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“Anakin Skywalker! Get back to the ship. That’s an order!” Obi-Wan shouted through the commlink.
“Obi-Wan, I know what I’m doing. I’ll be fine.” Anakin protested over the comm.
“Anakin, you are about to be overrun. You will get yourself or your troops killed or injured and we can’t take that risk!” Obi-Wan stated.
“But we can’t abandon the people of this planet!” Anakin reasoned. “I’m going in whether you like it or not!”
“Fine, you want me to pull rank, I will. General Anakin Skywalker, if you don’t retreat right this moment, you and your battalion will be put on probation for a month!” Obi-Wan snapped.
“You can’t order me around anymore!” Anakin protested.
Obi-Wan’s eyes darkened and narrowed through the hologram. “I may not be your master anymore, Anakin. But I still have authority over you. And you will answer to me for any defiance of my orders. Do I make myself clear or do I have to spell it out for you.” Obi-Wan stated with deadly calm.
Anakin’s stomach dropped. “You wouldn't dare…” He whispered.
Obi-Wan stared at him calmly. “Oh, I would.” They both held gazes for a few seconds. “Get yourself on that ship, do you understand?”
Anakin glowered at Obi-Wan’s hologram. “Yes, Master.” He snarled and immediately hung up.
“General Skywalker, Sir!” A clone yelled as he raced over to Anakin.
“What is it, trooper?”
“Commander Tano is close to taking the capital, I think we can advance further.” He said.
“I’m sorry, trooper, but General Kenobi has called for a retreat. Our rescue ship should be here soon.” Anakin grunted.
“But Sir, we are so close to-”
“No. Call everyone in.” Anakin snapped.
“Yes, Sir.”
Anakin typed in Ahsoka’s comm. “Ahsoka, I’m sorry to tell you this, but you must come back.”
“W-what! But Master, we are almost to taking the capital!” Ahsoka protested.
“I know, but Obi-Wan has sent orders for us to retreat. He’s sending a ship over soon.” Anakin said.
Ahsoka sighed over the comm. “I’ll be there soon, Master.” She said and ended the call.
Anakin took a deep breath to center his emotions. In and out. In and out. Obi-Wan was just trying to protect him. He didn’t want to see his padawans hurt. Obi-Wan has had more experience to know when it is a good time to retreat. Right? In and out. In and out. Obi-Wan is being overprotective. No, he’s being overdramatic. Anakin will be fine. He’s been in worse conditions before. Who cares if Obi-Wan outranks him? Anakin isn’t Obi-Wan’s padawan anymore. He can make decisions for himself. That’s it!
“Hey, Ahsoka?” He stated as he lifted the commlink to his mouth
“Yes, Master?"
“Go ahead and advance. I’ll be there shortly to help you out.” Anakin said with a bit of cockyness in his voice.
“But you just said I had to retreat. Did Master Obi-Wan change the plan?” Ahsoka asked.
“Yeah, Snips, he did. I’ll see ya in a minute.” Anakin said and disconnected the call.
“Let’s see how you like this, Master.” Anakin smirked to himself.
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“...-Kin, Anakin, can you hear me?” A voice muttered.
“Hmmm…” Anakin groaned as he tried to move his body.
“Sh. Shhh, Master, It will be alright. Obi-Wan’s coming.” Ahsoka whispered. “He’ll know what to do.”
“Soka? What happened?” Anakin slurred.
“You…you ran straight into an explosion to save some of the men but the force of it knocked you out and broke your arm. I also think you have a concussion.” Ahsoka stuttered.
"O-oh, that’s good.” Anakin sighed,
“Good!?” Ahsoka squealed. “Master, you could have died!”
“I’m f-fine.”
“You’re not fine. Master Obi-Wan is going to tear you to pieces once he gets here.” Ahsoka snapped.
“Don’t tell him..” Anakin murmured.
“Don’t tell who what?” Another voice said from beside them. They both looked up to see Obi-Wan walking towards the master and padawan pair looking very concerned.
“Master Obi-Wan, thank the Force you’re here.” Ahsoka happily stated.
Obi-Wan smiled down at his grandpadawan and knelt next to them. “Anakin, dear one, are you alright?”
“I’m fine.” Anakin grumbled.
“He has a broken arm and maybe a concussion.” Ahsoka stated.
“Snipssss.” Anakin whined.
“Thank you, Ahsoka.” Obi-Wan muttered. “I can sense that he doesn’t have a concussion, but you’re right about the broken arm.”
“Anakin, can you stand?” Obi-Wan questioned.
“Sure…” Anakin groaned.
