Obi-Wan felt the rage build up in him as he gazed at Sora's lifeless body.
He was almost deaf to Mara's cries as she lay in the sand.
How can she be gone? Obi-Wan thought. I thought she would be the one I get to keep...
He felt his danger sense flare again and swung around, catching the Dark Lord's blood red lightsaber in his own. Before he knew what he was doing, he let his anger and hatred take over him and he began to battle Vader, driving him back with all his might, the tears still flowing down his face.
"Doesn't the anger feel good Obi-Wan?" Vader hissed at him through his mechanical breathing.
The statement his Obi-Wan like a rock as he backed off completely, his lightsaber falling from his hands and his bottom lip trembling.
What's happening to me...? He cried in his mind.
He felt Darth Vader's shadow creep over him and he glanced up to see Vader standing over him, his lightsaber deactivated in his hand.
"What do you want from me!?" he screamed, full of pent up rage and anger. "You have already taken all I have!"
"Not so Obi-Wan...you still have one more thing that the Emperor wants..." Obi- Wan looked confused and the sandstorm died quickly around them, he glanced around and noticed Mara lying in the sand a few feet away, still sobbing quietly. Fear clenched at him and he shut his eyes tight.
"My master had felt a particular force presence on this miserable planet that is stronger than even you and your lovely wife Kenobi...."
His mocking of Sora stabbed like a knife through Obi-Wan's heart and he felt tears silently run down his face.
"You're daughter is being requested by the Emperor himself Kenobi! Doesn't that make you proud?" he said the last word slowly...mockingly...evilly.
"You will have to kill me first!" Obi-Wan cried as he called his lightsaber into his hands, activating it and jumping away from Vader, crouching in front of his only family.
"As you wish!"
Obi-Wan watched in dread as the dark Lord fought him. With all his might, Obi-Wan clenched down his feelings of anger and hatred, trusting on the force to guide him through this fight. They had been fighting for more than 20 minutes, when Obi-Wan felt the weariness finally get to him and his noticed his moves becoming sloppy and unorganized.
Thinking quickly, he brought his leg up, kicking high and at the same time, rushing in the other direction, scooping up Mara and running for it.
She immediately stopped crying as he held her and Obi-Wan felt a sting of guilt leaving Sora's body behind.
As he ran he heard the footsteps in the sand behind him but did not dare to look back. He rounded a corner and his danger sense flared all too late. He felt a hand connect with the back of his skull and his vision go in and out as he fell to the ground, trying to protect Mara.
The Dark Lord's shadow came over him once more and wrestled the child out of his grasp. Obi-Wan felt his strength slowly seeping away and the blood trickling down his back. But he could not find his voice as he watched Vader carry his child away.
He desperately tried once more to connect with her through their force bond and was able to for only seconds.
Mara! Don't forget me! I love you Mara! Don't forget your father!
And then the connection was shut and Obi-Wan knew Mara was lost to him forever.
He cried mightily, no sound coming out of his mouth as he lay in the sand. He felt himself dying and for one hopeful moment, felt he would be with Sora again.
"I will always be with you Obi-Wan..."
He gasped and looked up to see Sora standing before him, brilliant and radiant with a blueish glow around her. He cried as he realized she truly was dead.
"Don't cry for me...cry for your daughter..."
He shook his head in sorrow and finally found his voice. "I'm s-so sorry Sora...I...I couldn't save her..."
Sora nodded towards him and he saw a tear trail down her lovely face. "It was the will of the force that she was Obi-Wan...she will find happiness in her life, I can promise you that..."
"But with no parents?"
"Obi-Wan...you are not going to die." Sora said firmly.
"But I can feel myself dying Sora..."
"I will not let you die Obi-Wan...now get up and go save the world..."
"I cannot defeat him Sora....he is too strong..."
She looked angry. "I guess I was a fool to think you could do think Obi-Wan Kenobi! What happened to the man I was married to?"
"He died..." Obi-Wan said softly with a tear in his eye.
"And what is that supposed to mean Obi-Wan?" Sora said angrily, throwing her semi-transparent hands in the air and placing them on her hips angrily.
He looked up at her with tears in his eyes, trying not to sound weak. He didn't quite know what to say, or how to say it, or even if he should say anything. Finally, in a timid voice, he spoke. "How can I go on without you Sora...?"
Her face softened and she moved closer to him. He ached to reach out and touch her but knew that it would do no good. She was lost to him forever.
