Obi-Wan sighed as he watched Anakin talk with Padme.

It had been five years since his beloved Master had been lost here on Naboo.

Suddenly a warning screamed across the Force, and a moment later an explosion sent Obi-Wan flying through the air.

"Master!" Anakin cried as he and Padme rushed over and helped Obi-Wan to his feet.

They looked up to see a tall figure dressed in black, his face hidden by his hood, on a swoop.

"Who are you?" Padme demanded.

"I am Darth Maulus. I will be the destruction of the Jedi."

Obi-Wan and Anakin ignited their lightsabers and stood ready.

A slightly amused chuckle came from Darth Maulus.

"You two will be the first to fall. My powers surpass even that of Master Yoda."

Obi-Wan and Anakin gulped.

Everything else happened so fast, they weren't quite exactly had happened.

Padme stood with a blaster aimed at Darth Maulus, whose leg had been it.

"Get out of here."

The Sith growled.

"I'll get you, Obi-Wan Kenobi! Mark my words, I will get you! I won't rest until you're a still corpse laying at me!"

He raced off on his swoop, leaving a white faced and rather unsteady Obi-Wan.

"He's far more powerful than Master Yoda. If Master Yoda can't defeat him,..."

"Then no one can," Anakin finished for him.

Obi-Wan nodded.

"We must contact the Council at once."

***********

Qui-Gon seethed beneath his calm expression. Obi-Wan had been within his grasp, and he let his guard for a moment, long enough to allow the child of a queen to pull off a lucky shot, hitting his leg.

After a while in a bacta tank, his leg was healed for the most part, but he had a limp and was forced to delay his plans.

Darth Sidious entered the younger Sith's room and ducked as a vase flew at the door.

"Frustrated?"

Qui-Gon growled, sneering at his Master.

"I let my guard down. He was within my grasp."

The big man's powerful fist slammed down onto the railing of the small balcony of his quarters.

"I did not count of the girl being armed."

"Now you know what to expect, my apprentice."

Qui-Gon nodded once, his face hard. He would not let Obi-Wan escape him the next time.