A/N: I'm here, I'm here! Don't kill me because of the cliffhanger. Well, to not drive you crazy any longer, here we go.
Ch. 30: Lost in the Future
A voice that was supposed to be full of mischief and wisdom spoke in an ice-like manner. "You die tonight."
Anakin's eyes widened, his fear rising. A tiny gust of wind sent dust flying up into the air around.
A sad laugh sounded in the corridor. "Even as a baby, you still can access the Force, Anakin. Or should I call you, Darth Vader?"
The person kneeled down in front of Anakin and cupped his face. Anakin froze and stared into the face of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The aura around the teenager crackled with raw, Dark Side energy. Any presence of the mysterious, collected man was gone, lost in the void of a man shattered by grief.
Smirking, Obi-Wan rose back onto his feet and continued with his one-sided conversation, "I've seen you coming, Vader. You don't know how long I've waited for this day. You might be innocent little Anakin Skywalker right now, but even now the Dark Side reaches for you. Hmph, you…a coward who destroyed everything you loved…everything that I loved!"
Obi-Wan leered down at the baby, his hissing voice showing a glimpse into the grief. "It's because of you that my only family is dead. Do you know how it feels to burn in the flames of your brother's death? Do you know how it feels to then be sucked into a void while the one you love disappears without a trace?"
Anakin fell back and started to crawl away, crying.
Smirking, his eyes began to turn orange. "I didn't want to do this, Anakin, but the Force left me no choice. It took away my only two pillars of strength to hold him back…that Sith within me…the Sith that surpasses the Chosen One. I should ask for you forgiveness, but I cannot because I'm doing what's best for the galaxy."
Pulling out the dead knight's lightsaber, Obi-Wan ignited it casting a blue glow over Anakin.
"Stop, Obi-Wan!"
Angry eyes stared up at Qui-Gon's halting form.
Qui-Gon panted. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Obi-Wan was about to kill Anakin, what in nine Corellian Hells happened. "Obi-Wan stop, Anakin didn't do anything wrong."
"Wrong? Wrong!" shouted Obi-Wan, "He killed my family! He killed my brother, my wife…my daughter! He deserves a painful, long death!"
Qui-Gon stepped back by the brute dark force that was emitting from Obi-Wan. The teenager had gone completely over the edge, more so than Xanatos. Yet, the Dark Side wasn't the only thing that plagued Qui-Gon's heart. Obi-Wan's eyes spoke it all. His mind was trapped in a vision; everything that was happening in the present and in the future had blended together, creating a distorted reality.
"Obi-Wan, listen to me. Anakin is innocent, he is a mere babe."
A coldness fell over Obi-Wan's face as he deactivated his saber.
Qui-Gon took a step forward, his hope rising that he was reaching the lost child. "I don't know what happened, but I can help you. Just let me have Anakin and then we can talk. Ok?"
"You want Anakin so badly?"
"Yes."
"Then here have him."
Obi-Wan jerked Anakin's body into the air and hurled the child at Qui-Gon. Anakin screamed. Qui-Gon reached out with the Force, trying to soften the child's flight when electricity enveloped the young body. Anakin's bright presence in the Force snuffed out and landed in a charcoal heap in Qui-Gon's large hands. Tears poured down the Jedi Master's face as he raised his eyes up at the monster before him.
Obi-Wan lowered his arm, a dark smile on his lips. "You said you wanted him, Jinn. You didn't say alive."
"Obi-"
A rush of brown cloth flew by Jinn. Qui-Gon wanted to scream, but his voice abandoned him. Jedi Master Mace Windu flew at Obi-Wan, his purple lightsaber whirling down at Obi-Wan. In a blink of an eye, Obi-Wan leapt back and withdrew from the Force.
"No…he just went somewhere else…" Qui-Gon whispered as he watched with fear and awe as Obi-Wan dodged in and out of Mace's Vaapaad attacks, his stolen lightsaber not even ignited yet. He finally understood why the Jedi of the Old feared the Saterine. No one should ever have that much power, and if one of them fell…
Snap. Hiss. Thrum.
Qui-Gon blinked. Obi-Wan moved beneath Mace's arm, his lightsaber thrumming with life. Mace fell forward onto the ground, rolling to the side, exposing a deep gash from his stomach up to his upper chest. The Jedi Master was barely alive, but his life force was dimming greatly.
Obi-Wan walked towards Jinn, the saber tilted downward. "Don't bother to try and save me, Jinn. You tried once but you were already too late, just like now."
Qui-Gon laid Anakin's body on the ground and took a defensive pose, his lightsaber hanging nimbly in the palm on his hands. "Why?"
"Because you wouldn't listen. And now, you have to suffer something more greater than the Sith."
Obi-Wan lunged at Qui-Gon, driving his saber towards the man's heart. Qui-Gon ignited his saber and barely batted away the strike. Twirling around, he continued to defend himself against Obi-Wan's aggressive onslaught, dancing over the bodies of Anakin and Mace.
Breaking away, Jinn distanced himself from the boy, "Xanatos trained you well."
"He was not the only one."
"What?"
Obi-Wan laughed and pounced at Jinn, yet a powerful Force push knocked the Master off his feet and into the wall. Yoda flew past Jinn and blocked Obi-Wan's strike.
"Disappointed in you, I am. Learned from your ancestors mistakes I had hoped."
Obi-Wan blocked a swing at his side, "So did I, but I guess we both failed in the end."
Yoda nodded before springing once more into action. Qui-Gon watched from the sides as he watched the esteemed Jedi Master twirl around striking and defending at places that Jinn couldn't even see. Obi-Wan merely stood where he was, blocking each blow and trying to drive into Yoda's defenses in a style he never saw before. The two continued to fight until Qui-Gon saw a lightsaber spinning off down the hall. Yoda landed in front of Obi-Wan, who was front of a very familiar door.
"Allow you I cannot, to get the last chip."
Obi-Wan nodded, the orange fading from his eyes. Looking above Yoda, he saw the full-grown Sith child that looked just like him run at him. For the precious minutes, he had broken himself free of that man's influence. Guilt welled up in him. He had become the very monster that haunted his dreams and visions, dreams that Xanatos would come to his room and banish away with his presence.
Tears began to prick at his eyes. Nyree had sat by his side, nursing him, her mere touches warming the ice wall that surrounded his soul. He had failed them, both of them. He had failed Austral for going against all her teachings, for becoming the thing that their people had fought against.
Closing his eyes, Obi-Wan dove into his center—the only place left where a coal of humanity still flickered. He didn't even gasp when a searing pain flared in his chest. Opening his eyes, he stared down at the emerald blade that pierced his heart. A small smile touched his lips as Obi-Wan looked down at Yoda.
"Thank you."
Yoda deactivated his saber and wobbled back. Obi-Wan collapsed against the door, his eyes turning to Qui-Gon. "I'm sorry."
With nothing more to say, Obi-Wan allowed his body to fall onto the floor and soon found himself falling through the door into a dark abyss.
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A/N: Don't worry! Don't worry! This is going to be a happy ending, ok. All will be revealed in the next chapter. So just be patient.