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Obi-Wan was utterly exhausted. He hadn't slept in days and his hunt for Anakin and Padme as not going anywhere. He had gotten a few leads, but in the end they had ended up being fruitless. Hopefully his next lead would be more useful. A contact from one of the many lunar stations in this solar system had made contact claiming he had seen the couple two days ago. It was a leap of faith the Jedi master was taking, but it was honestly the only option he had for the time being and hopefully he would get lucky and they would still be there, if they had been there at all.

Once he finally managed to make it to the lunar station the first thing he did was walk the streets trying to pick up at hint of Anakin's force signature. It would tell him if his former student had ever been there. Obi-Wan was surprised to realize that he did sense his former student. The signature was weak telling him they were not longer there, but they had been and that meant he was on the right track. Following the weak signature he ended up in the market district and as luck would have it some people gathered there were talking about Padme. Well it sounded as if they were speaking about Padme and so he listened it.

"What do you mean some pregnant woman got him first?" An angry looking Gungan was arguing with an old man that Obi-Wan quickly realized was a Changling. "I thought that we had a deal? I was going to pay good money for that Wookie and you just gave him away?"

The Changling appeared annoyed. "I wasn't about to pick a fight with a Jedi! The man with her had a light saber and I wasn't going to fight over one Wookie. If you want it so badly then feel free to go after them because it will be your funeral. Have you ever had to deal with a Jedi before? It is better to give them what they want so the will be on their way. I am a business man and I don't want any trouble. Now I am willing to give you a good deal one of the other slaves. How about you come in and take a look around?"

The Gungan made a sound of displeasure, but followed the owner inside. Obi-Wan was left to ponder of the information. What would Anakin want with a Wookie? As far as he knew his former student turned to the dark side did not speak the language and having a slave he couldn't order around would be pointless. Padme did speak Wookie, but why would she have need for a slave? She detested slavery and when the Senate had still be around she had been working on a law that would abolish slavery on every planet in every solar system. It was a question the Jedi master could not answer and it wasn't something he needed to worry about for the time being. The fate of one Wookie mattered not when you looked at the big picture. Besides, the Padme he knew would not allow for harm to come to the creature.

Having learned everything he was going to do from this planet Obi-Wan knew that he needed to move on. Since he had been able to read Anakin's force signature he may be able to follow it to wherever they had traveled to next. At least that is what he was hoping he could do. Tonight he would catch up on his rest before setting out again in the morning. Maybe some much needed sleep would help him look at the situation with a pair of fresh eyes. Things also looked better in the morning, for him they did anyways.

You're going to kill him aren't you?

He has become a very grave threat.

I can't.

Anakin is the father isn't he? I am so sorry.

If only he had seen the truth before maybe things could have turned out differently. Emotional attachment was forbidden by the Jedi, but he had always known there was a connection between the former queen of Naboo and his student. Obi-Wan had done his best to pretend that he didn't see the connection and maybe that is where he went wrong. Instead of ignoring it he should have tried to understand. In pretending that it wasn't happening he had pushed Anakin and way and towards the Sith. There were so many things he could have done differently and yet he hadn't and that is the reason things were the way they were at this point in time.

I'd much rather dream of Padme. Being around her again is intoxicating.

Be mindful of your thoughts Anakin. You have made a commitment to the Jedi and one that cannot be easily broken.

So many things could have been prevented and that something he would be forced to live with for the rest of his life. It's one of the reasons he was determined to find Padme before it was too late. He had to protect her and her child in a way he had been unable to protect Anakin. If it was the last thing he ever did, he would make sure that Anakin's child was safe from the Sith and since Anakin was now part of the Sith, he would keep the child save from him as well. Hopefully Padme would be with him on this. He would hate to have to take her child from her and yet he would if she too had been blinded by the lies of the dark side. The road ahead would not be an easy one, but the doing the right thing and the life of a Jedi never were, but he had made a commitment to this life and nothing would change that. In the end he would do what was right no matter the cost.

TBC…

AN: You got to see a peak of Obi-Wan and his mission to find them. I thought it was important to show how he was doing. Let me know what you thought and if you all liked this or not.

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