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Sara_Kenobi Registered: Sep '00	Date Posted: 11/23/04 11:07am Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/23/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	I think it's good that Anakin is at least speaking to Obi-Wan, and giving some real thought to Ben. It might make him see what he was giving up in life with Padme, and with the Jedi too. And I feel bad for Ben. He's the last of all he knew, and he's not. He's at the place where everything begins for his family, and might not be around to see if it all work's out in the future. Great work! -----signature----- Flight of Raven's http://boards.theforce.net/non_star_wars_fan_fiction/b10808/30284518/p1/?0
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Ana_Labris Registered: Oct '00	Date Posted: 11/23/04 11:47am Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/23/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Leggo My Eggo, still alive? Heh, i miss seeing you name around here Wonderful post! I loved the Obi/Anakin interaction, I'm terribly glad you put those last few lines about the cold in there.. nods nods Great twist! I was almost expecting him to turn back already -----signature----- K.E.P.P. Agent #19! I am the one and only Angry Scientist. Darth Vader is my hero.
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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 11/23/04 4:59pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/23/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Kynstar Ahhh they all need hugs! The angst was so heavy in this one! Excellent work! Loved the descriptions and characterizations! Poor Obi But he is right, Anakin is to blame for the results of his falling. Ben will have to hold on to hope. For thru hope things can be accomplished. Great chapter!! Thanks. Yeah, they all do need hugs. Leggo My Eggo Wonderful post! I'm really enjoying this! Cool. Thanks Sara_Kenobi I think it's good that Anakin is at least speaking to Obi-Wan, and giving some real thought to Ben. It might make him see what he was giving up in life with Padme, and with the Jedi too. And I feel bad for Ben. He's the last of all he knew, and he's not. He's at the place where everything begins for his family, and might not be around to see if it all work's out in the future. Great work! Thanks. I know I'm putting them all through the ringer. Ana_Labris Leggo My Eggo, still alive? Heh, i miss seeing you name around here Wonderful post! I loved the Obi/Anakin interaction, I'm terribly glad you put those last few lines about the cold in there.. nods nods Great twist! I was almost expecting him to turn back already I'm glad you liked their talk. He's not going to give up the power he thinks he has now, not for anything. At the moment. -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 11/24/04 4:06pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/23/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Upping. -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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JediFalcon Registered: Feb '02	Date Posted: 11/25/04 9:11pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/23/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	awesome post I can't wait for more -----signature----- Rogue Three in FFC Rogue Wing, Ward rm #306 Council Member of the Lightside Master to Stridarious Crimson makes my heart go Master of BYS AHBY The Impeccably Patient Drugged-Out Lunatic of the Skies I wonder whats my purpose in life
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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 11/28/04 12:17am Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/23/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU - Date Edited: 11/28/04 12:26am (1 edits total) Edited By: ZaraValinor
	Here's more. It was as though a bug was twitching it’s way around her skin, causing her nerves to flare with a ticking itch. She couldn’t stand still. She was sure that both Luke and Leia could feel her agitations, after all they were the children born to the Jedi’s own vaunted Chosen One. After several hours of attempting to sooth them, she had left them in the care of Dorme, and had decided to walk off whatever was causing her skin to burn. She wore a simple gown, a long fur-lined robe kept her warm in the space-cold ship, and she had swept her hair in a simple braid that ran down the length of her back. A far cry from her usual aggrandized wardrobe. So much about her had changed since the Republic had fallen and had taken the heart of her husband with it. As she walked down the ship’s expressionless corridors, she toyed briefly about asking Obi-Wan and Yoda to allow her to see Anakin. It would not be the first time she had made the plea nor would it be the first time for it to be turned down. Obi-Wan stressing how important it was that Anakin stabilize before he could see her. Then there was the very obvious fact that she was no longer pregnant, that the tiny children she and Anakin had created had been born and were now being blocked from him. “Padme,” Bail pulled her from her reverie. He stood in front of a transparasteel viewport that looked in on the cargo hold of his starcruiser. “How are you feeling?” “Stronger,” she answered, sidling next to him and flickering her liquid brown-eyed gaze to the viewport. Her mouth turned down in a frown as she saw Ben Jade working