Star Wars: Anakin's Guardian/Book 1: Chapter 1

Chapter 1

I pack my things into my utility belt as I get ready to leave for Ansarra. Our next mission requires the skill of two experienced masters, and a padawan. Yoda explained it as a peace mission. But that's not what I thought of it. I'm thinking it's going to be more of a fight mission. I put my lightsaber into its place on my belt and walk out of my quarters. Master Adi Gallia is already at the loading platform, but Qui-Gon is no where to be seen. I bow to Master Gallia as I walk over to our ship. She bows back and says, "Good to see you again, Padawan Kenobi." I smile and say, "It's also good to see you again, Master Gallia." My last mission with her turned out to be a success and she has been a friend ever since. Just then my master walks over and says, "I got a little more information on our misson from the Council before we leave." Adi nods and says, "Good. We'll need all the info we can get." We climb onboard, and I see that this must be one of the Temple's more finer ships. It has nice seats in the shape of a circle, with a table in the middle for planning. Past that is the cockpit, and the other way is the storage compartments. It was nice, but modest. Adi slips into one of the seats and motions for us to take a seat. Qui-Gon pulls out the datapad and Adi says, "Alright, let's have a look at that."

"Ok. So we land here." Adi says pointing to a place on the datapad. "Then we come here, and meet with them there." She says again. So far, I've learned that we are going to meet the prime minister and his goverment of Ansarra. There is a civil war going on, and even though we are not allowed to take sides. I think Adi is leaning toward the Rebellion side. "Wow." She says looking frustrated. "I just can't beileve they are getting away with all this." Qui-Gon looks at her sternly. "We don't know they are. This is just what the rebels are saying." He says in a calm but firm voice. She shakes her head again and says, "I don't think they are making this up, but I guess we will see the truth when we meet with the Prime Minister." She scrolls down the datapad and her frown deepens. "Look." She says to us and hands the datapad back to Qui-Gon. There is an exercept from a report. It is entitled Force-Sensitives

''We have looked through all data computers dating back from 60 BBY to 54 BBY on the force sensitives that were lost during the Kyber Crystal's third erasing. We have found four of them, but still missing one more. It seems from the general record on this force sensitive that she is a human female. She was born between 57 BBY and 58 BBY. It is said on the report that this female had brown hair at birth, and was unusually strong in the Force. We don't have many females on our planet that would fit this description. We will start a planet-wide search tommorow.''

Qui-Gon's eyebrows raise as he keeps reading. "Why would they include this in our report?" I ask him. His expression is one of deep concentration as he says, "I am not sure that the Council included this." Adi's eyebrows raise. "You mean someone hacked into this datapad?" She asks him. He puts the datapad down and says, "We don't know for sure. But it seems a logical solution as to why they would include this report." I nodded. It did seem like a logical solution. "Maybe-" Adi was cut off as the ship rocked. "What was that?" She asked. Qui-Gon shook his head as he runs into the cockpit. Adi and me follow. Outside is a battlefield. The pilot looks scared. "We just came out of hyperspace, and well...it was like this!" He says. He's sweating like crazy. "Evasive manuevers!" Qui-Gon yells over the blasting outside. The ship takes a low dive, barely dodging an impending spacecraft. Suddenly a big blast rocks the ship and almost turns it sideways. "Another hit like that and we're goin' down!" The pilot yells. Qui-Gon turns to me saying, "Better grab hold of something." I quickly hold onto a pipe right beside me. Adi braces herself against the controls. Qui-Gon slips into the co-pilot's seat. "Alright, now I want you to do..." He says switching on and off some things on the controls. The pilot nods and does the same thing on his side of the controls. I look outside, and a battle cruiser is heading right towards us. "Qui-Gon..." Adi says nervously. Qui-Gon looks up, and goes right back to the controls. My eyes go wide as the cruiser comes closer. "Master! It's coming closer at high speeds." I say. "Thank you, Obi-Wan. I can see that." He says still looking at the controls. Suddenly the battle cruiser is right above us. I hear a scraping sound of metal against metal.

The pilot grins relievingly. "Whew!" He says, "Good job master Jedi!" Qui-Gon gives him a small smile and returns to the controls saying, "We aren't out of this yet." I look out the window and see a missile coming straight towards us. Qui-Gon swerves to the other side, but it hits. A red light starts beeping, and the ship is spinning out of control. "Hold onto something! We're goin' down!" Quui-Gon yells over the engine's scream. We hit the atmosphere of Ansarra, and all I can see out of the cockpit window is orange. Suddenly there is a huge jolt and I am thrown foward. I hit the end of the control board and everything goes black.