Summary: When disaster strikes, Obi-Wan Kenobi must flee with the two infant Skywalker children changing the course of everyone's lives. Raising two force children and being the most hunted man in the galaxy was not going to be easy but then again for Obi-Wan, his life was never simple to begin with.
Author Notes: Let's start off with, I do not own these characters. I simply like to borrow them for a few, maybe hurt them a little and put them back where I found them.
So, I've been thinking about this story for over a year. My muse came to life playing Jedi Fallen Order and thinking it out I have an ending in mind already, just the meat within the chapters is the hard part for me and committing and staying with a story is a struggle for me. I'll fall out of love with the fandom and can't seem to finish the story I had started. Any advice? How do y'all keep going when you just want to give up, how do you come back to the story when you fallen out of love with a fandom? I'm debating about making a new year's resolution going through some old stories and finishing them out for good, for they have haunted me for years now.
One nice thing is I've at least stayed in this fandom for quite some time now and I don't think my love affair with Star Wars will end any time especially with the final announcement of the Kenobi Series. I can't tell you how much this makes my heart sing, this is all I've wanted, and I secretly hope it's not just one limited series that they will be more. I was sad to think we would never get a movie and at first I wasn't sure how I felt about the series, but the more I thought about it I'm so happy it worked out this way because now we get MORE! Not just two hours in a theater, no we get HOURSSSSS. So yeah I can't wait to see it.
With the stories "Can I Sleep Here," and "Just One of Those Days," are part of this story and maybe included later into it the future chapters depending on how this story goes and how all y'all like it and if it fits but it's from the same idea. I started writing those to test the waters to see if anyone would like to see more of it and I did get some positive feedback out of it. So thus this story was born. As for if there any mistakes, truly sorry. I hate that they exist, but I am only human and will only catch so many so hopefully there are not many that ruin the flow or the story itself. If it does let me know and I'll try and fix it but be gentle with me, please! Sorry for the long introduction and me just continue to blab on forever, I'm sure you skipped this and don't care. Now….without further ado, onto the story.
Warning: Character Death. Sorry, not sorry!
Bless the Broken Road
Chapter 1 – Change in Plans
The world slowly crept back into Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi's senses. It took a few seconds for his brain to catch up to the events of what was going on. As his hearing came back slowly and his awareness sluggishly came back, he realized he heard a klaxon going off and for the life of him could not figure out what it was. Without even thinking about what he was saying he mumbled under his breath, "Anakin please tell me you did not crash another ship." When he was greeted with the sound of the alarm still going off and continue to do nothing for the headache that was pressing onto his senses, he slowly cracked open one of his eyes. 'Why did he hear a baby, or was that two?' That couldn't be right. When did they start bringing babies into their war campaigns?
As his eye focused, he tried to open the other one but found it was unwilling. He slowly brought his hand up not sure what he would find or lack off and brought it back to his one eye that was open to find blood on his hand. 'Great,' he thought. He had apparently a nasty headwound that was forcing one of his eyes to stay closed.
A baby cried out again, piercing the air and able to penetrate the fogginess that had hit Kenobi's mind which was refusing to let go until now.
Everything came rushing back in a huge wave of emotion and images. Mustafar, Anakin turning to the dark side, Padme giving birth to twins, babies that had the blood of Skywalker flowing through their veins. One warning from the pilot of the ship and all hell had broken loose. Obi-Wan couldn't remember much after that, he must have lost consciousness right after that. As his brain processed all that happened he started looking around.
What had happened to Yoda, Padme and even Senator Bail Organa? Coming to his knees and testing out his strength Obi-Wan stood to his full height getting his bearings slowly looking for one of the babies he kept hearing screaming either in pain or fear or just all the above. The floor shook violently, and he almost was brought back down. He caught his bearing into what looked like use to be part of a wall, and that is when he saw him. Under the wreckage of some part of the ship, laid Senator Bail Organa. One did not have to be force sensitive to know the man was dead. Nobody could have survived that. That's when he heard the crying again and sprung back into action. It was close to the body of Bail Organa. He quickly removed debris and tried to be careful and being respectful of the late Senator. Under under the wreckage and miraculously protected with his body was Leia Skywalker. Bail had given his life to protect her. He picked up the small infant into his arms and began soothing the upset baby girl. He sent comfort through the force and instantly Leia stopped fussing and looked up at him with those honey brown eyes. Her little fingers wrapped around his bigger pinkie finger and he knew right then and there he would do anything and everything to protect her from any harm that came her way. Taking one sad glimpse at Senator Bail Organa he would morn his loss and celebrate his life when he had time, now was not the time to lose focus.
Looking around quickly he found a thermal blanket. Taking it, he wrapped Leia's little body in it to make sure he kept the newborn comfortable. As he held her, he turned around. It hit him like a ton of cement bricks. Where was Yoda? Or even Padme? He had yet to see their bodies, even though he really did not want their deaths confirmed by seeing their remains. He had seen enough death to last him a lifetime he did not need to see such a sight. He knew that would haunt him.