through acrobatic maneuvers with Master Yoda. She had watched the young Jedi Padawan closely, since he had arrived with Anakin and Obi-Wan. It had struck her as strange the way both Jedi Masters, Yoda and Obi-Wan, sought confidence with the young man. And there was no doubt in her mind that he had convinced them to leave Dagobah and depart to whatever secret location she was not privy to. Then there had been his strange desire to see her children. The way he had gazed at Luke with such longing in his eyes. What would a Jedi Padawan see in such a small child? “He’s quite impressive isn’t he,” Bail pointed out, as Ben levered himself into a one-arm hand-stand. A heartbeat later, training probes encircled him. “Yes, very impressive,” she murmured, eyeing the sill form that miraculously remained upright. Bail must have heard the dubious tone to her voice. “You don’t like him?” “I don’t trust him,” Padme admitted, bunching her arms into the thickness of her robe. If she had exclaimed she was the Sith itself, Bail’s expression couldn’t have been more surprised then it was now. Bail revered the Jedi, held them to a light and greatness that she was sure any of them would feel uncomfortable under. Yet, he quickly recovered from his surprise. No doubt, in the wake of Anakin’s betrayal, realizing how easy it was during these dark times, for even the light in one so young to be snuffed out. “What makes you question him?” Bail asked. She shook her head, feeling that itching crawl. “It’s nothing I can pinpoint. He appears to have an unlikely sway over the Jedi,” she answered, thinking of Palpatine and how terribly he had manipulated her. “And hiss arrival is timed too coincidentally with Anakin’s retrieval. He’s incredibly strong, even I can see that.” “And yet?” Suddenly Ben leapt out of his handstand, even as the probe droids simultaneously fired on him, his lightsaber igniting in his hand as he spun out of their direction, an azure ambient light. “And yet...vulnerable,” she thought out loud as she observed his strong strokes. “Reminds me of Anakin at that age,” Obi-Wan said, suddenly behind her. He too gazed upon the young Jedi with a fond smile on his face. Was she right to believe that he was being manipulated by a young man who reminded him too much of the boy he had lost? “The strength and the vulnerability.” “You would know that better then I,” she commented with feigned nonchalance. “After all he entrusts you with all his little secrets,” she snipped snidely. Obi-Wan’s eyes held such a baleful glare at that moment. “I would not speak of secrets if I were you m’lady.” His meaning was so implicit that it made Padme take a step back from him. How easily he had cut her with such simple words. Bail frowned at the both of them, caught between friendship. “It was truly good fortune that you were able to rescue him, Obi-Wan.” An enigmatic smile graced the bearded face. “An act of the Force.” “I want to see Anakin,” Padme burst in. “We’ve already discussed this,” Obi-Wan countered. “Not until both Yoda and I feel that is safe to you and the children. Once Anakin knows you are with us and the children have been born, Palpatine could possibly know it. How long do you think it will take for him to come after them, especially with Anakin in his condition? Do you really want to put them in that sort of danger?” She returned his pointed gaze with a fiery one of her own. “And how do you know we can trust this Jade? How do you know, he hasn’t already sold out my twins? You? And Anakin?” “I know,” Obi-Wan affirmed simply. “Perhaps if you could learn to trust me, this wouldn’t be an issue.” “As you always trusted me,” she shot back, heatedly. “It would seem, I had merit in my distrust, m’lady,” he replied, his tone matching hers. “It was not only Anakin who betrayed me.” She gasped, tears springing to her eyes. Obi-Wan had been a friend to her during the long years of the Clone Wars. From Anakin, she’d learned that he had covered for the two of them, somewhat unknowingly, in the last three years. In his own way, Obi-Wan had loved them both. How hard it must be for him now, with her recriminations and Anakin’s blatant rebellion. Yet she could not help her distrust of the situation. Palpatine had been charming, a father figure to help her alone with rough courses of diplomacy. He had sprung the seeds of the Dark Side in Anakin, cultivated it until her husband was nearly unrecognizable, and had driven the galaxy from a place of peace and justice, into a universe of tyranny. It would not be difficult to turn a young boy into the seeds of their destruction. “I...” she breathed. “Obi-Wan.. I..” She was cut off by the sound of a whirring door. Ben and Yoda walked out into the corridor, Ben pulling his tunic over his bare chest. For a brief moment she caught a tatoo on his upper right arm. Circular, black and faded, it contained some sort of creature on it, unlike anything she’d ever seen before. Ben’s oceanic eyes looked between the three adults and narrowed in scrutiny. “What’s wrong? Is it Luke? Leia? Has Anakin done something?” Again, Padme could not ignore the nature of Ben’s questions. He paid too much attention to her small family. “No, Ben, just a small disagreement,” Obi-Wan answered, avoiding Padme’s questioning eyes. He knew what lay beneath Ben Jade’s facade, yet he would not answer her questions about the boy. Ben deflated with relief, his shoulders slumping longer then they should