Desperation: Master Tarkington?
The next morning Athena and Obi-Wan awoke arms around one another. Obi-Wan kissed Athena on the head waking her up all the way.
"Thank you for being here, I should have been here."
"Cariño, you're not the one that needs to be here my brother is, he's Ahsoka's teacher. You know how close a master padawan bond is. You had one with Master Qui-Gon and you still have one with Anakin."
"I know it just before all this happened Anakin asked to take over training Ahsoka and keep her safe."
"You have been doing an amazing job." Athena cuddled closer to her husband as her mind turned to think about regrets. A lot of them were coming to mind and she wasn't sure about them as they gave her a sense that she might have lost her chance of actually getting to know her brother as his sister.
Noticing that Athena was being quieter than usual he knew that she was thinking, however, he knew that if he didn't bring her back to reality, not very pleasant dreams were going to invade her sleep tonight."Ok, what's going on?"
"What do you mean?"
"Athena, you just got silent, what's wrong?"
"I just was thinking about regrets."
"Regrets"
"Yes, Anakin doesn't know that I'm his sister and if… if… he dies before I get the chance… I don't know what I'll do?"
"You'll get a chance to tell him I'm sure of it"
"I don't think I am so sure anymore." Obi-Wan held Athena close allowing her to shed her tears in comfort and safety.
"You mustn't give up Athena, I'm not giving up on finding him and you shouldn't either even though we can't feel him, the Force is telling me that he is still all right."
"I know I want to, but I can't stop these feelings. If we find him I am going to tell him as soon as I know he's healed from this ordeal."
"He might heal a lot faster if he had more support than just me and Ahsoka."
"You're right as always, do you mind if I use the refresher."
Obi-Wan
"Go ahead." Just at that moment, Ahsoka emerged from Anakin's room and I had to give a small smile my Cariña always knew when she or I needed to disappear in order to keep our secret safe.
"Morning Ahsoka."
"Morning Master, did you happen to make breakfast?"
"No, I'm afraid I too just woke up."
"It's all right I'll grab something from the cafeteria before my afternoon classes."
"All right, have a good day." Before preceding out the door she turned her face, losing some of her normal cheery demeanor.
"Master Kenobi, before I go is there any new information on Master Skywalker."
"I do not know Ahsoka if I hear anything I will let you know immediately."
"Thank you, Master." With that Ahsoka left to go to her classes, I knew she didn't like to go, however when a padawan and master weren't on missions the padawan was required to take some classes. Ahsoka was like me. We knew that Anakin was out there, but where to start looking that in and of itself was a challenge.
"Everything good?" Athena emerged from the refresher braiding her hair back into her traditional hairstyle.
"Yes, Ahsoka just left for her classes."
"All right, so what do we do next?"
"Next?" A slap on the back of his was her response to his question.
"To find my brother." Another slap this time by Obi-Wan to his forehead brought him back to both realities as well as his former padawans' safety.
"Let me think." Rubbing his beard in concentration he gained a better understanding. He knew a way to help Anakin was just beyond his grasp; he just didn't have a handle on it.
