I Know↠Obikin

Chapter 7

The first breath Darth Vader takes burns white hot.
Technically, he isn't breathing. A machine does that for him.
Pain sears through his body, or what was left of it.
Agony almost brings him to his knees.
Prosthetic limbs replace his own.
A machine breathes for him.
His heart beats only because a machine tells it to.
Lord Sidious stands beside him.
"Rise, Lord Vader. You live!"
So Darth Vader wasn't dead.
He wished he was.
Vader tries to speak, but an artificial voice speaks for his burned lips and throat.
"Where is Obi-Wan?"
The traitor. He should have killed him.
"He is gone. We rule the galaxy now."
Anger burns through Vader.
Obi-Wan had escaped.
Vader clenched his mechanical fists.
He reached out into the Force to find Obi-Wan, but he is so weak.
The powerful man that once was is confined to a black coffin, a mere shell of a person.
He is so much less than what he was.
Things around them explode, as Vader's fury manifests itself.
He steps off the platform, breaking his arms from the bindings.
His steps are mechanical, uneven.
Lord Sidious watches as Vader screams.
He smiles in a grisly grin.
He is glad that Anakin's fury has survived.
The Jedi are dead.
Sith once again rule the Galaxy.
As the two Sith, Master and Apprentice, oversee the construction of the super weapon,
Darth Vader's fury only grows.
He will find Obi-Wan, and he will destroy him.

Obi-Wan fled. He didn't know what happened to Yoda.
He assumed that Yoda had been defeated.
The Lord of the Sith is too powerful for even the greatest Jedi master.
But perhaps he had survived, hiding on some distant planet, much like Obi-Wan was.
He knew Vader would come looking for him, so he went deep into hiding.
The man he loved was truly dead.
Obi-Wan knew he could never accept this.
It hurt too much to even think about it.
So he didn't.
Obi-Wan Kenobi became Ben.
He went to the one place Vader wouldn't look.
Tatooine.
He would be safe there, hidden among the mountains and desolate desert plains.
Everyone was running from something on Tatooine.
He would blend right in.
Ben watched as The Sith destroyed the Galaxy in their rule.
They destroyed anyone who disagrees with them.
Rumors of a cyborg clothed in black swirled.
Who was this mysterious Darth Vader?
Ben knew.
Poverty and crime peaked on most planets.
They ruled with an iron fist, but a small rebellion was growing.
He vanished from the world, quietly watching over Luke Skywalker, Anakin's much younger half brother.
Years passed, and he came of age.
Maybe one day Luke would be able to defeat Vader.
When Luke was 19 years old, Obi-Wan gave Luke his brothers light saber.
"This was your brothers. Now I give it to you."
He told Luke.
He accepted the weapon, and ignited the blue blade.
He twirled it around a little.
"It's an elegant weapon, from a better time." Ben said.
"Ben, what happened to my brother? Who was he?" Luke questioned.
Luke had no idea.
Ben Kenobi gave a terribly sad smile.
In his eyes, Luke saw true heartbreak.

The kind that it isn't possible to recover from.

"Your brother was a brave Jedi Knight, like me. He was a excellent warrior and the best pilot in the galaxy. More importantly, he was a good friend. I loved him, more than I loved myself."
"You loved him?" Luke asked.
"Of course."
Ben Kenobi was on the verge of tears.
Anakin's harsh word and betrayal still hurt his shattered heart.
"What happened to him?"
"He was betrayed and murder by a Sith named Darth Vader. Darth Vader is looking for me as well. Hopefully we never meet."
Luke Skywalker was quiet for a moment.
He thinks about his half brother that he never met.
Luke wanted to be like him, be a Jedi.
See the Galaxy.
Get off this dusty planet.
"Will you show me the ways of the Force?"
Luke asked.
Ben looks up at Luke, debating.
"You are strong in the Force Luke. I can sense it. I would be honored to help you."
"I am not strong enough to defeat Darth Vader." Ben said. "but you just might be."
Luke didn't know what to say.
"I will avenge my brothers murder." Luke finally spoke.
As Ben Kenobi and Luke Skywalker, Master and Apprentice, watch the twin suns set, Ben Kenobi knew. Luke could defeat Darth Vader, but not for a long time. He would need more training then Ben could give him. Perhaps Yoda would help him.
Ben Kenobi knew he was old.
His battle-scarred body ached.
He knew he was getting closer to the end of his life.
He knew he would have to confront Darth Vader, the only man he had every loved.
One last time.