Cold Revenge (A Star Wars Avengers Crossover)

Chapter One "Into Uncertainty"

A/N:   Written with my friend. Set during Star Wars Episode III and about a year after the events of The Avengers.  

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An unknown planet on the outer rim.

Obi-Wan Kenobi ran down the dimly lit corridor, lightsaber in hand. The sound of his boots on the metal floor echoed off the walls. His former padawan Anakin Skywalker was behind him as intent on the mission as he was: find Chancellor Palpatine's murderer and stop him from enslaving the galaxy.

The man had brought the Republic to its knees with little effort by seizing control of the clone army. Then he had promptly ordered the annihilation of the Jedi order. Some had managed to escape and they joined together with a band of rogue clones in one last effort to save the Republic.

Obi-Wan and Anakin had been separated from the others and were trying to rejoin them when they had caught sight of him. There was no calling for help because communications had been jammed, so they had pursued him, not knowing what dangers could lie ahead.

"I think we lost him," Anakin said as they stopped at an intersection of corridors.

Obi-Wan looked down each possible route before closing his eyes. "Feel, don't think, Anakin."

There was a long moment of silence as Anakin struggled to concentrate. "I'm not getting anything."

"That's because your mind is clouded with thoughts of revenge."

"My thoughts are on completing this mission."

"And if that means you get revenge on the man that killed your friend, the chancellor, then you're all for it?"

"I didn't say that."

"You didn't have to."

"What about all the Jedi he's killed. They deserve to be avenged."

"Avenging is not the Jedi way. You know that, Anakin."

"Our way of life doesn't matter anymore. We've lost everything; can't you see that?"

"What matters is that you don't forget who you are and what you have learned. When that happens all is truly lost." Obi-Wan finally opened his eyes. "This way."

Anakin looked at him skeptically. "You can sense that?"

"Yes. Well, actually he left directions on the wall."

Anakin looked down the corridor to the right where Obi-Wan indicated. Just visible, burned into the metal, were the words, This way if you dare ~ L

Without another word both Jedi took the dare and sprinted into uncertainty.

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Obi-Wan had a bad feeling about this. It was all too easy. Directions on a wall. Meeting with no resistance. Just a clear pathway to the man they were after. If he had learned anything during the years of the Clone Wars, it was that nothing was ever so easy.

Before long they arrived in a large hall lit by circular fixtures hanging from the high ceiling. Everything in the room was black except the checkered floor which alternated with black and white tiles. Obi-Wan sensed the cold, unsettling atmosphere of the room, along with a big disturbance in the Force, who was perched atop a long, metal table.

A slight smile crossed the man's thin lips as he stood. "Please sit down," he said, gesturing toward the table. "I hope you found my directions clear enough."