And another one! Boom!

Last time: Sasha defeated Danison.

Now: Obi-wan takes on Aran Blyth.

Chapter 25- Surrender

After Cayden took off to go help Sasha, Obi-wan and the others continued their fights against the remaining members of Danison's officers. Soon, one by one, the last of them fell. Obi-wan force pushed the last one away from him and the man collided with a stone pillar. Obi-wan straightened up as he wiped the sweat from his brow. He then looked around the room.

They had successfully taken down everyone without killing or seriously harming anyone. However, the lobby was a disaster as furniture, plants, paintings, and parts of the walls were either destroyed or looking worse for wear. Obi-wan sighed. They may have gone a little overboard.

At that moment, Taren, Padme, Satine, and Halla appeared from their hiding spot behind the knocked over desk. Padme rushed over to Anakin and pulled him into a hug. Obi-wan averted his gaze and focused on Satine as she approached him.

"Are you alright?" she aske concerned.

He nodded. "I am fine. Are you alright? I am sorry you had to bear witness to all of this."

"I'll am okay," Satine said truthfully. "And it's alright. As much as I don't like violence and would prefer a more peaceful route, I do understand that you were only fending them off to protect us."

"I am still sorry though," he repeated.

She smiled softly at him. "Stop apologizing."

"Hey guys," Ahsoka's voice rang in. Obi-wan and Satine turned to face her. 'Sorry to break up the reunion, but has anyone else noticed that Blyth is gone."

Obi-wan glanced around the room with a new urgency. Ahsoka was right. Blyth was nowhere to be seen.

"That coward must have fled during the fighting," Anakin commented.

"But where could he have gone?" Taren asked.

"Most likely to either call for back up or escape all together," Obi-wan stated. "We need to find him now. The sun will be rising in a couple hours and Dooku will soon be here. We need to stop this before it's too late."

"Let's spilt up," Anakin advised. "The more ground we can cover the better."

"I'll stay here and monitor the door," Satine said. "Just in case he tries to escape out the main entrance."

"Good call," Obi-wan said. "I'll head to his office and see is he has run away to there."

"I'll head to the private hanger and see if he is attempting a planetary escape," Anakin said. 'I mean this place probably has a private landing pad."

"I'll search the communication center," Ahsoka said. "In case he tries and attempts to call for help or for Dooku from there."

"I'm going to search other locations just in case he decided to hide somewhere we are not expecting," Taren said as he held up his blaster.

"I'm going to stay here with Satine," Halla said as she took a seat on a nearby bench. "I've had enough running around for today."

"I'll stay as well to help protect them," Padme finished as she hoisted up the blaster she was still carrying.

"Alright, we don't have time to lose. Find him!" Obi-wan ordered.

Everyone split off to search for Aran Blyth.

Obi-wan raced around the building trying to figure out where this man's office was located. He soon found it a couple of floors up from the main lobby. Obi-wan reached the door to the office and found it abandoned. Or at least it looked abandoned. The force was telling him that there was someone in there.

Obi-wan entered into the room and walked over to the monitors on the wall. He noticed, once he got to them, that Aran still had the files on himself, Sasha, Anakin, and the others on it. He also noticed that the man had the footage to the cell bay and the security station.

Suddenly, a clicking noise was heard from behind Obi-wan. He could suddenly feel a blaster being pointed at the back of his skull. Obi-wan stood still.

"Drop your weapon, Kenobi," Aran Blyth ordered him.

Obi-wan did as he was told and set his saber onto the floor then gently kicked it away from his immediate reach. He slowly turned to face the Governor as he slowly raised his hands up. The blaster was still pointed straight at him.

"It's over," Obi-wan stated. "Your men are defeated. Time to put an end to this charade."

"Even if my men are defeated, you can't stop what's coming," Blyth said. "Dooku will be here in hours and when he arrives, I plan to hand you all over to him for a wonderful price. Then Stew-Jon will join the Separatists"

"You are putting your people in harms way if you allow the Separatists to arrive here. Do not betray your people by thrusting them into a war they do not want to be a part of," Obi-wan mentioned with a strong tone.

