DARK!OBI PART 16
NOTE: THIS CHAPTER IS BACKGROUD ON THE BADDIES (NICK AND SAMANTHA)
--- LOWER CORUSCANT ---
"FIERFEK," SAMANTHA JINN-SKYWALKER CURSED UNDER HER BREATH. HER FATHER WAS BACK AT THE TEMPLE, THIS COULD ONLY END BADLY. SHE FINGERED HER COMM UNIT, WAITING IMPATIENTLY FOR HER HUSBAND TO CONTACT HER. SHE SMILED DARKLY, HER BLUE EYES TINGED WITH YELLOW. 'DADDY IS IN FOR A SHOCK WHEN HE FINDS OUT ABOUT HIS PRECIOUS PURE OBI-WAN.' SHE GROWLED AT HER THOUGHTS, WANTING NOTHING MORE AT THAT MOMENT THAN THE MAN'S DEATH.
"GUESS WHAT, DADDY," SHE WHISPERED INTO THE DARKNESS, "YOU'RE LITTLE GIRL IS ALL GROWN UP. AND SHE WANTS REVENGE."
--- YEARS EARLIER ---
SAMANTHA WATCHED THE HOLOSCREEN WITH RAPT ATTENTION AS HER FATHER'S EXPLOITS WHERE SHOWN ALL OVER THE HOLONET. ONCE MORE HE HAD, WITH THE HELP OF HIS PADAWAN, SAVED THE DAY. SHE WANTED TO SCREAM FROM THE ROOFTOPS THAT HE WAS HER FATHER, BUT HER MOTHER HAD TOLD HER MANY TIMES THAT NO ONE COULD KNOW. THE GIRL STILL WATCHED IN AWE EVERYTIME HIM NAME WAS MENTIONED, WAITING FOR THE DAY HE WOULD CLAIM HER AS HIS.
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SAMANTHA WATCHED IN HORROR AS HER MOTHER'S BODY WAS BURNED. SHE WAS ALL ALONE NOW, WITH NO ONE TO TAKE CARE OF HER. SHE WISHED THAT HER FATHER WOULD COME FOR HER. BUT...
SHE WAS QUICKLY REALIZING THAT WISHES DIDN'T COME TRUE, NOT FOR HER... NEVER FOR HER.
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WHEN SHE SAW THE MAN WALKING TOWARDS HER SAMANTHA THOUGHT HER HEART WOULD POUND OUT OF HER CHEST WITH JOY. HER FATHER'S APPRENTICE... HERE! HER FATHER HAD TO HAVE SENT HIM TO RESCUE HER, IT WAS THE ONLY EXPLAINATION. PULLING HERSELF UP TO HER FULL HEIGHT, SEVEN YEAR OLD SAMANTHA JINN APPROACHED XANATOS.
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SHE HAD SEARCHED EVERYWHERE FOR HER MASTER, NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND HIM BOTHERED HER. SHE HEARD FIGHTING AND HER MASTER'S VOICE, AND RACED IN THAT DIRECTION. SHE WATCHED IN HORROR AS HER MASTER JUMPED INTO A POOL OF ACID, KNOWING DEEP WITHIN HER THAT THE MAN WAS DEAD. SOBBING SHE WATCHED THE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN NEAR HIM, ONE BUT A BOY ONLY A FEW YEARS OLDER THAN HERSELF, THE OTHER HER FATHER. 'I'LL KILL HIM IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO,' SHE THOUGHT BITTERLY AS THEY ESCAPED, LEAVING HER ALONE ONCE MORE. ABANDONED, ORPHANED, AGAIN AT AGE 9.
--- TWO YEARS PRE EPISODE 1 ---
THE BLONDE HAIRED MAN WAS WATCHING HER AGAIN, HIS STRIKING BLUE EYES BORING INTO HER BEING. SAMANTHA WAS USED TO MEN WATCHING HER. BUT THIS... THIS WAS... DIFFERENT. SOMETHING ABOUT THE MAN DREW HER. SHE HAD DONE WELL ON HER OWN SINCE HER MASTER'S DEATH TEN YEARS EARLIER. TEACHING HERSELF ALL SHE COULD OF THE FORCE, WORKING AS A BOUNTY HUNTER, STALKING HER MORTAL ENEMIES; HER FATHER QUI-GON JINN, AND BROTHER, OBI-WAN KENOBI. TAKING A DEEP BREATH SHE WALKED OVER TO THE MAN.
