Heyo, human beings from outer space!
Surprise, surprise, I've made a grand return one day later and 12 days late!
Did that make any sense? Probably not. I have way too much energy and it's way too late.
Okay, so this was requested by Rebecca413 and let me just say I LOVE IT SO KRIFFING MUCH. You will not believe how much fun I had writing this.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I don't know.
Read on if you dare.
It was approximately 1:06 AM when Obi-Wan emerged from his light sleep at the sound of his pinging com. He rubbed his eyes and grabbed the device to answer the incoming call.
"This is General Kenobi."
"Obi-Wan," Ahsoka's voice crackled through in a whisper. "I know it's late but I need help."
"What is it, young one?" Obi-Wan asked, his concern growing.
"Shhh, keep your voice down," she said. "It might find me."
"What are you talking about?" Obi-Wan was already pulling his cloak over his arms.
"There's a tiny purple Rancor climbing the wall," Ahsoka said. "It wants to eat me. I need help."
Obi-Wan did a double take. "Come again?"
"There's a tiny purple Rancor on the wall."
So he did hear her right. "Are you sure?"
"Yes. It wants to eat me."
"Hold on, Ahsoka, I'll be right over."
Obi-Wan hurried down the hallway, glad that no other Jedi were awake to see his frantic half-asleep run to Anakin and Ahsoka's quarters. Ahsoka was there alone, however, since Anakin was off on a solo mission. Obi-Wan had promised to watch out for her while he was gone.
"Ahsoka, I'm coming in," Obi-Wan said when he made it to her door. He punched in the override for the lock and the door swished open.
The common room was dark and Obi-Wan couldn't see his grand padawan, so he softly called her name.
When she responded, he found her hiding behind a lounge chair. Ahsoka waved him over and Obi-Wan came to crouch beside her.
"Where's your purple rancor, my dear?" Obi-Wan whispered.
Ahsoka brought a shaky finger to her lips and pointed to the wall behind the holo film projector with her free hand. There was no purple rancor on the wall.
"Are you sure it wasn't a shadow?" Obi-Wan suggested.
"It's real. Shadows aren't purple."
"How about we turn on the lights?" Obi-Wan said.
"No!" Ahsoka hissed. "It will see me!"
"I'll protect you," Obi-Wan promised.
Ahsoka was still shaking her head when Obi-Wan used the Force to turn on the light. Ahsoka shrieked and buried her head.
"It's going to kill me!" Ahsoka cried. "I don't want to die, 'bi-Wan!"
Obi-Wan frowned at her. "Can you look at me please?"
"No. I don't want to die."
"I'll protect you, my dear."
She didn't move.
"Ahsoka, I want to see your eyes."
Ahsoka groaned and whined, but she slowly lifted her head and looked at him. Her eyes were glazed and she was very flushed.
"Are you feeling okay, my dear?" Obi-Wan asked.
"No, there's a purple rancor on the wall that wants to eat me!"
"There's no rancor, I promise," Obi-Wan said. "I'm going to touch your forehead, okay?"
Ahsoka swatted at his hand, but he managed to eventually cup her forehead, and then her cheek. She was warm– too warm. Togruta were naturally cooler than humans, so the fact that she felt warmer than Obi-Wan couldn't be good.
"Ahsoka, do you know where Anakin keeps the cold medicine?" Obi-Wan asked.
Ahsoka looked at him oddly. "Who are you again?"
"I'm Obi-Wan Kenobi, your grandmaster."
"That's weird. I coulda sworn Obi-Wan didn't look as green as you do."
Obi-Wan sighed. "The cold medicine, dear, where does he keep it?"
"Are you sure you aren't a Mirialan?" Ahsoka asked.
"Does Anakin keep the cold medicine in the 'fresher cabinet above the sink?" Obi-Wan pressed.
Ahsoka blinked. "I'm cold, Obi-Wan. Did I just fall onto a Tauntaun?"
Obi-Wan gave up. He told her that she hadn't, asked her to stay put, and made his way to the bathroom to find the cold medicine. He found the bottle right where he thought it would be, but it was void of any pills and instead contained a small, wingless bug.
Obi-Wan made himself a mental note to get Anakin to pick up more medicine from the Halls of Healing. He tossed the bottle in the garbage.
Ahsoka was right where Obi-Wan told her to stay behind the lounge chair. She was lying on her back, pointing at the ceiling, and counting.
"Ahsoka, I'm going to go to my room to get you some medicine. You stay right there, okay?"
"Twnety-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two..." Ahsoka went on and on.
Obi-Wan decided that it would suffice as a response. He turned and left the room, once again hurrying down the hall and back again.
When he returned, Ahsoka was no longer lying on the floor. Obi-Wan panicked for only a moment before he heard her voice from the kitchen. He made his way over there to find her sitting on the counter, covering her montrals in bowls, and singing "I'm a little teapot."
"What are you doing?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Oh hi," Ahsoka said. "I wanted to see the stars better so I came in here."
"Well," Obi-Wan said, grabbing a cup of water to fill. "The stars certainly are pretty."
"Yeah," Ahsoka sighed. "Once I saw a Loth cat named Stanly in one. His name was Arnald."
"He sounds like a fine fellow," Obi-Wan said. He poured two pills into his hand and took the cup of water. He handed everything to Ahsoka. "How about you swallow these pills with this water. No chewing."
"That's silly," Ahsoka said. "I don't want to."
"Well swallow them for me."
"Can I swallow the poisoned beads for Stanly?"
"Very well," Obi-Wan said with a chuckle.
Ahsoka gulped down the pills with the water. "I hate Arnled some days."
"Now," Obi-Wan said, pulling Ahsoka to sit on the edge of the counter, "would you like to make a nice little nest to sleep in."
"Nooo, sleeping is overrated," Ahsoka whined, but she was betrayed by a wide yawn.
The medicine was supposed to make her sleepy as a side effect of breaking her fever, but he didn't think it was supposed to work that quickly. Perhaps he gave her a bit too much.
"I'm tired," Ahsoka said softly, leaning forward. Obi-Wan let her lean on him as her eyes slid shut. She squirmed a bit, fighting the strong medicine, but she was no match.
Once her eyes drifted closed, Obi-Wan let her sink into his arms and took her to her room. Ahsoka's bed was nicely made, something she did not learn from her master, and he struggled just a bit to pull the covers back.
But Obi-Wan managed to peel the blankets from the mattress and tuck her in. She stirred but didn't wake.
Obi-Wan chuckled at the little Togruta lying in bed. He sure had some stories to share with Anakin upon the return from his solo mission.
In the meantime, Obi-Wan decided to make some tea for his grand padawan, who would no doubt have a headache and a sore throat when she awoke.
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Word Count: 1,124
Published: February 23, 2023
Hey, it's 2/23/23!
I'm way too happy tonight. Tomorrow I know I'm going to wake up and want to fall over and shrivel up. Dang it.
Anywaaayyy I hope you had as much fun reading as I had writing, and just keep being my awesome human beings from outer space that I know you are!
Requests are open, feel free to message me or make a comment if you have any ideas!
Bye, peoples!