Notes: I know its been a long time. Got this one beta'd but
still tried to get a bit more written on it. I know its short.
//..// indicates telepathy
I watched as the mess that was the Master Jedi huddled in that
Padawan Jedi's cloak. He seemed so fragile at the moment that I
could hardly bear to watch. I climbed up into my little
observation tower to get a better look. I glanced down and
bared my teeth at the inhibitor.
I jumped as the Padawan Jedi came running into the room
grinning. He stopped and his face fell as he saw the Master
Jedi curled up in a chair. I watched the bozo with the.... eh?
//What the hell did he do with the braid?//
The Padawan Jedi knelt before the Master Jedi and reached up to
touch the elder one's cheek. My nose twitched as the elder came
awake with a snort.
"Master?"
"Obi-Wan." The Master Jedi half smiled, then frowned as he
noticed the missing braid.
"Its nothing. An initiate almost got a good swing on me. Singed
the braid right off." The Padawan Jedi shrugged before resting
his forehead against the Master Jedi's knee.
"I see. Perhaps you can answer why you seem so glad to be
getting home?" The Master Jedi looked down at the younger one.
"Oh! I passed my physics exam. Best in the class." The Padawan
Jedi practically nuzzled the lap his head was on.
"Good." I didn't notice the Master Jedi glance in my direction,
but I did notice the attention the younger one was getting.
I thought I made a good effort not to roll my eyes as the
elder's hand lightly stroked his padawan's hair. I was getting
sick of all this. Hell, I saved that Master Jedi's life, and
what do I get. Bad food, a tiny house, and a telepathic
inhibitor.
As if on cue, the young one got up and came over to see me. I
crawled back down to the main part of my cage and stood up on
my hind legs. The top was opened and I jumped.
//Damn!//
I squirmed as I was caught mid jump. I tried to get a good
angle to bite, but I wasn't allowed that.
"Oh no you don't."
Rather than deposit me in my cage again, he carried me over to
the sofa and sat down, putting me in his lap. I blinked up at
him and raised my little rodent eyebrows. Now this was very
unexpected.
The Master Jedi uncurled and slipped over to the sofa, curling
up around the Padawan Jedi, careful not to squash me. I
breathed a sigh of relief as the Master rubbed my head lightly.
//Now this is nice.//
They both looked down at me with a smile. I tried not to pant.
Or drool. I sniffed the air delicately.
//Umm, no cats. Right?//
They both shook their heads in unison. I relaxed.
//So whats the special occasion?//
The Master Jedi laughed and the Padawan blushed.
"We've decided to form a life bond." The Master Jedi told me. I
froze a moment, then jumped up in the air performing a back
flip.
//Well, its about damned time!//
I got a strange look from both of them. I scrambled up the
Padawan Jedi's tunic, then over to the Master Jedi's shoulder.
From there, I used his hair as a rope to climb up and sit where
I had the best vantage point.
//Hell, the way you two went at it last night, I'm surprised
everyone around here doesn't know about it.//
They both blushed. I grinned. Things were looking better. Now I
just had to make this a daily activity. I decided I liked being
out of my cage.
Of course it was all over too soon. A knock sounded on the door
and I was plucked from my spot. I struggled a bit, but still
managed to see the intruder to my territory. Another Master
Jedi.
//Oh great. You get company. I get my cage.//
"Hush!" The Padawan Jedi's voice hissed at me. I could only
smile as he recieved a strange look from the intruder.
//You realise that if you talk to me right now, you'll look
crazy?//
"Don't be absurd." He put me down in my cage.
The Master Jedi from my territory shook his head and smiled.
The intruder looked even more confused.
"The Gawan is telepathic." My Master Jedi explained to the
other one.
"Oh. I heard about the petition for a life bond." The intruder
kept glancing my way. I did my best to look like a normal
rodent.
The Jedi Padawan must have realised this and gave my cage a
slight tap. I didn't respond.
"Yes. We were hoping it would be approved soon."
"I'm not sure what you're going to accomplish there, Obi-Wan."
The intruder came over to look at me.
I stopped moving long enough to stare back, then twitched my
nose and jumped in my wodent wheel.
The intruder smiled. "He's cute."
My Master Jedi groaned. "He's a nightmare."
I smirked.
//You know it.//
The intruder looked back at my Master Jedi. "Really?"
The Padawan Jedi piped up. "Yes."
"Mind if I borrow him?" I stopped running and listened.
"Why would you want to?" My Master Jedi stepped closer to my
cage.
"Supreme Chancellor Palpatine is visiting the Temple. If this
little guy really is a nightmare as you say, we can let him
loose and give us an excuse to make the meeting short." Oh I
liked this idea.
"Absolutely not."
//Why not?//
"Why not?" I looked at the Padawan Jedi, then at the telepathic
inhibitor. Was it broken again?
The intruder nodded to the Padawan, then looked at my Master
Jedi.
"He is unpredictable and untrustworthy outside of his cage." My
Master Jedi glared down at me.
The intruder opened my cage and picked me up. I let him.
//Unpredictable! Hah! I'll show you unpredictable.//
I sniffed at the intruder's hand, then looked up at him. I made
sure my eyes were the part of a pitiful little rodent.
"He looks hungry, Qui-Gon. Haven't you been feeding him?"
"Of course I have, Mace."
I started to sway a bit.
"He's sick."
"He's acting."
//I am not!//
That got a response from my Master Jedi. He plucked me from the
Mace intruder's hand and started to check me over.
I waited until his hand was close to my mouth, then I bit him.
He yelped and dropped me reflexively. I was caught by the Mace
intruder.
"Qui-Gon, you hurt him."
"I hurt /him/?" He was shaking his thumb out.
//Serves you right.//
I forgot to send directly. I was almost dropped by the Mace
intruder. I looked up at him.
//Yeah, so, I'm telepathic.//
"And a smart ass." The Mace intruder shook his head. "I have to
borrow him now."
//Sure, why not?//
I looked over at my Master Jedi and stuck my rodent tongue out.
I smiled when he agreed.
"Tomorrow then." I was put back in my cage.
I settled down to sleep. Tomorrow was going to be very
interesting indeed.
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