Quietly Obi-wan walked into his room. Alone once again, he looked around his around. Old memories, pictures, awards, trophies from fights. He took notice that the picture of him and his master was gone. Who would have taken it? He remembered it was the only time he had smiled in a picture. He sat down on his bed. He held his stomach his confusion had only saddened him. He looked around his room once more and one of the memories had caught his eye. It was a trophy. It was the rare double-bladed red lightsaber. He had claimed it after he cut Maul's legs off. The little time he was with Maul he took notice of the small little differences in the double bladed lightsaber that he had now. The one Maul had looked more lightweight.
Obi-wan got up and walked over to the trophy. Oh how he ever regretted hurting him. He picked up the icy lightsaber. The metal bit into his skin as Maul's revenge once did to his mind. Now it had comforted him. with the angry memories and the calm stalkings. He never dared to activate it. It was filled with anger and hate from the dark side. A double lightsaber could cut through its wielder as easily as the opponent.
Maul designed this lightsaber with his bare hands. Obi-wan's only physical memory of the man he fell in love with in such short time. He held the lighsaber close to him. He wanted to cry, but he refused to give in.
He looked up at the clock he had in his room and noticed that it was time for lunch. He hooked the lightsaber onto his belt than walked down to the mess hall.
Once he got there he heard the clones whisper and talk about him. He had gotten meat and sat alone at one of the many table in the mess hall. He had poked at his meat with a fork. Why did h even come down here? He wasn't even hungry. He pushed his food away and rested his head in his hands.
"Hello the General." A voice spoke from behind him and he quickly turned around to see who it was.
"Oh hello Rex." Obi-wan sighed and turned back to his food as the clone sat down next to him.
"It's nice to see you again sir." Rex said smiling at his old commanding officer.
"I'm not longer a Jedi Rex. I'm not here to stay. Sooner or later the Council is going to force me out of the Temple... The only home I truly know..." Obi-wan looked mournfully around the mess hall as if he was looking at it for the very last time.
"Still sir, if there was anything that I could do for you. Anything that you want, I could get it for you." Rex said to Obi-wan and the ex-Jedi's gaze shifted down to his food.
'Bring Maul back.' Obi-wan thought sadly as his tears came back again, but he wouldn't let them fall.
"Anything at all sir." Rex tried to make eye contact with Obi-wan, who was silent for only a moment.
"Actually, Rex, there's a few things that I need." Obi-wan broke his silence looking up at the clone that was loyal to him since the very beginning even if it was just his programming, Obi-wan trusted him.
"What is it sir?" Rex responded to him
"First, I'll need a picture of... of the Sith Lord Darth Maul. I'll need a cloak and a ship." Obi-wan didn't know why it was hard for him to call Maul a Sith Lord. It was the truth. He was a Sith Lord, but the Maul that he was with didn't seem like a Sith Lord to Obi-wan. It just seemed like Maul being the best at just being himself.
"Are you planning to go anywhere sir?" Rex asked
"I'm hoping where I go will help me clear my mind." Obi-wan pulled his food back over to himself and started to eat.
Rex stood up and left the mess hall to go and get the items until he saw Anakin.
"Uh, General Skywalker sir!" Rex called out and jogged up to the Jedi.
"Rex? Is there something wrong?" Anakin asked looked over at the clone.
"Well, uh, I'm not sure sir." Rex responded looking a bit confused.
"Well why don't you just start from the beginning Rex?" Anakin suggested
"Well sir, it's General Kenobi sir. we were in the mess hall and I asked him if he need anything." Rex started to explain
"Did he ask for anything?" Anakin asked curiously
"Well, yes. A picture of the Sith Lord Darth Maul and for a ship."
"Well it seems like we do have a problem Rex."
"I had asked him if he was planning to go anywhere and he just said that he hoped where he was going would help him clear his mind. I don't know sir, but I'm worried about him. I had, well, heard about the state he's in and about what had happened. I just can't believe that this would happen and that the Jedi not only kicked him out of the Council, but stripped him of his title as a Jedi all together." Rex commented to the Jedi. "Should I get the things he asked for General?"
"Yes. Get them and put a tracker on the ship, I want to know where he ends up going." Anakin directed
"Yes sir." Rex responded and left to gather the thing he was requested to get.
After lunch, Obi-wan carefully went down to one of the many isolated training rooms. After he made sure that the room was empty, he locked the door behind him and summoned the double bladed lightsaber to his hand and ignited one end. As he slow swung the blade around he main tried to focus on connecting with the four artificial crystals. As he went through the basic steps of using a staff saber, Obi-wan had became frustrated with how he was barely making any connection with the crystals. The more frustrated he became the heavier the lightsaber felt to Obi-wan. He swung the blade around faster thinking sine the crystals were form with rage and hatred, he would have to just work harder to get a connection with the crystals.
