"Yes, I will get you back," Obi-Wan whispered aloud. "I will try to save you until your dying breath… until our dying breath."

Vader woke up some time later. Obi-Wan watched, invisible, as Vader looked around the room. He seemed satisfied with what he saw (or what he didn't see, assuming he was checking if Obi-Wan was still there) and went about his business getting suited up with his life support. Right before he finished Obi-Wan unmasked his presence to him once again. Vader flinched a bit in surprise, though he was far more composed then when Obi-Wan had first shown himself. Vader finished getting ready to leave his life support pod by putting on the last piece of his helmet. Obi-Wan furrowed his brows.

"So you're just going to ignore me then?" He inquired. Vader stiffened.

"That's the plan." He replied after a pause, checking something on a computer and shutting it down before opening the pod before going on his way.

"Oh please, you've never been one for planning. We both know that." Obi-Wan said to him as he quickly sat up from his spot on the floor and followed Vader before he could get dragged. Vader didn't respond to this. He seemed content to actually go through with his plan. Obi-Wan huffed at this reaction. He might have to relearn how his padawan works. Vader seemed much more content with saying as little as possible than he ever remembered Anakin to be.

Obi-Wan decided that he disliked being ignored, especially because he hadn't been around many people for the last twenty years. Having someone finally in front of you who refuses to acknowledge your existence tends to make people a bit more annoyed with you.

"Fine, I can do all the talking for you. Goodness knows you used to do enough talking for both of us as a padawan." Obi-Wan stated. There was truth in the words. Obi-Wan hadn't been the best master to Anakin, and one of his mistakes was that the never talked. Sure, Obi-Wan would lecture him, but that wasn't what Anakin usually needed. Near the end of his training, Obi-Wan had finally begun to understand that. His pride kept him from saying anything about it though. He wasn't going to let something as vile as his own pride keep away his friend this time.

"Y'know, I never apologized," said Obi-Wan. Vader glanced in his direction for a second but continued walking to his destination. 'A small reaction, but a reaction nonetheless.' He mused. He then continued on. "I never apologized for a lot of things, I'm afraid. I never really knew how to go about it, so I guess I apologize for that too." He glanced back at Vader, looking for a reaction. He showed none physically, but Obi-Wan could feel confusion coming off of him in spirals. He was going to continue, but Vader had made it to his destination, a control room. A man with a vile looking soul was staring at a large view screen.

"Are they away?" The man asked. Obi-Wan instantly knew who they were talking about.

"They have just made the jump into hyperspace," Vader confirmed. How did Vader know that?

"You're sure the homing beacon is secure aboard their ship? I'm taking an awful risk, Vader. This had better work."

'Homing beacon?' Obi-Wan cursed silently. 'Luke and Leia are leading them right to the base!'

"We're not going to be able to reach the base for another thirty minutes, but this is a good day for the Empire. It'll be long remembered." The man continued.

"Indeed," Vader replied tonelessly. This troubled Obi-Wan. He wished he could do something to stop this, it looked like this war would be over sooner than he thought. "I will start preparations for assembling the TIE Fighters." Vader continued as he turned away.

Obi-Wan wasn't able to do much during this time, as the only person who could see him was currently occupied, and doing a very good job at ignoring his presence completely. The minutes seemed to drag on. Obi-Wan couldn't help but fret over Luke and Leia. While he didn't know Leia personally, the time he spent with Luke made his heart ache even more for the twins. Suddenly the world around him jolted. The battle had begun, and it looked like the Rebels had known that they were coming and decided to use that to their advantage to make the first move.

Obi-Wan watched at Vader took charge of the troops and couldn't help but be in awe of it. He knew that his friend had been a good general during the clone wars, but it still shocked him to see parts of Anakin in this man. 'At least this is something that stayed the same. He can still lead well,' Obi-Wan mused. 'Actually that's not the best thing right now,' Obi-Wan realized, as Darth Vader was literally commanding the troopers to kill the people fighting for peace.

