got a little angry. "The only person who can call me 'Ani' is my mother...."

"...and Padme. I know, I know."

Ani's eyes suddenly got wider. He gave me this look that said something like: Do you have any idea what you just did!? FIX IT!!!

Soka looked between people like she was a little confused by the statement, and Obi had a questioning look on his face; which he acted upon by saying, "Why can Padme call him that?"

I thought of something quickly, "Ummmm....... see (I decided to go quickly through this) whenyouguysfirstmetAnakinhewas12andPadmewas14andtheybecamegoodfriendsyouknowhangingoutallthetimeandthat'swhyshecancallhimAnibecausetheyweregoodfriendsandthat'sjusthowsheknowshimnowalthoughbecauseshe'sasenatorshe'sbecomeveryformalwhentalkingtohimsothatit'snotawkward (so fast you can't understand it) butsheisinnowayhissecrectwifethatnooneissupposedtoknowabout!!!"

Anakin looked at Obi-wan, eyes full of hope. Hope that Obi heard what I said and would just forget the whole thing. Obi had almost a blank stare on his face, like he'd been slapped 3 times and had no idea who had done it. He then stated, "I have only understood the first half of that."

"Oh, that's cool." I started walking again. I figured it would literally help us move on from where we were. Everyone started with me, and the topic of the conversation changed quickly.

"How can you talk that fast?" Soka asked.

Still walking, I answered, "It's a very handy skill that I developed while talking to my friends.... Oh, man! If you think THAT was fast, you should hear Snow talk. Hew! It's like a super-power!"

"Snow?"

"Oh, yeah. She's one of my best friends. Her name isn't actually Snow though, it's......... you don't need to know that...."

No sooner had I said those words than we were getting shot at! A sniper on a roof above us was shooting! Ani and Obi jumped 3 stories on to the room above and began to chase him down. Soka and I started running, covering the ground below. This was really hard because she ran at like the speed of light and I don't like to run. Heck, I don't run. I am sooooooo out of shape.

All went silent very suddenly, and we stopped. We listened, not a sound. The whole time I'm think, Why hasn't Fate "flashed" me there yet? I can't do my job if she doesn't allow me too...

Then, we heard one shot from a gun, an "ahhhh," and then Obi came falling down 7 stories, landing at our feet with a laser blast in his chest.

Soka took his head up in her arms as Anakin came down to see what had happened.

"I've got him," Soka told him. "Go and get the sniper."

Ani nodded and jumped back up the building to chance the sniper on the roof. I sat there starting at Obi-wan. He wasn't moving. He wasn't breathing. He was dead. He was legitimately dead. And this was a VERY BAD THING!!!

I had failed at my job. Obi wasn't supposed to die!! He had so much work left to do!! He still needed to train Luke!! And that was like 20 years in the future!!!! Sure, the majority of the rest of his life would be a little bit miserable, but hey, that's what happens when your only 1 of about 6 jedi that survived execution order 66!!!! He still wasn't supposed to die right now!!!

Anakin came back, having failed to catch the sniper. Ahsoka just had to look at him, and he knew. He knelt next to Obi-wan, and yelled to the rooftops, "OOOOOOOOOBBBBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIII-WWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I stood back as a bystander, just staring at them. I had no idea what just happened. I... I didn't know anything except one extremely sad truth: I had failed at doing my job.

A.N. Don't kill me JUST yet...... XD

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