Both Obi-Wan and Ahsoka helped him to his feet. Once Anakin was upright, Obi-Wan spun Anakin to the side and smacked his bottom, hard.
“OW!” Anakin yelped and turned angry and embarrassed eyes on Obi-Wan. “What was that for?!”
“Must I need to elaborate or would you like to have this discussion right here in front of your padawan, cause I’d be more than willing.” Obi-Wan snapped, his eyes burning into Anakin’s.
Ahsoka’s eyes shifted between her angry grandmaster and embarrassed master. “I’ll just leave you two alone, then?”
“Ye-” Anakin started.
“No, Ahsoka, please stay.” Obi-Wan countered, eyes still boring into Anakin’s.
“Alright…”
“Come Anakin. We need to heal your arm.” Obi-Wan stated with calmness. “Ahsoka, please alert the healers that we’ll be there soon.”
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“Alright, General Skywalker, you’re all good.” Kix stated.
“Thanks, Kix. I was just wandering, who else got hurt?” Anakin questioned.
A sigh. “General, you shouldn’t have to concern yourself with this right now.”
“Kix. How many?” Anakin repeated.
“You saved about half of the ground team. The other half…well, some are better than others.” Kix grimaced.
Anakin looked down at the floor, feeling ashamed and sad. How could he have let down his men like that? Some of them died and some got seriously hurt.
“General, I know that it’s not my place, but let me say that what you did was foolish and downright stupid.” Kix declared.
“I know, Kix.” Anakin mumbled.
“Speaking of which, General Kenobi told me to alert him when you were fully healed.” Kix said.
“Can’t I just go?” Anakin asked.
“No, I’m afraid General Kenobi was very specific about this one.” Kix said.
Anakin sighed and awaited his doom.
Just a few minutes later, Obi-Wan came walking through the medbay door. He looked perfectly composed, but his eyes showed a sternness that made Anakin feel like a padawan again.
“Thank you, Kix, and if that is all?” Obi-Wan questioned.
“Yes, General, he’s all yours.” Kix said.
“Come, Anakin.” Obi-Wan stated. He walked to Anakin’s bed, grabbed him by the arm, and pulled him out of the medbay.
“Hey, I can walk on my own.” Anakin protested.
“I don’t think you should be making any decisions right now, Anakin.” Obi-Wan said.
“But-”
“I also think that you should be silent.” Obi-Wan said as his voice turned stern.
The walk back to Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Ahsoka’s shared apartment felt like ages to Anakin. Anakin had a pretty strong idea of what was going to happen to him once they got back, but still held out all hope that Obi-Wan would think him to be too old.
Obi-Wan typed in the access code and pulled Anakin into the apartment.
“Take off your things and meet me in the kitchen. We need to talk.” Obi-Wan ordered.
Anakin sighed, “Yes, Master.” And turned to do as told.
Obi-Wan took a deep breath, balancing his emotions before heading to the kitchen to make the both of them tea. The boiling of the water and the familiar smell of the tea made Obi-Wan feel calmer and more comfortable for this conversation that he was about to have. Obi-Wan knew how he should proceed with Anakin. He knew that a spanking was the only way to get through to Anakin, but since Anakin wasn’t his padawan anymore, Obi-Wan was having second thoughts.
“Hey…” Anakin muttered as he sat down in the chair across from where Obi-Wan was standing.
“Tea?” Obi-Wan asked.
Anakin shrugged. “Sure.”
The former master and apprentice pair settled into a silence save for the preparation of tea. Once a mug full of hot tea was in both of their hands, did they start to talk.
“Anakin. I’m just going to be blunt with this. What you did was reckless, irresponsible, and just plain dumb. Not to mention also putting yourself, your padawan, and your men in danger.” Obi-Wan started with a stern tone of voice.
“I know, I know, but Obi-Wan, you must understand, I wasn’t trying to get myself or others hurt, I was just trying to help us.” Anakin protested.
“Trying to help would have meant that you got on that ship. Now, the city is in need of repair. As well as several dozen of your men.” Obi-Wan replied.
“If you had let me advance in the first place, I wouldn’t have gotten hurt at all!” Anakin snapped.
Obi-Wan’s eyes narrowed and he leaned in closer to Anakin. “Let me be clear. You disobeyed my direct orders after you argued with me about it.” Obi-Wan growled. “You made your own choice to go out there and it led to you getting injured. I am not at fault for any of this, Anakin Skywalker.”
Anakin’s eyes dropped to the table, glaring in frustration and annoyance.
Obi-Wan knew that he had no choice once Anakin’s mood turned like this. “Fine. Go put your nose in the corner for ten minutes.” Obi-Wan stated in a no-nonsense tone of voice.
