Hi! So this is a short chapter here, so I'm sorry about that, but I have a maths exam to focus on for Friday and Monday. Ugh! Darn year 11! I'll try my best to update, but they could still be pretty slow because my wonderful school has decided to totally stress us out by putting a big poster on the wall that counts down how many days we have until our such eloquent exams start! Oh, and, yeah! That flame, I'm not that bothered, cos if you are reading this, I won't stop writing. If you don't like it, ok, DON'T READ IT! Flames burn... :/ As for you all: hope you enjoy.

Chapter 20. Breaking.

"Master!" Anakin cried, marching over to the immobile and vulnerable form of his best friend. "Master," He repeated in an urgent tone, his eyes radiating concern as he wrapped his arms around the shaking form and rubbing his back, attempting to try and sooth him. "It's okay. I'm here! I'm right here. Nothing's going to happen to you."

Obi-Wan didn't seem to listen, for his body still rippled in convulsing shudders, and sweat slicked his forehead and upper body in which he had been stripped of his tunic and tabard when Anakin had delivered him here.

"No, it's not okay," The older mans cored accent whispered shakily. His tone was enough to tell everyone that he was scared. "You think it's okay. You want it to be okay."

Anakin was stunned speechless as he sat on the edge of the bed precariously, hugging his master tightly, keeping him close to him as he rocked slowly back and forwards, shaking his head in denial and moaning as if he was in serious, psychical pain.

"Master…"

"I won't do such terrible things," The wailing man whispered brokenly, shaking his head slowly. "I won't."

"What things, Master?" Anakin forged ahead, trying desperately to fix the puzzle pieces together in his mind of what was making Obi-Wan like this. He wasn't used to seeing his mentor, his friend this vulnerable.

"Such terrible things," The older Jedi whispered. "I'm not like that…"

Ahsoka was now staring concerned at her master and her friend. Fear crept inside her and settled in her heart, making her chest feel constricted. She'd never seen Obi-Wan like this.

"What did you do, Master?" Anakin asked, trying to keep calm. He knew that if he pushed Obi-Wan too hard that he would only succeed in pushing him away, and they'd perhaps never know. He needed a subtle nudge. "Please tell me."

Obi-Wan's only response was a long and shaky release of breath that had him convulsing in shivers once more.

Anakin turned to face the witnesses. "Please," He called out, urgency in his eyes, yet a resolute calm to his voice. "Please, someone help me."

Instinctively, Ahsoka and Satine hurried over, one as a close and caring friend, the other as a cherished and deeply loved person. The former sat next to her master and reached for a cloth, dabbing at the other mans perspired face. The latter sat directly in front of him and tentatively reached out a small, delicate hand and gently brushed the wisps of hair from the trembling Jedi's head, and pushed it back away from his dazzling azure eyes.

"I – I tried to kill him," Obi-Wan breathed. "I tried to kill the both of you."

"Who?" Ahsoka asked, leaning over so she could look into his frightened eyes.

He only blinked and shook his head once more in response, refusing to divulge anything.

"I can't," He whispered in the same broken tone. "I won't."

He lifted his head and swept his azure gaze to Anakin's sapphire. His eyes shone heart break, fear and desperation as they bored into Anakin's, burning into his and straight to his mind like a red hot poker. "Please… don't let me." He pleaded.

And the three people who loved him as a brother, father, friend and soul mate sat in stunned silence.

It appeared that to each of them Obi-Wan Kenobi was falling to pieces.

:'( Our Obi-Wan is breaking! :O Oh that vision seriously has him messed up! So, do you think he will snap, or he will eventually overcome it? Let me know, people! *Puts hands together in prayer* I think I've become paranoid of flames now, but hey, it'll be overcome and I gotta take it a step at a time; like life! ;D Ever the optimistic! :)