Jedi Knight Niobe sent away by best friend Anakin Skywalker as order 66 is carried out, finds her way into a different galaxy. One that is filled with conflict and people that capture her heart but she needs to get back. Anakin and Obi-wan are reach...
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Niobe woke with a headache. She was confused and disoriented. The last thing she could recall was clouds flying past her as she drove through the sky. She scrunched her eyes shut in an attempt to adjust to the light. Niobe sat up. This was a medical bay on a ship. Tony did not have this. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw movement. Her first instinct led her to knock out a nearby doctor.
The man cursed, holding his eye as he laid on the ground. She cringed.
"Ooo, I'm so sorry about that," she said. "Honest, you scared me."
The man groaned, pulling himself off the floor.
"Where am?" She asked.
"On a starship," he said.
The door slid open with a hiss. Niobe looked over and felt a chill settle over her. A creature in black stepped into the room. Niobe began to panic.
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"Obe," the creature said.
She reached for her lightsaber and panicked more when she found that the blade was missing.
The creature reached up to the mask on their head and brought the shiny material upwards. The face was scared and pale. They were disfigured.
"You know me," they said.
Niobe hesitated. She looked at the eyes. Those blue eyes. Anakin's eyes.
"No," she said.
"Obi-wan left me to burn on Mustafar," Anakin said. "I almost died."
Niobe's eyes overflowed, tears spilling onto her face. How could this be Ani? How could Obi-wan do such a thing?
"Ani..." she said.
His eyes seemed to light up. She stood from the medical bed and hurried into his arms. She sobbed. His chest was cold and metallic now. She could hear the hiss from the machines keeping him alive.
"I missed you so much," she said.
His arms wrapped around her after placing the mask back down.
"I missed you too," he said.
Niobe felt weak. His voice was so different. She wanted to collapse.
"How long have I been out?" She asked.
"Not long at all," he said. "A few days really. We must head back. Preparing a ship this size to jump galaxies takes more time than we would like to admit. We have been warming the hyperdrive."
"Wait," she said.
They pulled apart.
"For what?" He asked.
"I have to say goodbye," she said.
She was certain he was rolling his eyes at her.
"No, we need to leave."
"Ani-,"
"No!"
Niobe stumbled back. Anakin was frightening with his new appearance. The temper he was known for seemed to have magnified.
"Obe," he said. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell."
Niobe kept her eyes on the floor as she wiped away tears.
"The suit causes me pain," he said. "The pain affects my reactions. I would never hurt you."
Niobe's heart plummeted. The thought of Anakin in pain for the rest of his life hit her in the stomach.
"Pain?" She asked.
"I have lost my limbs," he said. "I cannot breathe on my own anymore. Of course, I'm in pain."
"Can the doctors not do anything?" She asked.
"Palpatine says the medical technology is not advanced enough," Anakin said.
Niobe frowned. The Chancellor's reasoning seemed weak. Kamino can make clones fully functional with their own personalities, but they cannot manage to regrow tissue?
There was a prickle in the back of her mind. She wanted to help him. She wanted to bring the former Anakin back. The one she knew.