HE PUT OUT HIS HAND, AND SHE SHOOK IT, "THE NAME'S NICK. NICK SKYWALKER. I THINK YOU AND I WILL BE GREAT ALLIES."
--- PRESENT ---
NICK WALKED SILENTLY BEHIND HIS WIFE, KNOWING SHE WAS LOST IN THOUGHT. HE COULD HEAR HER MUTTERING DARKLY, AND SMILED EVILLY. HE WRAPPED HIS ARMS AROUND HER WAIST, LAUGHING AS SHE SPUN AROUND HANDS IN TIGHT FISTS. "MMM, IT'S ONLY ME, LOVE," HE WHISPERED.
"DON'T SNEAK UP ON ME," SAMANTHA HISSED, EYES FLASHING ANGRILY. "YOU KNOW I HATE WHEN YOU DO THAT NICK."
"I KNOW... I KNOW. TELL ME LOVE, WHAT IS CAUSING YOUR DARK THOUGHTS," HE PURRED IN HER EAR.
"MY FATHER IS BACK AT THE TEMPLE. HE'S BOUND TO KNOW ABOUT OBI-WAN NOW. THAT ASS IS STILL ALIVE," SHE KICKED THE GROUND, ARMS CROSSING OVER HER CHEST.
"AWWW, MY POOR BABY," HE RESPONDED, KISSING HER DEEPLY. "HE'LL PAY, THEY ALL WILL, MY LOVE." HE RAN HIS FINGERS THROUGH HER HAIR, HIS OWN THOUGHT DRIFTING BACK.
--- YEARS EARLIER ---
NICK ROLLED HIS EYES, WATCHING HIS TWIN SISTER MAKE A FOOL OF HERSELF. SHE SHOULD BE TRAINING, NOT PREENING IN FRONT OF A MIRROR, TRYING ON THE LATEST FASHIONS FROM CORUSCANT. "AERITH, YOU ARE A FOOL," HE SAID DARKLY, CROSSING HIS ARMS OVER HIS CHEST.
SHE SPUN TO FACE HIM, POUTING, "AND WHY IS THAT? JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO LOOK NICE... DAD APPROVES OF IT."
"DAD WILL SAY YES TO ANYTHING YOU SAY JUST TO SHUT YOU UP, GIRL," HE HISSED. "YOU MY DEAR ARE A FOOL." HE WALKED OVER TO HER DRESSER, SWEEPING HIS ARM ACROSS IT AND KNOCKING ALL HER MAKEUP INTO THE TRASH. "WE ARE LATE, AERITH. FATHER'S APPRENTICE IS SPARRING WITH US TODAY. SO STOP THIS NONSENSE AND MOVE IT."
AERITH GROWLED IN FRUSTRATION AS HER TWIN GRABBED HER ROUGHLY BY THE ARM, DRAGGING HER OUT OF HER ROOM.
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NICK GLARED AT HIS FATHER, HOW DARE THE MAN INGOR HIM. JUST BECAUSE OF THE BABY. HOW COULD HIS
STUPID MOTHER DO THIS TO HIM. HE WAS FATHER'S FAVORITE, AND NOW THE MAN WAS PRACTICALLY THROWING HIM IN THE TRASH JUST BECAUSE OF LITTLE ANAKIN. HIS FATHER HAD TOLD HIM SHORTLY BEFORE ANAKIN'S BIRTH THAT HE WAS BEING SENT SOMEWHERE. NOT LIKELY.
THAT WAS THE DAY THAT NICK DECIDED THAT HIS FATHER WAS A THREAT. ONE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ELIMINATED. NICK WALKED INTO HIS ROOM FUMING, STARTING TO SHOVE CLOTHES AND OTHER OBJECTS INTO A BAG. WHEN HE WAS FINISHED HE LOOKED AROUND, GRITTING HIS TEETH IN FRUSTRATION. HE SHOVED THE BAG UNDER HIS BED, BIDING HIS TIME.
