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Jade_Max
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RE: Tragedy on the Landing Pad - Anakin/Barriss, AotC AU - Updated Dec 31/07
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dianethx – I think Barriss isn’t 100% sure of what exactly the Force is telling her – except that she and Anakin have been linked somehow. Hence, encouraging him to think for himself, to challenge his preconceived notions, makes sense. Anakin’s growth is being forced by circumstance – and some hard discussions with a certain Padawan and her master...
Raptor517 – Thank you. I’m determined to try and keep this as close to canon as I can up until the end of AotC – minus Padmé of course. 
Jek_Windu - *laughs* My muse is fickle, for that I apologize  Thanks for reading!
obsessedwithSW – I’ve got so many different ways that Anakin could go, it’s disgusting. I think it reflects exactly the things he pulls from every encounter since each time I justify his actions it’s to a different character. Each one will accept certain things, but never the same response another character might. Makes for fun story telling – to go along with the flames 
Valairy_Scot – I’m striving for Balance here. Everything I’ve read about Barriss indicates she’s an even tempered, passionate young woman who doesn’t shy away from the truth. I’m certainly trying to keep this canon but at the same time explore new avenues. It’s been fun thus far – and things get tricky from here on out!
EverydayAngel – Thank you
emerald54 – You know, I asked myself the same thing. If Padmé had been a Jedi, what would it have changed? I guess we’ll never know...
That light is hope analogy reminds me of the 'love can ignite the stars' bit in Revenge of the Sith.
Not deliberate, but you know I think it might have been unconscious. There’s a lot of echos from the movie and book in this because I want to address the same issues – but take a different path.
MoAngel – Indeed. Anakin’s own self-doubt and fears cause his downfall, with Barriss there to challenge them and force him to examine them, they just might be adverted... if he’s lucky.
Jinn_Soresom – LOL! Anakin has a brain, he just never really thought with it until RotS – and by then it was too late. Besides, with Barriss, she forces him to think.
KELIA – Barriss is fighting her own internal battle even as Anakin fights his. Opening up to Luminara is opening herself up to censure. Though I have a little tidbit for Master/Padawan planned while Anakin’s flying them to Geonosis that I hope will shed some light one many hints this story has given
VaderLVR64 – I think Anakin being forced to examine his actions through the eyes of another Jedi would have opened his own up to what he was doing. By pursuing Padmé, while she was older and a Senator, he didn’t have to really look in the mirror to see how she saw him. With Barriss – at least in this story – he’s forced to for the simple fact that if he doesn’t, he’ll lose her.
Kevin_Solo – I’m glad you enjoyed it! The serious Anakin/Barriss chat has been in the works for a while so I was glad to finally get it finished.
So Anakin's listening in to Mace Windu's call.
Can you blame him? I know I would if I were him!
At least the 'something bad' won't be Anakin marrying Padme!
ROFL – I guess it depeneds on the way you look at it lol!
I liked their talk a great deal. First, about whether something was going to happen to Obi-Wan
I worked hard on that part. Barriss is still attuned with Anakin in some ways and now she’d experiencing the Force the same way he does – for the moment – and his abilities partially rubbed off on her. So yeah, the bad feeling about Obi was fun to incorporate. To make someone else have a bad feeling or “dream” – other than Anakin.
Those two are certainly in serious heartbreak territory.
Indeed. But then, what’s truly gained if there’s no risk involved?
This is the stuff that was really lacking in Episodes II-III! Can any of us imagine Anakin having this kind of proper conversation with Padme in those films? He also comes across as more intelligent in this story.
*laughs* I’m glad you think so, but I think Anakin in the movies hadn’t been humbled by another Jedi until after the end of Episode 2. In this, Barriss has already humbled him – and not deliberately. She’s really forcing him to take a look at himself through another Jedi’s eyes – and he didn’t like what he saw.