have. It was these moments that Padme felt an undeniable urge to wrap her arms around the boy, to protect him from whatever bowed his back. Silent manipulation came in all sorts of forms. Palpatine had played the caring grandfather. Did Ben play the vulnerable child? “Eat. Go eat,” Yoda urged the young Jedi. “No more will I teach you today.” “I think I’ll join you, Ben,” Obi-Wan said. “Bail, Master Yoda, m’lady.” “You must allow her to know the truth,” Obi-Wan said, as he forked his rice. Ben chewed and swallowed a mouthful. He grabbed his recycled water and let it rinse the residue in his mouth. The training session with Master Yoda had left him drained, yet for the first time in a long while, he felt the poison threading in his own blood retreat. He wasn’t cured, but it was a step in holding off the pain. “And how will I convince her of the truth, when Anakin still doubts it?” Ben pressed. “It’s not like I can show her the future, what would have been. She dies in that version. My father never even knew her. And why stop at Padme. Why not tell Bail, the whole Jedi Order. They’ll have me locked up with Anakin. I’m too young to go insane.” “Where do you get this flippancy?” Obi-Wan asked, shaking his head ruefully. “My mother,” Ben answered, and the jocular tone fled his voice. “She could flay the hide off a Hutt with her tongue. Not the prettiest mental picture. But she wasn’t one for finery. She loved ships, though. As a wedding present my father built her a ship. Of course, the Vong eventually tore it apart. It seemed impossible my father had any duties as a Jedi, considering the starcuriser’s they went through.” Suddenly, Ben was aware of his memory trip. He gave Obi-Wan a chagrin look. “Sorry, I sometimes fear that I’ll forget them entirely.” Obi-Wan looked down at his food, a sadness falling over him. “Anakin, once said something similar to me. He feared forgetting his mother.” “You spoke with him the other day,” Ben ventured, watching the older man’s features. “I did,” the Jedi Master said simply, a hundred meanings in those two short words. Ben took another pull of water. “How did it go?” Shrugging, the Jedi Master scratched his beard in delayed thought. “Better then the two of us trying to kill each other.” “I let him die,” Ben said bluntly. Questioningly, Obi-Wan cocked an eyebrow at him. “You let who die?” “My father,” Ben answered, pushing his rice from him. “I wasn’t the most obedient son or apprentice. I had my own thoughts and I voiced them often. My father was good to hear me out and weather my tantrums. But when the Yuuzhan Vong were so close upon us there was never a greater time I wanted to disobey. I even pulled my lightsaber on him.” Ben snorted at Obi-Wan’s wide-eyed expression. “Doesn’t make much sense does it? But I wanted him to live and I thought I could force him to come with me.” “He told me I had to survive and he pulled the only thing that I could not ignore,” Ben continued. “The Force. He taught me to trust in it’s will, to follow the goodness in it’s guidance. He knew both paths, so did my mother, they knew the light from the dark and they instilled it in me. When I reached out for it, it knew. It told me I had to go one. I had to be the one to survive. So I got on our ship and I took off and I left my father to be slaughtered.” He saw the sympathy on Obi-Wan’s face, the need to come up with something to sooth away the pain. “It is always difficult to loose the one’s who raise us.” “I didn’t tell you that, to get you to feel sorry for me, Obi-Wan. I told you the truth, because there’s a lesson in it. The very foundation of my father’s Order. Love is the most powerful feeling in the galaxy, it can be he greatest strength and the most debilitating of weaknesses. But it can be tempered by the Force. I loved my father,” Ben closed his eyes as pain welled up inside of him. “But my loyalty was to the Force. A loyalty my father’s love instilled in me” “The truth is Obi-Wan. Every feeling from love to hate to feigned indifference has it’s dangers. We choose how we use them. We choose whether they become the things that bare us up or the banes that tear us down.” He older Jedi looked into his eyes. “Is this what your father had that I did not? Is this what aided him in bringing Anakin back, where I failed?” Ben shook his head. “I don’t know. You and Master Yoda were both instrumental in my father’s training. Perhaps you’ve only missed the truest meaning of your lessons. And I hope in that you find the way to my grandfather. The galaxy depends on it.” -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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PadawanKitara Registered: Dec '01	Date Posted: 11/28/04 12:40am Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Finally returned to civilization and a computer. It may take a while to get caught up. So yo0u might see me lurking out of the corner of your eye. -----signature----- Courtier of the Royal Order of Shambling Dufi We are Dufi...Resistance is Futile! UCLA BRUINS
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Jeditheskyisblue Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 11/28/04 8:48am Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Obi-wan is still upset at Padme huh? -----signature----- It's Never To Late... http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=2214874&page=1 Is It To Late?(Sequel INTL) http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=2638672&replies=1 It Wasn't A Mistake(L/M) http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=2398787
