Chapter 2

A blinding light shone before him. Obi-wan covered his eyes from the light. "Where am I?" he thought. All he could see around him was a area of complete white. He looked at his chest and saw that the wound left by Anakin's saber was gone. "Odd" He though, "I really must figure out where I have ended up". So he started to walk around, and as he did he felt a presence near him. It was a familiar presence that could only be….

"Qui-Gon?" Obi-wan asked aloud.

"Yes, it is me." Qui-Gon answered as he stepped into the light, revealing himself to Obi-wan.

"Where am I, Master?" Obi-Wan asked. "And how can I see you?"

"I am sad to tell you that you are currently in a state of… limbo, if you will." Qui-Gon answered, rubbing his beard as he walked. "Anakin has mortally wounded you. I am so sorry that this all happened. If I had listened to you about the boy, this all could have been avoided."

"What do you mean by limbo?" Obi-Wan asked. He was terribly confused.

"Well, normally when a Jedi passes on, he or she becomes one with the force. If a Jedi is powerful enough and has the will to do so, they can turn into a type of… ghost, and interact with the living. It seems that you were not meant to pass yet. Your mind is ready to be absorbed into the force, but it seems the force has decided that it is not your time yet." Qui-Gon explained. "It sent me to you, to tell you what it has charged you with."

"What is it Master?"Obi-Wan asked. "What does the force want me to do?"

"It has told me that your destiny was to stop Anakin on Mustafar, but it seems that with your defeat, your destiny has also been altered." Qui-Gon said, before stopping and sighing. "The force has shown me the future, and it has showed me that you must form a resistance against this new Empire. With that sith, Lord Sidious, at its head, you would not have stood a chance, but…" Qui-Gon stepped towards Obi-Wan, looking serious. "…It seems that Anakin killed him shortly before he left Mustafar. Anakin has no experience leading a government, and mounting a resistance without him seeing would be much less a challenge."

"Anakin has killed Palpatine?" Obi-Wan asked, shocked. "Well, it seems like the Sith have no honor. I don't understand how I could start a resistance without knowing who my allies are."

"I can help you there." said a voice that Obi-Wan did not recognize. A moment later a young woman, who looked as if she was a Jedi walked over to them. "My name is Etain; I served in the Clone Wars and held command over a large amount of the Republic Commandos. I befriended a group of Commando's, Delta Squad, and their adoptive father, Kal Skirata." She looked down. "I was in a… relationship with one of the commandos, named Darman. I was killed while escaping Coruscant during the early hours of Order 66." Tears began to form in her eyes, but she began to calm down after a moment.

"General Tur-Mukan, I am sorry to hear you were not able to escape Order 66." Obi-Wan said. "But I must ask, what does any of this have to do with me?"

"Kal Skirata and most of Delta Squad had escaped to a safe house for clones they created on Mandalore, called Kyrimorut. They do not care for Jedi, except for Bardan Jusik, who became a Mandalorian and left the Jedi Order not long before Order 66. If you find them, and tell them that I told you to find them, then they may be able to be temporary allies." Etain said.

"How will I explain how you told me of this if they know you are dead?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Tell them I asked you to check on Kad for me." Etain said. "They will let you in, if they inquire further, explain our current meeting to them, make sure Jusik is nearby, he will be able to help confirm the possibility of your story." She began to slowly fade away.

"Wait, who is Kad?" Obi-Wan asked, hoping for an answer.

Etain turned and smiled, then said "My son." and then she disappeared.

"Her son… Wait, didn't she say she was in relations with a clone?" Obi-Wan asked.

"She did, that boy could be a great help to you one day." Qui-Gon said. "But that is not an important matter, it is imperative that you get to Mandalore and rally support from the Mandalorians. Tell them that they are not safe from the Empire, and unless they fight they will be eradicated." He walked away. "Hurry Obi-Wan, and make you are not found by Imperial forces, your survival cannot be discovered by them, it could compromise all you are meant to do. I must leave now." And then he began to fade away.

