Hello y'all! This is a little added scene from just after 5x16, The Lawless, really just exploring Obi-Wan's thoughts a little since they kinda skipped over it. Also, despite the fact I only have a few fics left, I'm re-watching the Clone Wars this week and my aim is to write at least one thing for most of the episodes/arcs, so hopefully more stuff is coming soon. R & R.
Satine.
Obi-Wan pilots the ship automatically, his mind wandering away from the task at hand. He plots a course back to Coruscant, but the whole time his thoughts are screaming at him to stay even though there is nothing else he could do.
You could help them fight. Help them win back Mandalore. Help restore peace.
He banishes the ideas. He has already risked much by coming here, risked the wrath of the Jedi Council and the constant worrying of his former padawan.
It was all for nothing though. She died, and it's all your fault.
Invasive thoughts keep fighting their way to the front of his mind. He searches for his centre, but it's gone. Panic. It surges over him in waves. No centre, no balance. No balance, and the way is open for the Dark side.
You should take your revenge.
There it is. It takes advantage of every tiny opportunity granted to slither inside. To make doubts grow and anger blossom. He can feel it-it's a stain on his Force signature that spreads rapidly, banishing the Light to make way for its own destructive nature.
What would Satine think?
Her name jolts him back to reality. With a last effort, he tugs himself away from the Dark as it screams and screams, promises of revenge lingering in his ears. Satine would not want him to take revenge. She believes in peace and justice.
Don't you mean believed?
He can't think like that right now. He reaches out with the Force, allowing it to flow through him. There. He can sense her spirit, bright and untainted, billowing around him.
She's here.
Calm. She has not abandoned him. Her promise lingers in the air still.
I will never leave you Satine.
Maul thinks he's won. But he does not realise the power of the Light. Somehow, Obi-Wan is stronger now; Satine's presence giving him hope for his future.
I will always be here, my love.
I know.