Luminara, I feel, strongly suspects what we know has gone on. It's sad that Barriss feels she can't confide in her; but then she has been badly hurt
Well, Barriss can’t exactly confide in her Master when it means probable expulsion. So yeah, there’s a scene coming up – not this update, but the next – where Barriss and Luminara will have a little chat before landing on Geonosis.
I don't think you should have used the 'comfort' word, Barriss.
LOL! So bad… so, so bad...
I’m glad you’re enjoying yourself as you read my story – it make it worthwhile!
LuminaraFan4Evr – I hope it sounds familiar – it’s supposed to sound familiar – and I’m delighted you picked up on it! Things will continue to be… tweaked to fit A/B as we continue – and a little Luminara and Obi-Wan thrown in for good measure. *grin*
Jinn_Soresom – My fault? What this:
You know, I was reading this again, and last night I had a dream that I was macking with Barriss.
*smirk* You know, there are worse looking females you could be dreaming about :Þ
I'll have you know that I'm holding you personally responsible.
Then I take full responsibility! Talk about a compliment! :Þ
Thanks for reading guys – next update is here!
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Anakin heard from Luminara the following morning that Obi-Wan had departed on council business and would be rejoining them as soon as he was able. For the interim, he'd been posted with Luminara. He was given the impression that the council had been informed of his actions and subsequent mature acceptance of the responsibility for them. As such, his punishment and penance were left to Obi-Wan and Luminara's discretion. He’d been dreading it until Luminara told him with a faint smile that she didn't feel further punishments were necessary - he was already sentenced to the thing he despised most.
He supposed that was fair. He’d made them worry, put Barriss in danger, almost cost her the life she wanted and was even now threatening it – even if their masters didn’t know it yet and only suspected – meditation and reflection was fitting. Still, all that meditation and reflection only gave him time to think.
He thought about their time on Tatooine together, about his mother and her acceptance of Barriss and her inquiry as to their relationship. He thought about the cold fear that had gripped him when he’d realized that Barriss and his mother were both gone, trapped in the nightmare that had brought him to Tatooine in the first place. He remembered the search, his determination and finally his relief at finding them… only to have it turn to horror as he remembered watching them being beaten – naked – and being unable to turn away, to act, to help in any way shape or form. And to his shame he remembered being unable to tear his gaze away from Barriss’ nude form, the shaming technique backfiring from a distance and telling him she had nothing to be ashamed for. He remembered being sick afterwards and forcing himself to follow, to wait for his opportunity.
And then there was the confusion.
His actions, Barriss’ pull on him through the Force, her subsequent injury and yielding to his Force power – only to cut it off abruptly. He meditated on this mostly. The jumble of emotions he hadn’t yet sorted through, though he suspected what he felt for Barriss would never be easy or stream lined. It would never be... uncomplicated. They were Jedi, taught to have no emotions, no entanglements – and that was all he found himself wanting from her.
Despite the fact he’d nearly killed her. Despite the fact neither of their Masters would have approved. Despite the fact Barriss herself seemed torn by which she should choose. Her dream or him. It didn’t help he spent a good deal of his time reliving that passionate kiss in the medical bay when she’d reached into his mind and forced him to accept what was inevitable – that he had to think before he acted. Even when he didn’t want to - even when it meant giving her up for the greater good.
Needless to say his meditation and reflections were anything but restful and he spent a good deal of his time struggling to come to terms with his growing attachment to Barriss.
To make matters worse for his frame of mind, Luminara made a point of never leaving him and Barriss alone. The Jedi Master seemed to be perpetually at her Padawan's side and whatever discussion he and Barriss might have had, whatever understanding they might have come to, was indefinitely postponed.
Barriss, for her part, greeted him warmly - as was right for friends - and insisted he spend as much time as he could over the next two days with them. Anakin, to be contrary, found he wanted nothing to do with either woman when they were together. He couldn't speak to Barriss of what he wished with Luminara present, and he wasn't about to speak with Luminara without Obi-Wan's buffering presence. Not when the discussion was sure to revolve around Barriss.
