The ground beneath him shook violently assaulted by an unseen force. Convinced it had something to do with the negative forces that imbued themselves deep within the planet's core, Kenobi did not want to meet whatever cosmic force generated such a violent reaction from an already foreboding place. He continued his trek onward through the ashen valleys laying between two tall obsidian peaks. Embers floated before him drifting and dancing with the swirls of tumultuous energy. They were the only peaceful things about the dreadful planet. Kenobi wanted to leave, but he couldn't. Not until he found Skywalker. This was after all, just one of his dreams wasn't it?

Without warning the landscape before him opened in vents, breathing out large plumes of black ash and pumice. Raging tempests of searing volcanic gases rushed forward climbing higher and higher in the sky and devouring the land before it. Kenobi's eyes widened as his mind raced. Behind him laid nothing but lava flows, no Anakin, no figure. Before him laid certain death, but around it? Who knew. He would have to chance it. His legs protested from the years of battles wearing on them. Every step his bones ached and his joints wobbled but he was accustomed to it. His feet sank deep into the volcanic ash with each step. "Anakin!" he tried to call out, simultaneously reaching out with the force. Anakin was nowhere to be seen and all he could sense with in the force was a dark pit where Anakin should have been. Kenobi's heart sank to his feet. Was he too late?

The plume of smoke, ash, gases, and pumice accosted Kenobi, enveloping him from all sides. He covered his face shielding his lungs from much of the debris stalking in the air around him. His eyes strained against the particles to remain open and to see, especially as the heat hit them. It was tempting to close his eyes and try and feel his way out, but there was more at stake here than just his eyes. He needed to see his way out. He needed to see the danger that could be lurking within the clouds. As if on cue the raspy rhythmic breathing of the masked sith lord permeated the ash around him. "Yes, quite the show. I don't suppose you know where I can find my padawan do you?" Always quick with the snark Kenobi hoped the sith would reveal his position. "Bit counter productive to reside in a place like this isn't it? Especially with all that wheezing. You really ought to see a medical droid." he could have chuckled were the circumstances altered.
The breathing continued. It seemed to echo around from all angles making it impossible to pinpoint its origins. The figure was taunting him- not taunting just observing. Nothing creepy about that, he thought to himself as he continued to try and find his way through the plume. "Anakin!" he rasped. The ash taking its toll on his own voice and breathing. The urge to cough presented itself but he resisted hoping to let out one more call.

A voice broke through before he could bring up the strength to call out again. "Sir." It was a familiar voice. A clone's voice. Kenobi looked around him. "Cody?" He strained to make out anything in the smoke. "Cody, is that you."
"Yessir. I'm afraid I have some bad news."
Again Kenobi's eyes strained but everything was growing darker. The light being sucked out of the very day, retreating until the only thing around him was- his eyes opened and he sat up.
The clone took a step back, obviously startled by the jolted reaction of the Jedi Master. Cody quickly recovered and started again. "I'm afraid General Skywalker is missing, sir."
"Missing?" The word hit him like a speeder. "Missing." he pinched the bridge of his nose. "I suppose Captain Rex is with him? He's probably surveying the area for trouble as he can't seem to get enough of it." Kenobi's voice was hoarse. He coughed into his sleeve and an incredulous look set on his features. Curious. He stared at the black soot staining his sleeve. Very curious.

-

How do you find somewhere that may not even exist? Anakin sat back in the pilot chair mewing the known galaxy over in his head trying to recall any place that even remotely reminded him of the place that haunted him. He grit his teeth. "Great. Just great." he threw the map against the wall shattering it. "How the hell am I supposed to find this place!" he groaned tugging at his hair in frustration when the console chirped to life. The image of a very irate Kenobi manifested on the dash. He was stroking his beard in thought a look of disappointment and annoyance on his face. "I'm waiting."
"For?"

"Where are you, Anakin? We have a mission we need to complete here. Whatever has you distracted needs to wait. This is not the jedi way."

A torrent of anger began to bubble up from Anakin's stomach. "And what is that?" He couldn't bite back the response quite fast enough. It shocked not only Kenobi but himself, but he'd said it and there was no turning back now.
"I can't go through this again with you Anakin. Return to base immediately. We can talk about whatever has you distracted after we finish the rendezvous."
"You don't need two generals for a rendezvous. You can handle it yourself Obi-wan. You're the negotiator of the order, I'm sure you'll be fine without me there." The dryness in his voice was not lost on either of them.
Kenobi pinched the bridge of his nose clearly at the end of his wit and attempted to be civilized with him. "Just get back here, before I have to report this to the council. You're already on thin ice with Master Windu. You can't keep doing this- this disappearing thing whatever it is. You are the chosen one, you have responsibilities to keep. Mainly, to the jedi order."
Anakin glared at the hologram. "Yeah, I'm not to sure about that." he whispered under his breath.
"Come again, young one?"
Anakin looked around the dash then back up at the hologram. "I'm sorry, master, you're breaking up. Could you-" he ended the transmission. "Could you just look at the message I left you." He stood up turning to retrieve the pieces of the map he'd thrown earlier when it dawned on him.
"Mustafar." The Separatist controlled planet. He wasn't looking in the Republican controlled systems he needed to cross into separatist space. Kenobi was going to really love this.