General Kenobi had been summoned to the command post. He walked directly to the Operations officer who promptly stood at attention. The general asked, "You have something captain?" The officer nodded, "Yes sir. Silent Saber's command sergeant has reported in."
Obi-Wan's heart skipped a beat, "The command sergeant? Where is Colonel Organa?" The captain replied, "Sir the unit came under enemy fire two hundred meters from our lines."
He exhaled deeply, "Where is the command sergeant I wish to speak with him?" The captain replied, "Follow me sir." As he followed the ops officer out of the command post and down the corridor Obi-Wan tried sensing Amira, but there was nothing.
He focused on remaining calm and objective. If she was in trouble his options for rescuing her would be few. They entered a small briefing room where the sergeant and the rest of Silent Saber were delivering their intelligence to the command intel officer.
Everyone sprang to attention when the general entered. Obi-Wan put his hand up and said, "Please keep your seats." Then he turned to the intel officer, "Anything you can work with Major?"
The Major nodded, 'Yes sir the team did a first rate job this information will be quite useful." Obi-Wan nodded and directed his next statement to the rest of the team, "Please excuse us I would like to speak to your command sergeant alone."
Everyone immediately stood and filed out of the room. When the door closed the general sat down across from the command sergeant, "Colonel Organa has not reported in. What was her last known position?"
The sergeant rubbed the back of his neck, "Approximately two hundred meters east of our main front. We were attacked inside no mans land." Obi-Wan asked, "When exactly do you believe your position became known to the enemy?"
He replied, "Sir it happened before we made it out from behind the enemy's lines. The colonel had given the order to pack up and get moving in fifteen minutes. Not two minutes later she warned us that we had to move immediately as our position was detected. I asked her how she knew and she told me that she had sensed it. We broke and made a run for the line. We crossed it easily enough but came under attack once we reached no mans land."
Obi-Wan nodded, "I see. What were her orders to you at that point?" The command sergeant closed his eyes and sighed heavily, "Sir, we could not see where the fire was coming from but she could sense it. Colonel Organa ordered us to proceed to safe ground while she deflected the laser fire with her lightsaber. General, she wanted the information to get through at all costs."
Obi-Wan took a moment to digest his words. Then he stood up quickly followed by the command sergeant, "Good job. You were successful in getting the intelligence back here."
The general turned to go and the sergeant asked, "Sir, request permission to take a team and go back for the Colonel." Obi-Wan turned around and looked at the sergeant. He wanted nothing more than to send a team out after her, nothing more than to let the sergeant go and retrieve his commander but he couldn't risk more lives to save one.
The majority of the team made it back with the information. By all accounts the mission was a success, except his wife was missing in action. He replied, "Request denied sergeant...I am sorry."
The sergeant did not give up, "But sir I know where she is, we could be in and out in under an hour we can't leave her sir!" Obi-Wan admired this man's dedication to his commanding officer. He placed his hand on the sergeant's shoulder, "That won't be necessary…I will be going after her."
The sergeant asked, "You sir? Generals don't go out on one man search and rescue missions, even if you are a Jedi." Obi-Wan gave the sergeant a piercing look, "I am her husband."
Dumbfounded, the sergeant did not react for a second, "Then I respectfully request permission to go with you. You'll need someone to watch your back and if she's wounded you will need my help getting her back here."
Obi-Wan nodded, "Okay sergeant get geared up and meet me at the south entrance in ten minutes. It's getting dark and I'd rather not leave her out there in this cold any longer."
They crossed into no man's land just before dark. They were making quick progress through the snow. As he walked alongside Obi-Wan he asked, "If I get us within the general vicinity will you be able to sense her?"
Obi-Wan shook his head, "I do not know; if she is still alive, maybe." After another 15 minutes the sergeant stopped, "This is about where we split up." Obi-Wan scanned the area. He tried to sense her, "Amira hear me. Tell me where you are."
The sergeant called out to him, "General! Over here." Obi-Wan jogged over to him, "What is it?" He pointed at the ground, "I think a concussion grenade impacted here and I found this."
He handed him a lightsaber. Obi-Wan closed his hand around it and held it too his chest. The sergeant stood quietly not knowing what he should say or do next. Then suddenly the General stood and dashed off towards a large snow bank.
Obi-Wan reached the bank and hurdled over it. The sergeant arrived on the other side of the bank in time to see the general brushing the snow from the colonel's face, "Amira?" The sergeant knelt down in the snow, "Is she alive?"
Henodded, "Yes, but just." They wrapped her in a thermal blanket and Obi-Wan lifted her in his arms, "Lets go she won't last out here." The sergeant grabbed his and the general's pack and they were off back across no man's land.
They arrived back at the command center without incident an hour later. A medical teammet them at the entrance.They took Amira and rushed her off to the sick bay.
It was much later before he would be advised of her condition. The medial officer briefed him outside Amira's room, "She's pretty banged up but she is going to be fine. Any longer out there and she would have frozen to death."
The General thanked him and proceeded into her room. She was sedated and would not be awake for hours. He sat alone with her. He picked up her hand and pressed it to his lips. Silently thanking the Force she was still alive.
In the weeks that followed the battle on Hoth began to wind down. The Separatists were being driven from the system. The fleet would pull out and pursue the Separatists on another front in another system in a matter of days.
Colonel Organa stood in General Kenobi's office staring down at the data pad which held her new orders. She looked up at him and asked, "Military attaché to Alderaan? There is nothing happening on Alderaan."
Obi-Wan responded, "Precisely." She shook her head, "You are afraid." He looked at her somberly, "I am afraid. I can't go on ordering you behind enemy lines." She walked over to him, "I have a duty."
He rubbed his brow and sighed, "So do I and I am torn between the mission and wanting to protect you. I cannot do both." She nodded her agreement, "I understand Ben; I do; if you need to send me away then send me to one of the other battle groups; not to Alderaan."
He shook his head, "Then it would be up to someone else to order you into harms way. I am trying to avoid that." She felt her self growing angry, "General, I respectfully request you send me to another battle group. Military attaché to Alderaan is not an effective use of my abilities. I may be your wife but I am still a Jedi."
His next words were going to hurt. They were going to hurt because that point had finally come that he had been dreading. The point at which being a husband compromised his ability to be a Jedi and a General, "Colonel Organa your request is denied my decision is final.