IT WAS ALMOST ANAKIN'S FIRST BIRTHDAY, AND NICK HAD GROWN MORE AND MORE ANGRY AT HIS FATHER EVERY DAY. TODAY WAS THE DAY, HE DECIDED. HE MADE AN EXCUSE TO LEAVE THE ROOM AND SILENTLY WENT TO HIS BEDROOM. GRABBING HIS SACK, NICK PALPATINE SLIPPED OUT THE WINDOW. HE TOSSED A SMALL BOMB INTO HIS ROOM, AND RAN. THE BLAST COULD BE HEARD FOR SOME DISTANCE, BUT NICK PAID NO ATTENTION TO THE SOUND. HE RAN.
NICK PALPATINE WAS DEAD, NOW THERE WAS ONLY NICK SKYWALKER.
--- ---
NICK WATCHED THE YOUNGER WOMAN CLOSELY, HER LONG BLONDE HAIR TIED BACK IN A SIMPLE PONYTAIL. THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HER THAT DREW HIM. HE OVERHEARD SOMEONE CALL HER SAMANTHA. SAMANTHA... LOVELY NAME. SHE COULD BE... USEFUL.
HE HAD BEEN WATCHING HER FOR WEEKS NOW, AND HE KNEW SHE HAD NOTICED. HE ROSE HIS EYEBROW AS SHE WALKED HIS WAY, A SMIRK ON HIS FACE.
--- ---
NICK WATCHED FROM THE SHADOWS AS HIS SAMANTHA TALKED WITH THE DARK HAIRED WOMAN. 'IT CAN'T BE,' HE THOUGHT WHEN HE SAW THE OTHER WOMAN'S FACE. 'SHE'S A SLAVE, FATHER SOLD HER, MOTHER AND THE LITTLE BRAT WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT ANAKIN WASN'T HIS. THAT CANNOT BE AERITH.' NICK KEPT HIDDEDN, WATCHING AS HIS BELOVED WALKED THE OTHER WOMAN TO THE DOOR.
CROSSING HIS ARMS ACROSS HIS CHEST, NICK GLARED AT SAMANTHA, "AND WHO WAS THAT?"
HIS BELOVED LAUGHED, "HER? THE FOOL IS INVOLVED WITH MY SWORN ENEMY. SHE THINKS I'M HER FRIEND. SHE'S ONLY A STEPPING STONE TO TAKING OUT MY DARLING BROTHER, OBI-WAN." THE LAST WORDS WERE PRACTICALLY SPAT.
TBC
--- LOWER CORUSCANT ---
"FIERFEK," SAMANTHA JINN-SKYWALKER CURSED UNDER HER BREATH. HER FATHER WAS BACK AT THE TEMPLE, THIS COULD ONLY END BADLY. SHE FINGERED HER COMM UNIT, WAITING IMPATIENTLY FOR HER HUSBAND TO CONTACT HER. SHE SMILED DARKLY, HER BLUE EYES TINGED WITH YELLOW. 'DADDY IS IN FOR A SHOCK WHEN HE FINDS OUT ABOUT HIS PRECIOUS PURE OBI-WAN.' SHE GROWLED AT HER THOUGHTS, WANTING NOTHING MORE AT THAT MOMENT THAN THE MAN'S DEATH.
"GUESS WHAT, DADDY," SHE WHISPERED INTO THE DARKNESS, "YOU'RE LITTLE GIRL IS ALL GROWN UP. AND SHE WANTS REVENGE."
--- YEARS EARLIER ---
SAMANTHA WATCHED THE HOLOSCREEN WITH RAPT ATTENTION AS HER FATHER'S EXPLOITS WHERE SHOWN ALL OVER THE HOLONET. ONCE MORE HE HAD, WITH THE HELP OF HIS PADAWAN, SAVED THE DAY. SHE WANTED TO SCREAM FROM THE ROOFTOPS THAT HE WAS HER FATHER, BUT HER MOTHER HAD TOLD HER MANY TIMES THAT NO ONE COULD KNOW. THE GIRL STILL WATCHED IN AWE EVERYTIME HIM NAME WAS MENTIONED, WAITING FOR THE DAY HE WOULD CLAIM HER AS HIS.
--- ---
SAMANTHA WATCHED IN HORROR AS HER MOTHER'S BODY WAS BURNED. SHE WAS ALL ALONE NOW, WITH NO ONE TO TAKE CARE OF HER. SHE WISHED THAT HER FATHER WOULD COME FOR HER. BUT...
SHE WAS QUICKLY REALIZING THAT WISHES DIDN'T COME TRUE, NOT FOR HER... NEVER FOR HER.
