Lost

Learning and Repairs

XXX Iko's POV XXX

My eyes fluttered open. I look around and hear the hums and beeps of machines around me. As I look around I see Obi sitting in a chair beside me asleep, leaning on his arm. I look at the white, sterile walls around me and look at the familiar machines. I finally realize why it's familiar, I'm in the medical bay of the cruiser.

Right then the door whizzes open. Anakin, Snips, Rex, Lilith, Willa and Crowley walk in. Although Lilith, Willa and Crowley are looking around fascinated by the technology around them. As the door whizzes closed, Obi wakes up startled. He looks around and sees them walking in and me awake. A small, tired smile plays at his lips.

"How...*cough* long?" I asked, throat dry. Obi hands me a glass and I drink from it slowly.

"One and a half days." Anakin said walking up behind Obi.

"Wow." I look back at Lilith, Willa and Crowley as they look at the machines. Snips and Rex came up to Anakin, Obi and me. "What are they doing here?" Obi and Anakin looked at them before looking at me.

"They wanted to see if you were ok." Snips replied. She then turned around. "She's awake!" They then made their way over to me.

"How you feeling?" Lilith asked. I try sitting up but fall back down. Obi gets up and helps me into a sitting position.

"Sore, but better." I replied. "Are clankers still here?"

"No, once they got Grievous they went back to their ship. They're probably planning another attack on us." Anakin said.

"Do we know why Dooku wanted Iko?" Snips asked.

"Yes." It was a sigh more than an answer and they looked at me. "Years ago when I first crashed onto Vanqor, Dooku came and asked if he got me off the planet if I would become his apprentice. I said no, because my parents would never want me to go to the dark side. Even though I was tempted to leave that forsaken planet I wanted to honor them."

I swallowed a lump in my throat. I felt a single tear fall down my cheek, I didn't bother wiping it away. "He then said 'Fine. Stay here and honor your dead parent. If I can't have you then you will die here and no one can have you.' I struggled to survive. He made sure any attempt at calling out to anyone to help me was jammed. I finally gave up and somehow survived."

"Wow." Willa said, her eyes wide.

"Yeah. Eventually you came along and got me off that planet. He somehow found out I got off that planet and will try getting me to join him. Or he will kill me most likely." I swallowed again but this time it failed. Another tear ran down my cheek at the memory and Obi wiped the tear away.

"How did he know you were on that planet?" Obi asked and I shrugged.

"Master, what if he was with the pirates that shot Iko's ship down? I mean come on, that's the only way he would know Iko was on that planet." Snips said.

"But, it doesn't explain why he wants you as an apprentice." Anakin said.

"Well, the council thought, when we were talking about what to do with her, that she's very strong with the Force. They were reluctant to train her like with you Anakin." Obi said.

"Wow. She is strong then." Anakin agreed.

"How's the repairs coming?" I asked.

"It's almost done. One more day should see it finished." Obi said. "And then we can go after Grievous. But we might want to take you to the Temple to protect you for a while. Until you heal all the way of course."

"Ok. If you think that's the best course of action." I replied. Anakin and Snips then left and Obi, Lilith, Willa and Crowley were left in the room with me.

"Do you think this Grievous person will come back?" Crowley asked. Lilith and Willa nodded agreement.

"We're not sure. We plan to leave as soon as possible to follow them and protect your planet." Obi replied. Crowley simply nodded.

"As much as I'd love for you to stay we can't have these Separatist droids come and cause panic in everyone. But we'd be ok if you came in a small ship and visited." Crowley said smiling. "It's been a pleasure to help you and we hope Iko gets better." Crowley shook our hands and then left. The others nodded, smiling and followed him out.

"So, once we deal with Grievous will we return and visit them?" I ask Obi.

"Yeah. I meant what I said about us learning from each other." Obi said smiling. "Well, I better go help Anakin repair the ship. The faster we repair it the faster we can make sure this planet is protected." He then got up and went to help Anakin.

XXX Obi's POV XXX

I walk over to where Anakin is on his back working on the control panel. I hit his foot with my own foot. He looks over at me from his work. "How's the panel coming?" I asked him. He got up into a sitting position and looked at me.

"It needs a bit more tuning, but after that it should be fine. The hyperdrive needs fine tuning which R2 can do then we can use it again. But I suggest we don't leave until we get the exterior of the ship closed up." He said looking up. I follow his gaze and see a large gaping hole above us.

"Well, how did I miss that?" I asked no one in particular.

"Well, you are a bit distracted. But rightfully so, since Iko being in the medical bay and Dooku wanting her as his apprentice." Snips said walking up from the hyperdrive counsel.

"Of course. Need any help?"

"Well, you could help Rex, the troopers and the Rangers outside with closing up the holes. We got the panels basically fixed." Snips replied.

"Ok. Make sure to get the scanners up. I want to know if Grievous tries attacking again." I said walking away.

"Yes, Master." Snips replied and I heard Anakin grunt. Focused back onto his task. I follow the halls and come across another hole. I look up and see the tops of people's heads as they walk by the hole. I jump up through the hole and look around. I finally see Rex. He's on the other side with Crowley, trying to close the hole.

"Rex." I called out walking toward them. They looked up at me. "Need any help?"

"Sure." Rex replied then pointed to piece of metal. "You think you could push that back into it's proper place?"
"Sure." I move my hands out at the metal and close my eyes. I slowly hear a low moan and I open my eyes. The metal was slowly moving back into place. With one last push the metal was in place.

"Thanks, Sir." Rex then started welding the pieces together.

"How did you do that without touching it?" Crowley asked.

"It's the Force. It's all around us and everyone has it. Only some are able to use it. The Jedi and Sith are the main group of people who use the Force." I explained.

"So, Anakin, Ahsoka and Iko are Jedi?"

"Yes. Generally Force users have their own lightsaber."

"So, does that mean Grievous is a Sith?"

"No. He's a murderer. Those lightsabers he wields are the lightsabers of Jedi and Jedi Padawans that he has killed. He is NOT a Sith." Rex said bitterly.

"Sorry." Crowley muttered.

"It's ok You didn't know." Rex said. "Let's go to the next piece." We nodded and headed off to the next hole.

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Heya! Ok wow. I keep doing long chaps for some reason. Please Review I'd like to know if there are any mistakes. I'm a writer in progress. As in I'm still learning. Ok so if you do that would be great. Love ya!