"Not forever Obi-Wan...we will see each other again." He sucked in a deep breath, willing his body to die faster. Life could not be worth so much pain.
"But not now!" Sora had obviously noticed his sigh and she held up her hand to stop him. When her hand brushed across his face, he felt nothing but a cold breeze where she had touched. The thought made him sadder still.
"How, Sora? You were all I had left...you meant everything to me...How can I just move on without you?"
He was surprised to see a few tears streaming down her face and he felt a sudden ache that he was making her sad.
"You will move on Obi-Wan...you have to move on. There is more in your life that you do not know about...and your journey is not yet complete..." she must have seen the added tears in his eyes, for a sob escaped from her body and she made a move to reach out and hug him, but stopped herself. She closed her eyes briefly and sighed. "You have so much more to accomplish in your life Obi-Wan...please don't give up now..."
Her image began to fade away and a panic arose in Obi-Wan. He reached out to grab her hand, but when they touched, it was the same as last time.
"Please don't leave me..." he cried. "Please don't leave me..." he collapsed back into the sand, the tears flowing steadily down his face.
"I will always be with you Obi-Wan...and I will always love you..."
"I love you Sora...I love you...." he dared not look up as he said the words but as the winds died down, he could tell that she had gone. He felt the sobs rack his body and as the winds started up again, he curled himself up and cried for hours on end.
As Obi-Wan awoke he felt the sand piled up around him and the sun burn his eyes as he opened them. Glancing around, he felt the events of the previous night rush back to him and he tried not to cry again as he stood up. As he looked over the horizon, he saw a body lying in the sand, half covered by the recent storm. He gulped as he realized who it was and willed his legs to move towards it.
He reached Sora's lifeless body and fell to his knees in front of it, the tears and the depression coming back full swing. Carefully scooping her out of the sand, he buried his face in her chest, the sobs coming back and the memory of her death haunting his mind. He lifted his head up and ran his fingers through her hair, his hand resting on her pale, cold face which he barely recognized any more. He gingerly stood up with her in his arms and began walking towards his home...
A glint of silver caught his eye as he went to take a step, and he saw Sora's lightsaber lying on the ground a few feet away, barely poking out of the sand. He stopped for a moment to stare at it before calling it into his hand and continuing on his way.
How can she be gone? Obi-Wan thought. I thought she would be the one I get to keep...
He felt his danger sense flare again and swung around, catching the Dark Lord's blood red lightsaber in his own. Before he knew what he was doing, he let his anger and hatred take over him and he began to battle Vader, driving him back with all his might, the tears still flowing down his face.
"Doesn't the anger feel good Obi-Wan?" Vader hissed at him through his mechanical breathing.
The statement his Obi-Wan like a rock as he backed off completely, his lightsaber falling from his hands and his bottom lip trembling.
What's happening to me...? He cried in his mind.
He felt Darth Vader's shadow creep over him and he glanced up to see Vader standing over him, his lightsaber deactivated in his hand.
"What do you want from me!?" he screamed, full of pent up rage and anger. "You have already taken all I have!"
"Not so Obi-Wan...you still have one more thing that the Emperor wants..." Obi- Wan looked confused and the sandstorm died quickly around them, he glanced around and noticed Mara lying in the sand a few feet away, still sobbing quietly. Fear clenched at him and he shut his eyes tight.
"My master had felt a particular force presence on this miserable planet that is stronger than even you and your lovely wife Kenobi...."
His mocking of Sora stabbed like a knife through Obi-Wan's heart and he felt tears silently run down his face.
"You're daughter is being requested by the Emperor himself Kenobi! Doesn't that make you proud?" he said the last word slowly...mockingly...evilly.
"You will have to kill me first!" Obi-Wan cried as he called his lightsaber into his hands, activating it and jumping away from Vader, crouching in front of his only family.
"As you wish!"
Obi-Wan watched in dread as the dark Lord fought him. With all his might, Obi-Wan clenched down his feelings of anger and hatred, trusting on the force to guide him through this fight. They had been fighting for more than 20 minutes, when Obi-Wan felt the weariness finally get to him and his noticed his moves becoming sloppy and unorganized.
Thinking quickly, he brought his leg up, kicking high and at the same time, rushing in the other direction, scooping up Mara and running for it.
She immediately stopped crying as he held her and Obi-Wan felt a sting of guilt leaving Sora's body behind.
