Agony von Kai-Leng ================================================================================ Kapitel 8: Plan --------------- As Wulff Yularen entered the commando-bridge of the ‘RESOLUTION’ he was greeted with dead silence. Anakin paced around the bridge while the others leant against a wall. Ahsoka looked like a beaten dog, Rex stared daggers at two mumbling clones while clenching his fists and Cody rested his forehead against the wall. Yularen decided to break the silence but he avoided Rex and Cody. Meanwhile Anakin was at the other side of the room and monologized. So he asked Ahsoka who was lost in daydreams. “Commander Tano, are there any news from General Kenobi?” Ahsoka startled, looked up to him and sighed. ”No, not yet. He is still M.I.A. although… General Skywalker and Commander Cody are sure that he is still alive. But I can’t fell his presence in the force anymore.” Cody didn’t respond and ignored her words. But Anakin who strolled back to them did not. Rex moved closer to Ahsoka as he sensed his upcoming emotional release. “No! You are wrong. He *is* alive. I can feel it! Last night… Last night I had a strange dream. I am sure that it was Obi-Wan who let me dream that dream! He let me know through the force-dream that he is still alive! You must believe me!” But Ahsoka wasn’t really convinced. “But you can only speculate. Ventress said that she would keep him alive, but you know her as good as I! She would never keep her word!” “He is alive.” Four heads turned to Cody. He was silent since they met this morning. Ahsoka looked puzzled “How do you now?” Cody turned to them and answered “I had a dream, too. Two dreams, more precisely. He is alive, but it seems that he had lost his memory. Ventress tortures him.” Anakin was puzzled. Obi-Wan called Cody through the force? Clones aren’t force sensitive, but yet he was susceptible for the dream. Like the mind-manipulation, a Jedi can only sent force-dreams to persons who are close-by. “That’s it!!!” Anakin’s outcry startled several clones. Yularen winced, too, and looked appalled at him. “What?” Anakin grinned like a lunatic. “The dreams are the answer!” Yularen, Ahsoka, Rex and Cody still looked like stranded fishes. Skywalker’s grin broadened as he explained the answer. “Ahsoka, I’m very disappointed in you, that your intellect failed you.” She decided to ignore his remark. Anakin continued “Ahsoka, what do you know about force-dreams and mind-manipulations?” She hated Skywalker’s question-and-answer-games. “Uhm, they only affect mentally weak people?” Yularen only coughed as Anakin and Cody glared daggers into her while Rex pretended, that he had not heard her answer. “Uuhhmmm, there’s more… mind-manipulation can only be used when the victim is nearby. Force-dreams have a bigger range, but the person who has to dream it has to be force-sensitive. Non-force-sensitive persons have to be nearby.” She blinked as she understood. “So Obi-Wan *is* alive? And nearby? We are approaching Ventress’ hideout?” Anakin nodded and the faces of four persons brightened up. “Yes, that’s right, Ahsoka.” Yularen interrupted reluctantly. “General Skywalker, this system has many planets. If your assumption is right, we have to search for Kenobi on every planet.” Anakin had an answer for that, too. “No. We simply have to wait until Obi-Wan sent a force-dream either to me or to Cody.” Said commander looked confused. “Sorry, Sir, but I don’t understand.” Skywalker smiled. “Oh, it’s simple. When Obi-Wan contacts us, Ahsoka will sense it.” “Me?!” Ahsoka was baffled. “Yes. You, young Padawan. Don’t let me down. Cody and I have a simple job. We just have to dream the force-dream while you backtrack its source. So we can find him.” Rex was pessimistic. He didn’t like the idea backtracking a dream through the force. He didn’t like extrasensory powers as he could not understand the logic behind it. “And what should we do when something goes wrong?” Anakin dropped his eyes. “I have no better idea. We have to try it. Have you a better plan, Rex?” “No, Sir, unfortunately not.” “Then don’t ask. The plan will work. I am sure.” Rex saluted but wasn’t entirely convinced. “Yessir.” As Anakin left the commando-bridge, Rex went over to Cody. “I still don’t like the plan. And you?” Cody looked at him “It doesn’t matter how ridiculous that plan is, as long as Obi-Wan will come back. But something troubles me. Will Ahsoka see my dream, if Obi-Wan contacts me?” Rex understood. Cody’s and Obi-Wan’s relationship was a secret after all. “Dunno, but you can trust her. I am sure that she will keep it a secret, too.” Ahsoka sensed, that the two clones talked about her. “Are you two backbiting about me?” Rex grinned “No little one. Not really.” Then he became serious. “But we have to talk with you about Skywalker’s plan.” Ahsoka was not dense and so she dared to ask. “Has it something to do with Commander Cody’s and General Kenobi’s relationship?” Cody’s eyes widened. How did she know? He leered at Rex, who only shook his head no. “How did you know that I am General Kenobi’s lover?” Cody asked. Ahsoka smiled “Did you forget? I am a girl! Girls have a keen sense for relationships. Even when they are forbidden.” She smiled mischievously. “And by the way, Commander, you should be more careful when you are squeezing Obi-Wan’s buttocks in public. Even Skyguy noticed it. But fortunately he is too dense to count one and one together and he thought that it was simply an accident.” Cody blushed and looked away while Rex cackled. “Don’t worry. Your secret is safe with me. I won’t say anything. And if Obi-Wan send you the force-dream, I won’t tell its content to anyone.” Cody sighed relieved and mumbled a ‘thank you’ to her. Ahsoka could see Rex sulking and taunted “What is with you, now? Oh, lemme guess. You want to know its contents, right? I have to disappoint you. If you want to see a hot tryst, you should watch a porn.” Rex face turned bright red and didn’t know where to look at while it was Cody’s turn to cackle. Yularen, who looked at the three, only shook his head. He would never understand Jedi-Clone-humor. Ahsoka turned and headed for her quarters. “Sorry guys, I have to go. Have to meditate about the upcoming mission. I do not intend to disgrace myself. Can’t risk Obi-Wan’s life.” Cody looked at his brother and smiled. “You like her, don’t you?” Rex blushed. “Yeah, I do. But I don’t think that a relationship between us would work. We are too different. Or do you think it would work?” Cody only grinned. “Too different? You are both stubborn, cheeky, pesky, bold, reckless…” Rex shoved him outside of the commando-bridge before he lamed him. At least, the old Cody is back. He hated nothing more than a suffering brother. As evenfall neared, all were nervous. Would the plan work? Now or never… Hosted by Animexx e.V. (http://www.animexx.de)