To Tame the Storm
by epithree

Genre: AU

Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Asajj Ventress

Timeline: The Clone Wars

Summary: Obi-Wan confronts Asajj at Kamino.

Disclaimer: Star Wars is not mine. Just playing with the sand.

1

Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi patted Arfour's wet dome as he hopped out of his trusty starfighter. A look of urgency was etched across his face. "Arfour, send the message that I've arrived," Obi-Wan commanded to the droid while pulling up his tunic hood.

Arfour beeped an affirmative, but the pensive Jedi didn't take notice, for he was already halfway along the durasteel pathway that led to the clone facilities. Even the pelting rains did not distract the Jedi master. He was consumed by thought, pondering the intricacies of his current mission.

Thunder rolled in the distance as Obi-Wan arrived at the automatic doors. They opened with a whoosh as lightning flashed across the expansive ocean. During the hyperspace trip, he had wondered which dark acolyte he would be facing, and now he knew.

There was no doubt. Ever since he had set foot on the circular landing pad, Obi-Wan had sensed that Asajj Ventress was here at Kamino. The Jedi master had come to recognize her force signature easily, due to their multiple confrontations.

Obi-Wan removed his hood as the doors slid closed behind him. There was no one in the circular, white room. No Kaminoans. No clones. 'That's curious,' he mused to himself while stroking his dripping beard.

Earlier that week, the confederacy had ambushed the republic's post at Rishi. All signs pointed to a Kamino invasion. However, the Jedi never expected to find out that an acolyte had infiltrated the facilities at Kamino this early.

Just yesterday, clone intelligence had relayed a message from deep within the facility that a dark Jedi had been sighted. Taun We had confirmed that sighting, with accounts from ten different Kaminoans.

Prior to Obi-Wan's trip, the Jedi had lost all communication with the clone facilities. Before sending in a team of clonetroopers and several Jedi, Obi-Wan had been selected to infiltrate and survey. The republic was completely in the dark about the situation, and it was Obi-Wan himself who recommended that he go alone.

Obi-Wan dropped into a meditative position and reached out through the force. 'Ventress,' he reflected. After a moment, Kenobi was fairly confident that he could trace her whereabouts by meditating.

Unexpectedly, Obi-Wan experienced a vision through the force. He could see Asajj Ventress quite clearly, her white skin camouflaged by a surrounding white chamber of some sort.

The Jedi master concentrated hard, and the vision became clearer. One by one, he noticed cylindrical transparisteel pods popping up throughout his mental picture, until there were thousands.

Asajj was surrounded by them. 'Those are the clone pods!' Obi-Wan realized. Each pod contained a newly grown clone. He now knew that Asajj was located in one of the clone containment units deep within the facility, but before he opened his eyes, Obi-Wan noticed that Asajj Ventress was holding something.

It was a very large plasteel detonation pack. "No!" Obi-Wan exclaimed as he opened his eyes. He was on his feet in an instant, sprinting towards the deeper modules of Tipoca city. The Jedi enhanced his speed with the force, and hoped that his vision was of the future. A future that he could stop.

~to be continued