The plan was a simple one. Mace had suggested it but regretted it instantly. It would bring more strain upon Obi-Wan than there already was.
Unfortunately, he couldn't do anything about that now.
He said as much to Plo over their comlinks.
"He will be fine." The Kel Dor Master states as he tries to reassure his friend. "He will not be alone during this." Plo can't help but feel the same worry that Mace does over this plan. Obi-Wan had agreed far too quickly about it.
He didn't seem to understand what it could do to him.
Or, Plo thought, he knows exactly what it could do to him. He's not concerned about his own safety. Not when he knows he can thousands at the cost of himself. Plo shakes his head. We won't let that happen.
Attachments are forbidden. All Jedi know this.
Though, what if-
"Plo, keep an eye on him." Mace practically begs his friend. He knows they're both thinking about the same thing. He knows they both understand what this means and that Obi-Wan will do whatever he has to in order to find the Sith Lord.
"I will."
The link closes and Plo is left alone in his quarters. Obi-Wan is with Master Yoda at this time. He's preparing himself as much as he can.
If the Sith Lord is in fact in the Senate District, then the dark will be far more potent there. With Obi-Wan's mind acting as an open wound, there is no doubt that he will feel the dark easier than the other Jedi.
It's nothing new to the Council that the darkness is clouding the light. What's new is that the Sith Lord is on Coruscant. What's new is that he has been right under their noses this whole time.
(Though, this was not necessarily new to Obi-Wan. He had been warned by Count Dooku during his capture on Geonosis all those years ago. Had he warned the Council about this, perhaps it wouldn't have been so new to them. Perhaps they would have brushed his worries aside as though they were nothing. Perhaps they would have told him to meditate on what he was told. Either way, no one truly knows what could have happened if Obi-Wan told the Council what he found.)
So, after sitting in silence for a few moments, Plo rises from the ground and exits his quarters. It would be far too suspicious if the entire Council accompanied Obi-Wan to the Senate District. Only a few were going.
Outside his door, he finds Depa Billaba and Adi Gallia. It's between the three of them to make sure nothing happens to Obi-Wan. Two will remain in hiding whilst the other joins Obi-Wan.
"He'll be fine." Adi states as they make their way to Yoda's quarters. "Everything is as the Force wills it."
He knows this.
He has to believe it as well.
Plo is so lost in his thoughts that he doesn't realize Obi-Wan has exited Yoda's quarters and is standing in front of the other three Masters.
"You could try to quiet your worry." Obi-Wan smiles as he speaks softly. He looks tired and weary. He looks as though he should be resting, not searching for a Sith Lord.
Obi-Wan tries to brush off their concern as they make their way to their transport.
This will be the most difficult part for him.
He'll enter a state of meditation. The light will remain near him, but he will sink as deep as he can to follow the dark as they sail through the Senate District. It's not the greatest plan the Council has come up with, but it's the best they've got.
So, as soon as they leave the landing platform, Obi-Wan gives them each a soft smile before he sinks into his meditation.
He knows exactly when they enter the Senate District.
Plo jerks when Obi-Wan gasps. His hands are shaking and his forehead is scrunched as they enter further into the Senate District. Plo can see Obi-Wan mumbling to himself, but he makes no move to attempt to decipher the words.
Obi-Wan's eyes flash open as he sucks in a strangled breath.
"Office Building." He gasps out as he slumps forward. He's caught by Depa quickly enough that he doesn't collide with the bottom of the transport. "He's in the Senate Office Building."
