First, to miss kilis wale: Leia was born first, then Luke. In the minutes of time after Leia was born but Luke wasn't Leia and Padme (sorry, the 'e' won't work) looked at each other. Then Luke was born, and I think Padme died right after, without looking at Luke. Don't ask how Leia remembered . . . prehaps Obi-Wan used the Force to fix the memory in her head, or something, or she made it up as a little child.

Second, to Elocindragon: from what I can get on the Star Wars site, and some other internet sites, plus the movie, Padme dies in childbirth. Evil as Anakin-who-is-now-Vadar-in-soul was, he loved his 'Angel'-he wouldn't kill her! Well, if she 'comforted' Obi-Wan in the sense that you mean, then, maybe he would . . . out of anger and jealousy . . . in that case I wouldn't want to be Obi-Wan . . . but I really don't know for sure.

Third, this is a fic based on the movies. If ALL the details aren't exact, just remember that this is my imagination on the encounter between Obi-Wan and Anakin.

Fourth, thank you all for your reviews! I really enjoy them, thanks!

Chapter Five

I Am Already Dead.

Obi-Wan blocked it with his own, and the two slashed at eachother, fighting on the balcony. The hisses of the sabers, the cries and grunts of the two, one a Jedi, the other a Sith, the pounding of blood in their veins, the rush of air in their ears, all melded together.

Impossible to tell apart.

The black and the white figures battled into a hallway, slapping and stabbing and slashing. Flesh sizzled as Obi-Wan scored a minor hit on Anakin's leg: flesh hissed as Anakin, in turn, scored a minor hit on Obi-Wan's leg. Still, the two did not stop, and fought, Anakin as a demon born from the hissing lava of hate and anger, Obi-Wan as an angel carried on the wings of justice yet too damned by fury.

sss, sss, sss! the sabers sang, sparks flying as the entered a rounded hall, the sabers knocking against the walls, leaving a melted, burning trail in their wake. Slashing, each hungry for the other's blood, the sabers dived and soared, their wielders spinning and stepping, locked in a battle.

There could be only one mistake, and the other would triumph.

The two broke apart once out of the wall and onto another section, this one a crisscrossing pattern of metal beams abd cable suspended over a hissing sea of lava an one large platform, ringed by another balcony far above. Anakin sidestepped, circluing around, meaning to knock Obi-Wan off the balcony. Obi-Wan, sensing this, spun around and slashed at his padawan, only to be intercepted by Anakin's lightsaber.

They stared hard at eachother for a moment, Anakin in burning fury and hate, Obi-Wan in like anger but tainted with grief and despair.

Grief for the gentle padawan Anakin had once been, despair and anger for the souless, evil being he was now.

Anakin snapped his saber up, stepping to the side once again and slashing at Obi-Wan's chest, only to be intercepted by Obi-Wan, again. But this time Obi-Wan slammed his foot into Anakin's mechanical hand, backing the Sith off. Anakin switched hands and swished upward, forcing Obi-Wan to the edge of the balcony.

He saw the large platform, suspended in mid air, and leaped for it, Anakin on his heels. Landing, Obi-Wan twisted and slashed at Anakin's chest, and Anakin blocked it. Obi-Wan, however, followed through with a sweep of his legs, clashing into Anakin's and knocking the Sith off his feet.

Anakin, having forseen this, rolled to the side and 'collapsed,' rolling sideways to the floor and placing his legs in a position to spring to his feet. Obi-Wan, missing this, slammed his foot onto Anakin's chest.

"So now I kill you, padawan." Obi-Wan stated in cold anger.

Anakin lifted his face and stared hard at Obi-Wan with those dark, hard eyes. "I am already dead. It is hardly a loss."

Obi-Wan paused, and in that second Anakin sprang to his feet. Obi-Wan cursed, recognizing the feint for which it was, as Anakin's saber gleamed for his chest. It hissed as it made contact with his own, and Obi-Wan shoved it to the side. Anakin, caught slightly off-balance, rocked back on his heels as Obi-Wan lifted his saber . . .

And, in a quick, sharp motion, Anakin slammed his feet down and dived forward, grabbing Obi-Wan's throat with his mechanical hand and grabbing tight. Obi-Wan froze, choking, and Anakin, shifting his saber slightly, grabbed Obi-Wan's saber and disactivated his own. Slamming his master in the groin with his knee, Anakin kicked his legs and twisted his arm, forcing Obi-Wan to the ground, his own lightsaber held over his neck.

Obi-Wan lifted his eyes o his padawan's, and saw . .. nothing. Anakin's eyes were hard, cold, dark, and merciless. Ruthlessly he forced Obi-Wan down, pressing him against the metal floor of the .

Obi-Wan, devoid of air as he was, seized all his remaining strength and slammed his knee upwards, forcing Anakin off him and slamming the Sith to the side. Anakin rolled away, still clutching Obi-Wan's throat. Obi-Wan rolled over and, twisting his hand, grappled with Anakin for control of the saber. Anakin, able to breathe, had the upper hand until Obi-Wan, twisting his fingers, deactivated his saber.

With a buzz, it disactivated, and Obi-Wan let go, curled his hand into a fist, and slammed Anakin with it. However, the slam was weak, and as Anakin tightened his mechanical hand, it became weaker still.

Suddenly, the platform shuddered, the sudden movement causing Anakin to let go of Obi-Wan's throat as he rolled aside to prevent himself from falling off the platform. Obi-Wan, too, rolled, though diagonally from Anakin, and grabbed his saber from where Anakin had released it in order to hold onto his own.

Obi-Wan sprang to his feet as Anakin twisted to his, both activating their lightsabers, and, Obi-Wan, angerier than he could ever remember, stepped forward and slashed viciously at Anakin, forcing him back in an effort not to get impaled. This put Anakin at the edge of the platform, and Obi-Wan advanced.

But Anakin had other ideas. Twisting, he leaped from the platform, landing in a twirl on one of the crisscrossing metal beams fifty or so feet above the lava. Obi-Wan, caught off-balance, too jumped, landing a little ways from Anakin.

Below them, the waves of lava hissed and screamed.


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