Hello readers! Please bear with me with the whole Anakin switching to Vader and back to Anakin thing (it was kinda hard for me to say who exactly was talking). I sadly do not own Star Wars or any of the character. Without further ado, enjoy!
I'm doing this for Padmé, Anakin reasoned to himself as he observed the dead bodies of the Separatist council. The fallen Jedi strode to a particular council member and loomed over the body. "Lord Sidious, promised us peace!" The slimy Neimoidian fearfully spoke to Anakin- now Darth Vader. Nute Gunray died moments later. Anakin and Vader never felt an ounce of pity for that scumbag. Gunray wanted his angel dead and he got what he deserved.
A sudden blare inside the chamber alerted Vader to an incoming ship. Examining a console that had the readout of the ship, the dark lord grimaced. General Grievous. I guess the old man didn't make sure the bucket of bolts stayed dead. Vader mused as he headed out of the blast doors with his lightsaber at the ready.
Darkness. That's what Obi-Wan felt at the pit of his stomach as he neared a landing pad. Molten lava spewed from the lava beds below the platform and offered the Negotiator a metaphoric glimpse of what might transpire between him and his fallen brother. A shadow brought Obi-Wan to the attention of a dark cloaked figure heading towards the ship. The familiar glint of a lightsaber hilt was held in front of the figure.
"General Grievous!" The shadow yelled as it neared. As the figure came closer, Obi-Wan saw golden eyes full of mad power and greed. Right then, the Jedi master was at a loss for words. Seeing Anakin slaughter their Jedi brothers and sisters was one thing, but witnessing the sweet and innocent nine-year old turn into an unrecognizable monster was entirely different.
Twisted by the dark side, young Skywalker had become. The boy you trained, gone he is, consumed by Darth Vader. Yoda's words echoed in his mind.
Obi-Wan gave a shaky breath. Darth Vader or not, Anakin is strong and he will defeat this monster controlling him. I know he will. Mentally preparing himself for the confrontation, he failed to notice the ship's alert of an incoming star skiff. Or so help me, I will die trying.
"Come out here, you coward! The war is over and you have no army!" Vader taunted at the stationary ship. When the ships canopy rose, Vader expressed shock as Obi-Wan Kenobi came out of the cyborg general's ship. "Obi-Wan?" The initial surprise was swept away and was replaced by unfathomable anger.
"This madness ends now," Obi-Wan called out, still maintaining his trademark diplomatic expression. The two were starting to circle each other.
Barely containing the rising rage, Vader sneered, "You should be dead. Along with the rest of the traitorous Jedi Order!"
"What had the Order done to be branded traitors after all of the sacrifices we gave in this war?" Obi-Wan questioned.
"They tried to overthrow the Chancellor and gain the power for themselves," Vader reasoned with venom laced in his voice. "They kept me from protecting the people that I love…You prevented me from saving my mother! Her death was your fault!"
Vader's words had cut deep in Obi-Wan. The ugly truth was that it was true, from a certain point of view. Obi-Wan had brushed off Anakin's premonitions of his mother dying and told the boy that it would pass in time. "What do you want me to say Anakin? That I shouldn't have told you to ignore the dreams? That you should've gone to Tatooine earlier?"
"You were supposed to let go of attachments Anakin! Keeping attachments can lead you to the dark side and yet you broke the staple rule of the Jedi Code," the Jedi master continued.
Vader sent off waves of frustration that bothered Obi-Wan for a moment. "It's always the code with you! You can't have attachments Anakin, this. Be mindful of your feelings, that. I'm sick of you and your constant criticism! I was never good enough for you!" Vader snarled as he let his cloak fall to the metal ground.
"Anakin —" Obi-Wan started. Anakin's words had hurt him.
"Anakin is dead, old man. Why can't you see that?" Vader roared, his eyes nearly rivaling the molten color of the Mustafar lava.
"You were fed lies, Anakin, twisted lies engineered to supplement your fall. They were made to make you mistrustful and bitter," Obi-Wan snapped back. Vader refused to listen and looked away from his former master.
"The masters feared me, they said that I was prideful and arrogant, but I saw through their thinly veiled comments. I was too powerful. They were holding me back, away from my true potential. They stopped me from fulfilling my true destiny," Vader hissed as he gripped his lightsaber tighter.
Obi-Wan felt horrified and challenged, "And what destiny is that Anakin? Being recorded in history as the betrayer of the Jedi Order? The most feared man in the entire galaxy? What would Padmé think?" Vader flinched at the sound of his wife's name and couldn't contain the seething anger inside him. "What would your mother think?"
"Shut up!" Vader snarled as he lunged at Obi-Wan with his azure blade activated in his hand.
I'm sorry if you guys felt like this ended in a cliffy. I would like to thank all of you for the reviews and they were inspiring enough for me to add this chapter. -RC-1197