He did wonder absently at his perverse logic. Obi-Wan was likely to fry him for his interest in Barriss - if he ever let it show - and Luminara had given no indication she would do such a thing. In fact, the placid Master might have been more relaxed discussing Barriss without Obi-Wan, but Anakin acknowledged a subconscious need to have Obi-Wan around when he finally broached the subject. He might not have his Master in his corner, but Obi-Wan's subtle strength and peaceful presence would bolster his courage.
Barriss watched as Anakin withdrew and knew a part of it was concern for his Master. The other part, the part she shared, was the obvious tension between them. A tension that was growing daily, hourly even, whenever they were together. It was a tension both struggled to ignore as they attempted to act naturally in front of her Master.
It helped that Barriss was discharged from the med lab two days later, though the tension between them had reached a simmering point near boil. Luminara's presence did little - if anything - to diminish the awareness shimmering between the two Padawans and instead she kept them busy on errands that would give them little contact.
But it was the call to arms on the day after Barriss' release from medical that brought them back together and paired them as complementary forces...
Luminara's face was grim as she motioned for the Padawans to join her in the room she shared with Barriss. Obi-Wan's frozen visage hovered over the holo transmitter, a string of words beneath it indicating an embedded transmission.
"Obi-Wan has made contact; I trust you both wish to see this?"
Neither Padawan denied it; Anakin because Obi-Wan was his Master and Barriss because she'd confided the sense of unease and general dread regarding Obi-Wan's circumstances to her Master. She had a sudden flash of understanding that the time she'd feared had come to pass. Anakin, as if reading her thoughts, stepped closer as Luminara turned back to the transmission.
Luminara didn't see their hands brush or the way they seemed to naturally fold together without thought. If she had, she might have ordered them separated. Instead, the Jedi Master's focus was on Obi-Wan's image as the transmission began to play.
"Luminara; my transmitter's been knocked out. Re-transmit this message to Coruscant." It began to repeat, indicating the looping would until the transmission's guidelines were met.
With a motion towards the console across the way, Luminara redirected the message as requested and then folded her hands in her sleeves.
Obi-Wan's expression changed as he regarded the transmitter, glancing about warily. "I have tracked the bounty hunter, Jango Fett the droid foundries on Geonosis. Viceroy Gunray appears to have been behind the assassination of Senator Amidala as the Bounty Hunter has collected his fee and been charged with his next target - Chancellor Palpatine."
"No!"
Luminara slanted a glance at Anakin, command cracking like a whip in her tone. "Padawan!"
Anakin subsided, but the rest of the message passed by without him really hearing it as his senses reeled with the revealed plot and the intended target. Chancellor Palpatine. His friend and mentor would be the next target for the elite Bounty Hunter. It made him sick just to think about it. Immediately be began turning the current guard lay out of the Chancellor over in his mind, struggling to find a way to protect his friend. His attention was caught by the image of his Master, lightsaber ignited and his focus returned to the sound of blaster fire.
Obi-Wan! Anakin stretched on hand out towards his Master unthinking only to rear back as Obi-Wan vanished from the picture to be replaced by a Destroyer Droid. His hand dropped to his side, clenching into a fist as he fought against warring desires. To be at the Chancellor's side, to prevent anything from happening to one friend and mentor - or to rescue his Master, the man who was friend, brother and father to him.
Master Windu appeared, the picture of the Destroyer Droid disappearing, and he seemed to look straight at Anakin, though his words were coached for Luminara.
"Luminara. We need you and your Padawans to go to Geonosis and reconnoiter. If we're to attempt a rescue operation, we need more information."
"Yes Master Windu."
"May the Force be with you."
The transmission cut off. Anakin opened his mouth to speak but a sharp look from Luminara cut off whatever he was about to say. The Master radiated calm, like the center of a hurricane, when she turned to look at him directly. Her gaze shifted, taking in both him and Barriss and he drew himself up, squaring his shoulders as Barriss stepped infinitesimally closer.
