A/n Hello again, sorry for the long wait but alot had happened. Enjoyed myself, phone broke, managed to backup all my notes to iPhone cloud so I can continue my pics finally, financial difficulties, you know usual life stuff.
But enough of that, I can finally return to writing as I finally recovered my notes a few days ago, I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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It had been a two weeks since i had that 'incident' on Mustafar.
Currently i was on board the Negotiator, Obi-Wan Kenobi's Flagship which is a Venator-class Star Destroyer.
Admiral Block of the Repulic Navy along with Commander Cody (CC-2224) were in charge of the vessel and it's forces second only to Kenobi of course.
It seemed that i had finally been sent off at last from the Jedi Temple to be watched by Obi-Wan.
Those were the conditions that was made by the Jedi Council and the Chancellor otherwise I would have been executed in my sleep when I first woke up in this universe. Mostly in part due to the risk of an out of control Dragon or to add the risk of an airborne Blue Shadow Virus weaponised gas that I could potentially produce.
Though with recent events Obi-Wan had been unable to take me onto the Negotiator sooner since he had been in constant battle assignments.
We had a private talk and he informed me that the Chancellor wanted to see results of my worth if I was to be granted more freedom, especially getting rid of this collar.
While Obi-Wan had convinced the Chancellor and the Council of the idea, he himself made it clear he would much rather prefer not to use me as a tool of war and that my decision is fully voluntary.
In any case, he gave me a choice, wait around and decide what I would want to do, or he can help me to simply vanish into the Outer Rim on a remote world where I can live out my days in peace and free of captivity.
While it was appealing, I didn't make any hasty choices.
I could give a damn about the plot of Star Wars. All I would have to do is wait two decades, maybe three, and Darth Vader will kill the Emperor and the Sith and Jedi will be no more.
Then it's smooth sailing with living a nice life in the galaxy for a while.
Im not some Hero nor a protagonist who gets all giddy they got reincarnated into a fictional universe and is exceptionally powerful, wanting to be a Hero or Villain of the story.
I'm alive and I intend to stay that way.
Besides, the only person I formed any kind of attachment with is Ahsoka, she's my friend, and that's not because she is a main character, no I genuinely am friends with her.
And I know she will survive so I can just see her again in a few years when Order 66 happens and she'll have a safe refuge wherever I made my home to be.
...
Although...I had been plagued by a certain thought for a while.
The Son...
He kills her on Mortis...sure The Daughter resurrected her, but due to change in the narrative due to my arrival I have no idea if things will go the same as it did in cannon.
Especially with the upcoming events, which will prove to me if Ahsoka has plot armour to survive the Clone Wars, and the upcoming days battles.
For now I'll observe, and if the worst proves true, I'll have no choice but to intervene and become involved in the war.
I couldn't care less if strangers lived and died, it's their own choices for picking sides in a war. But Ahsoka isn't a stranger to me so I'll only stick around to make sure she is safe.
As for me, that's enough pondering on what might be and time to do what is in the here and now.
Getting up from off my bed, I got myself ready by entering a vacuum shower and readying myself with my daily routine.
Passing by many Clones along the way, I headed towards the command deck where I saw Ki-Adi Mundi and Obi-Wan Kenobi standing side-by-side looking directly at the planet ahead.
Geonosis.
Taking a glance to the right and left I saw a whole fleet of Venator-class Star Destroyers of the Republic Navy beside the Negotiator flagship I was within.
"I cannot believe we're back here again." Obi-Wan said unenthusiastically.
"It is unfortunate. The resistance from the native Geonosians was stronger than we anticipated." Ki-Adi Mundi responded in his usual neutral voice.
Personally I despise Ki-Adi Mundi. Out of all the Jedi, he is the most un empathetic one, which makes him a failure of a Jedi.
The Jedi are meant to form attachments and feelings, without them they would be no different than the Sith. The Jedi fail to understand this which led to their decline and downfall.
"The same can be said for their loyalty to Count Dooku."