"What do you know about the people of Stew-Jon, Jedi? I am their leader. I know what struggles they are facing. Dooku and the Separatists will provide my people with security and freedom."

"Security? Freedom? Do you realize what you have been doing to these innocent people? I may have not been here long, but I have seen what the people think of their situation. They live in fear of the local security. They have a curfew that forces them home. They are completely cut off from the holonet and all communication with outside worlds. They are living in this fearful bubble that was enforced under your rule. If you truly wanted to help your people and let them be safe and free, then you would not have let this happen. You have taken this all too far and now your people are suffering. And you don't truly seem to care. If you did, then we would not have needed to come here to help these people who reached out to us begging for someone to come in and make things right."

Blyth growled at him. His hand that was holding the blaster was shaking, but not from fear but from anger.

"You don't know a damn thing, Jedi scum! And once I have rid of you and the others, then I know it will all be worth it. Now surrender so I can hand you over to Dooku."

"Does he even know we are here?' Obi-wan asked curiously.

"I thought about telling him, but instead I just told him that I had a special gift awaiting him when he arrives," Blyth said with a cheeky smirk.

"I see," Obi-wan mused. "Then I guess you won't mind if we give him a call."

"What are you…" Blyth started but was cut off.

Obi-wan quickly disarmed the Governor and maneuvered him into a headlock.

"Because you are not going to win this battle. You have lost. Your forces are defeated. And I will make sure that Dooku is made aware of your situation. He will not come. Surrender while you still know what is good for you."

Blyth struggled in Obi-wan's arms.

"Never!" He called.

Obi-wan didn't release his grip. The man continued to struggle. A moment later, Anakin and Ahsoka appeared in the doorway.

"Would you like to try that answer again? Surrender. You are outnumbered," Obi-wan stated calmly.

Blyth slowly ceased his struggling. He lowered his head and his gaze. He sighed.

"I concide the battle," Aran Blyth surrendered.

"Good answer," Obi-wan said, but didn't release the man.

The blaster was still within arms reach of Blyth and if Obi-wan released him, he knew the man would try something drastic. So Obi-wan held him until Ahsoka and Anakin came over and bound his hands behind his back. Obi-wan then released him. Anakin held onto Blyth by the upper arm as the man's hands were now bound behind him.

"This is finally over," Obi-wan said with a small smile.

Anakin and Ahsoka nodded.

"Let's get this dirt bag to the cells where he belongs," Anakin stated.

"We need to have him contact Dooku and call off the arrival of the ships," Obi-wan pointed out.

"It might be too late," Ahsoka said with a frown. "Knowing Dooku, he might still arrive. However, I have contacted the Council. They demand an update as soon as you can give them one. The only thing I told them was that the Seppies were on their way and we would need back up. We will have a couple of cruisers in orbit to prevent him from landing within the next hour or so."

"Good thinking, Ahsoka," Obi-wan said with a smile. "I'll make sure to give a call to the Council and update them once we have him contact Dooku.'

Suddenly a comm from Blyth started to go off. Anakin searched the man and produced the comm.

"I think your wait to call Dooku is over," Anakin stated.

"I won't do as you say. You can't make me talk to him," Blyth argued.

"You will answer the comm," Ahsoka said as she waved a hand in front of him while using a Jedi Mind Trick.

'I will answer the comm," Blyth repeated.

That was almost too easy, but sure enough it worked. The man moved like he was in a trance and grabbed the comm from Anakin's extended hand. He answered it.

"This is Governor Aran Blyth," he responded almost roboticly.

"Umm…This is Officer… Wan… Sir…" the voice on the other end said.

The three Jedi immediately recognized it as Taren's voice. Anakin ceased the comm again.

"Taren, what the hell?" Anakin asked. "We thought you were Dooku calling."

"Oh Anakin, hey. Yeah sorry, but no. However, you might want to come see this," Taren stated on the other end. "Sasha and Cayden are back and they found something you're gonna wanna see."

The three exchanged a glance and made their way down to the lobby with their prisoner.

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