"Master!" Obi-Wan yelled "Master, I don't know if I can do this alone"

"You are never alone; The Force will be with you, always." Qui-Gon said, as he disappeared.

Obi-Wan began to feel a strange sensation, before he slowly fell down to the ground and closed his eyes. Only a moment later he opened his eyes to see the ashy dirt of Mustafar. He looked up and saw an Imperial landing craft fly off into the atmosphere. He waited a few moments to make sure it was safe and stood up. He would need to find a ship, and fast.

He walked for a while until he found the landing pad where they landing craft he had just seen take off from. In the nick of time he jumped back and hid behind a large piece of rock. Two shock troopers were standing over a corpse.

"So, what are we supposed to do with this?" One of the troopers said.

"Lord Vader has ordered us to dump this body into the lava. He doesn't want anyone finding old Palps' body anytime soon. He says there are people who could use it against him, whatever that means."

"I don't see anything different about this new 'Empire' except for the lack of Jedi and the new leader. I mean really, I had nothing against the Jedi General I was serving under." The first shock trooper said.

"Shut it Slam, the Jedi betrayed the republic. You've heard what Palpatine said; the Jedi staged a coup and tried to oust him. I'd kill the next Jedi I saw and wouldn't give a damn. They are traitors and should be treated as such." The second shock trooper answered.

"Ok Heavy, calm down. I do have a good question for you. Why did we execute all the Jedi but Skywalker, because he was to be trusted, but he can kill the Chancellor and no one does a thing, only follow another Jedi's orders?" Slam asked.

"I, I don't know. It doesn't make any sense, maybe the Jedi were innocent and the Chancellor wanted them out, only to be betrayed by his own. But what I can say is that we have orders to kill any Jedi on sight, and I'm not about to stray from those orders." Heavy said. "Anyway we need to get this body into that lava. We can finish this discussion later."

"Whatever." Slam replied, and the two troopers walked away, carrying the corpse of Palpatine with them.

It seems that even Anakin's own army has doubts about his command. I may be able to use that to my advantage in the future. Obi-Wan thought, and then he ran quickly across the open area, being as stealthy as possible. As he ran across the area he slipped on a rock and fell, making quite a loud noise.

"What was that?" Slam yelled, as he turned around and saw Obi-Wan jump up. "It's a Jedi, blast him." They dropped Palpatine's body and pulled out their blasters.

Obi-Wan jumped up and flipped while pulling out his lightsaber and igniting it, he landed and began to deflect blasts from the shock troopers. He reached out with the force and pushed Slam backwards into the lava, and then leaped forward and sliced Heavy's blaster in half, before spinning around and slicing off his head and force pushing the clones' lifeless body into the lava below. He needed to make sure there were no witnesses to his apparent revival as well as no evidence to prove he had been there.

Obi-Wan needed to escape as fast as he could, and knew that he only had two choices; to kill all the clones at the facility he was at, which would make him no better than a Sith, or to infiltrate them. He chose the second option. Obi-Wan surveyed the area, looking for any clones that were isolated. He saw one to the south, who seemed to be keeping watch.

"Niner, report in." a voice said over a comlink.

"Niner here, all clear, sir. My shift is about up, can I head to the 'freshers? It's so hot here; I'm covered in sweat and ash." Niner replied.

"Go ahead, I'll send in Ex to take over for you." The voice said.

"Thanks sir." Niner said, and began to walk off.

This is my chance. Obi-Wan said. He ran up behind the clone and used the force to knock him out. Hopefully it would last long enough that he wouldn't get caught. He then moved to clone behind a rock and got into the armor. He hung his lightsaber on his belt. If anybody asked, it was a trophy he took from a Jedi he killed.

He walked toward the base, it was going to be difficult, but he had been in worse situations. Wait, how am I going to fit in if I sound different? Obi-Wan thought. He was going to have to infiltrate the base and get to a ship, without saying a word.