Chapter 2:

To say that he was surprised to find himself in a foreign world of pain would've been an understatement of the century. Curious as to know why he is in such excruciating pain is beyond his imagination and one thing is certain, he is not on Tatooine anymore. The last thing he remembers quite clearly is being back in his little hovel, not far away, but also close enough to keep an eye on young Skywalker, the son of his best friend, born into the world of chaos and corruption. Luke is the last hope for the Jedi to survive in a galaxy created by the Sith Lord Sidious and his apprentice Darth Vader, who is the one to bring balance to the Force, but Vader had chosen another destiny to live in.

It has always been hard to put the boy, Anakin Skywalker, and the man in the suit together. Anakin had held so much promise, he had the potential to become a great Jedi Knight, but he had placed that promising destiny of his into the hands of darkness.

But that is a line of thinking for another day, for that day is not now. Not when he is waking up in a world of confusion, a world that he should know better then anything else.

Hearing the hushed whispers gossiping not far away from his line of hearing is what had awoken him in the first place.

Why is he hearing the voices of the dead?

Is he dead too or is this one hell of a joke?

The dead cannot speak unless they have something important to say. Not all of them are dead, for he is sure that both Anakin (or is he still dressed as Vader) and Master Yoda are or were still alive. Though he has not heard from both of them for a long time, a very long time indeed if he is hearing their voices shouting at each other.

Can they not stay quiet? They're giving him a headache with all of that yapping. But then again Anakin has always given someone a reason to snap right back at him.

Anakin has always had that ability and yet it didn't stop him from loving the boy he had helped raised. Though at first Ben had his suspicions of the boys future of maybe becoming Qui-Gon's new apprentice, but in the end of it all. Ben did eventually warm up to the boy, who had become a son, a brother and the best friend anyone could ever ask for.

But Anakin had turned their friendship (or relationship) into something completely different.

It would have been better if he had died that day on Mustafar, but the Force had other plans to make.

He knows that he should wake up and to tell them all to shush up a little, for he is trying to sleep here, but he could not, and he doesn't know why that is. It is almost as if all of his strength and will power have deserted him to a fate that is not of his own choosing. The Force is still there and yet it is not giving him the guidance he is seeking from it.

Has the Force abandon him too or is this a new test in the making. Ben feels like throwing something against the wall in frustration, how many times has he felt like that when he was trying to tell Anakin something. Anakin never did have the patience to listen to good sound advice, but he did listen to the advice of a Dark Lord of the Sith.

Forcing himself to at least open up his eyes and to see the faces of the voices, which have stopped their yelling for some strange reason that Ben can't explain. Maybe they have the answers to his riddles.

Is this part of Vader's vengeful plot to destroy all traces of good from the galaxy or is he apart of the plan that has been set up by the Force itself.

What will Ben do when he confronts the boy he had trained after all of these years. After all does Anakin not hate him.

Guess that is one the questions Ben will have to dare to ask Vader, or is it Anakin, he is so confused. The presence doesn't feel like Vader's daunting one, but the one comforting presence of Anakin Skywalker as he once was before Palpatine had destroyed all of their lives, by deceiving the Chosen One and the rest of the galaxy, not just the Republic, but for all.

"Master!" Ben hears Anakin speaking to him through their bond, which was supposed to have been severed the moment Anakin had became a Jedi Knight and surely he would have cut it off the moment Anakin had transformed into Vader.

Ben isn't entirely sure if it will be the right choice to make, by waking up into the past, but which past is it. He'll never know until he had woken up, will he?

"Anakin?"

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A/N: Sorry if it is a shortie, but I will try to make sure that the next chapter is a wee bit longer. Thank all once again for your lovely reviews, until next time some the answers you are possibly seeking will be revealed in the next chapters to come. I do hope that you had all enjoyed this one, even though it is a bit of a short ass. I need Tim Tams after this.