--- ---
WHEN SHE SAW THE MAN WALKING TOWARDS HER SAMANTHA THOUGHT HER HEART WOULD POUND OUT OF HER CHEST WITH JOY. HER FATHER'S APPRENTICE... HERE! HER FATHER HAD TO HAVE SENT HIM TO RESCUE HER, IT WAS THE ONLY EXPLAINATION. PULLING HERSELF UP TO HER FULL HEIGHT, SEVEN YEAR OLD SAMANTHA JINN APPROACHED XANATOS.
--- ---
SHE HAD SEARCHED EVERYWHERE FOR HER MASTER, NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND HIM BOTHERED HER. SHE HEARD FIGHTING AND HER MASTER'S VOICE, AND RACED IN THAT DIRECTION. SHE WATCHED IN HORROR AS HER MASTER JUMPED INTO A POOL OF ACID, KNOWING DEEP WITHIN HER THAT THE MAN WAS DEAD. SOBBING SHE WATCHED THE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN NEAR HIM, ONE BUT A BOY ONLY A FEW YEARS OLDER THAN HERSELF, THE OTHER HER FATHER. 'I'LL KILL HIM IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO,' SHE THOUGHT BITTERLY AS THEY ESCAPED, LEAVING HER ALONE ONCE MORE. ABANDONED, ORPHANED, AGAIN AT AGE 9.
--- TWO YEARS PRE EPISODE 1 ---
THE BLONDE HAIRED MAN WAS WATCHING HER AGAIN, HIS STRIKING BLUE EYES BORING INTO HER BEING. SAMANTHA WAS USED TO MEN WATCHING HER. BUT THIS... THIS WAS... DIFFERENT. SOMETHING ABOUT THE MAN DREW HER. SHE HAD DONE WELL ON HER OWN SINCE HER MASTER'S DEATH TEN YEARS EARLIER. TEACHING HERSELF ALL SHE COULD OF THE FORCE, WORKING AS A BOUNTY HUNTER, STALKING HER MORTAL ENEMIES; HER FATHER QUI-GON JINN, AND BROTHER, OBI-WAN KENOBI. TAKING A DEEP BREATH SHE WALKED OVER TO THE MAN.
HE PUT OUT HIS HAND, AND SHE SHOOK IT, "THE NAME'S NICK. NICK SKYWALKER. I THINK YOU AND I WILL BE GREAT ALLIES."
--- PRESENT ---
NICK WALKED SILENTLY BEHIND HIS WIFE, KNOWING SHE WAS LOST IN THOUGHT. HE COULD HEAR HER MUTTERING DARKLY, AND SMILED EVILLY. HE WRAPPED HIS ARMS AROUND HER WAIST, LAUGHING AS SHE SPUN AROUND HANDS IN TIGHT FISTS. "MMM, IT'S ONLY ME, LOVE," HE WHISPERED.
"DON'T SNEAK UP ON ME," SAMANTHA HISSED, EYES FLASHING ANGRILY. "YOU KNOW I HATE WHEN YOU DO THAT NICK."
"I KNOW... I KNOW. TELL ME LOVE, WHAT IS CAUSING YOUR DARK THOUGHTS," HE PURRED IN HER EAR.
"MY FATHER IS BACK AT THE TEMPLE. HE'S BOUND TO KNOW ABOUT OBI-WAN NOW. THAT ASS IS STILL ALIVE," SHE KICKED THE GROUND, ARMS CROSSING OVER HER CHEST.
"AWWW, MY POOR BABY," HE RESPONDED, KISSING HER DEEPLY. "HE'LL PAY, THEY ALL WILL, MY LOVE." HE RAN HIS FINGERS THROUGH HER HAIR, HIS OWN THOUGHT DRIFTING BACK.
--- YEARS EARLIER ---
NICK ROLLED HIS EYES, WATCHING HIS TWIN SISTER MAKE A FOOL OF HERSELF. SHE SHOULD BE TRAINING, NOT PREENING IN FRONT OF A MIRROR, TRYING ON THE LATEST FASHIONS FROM CORUSCANT. "AERITH, YOU ARE A FOOL," HE SAID DARKLY, CROSSING HIS ARMS OVER HIS CHEST.
SHE SPUN TO FACE HIM, POUTING, "AND WHY IS THAT? JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO LOOK NICE... DAD APPROVES OF IT."
