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Obi-Wan had been sitting in his cell trying to meditate in order to pass the time, when he heard Anakin enter the room and open the cell. For a moment he wasn't sure what was going, but he knew whatever was going on he needed to stay in character. He had to pretend that he hated Anakin when in truth he did not hate his former student, but rather was disappointed in him, though he had hope things could turn around even if it would never be the same. When Anakin motioned for him to stand up and follow him, Obi-Wan did so without question. He chose not to say anything incase someone was listening in. His former student took him down a number of hallways until they entered an empty room with white walls. He waited for Anakin to say something and was surprised when the 'chosen one' unbuckled his hands from the cuffs.

"This room is the one place I know we can talk without having to worry about being caught, it's completely secure." Once the buckles were completely off, he stepped away from from his former mentor. "I have been thinking that maybe it would be best if you went back and let me take care of this. Someone is going to have to be there to take care of Padme, Luke, and Leia. I know you and I are not on the best of terms right now, but what I do know is that if I trust anyone to look after my family then it would be you."

The elder Jedi frowned in a rare show of emotion. "Anakin, what's going on? Did Palpatine figure something out and threaten you? Why are you acting as if you are already dead? What am I supposed to tell Padme? I promised that I would make sure you made it back to your family safe and sound remember?"

"We both know that people are going to die in the process of of taking down Palpatine for good and I hold no illusions that I will make it out alive." He sighed deeply for a moment as the faces of his family passed through his thoughts like a mental halo-image. "You know as well as I do if a life is to be spared then it wouldn't be mine. I deserve to die for the things I have done. My redemption, if it's even possible to be redeemed for the crimes I commited, will be gained by killing Palpatine and making sure future generations, the lives of those I love, will be safe from his terrible reign. The only reason I told Padme I would be back was because I knew she would never have let me leave if she knew the truth. I need you to take care of my family Obi-Wan."

Obi-Wan was stunned; after everything Anakin still trusted him enough to ask him to take care of his family. He had never seen that coming; it had come completely from the left field. "Anakin, while I do not condone the things you have done in the past, I cannot deny the fact you are trying to make up for the things you have. You cannot give up so easily and that is what you'd be doing if you simply stood there and let yourself be killed. If you want to make up for what you have done then fight. Fight for your family, fight for what's right, fight for whatever you want, but don't you dare give up. Your family needs you now more than ever. When this is all said and done you will take responsibility for what you have done, but letting someone kill you is not redemption; it's taking the cowards way out and you have never been a coward and I am not about to let you start being one now."

"I would think that you of all people would be happy to see me dead." He countered while at the same time leaning up against the wall braced by his arms and his back facing the man who had once and still was in some ways, the only father he had ever known. "You have made it clear on more than one occasion my wife and children would be better off without me. Why have you suddenly changed your mind?"

"I've changed my opinion because I see now I was wrong." The older man stated truthfully. "Doing horrible things does not mean you are a horrible person Anakin. You felt as if you had no other choice and I am not saying it was right and you shouldn't pay for the lives you destroyed, I am simply saying death is not the answer. What kind of impression would that give Luke and Leia when they grow up? What will this teach them? Do you want them to think the right thing to do in a terrible situation would be taking the easy way out? I am not going to let you do that Anakin. You are going to survive this and then you are going to whatever it takes to show your children that people who do wrong are not lost forever and you are going to do that by paying your dues. You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself right now and lock it down because it's nothing more than a weakness and right now weakness could end up being the thing that decides if we lose this war or if we win. You are going to put my shackles back on right now, you will put me back in my cell, and then you are going to go to bed and in the morning you better have a better outlook because Padme will kill me if I allowed something to happen to you."

Anakin smiled slightly at the mention of his wife since he knew it was true. "She would indeed do something like that. I know I need to focus on the task at hand, I suppose the pressure has finally gotten to me. Thank you for listening to me Obi-Wan and thank you for seeing a good in me I thought I had lost. I realize I can never go back and change what I did, but you right about death being the easy way out. I will kill Palpatine and maybe then I can begin my search for true redemption."

TBC...

AN: I know this chapter wasn't the greatest and I am sorry for that, but my health issues have gotten much much worse and I have toxins affecting my brain in many ways and i am sad to say it may start to affect my stories like I forget words, sometimes I go in to spells that last days and I do not remember what happened during that time, and there are times I can't speak without great difficulty. They say it will get better when I get my transplant, but until I ask for you to bear with me as I do my best to update often.

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