#and she gets decimated for killing enemy soldiers for the sake of her mission at 16

[claremikas]

"we need more evil women in media!!!" yall can barely handle traumatized child soldiers who sometimes do slightly questionable things please sit down

[lurkingcrow]

Could I request from the mash up “accidentally saving the day” and Baby Fic (can absolutely be accidental baby acquisition if you want) and Obi-Wan/Satine, please?

You know what? My very strange brain took one look at these and went:

"Why not both?"

It's the middle of the Clone Wars and some badguy (I'd suspect Maul but this is far too indirect for his liking - it's probably either that mad scientist whatever his name is Evalo? or one of Dooku's generic minions) decides that the best way to defeat the Jedi is to take out General Kenobi.

Of course, he's rather hard to kill these days, which is why great effort is taken to find a method of time travel which would allow him to be taken out before he becomes a Jedi.

As it happens the point at which the device is ready coincides with one of Obi-Wan's trips to Mandalore, and he and Satine are in the middle of their typical verbal sparring when a madman comes running through and shoots some strange device at the General, rendering him immobile as a portal forms behind him which the intruder promptly jumps through.

Cody of course is seconds after him, having worked out instantly that this can NOT be a good thing. What is surprising is that, as he stumbles through the other side of the portal, Satine Kryze is right behind him.

He doesn't have the time to draw breath and ask what exactly she's thinking before the portal closes behind them, rendering them alone.

The fact that they are in the past soon becomes apparent, as is their need to co-operate and find their enemy before he does something catastrophic.

It's not smooth sailing. For all that he has absolute respect for authority, Cody is a soldier and Satine a pacifist. She is not his commanding officer and quite frankly he doesn't trust her decisions, particularly when the safety of his Jedi is on the line.

Satine meanwhile is very much out of her depth. She hadn't stopped to think before running after Obi-Wan's assailant, and now she's stuck in an unfamiliar environment with a man who embodies everything she philosophically opposes. She is perhaps a bit more curt than usual as a result.

Still, they have a mission, and between their bouts of disagreement (Cody is a master of passive aggressive sniping and Satine is in fine form herself) they manage to track down the time traveller.

Just in time to save the infant he was about to harm. Cody acts as an immediate distraction as Satine snatches the baby out of threatening arms and while she protects the precious bundle Cody starts on an epic beatdown. Alas, their enemy is cowardly and manages to throw a smoke bomb or similar and escape, leaving them alone...

With a baby. And the slain bodies of his former guardians.

"Who could do this to a child?!" Satine asks indignantly, softly bouncing the little redheaded boy in her arms, "What could possibly be so important as to mandate this monstrosity?"

Cody looks up from where he's been searching through the effects, and then back down at the datapad that had been tucked beneath a cloak.

"I think I know." He says, offering her the device, screen displaying its contents in bright array.

"JEDI CANDIDATE: OBI-WAN KENOBI"

...

They find some supplies as they figure out what to do next. Their enemy's purpose is now clear, they need to find a way to protect little Obi-Wan and find a way home without disrupting the timeline.

As Cody points out, their best bet to solve both problems is the same: deliver Obi-Wan Kenobi to the Temple on Coruscant where the Jedi can shelter him and perhaps provide them with advice on a way home.

Satine looks hesitant (a multitude of What Ifs going around in her head, perhaps Obi-Wan didn't NEED to be a Jedi?) before she nods her head in agreement.

Of course now they need to GET to the Temple without attracting attention. And they're not exactly high on resources.

Which means you now have a long road trip, Satine and Cody with Baby Obi in hand travelling by whatever cheap transportation they can find getting closer and closer to Coruscant, ever watchful for the foe they know is out there, following them.

Of course this gives a lot of time for Cody and Satine to talk. It's awkward. Two people with nothing in common but the man who was once/is the child they cradle so gently. But with no one else to turn to it happens.

They argue. Profusely. Over politics, ideals, passions. Cody is determined to make her see that whatever his origins he truly believes in the Republic, will do all he can to protect the people within it and that even if he had the choice he would still fight if it stopped Dooku's armies from overrunning planet after planet. Satine sets out to show him the long term consequences of this war, the concessions creeping in that erode the very foundations of society, that someone needs to take a stand against the thoughtless violence and warmongering etc etc.

That they both just want the war end, the Jedi to be able to return to being peacekeepers, is something that gives them common ground.

(Unstated is the deep and abiding adoration they both hold for a certain Jedi Master who had better damn well appreciate what they're doing for his sake)

They're completely taken aback the first time one of their fellow travellers tells them what an adorable son the have. They're still shocked the next trip when an old Tholothian pats Cody on the shoulder with a wry "Wives, huh?" following one of their tiffs. By the time the giggling teenage daughter of the freighter pilot compliments Satine on having "such a helpful husband" (Cody had diaper duty that day), they've decided to just roll with it. It makes a good cover, and if people are going to assume it anyway...

(For the record.Baby Obi-Wan is adorable and they both dote on him far too much. Neither is looming forward to giving him up, even if it means retuning to a version of him who doesn't wail so much whenever they get more than two steps away.)

There are a few near misses and almost disasters, they definitely get attacked by pirates at least once, and by the end of it both of them find themselves eyeing the other with great appreciation...

(Satine is a truly impressive shot, Cody kind of wants to stick her in front of the shinies and let her completely decimate their egos. And Cody's impressive athleticism and resourcefulness make Satine wonder what he'd look like in proper Mandalorian armour.)

There's some sort of final showdown on Coruscant, where they successfully manage to subdue their opponent and get possession of the time travel device, before reluctantly having to let Obi-Wan go back to where he belongs...

(There are tears. And kisses. And as they tuck the blanket around those little limbs and hand him and the datapad off to the rather confused Temple guard, Cody and Satine silently vow that one day their version of him will be just as content.)

From there it's just a matter of getting back to their time, and both of them feel more than a little reluctant. Despite it all, it's been nice to be free of the confines of duty, to just be a happy couple travelling the galaxy together.

Cody looks at Satine. She looks back. And then they reach for one another and allow themselves one single passionate kiss before time catches up with them.

"Thank you husband." "It's been a pleasure, wife."

And they step through the newly formed portal.

Life resumes.

The war continues ever onwards, and if Commander Cody of the 212nd happens to use his spare time to send messages back to Mandalore reassuring a certain Duchess of his and his General's continued welfare, then it's nobody's business but his own.

And if the Duchess of Mandalore seems to take more interest in the legal status of the GAR, starts looking at the laws regarding multiple consorts well, it's not a crime to dream.

Yet little changes until the fateful day Maul decides to launch his invasion and Obi-Wan Kenobi disobeys orders and heads to the Twilight...

Only to find Cody waiting for him. "Hurry up Sir, theres a lady waiting on us."

Obi-Wan protests of course but Cody is adamant and probably ends up ending the argument by kissing his Jedi into submission.

Obi-Wan kisses back of course, but they've got a Duchess to rescue and a planet to save and while I don't know the specifics, if they save Mandalore, how exactly they find out about the chips and prevent Order 66, but I know that one day Satine does indeed get to see her boys stand next to her in the armour of Clan Kryze that she so carefully picked out as their family celebrates around them.

And they live happily ever after.

:)