"My Brother. Your Master. The Sith Lord who placed a bounty on my head and has ordered my imminent execution. They are one and the same."

Ahsoka stared at Master Kenobi, her mouth and eyes wide. Her ears registered what he was saying, but her heart could not process what she was hearing. A million thoughts rushed into her head, all at once dizzying and nauseous. She closed and opened her eyes, trying to wish away the reality she was in.

Anakin.

Vader.

They're the same person.

No.

Ahsoka backed away, forgetting that she was in a small cell and bumping into the wall.

It doesn't make sense.

"You're wrong," she said, but it was more for herself than anything else. "Anakin...Anakin is gone. I haven't heard from him in years."

Master Kenobi grimaced.

"He would never," Ahsoka whispered. "Vader...do you know what he is capable of? Anakin wouldn't-"

"Stop," Master Kenobi mumbled. "I know."

Ahsoka fell silent.

"Ahsoka..."

Ahsoka turned away. Leia watched her from her corner silently. Ahsoka paced around the room, forgetting that she was on a time crunch, that the Inquisitor could come back at any second and seize them. Everything in her world felt horribly wrong.

Anakin...

She could see him in her mind's eye, laughing and training her as they dueled, risking life and limb for everyone because it was the right thing to do.

It just doesn't make sense.

"It seems...I missed a lot," she admitted. Master Kenobi looked down at his shackled hands. She tried walking towards him, but he looked away.

"Ahsoka," he murmured. "You need to get the child off-planet. I will wait here and finish what I have to do."

"What...you have to do?" Ahsoka frowned. "What do you mean by that?"

"My mission," Master Kenobi replied simply.

"Your mission? Your mission is to get Leia back!"

"No, that is your mission now," Master Kenobi replied. "My mission is to finish the path I have started."

"But...you'll be killed!"

"Then I will accept the fate given to me by my path," Master Kenobi replied solemnly.

Ahsoka stared at him helplessly. She wanted to run to him, to shake him, to slap some sense back into him and yell that she needed him alive. But she couldn't. It was as if she was frozen, unsure of how far she could go before Master Kenobi truly would hate her as she feared and shut her out completely. Her younger self would not have had this problem, would not have let herself become so weak, but the sting of separation and years of not knowing each other began to settle in. More than ever, she was heavily aware of how distant they had grown apart.

No, Ahsoka couldn't bring herself to tell off Master Kenobi like the impertinent Youngling she had once been.

Leia, however, was different.

The small girl huffed and suddenly stomped towards Master Kenobi, looking furious. Master Kenobi turned to look at her with surprise in his eyes before she seized him by the collar.

"What are you talking about?" she demanded. "You keep talking as if you think you're going to die! What happened to having hope?"

Master Kenobi blinked, shocked. Leia's face grew redder and redder as she spoke. "Why are you so eager to die? Do you hate being around us that much?"

"Leia, I-" Master Kenobi looked around, concerned. "Not so loud, please-"

"I don't care!" Leia huffed, drawing herself up to her full height. "I don't like you the way you are right now!" she yelled.

Both Ahsoka and Master Kenobi's eyes widened. Ahsoka quickly turned to look at him. Master Kenobi looked completely crushed.

He tried to reach towards Leia with his shackled hands, but she turned away from him and walked just out of his reach, crossing her little arms and facing the corner. Master Kenobi's lower lip wobbled sadly.

"Leia...Leia...?"

Leia continued to ignore him. Master Kenobi turned towards Ahsoka with a helpless look in his eyes. Ahsoka stared back at him, somewhat confused and lost herself. Both of them were behaving rather strangely and she did not know how to respond or deescalate the situation.

"Leia, please... would you please turn around so I can see your face?"

"No!"

"Leia, please," Master Kenobi pleaded. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to upset you, my dear..."

Leia just huffed exasperatedly and stomped her foot.

Oh...I think she's having a tantrum, Ahsoka thought to herself, finally comprehending her situation.

"Leia, why won't you talk to me?" Master Kenobi tried again. He looked terribly forlorn, almost like a dog who had just been rejected after begging for scraps.

It seems like he doesn't do well when she's disappointed in him, Ahsoka observed.

"Because you're being stupid," Leia replied in the same disgusted voice.

Ahsoka felt bad for the old man. It seemed as if Leia didn't forgive him soon, he might die of a broken heart.

"Well, what do you expect me to do about that?" Master Kenobi asked, exasperated.

Incredible.

I've seen Master Kenobi negotiate with thousands of Separatist armies and domestic terrorists. But this ten year old here has him in a chokehold.

Leia finally turned around, facing him. Her face was still red and scrunched up together, but she seemed more willing to communicate now.

"I don't want you to talk like that anymore," she mumbled stubbornly.

