Blue
Waters: episode #57 The Battle for
Anakin
Previously: Magg takes Leia to Alderaan where the
Maurders take her to the other dimension and perform their little
"experiment". Obi-Wan spoke to Owen
about Luke and then left to go try to get Anakin back on the good side. Anakin
and Obi-Wan got into a fight on some planet with a Boiling Pond.
"What
do you want? Can't you see I have a new
master now? I serve a different
purpose."
"Maybe, but the goodness has not been fully
driven from you. Come back with me, and we'll help you."
Anakin stares at Obi-Wan.
"You must be crazy. I have much more power on this side."
"Or so Palpatine has told you and caused you
to believe. Anakin, we've been good friends, don't let this pull us apart."
This makes Anakin mad.
It's the
truth, and I no longer need your friendship."
Obi-Wan wanted to tell him about his
children…it was a secret that was very hard to keep. Anakin and he had been very good
friends, and Obi-An didn't want to lose him. But Obi-Wan kept this knowledge to
himself, only smiling. Anakin detected that Obi-wan was hiding something from
him, which really made him mad. But he soon forgot this sensation that Obi-Wan knew something as he
attacked Obi-Wan, hoping to kill him. Obi-Wan reacted fast and ignited his own lightsaber to meet
Anakin's. And the battle started…the
battle that would decide Anakin's fate. Obi-Wan knew he wasn't getting anywhere with Anakin…he knew he had
to change his approach. But Anakin didn't allow him the time. He attacked Obi-Wan
aggressively…and fast. Obi-Wan blocked
it.
"Anakin, please."
"No, I'm not listening to anything you
say. You need to die like all the other
Jedi."
They
continued to fight like that for about 5 minutes. Anakin wasn't paying
attention to where he was in relation ton anything else. He was focusing on his
anger and killing Obi-Wan. But Obi-Wan noticed.
"Anakin,
you're about to fall in…"
"Shut-up."
Anakin sung at Obi-Wan again, but Obi-Wan
jumped out of the way. This was when Anakin decided to back up a little for
another try. When he backed up, he lost his footing…he had been at the edge of
the boiling pond pit. As he fell, he dropped his lightsaber at the edge of the
pit. Obi-Wan grabbed it. Obi-wan then
immediately called the planet medical center…he knew Anakin would need the
service. Maybe now he would turn to the
good side? Anakin had gone under when he fell…and since he hadn't been prepared
for this, he had not held his breath. Obi-Wan knew Anakin would be seriously hurt…that boiling pond was hot
and would most definitely scold him. (There was no iceberg lettuce here. LOL.) Anakin was able to pull
himself out of the pit using the Force to help him. But when he came out,
Obi-Wan could tell by the look on his face that the change in Anakin had been
burned into him. There was no change of turning him good again…at least he
couldn't do it alone…and the amount of force it would take…no it was
impossible. Anakin had chosen his fate. Obi-wan got out of there fast. People would soon be there to treat Anakin's injuries. But that moment
had been forever burned in Obi-Wan's memory. Anakin had had a huge scar on his face from burns…and his hair was
gone. It was as unpleasant as
witnessing Qui-Gon's death. Obi-Wan
returned to Tatooine. He was hoping to
give Owen Anakin's lightsaber in hopes that Luke could have it when he got
older…of course if he survived. But when Obi-Wan reached Owen's homestead, and
had told of everything that happened, Owen didn't accept the lightsaber.
"I
appreciate you bringing Luke to me, but you ruined my brother's life. I don't want to see you around her
again. You'll stay away from Luke, too,
whenever you find it a necessity to come."
So Obi-Wan established his own residence on
Tatooine to kind of keep an eye out for Luke. He also knew that Luke may not make it, and probably wouldn't, but he
had made a promise to Bail and to Samantha. He promised Bail that he'd be on
Tatooine, and Samantha that Luke would get a home and try to be there for him
in case he survived. Owen got Luke from
the medical center (hospital). He took
the machines that Luke needed. Owen had
told Beru that his brother had died, and that they were the only ones who could
take care of this son of his.
Beru says
when Owen had gotten Luke home, "I honestly don't see why you even bother to
keep him alive. He's going to die anyway."
"You don't know that, Beru. And you will leave him alone. I'll take care of him. Don't you dare try to
disconnect him from anything…keep your hands off the machines. He's still got a chance."
Beru just laughed at him. Owen had seen Luke's birthmark and thought
it was kind of funny. The Emperor had
also seen it. When the medical assistance people go to Anakin, they found him
in bad shape. He was barely alive. They
shipped him over to Coruscant to the main medical center. Of course Palpatine had heard about
this. He sent people in to take
Anakin's measurements. But by falling
in that boiling pit, Anakin had basically ruined his own lungs. He couldn't
breathe at all because they were very badly burned. A droid medic helped with the burns on his body, but when it came
to the long one on his face, Anakin had told them to leave it alone. Anakin was on some breathing thing and was
now lying in a hospital bed. This was
the condition Arawn found him in when he stops by in the next episode, so stay
tuned!
Until next
time!