The smoke was making it harder to see by the minute. Closing his eyes, he reached out through the force, trying to feel for the Grandmaster, the force signature that he had known all his life. Yet in return he got nothing, emptiness greeted him. He opened his eyes and felt his shoulders sag. Obi-Wan Kenobi was truly alone now, possibly the last. The only one to keep him company was Leia. With that thought lingering in is head he heard a soft whimper from the side of the destroyed room. He made his way over cautiously to avoid any sparks or flames that were still covering the delivery room. There in the protected arms of the birthing robot was Luke Skywalker wrapped up in a bundle. Looking up at him with big beautiful blue eyes. Some how sending a comfort out to the older master that he was not alone, he had them. Picking up Luke Skywalker gently Kenobi now had two babies in his arms. Glancing around at the complete mayhem and destruction he thanked the force that they had survived to live another day, to fight for hope and the future.
He was once again pulled out of his thought process and knew he had to get off the ship. He suddenly felt a warning through the force, something was letting him know to leave the area immediately. As he slowly made his way through the dying ship he felt and heard a boarding party. He needed to leave now. He picked up the pace the infants started to cry feeling his panic through the force and him jostling them as he began to run. A lone whistle came from behind him and not having to look back he called out, "Artoo, see if there are any escape pods left." R2 made a few chirping noises as Obi-Wan stopped and came to a corner. Least R2D2 made it through the carnage but he had no idea if C-3PO made it and quite frankly he had no time to even go looking for the humanoid that seemed to find itself in trouble more often than not, and it took considerable skill to out trouble Kenobi which seem to follow him at every turn.
He heard sound of voices coming around the corridor. Slowly he bent down onto his knees and peaked his head around the corner to see members of the 212th entering from the docking station.
"Search the ship. Scans show survivors. The Emperor's instructions are clear."
Obi-Wan's gut turned at the mention of the Emperor and not to mention seeing the 212th again after being nearly killed by his own men. He knew though he could not risk showing himself or risking the babies in his arms while getting into the middle of a fire fight. It was not like his hands were free to wield his lightsaber. Turning around he looked at R2 to see if he had found them an escape route. The whistle from the droid made his heart sing as R2 took off and Obi-Wan leapt back onto his feet. He used force speed to get around the corner before the stormtroopers saw him.
He saw the escape pod as R2 opened the door for them both. He climbed in placing the two most important things in his life down gently. The two infants had no idea what was even going on or the danger that they were in, they had enter this world only a few hours ago and now were at risk of being captured by the one person who had turned their father. Obi-Wan would not allow this to happen. He'd face Order 66 and Mustafar every single day if that meant protecting these babies.
Turning on the engine and the lights flicked to life he started the sequence. He detached from the ill-fated ship. He sent out a prayer through the force that nobody would pay attention to their little shuttle as they took off. Obi-Wan pulled away and was finally able to see what had come of their ship and saw the complete and utter destruction. He saw ships turning to intercept him and their tiny shuttle, but he had gotten enough space between them as he punched in coordinates. The stars slowly began streaking as they jumped into hyperspace.
The Emperor watched over Darth Vader as they placed the crippled man in the suit that would help keep him alive. Rage filled him at what had become of his perfect apprentice. This was not how it was supposed to go down, this is not what he had seen for either one of them. He did not anticipate the Jedi being so bold, going on the offense to strike him or his newly appointed apprentice down. He expected them to all go into immediate hiding or even perhaps hoping none of them survived the purge however that was apparently asking to much. Not to mention he completely underestimated them, particularly Kenobi. That man had been a thorn in his side for many years, refusing to roll over and just die. Many times, his plans had been thwarted by that annoying Jedi. If he had to redo it all over again, he would have taken the Jedi as a young child turned him into one of the greatest Sith the galaxy had ever seen, all those skills put to good use for once, not wasted on the likes of the Jedi. For the first time Darth Sidious could see why Count Dooku held Obi-Wan in such high regard and why the Count wanted his grand padawan to be coursed over to the darkside of the force. The possibilities could have been endless. However, the future was never set, and one could not predict the ever-current events that would change, something as simple as throwing a rock into a stream would change the entire course of a river.
"Sir?"
"Yes, what is it? Don't you see I'm busy?" He snarled, annoyed his thoughts were interrupted.
"We found the shuttle that held the traitors. However, we could only recover a few bodies one of them being Senator Bail Organa." The stormtrooper paused, scared to give more information at the possible outcome of the news.
"Go on, you are hesitating." Darth Sidious noticing the hesitation by the stormtrooper.
"When we boarded, an escape shuttle launched. We do not know who was on it, but our scans indicated only that three lifeforms and a droid were on it. It left before we could apprehend them."
At that very moment Darth Sidious felt Darth Vader let out a scream in the force as they placed another part of the suit over his burned body. The dark lord turned to look and concentrate on his new apprentice, leaving the Stormtrooper to take his leave. Knowing very well he was able to escape with his life, seeing as a good time to get away, since the Emperor's full attention was on the person inside the medical bay.
Darth Sidious wanted to believe the two last remaining Jedi Council died in the attack, but the force told him otherwise. He had no doubt that one of those lifeforms was Kenobi, the one who had the ability to survive anything it seemed. Didn't matter. For now, he would concentrate on Darth Vader and building his empire and once that was complete, he would switch focus. He would have that Jedi found and brought to him and make the Jedi wish he had never survived Order 66.
TBC…..
End Notes: So, there you have it. The next few chapters should be longer, this was kind of a prologue/chapter 1 to start it off. Did you like it? If you do please review let me know, it truly feeds my muse. I'll update the character tags as they come along in and out of this story, can't have you being surprised, now can I? See you till the next chapter!