Hello all! This drabble is based on 5x16, The Lawless, which I think you'll agree is one of the saddest episodes. I can't be the only one who cried-can I?
No
Obi-Wan realised too late. Too late to stop it. Only able to watch in horror as the Darkblade sliced through Satine's chest. Only able to hear the sizzle of her burning flesh, and taste the acrid smoke in the air.
He pulled away from the guards and rushed to her, cradling her head in his lap.
"Satine." His voice is barely a whisper, rugged and full of pain. Her eyes flutter open, the light blue irises clouded with pain.
"Remember, my dear Obi-Wan." She gasps, the effort exhausting her. He stares at her with desperate eyes, hoping for a miracle.
"I have loved you forever..." She whispers, raising her hand to stroke the side of his face. He leans into the touch, needing it like a desperate child, needing to hold on to her while he still could.
"...and...I always will." She murmurs, as her hand drops back down. Obi-Wan can still feel it on his cheek as her eyes close.
The Force ripples, full of light. Obi-Wan can feel Satine's spirit detaching from her lifeless form and becoming one with the Force, wrapping around him in what seems to be a comforting embrace. He feels a tear swelling in the corner of his eye as he looks upon her face once more, her chiselled features defining her pale skin, paler now in death, and her flowing hair framing her face.
Anger rushes through him, but her presence in the Force is enough for him to banish it immediately. He pushed away the tear that threatens to fall, determined not to show weakness in front of this...this...this savage!
However, he doesn't do anything either. He sits, motionless, until the guards move forward and lift him. He walks without encouragement, his feet moving sluggishly. He can still smell her sweet perfume lingering on his robes, still feel her hand on his cheek.
He doesn't turn. He doesn't need to see her like that again, see her just lying there unmoving, with that monster lording over her, sat in the throne that was rightfully hers. No, he doesn't need that to be his last memory of her.
The guards around him are taken out by an unknown and Obi-Wan forces himself back to the present. He must survive, for Satine. He must get justice-not revenge-for her death. It is how he can honour her best, by being the Jedi she knew and loved.
There will be time for grieving later, for now, he must live in the present.
And with her Force spirit by his side, he leaps into battle, not as a Jedi, but as Satine's protector, fighting to preserve her ideals and her memory. She will never be forgotten, not as long as Obi-Wan lives-protecting others in her name.
