5 Months Later:
[Summarized from Episode III title crawl]
The unthinkable has occurred, in a shocking move, General Grevious has swept into the Capitol, and kidnapped Chancellor Papatine! Who will dare go against this monster? Only the unstoppable duo that is Kenobi & Skywalker.
Part 2 of Pure Influences series: Revenge of the Sith AU.
Two starfighters raced across the sky, parallel in their flight, as if flown by one, so in synch with each other they were. Below them and all around them, a fierce battle raged on, between the clone army and the droid army, but these two had the most important mission of all, the one they hoped would be the catalyst for ending the war.
"Master, that's General Grevious's ship, dead ahead. The one crawling with vulture droids."
"Oh well this will be easy then."
Obi-Wan found himself falling back on his sarcasm in situations like this. He had found himself yet again flying, being shot at, and in general worrying about his former Padwan's impulsive tendencies. They were the best team, he couldn't deny that. They were also the only Jedi for this mission, which was the only reason the Council had pulled them away from the front lines of the Outer Rim sieges.
After a harrowing battle against the droids and other enemy ships, the two were heading for the entrance the main hanger bay, when Obi-Wan noticed something,
"Anakin, have you noticed their shields are still up?"
"Oh. Right. Sorry Master."
With a quick somersault over Obi-Wan's ship and a couple torpedo blasts later, the shields were down, but this presented a new problem, blast doors hurriedly closing.
"Oh I have a bad feeling about this!" Obi-Wan shouted to himself more than to Anakin.
They made it in just the nick of time, as always.
Anakin could have sworn he heard his mentor mutter, possibly unaware he was live on the comlink,
"Flying is for droids."
In the process of landing, or in this case, sliding, they both noticed the hanger bay was full of droids, each suddenly noticing the new occupants.
Anakin opened the cockpit of his starfighter, leaping out and activating his lightsaber in one swift movement, engaging the droids, with Obi-Wan only seconds behind him.
The droids were spare parts before any backup transmission could be even begun.
"Artoo, locate the Chancellor." Obi-Wan ordered the astro droid, who whistled happily and rolled over the wall, pulling up a holographic map of the ship, the Chancellor's beacon a bright yellow against the blue of the ship.
"This is almost too easy, I sense a trap." Obi-Wan mused, observing the map.
"I sense Count Dooku. What's our next move?" Anakin asked with a grin, already knowing the answer.
"Spring the trap."
"Then this is where the fun begins." Anakin grinned at his mentor as they headed out of the hanger bay.
A few elevator troubles later, and they emerged onto the main deck of the ship. Anakin spotted the Chancellor immediately, bound with electrical handcuffs.
"Chancellor, thank the gods you're unharmed." He hadn't meant it to sound ironic, but it came out that way, and Obi-Wan gave him a quick look.
"Count Dooku." Was all the Chancellor could get out, his face the image of pure terror.
They glanced to the door they had barely just entered. There stood the Count, flanked by two destroyer droids.
"Call for help, you're no match for him, he's a Sith Lord." The Chancellor pleaded, and Anakin laughed quietly, as Obi-Wan quipped,
"Chancellor Palpatine, Sith Lords are our specialty."
"You go in slowly on the left, and I'll-" Obi-Wan was cut off by Anakin's nodding, and then Count Dooku spoke,
"I hope you two will just surrender now, we don't want to make a mess of things in front of the Chancellor."
"Oh I don't think so. You won't get away this time Dooku."
The perfect team, Kenobi & Skywalker, the dream duo.
Although Dooku was attacked from both sides, he managed to swat away their blows like a bothersome fly.
His eerie calm façade frustrated Anakin.
They were almost a match for Dooku, but only almost.
Soon it was made obvious the Count would not fight fair, Obi-Wan had been force thrown against the wall, and knocked unconscious by a force pushed fallen balcony.
Anakin spared only a glance at his fallen Master before turning his rage back to the Sith Lord. Dooku wouldn't get away with this.
"I sense great fear in you, young Skywalker. You have hate, you have anger, but you don't use them!"
"I always was a slow learner." Anakin managed to grunt out, the exertion of holding off Dooku was nearly too much.
He knew there were fighting styles that could channel and rebound the dark side, but he'd never bothered to learn them, preferring to follow Obi-Wan's lead. But now? Now he was alone, and fighting a powerful Sith Lord.
He knew he shouldn't give in…but what could it harm if it meant winning?
A/N : Thank you for all your reviews and feedback! This is the beginning of part 2, i think you'll see here how it begins to change more.