As Obi-wan swung the lightsaber around, the other end of the lightsaber ignited just grazing Obi-wan's arm and shoulder. He shouted in shock, pain and surprise. The blade was burning hot. Hotter than any other lightsaber Obi-wan ever handled. In his reaction, he had dropped the lightsaber. both of the blades had deactivated as soon as the hilt hit the ground.
Obi-wan held his shoulder as he took sharp short breaths. He stared at the lightsaber as he regained control of his breath. Once he calmed down he picked up the lightsaber and placed it back on his belt. That was enough practice for now.
Once he was in his room, he couldn't help, but stare longingly at his bed. All he wanted was sleep, but he didn't want to sleep alone. He wanted Maul next to him, to tell him that everything was going to be fine even with the Jedi kicking him out. That in the morning they would be far away from the Jedi and the Sith to an unknown planet where they could live peacefully together.
Obi-wan walked over and laid down silently on his bed. He thought about how safe he felt with Maul, how he could actually separate from the Jedi without worrying about a single thing. He thought about the night he had with Maul before everything changed. How Maul held him close. How Maul had placed gentle yet rough kisses on hos body.
Obi-wan could help, but to smile sadly at the memory as he fell asleep.
A the Jedi and the clones slept, a hooded figure silently snuck into the Temple and went through the medical records of every Jedi that ever were. He kept looking through the records until he came upon the medical records of Obi-wan Kenobi. After pocketing the records, the figure stealthily snuck into the dorms of the Jedi. The figure walked over to Obi-wan's sleeping body. Golden eyes shone from the thin hooded figure as it's hand rested on Obi-wan's shoulder as the Jedi slept on his side. The figures hand moved down Obi-wan's side than the hand pulled back an took a folded piece of paper from it's pocket. It carefully tucked the paper into Obi-wan's pocket. As the figure carefully removed his hand, someone had knocked at Obi-wan's door. The figure panicked looking at the door and dunked under the Jedi's bed. It watched as Obi-wan woke up and walked sluggishly to his door.
The Jedi opened his door to see a clone holding some stuff.
"I have the stuff you asked for sir." The clone spoke holding out a dark brown cloak and a hologram.
"Thank you Rex." Obi-wan spoke quietly not wanting to wake anyone. "What about the ship?"
"It's waiting for you sir in the a secondary hangar." Rex answered also speaking with a low voice.
"Hold on just a second Rex let me pack a few things." Obi-wan gestured to his closet.
"Of course sir." Rex watched as the exiled Jedi packed some clothes into a bag. It wasn't much honestly and Rex hoped this trip to where ever he was going would be a short trip..
"Alright Rex. Let's go." Obi-wan slung the bag onto his back and followed the clone to the hanger which held his ship.
"So sir, how long are you going to be gone? I'm sure General Skywalker and Tano would like you to visit them." Rex said trying to lighten the somehow tense moment.
"They won't be able to see me Rex. You that a Jedi's schedule is too packed and planned to make time for some outsider." Obi-wan said as they still walked on. It felt like the hanger was on the other side of the ship, but Obi-wan wasn't really paying attention to where they were walking.
"Still sir, it would be nice for me and the boys to know every now and again how you and the kid are doing." Rex looked at Obi-wan trustingly. "And if you ever needed anything, we could send you some shipments with absolutely whatever you needed." Rex finished as they reached the hangar with the lone ship.
"That is a kind offer Rex, but I'm sure I'll be just fine. There should be plenty of places that are in need of more workers. I'm sure I won't be able to use the Force, but I'm sure I could pass by with a normal life." Obi-wan said and Rex couldn't help, but huff at the words 'normal life.' What was truly a normal life in the galaxy? Rex knew that being a Jedi was normal life for Obi-wan and now he was here forced to leave all of it behind because of a few 'mistakes' that he made in all of his life.
"I guess this is goodbye for now than sir." Rex said and Obi-wan let out a deep sigh.
"I guess it is Rex." Obi-wan replied to him and Rex saluted him.
"Until we meet again sir." Rex said and Obi-wan forced a smile onto his face as his eyes watered up yet again.
"Until we meet again." Obi-wan echoed Rex and nodded. "Now get back to your bunk before anyone finds out that you're gone."
"Good luck sir." Rex said lowering his hand slowly.
"Thank you Rex and to you too." Obi-wan said before turning and walking to his ship. Rex didn't move from the spot he stood at until he could no longer see the ship. He couldn't help, but feel bad for his former General and for some reason like the bad guy after he had placed the tracker onto the ship. Rex turned and slowly walked back to his bunk thinking about everything that had just happened and about what would happen once General Skywalker figured out where General Kenobi was going.
He was sure he would be seeing Obi-wan sooner than the exiled Jedi expected it.