DARK!OBI 13
ANAKIN AND OBI-WAN WERE STILL TRYING TO GET OVER THE SHOCK OF QUI-GON'S REAPPEARANCE WHEN THERE WAS A CHIME AT THIER DOOR. OBI-WAN WALKED OVER, FEELING HIS WIFE'S PRESENSE. OPENING THE DOOR HE MOTIONED FOR HER AND PADME TO ENTER, PICKING HIS WIFE UP IN AN AFFECTIONATE HUG. HE KISSED HER DEEPLY, KNOWING QUI-GON WAS WATCHING HIM, NOTICING ANAKIN AND PADME IN A SIMILAR EMBRACE.
QUI-GON SWALLOWED, KNOWING WHAT HE WAS SEEING WENT AGAINST THE CODE, WENT AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT THE JEDI STOOD FOR, YET HE KNEW HE TOO HAD BEEN GUILTY OF THE SAME CRIME HIMSELF ALL THOSE YEARS EARLIER WITH OBI-WAN'S MOTHER. THE WOMAN IN OBI-WAN'S ARMS WAS FAMILIAR TO HIM. 'AHH, PALPATINE'S DAUGHTER,' HE THOUGHT, REALIZING WHO THE WOMAN WAS.
SINN LICKED HER LIPS PULLING AWAY FROM OBI-WAN, "SO I SEE DEATH CAN'T EVEN STOP YOUR FATHER, CAN IT BELOVED?"
OBI-WAN CHUCKLED DARKLY, "HE WAS UNDERCOVER." HE GROWLED IN FRUSTRAITION, "SEARCHING OUT THE SITH..."
AT THAT ANAKIN BURST OUT IN LAUGHTER, UNTIL HE COULDN'T BREATHE. WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS BREATH HE SIGHED, PULLING PADME DOWN ON HIS LAP, NUZZLING HER NECK.
SINN GIGGLED, A TRULY EVIL SOUND WHEN COMING FROM A SITH, "OH HE WAS, WAS HE? HMMMM, LOOKS LIKE THEY SENT THE WRONG JEDI ON THAT MISSION, DEAR ONE."
QUI-GON ROSE AN EYEBROW, EVERYTHING CLICKING INTO PLACE IN HIS MIND. HE STOOD, HAND GOING TO THE LIGHTSABRE ON HIS HIP. "YOU.. YOU'RE THE SITH? OBI-WAN... YOU KNEW... HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN?"
OBI-WAN GROWLED, "I FOUND OUT AFTER YOUR DEATH, DADDY DEAREST! WHEN I WAS BROKEN, BY YOUR SHAM SHE HELPED ME PICK UP THE PEICES! THE SITH WERE THE ONES WHO KEPT ME SANE WHEN I ALMOST KILLED MYSELF WITH MY GRIEF." SHE STORMED OVER TO QUI-GON AND SLAPPED HIM SOUNDLY ACROSS THE FACE, "I'LL NOT HAVE YOU COME BACK INTO MY LIFE AND START THREATING MY FAMILY, YOU LOST THAT TITLE YEARS AGO."
SINN GRINNED, PULLING OBI-WAN AWAY FROM QUI-GON, "THERE, THERE BELOVED. YOU DON'T WANT TO UPSET THE BABIES."
OBI-WAN GRINNED, PULLING THE WOMAN INTO A BRUISING KISS, "NEVER, SWEETLING."
AHSOKA STOOD IN THE DOORWAY OF HER ROOM, EYES WIDE. 'BABIES? SITH!' "MASTER?" SHE ASKED QUIETLY.
ANAKIN GROANED, EYES GOING TO HIS FEET, "YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO HEAR THAT, SNIPS. BUT WHAT'S DONE IS DONE."
"YOU'RE A SITH? HOW... HOW COULD YOU BE? TELL ME I MISUNDERSTOOD, PLEASE MASTER. TELL ME..." SHE PRACTICALLY SOBBED, FEELING BETRAYED.
ANAKIN DIDN'T ANSWER, SITTING DOWN HEAVILY ON THE COUCH. AHSOKA LOOKED OVER AT OBI-WAN.
OBI-WAN SMILED SADLY, "I WISH I COULD, PADAWAN. BUT YOU DIDN'T."
"YOU... YOU KILLED THE COUNCIL. KILLED THE CHANCELLOR. WHY? HOW COULD YOU DO THAT."
ANAKIN LOOKED UP AT HER, ANGER FLASHING ACROSS HIS FACE, "WE DID NO SUCH THING, AHSOKA. WE WEREN'T BEHIND ANY OF THOSE DEATHS."
SINN WALKED OVER TO THE YOUNG JEDI, TAKING HER FACE GENTLY IN HER HAND, "IT WASN'T EVEN A SITH WHO DID IT. IT WAS SOMEONE MUCH WORSE... SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE A SITH BUT ISN'T... SOMEONE WHO HAD NO PLACE IN WHAT WAS HAPPENING. HE... HE WANTS THE POWER... HE DOESN'T CARE WHO GETS HURT IN PROCESS." SHE FROWNED, THOUGHTS TURNING TO THE TWIN SHE HADN'T SEEN IN PERSON SINCE SHE WAS 15 YEARS OLD. "NICK WANTS... HE WANTS..."
"POWER," QUI-GON SUPPLIED THE WORD, SIGHING WHEN HE STARTED REALIZING THAT ONE OF HIS BIGGEST CONTACTS OVER THE LAST YEARS WAS THE VERY EVIL HE WAS HUNTING. "HE DOESN'T CARE WHAT STANDS IN HIS WAY... DOESN'T CARE WHO HE HURTS, DOES HE?"
SINN SHOOK HER HEAD, A SOB CATCHING IN HER THROAT, "HE WAS DIFFERENT ONCE, BEFORE... BEFORE FATHER PICKED ME. WE WERE CLOSE... BUT SOMETHING SNAPPED." SHE LOOKED SADLY AT ANAKIN, "WHEN ANI WAS BORN... FATHER KNEW SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT. NICK STARTED LOSING IT THEN... WHEN HE WASN'T FATHER'S FAVORITE ONE ANYMORE. THEY HAD A FIGHT AND HE LEFT, I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM SINCE. BUT WHEN FATHER FOUND OUT THAT ANI WASN'T HIS..."
"HE DIVORCED MOTHER, AND SOLD THE THREE OF US INTO SLAVERY," ANAKIN FINISHED, RUNNING HIS FINGURES THROUGH HIS HAIR.
"BUT YEARS LATER WHEN HE REALIZED THAT MAUL WAS OUTLIVING HIS USEFULLNESS... HE... HE HAD ME TAKEN FROM TATTOOINE..." SINN SAID SOFTLY.
"AND HAD OBI-WAN AND I COME AND RESCUE YOU," QUI-GON COMPLEATED ER THOUGHT.
SHE NODDED, "AND WHEN YOU BROUGHT ANI TO CORUSCANT... HE REALIZED WHAT ANAKIN WAS..."
OBI-WAN GROWLED, "AND PLAYED US ALL."
TBC