“What!?” Anakin exclaimed.
“You heard me.” Obi-Wan nodded.
“Obi-Wan. I am not a padawan. You can’t just punish me like one.” Anakin protested.
“I may not be your master anymore, but I am still your superior and you will follow my orders.” Obi-Wan snapped.
Anakin pouted, but angrily pushed out his chair and stomped to the corner that he’s been in far too many times.
“Think about why you are there and your actions that led you there.” Obi-Wan said. “And lose the attitude before I come to fix it myself.”
Anakin glared at the wall. “You wouldn’t.” He stated.
Obi-Wan just raised his eyebrows and shook his head. Clearly, Anakin still thought he had any say in his punishment. Obi-Wan silently sipped his tea and worked on a report as the minutes passed by. Once his timer went off, Obi-Wan got up and said to Anakin, “You may come out.”
Anakin turned around, but stayed in the corner.
Obi-Wan pointed to the spot next to him. “Come here.”
Anakin slowly moved to the spot Obi-Wan had indicated. Obi-Wan stared at Anakin with stern, disappointed, but sad eyes.
“I’m afraid your actions have brought us to this point once again, my padawan, but you have more than earned it.” Obi-Wan declared. “And we will deal with that in a moment, but first off, you will apologize to your padawan and men for putting them in needless danger, especially the ones who got injured after our conversation.”
“Yes, Master.” Anakin mumbled.
“Good. Now, bring me the hairbrush.” Obi-Wan said.
“WHAT!?” Anakin snapped. “No! Master. Obi-Wan, please, you can’t! I am a Jedi Knight.”
“Well then, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, bring me the hairbrush.” Obi-Wan countered.
“Obi-Wan. I am a twenty-two year old Jedi Knight with my own padawan. You can’t spank me!” Anakin exclaimed.
Obi-Wan spun Anakin to the side and swatted him. “Enough of the balktalk. Do what I said, now.” Obi-Wan snapped.
Anakin gave one last pleading look to Obi-Wan before stomping to fresher to grab the brush. Obi-Wan waited with his arms crossed and a stern look upon his face. Anakin stomped back into the living area with the brush in hand.
“Here.” Anakin snapped and basically threw the thing into Obi-Wan’s hand.
“Let’s take this to your room.” Obi-Wan stated and grabbed Anakin’s upper arm, pulling him along for the second time that day.
Obi-Wan sat down on the bed and pulled Anakin to sit beside him.
“So, just so we are clear on why you are here, I want you to tell me what you did.”
Anakin groaned. “I disobeyed your orders, was reckless, and endangered my men, padawan, and my own safety for the mission. I also argued with you about it.”
“Indeed, you will think twice about doing any of those things again.” Obi-Wan said. “Alright, you know what to do. Trousers and underwear down.”
Anakin gave Obi-Wan a pleading look. “Master.” He whined.
“Now, Anakin.” Obi-Wan said, giving him a pointed look.
Anakin whimpered before doing as bid. He laid himself across his master’s lap as Obi-Wan adjusted him to his liking. Obi-Wan laid the hairbrush next to him for the time being.
“I want you to think on how your actions led you here.” Obi-Wan sternly said.
Anakin felt Obi-Wan’s hand move and clenched his eyes shut.
SMACK
The first swat had landed. Anakin gasped and jerked forward. He let out a cry of pain and surprise.
Then, Obi-Wan started in earnest. Going from the top of Anakin’s bottom slowly to the sit spots and thighs.
Anakin could never take a spanking silently. “Master…” He groaned. “Ow! This hurts!”
“It is meant to, my padawan.” Obi-Wan countered.
“OW! AH! Not so hard, please, stop!” Anakin yelled as he started squirming around on Obi-Wan’s lap.
“Enough, Anakin.” Obi-Wan snapped and laid down a harder swat to Anakin’s sit spot. “Now, tell me what you did to earn this spanking.”
“I-OW, I disobeyed your orders to get on the shipppp.” Anakin mumbled.
“Correct.” Obi-Wan said, now switching it up, only smacking one cheek. “You argued with me for no reason, wasted my time on pointless arguing, and messed up the mission by doing so.”
“I’m sorry!” Anakin wailed. “OW! AHHH! PLEASE STOP!”
“I’m sure you are sorry and stop being so dramatic, we aren’t nearly close to being done.”
Anakin slammed his fist into Obi-Wan’s leg.
Obi-Wan glared.; “If that’s what you want.” He said and picked up the brush. Obi-Wan smacked it down on Anakin’s sit spots a few times before doing a whole round of the brush.