Master Kenobi sighed, and Ahsoka exhaled a sigh of relief too. He seemed a bit more at peace now that Leia was responding to him again.

"Alright, I suppose I will try to correct my tone," he murmured.

Leia nodded triumphantly. Ahsoka felt her own mouth quirk up slightly.

"However, this doesn't change my plans, I'm afraid."

Both Ahsoka and Leia fell silent.

"The Inquisitor will be returning soon...I cannot live with myself if she captures Leia," he whispered, making direct eye contact with Ahsoka. "I will go and willingly surrender myself to Anakin. But you must promise to get the girl off-world."

"Why?" Leia whined loudly, and Master Kenobi brought his fingers to his lips in a shushing motion. "I don't want you to go with that evil man," she wailed. "He's mean! He looks like he's going to hurt you."

"Better me than you, my dear," Master Kenobi murmured softly.

"But I don't want you to die!"

"I won't let it happen," Master Kenobi tried to say, but she shook her head.

"I don't believe you," she hissed, tears pooling in her eyes. Ahsoka felt her heart thunder slightly. She didn't want to separate the two of them either.

"Ahsoka," Master Kenobi whispered hoarsely. "When the time comes, you must grab her and take her away. And do not come back, under any circumstances."

Ahsoka tried to make eye contact with him, but she could feel herself shaking. "I..."

"Ahsoka," Master Kenobi said again, more firmly this time. "I am ordering you to do this. Promise me."

Leia turned to look at Ahsoka and narrowed her eyes, as if daring her to forcibly separate her from Master Kenobi. Ahsoka felt her stomach sink, and a wave of embarrassment wash over her. "I...I..." She tried to speak, but the words wouldn't come to her. They were frozen in her throat. It was if an invisible hand had reached out and was gripping it, silencing her.

Just then, both of them sensed something. A dark, malicious energy approaching and muddling the Force.

A warning.

The Inquisitor is coming!

"Run!" Master Kenobi immediately hissed. Ahsoka grabbed Leia and Force-jumped, lifting her into the vent. Leia fumbled about a bit but crawled into the vent easily. Ahsoka crawled in after her. but hesitated and turned back towards Master Kenobi. "There's no time! Hurry!" he yelled angrily, trying to urge her to leave.

"I know, I'm just..." Ahsoka stared down at Master Kenobi and his shackles.

"Ahsoka, no!"

"I just want to-!" Without thinking, she began to reach for her lightsaber.

"Enough!" Master Kenobi shouted, and he raised both hands. The grate suddenly lifted itself and swung towards her. Ahsoka had to quickly scramble backwards so it wouldn't hit her in the face, and it slammed closed with an audible bang. When she tried to push it open again, it would not budge.

But the screws had already been removed; Master Kenobi was keeping it closed with the Force. So she could not climb back down and attempt to free him.

"Master Kenobi," Ahsoka grunted angrily, still struggling and trying to push the grate open.

"Stay there," Master Kenobi ordered.

Ahsoka glared at him. "Why won't you let me do this for you?" she groaned.

"I already thought you were dead for ten years, Ahsoka," Master Kenobi murmured softly. "I will not let Anakin kill you now."

Ahsoka gulped. Beside her, she felt Leia hesitantly reach towards her and grab her hand. The two of them looked at each other, and Ahsoka wrapped an arm around Leia, trying to reassure her. Both of them peered down and looked at Master Kenobi, sitting all by himself up against the wall.

Just then, the sound of footsteps got louder, and Master Kenobi raised his hands again. All Ahsoka saw was him splay his fingers out towards her. Then, before she could react, both her and Leia were pushed away.

She instinctively reached for the grate, trying to grab hold of it, but it was too late.

Both of them were pushed down the narrow vent and found themselves hurtling down a sloped incline, swallowed up by the darkness.

Obi-Wan sighed and put his hands down, exhausted. Now it was just him alone in the cell. He kept his back straight and stared ahead as the footsteps approaching him got louder and louder, until finally a black gloved hand grasped the prison bars and easily pulled them aside.

"Hello, Obi-Wan," Reva crooned. "Ready for our voyage?"

She looked around, puzzled and trying to find Leia. She immediately noticed the cut shackles on the ground and frowned, displeased.

"You will not find her," Obi-Wan said simply. "But I will come with you, just as agreed."

Reva sneered at him. "You will pay for this, that is what will happen," she growled, grabbing him by the collar and hauling him up with one hand. Obi-Wan grimaced, but tolerated the pain. Reva ignited her lightsaber and swung it at the shackles tethering him to the wall, cutting them off cleanly. She then resheathed it, deciding to keep the ones around his wrists intact.

"Alright, Obi-Wan," she narrowed her eyes, "Let's not keep Lord Vader waiting, shall we?"

"No, we shouldn't," Obi-Wan agreed, surprising her. "He most certainly does not like to."