Eyes closed in concentration, Anakin felt the triumph within Obi-Wan's heart and assumed the best possible outcome. But what he saw when he opened his eyes and lowered his arm made him frantically cry out in horror.
Obi-Wan had fallen short and in a bad way. In their state of extreme fatigue, Aayla and Anakin hadn't been able to supply enough Force power to draw him over. In addition, Obi-Wan had abandoned his efforts to reach the platform. Instead, he had sacrificed the last of his energy and concentration to toss the children safely into Aayla's open arms.
Anakin was safe. Ahsoka and Aayla were safe and the younglings were soon to be on their way to Coruscant. For a sparse moment, Obi-Wan was triumphantly euphoric as he guided the younglings safely into the arms of Aayla. The Jedi would be able to finish their mission, destroy the droid factory and free Koriba from Separatist control. Anakin would go on to help win the war, sit on the Jedi council and ultimately live up to his prophecy. The thought brought Obi-Wan great peace.
He closed his eyes, expecting to continue the long descent to the factory floor. But almost as soon as he tossed the children to safety and felt his brief moment of harmony, something sharp slammed against his upper chest, crushing the wind out of him and ramming him against the wall. He grunted loudly in pain.
Anakin had heard the awful grunt. Terrified, he ran to the edge and looked over to find his Master and best friend skewered through the right shoulder by one of Grievous' foul electric spears. Obi-Wan was pinned cruelly to the wall, his body dangling in agonizing pain, his hands clutching desperately at the shaft of the weapon that held him so pitilessly against the forces of gravity.
"Obi-Wan!" yelled Anakin in fear and frenzy. He lowered himself to the edge of the platform and tried with one outstretched arm to reach his best friend. But it was no use. Even if he could reach him, Obi-Wan was pinned so forcefully to the wall that it would take Force strength to pull the spear out.
Obi-Wan glanced up sadly into Anakin's eyes and was about to tell him to run, when electric current surged through the spear and racked his entire body with voltage. Instead, Obi-Wan's mouth formed into a silent scream. His back arched backward as his and muscles were sent into violent and crippling spasms.
Anakin was shouting something at him but he couldn't hear or see. He could only feel the searing heat of the power surge and the painful spasms of his muscles. He couldn't even breathe.
"We have to go, Anakin!" shouted Aayla with the roar of their shuttle behind her. "Ahsoka is being followed! We have to go now!"
Anakin ignored her and kept trying to reach Obi-Wan. If he could just reach the shaft of the spear...
"Anakin come on! It's what he would want," shouted Aayla again to Anakin. "Think of the mission!"
Kriff the mission, thought Anakin angrily as he ignored Aayla's pleas yet again. In a wild attempt to grab the spear, he flung his arm out fruitlessly. The tips of his fingers grazed the shaft.
Aayla watched in terror as Anakin too was violently electrocuted after making brief contact with the spear. Luckily, in a sudden plague of muscle spasms, his hand was jerked away from the power source. He slumped unconsciously, the upper half of his body dangling dangerously over edge of the platform.
Determined not to lose two Jedi to this mission, Aayla lunged at Anakin's legs and pulled him away from the edge. She then gathered him up in her arms and dragged him to the vent.
Ahsoka had the shuttle hovering a few inches from the opening. She was waiting anxiously at the side port and quickly reacted to help Master Secura hoist Anakin's limp and bleeding form up into the aircraft.
Airborne fire from some unseen Separatist patrol craft rocked the shuttle violently, putting the younglings and the mission in grave danger. Aayla jumped inside the shuttle and sealed the blast doors as Ahsoka ran to the cockpit.
Anakin lay unconscious on the deck of the ship as Aayla buckled a harness around the two of them and began trying to determine the severity of his electrocution.
With large tears welling up in her eyes, Ahsoka activated the hyper drive. The shuttle sped swiftly away from Koriba, unmistakably absent of Obi-Wan Kenobi.