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RebelMom Title: TFF Secretary Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 11/28/04 3:05pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	I think Ben should at least tell Grandma. Any mother would be leery of his obsession with her babies. -----signature----- Short Story: Pressure Point http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/26961243/p1/?7 Jacen Solo and Anakin Skywalker - as it should have been. TFF: Cheryl
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JediFalcon Registered: Feb '02	Date Posted: 11/28/04 4:00pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	yeah I think Ben needs to tell her nods more soon -----signature----- Rogue Three in FFC Rogue Wing, Ward rm #306 Council Member of the Lightside Master to Stridarious Crimson makes my heart go Master of BYS AHBY The Impeccably Patient Drugged-Out Lunatic of the Skies I wonder whats my purpose in life
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Kynstar Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 11/28/04 4:14pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Poor Obi... still trying to figure out why he failed in keeping Anakin from falling to the DS. Well perhaps with Ben around that'll change. And yeah Ben should come clean...Padme has a right to be leery of those obsessed with her young'uns. I agree she has a right to know Great chapter -----signature----- Paddy sis to t_s & SarkaVrae/Master to hyperspace_police Member of Rebel Legion and Jedi Assembly (Kynstar Lans) Only thru fear, hatred, and pain will the true power of the Force be revealed. See stories/viggies in bio
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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 11/28/04 8:08pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	PadawanKitara Finally returned to civilization and a computer. It may take a while to get caught up. So yo0u might see me lurking out of the corner of your eye. I'll keep my eyes peeled. Jeditheskyisblue Obi-wan is still upset at Padme huh? I think it would definitely hurt. From what I've seen of Episode III, Obi-Wan and Padme appear to be more friendly. It would only make sense that finding out the secrets she kept from him would cut him very deeply, if not the same as Anakin's betrayal. RebelMom I think Ben should at least tell Grandma. Any mother would be leery of his obsession with her babies. I think Ben's hesitency comes from wanting her to remain as innocent in this as possible. He sees her softness but does not know the core of her. He just wants to protect her, but doesn't realize he's making her suspicious of him. JediFalcon yeah I think Ben needs to tell her nods more soon He just might have to. Kynstar Poor Obi... still trying to figure out why he failed in keeping Anakin from falling to the DS. Well perhaps with Ben around that'll change. And yeah Ben should come clean...Padme has a right to be leery of those obsessed with her young'uns. I agree she has a right to know Great chapter Essentially, despite the Jedi's rule against attachment, Obi-Wan is a father. And any father who has lost a son would wonder what it was they could have done differntly to change that. Deep down that why Vader couldn't let Luke die. All parents want to know that they made it possible for their children to become better people. -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 11/29/04 4:44pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Upping. -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 11/30/04 10:56pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Should be a post tommorrow. -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 12/1/04 8:15pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 11/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU - Date Edited: 12/1/04 8:15pm (1 edits total) Edited By: ZaraValinor
	i]Darkness swirled around him. He could feel the grit of mining dust, could feel the collar that had kept him aboard the mining yacht, scratch irritably against his skin. Thankfully, it was deactivated for the moment due to Qui-Gon Jinn’s great skill. In their hurried silence, Obi-Wan’s heart rapt in his ears, until he was sure each and every vein would burst with the pressure. Xanatos, the Jedi Master’s fallen apprentice, was going to destroy the entire planet of Bandomeer, covering up his illegal activities and killing thousands of beings in the process. This was everything he’d thought a mission would be like, had even dreamt about as he lay in his bunk in the Temple. He could almost hear the buzz of his model starfighters circling over his head. But in so many ways, this was unlike anything he had ever imagined. In his dream he always came flying in at the last moment or blocked that crucial shot with his lightsaber. Right then as he felt Qui-Gon’s frantic thoughts bump against his own, he’d never been more helpless in his life. He wasn’t a Jedi, all this training seemed inadequate. People were going to die. And he was only an inexperienced child. His eyes flickered to Qui-Gon, who was doing his own estimation of the area, looking for any possible escape. But Obi-Wan knew, he’d been working the mining tunnels for days and how volatile an explosion an ignited lightsaber could do in a closed tunnel and enough stale