Part Five: Clouded By Power
Obi-Wan scurried up the ridge and saw thousands of droids and Jedi motionless. But the battle raged on in the distance. Droids and stormtroopers fought the remaining Jedi and clonetroopers. For a second he questioned where their reinforcements came from, but shook it away. He looked down in defeat, with the Jedi and clonetroopers surrounded by their foes. He was about to join them, but enemy fire broke out in his direction. He ducked behind a tree and called on a nearby lightsaber to him. He ignited it to reveal a hiss of green light.
The enemy fire continued to rain down on him. The cloud of lightsabers in the distance was shrinking. He shook away the thoughts of defeat and headed up the hill to where the enemy fire spotted him. He deflected the shots in the way they came, droids fell all around him. None seem to take down the lone Jedi, but he was upset, allowing the Force to direct him in anyway of safety. He was alone atop the hill.
He dropped to one knee catching his breath. He knew if he couldn't get rid of this anger he could fall quickly to the Dark Side's power. He felt alone. Cold. Anger. Hate. The distant battle began to die down and he knew he was truly alone. He heard a heavy breathing echo in the distance. It was coming for him. He scrambled behind a rock and waited. The breathing and darkness increasing every second.
"Come out, Jedi. It's only you and me, Obi-Wan. You can join me or you can be destroyed like your Jedi friends. The choice is yours." Vader stated.
Obi-Wan dropped to the ground. He was exhausted, but he also ached inside. Tears streaked the sides of his face. He was the only Jedi left. Not even Master Yoda was strong enough to stop the dark Jedi and Obi-Wan knew that. He could feel nothing but evil and darkness through the Force.
The footsteps grew closer. Vader pushed away debris in his way. The humming of his red lightsaber seemed to create an evil rhythm in his step and breathing.
"Face me, Obi-Wan. Face your destiny," Vader demanded.
Obi-Wan got to his feet and watched the dark figure pass by him. He cried out and lunged himself forward, lightsaber ignited bright. Vader turned and held his lightsaber straight out in front of him. They came together in a deadly blow, both lightsabers cut through cloth, skin and bone all in one blow.
The Jedi gasped for breath and fell to his knees, as the Sith's lightsaber was retracted from his midsection. The Sith staggered back, the Jedi lightsaber still housed in his midsection. Each man looked at each other before their face was met with the solid ground.
Obi-Wan's eyes flashed open, his breath labor. He was sweating from head to toe. He was back in the comfort of the apartment. He searched his midsection for a hole, but, found nothing there, except his cubborbond and belt. He looked at his apprentice, the 16-year-old apprentice, and saw nothing but a big smile on the sleeping face. But in Obi-Wan's head he thought he could hear Anakin's/Vader's heavy breath bearing down on the back of his neck.
THE END
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