Bant was going to
lose her mind from worry, she just knew she was going to if no one
told her what had happened to Obi-Wan soon!

It had been four
days and no one could or would tell her, Garen or Reeft where Obi-Wan
was and no one could find Knight Shkma either!

She was sure that
they weren’t on a mission. Garen was worried too but tried to
assure both her and Reeft that Obi-Wan was most certainly okay and
more then likely with his master. He didn’t look or sound like he
believed it himself though.

“Initiate Eerin?”
She jerked to at the question, looking up at a tall, human master
with brown long hair and a crooked nose. She knew who this was! It
was Master Jinn!

“Y-Yes master
Jinn?” She eeped softly.

“You’ve been
asking for Obi-Wan, yes?” Jinn was smiling kindly at her and Bant
nodded. “The council have given me permission to bring you and
whoever you think of his friends should meet him to him.” He
watched her.

Bant blinked her
large eyes at him before nodding. “I-I’ll get Garen and Reeft.
They would want to see him!” When he nodded, Bant quickly scuttled
to gather the other two, grabbing them by the hands and dragging them
away from their home work and to the master while the two complained
until Bant mentioned Obi-Wan.

With that they shut
up, both turning eager.

Master Jinn
surveyed them carefully before looking around and then nodding for
them to follow. For a while it looked like they were heading to the
sleeping quarters but then the master veered off to a hall reserved
for the council members.

Exchanging troubled
glances, the three friends followed quickly through the hall.

What was Obi-Wan
doing in the living quarters of the council members?

Finally the human
stopped outside a door and turned to them. “I have to warn all
three of you, your friend is not doing so well right now. It has come
forth that his Olliander Shkma has hurt him and he will face trial
with Obi-Wan’s guardianship currently transferred to Master Yoda
temporarily until a new master can be found. Please be careful around
him, he is still healing.” He warned them.

Bant covered her
mouth with wide eyes while Garen’s mouth dropped open in shock.

Reeft just covered
his face with his hands, as if all his worst suspicions had been
proven right and he despised that he actually had been right.

In this situation,
no one wanted to be right.

Glancing over the
three to make sure they understood the seriousness of the situation,
Jinn finally nodded and opened the door for them, letting them into
what they realized by the size of the furniture was Master Yoda’s
quarters.

And on the couch,
Obi-Wan was sitting in a thin shift, yellowed bruises lining his
skinny arms all the way up to his thin shoulders where his tank top
covered the rest as he fiddled with a pad. When the door opened, he
looked up before perking up in glee when he saw his friends, dropping
the pad and stumbling quickly off the couch to rush towards them,
catching Bant in a hug.

He didn’t say a
thing, only hugged her tightly and relaxed into the hug all three
gave him in return, his friends wrapping around him protectively.

For a few moments,
none of them said anything until Bant pulled back and cupped her best
friends cheeks, staring at him. “…Are you going to be okay?”

Obi-Wan gave a
small shrug and a meek smile to all three as they waited on the
answer. “I don’t know…” He answered quietly and honestly
before slowly tugging all three further into the quarters to sit on
the couch.

Quietly, the Jedi
master slipped out to let the young ones talk in peace.