If there is anyone still out there reading this I have to correct this chapter due to a critical error...I will try to complete this, truly I will.
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Senator Organa had located Yoda and Obi-Wan and once it was realized that the Jedi Temple was sending out a message for all Jedi to return the decision had been made to deactiviate it. It would be the only hope of keeping any Jedi that may have survived from falling into the lethal trap.
Before the senator parted ways with the Jedi he gave Obi-Wan the news he needed to hear. "Amira has survived."
"You've seen her? Where is she?" Obi-Wan's heart swelled with relief.
Bail lowered his head as he spoke. "She would not tell me where she is going, only that when it is safe she will make contact with you."
Yoda hobbled away giving the two some privacy to talk and Obi-Wan asked, "Where was she, how did you find her?"
"I found her here at the Temple shortly after the...tradgedy. I left her at the docking bay before boarding the Tantiv IV, she would not come with me, said it would be too dangerous to be seen with her."
Obi-Wan reached up and clasped Bail's shoulder. "I needed to know she was alive. I cant thank you enough for finding her."
Bail grasped his arm in return. "I must go, there is a special session of the senate convening. May the Force be with you."
As the Tantiv IV lifted off with Senator Organa on board Yoda and Obi-Wan entered the remains of the Temple.
Obi-Wan leaned over the body of a youngling. The wounds were not made by a blaster, but by a light saber. He and Yoda had encountered many such bodies upon entering the burned out remains of the Temple. Everywhere they looked they saw death and destruction.
After reprogramming the message to warn the Jedi to stay away he Obi-Wan fought his rising anxiety. "I must see the holo tapes."
Yoda shook his head sadly. "Only pain will you find on those tapes." He leaned heavily on his gimmer stick and looked around at the carnage.
Obi-Wan walked over a control panel and called up the video. "I must know Master Yoda."
The image of Anakin kneeling before Sidious brought such agony. It just could not be. Anakin did not murder all the younglings in cold blood; it was a mistake. Manufactured possibly, but not real.
Yoda stood nearby knowing full well it was no mistake and knowing what he was about to ask Obi-Wan to do. Anakin and Sidious had to be stopped and they were possibly the only two Jedi left that had any hope of defeating the Sith and his new apprentice.
Kenobi knew what Yoda was about to say and he stood up abrubtly. "I cannot, he is my brother. I can't kill Anakin. Let me face the chancellor.
Yoda denied him. "Strong enough to defeat Darth Sidious you are not; face him I must."
Obi-Wan lamented. "I can't do it, I don't know where he is."
Yoda ignored his pleadings. "Search your feelings, find him you will. Know you already where to look."
The two left the Temple knowing neither would ever see it again. Obi-Wan bowed to Yoda. "May the Force be with you."
Yoda returned the gesture and the sentiment but the words no longer carried as much reverence as they once had.
Although the Force had always been with them; it had not saved them, most of the Jedi were gone, the younglings slaughtered and the Republic was slipping into the dark vice like grip of the Sith.
He had lied to Yoda, he knew exactly where to begin his search for Anakin. He arrived at Senator Amidala's residence.
She was amicable and welcoming, but held back the truth. He saw it now, her growing abdomen. Amazing how he had not ever noticed it before, but then he and Anakin had both been off world chasing General Grievous and Dooku around the galaxy. So many campaigns, so may dead, and for what? It was all an elaborate deception devised to confuse and destroy the Jedi and tear the Republic apart.
Her world was shattered. His words had shot an arrow through her heart. He felt such remorse, such sympathy for her, but there would be no comfort, only more pain. "Anakin is the father isn't he?"
She did not answer, Obi-Wan's words were not penetrating her mind. The shock was too much. Her Ani had not done such things. It just could not be.
He tried to touch her mind. "If only one of you had trusted me enough to come to me with this. I would have found a way Padame. I would have done anything for the two of you."
He rose and turned to leave. The pain in his own heart rivaling hers. "I am so sorry Padame."
As his ship lifted off and sped away he knew he would not go far. Padame knew where Anakin was and it would not be long before she went to him. He began his quiet vigil.
He waited for Padame to make her move and the weight of the galaxy closed in on him. He was going to kill his friend, his brother. And Amira, he was not afforded the luxury of looking for his wife.
Within an hour of his visit Padame had ordered her ship be made ready and was preparing to board it. Obi-Wan seized an opportunity to climb aboard unnoticed. He locked himself in a storage locker. He hated deceiving Padame like this, but he was resigned to his task.