Luminara's words were exactly what he hoped to hear. "We leave within the hour for Geonosis. Pack only what you can carry on you - we travel light. I trust I do not have to stress the importance of our mission?"
"No Master."
Anakin managed a smile as he and Barriss chorused the answer. He didn't look at her, but he felt her standing close beside him. Their shoulders brushed – Barriss’ to the back of his – and he drew strength from the contact. The look Luminara shot between them was contemplative, almost sad in its regard, before she seemed to come to some kind of conclusion.
"Barriss."
"Yes Master?"
"You've worked with Anakin before - on Tatooine. My skills better compliment Obi-Wan's. The two of you are to remain close at all times. If I am caught-"
"Caught, Master?" Barriss blinked, surprised. "You'll be with us."
Luminara shook her head. "We will land together, but once inside I work best alone. The two of you have complementary skills and temperaments. It is possible my presence will be felt should I be unable to rescue Obi-Wan."
"But-"
Luminara held up one hand to silence whatever protests they might have made. "I know what Master Windu said. I also know that I have dealt with the Geonosians before. By the time the Jedi mount a rescue mission, it will be too late. Obi-Wan will be dead."
Barriss' hand squeezed Anakin's in silent support as Luminara continued.
"The two of you have never been to Geonosis. You will see it far more clearly than I and be able to report back to the council should anything happen to me. Be aware that the Geonosians look primitive, but their technologies are advanced in many ways. Once you make your transmission to the council, you must change your position as soon as possible. Their tracking technologies are beyond even the Jedi to avoid. If I am successful in freeing Obi-Wan, we shall be able to rendezvous without drawing too much attention to ourselves. "
Anakin believed it. Obi-Wan and Luminara made a potent team. But then, so did he and Barriss.
"Master - what if Anakin and I are captured?"
"I trust you to use your judgment, Barriss. I am not separating us lightly. If you are attacked, Anakin has the prowess and skill to defend himself where as you have the diplomacy and wisdom to avoid entanglements. Should circumstances move beyond your control, both of you have shown the good judgment to know when to surrender. I don't say this lightly. The Geonosians are known for their blood thirsty entertainments. We could all end up with Obi-Wan in the center of one of their displays."
"Sounds cozy." Anakin's response was dry. "So why don't we go after Obi-Wan and you scope the place? Two of us would have no problem overpowering any guards that would be guarding him."
Luminara regarded him, amusement entering her expression. "How many Geonosian hives have you been in, Anakin?"
"None?"
"Then you know their layout? Where their centers of power are and how to reach them? You know your way in and out of the bowels of their dungeons and arenas? How to find where their prisoners are being kept?"
"I-" he stopped and flushed. "No, Master."
"I do. I'm trusting the two of you to locate the information the council needs and transmit it while I'm gone. Can you do that for me?"
"Yes Master."
She pinned them both with a stern look. "And you'll behave yourselves." It wasn't a question.
Anakin's hand shifted a little, tightening around Barriss' as he moved it further from Luminara's view. That Barriss did nothing to pull her hand away - and in fact squeezed back as she stepped closer and smiled for her Master - was heartening. They responded as one, even as Anakin vowed to have his discussion with Barriss at the earliest opportunity. There were things that needed to be said between them, things she needed to know and he needed to air before he would feel balanced once more.
"Of course Master."
"Then pack and meet me on the landing pad. I will secure a ship that can comfortably carry four."
And just like that, their mission to Geonosis began.
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 Oh this is getting so exciting.
I can't wait to see what happens on Geonosis.
And the secret hand holding and closeness - I love it.
Can't wait to see Anakin and Barriss work together again.
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Interesting turn of events. I wonder what happens next....Thanks for the PM!
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Oh, dear, not good. Hmm, trying to ancipate how this will vary from or follow canon is fine. Anakin/Barriss = Anakin/Padme or not? Yet there is Luminara... 
I look forward to the "rescue."
He couldn't speak to Barriss of what he wished with Luminara present, and he wasn't about to speak with Luminara without Obi-Wan's buffering presence. Not when the discussion was sure to revolve around Barriss.