“OW! OWIE! AHHHHHH! MASTER! NOOOOOOO!” Anakin cried as he started kicking.
Obi-Wan decided it was enough of the hairbrush for now, put it to the side, and resumed with his hand.
“Now. What else.” Obi-Wan prompted.
“I was reckless!” Anakin yelled.
“Indeed, you were. You went in without a plan. You just decided to jump into the battle without any thought. Do you know how irresponsible that is Anakin Skywalker.” Obi-Wan said as he snapped his hand down hard on Anakin’s bottom.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!” Anakin wailed, squirming around over Obi-Wan’s lap.
“Yes,I’m sure you are.” Obi-Wan declared and picked up the pace, now swatting in random.
Anakin didn’t hold on much longer before tears started dripping down his face.
“Master, please, stop, please! I’M SORRY! AHHHH!” Anakin cried as he broke down sobbing.
Obi-Wan paused to let Anakin get it out and collect his thoughts before he resumed his pace from earlier.
“Now, tell me what I think when you needlessly endanger your life.” Obi-Wan said.
“Y-you don’t like it.” Anakin sobbed.
“Correct. You put your life at risk, Anakin. You put your men and Ahsoka at risk. Some of your men died today because of your actions.” Obi-Wan snapped. Here, Obi-Wan stopped to pick up the hairbrush again. “This is what I think about you needlessly endangering your life.”
Anakin squeezed his eyes shut as he felt Obi-Wan’s hand rise and fall. He heard the smack echo around the room before he felt the fiery pain erupt.
“AHHHHH!” Anakin screamed, breaking down into sobs once again. Anakin squealed as Obi-Wan swatted him within an inch of his life, squirming around on his lap and kicking his legs.
Obi-Wan went through four rounds of the hairbrush before he targeted just the sit spots.
Anakin protested this in earnest and flung his hand back, shielding himself.
Obi-Wan stopped mid swing. He pulled Anakin’s arm away into his free hand. “Give me the other one, Anakin.”
“Nooooo! Please!” Anakin sobbed.
Obi-Wan smacked the brush down on his thigh. “Hand. Anakin Skywalker.” He growled.
Anakin reluctantly gave Obi-Wan his other hand as Obi-Wan resumed his assault upon Anakin’s bottom.
Obi-Wan only had to go a few more minutes before Anakin slumped against him, sobbing and wailing his heart out, laying limp. At this point, Obi-Wan laid down ten more hard swats before he put down the brush, ending the punishment.
Those last few smacks had truly been some of the worst swats Anakin had ever endured. They made him buck up and just scream. It was a miracle that he stayed in Obi-Wan’s lap.
Once Obi-Wan stopped and laid the brush down, Anakin slumped against him once more and sobbed his heart out. Obi-Wan let go of Anakin’s hands and slowly put them to the ground.
Obi-Wan patiently waited for Anakin to cry himself out and get himself together. “Shhhhh. It’s alright. It’s over. You’re forgiven.” Obi-Wan spoke softly as he ran his hand over Anakin’s back.
Once Anakin had calmed down a bit, Obi-Wan pulled his underwear and trousers back up, wincing when Anakin let out a cry of pain. ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry, shhh, you’re alright.” Obi-Wan whispered.
Anakin pushed him up and Obi-Wan helped steady him. Obi-Wan got up from the bed and pulled Anakin into a hug, rubbing his back.
Anakin cried into his shoulder as Obi-Wan rubbed his back and whispered to him.
Once Anakin had his fill of comfort, he pulled back and looked in Obi-Wan’s eyes. “I’m sorry, Master, do you forgive me?”
“Of course, I do, my padawan.” Obi-Wan said smiling.
Anakin rolled his eyes and mumbled “Not your padawan.”
“You will always be my padawan, Anakin, no matter how old you get.” Obi-Wan said softly.
“Thank you for helping me, Master.”
“Anytime, dear one. But don’t let it happen again because I can always use the paddle.” Obi-Wan smirked.
“No! No-that won’t be necessary, Obi-Wan, I’ll be fine” Anakin exclaimed.
Obi-Wan chuckled at Anakin’s protests.
“Come here,” Obi-Wan said and ushered Anakin into his arms. “I’ll call Ahsoka back in, we can order in from Dex’s, and have a holofilm night. What do you say?”
“I’d enjoy that, Master.” Anakin muttered against Obi-Wan’s shoulder. “And Obi-Wan?”
“Hmm?” Obi-Wan questioned.
“I love you.” Anakin said.
Obi-Wan’s eyes filled with tears as he was sent back in time to a ten year old Anakin.
“I love you too, my padawan.”