Everyone saw that Bail was being unusually stubborn when it came to one of his friends which was so unlike him because they knew he trusted the Jedi implicitly so to see him fighting a Jedi and more importantly Obi-wan whom he was closest to shocked a lot of the clones. Anakin decided to do a quick check on Bail's mental health now that they were right there and quickly realized what was needed and as such gave Bail a mild Force suggestion to go to sleep, he didn't dare do anything stronger because of just how fragile the Senator was at the moment but it was enough to get Bail to sleep, which showed those that knew Bail that he was worse off than he was physically showing and Obi-wan said so through the bond
*Thanks for doing that Anakin, though for such a light suggestion to succeed so easily...actually for him to even need the suggestion is in itself a bad omen*
*Last time this happened we weren't available and noticed a change only after we returned and were told about John, though he certainly got it together again soon enough, but maybe we were led astray somehow*
*I think it was the start of his protectiveness over his friends, the loss of the Jedi was basically the final straw in my mind*
*Yeah, but I helped form the Rebel Alliance originally due to an apprentice who ultimately turned to the light side of the Force and through his death the Rebel Alliance was officially formed, I think they even used his family crest as their symbol*
*This was a few years before Luke lost his only remaining family correct?*
*Yeah, this was a few years before that, and my step-brother and his wife were only discovered because of C3PO and R2D2*
*True but that was meant to happen, Luke was always meant to find me so that I could begin his training*
*Though you didn't get to do much since I killed you pretty quickly*
*True, but I eventually got him to Yoda who completed his training*
*Either way, this is going to affect him, though hopefully we can mitigate some of the potential problems he had in the original time line through the bond we have with him*
*It's the only thing we have, though I don't think he's going to appreciate the Force suggestion Anakin*
*Yeah well if he wasn't in such deep shock I wouldn't have done that*
Just then though a surprise happened, something no one expected between those that remembered the future. In the original time line, though there were clones available and one was a medic John had died because by the time the clones had arrived it was too late for John, all they could do was make his suffering less while he died which afterwords the medic took care of those he could and simply sedated Bail when he never listened. This time because of the bond they knew something had happened much quicker this time and as such Stretcher was able to stabilize John for transport, though only just
"General's we're ready to move the patient to the nearest medical facility"
"Wait what?"
"The security officer is still alive Generals but he may not last"
"Understood"
"I need to inform the Senator"
"Unfortunately he's asleep right now, but we'll tell him once he wakes up, hopefully with better news"
"Understood sir"
With that the ambulance carrying John left for the hospital while Bail got a ride to the Jedi Temple. That decision was made by the Council as a whole though Yoda made the initial request. The reason the Council agreed was because they were finally starting to realize just how important the bond between the little group was for them and as such also realized that Bail needed to be surrounded by Jedi and the people part of his bond as soon as he woke up, thus the trip to the Jedi Temple and Yoda's quarters
"How's his security chief?"
"Rex said that he'll send word as soon as the doctor says anything, as far as we know John was sent to emergency surgery pretty much immediately"
"So basically it can be a long time before we hear anything"
"Pretty much"
"According to witness reports as soon as the assassins got close enough Senator Organa went at them like he was crazy, though they probably didn't realize that he had training. They also mentioned that the assassins only got close after John and the rest of the security team went down. Now then Senator Organa isn't Force sensitive but what they're describing isn't normal"
"Yeah...you guys already know he's lived through this war once before, what we never told you because it was Bail's right to do so is that he lost John in the original time line. You see originally when the attack happened there was no bond to let us know something's happened to him, by the time the attack was reported and there were clones there to help the injured and take in any surviving attackers it was already too late for John. The clone medic basically made sure John didn't suffer as he took his last breaths and sedated Bail who wouldn't let go. After he woke up he was reportedly catatonic for three days and then by the time we were back he was apparently back to normal even though that was actually far from the truth. Bail gained a new protectiveness over his friends and the loss of the Jedi ultimately made that worse considering he helped found a Rebel Alliance against Sidious a few years before Alderaan was destroyed. I'm not surprised that this time Bail used all the training he's ever gotten in this time period and the original one to make sure that if he wasn't going to kill the assassins he was going to do his best to make sure they were unconscious until the clones arrived. The bond we have with him will also help things if we should ultimately lose John as well"
"How?"
"It will allow us to ground Bail in the here and now. Part of the reason he went catatonic for those three days was because he had nothing to do or think about except John's death for the three days before his funeral and even then it was other staff that mainly made the preparations, but after the funeral he slowly came back to reality. The most disturbing part is that it was Sidious who ultimately got Bail back to work"
"That is not reassuring Kenobi"
"No it's not, however in all honesty there was little choice in the matter because I was busy with Anakin else where's and he wasn't exactly friends with other Jedi until the last year of the war"
"This time because you're here he'll have to come to reality sooner, though John's survival would help matters greatly in that aspect"
"Even if we weren't here the bond isn't affected by distance like most bonds and as such as soon as Yoda would have told us about the attack on Bail and what happened to John we would be using our bond to reassure Bail that we were there for him"
"What I'm wondering is why you're not doing it now besides the fact that he's asleep"
"Actually Master Windu we are, you just can't tell for some reason, we also sent reassurances that we were on our way the entire time we rushed to the scene"
"Then why did Stretcher report that the Senator appeared catatonic anyways?"