He did wonder absently at his perverse logic. Obi-Wan was likely to fry him for his interest in Barriss - if he ever let it show - and Luminara had given no indication she would do such a thing.
In fact, the placid Master might have been more relaxed discussing Barriss without Obi-Wan, but Anakin acknowledged a subconscious need to have Obi-Wan around when he finally broached the subject. He might not have his Master in his corner, but Obi-Wan's subtle strength and peaceful presence would bolster his courage.
I like this little passage for some reason.
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I agree with Valairy_Scot, it gives insight into Anakin's character, and how much he unconsciously relies on Obi-wan. I wonder if the 'rescue' will turn out like the one in cannon.
It's also nice to see he's maturing, even if it is baby steps. Hopefully he'll get his ego under control as well, and start recognizing that some politicians are just as Obi-wan says.
Update soon!
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And just like that, their mission to Geonosis began.
and to quote a certain cocky Jedi "this is where the fun begins."
I'm glad Luminara trusts Anakin and Barriss enough to work together, though I'm quite concerned with her plan to work alone.
Great update
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I hope their plan works!
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Very exciting. You can almost feel the heat between Bariss and Anakin. What does he need to share with her? Will they get to Obi-Wan in time? I have a good feeling about this.
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Anakin's hand shifted a little, tightening around Barriss' as he moved it further from Luminara's view. That Barriss did nothing to pull her hand away - and in fact squeezed back as she stepped closer and smiled for her Master - was heartening. They responded as one, even as Anakin vowed to have his discussion with Barriss at the earliest opportunity. There were things that needed to be said between them, things she needed to know and he needed to air before he would feel balanced once more.
I like the united front. Wonderful update Anne!
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Goooood! At least they'll be together, but I hope their fate will not be the same as A/P had in canon.
And they REALLY need to have a talk about where their feelings are taking them.
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She pinned them both with a stern look. "And you'll behave yourselves." It wasn't a question.
Anakin's hand shifted a little, tightening around Barriss' as he moved it further from Luminara's view. That Barriss did nothing to pull her hand away - and in fact squeezed back as she stepped closer and smiled for her Master - was heartening. They responded as one, even as Anakin vowed to have his discussion with Barriss at the earliest opportunity. There were things that needed to be said between them, things she needed to know and he needed to air before he would feel balanced once more.
"Of course Master."
"Then pack and meet me on the landing pad. I will secure a ship that can comfortably carry four."
And just like that, their mission to Geonosis began.
She knows them too well! 
Can't wait for more!
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Amazing! I read through this entire thread in one go, from page one all the way. You can imagine my disappointment when there was no more NEXT button to hit and it was striked out!
I love Barriss, but I've never been a Anakin/Barriss fan, never particularly enjoyed fan-fics, and never followed a piece of fan-fic all the way. But no one else has been able to capture Anakin and Barriss and Luminara as brilliantly as you! I love it. Obi-Wan, methinks, could be a bit more compassionate to Anakin's plight, considering that he went through the exact same thing!
Anyway, I can't wait to see what happens next.
Add me to your PM list. And keep up the brilliant work!
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uh-oh... i was wondering when Geonosis was going to come up. This should be interesting...
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ACK, I missed a chapter. 
I really like the conflict you’re showing within Anakin. He wants to do the right thing, but at the same time does not want to be a pawn in someone else’s plans for him. You can really feel how he wants to come into his own without the label of ‘chosen one.’
And, oh, the delicious UST! 
Anakin's hand shifted a little, tightening around Barriss' as he moved it further from Luminara's view. That Barriss did nothing to pull her hand away - and in fact squeezed back as she stepped closer and smiled for her Master - was heartening. They responded as one, even as Anakin vowed to have his discussion with Barriss at the earliest opportunity. There were things that needed to be said between them, things she needed to know and he needed to air before he would feel balanced once more.
So they’re off to Geonosis together with Luminara’s blessing to work together.  Can’t wait to see where this goes… 
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