CHAPTER 13

Anakin marched to the Counsel the next morning. When he burst open the doors, the masters turned their heads towards the disturbed Knight.

"Commander Skywalker, why are you barging in here without being summoned?" Mace Windu asked impatiently.

"Master Kenobi has not fallen to the Dark Side." Yoda sighed and shook his head while the other masters looked at each other.

"You must accept this, Anakin." Ki-Adi-Mundi said with a slight tone of annoyance.

"I've spoken to him." Anakin saw how his last words struck a chord with the reunited Counsel.

"You've spoken to him? When?" Master Ki-Adi-Mundi asked.

"Last night, Master. I tried contacting him through the Force and he answered." Master Yarael Poof was the next to speak.

"And what exactly did he say?"

"To trust him and that it was the only way."

"The only way to what?" Mace looked into Anakin's eyes, still not trusting the young Jedi.

"I don't know but I do trust him, Master. I could sense how distraught he was. I have a feeling he's joined the Dark Side to…" Anakin looked away briefly from the Counsel.

"Finish your sentence…" Master Windu pushed.

"To save me." The Masters all gave an intrigued look of curiosity. "I think Master Obi-Wan is trying to stop something from happening, and I have a feeling it has something to do with me."

"You cannot trust a Sith, Anakin. Remember Obi-Wan has chosen to become one of them, this has nothing to do with…"

"But it has." Yoda cut off Master Windu in mid speech. All eyes turned towards the Head Master. "Everything to do with you, Obi-Wan's choice has."

"How…" Anakin wondered.

"Known Obi-Wan his whole life I have. Raised him, trained him into the Jedi he is. He cares deeply for you. Sacrifice everything for your safety without a doubt, I believe he would." Those words tore at Anakin. He knew their bond was one of the strongest bonds between Master and Padawan to ever exist. He knew Obi-Wan cared and so did he… but to what price?

"Master Yoda we need to find him. He's one of us, he's family… and he needs our help."

"Do you know where he is?" Master Piell questioned Anakin.

"I do."

Vader slowly stalked the dark streets of Mos Eisley. He was told the person he was looking for was here, the person he was meant to contact would be waiting for him. He had heard a strangely familiar voice while he slept and needed to investigate. His black robe hid his face in shadows, even his bright Sith eyes were dark, but you could see flickers of blue dance in their depths. He arrived to the location and saw a man in a Jedi tunic. Quickly afraid it was a trap, he turned to leave. But the familiar voice spoke again in a language he had learned over the years.

"Ak'chelk Obi-Wan." The Sith turned to look at the person waiting for him. Kit Fisto pulled down his hood. "I didn't think you would come here."

"I have nothing to say to a Jedi." Darth Vader started walking away.

"Spoken like a true Sith, Obi-Wan… almost convincing." Kit kept his black, unblinking eyes on the man before him.

"How did you contact me? Your powers aren't that advanced to contact someone so far away." The Nautolan smirked.

"Obi-Wan, you forget we grew up together. Our friendship is our bond. You were afraid Anakin and the Counsel would sense your location and blocked them out, but you forgot all about Aayla and me." Then, walking out of the shadows, the beautiful Twi'lek appeared.

"What is this, an ambush? A way to haul me back to Coruscant?"

"We know you haven't fallen to the Dark Side like the Counsel claims… like you claim." Aayla walked closer and placed a hand on Obi-Wan's shoulder, knowing just how much she risked in doing so. "We know you, Obi-Wan. We know you're hiding something."

"The name isn't Obi-Wan anymore. I'm a Sith now." He shrugged her hand off and backed away a few steps, holding onto his saber.

"Obi-Wan… we won't go to the Counsel. But please tell us what's going on." Silence fell, Sith eyes starting to fade out slowly.

"It's about Anakin, isn't it?" Kit asked. Obi-Wan looked directly into those dark Nautolan eyes. Tears prickled his eyes but he pushed them away quickly. But not quickly enough to go unnoticed. "Look, no one knows we're here not even Anakin. You can trust us, I promise." Tears filled Obi-Wan's eyes again, this time Aayla walked closer, so close they could press their foreheads together. She took his hand in hers and placed a hand on his cheek.

"We have faith in you, Obi-Wan." His hand tightened against hers and his head slowly fell to her shoulder. Aayla wrapped her arms around him and let his tears soak into her robe. Kit stood next to them, sighing deeply as he saw Obi-Wan drop the Sith Lightsaber to the ground. He remembered back to when they were young Padawans. The way they would play tricks on Master Yoda and when they would explore the Temple at night. The three of them had forged an undying friendship.

Anakin had briefly sensed Obi-Wan's location when he had spoken to him and had a strange feeling he would be on Kessel. Maybe he was no longer there, but a dark presence hovered around the planet

"Sidious…" Anakin whispered to himself as he piloted the Starfighter. "R2, set the controls to land. Follow the group leader." Many other ships had made their way to the Outer-Rim, ships filed with Clones and Jedi.

As the ships made their way closer to the hidden Sith base, Sidious smiled to himself.

"That's it, Jedi. You're falling right into my trap…"

When Kit speaks in Obi-Wan's mind... it isn't an actually word okay. I made that up. He says "Hello Obi-Wan" well.. to me he doesn. lol! Hope you,ve enjoyed this chapter. This story is nearing the end!