CHAPTER 9

"We're approaching Bespin, R2." Obi-Wan looked down upon the cloudy planet. "Set the controls for manual." The droid beeped and Obi-Wan flew the Starfighter towards the outskirts. "That seems like a good place, R2." With a nice thick fog surrounding the ship's emplacement, it was almost certain that their presence was unknown. The Jedi jumped out of his transport and tried to locate his former Padawan. "Anakin… can you here me?" He whispered in his mind, hoping Anakin would sense him. After a few moments, still nothing.

A fear started growing within him, a fear that Anakin was no longer alive. Obi-Wan pushed away those terrible thoughts quickly. He would not believe Anakin was dead, he would have sensed it. Their bond would have broke and he would have felt it without a doubt. But something was wrong, something elusive but very present in the Jedi's mind. He tried to muse on it but could not come to a conclusion. He walked further away from the ship, making sure R2 stayed put. Slowly he walked, eyes closed, trying desperately to sense Anakin's life force.

Mace paced the Counsel's Chambers, lines of worry starting to show on his features. Obi-Wan should have reached Bespin by now and still no word of the fellow Jedi. The Clones had taken down the small droid army that had approached the Temple much too easily. Mace started wondering if this Temple attack wasn't a diversion for a much greater threat. He was no longer wondering, something inside him stirred; the Force spoke to him. It told him that something much greater was playing out and it had to be stopped. Not questioning the feeling inside him, Master Windu left to find Yoda. The Jedi Head Master was sitting alone in the Temple gardens and turned towards Windu when he sensed him approaching.

"Troubled you are, Master Windu."

"I've sensed something, Master. A disturbance in the Force." Windu sat beside Yoda.

"Umm… sensed it too I have."

"What does it mean?" Yoda stayed silence for a moment, his eyes closed, like he was trying to tap into what he had sensed earlier.

"In grave danger, our young Knights are." Mace caught his breath momentarily. "Find them immediately, me must."

"Where are you, Anakin?" Again Obi-Wan attempted to breach Anakin's mind but with no result. Suddenly a thought came to mind, a horrible one. What if Anakin didn't want to be found? What if he had fallen to the Dark Side"No… I would have sensed that also." Obi-Wan said out loud. But Anakin should have been able to sense Obi-Wan if they were on the same planet; he would hear his former master in his mind. Then the realisation of what was going on hit Obi-Wan. Anakin wasn't on Bespin. The terror grew instantly in the Master Jedi, as he understood Sidious' plan. He deliberately threw Obi-Wan off the trail so he could turn Anakin to the Dark Side. Cursing loudly, Obi-Wan ran back to the ship.

"Hurry R2, we're going back to Coruscant!" Obi-Wan was about to jump inside of the Starfighter when he sensed something. Slowly he turned towards where the disturbance was coming from. Amidst the fog, he could see three droid destroyers rolling his way.

Not wanting the droids to harm the ship or R2, Obi-Wan ran off in another direction. He was followed closely and actually thought he would be able to lose them in the tick fog, but he stopped in his tracks. A tall rocky formation stood before him, making it impossible to escape his attackers. Trapped, he ignited his Lightsaber as the droids stood and activated their shields. Obi-Wan blocked their firing until one shot hit him square in the shoulder. No pain went through him but he suddenly felt very dizzy. Obi-Wan fell slowly to his knees and he realised the guns were set for stun. Obviously Sidious wanted to separate he and Anakin, probably to mess with Anakin's mind but Obi-Wan could not think any further about the matter. He dropped on the cold rocky soil and everything fell into darkness.

Anakin sat silently in the corner of his prison. He meditated to keep his mind and body relaxed but found it harder to do so as time passed. Suddenly, a sharp pain resounded through him and lingered at his shoulder. His eyes shot open and he immediately placed a hand to where the pain has appeared. Then there was nothing. It was so brief that he through he had imagined the whole thing but anxiety took over his thoughts. Something had happened to Obi-Wan. He could hardly sense his former Master anymore but he had a feeling something besides that was terribly wrong.

"Still waiting for your Master, Anakin?" Sidious had silently entered the room. Anakin glared at him and stood up furiously.

"Where is he? What have you done to him?" Sidious sneered and shook his head.

"You honestly think Master Kenobi is going to save you? Why, he should have been here by now."

"Exactly! He'd never leave me to here unless something's happened to him. Where is he?" Anakin shouted.

"My dear boy…"

"Quiet! I've sensed him, I know you've made sure he wouldn't find me!" Sidious' face fell very serious, almost angry. He didn't know how Anakin could sense Obi-Wan through the tickness of the Dark Side. Seeing his first plan was starting to fail, a second one started rooting in the evil Sith's mind. Silently, Sidious turned away and walked out of the room. "Sidious, what have you done to Obi-Wan? Sidious! Sidious!"

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