"DAD WILL SAY YES TO ANYTHING YOU SAY JUST TO SHUT YOU UP, GIRL," HE HISSED. "YOU MY DEAR ARE A FOOL." HE WALKED OVER TO HER DRESSER, SWEEPING HIS ARM ACROSS IT AND KNOCKING ALL HER MAKEUP INTO THE TRASH. "WE ARE LATE, AERITH. FATHER'S APPRENTICE IS SPARRING WITH US TODAY. SO STOP THIS NONSENSE AND MOVE IT."
AERITH GROWLED IN FRUSTRATION AS HER TWIN GRABBED HER ROUGHLY BY THE ARM, DRAGGING HER OUT OF HER ROOM.
--- ---
NICK GLARED AT HIS FATHER, HOW DARE THE MAN INGOR HIM. JUST BECAUSE OF THE BABY. HOW COULD HIS
STUPID MOTHER DO THIS TO HIM. HE WAS FATHER'S FAVORITE, AND NOW THE MAN WAS PRACTICALLY THROWING HIM IN THE TRASH JUST BECAUSE OF LITTLE ANAKIN. HIS FATHER HAD TOLD HIM SHORTLY BEFORE ANAKIN'S BIRTH THAT HE WAS BEING SENT SOMEWHERE. NOT LIKELY.
THAT WAS THE DAY THAT NICK DECIDED THAT HIS FATHER WAS A THREAT. ONE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ELIMINATED. NICK WALKED INTO HIS ROOM FUMING, STARTING TO SHOVE CLOTHES AND OTHER OBJECTS INTO A BAG. WHEN HE WAS FINISHED HE LOOKED AROUND, GRITTING HIS TEETH IN FRUSTRATION. HE SHOVED THE BAG UNDER HIS BED, BIDING HIS TIME.
IT WAS ALMOST ANAKIN'S FIRST BIRTHDAY, AND NICK HAD GROWN MORE AND MORE ANGRY AT HIS FATHER EVERY DAY. TODAY WAS THE DAY, HE DECIDED. HE MADE AN EXCUSE TO LEAVE THE ROOM AND SILENTLY WENT TO HIS BEDROOM. GRABBING HIS SACK, NICK PALPATINE SLIPPED OUT THE WINDOW. HE TOSSED A SMALL BOMB INTO HIS ROOM, AND RAN. THE BLAST COULD BE HEARD FOR SOME DISTANCE, BUT NICK PAID NO ATTENTION TO THE SOUND. HE RAN.
NICK PALPATINE WAS DEAD, NOW THERE WAS ONLY NICK SKYWALKER.
--- ---
NICK WATCHED THE YOUNGER WOMAN CLOSELY, HER LONG BLONDE HAIR TIED BACK IN A SIMPLE PONYTAIL. THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HER THAT DREW HIM. HE OVERHEARD SOMEONE CALL HER SAMANTHA. SAMANTHA... LOVELY NAME. SHE COULD BE... USEFUL.
HE HAD BEEN WATCHING HER FOR WEEKS NOW, AND HE KNEW SHE HAD NOTICED. HE ROSE HIS EYEBROW AS SHE WALKED HIS WAY, A SMIRK ON HIS FACE.
--- ---
NICK WATCHED FROM THE SHADOWS AS HIS SAMANTHA TALKED WITH THE DARK HAIRED WOMAN. 'IT CAN'T BE,' HE THOUGHT WHEN HE SAW THE OTHER WOMAN'S FACE. 'SHE'S A SLAVE, FATHER SOLD HER, MOTHER AND THE LITTLE BRAT WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT ANAKIN WASN'T HIS. THAT CANNOT BE AERITH.' NICK KEPT HIDDEDN, WATCHING AS HIS BELOVED WALKED THE OTHER WOMAN TO THE DOOR.
CROSSING HIS ARMS ACROSS HIS CHEST, NICK GLARED AT SAMANTHA, "AND WHO WAS THAT?"
HIS BELOVED LAUGHED, "HER? THE FOOL IS INVOLVED WITH MY SWORN ENEMY. SHE THINKS I'M HER FRIEND. SHE'S ONLY A STEPPING STONE TO TAKING OUT MY DARLING BROTHER, OBI-WAN." THE LAST WORDS WERE PRACTICALLY SPAT.
TBC