StarWars Clone Wars(Fanfic): Rise Of A Sith

Chapter 8:

Obi-Wan followed Kukuchi, the man's glowing tattoos lighting the way, it wasn't difficult to follow him. The pain in his waist still stings from the constant movement. Obi-Wan held it and breathed deeply, releasing his pain through the Force. He tried to reach Anakin however the bond between seemed blocked or faint somehow.

'I must've fallen deep in the mountain than I thought.' Obi-Wan thought. 'For sure Anakin would have done a search party by now.' he eyed on his comm and pressed the button. "Anakin? Anakin? Can you hear me? Are you there?". There was no response, only a bunch of statics. "Blast it's broken." he sighed, he would need Anakin's mechanic abilities right now.

He looked up to see Kukuchi looking behind him, still checking if the Jedi Master was following him. That was when Obi-Wan noticed that there were something on the walls. He stopped to take a closer look at them,  they were actually symbols.

He took out his lightsaber and turned it on for better lighting and studied the markings. Kukuchi walked towards him. "Kukuchi, what do these symbols mean?" he asked.

Kikuchi step forward. Glancing at the wall for a moment then back at Obi-Wan. "Kuma gedo sainabi, dun dunnajo!" he said while raising his arms high, his hands forming a claw and his face snarled like a wild animal.

From Obi-Wan’s perception, he was forming a 'monster-like creature'. So the markings show to have been a 'warning'?

The Kikuchi's face relaxed and his arms down then shook his head. "Pomana hok yun fay illie" he said.  He gestured Obi-Wan to follow him a again.

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They hit ground. Anakin, Ahsoka and the clones all removed their safety gears before the clones turned on their head lights.

The place looked like a tunnel, small rocks scattered everywhere. One direction lead to an open path whole the other was blocked by a pile of rubble.

"Which way should we go, General?" Rex asked from behind him, his voice echoed all around the tunnel.

Anakin reached out to the Force. Still sensing that eerie darkness that would send shivers down his spine. Somehow the dark side surrounding the tunnel clouded his vision. He sighed before turning to his clone commander. "I don't know Rex."

"Well by the looks of it, I think Master Obi-Wan is somewhere there." Ahsoka pointed at the direction where the rubble is. "Look," she knelt down, her hand brushing the ground. "There are no other prints of him even being in this side of the tunnel, just our footprint."

"If he was here then we would have found something like an armour or blood somewhere about now." Anakin said thoughtfully. One hand over his chest while the other rubbing his chin, a signature gesture that Anakin inheritated from his master.

"Well let's just blow that thing out of the way sir." Rex suggested.

"No, Obi-Wan might get hit in the process. We don't know what state he is in." Anakin declared then smirked. "Looks like we'll have to do this the old fashion way."

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They reached to an opening where two tunnels are shown. Kikuchi led Obi-Wan to the tunnel on the right. Saying something that Obi-Wan suggested was the 'safest way'.
Following his young friend, Obi-Wan stopped when sensed something coming and turned around.

They were whispers in his ear, he could get what their saying but somehow, he felt a bit drawn to it. A hand stopped him in his other arm, when he turned it was Kikuchi, the man's eyes were filled with worry and fear.

"Duna Kom jai Jayanti!" he exclaimed.

'Jayanti?' Obi-Wan remembered him saying that to him before when he attacked him.

Kikuchi pulled him away backwards, Obi-Wan slightly confused, followed. When they got back to the opening, Obi-Wan noticed that they just got out of the left tunnel rather than the right.
'Well that was odd.' he thought. The Jedi didn't remember ever going to left tunnel in the first place.

Kikuchi pointed towards the left to Obi-Wan then did the 'monster-like creature' gesture like he did before. After that, he pointed on the right tunnel to follow him. "Joyun kamin."
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They removed one of the last big rocks with the Force before each of them carried away the other smaller stones with their hands. Ahsoka pulled out a rock that created a chain reaction of other falling towards her. She managed to get out in time before the rest of rocks followed. Everyone stepped back and watched the rocks roll out of one another, giving them a clear entrance.

"That'll do it." Ahoska grinned.

"General, look!" said a clone.

Anakin walked through the rubble and followed where the clone was pointing  in front of him. He followed his gaze to find stains of blood in one of the rocks as well as other black markings in in it.

"He's wounded." he said, then picked up a sharp bloody rock. "Stabbed with this thing. He used his lightsaber to clot the wound to slow down his blood loss."

"Our signals cannot reach the surface sir." Rex added after testing his comm in his helmet. "Probably the General's too. He knew that help would arrive anyway, so why not wait here?"

"That's because he was not alone." Ahsoka said. "Look, there are bare footprints here." she pointed, showing a pair of bare footprints facing towards them.

Anakin took a closer look, these footprints are of human species.

"Whatever they are, they seemed to drag Master Obi-Wan towards into the tunnel." Ahsoka continued.

"Good work Snips." Anakin complimented and Ahsoka smiled accepting the praise. "Those tracking lessons were worth it after all. Now come on let's go."

They ran towards the tunnel followed by the clones.

"How long do you think Master Obi-Wan has?" Ahoska asked the Jedi  beside her.

"Judging by the blood we've found? I say he's lost a lot and doesn't have enough time." He closed his eyes, focusing on Obi-Wan’s force signature. "He's getting weak, we need to hurry!"

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He heard the whispers again, this time it was louder. He could here what Kukuchi was saying anymore, instead he could hear the ringing sound in his ear. He felt numb inside. Different voices started yelling in his head.

"You are weak."
"You need to get out of here."
"Come to me."
"Run! Don't look back! Run!"
"No! You are mine!"

After the last voice yelled, he felt something wrapped around him and pulling him away. Obi-Wan struggled to get free from whatever was holding him and he could hear his lightsaber fall to the ground.

"Argh!" Obi-Wan exclaimed as he felt the added pressure in his wound.

Kukuchi turned and saw Obi-Wan in pain. He got out his stone swords and swung it around, trying to free his friend. The sword was just hitting air and Obi-Wan felt himself being pulled farther away from Kukuchi's light. All he heared were the shouts of Kikuchi getting fainter as the thing dragged him deeper into the tunnel leaving him blinded in darkness.