"We're here, General." Wolffe announces.
"Thank you, Commander." Plo says, he turns around and gently wakes up Obi-Wan who was napping.
"Come, Obi. We have arrived at the Temple." Plo says, Obi-Wan's eyes widen in excitement, and he quickly jumps up.
"Thank you, Master Plo!" Obi-Wan says as he hugs Plo.
"Of course, little one." Plo says and picks him up, they walk out of the ship and make their way to the Temple entrance where they accidentally run into Padme and the Chancellor.
"Master Koon, a pleasure to see you again." Padme says. "And who's this little one?" She asks, smiling.
"My name is Obi-Wan, Ma'am." Obi-Wan politely says, Padme's eyes go up in shock, but she quickly smiles, but Palpatine stiffens and goes pale for a second but quickly puts up a mask.
"I love your manners, Obi-Wan, but you can call me Padme." Padme says.
"Nice to meet you, Padme!" Obi-Wan excitedly says.
"Where did you find this child, Master Koon?" Palpatine inquires, Obi-Wan looks at him curiously and Plo feels him flinch.
"I'm afraid that is private matters, Chancellor." Plo states.
"Well, I'm afraid we must be going now, we have a Senate meeting to attend too." Palpatine states.
"It was nice meeting you, Obi-Wan, maybe I'll see you later." Padme says, smiling gently as they leave.
"Padme's nice!" Obi-Wan says.
"Yes, she is very nice." Plo agrees.
"Is the Chancellor a Jedi?" Obi-Wan curiously asks.
"What do you mean, little one?" Plo asks, confused.
"The Chancellor. I could sense the Force in him, it's not very bright though." Obi-Wan says as if it's the most obvious thing ever.
"No, he is not a Jedi. Was his Force signature Dark?" Plo inquires.
"Yeah, I looked at his signature and it was all black and scary." Obi-Wan states.
"Interesting." Plo says, thinking.
"Was I not supposed to? I'm sorry!" Obi-Wan says, he looks down guiltily.
"It's all right, little Obi, you did not do anything wrong." Plo says and hugs Obi-Wan closer to him comfortingly.
"I have a meeting with the Council, so I must leave you with Master Ti for a while." Plo says and Obi-Wan nods in his shoulder tiredly. Plo walks to Shaak's quarters and knocks. She quickly opens the door; he looks at her and she looks exhausted as she has just traveled across the Galaxy to take care of Obi-Wan.
"Obi-Wan." Shaak says as Plo transfers Obi-Wan to Shaak.
"Master Ti! I missed you!" Obi-Wan says and hugs her.
"I missed you too, little one." Shaak says and hugs him back.
"I need to meet with the Council but afterward I will return for him." Plo says.
"Take your time, Plo. You have already had a whole day with him." Shaak says and closes the door. Plo makes his way to the Council Chambers where everybody is already waiting.
"Safe, Obi-Wan is?" Yoda asks.
"He is all right, Master. He is now residing with Master Ti." Plo informs. "I do however have important news I would like to share. The Chancellor is not whom we think he is, he is a Dark Force user." Plo states.
"How have you come across this information?" Mace questions.
"I was not the one to find out about the Chancellor, it was Obi-Wan. He sensed his Force signature." Plo explains.
"We cannot base our information on a child!" Ki-Adi-Mundi states.
"If the Chancellor was truly a Force user, wouldn't we have sensed it?" Fisto asks.
"If there was any child to have sensed a Force user, it would be Obi-Wan." Plo says.
"Then why wouldn't he sense it when he was a Master?" Ki-Adi-Mundi questions.
"Oblivious adults are, children, curious about everything they are, innocent they are." Yoda says.
"If this information is true, it would certainly make sense. When Obi-Wan returned from Geonosis, he told us that Dooku had told him a Sith was in the Senate." Mace says.
"Right, Obi-Wan might be." Yoda states. "But act on it, we can't. Evidence, we do not have."
"We cannot base this information on a child, even if it is Obi-Wan. We would be committing treason, is that something we should risk." Ki-Adi-Mundi states.
"If you don't want to finally take down the Sith Lord, you are welcome to leave, Mundi." Mace coolly states, quieting Mundi.
"Talk to Obi-Wan, Chancellor did?" Yoda inquires.
"No, he only asked where I obtained Obi-Wan. He knows it's Obi-Wan though because Obi-Wan introduced himself to Padme. He quickly stiffened and was pale." Plo informs.
"A problem this is, in danger, Obi-Wan could be." Yoda says.
"Obi-Wan will stay in the Temple then, we will have multiple Jedi with him." Mace states.
"Inform Knight Skywalker and Padawan Tano, Mace will." Yoda says. "Dark times I sense ahead, careful we must be, or fate of the Jedi, there will be." Everyone nods grimly and moves to get out.
Plo walks back to Shaak's quarters and knocks, she quickly answers the door and shushes him.
"He is sleeping, quiet." Shaak snaps, using her motherly tone.
"I will watch Obi-Wan, but you should go to Yoda, we have found some disturbing news." Plo says, his voice grave.
"Okay, just don't wake him, he's exhausted." Shaak says and leaves.
Plo walks into Shaak's living quarters and smiles, there on the couch is Obi-Wan snuggled in a warm blanket with an old Tooka stuffed animal, he quickly recognizes it as one of Obi-Wan's old toys from his younger days.
He sits down at the end of the couch and claws his fingers through Obi-Wan's hair, softly. Suddenly, the Force glows brighter around him and he hears a voice.
Protect Obi-Wan, you must. The fate of the Jedi depends on it. This was not an accident, I chose Obi-Wan to be de-aged for a reason. The only way to win this war is with the eyes of an innocent child. Protect the Force's Chosen One, all the Jedi must. Obi-Wan Kenobi, the true Chosen One.
Plo's eyes widen in shock as the Force speaks around him, he looks over to Obi-Wan and promises to protect him till his dying breath.
"I have a job for you, Grievous. You are to send your best spies to the Jedi Temple and abduct an initiate." Sidious snarls.
"Yes, my Lord. What is his name?" Grievous asks.
"Obi-Wan Kenobi."