Chapter Eight:

Obi-Wan slowly advanced on Anakin. He knew that he must destroy the evil that was in front of him, if all that he used to care about was to be safe. Closing his eyes, he drew on the power of the darkside, and slowly raised his hands to strike out, but stopped when he heard a voice.

Please Obi-Wan, don't do this. You may no longer be my apprentice but you are still a Jedi, and he is but a child. Please my son.

Lowering his hands he turned and looked at Qui-Gon and gasped at what he saw. He saw fear and love. Fear for both him and Anakin, but love also. Not understanding what he was seeing, he turned back to look at Anakin.

The boy was being to awaken, and Obi-Wan knew he must act now before Anakin awoke fully. Raising his arms once again, Obi-Wan prepared to kill the monster before him.

Please, don't hurt him. He hasn't done anything wrong.

Qui-Gon watched in horror as Obi-Wan turned on him. He could see the anger and fire raging in his sea-green eyes, and for the first time ever Qui-Gon was afraid.

"Hasn't done anything wrong? Your precious 'Chosen One' is nothing but a monster and a Sith in training. He must be stopped now before all is lost. Why do you think I came back? Why do you think I broke our bond? To protect me? No, I did it to protect YOU. No I will not be stopped. He will die here today," Obi-Wan said with the hate for Anakin raging in his voice.

"No, I don't believe you Obi-Wan. I think that your time with the Sith had clouded your feelings. But please leave the boy alone and we will talk," Qui-Gon pleaded.

"Clouded my feelings? Here let me show you how much the Sith has 'clouded' my feelings, Master."

Before Qui-Gon could say anything, he felt Obi-Wan reach out and smash through his shields. Qui-Gon gasped when he found him self re-living every moment of Obi-Wan's life since the moment that he was thought dead, to the current moment. He saw and felt all the pain and suffering that Obi-Was had suffered at the hands of the sith, and then to his shock he saw Anakin. He saw Anakin bowing before a dark figure, being trained in the ways of the sith. He saw Anakin reach out and connect with Obi-Wan and verbally and physically attack Obi-Wan.

Qui-Gon collapsed back against the wall as Obi-Wan withdrew from his mind. Both men were gasping for breath, and Obi-Wan looked like he was about to collapse.

"Now what do you think about your little Ani? Now do you understand why he must be stopped," Obi-Wan asked as he gasped for breath.

Qui-Gon didn't know what to say. He really didn't want to believe that yet another one of his padawan's had fallen to the darkside, and yet he couldn't deny what he had been shown. He knew that Obi-Wan had not been lying for he could feel each of those memories and the pain that still lingered from each.

Before he could answer though and laugh rang through the room. Both men turned to stare at the now standing figure of Anakin Skywalker.

"Obi-Wan, you fool. You should have killed me when you had the chance. You shall never kill me now. The darkness is coming and you Jedi fools will not be able to stop it," he sneered at the two men.

 "You will not win, Anakin. I will stop you if it is the last thing I do," Obi-Wan declared.

Anakin didn't acknowledged what Obi-Wan had said. Instead he was focused on the shock face of Qui-Gon. He began to laugh at the hurt he could see shinning in Qui-Gon's eyes.

" Oh don't look so hurt, Master. You should have known this was coming. Everyone tired and tried to tell you, but you being stubborn would not listen. And in the end I have become and done the very thing you swore I wouldn't," Anakin said with a smirk on his face.

Suddenly Obi-Wan launched himself from the wall, calling Qui-Gon's saber to his hand and attacked Anakin.

Anakin watched as Obi-Wan came charging toward him and waited until he was almost upon him, and raising his hand, he used the Force and pushed Obi-Wan into the nearby wall.

Obi-Wan gritted his teeth at the pain that shocked his system and pulled himself off the ground. He gathered the dark energy once more and forced it into his weakened body and prepared to attack once again.

However Anakin had other ideas. Turning to a very stunned Qui-Gon he ignited his own saber and advanced.

"So you see, Master, Obi-Wan was not wrong about me. And cause you failed to see this, you will now pay for your mistakes. I will kill you, and take Obi-Wan back to my master. Good-bye," he said as he raised his blade.

Qui-Gon was still too much in shock at the recent turn of events to even move. He could only watch as the blade came at him.

Anakin swung and a pain filled scream was heard and then nothing, as the body fell to the floor.