oooh, smallsteps is soo cute! can we see more? maybe there winds up being an attack when smol Obi is helping with relief effort? more protective clones? or maybe we can see a protective Ahsoka rescuing smol Obi?
There
is something that one must never forget when one is working with
Jedi, something every trooper must
keep in mind.
Jedi
have the worst luck.
It
is as if they have been cursed since the moment they were brought
into the temple.
Cody
would like to say he did not forget but he did grow complacent,
thinking that as a regressed in age Jedi, the impact would be less
sever and that the Force or the galaxy would have some mercy on the
wobbling adult man in a toddlers body as he tries to help the rest of
the galaxy with the relief effort the high council has given them
much to Cody’s discomfort even if he understands the why.
Apparently
however, the galaxy is not that merciful to Jedi.
They
are ambushed in the early twilight as Obi-Wan tiredly rubs at his
eyes with his fists and Waxer cooes softly at how adorable their
General looks at that moment, several troopers resisting the urge to
join in on the cooing.
All
hell dropped the next moment as several droideka dropped down in the
camp, scaring everyone half to death and pretty much waking everyone
firmly up as battle suddenly ensued and to Cody’s utter horror, he
lost sight of Obi-Wan.
He
lost sight of his tiny, three year old in body General in the middle
of a battle and had no idea where the unbalanced and small Jedi was
as they fought against the droideka, troopers bringing up shields and
the chainguns and Killer got out the rocket launcher before Cody
could even yell at someone to get it.
They
needed the droideka out of the camp the moment they landed and Cody
needed to find his General because this was total mess and they
needed to alert the another battalion, most hopefully Skywalker and
the 501st,
that they were under attack and needed backup as CIS presence were
now confirmed on the planet once more.
As
the dust dies down, faintly Cody has the thought that this was
planned, that maybe, just maybe this ambush was to get Obi-Wan in his
vulnerable state before brushing the thought away. “GENERAL!?” He
yells instead with a hoarse voice. He has to find Obi-Wan.
()()()
He
looks too little, the big medbed making him seem even smaller as he’s
bundled up in the middle with wires coming out everywhere and an
oxygen mask connected to his face. Holding the little hand gingerly,
Cody wondered how the hell this had happened before cursing out the
CIS in his mind.
They
had found Obi-Wan, rather quickly Cody would like to say too, however
that hadn’t been enough when Obi-Wan had clearly gone down for the
count the moment the droideka landed.
A
ruined stone arch had come down on him, crushing several bones,
causing inner bleeding and giving him a concussion.
Cody
had seen that Obi-Wan’s eyes were bloodshot when Helix had peeled
up a lid and the image of the Jedi in a child body coughing up blood
as they moved him would haunt him as he shuddered and stroked
Obi-Wan’s hand gently.
He
had informed the High council and they would be shipping whoever was
closest to them with the utmost urgency but at this point Cody was
worried and had the camp on high alert to a second ambush and attack.
Not
that he needed to say it at all, everyone was out for blood now that
their little Jedi was injured, everyone had seen it when Obi-Wan had
spewed blood up and had cried out in pain despite being passed out.
Moving
without additional protection was dangerous and Obi-Wan was already
in a fragile condition from
before from
his bought with the cold
as Helix had explained that he had also
taken severe damage to the point he needed to be kept still for at
least a few days, quietly admitting to Cody that if he could, he
would have him in a bacta tank.
‘But
we don’t have a bacta tank down here do we,’ Cody thought
bitterly, wishing they were up in the Negotiator as he looked at
Obi-Wan’s too pale face before smiling weakly as he looked at the
flowers someone had picked and put in a small cup on Obi-Wan’s
bedside for him to see when he woke. ‘Boil if I were to take a
guess, wanting
to cheer him up with some color despite acting like a grumpy gus.’
He summarized to himself, a little cold hand held
protectively in his.
Taking
note of the constellation of freckles on the hand, Cody focused back
on the others chest rising and falling slow. “…Come on General,
we need you to wake up, please?” Cody whispered.
He
received no answer except for the steady breath and Helix quietly
coming over to check Obi-Wan’s vitals, the medic gently squeezing
the commander’s shoulder in solidarity.