Author's Note: Okay, I am not crazy and starting another series, I finished this a year or two ago, which explains it's bad quality. I am working on a sequel series to it though which is fun, and I would like to share. To understand it though, you have to read this piece of junk first. My friend IRL who edited this for me (Thank you so much!) claims it's not that bad, but I resent that. So, here it is. There will be another story after this to complete the arc, then I have another arc in my files which starts directly after this one ends. Considering they're all pretty much completed, UPDATES WILL BE REGULAR! You may all celebrate that;-P Enjoy, and sadly I do not own star wars, if I did there would be another season of the clone wars and.. well, let's just not dwell on what could be.
Alone
Part I
Obi-Wan stood on the flight deck, waiting for the Padawans on duty to finish prepping his fighter. In this case, those Padawans were Ahsoka and Ben, who had recently started helping out on the flight deck, when they weren't on missions, that is. Anakin stood nearby watching the Padawans and going through a checklist that, Obi-Wan suspected, he had memorized when he was six. "Did you check the vents to make sure they're clear?"
"Only a dozen times." Ahsoka answered.
"Make it a baker's dozen."
"Master," Ahsoka groaned, sticking her head out from under the fighter, but Anakin had moved on.
"Did you make sure the power cells were charged?" he asked Ben. Ben looked down at him from the cockpit.
"Yes Master Skywalker."
"And the gas? You did fill the tank…"
"Yes Master Skywalker."
"Not too high though, might cause an explosion…"
"Anakin," Obi-Wan cut in, "it's all right. Clee Rhara herself instructed them, not to mention all the 'tips' you give them every time we go off-world."
Anakin turned away from the Padawans, much to their relief.
"I can't help it." Anakin answered. "You're going off solo without even Ben to keep you safe. What will I tell Satine?"
Obi-Wan frowned. "Nothing. She's busy on Mandalore, and what makes you think she'd answer a com from you?"
Anakin ignored the comment. "And I don't understand why I can't go along."
Obi-Wan sighed, preparing to go over the same speech he'd said at least ten times since that morning.
"Because, it's an infiltration mission, into the heart of enemy territory and I'm going to be right under the Separatists' noses, and by Separatists I mean Grievous and possibly Dooku."
Ahsoka crawled out from under the fighter at the same time Ben leaped down from the cockpit; the two barely avoided a collision.
"Ship's prepped." Ben said.
Obi-Wan tossed his bag into the cockpit. "I shouldn't be gone long." he told them. He placed a hand on Ben's shoulder. "Keep up your training and work on Form 9."
Ben nodded. "I will Master."
Obi-Wan smiled. "I'll be fine, I might even come back in disguise to surprise you." He eyed Anakin, who was grinning.
"Don't worry," Anakin said. "I won't post any holopics outside the Temple, no promises about Siri."
"On second thought, maybe not," Obi-Wan said, climbing into his fighter.
The fighter lifted off the platform and flew off into the sky.
"Come on." Ahsoka said, motioning toward more fighters. "We have work to do."
Ben nodded absently, still looking after the fighter.
"Well," Anakin said, "I'm going to break into Obi-Wan's room. See ya later."
"That might be a bit tricky," Ben said, "he changed the codes." Cue the grin, he thought.
Grinning, Anakin replied, "Then if I want to have it cracked by dinner I'd better get going." Then he headed for the turbolift.
Ben took one last look at the sky before getting back to work.
One week later
Ben closed the door behind him. A sigh escaped him at the thought of the quiet that dominated the quarters. He had just finished a very enlivening dinner with Shaniel, Zaina, Barriss, Ahsoka and Tristan. Anakin had been off trying to unravel how he had ended up signed up to teach the initiates galactic history. It had been fun but Ben hadn't been able to truly enjoy it. Obi-Wan was still gone and they hadn't heard from him in a long while.
Ben was yanked back from his thoughts by the chime of his com. He quickly opened the channel.
"Padawan Kenobi." It was Mace Windu. "You're wanted at the council chamber."
"I'll be there." Ben said and left the quarters.
When he got to the waiting room he was surprised to find Anakin there. "What are you doing here?" Ben asked.
Anakin looked away from the window. "I'd ask the same of you." he said. "Do you know what this is about?"
Ben shook his head and Anakin turned back to the window. "I have a bad feeling about this." he muttered.
The doors slid open and the two entered, taking the customary place in the center of the room facing Windu and Yoda. There was no formal greeting and what Windu had to say froze their blood.
"Obi-Wan's missing, possibly dead."
TBC
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