gas. The other slaves on the mining yacht had not been hesitant in explaining the unlikelihood of their survival. Obi-Wan turned back to the shut door, his skin brushing against the near razor edge of the slave collar. Inspiration dawned and he shuddered. Slowly, he reached into his tunic and pulled out the remote that would activate his collar. It was then that the Jedi Master realized he was dreaming. The trial of his youth was long past over and this was only a flicker of synopsis causing him to relive a part of his life that had been both struggle and reward. Lucid now, Obi-Wan allowed the dream to play out. He remembered turning to Qui-Gon then and declaring his brave and incredibly naive plan to save the planet of Bandomeer. But as he turned this time, he found Anakin in Qui-Gon’s place. It was not Anakin as he was now; jilted and given to anger and hatred. This was Anakin as he had been, on the cusp of becoming a Jedi as young Obi-Wan had been when Qui-Gon Jinn accepted him as his apprentice. He stood with his hands at his side, dressed in his customary brown and black Jedi garb, his hair shorn to the Padawan style, no longer long and wavy, his head considering Obi-Wan at a tilt. “Anakin,” he breathed, a line forming between his brows as he squinted in the pale light. “Why don’t you open the door?” Anakin asked, the pace of his words, slow, milky, and deliberate. Confused, Obi-Wan shook his head. “This isn’t how it happened,” he argued. “You weren’t even born yet.” “Does it matter?” Now there was the lilting smile, the cocky grin. An image of Ben Skywalker flashed before the exit. “Time is running out.” “Xanatos is gone,” the next denial tore out of Obi-Wan’s voice. Disappointed, Anakin said, “You’re still missing the point.” Unaccustomed to his former apprentice speaking in riddles, Obi-Wan felt his irritation rise. “What exactly is the point, Anakin?” “Are you going to use that?” the younger man asked, jerking his head at the remote still clutched in Obi-Wan’s hand. “You must decide.” Was Anakin to be concentrated on killing him even in his dreams? “The circle needs to be complete,” he exclaimed, pointing to the half-circle that had been Xanatos’ trademark. When I left you I was but the learner. Now I am the Master, a menacing voice, breathed in a rhythmic hiss. He saw the flash of a red lightsaber, a cloak fluttering lifeless to a sterile floor. “It is nearly finished,” the young Jedi pointed out, scratching his neck thoughtfully. “Will you open it?” Obi-Wan asked. Back in his youth it had taken the power of both himself and Qui-Gon to complete the circle. In answer Anakin walked to the blast doors and pressed his hand to the metal. Skin went through metal as the wind cut through the branches of trees. With a child-like smile, Anakin took his hand out and waved it towards Obi-Wan. “It takes two,” Obi-Wan admitted. A blink and Anakin had vanished, leaving him alone in the mining tunnel. “No,” he muttered and walked to the half circle emblazoned on metal. He put his hand on it and focused his will on the door. He would not lose Anakin again, especially not in the enigma of his own mind. The two ends, the edges of the near complete circle began to slink towards one another. But just as those opposite ends were to meet, his own power gave out and he could not make complete the circle. “No! Dammit!” He didn’t know what lay behind that door but he knew it was better then the darkness enveloping him. He had to believe in a better world. “Master, please,” he begged for the first time of the dead. Silence echoed his plea and he punched at the metal, the unyielding rock. He felt the darkness lick at his frustration, promising him easy power, enough to complete that circle. A hand clamped on his shoulder. “You cannot fight the darkness like that.” Ben Skywalker grabbed his hand. “I’m here to help.” Grasping the future Jedi’s hand was like holding sand, but eventually he got them positioned over the near-circle. With the power of two, Obi-Wan caused the ends to meet and the door hissed. He stumbled back as the slabs of metal spurted apart. Behind lay Anakin, as he was now, restrained in his cell. “Sometimes it is as simple as opening the door,” his Masters’ voice reverberated in his mind.[/i] “You’re joking,” Ben gasped, as Obi-Wan finished laying out his plan. Cocking an eyebrow, the older Jedi replied, “This from the boy who traveled back through time on the whims of Force-visions.” Grunting begrudgingly, Ben said, “I had no other choice. It was either travel through time or let the Jedi become extinct.” Anger clouded Ben’s next words. “You release Anakin and you put everyone on this ship in danger. We’re talking about my father and my aunt. Innocence in this.” “I’ve trusted you, Ben. Against everything logical thought would tell me, I’ve trusted you. I understand that you fear for your family, but need I remind you that Anakin is a part of it,” Obi-Wan chastised gently. “All I ask is you return a little of that trust to me.” “A little? I suppose you think an asteroid is just a little obstacle,” Ben shot facetiously. A sly smile turned the corners of Obi-Wan’s mouth. “From a certain point of view.” Ben groaned. “Now I see where my father got it.” He eyes the older Jedi with his oceanic orbs. “Alright. But either you or I are with him at all times. Agreed?” “Agreed.” -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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