Sneaking along the corridors of The Death Star brought back memories to Obi-Wan, Aboard the Millenium Falcon he had told Han Solo "In my experience there is no such thing as luck" and he was right. Many times he had found himself in this same situation: Behind enemy lines but in all those other times Anakin had been with him...Not this time at least from a certain point of view.
Anakin was here he could sense it even before they boarded the Death Star, he could feel Anakin Skywalker's undeniable presence, he was close now...too close.
Then as he turned a corner he stepped back in time there he was face to face with a Sith lord as he had done many times before, only this time the Sith Lord had once been his brother.
He had been his friend, a friend he had left for dead in flames on Mustafar so long ago a decision that haunted him for a decsion he had long since made peace with.
Anakin had died. now Darth Vader Dark Lord Of The Sith Approached his former friend with crimson blade drawn, Obi-Wan ignited his own blade.
"I've been waiting for you Obi-Wan, We meet Again at last"
"He still talks like that" Obi-Wan noted. The dark side had changed many things but Anakin still maintained his flair for the dramatic.
"The circle is now complete when I left you I was but the learner Now I am the master" Vader said "The master? Anakin, you are nothing more then a slave" Obi-Wan thought, Anakin had come full circle he grew up a slave and now enslaved anew by the dark side "Only a master of evil Darth" Obi-Wan replied. Darth, the title given to the darkest Lords of the Sith. a title that would strike fear and dread into the hearts of many but now used as an insult to the former Jedi Darth: so have you chosen so shall you be named.
Their sabers clashed and the instinct kicked in here he was: Obi-Wan Kenobi Jedi Knight. no longer Ben Kenobi the crazy old wizard as he had been known for the past two decades. though the years had taken a toll on him and he was no longer a match for the powerful Sith Lord he was without a doubt Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The Sith Lord's moves were stiff and rigid could it have been that he was only playing with Kenobi? " Certainly he is not throwing everything he's got at me" Obi-Wan thought,
The fighting intensified but for only an instant, they stared at each other Obi-Wan could almost see behind the black mask but he knew he would no long recognize the man behind it. "You can't win Darth if you strike me down I shall become more powerful then you could possibly imagine" Obi-Wan said and he knew Anakin could imagine quite a bit.
Obi-Wan glanced to the side and noticed several Stormtroopers had gathered watching the fight. But they would not intervene "I hope they enjoy the show" he thought. Obi-Wan began to realize that this battle would soon be over, as if from the past a voice called to him
"Obi-Wan" it said he looked up but only saw the young face of young Luke Skywalker "Finish it" the voice said "Yes master"
Obi-Wan glanced at Luke then Vader Father and son and he smiled " If you only knew" he thought. This was it he closed his eyes and held his saber in front of him in a gesture of defeat. Obi-Wan breathed in taking in everything, his past, his friends everyone he knew everything he had done and Everything he was and he let go.
He didn't feel the blade he was already gone before it passed through him he could hear faintly Luke's cry of "No" before it echoed out into eternity he felt a great wave of sadness come over him but that too faded away. the sound of rushing wind came to his ears and the images of spinning stars that streaked by in clouds of many colors then a white light and silence and just an overwhelming sense of peace that he had not known before he was with the force engulfed in it he WAS the force and truly he was more powerful then even he could possibly have imagined.