As he ran he heard the footsteps in the sand behind him but did not dare to look back. He rounded a corner and his danger sense flared all too late. He felt a hand connect with the back of his skull and his vision go in and out as he fell to the ground, trying to protect Mara.
The Dark Lord's shadow came over him once more and wrestled the child out of his grasp. Obi-Wan felt his strength slowly seeping away and the blood trickling down his back. But he could not find his voice as he watched Vader carry his child away.
He desperately tried once more to connect with her through their force bond and was able to for only seconds.
Mara! Don't forget me! I love you Mara! Don't forget your father!
And then the connection was shut and Obi-Wan knew Mara was lost to him forever.
He cried mightily, no sound coming out of his mouth as he lay in the sand. He felt himself dying and for one hopeful moment, felt he would be with Sora again.
"I will always be with you Obi-Wan..."
He gasped and looked up to see Sora standing before him, brilliant and radiant with a blueish glow around her. He cried as he realized she truly was dead.
"Don't cry for me...cry for your daughter..."
He shook his head in sorrow and finally found his voice. "I'm s-so sorry Sora...I...I couldn't save her..."
Sora nodded towards him and he saw a tear trail down her lovely face. "It was the will of the force that she was Obi-Wan...she will find happiness in her life, I can promise you that..."
"But with no parents?"
"Obi-Wan...you are not going to die." Sora said firmly.
"But I can feel myself dying Sora..."
"I will not let you die Obi-Wan...now get up and go save the world..."
"I cannot defeat him Sora....he is too strong..."
She looked angry. "I guess I was a fool to think you could do think Obi-Wan Kenobi! What happened to the man I was married to?"
"He died..." Obi-Wan said softly with a tear in his eye.
"And what is that supposed to mean Obi-Wan?" Sora said angrily, throwing her semi-transparent hands in the air and placing them on her hips angrily.
He looked up at her with tears in his eyes, trying not to sound weak. He didn't quite know what to say, or how to say it, or even if he should say anything. Finally, in a timid voice, he spoke. "How can I go on without you Sora...?"
Her face softened and she moved closer to him. He ached to reach out and touch her but knew that it would do no good. She was lost to him forever.
"Not forever Obi-Wan...we will see each other again." He sucked in a deep breath, willing his body to die faster. Life could not be worth so much pain.
"But not now!" Sora had obviously noticed his sigh and she held up her hand to stop him. When her hand brushed across his face, he felt nothing but a cold breeze where she had touched. The thought made him sadder still.
"How, Sora? You were all I had left...you meant everything to me...How can I just move on without you?"
He was surprised to see a few tears streaming down her face and he felt a sudden ache that he was making her sad.
"You will move on Obi-Wan...you have to move on. There is more in your life that you do not know about...and your journey is not yet complete..." she must have seen the added tears in his eyes, for a sob escaped from her body and she made a move to reach out and hug him, but stopped herself. She closed her eyes briefly and sighed. "You have so much more to accomplish in your life Obi-Wan...please don't give up now..."
Her image began to fade away and a panic arose in Obi-Wan. He reached out to grab her hand, but when they touched, it was the same as last time.
"Please don't leave me..." he cried. "Please don't leave me..." he collapsed back into the sand, the tears flowing steadily down his face.
"I will always be with you Obi-Wan...and I will always love you..."
"I love you Sora...I love you...." he dared not look up as he said the words but as the winds died down, he could tell that she had gone. He felt the sobs rack his body and as the winds started up again, he curled himself up and cried for hours on end.
As Obi-Wan awoke he felt the sand piled up around him and the sun burn his eyes as he opened them. Glancing around, he felt the events of the previous night rush back to him and he tried not to cry again as he stood up. As he looked over the horizon, he saw a body lying in the sand, half covered by the recent storm. He gulped as he realized who it was and willed his legs to move towards it.
He reached Sora's lifeless body and fell to his knees in front of it, the tears and the depression coming back full swing. Carefully scooping her out of the sand, he buried his face in her chest, the sobs coming back and the memory of her death haunting his mind. He lifted his head up and ran his fingers through her hair, his hand resting on her pale, cold face which he barely recognized any more. He gingerly stood up with her in his arms and began walking towards his home...
A glint of silver caught his eye as he went to take a step, and he saw Sora's lightsaber lying on the ground a few feet away, barely poking out of the sand. He stopped for a moment to stare at it before calling it into his hand and continuing on his way.