"Sir, we're losing badly, and our reinforcements haven't been much help." A woman dressed in gear that flaunted her rank said. "What should we do?"

"I will go out there myself," Vader replied. He hailed a few troopers and strode to a nearby TIE Fighter.

"Wait, you're flying?" Obi-Wan protested. He looked inside, but there was only room for one. Vader got inside and made quick work of closing the hatch. Was… was that a wave? Did he just wave goodbye to him? Vader intended to leave him here! 'Not on my watch,' Obi-Wan thought. 'I won't be dragged about in space like a rag doll.' He made quick work of becoming entirely one with the force and projected his thoughts to Vader. "There's no way you're getting rid of me that easy!"

"It was worth a shot," Vader growled before taking off, along with two troopers. 'Well, at least he's talking to me again.' Obi-Wan thought grumpily.

They quickly make it to the main point of the battle right by the hull of the Death Star. It wasn't long before Vader's flying made Obi-Wan sick, as it usually does. Suddenly Obi-Wan felt sick in a different way. He could sense fear, but it wasn't coming from Vader. Obi-Wan hadn't been able to get much of a reading from anyone but Vader since he died. Except… 'Except from Luke…' He thought with dread. Now that he thought about it there was no mistaking it, Luke's force signature was almost as strong as his father's. 'Luke is on the battlefield.'

How in the galaxy was he to stop them from killing each other? If Obi-Wan had hands right now he's be putting his head in them. Obi-Wan glanced at Vader as he mercilessly killed a Rebel in an X-Wing. He took a breath.

"Vader, if you've ever trusted me at all, ever, with anything; you're going to want to at most cripple the Rebel ships, and not kill any of the pilots."

"And why would I want to do that?" Vader scoffed as he shot down another X-Wing. Obi-Wan winced, but was relieved when he didn't feel Luke's signature go out.

"I promise you, if a specific pilot dies today, it will only bring you pain." Obi-Wan pressed as he watched Vader shoot down another pilot. Vader glanced in the direction Obi-Wan's voice was coming from and hesitated enough for one of pilots to slip away. That would have to do for now.

Obi-Wan focused on Luke. If he could feel him specifically, there may be a chance he could contact him. After all, Luke was the person he had originally tried to bond with. He concentrated and projected his thoughts as loud as he could.

"Luke! Can you hear me?" He felt the force around him shift a bit, and the fear was overshadowed by confusion for a moment. Good. "This is Ben, you'll have to trust you're instincts! Use the force, Luke." There was an explosion nearby and Vader did a particularly risky move to get out of it, rocking the TIE Fighter in the process. Obi-Wan continued with difficulty. "I don't know if I'll be able to contact you again, and if you get out of this alive, find Jedi Master Yoda. He's currently located on Dagobah, he'll take some convincing, but he can train you. Trust in the force Luke!"

Obi-Wan doubted that Luke had gotten all of that, but the point had probably gotten across. Luke would probably just be thinking 'Gosh, using the force might work!' or 'The swamps of Dagobah sure sounds like a good vacation spot!'

When Obi-Wan came back to himself he discovered that there were a lot less ships in the sky, much to his dismay. It looked like Vader hadn't tried to hold back, no matter how hesitant he had seemed. He watched just in time as a particular X-Wing that was shining with the light side of the force had succeeded in hitting a weak spot of the Death Star, causing it to burst from the inside. Vader screamed in rage at this and sped towards the X-Wing and started locking on to it's position.

"No!" Obi-Wan cried. This distraction added on to a crazy dash to the left on the X-Wing's part caused Vader to miss. Vader barely faltered.

"Stay out of this, Kenobi!" He roared, starting to lock on the X-Wing once again.

"No, wait!" This time he could tell that the ship wouldn't be able to dodge in time. "Stop, wait!" He shouted again. The TIE Fighter had locked on the the ships position.

It was at this moment that Obi-Wan ether said the smartest thing of his life, or the dumbest.

"No, Stop! That's your son! Stop!"