The Jai Never Die Nature Cherishes Them

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Summary: There exists an element of the Mysteries in everything we know and sometimes in people that exist only in the shadows of Time and Space.

“Don’t be afraid.”

“I’m not afraid to die. I’ve been dying-” at that point her vocal cords silenced themselves suddenly and she blacked out.

Nothing scared him as much as the sight of her falling, and quickly as if something had possessed him, he reached out through the Force and steadied her. She did not wake, until after several moments had passed. She opened her eyes to his beloved face, and everything had changed. What a few instants in time could do to a destiny, to your own fate.

“Are you all right?” he asked, nudging her gently through the Force. She straightened up and turned to give him a weak smile as she felt the tears fill her eyes. “Don’t cry, we’ll find a way out of this,” he said, smiling at her, trying to make light of a deadly situation.

We won’t Anakin, we never will, she thought to herself, but turned to him and said, “you’re probably right, everything will be all right.”

And then it was over, just as it had begun, it ended. Everything had changed, and nothing had changed. Her mind nudged her back to the present as the transport began to move out from the darkness and into the light of the arena. Geonosis, her mind whispered to her, the time nexus. But the voice was silenced quickly as her mind took over, logical computations, calculating points in time over and over again. And as she got off, she reached into her belt and took out the pin, nothing had changed, her mind spoke, but everything changes, her heart replied. The words had died unsaid, the truth never to be revealed. She’d still make it out of here alive, and so she fought on, one avenue of time after another, until her mind was silenced by the present. Mechanically, she went about her work, this was it, this was all there was to it.

The execution had begun. She climbed up the cylindrical tower, felt her skin tear at the Nexu’s claws, the sound of her scream, her silent tears reverberated through her soul like no pain ever did. And there he came, her knight in shining armour, saving her as always. There was no fighting the choices that you alone made and as she held tight to him she surrendered to the forces of destiny. And so they came, the droids and the Jedi, the battle had been joined. And when it all seemed to be lost, surrounded on all sides, salvation, in the form of clones came to free the un-dead.

It all ended so fast and it all went by in a daze, only the gust of desert wind blowing at her face reminded her of what had come to pass. Except for a few words, and one desperate kiss, everything had been the same, but still everything had changed. She watched detached as she fell from the transport, only his emotions raging through the Force reminded her of her loss and his gain. Yoda felt his anger, as only Yoda could, but even he would not know.

Oh how blind they were, how lost, and the one chosen to save them, was the one who would destroy them all. But in the end it came down to only one thing, one time nexus on which pivoted the events of futures upon futures until the edge of doom could not see their fates. She lay on the sand letting the waves of despair wash over her before the future assailed her senses and moved her forward again. It seemed pointless, Dooku would escape anyway, but the future had already been written and she’d altered too much already, all this must come to pass. And she held him tight, armless but unchanged, she’d seen this before but now everything would change.

And now she found her footing and now she steadied herself. Obi-wan watched her suspiciously, oh how little he knew, she thought to herself and because she knew the past and the future had changed, she clung to Anakin even more dearly, holding him even tighter. Yoda stared at her, all pretences dropped, and only wild amazement coloured his face. He ignored the two wayward Jedi, let go of his grim expression and continued to stare at her. The others sensed it and turned to face the great Jedi with confusion and pain in their eyes, they were badly hurt but even they could sense Master Yoda’s fascination. The diminutive Jedi took a step toward her and she removed herself from Anakin’s embrace and backed away from all of them.

“Most intriguing, most intriguing, Senator, an aura of death, I fear surrounds you. Are you hiding something perhaps?” he asked unnecessarily, by now they all knew she wasn’t saying something. Anakin’s expression of pain contorted to anger but one touch of her hand to his face silenced his fury and he stood passive, as well as he could, with one lost limb. The medics came and she sighed with relief as they took Obi-Wan and Anakin away. Yoda followed them and turned back only to gaze at her for an instant, his forehead wrinkled in concentration. But before he left and before she lost her nerve she took a deep breath and called him back, “Master Yoda, I have one last request-“ Force, she shouldn’t have phrased it like that but now she had no choice so she continued in a rush, “I would like my Jedi protector to accompany me to Naboo, where I have to settle some matters before I return to the Senate.”

“Evidently, Senator Amidala, his mission is not yet complete, your safety is still a concern, Padawan Skywalker will escort you to Naboo, and return with you as well, Senator.”

She breathed a sigh of relief as he walked away but her senses became alert when he hesitated and turned to face her again, “Senator Amidala, I have one request: when you return to Coruscant, appear before the Jedi Council will you, there are some matters that we must discuss with you, the leader of the opposition in the Senate.”

She hesitated for only an instant as a time force took over her and she swayed on her feet but before Yoda could reach out through the Force, she steadied herself and replied, “yes certainly, I would be honoured,” and with a curt nod she turned away and walked out.