Chapter 8: Pain
Obi-wan swung his lightsaber aiming for Peape's head she ducked then bounced backwards.
"Obi-wan! Please Dont Do This!" Peape pleaded with him. Obi-wan swung at her again, she dodged and edged backwards.
"Please Come Back To The Light!" Peape pleaded again, dodging another swing. Anakin just watched in horror as this was taking place before him.
"Obi-wan! Please!" Peape continued to plead to him, as he just swung at her menacingly. Peape then realized there was no getting threw to him. She had to defend herself more then just dodging his swing after swing, she would definitly not prevail this way.
She called apon her force abilities and tried to force-knock the lightsaber out of Obi-wans' hands, after a few moments she succeeded. She force pulled the lightsaber into her own hands igniting it and then swiftly moving it to right next to Obi-wans' neck.
"It doesnt have to be this way!" Peape pleaded holding the lightsaber next to her friends' neck, threatening the finishing move be pulled on him.
"You dont have the courage..." Obi-wan taunted her, knowing from past memories she wouldnt be able to kill Obi-wan. Peape hissed at the formly known as Obi-wan as she swung at his neck. He ducked and swung his leg along the ground in attempt to trip her. She jumped just in the knick of time to not be tripped and swung again at Obi-wan, this time he was more careless in his rising and got a severe lightsaber burn diagonnally across his chest, he cried in pain as he fell to the floor.
As pain coursed threw his body the darkness weakened, enough so Obi-wan's true personality and will could take power again, he gasped in pain, as he watched Peape hover over him as the lightsaber was aimed for his neck.
"peape..." he gasped in pain, "dont..." he gasped again, breathing was difficult. Peape's eyes widened as she realized her friend had truely returned, she quickly disignited the lightsaber putting it away and knelt down to Obi-wan with a very apologetic expression on her face.
"im so sorry Obi-wan..." She whimpered in guilt, Obi-wan just gasped for more air as each breathe was more painful then the last.
"it...was...all...Rudan...shee...is behind...it all..." Obi-wan spat out finally as Peape took his head and torso into her lap.
"I knew it! The great Obi-wan couldnt be changed..." Rudan said frustrating activating her lightsaber and heading towards the two on the ground. "Guess Ill have to do this myself!" She hissed.
Peape hoisted Obi-wan onto his feet then left him alone pulling out her lightsaber and igniting it starting to stare down her former padawan.
"You have taken the dark path my former padawan, You tried to take Obi-wan with you, i will never forgive you for this, i have no choice but to end you!" Peape said angerly. Peape charged first slashing almost wildly at Rudan, as she blocked and parred with an equal ammount of force.
Then after a few moments Rudan turned on the offensive side pushing Peape back to the wall. Obi-wan was watching as he struggled with his own pain from his wound.
Peape was running out of options, Rudan had out-skilled her. She then glanced at the power cord, she knew it would cause an explosion.
'Obi-wan, you and Anakin go now...' she sent a message to Obi-wan. Obi-wan realized what she was going to do then turned around and started to stumble outwards towards the exit, He saw Anakin was already at the doorway waiting for him.
"I failed you Rudan, I am sorry" Peape said as her final words then used the lightsaber slicing threw the power cords and instantly causing a massive explosion, quickly engulping them both in the flames.
Obi-wan doubled over himself into a box that was unexpectingly there, that he hadnt noticed before. There was a loud noise then, followed by an intense heat. Obi-wan covered his head with his hands as the box literally was destoried around him as he was forced forward by the firey explosion. He went face first into the ground as the explosion afterfire blew over him, burning his back badly.
He looked up blinking, 'Anakin, where are you!' He sent a force message hoping one of them would pick up on his message. No answer though.
"Anakin..." He gasped as ashes and debris fell everywhere around him making it nearly impossible to see. The dust was only making it worse for his current breathing abilities.
'obi-wan...' he felt a fading force energy, it was Anakin. He stumbled in the direction of where he thought the force energy was coming. Suddenly he tripped over a body and nearly going face first into the ground once again. He turned around and felt the body for the fact it was too thick of debris and dust to see. No force energy was coming from this body he realized, this one was dead, but who was it. He pulled the body closer finally seeing the face. Tears ran down his eyes before he realized it. It was Peape. Her very body was in shreds, she was dead.
'it didnt have to be like this...' he thought to himself in guilt, his best friend. Gone now. He closed his eyes in grief as tears fell fluently down his cheeks.
"I failed you..." Obi-wan said quietly brushing the hair out of Peape's face. He held her close in a hug.
'obi-wan...help...' Anakin sent another force message to Obi-wan. Obi-wan looked up towards where Anakin was calling him from, then looked down at Peape. He set Peapes' body down slowly then got up running as fast as he could with his injuries, which wasnt really that fast it was more of a speed walk for his breathing difficulties, after the force energy of which was Anakins'.
He stopped finally finding a wreckage of wood pieces piled up. He scanned it quickly, then he spotted a small hand poking threw it, blood running down it completely. The hand belong to his padawan.
"Anakin!" He gasped rushing over to the pile and started pushing the pieces off the pile. After pulling a few pieces off he had uncovered Anakin for the most part, he was beaten up badly, several scratchs were on his face and torso. His right arm was bent in such a way it was not natural. Obi-wan knew it had to be broken, he carefully pulled the boy up into his arms. He then started looking for an escape. He did his best to force block the pain from his own injuries so he could escape with both of them still alive, and possibly get back to the ship as well.
Authors' Note: sound fimiliar...mmm...i think so...vision coming true! though yes it is a bit varied but whatever hahaha...at least Obi-wan is back to normal for the most part...