"A fact that is often overlooked." Ki-Adi said as the two waited in silence after that.
I took that as my chance to approach and give my greetings.
The two noticed my arrival and turned to face me as I greeted them.
"Greetings Master Kenobi, Master Mundi."
"Greetings." Ki-Adi replied simply yet politely.
"Seems you're aware earlier than usual."
I scratched the back of my head as I had a slight smirk grew on my face.
"To be fair, I did spend three days straight without rest trying to gain better control of my abilities. Wouldn't want the past to repeat itself in the wrong way."
"In the wrong way?" Kenobi questioned my unique phrasing of words.
"Yeah, I want to at least have mastery over the forms I take with 100% control so I can at least put it towards a good cause."
"Does that mean you've made up your decision?"
"Not exactly. But at the very least whichever choice i choose, I don't really have a choice in reality until I can control myself not to kill the nearest person to me if I transform into any other form other than my current one."
"A valid concern and sound judgement taken on your part." Ki-Adi commented from the side.
"Yes. That is a wise decision. In any case Daud, it's up to you to decide on what we talked about." Obi-Wan said as he placed his hand on my shoulder.
After a few moments he retracted his hand.
"Also, may I ask, how goes your training you mentioned. I hadn't seen your progress the last few days, as I've been busy preparing."
"Ever since Mustafar I haven't had any blackouts transforming ans retaining control. The less complex the form i take, or if I have a solid grasp of it, it's relatively simple to image in my mind as if it were my humanoid form like now. But I am prone to adopting the animalistic nature of the creatures form I take to an extent. The longer I am in a form the less mental control I retain."
"That's certainly an improvement on past incidents. If you don't mind, if i mention this in a report to the Jedi Council and the Chancellor I'm certain that the fear they have of you would decrease drastically."
"I would prefer if you refrain from mentioning it yet, at least until more consistent results can be verified. Otherwise if a incident happens in the future again, all the trust and credit gained would only vanish." I stated, not only because it's true, but because I want to delay information about me to Palatine for as long as possible.
In fact, I had lied partially, I have a great degree of control over my abilities so far. However, some of what I said was true.
Obi-Wan simply agreed with my response with a "understood", as we waited in silence for a few moments.
And then that was when the two intruders made their way through the doors to the bridge, as they bickered to each other.
"You're late." Obi-Wan said to his former Padawan.
"Sorry, Master, Ahsoka and I were
busy routing the Seppies near Dorin."
Ahsoka gave me a slight playful nudge as she stood beside me. She looked over to Obi-Wan and spoke.
"My squadron alone had 55 kills."
"Yeah, but mine had 76."
"Showoff." Ahsoka rolled her eyes at her Master's boasting.
"Well, I'm glad you two are
enjoying yourselves."
"Hey, it's just a little friendly competition, Master, nothing to worry about." Anakin casually defended.
"What I worry about is the way
this war seems to be drawing out, with no end in sight."
"Which is why it is crucial our invasion
of Geonosis meets with success." Ki-Adi remarked to Obi-Wan's words.
"Agreed. Ahsoka, contact the Outer Rim Command. We're ready for our briefing." Anakin instructed.
"They're already waiting for us."
With Ahsoka's words, everyone began making their way to the communications hub.
Ahsoka sagged behind the others as she came to walk alongside me.
"Hey Daud, how's it been."
"Ahsoka...it's only been a day since we last spoke. You're asking me like we don't chat every day over the Comlinks."
(A/n Comlinks = Phones)
"I-uh-I-Shut up! I was just asking how you've been you jerk. You hadn't slept in days."
"I did sleep in fact, last night. The only concern you should have is that you are a Tsundere."
Ahsoka glared at me, half in anger and the other half confused if I insulted her or not.
"Tsun-de-...what is that?"
"Don't worry about it." I ignored her as I walked off to catch up with the others.
"Oi! You didn't answer the question!" She silently yelled as she pursued me.