Chapter 12

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Obi-Wan Kenobi felt Anakin's presence near him.
Obi-Wan had helped two deadly bounty hunters escaped from a maximum security prison on Coruscant.
They then had traveled to Mal Hutta, to try to evade pursuers.
They now flew low to the ground on a desolate planet where they stopped to refuel.
A Jedi starship was in close pursuit, with Anakin and Ahsoka piloting it.
"Well... Anakin certainly is persistent."
Obi-Wan muttered to himself.
Anakin really wanted to kill the man he thought had killed his love.
Boy was Anakin going to be pissed when he found out that Obi-Wan wasn't actually dead.
"Could you fly any slower?" Cad Bane yelled angrily.
"Have you ever tried to evade a Jedi before?" Obi-Wan hissed angrily.
He continued to steer the ship to the best of his ability.
Suddenly, two footsteps thudded onto the roof of the ship.
"Anakin..." Obi-Wan whispered. He felt Anakin through the Force.
Grief had tinged his signature with coldness.
But being this close to his love after all this time still filled him with a fierce longing.
Obi-Wan stood up to go out to confront Anakin, by Cad Bane stopped him.
"You've already killed a Jedi. It's my turn" He said angrily.
He climbed onto the roof, and Obi-Wan heard fierce footsteps as they fought.
Ahsoka decided it was time to end the air battle.
She fired the blaster into a huge gas line ahead of the two ships, and a massive explosion of smoke and fire filled the air.
Obi-Wan swerved the ship upward to avoid the blow.
Unfortunately for everyone, Ahsoka had been piloting the ship above Obi-Wan's.
Obi-Wan's ship crashed into Ahsoka's, sending them both spiraling out of control.
Both ships went down, and they plowed into the gray soil, leaving massive trenches in their wakes.
Ahsoka leapt out of the ship to assist her Master, who was barely deflecting Hardeen's shots.

Anakin fought against Hardeen with all his life.
He deflected bolts easily, and soon destroyed Rako's weapon.
"You will pay for what you've done!" Anakin screamed.
"You shouldn't have gotten involved Anakin!" Rako said.
The way he said it almost reminded Anakin of...Obi-Wan?
Impossible.
He pinned him against the wall and kneed him in the groin.
"This is for Obi-Wan!" he yelled as he was about the bring his light saber down on Hardeen's head.
But Cad Bane fired a rope to ensnare Anakin, who struggled like a animal in a trap.
He kicked Cad Bane in the face, and untangled himself from the web of ropes.
Anakin deflected a bolt right into Bane's hand, causing the gun to fly from it.
He was about to kill Bane when Hardeen leapt from the shadows and knocked Anakin over.
He pinned him down and punched Anakin in the face repeatedly.
Every punch destroyed Obi-Wan's heart.
He was hurting the one he loved.
Every time he hurt Anakin, the more
Anakin caught his fist, and flipped him over.
Obi-Wan dodged a punch from Anakin, and wrestled him into a headlock.
As Anakin struggled for breath, Obi-Wan whispered.
"Anakin...don't follow me." Obi-Wan let a tiny bit of his force signature show to Anakin.
Anakin's eyes widened for a moment.
Obi-Wan was alive?
Then the lack of oxygen swallowed his consciousness.
Cad Bane picked up his gun to shoot Anakin, but Ahsoka materialized from the shadows, and stood guard over Anakin's body, fluidly reflecting all shots fired.
"The ship is operational. We can go" Ival spoke.
"You are lucky we are in a hurry, little lady. We will have to dance another time."  Cad Bane spoke with a tip of his hat.
"Master!" Ahsoka cried.
"Are you alright?"
Anakin sat up, coughing and wheezing.
They watched as the bounty hunters ship sailed off.
Anakin realized that the strange things he had been feeling in the Force meant something.
Something crazy, but Anakin had hoped.
"Obi-Wan..." Anakin murmured with a smile.
"He's alive."

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