"It's because Stretcher has never been around Bail long enough to recognize when he's truly catatonic, even in this time there has been an instance where Bail was catatonic in the front lines and Rex and Cody have seen that. For Bail true catatonia isn't what most people think, for most people it's not responding or if they do it's automatic answers and those answers are really short but Bail is different for whatever reason, though being in a war twice certainly doesn't help matters at times. Bail is truly catatonic when he's not only giving automatic answers but even when you try and force him to move nothing happens. See when a person is catatonic normally you can get people to move by gently guiding them in another direction however Bail subconsciously digs his heels in and even trying to force him to move won't work. When that happens you truly do need a Jedi to get Bail where you're trying to get him to go because a Jedi will move Bail through the Force"
"How close was he to true catatonia when you sedated him Skywalker?"
"If I had to guess if I hadn't given him a Force suggestion he might have gone catatonic within the next five minutes, the fact that such a mild Force suggestion even worked on him in the first place is concerning in and of itself"
"Yes it's been noted he has training in resisting Force suggestions, though he wouldn't have been able to practice that training in the original time line after the Jedi were destroyed"
"Except by that time daily practice for such a potential occasion was instinctive and once he regained his memories it became instinctive again"
"Why did the Senator go catatonic that one time?"
"It was shortly after Rattatak and he was with us to not only make sure things went okay in negotiations but also to check on me, sadly a battle broke out and Bail saw the both of us go down...hard. We didn't wake up for three days and Bail stayed by our side the entire time ultimately being fed through an IV, Rex said he never reacted when the needle was inserted the second day"
"If you were only out for three days why was an IV inserted and him fed through it?"
"One for hydration because he was getting dehydrated and for another they didn't know how long we would be out so they started feeding him then just in case"
"I'm surprised he reacted like that with your bonds"
"That's the thing, we went into a Healing Trance and he could barely tell that we were alive, even though he knows about Healing Trances he also knows that there's a risk someone can die even in the Trance and as such with our bonds so weak with him he never wanted to leave our side just in case"
"Just how weak are your bonds with Senator Organa when you're in a Healing Trance?"
"You know how Force bonds of any kind are like a thin piece of string when they're first formed and get stronger only with time and use?"
"Yes, but they're still pretty strong"
"That's because even though the string is thin there are at least a few strands in that one piece of string. When Anakin and I were unconscious there was only one strand on the very thin piece of string and it was slightly frayed due to how injured we were. As Jedi we would be able to feel the bond returning to it's normal strength over the period of unconsciousness or even the weakening of the bond however Bail has no such reassurances. As such if a Jedi goes into a Healing Trance especially after major injury that means the bond is just strong enough that one can tell they're alive for the moment but until the Jedi wakes up they can't tell if the Jedi is getting stronger or weaker"
"Is there anything we can do to help Senator Organa if something like that should happen again?"
"Unfortunately not Master Windu, not unless you have another Jedi by our side at all times should this happen again, sadly we have no idea on how to strengthen the bond to the point where even Bail can tell if we're improving or not"
"If the Force allowed the bond surely it would allow him to tell more about your health if you go into a Healing Trance"
"That's what we thought as well, unfortunately for us that wasn't the case, part of the reason is because Bail's not able to be a Jedi, he's not Force sensitive enough"
"Would the Force even allow the bond to change that much?"
"That's what we're not sure of, as it is I am technically going to have to reprimand Ashoka soon while at the same time applaud her ingenuity in my mind"
"What for?"
"Sorry Master Windu, we're hoping to change this mission so we can't tell you" (mental) *Hopefully we can save both Even Piell and Echo*
*Agreed, but you know as well as I do that it might not be possible, we've been able to change very little over all*
*True, except for the fact that I keep getting a vision in the Force lately about Echo being by our side in later battles*
*Okay then, we'll figure out how to change it later, what about Fives when that one clone broke because of an early release of Order 66?*
*Since that Order is no longer valid I highly doubt that's going to happen this time*
*You have a point, for now though we'll simply have to wait and see about how to change the mission ahead of us*
*Indeed, by the way are you getting the same feeling I do whenever you look at Barriss?*
*Yes, something's going to change from last time though I don't know what or why*
*Neither do I but it makes me slightly uneasy*
*Same here Anakin, but for now all of this is simply a wait and see matter*
"First though we have another mission for the two of you which is really simple"
"What's the mission Master Windu?"
"Due to the attack on Senator Organa and a few other Senators the Chancellor is requesting that Jedi help protect today's meeting"
"Understood Master Windu, will you tell us if there's any word on John or if Bail wakes up?"
"Of course, Chancellor Palpatine already knows that Senator Organa is not available, though he doesn't know his current location"
"Okay then"
So they protect the meeting and when they get back Yoda let's them know Bail was awake. They also received word that though John was listed as critical condition he was at least still alive and if he made it past the forty-eight hour mark he would make a full recovery