Uh oh. Creepydays, Xan has waited sooo long to acquire his object of lust/desire… so how far is he willing to go? Might Obi discover a new, small scar? On the body (slave chip) or, perhaps, at his temple (inhibitor chip)? Order 69 anybody? You know, when he really gets tired of waiting? And where IS that rescue? Team Mercenary GO, (thanks Dooku)
Staring at the
blond for a long moment, Yan finally closed his mouth with a snap
while taking a sharp breath through his nose. “You mean to tell me
that Du Crion has abducted Obi-Wan? That my grandpadawan is
currently in the clutches of his stalker?” He hissed out finally.
Anakin nodded,
looking exhausted. “We’ve been running ragged trying to find him
but the Senate and the judicial forces don’t believe us or if they
believe us need evidence to investigate Du Crion, meanwhile Obi-Wan
has been in his grasp for a full week and I…” He tugged at his
own hair with a slight whimper. “Master Dooku I don’t know what
to do.” He cried out, slipping up as he reverted back to the
fifteen year old that had once in a while gone to the old master to
ask for advice in keeping Obi-Wan safe.
Growling a bit, Yan
stood. “If the Senate won’t listen and the Order can do nothing,
then I will.” He marched over to a terminal. “You may take a
guest room for the night young Skywalker, I will send a message to
Qui-Gon and Yoda to attest to your location as I imagine you did not
inform anyone before you raced off to me. Y67, show Anakin to one of
the guest rooms near my bedroom.” Yan’s voice was sharp but
Anakin could feel the panic thrumming in the Force. Therefor he only
answered in positive to Yan’s very correct assumption.
He had raced off
the moment he had gotten to the temple, Padme’s suggestion
throbbing in his mind.
“What are you
going to do?” He asked tiredly, standing slowly as a droid
scampered over to him to show him the way.
Glancing over to
the Jedi, the count gave a tight smile. “I am a man of means
Anakin. If the law won’t act to save Obi-Wan, then I will make
bounty hunters act for me.” He growled out.
A shiver of relief
trailed through Anakin, feeling like he was fifteen and watching
Dooku set Obi-Wan’s shoulder when it had dislocated during a
mission. Struggling against an emotional breakdown as he knew the
former Jedi was not one to respect him for that, Anakin gave him a
bow and staggered after the droid, feeling blue eyes watching his
back before the door shut. ‘Hold on Obi-Wan, please just hold on. I
don’t know who Dooku is hiring but we’re gonna find you, we’re
gonna get you safe again.’ Anakin thought desperately.
He just hoped that
Du Crion had not harmed Obi-Wan irreparable yet.
()()()
Waking slowly,
Obi-Wan let out a heavy breath as he laid stomach down on a sterile
smelling bed with his body feeling faintly numb but an ache around
his spine throbbing almost lazily like a counterpoint to everything
else that had happened. Muzzily he cataloged his last memory of
dinner, sitting in Xanatos lap after he had been pulled into it and
being hand fed by the man.
Food that should
have been delicious had tasted like ashes in his mouth thanks to that
and Obi-Wan had mechanically chewed and swallowed while trying not to
flinch from the kisses to his throat and ear.
And that was the
last thing he remembered.
Now he was stomach
down on a sterile bed with an ache near his lower spine and the
telltale sign of drugs in his system.
Breath hitching as
he kept his eyes clenched shut, Obi-Wan buried his face in the pillow
to hide the evidence of tears that started to pour down his face as
realization hit home.
Du Crion had
drugged him and put him through surgery and now Obi-Wan had a
transmitter chip lodged in his spine and who knew what else had been
done to him that Obi-Wan was just too dazed yet to recognize or feel.
Oh Force, Obi-Wan
was going to throw up.
He just wanted to
go home.