Chapter Five:

"Yes sir." Cody said. He switched his comlink off and motioned an AT-TE gunner.

"Blast them!" Cody ordered. The gunner nodded and fired a shot on the Jedi. The bolt hit right next to the Jedi and their mount, causing them to fall off the cliff and straight to the lake at the bottom of the sinkhole.

Siri! Use your breath mask! We'll go into the lake below. Obi-wan thought to Siri. They shared a special bond between them, not unlike a Master-Padawan bond.

Okay. But why did our clones fire on us? Siri asked-thought.

I don't know. We'll ask Master Yoda about this once we're off-planet. Obi-wan thought. The Jedi splashed into the water. Feigning death, they did not come out.

-o0o-

Anakin, followed by the 501st Legion, marched up the steps of the Jedi Temple. His mission, destroy all Jedi.

"Spread out. Kill all Jedi inside. Do not forget the healers and younglings." Anakin commanded. His troops separated, shooting at any Jedi in their crosshairs. Anakin ignited his lightsaber and started his search.

-o0o-

After what seemed like hours, Obi-wan and Siri arose from the depths of the lake. The battle in the capital city was finished, with the clones victorious. The Jedi snuck into the city again, this time hiding from their troops. When they reached the hangar, a lone Separatist shuttle sat there, abandoned by its original owners. Satisfied that no one is looking for them, Obi-wan and Siri entered the shuttle. As Obi-wan warmed up the engines for take-off, Siri, not sure if she could say it, tapped Obi-wan on the shoulder.

"Obi-wan? There is something I need to tell you." She said nervously. Obi-wan, finally starting the engine, turned to her.

"Yes. What is it?" He asked. Siri hesitated.

"Obi-wan…I just want to say that…that…that I'm pregnant!" Siri finally confessed. Then she smiled weakly. Obi-wan widened his eyes.

"You're pregnant!? But why haven't you told me yet?" Obi-wan asked, shocked and surprised at the news. "You could've got expelled from the Order!" Siri then looked crestfallen.

"That is, if the Order still exists. Many Jedi have been killed at the hands of their clone troops. I can feel it. And now the Temple is under attack as well. Obi-wan…We can't return." Siri said. A single tear blossomed and rolled down her cheek. Obi-wan felt the deaths of his colleagues as well. 'Who? Who could've done this?' He thought. 'And now he was about to be a father, a father of a child forbidden by the Jedi Code.' A beep on Obi-wan's wrist comlink interrupted his thoughts. He pressed the button to let the transmission through. Bail Organa, the Senator from Alderaan, appeared.

"Obi-wan Kenobi. Are you there?" Bail asked.

"Yes, I'm here. What is it?" Obi-wan said. "Our clone troops turned on us. We need help."

"We?" Bail inquired.

"I'm with Jedi Master Siri Tachi. We narrowly escaped our troops. What's going on?" Obi-wan answered.

"Chancellor Palpatine has dissolved the Republic and turned it into a Galactic Empire. He ordered all clone troops to execute their Jedi Generals. Yoda informed me that Palpatine is also a Sith Lord. He corrupted most of the Senate to approve the Empire." Bail explained. "I'll send you my coordinates."

Thank you, Senator. We're on our way." Obi-wan said, ending the transmission. He set the coordinates to the shuttle's navcomputer and flipped a switch. The shuttle jumped into hyperspace.

-o0o-

Anakin, or his Sith name Vader, stood in front of the now Emperor Palpatine in his office.

"The Jedi in the temple has been eliminated, my Master." Anakin/Vader growled darkly.

"Good…Gooood…Now go to the planet Mustafar. I sent the Separatist Council there. Wipe them out." Palpatine ordered.

"I will do your bidding, my Master." Anakin/Vader said. Then he strode out of Palpatine's office.

-o0o-

The Separatist shuttle jumped out of hyperspace. In front of them was a long, elegant ship belonging to Bail Organa. Obi-wan docked the shuttle next to the ship. A tube connected Bail's ship with the Separatist shuttle and a small hatch on the side opened up. Siri and Obi-wan went through the passageway and entered Bail's ship. There, waited a forlorn Yoda and a worried Bail.

"Much to talk about, we do." Yoda said. He trudged slowly towards the ship's cockpit.

"Excuse me, Master Yoda. I need to speak with Siri for a moment." Obi-wan said. Yoda nodded and continued to the cockpit. Obi-wan led Siri down the hallway towards the back of the ship.

"Should we tell him?" Obi-wan asked.

"Seeing as the Order is virtually destroyed, yes. Let's tell him." Siri answered. Obi-wan gave Siri a light kiss and they returned to the cockpit.

"Master Yoda?" Siri said tentatively. "I have to tell you something."

"Mmm…"

"I'm pregnant." Yoda looked at Siri with mild interest.

"The father, who is?" Yoda asked.

"That would be me, Master Yoda." Obi-wan said.

Yoda chuckled lightly.

"Have known, I should. Loved each other for decades, you and Siri. But gone, the Order is. Jedi Code, matters not. Protect the child, you must. Train the child, you need." Yoda said. "To Coruscant, take us, Senator Organa."

Bail gave Yoda a questioning look.

"To the Jedi Temple, we must go. To solve this mystery, we need." Yoda explained. Bail nodded, then set the navcomputer to Coruscant. A moment later, the ship jumped into hyperspace.

TBC…