A/N: Well, here we go!

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Obi-Wan Kenobi watched from a distance as the Lars family cradled their newborn nephew. 'Why did it have to come to this?' he thought. 'Why?'

He still trusted in the force but after the past few days' events that trust was starting to falter.

He knew he had to keep moving, but just as he climbed back onto the speeder bike, his comlink went off.

"Obi-Wan, Get to Tatooine, did you?" the voice of Master Yoda asked.

"Yes, and Luke is with his aunt and uncle. Master, is it really safe to be speaking like this?" Obi-Wan asked. For all he knew, the new emperor was somewhere tracing the signal.

"Had to make sure Luke was safe, I did. For now, fine speaking, we are. Contact you more, I will not. Stay on Tatooine, you will."

"Yes, Master. May the force be with you," Obi-Wan replied, saddened by the thought of not seeing the Grand Master again.

"With you as well, Master Kenobi. With you as well."

Later that night, Obi-Wan had managed to get a temporary apartment in Mos Eisley. It wasn't of the best living conditions, but he would manage. After accomplishing that goal, his thoughts were allowed to wander back to the events that led up to all of this.

"I Hate You," Those three words felt like spears plunging into his heart. He could sense that Anakin, Vader, or whatever he was now, was still alive. It did not take long for the remaining Jedi to figure out the emperor had saved him. Obi-Wan wished his former padawan had died on that bank. It was hard to tell what state he was in now, or how the galaxy would suffer with his hate and power. To think of it made him tremble. 'And here I am,' he thought. 'Alone in the desert able to do nothing.'

'Oh Obi-Wan, you are far from alone my friend' a voice remarked from thin air.

'Qui-Gon' Obi-Wan whispered in shock.

Seventeen-year- old Ahsoka Tano was having the fight of her life. A few days ago, her master sent her on a solo mission to the planet Najiba. The mission was to quickly and smoothly take out a ring of newbie pirates, and when the council was bringing up names, Anakin had recommended her. She was overjoyed to go especially when she found out she was being sent with the Torrent Company.

The mission had been going fantastically. Anakin had let her take his most recent project; The Twilight II, and they made it to Najiba in record time. They cut through a forest in order to get to the pirate's village more stealthily, and camped out near the edge to prepare for the execution of their plan the next day. Around a campfire, they told jokes and stories. Ahsoka hadn't laughed that hard in a long time. The next day, their mission could not have gone more perfectly. The pirates were taken out and the goods were delivered to the people who really needed them. Then, as they were heading back to the campsite, it happened. She was walking slightly ahead of the troopers when Rex's comlink went off. "Execute Order 66."

She was just about to ask what that meant, but as she was turning around the deaths of thousands of Jedi came crashing down on her. She screamed as she felt soul after soul being torn prematurely from the universe. She looked up and was shocked to see the Torrent Company's blasters all pointed at her.

An hour later, and she was beginning to weaken. Her right leg had been shot more than once, and she was tiring from single-handedly taking on twenty clone troopers. She turned on her comlink to send out a long-range signal, hoping someone from the Republic would hear her message.

"This is commander Ahsoka Tano from the 501st legion," she yelled into the comlink while deflecting another onset of bullets. "I'm on Northern Najiba. My troopers have turned on me, and I need assistance! If anyone is out there, PLEASE HELP!

"…PLEASE HELP!"

Obi-Wan gasped as he heard Ahsoka's message. He longed to run to his ship and rush to her aid, but he knew his orders were to stay on Tatooine. Besides, he probably wouldn't make it in time.

'Go to her, my friend.'

Ahsoka felt a pang of guilt every time she reflected a shot to hit a clone. She knew they were programmed to follow orders. She was just wondering whom this one was coming from. She had been shot in the legs, shoulder, cheek, and arm. The pain was unbearable, but she had to keep fighting. Her lightsabers reflected the remaining troopers' well-aimed shots, except Rex's. The other clones did not seem to notice, but it appeared as if Rex was purposefully missing her. 'Did the order not affect him?' Ahsoka asked herself.

Obi-Wan remembered Master Yoda telling him that Qui-Gon was still around to teach him, but it was still hard getting used to communicating with his deceased master.

"It would be risky, and I may be too late."

"Najiba is not far, Obi-Wan, and you can sense she is still alive."

"Master Yoda told me to stay on Tatooine," Obi-Wan argued.

"Do you really think he will know you are leaving? Besides, I do not think he would mind."

Ahsoka screamed as two shots went into her abdomen. She fell to the ground gasping and Rex slowly walked over to her.

"Just do it, Captain!" Coric yelled to him.

Rex kneeled beside her. "Why?" she whispered.

"I'm so sorry, kid," he quietly replied. He took off his helmet, leaned down and kissed her forehead, before putting it back on and aiming his gun at her chest.

"Luke…" Obi-Wan said.

"The babe is safe, my friend. You care too much for Ahsoka to let her fall like this."

Qui-Gon was right. He didn't care about attachment rules anymore. He had watched Ahsoka grow, and he cared for her deeply. He was not about to let the empire take one more person away from him, especially her.

She closed her eyes waiting for it all to be over. Rex pulled the trigger.

"Watch over him, Qui-Gon," Obi-wan spoke as he rushed to his ship and turned on the controls.

"There." Rex said turning back to the few troopers left. "It's done. Let's go."

"I'm coming, little one."