“That will be all
than Obi-Wan, I’ll be with the Queen to see if I can’t advice her
before we reach Naboo again and I’ll check in on Anakin too.”
Master Jinn said, heading for the door and stepping out of the engine
room where Obi-Wan stood beside a hyper drive.

For a long moment
the padawan just stood their, their young General staring at the door
with a hand on the hyper drive.

General Skywalker
looked pale under his tan, staring at the other Jedi with furrowed
brow as no one said a word.

A hiccuping breath
broke the silence finally, but not from any of them but Obi-Wan,
Obi-Wan who started to shake, Obi-Wan whose knees started to quiver
until he dropped onto them and pressed his hand to his mouth,
hitching breaths coming muffled against a hand as the young General
tried to desperately muffle it.

Cody dropped down
in front of his General too, his hands traveling through him as he
tried desperately to console the upset young man.

“Its a memory
Cody, there is nothing we can do about it.” Skywalker said, his
voice a tight, shaking thing as the commander looked up at the blond
General who was staring at the other Jedi.

Biting back an
angry retort, Cody went back to looking at Obi-Wan with his helmet
held tightly held beneath his arm, watching as Obi-Wan’s hand
finally moved from his mouth only to wrap tightly around himself in a
semi hug, silent tears streaming down his face in a fit of emotions
that Obi-Wan could not seem to contain.

Worse yet were the
hitched words escaping him.

“Why am I never
enough?”

Cody wanted to
scream himself raw because of course Obi-Wan was enough, he was the
best Jedi ever.

The world changes
again, the image of Obi-Wan’s teary face and his hitched noises in
their ears and now they’re in a power generator and follow two
fighting Jedi as they follow Maul and as they enter the narrow
hallway, Cody feels his heart start to throb hard.

Because it feels
like a trap, the way the ray shields snap shut, separating Jinn and
Obi-Wan from each other.

The anticipation is
thick and dark in the air and then it comes.

Jinn gets knock to
the chin with the lightstaff and the saber slides in with Jinn barely
letting out a gasp as his face contorts with shock and pain and
Skywalker’s hiss gets lost in the outright scream their
General lets out, a scream of pain and shock and utter devastation as
he stares at Jinn’s fallen form with grief.

And then they get
another shock as young Kenobi focuses on Maul, the General’s eyes
icy through the rays as he’s reminded that there’s still a battle
to be fought, lips curling into a little sneer as Maul prowls in
front of it, unafraid and arrogant in anticipation of the next fight.

After all, what
does he have to fear from a little Jedi padawan?

That’s what his
face say, that little smirk on red and black lips.

The ray shields are
dropping one by one, Obi-Wan bounces in place and as the last one
falls they are back at it, Obi-Wan attacking aggressively as he
outright chases after the zabrak.

They’ve seen
lightsaber battles before but not like this, not two aggressive,
young fighters going at it with lives to loose as they move wickedly
fast, the sabers zooming through the air with their unique sound.

And their General
loses, falls down the open pit and barely manages to cling on
to an out sticking metal thing down the pit about a meter down, the
fear of the troopers who cry out in their fear while Skywalker only
grits his teeth and grips his upper arms tightly as he has his arms
crossed over his chest.

In the end its
arrogance that kills Maul as young Obi-Wan pulls himself up and
slices him apart as the zabrak does not think he can win.

Yet its not the
time for victory as Maul falls for Obi-Wan runs to Jinn’s side,
carefully picking up his body as the man breathes in pain, the saber
abandoned beside them as Obi-Wan wishes to help his master.

Cody expects…

He expects
heartfelt words of goodbye, he expects tears…

He does not expect
to hear. “Train the boy, he is the chosen one.” With Jinn’s
last breath as he gently brushes Obi-Wan’s cheek with his fingers
before he’s gone and from Skywalker’s shocked breath, he does not
expect to hear it either.

All that is left is
young Obi-Wan’s tears as he clings to the body and rocks it, the
action as desperate as the tears on his face.

This memory of pain
and suffering and unresolved tension is all Obi-Wan has.

“That will be all
than Obi-Wan, I’ll be with the Queen to see if I can’t advice her
before we reach Naboo again and I’ll check in on Anakin too.”
Master Jinn said, heading for the door and stepping out of the engine
room where Obi-Wan stood beside a hyper drive.

For a long moment
the padawan just stood their, their young General staring at the door
with a hand on the hyper drive.

General Skywalker
looked pale under his tan, staring at the other Jedi with furrowed
brow as no one said a word.

A hiccuping breath
broke the silence finally, but not from any of them but Obi-Wan,
Obi-Wan who started to shake, Obi-Wan whose knees started to quiver
until he dropped onto them and pressed his hand to his mouth,
hitching breaths coming muffled against a hand as the young General
tried to desperately muffle it.

Cody dropped down
in front of his General too, his hands traveling through him as he
tried desperately to console the upset young man.

“Its a memory
Cody, there is nothing we can do about it.” Skywalker said, his
voice a tight, shaking thing as the commander looked up at the blond
General who was staring at the other Jedi.

Biting back an
angry retort, Cody went back to looking at Obi-Wan with his helmet
held tightly held beneath his arm, watching as Obi-Wan’s hand
finally moved from his mouth only to wrap tightly around himself in a
semi hug, silent tears streaming down his face in a fit of emotions
that Obi-Wan could not seem to contain.

Worse yet were the
hitched words escaping him.

“Why am I never
enough?”

Cody wanted to
scream himself raw because of course Obi-Wan was enough, he was the
best Jedi ever.

The world changes
again, the image of Obi-Wan’s teary face and his hitched noises in
their ears and now they’re in a power generator and follow two
fighting Jedi as they follow Maul and as they enter the narrow
hallway, Cody feels his heart start to throb hard.

Because it feels
like a trap, the way the ray shields snap shut, separating Jinn and
Obi-Wan from each other.

The anticipation is
thick and dark in the air and then it comes.

Jinn gets knock to
the chin with the lightstaff and the saber slides in with Jinn barely
letting out a gasp as his face contorts with shock and pain and
Skywalker’s hiss gets lost in the outright scream their
General lets out, a scream of pain and shock and utter devastation as
he stares at Jinn’s fallen form with grief.

And then they get
another shock as young Kenobi focuses on Maul, the General’s eyes
icy through the rays as he’s reminded that there’s still a battle
to be fought, lips curling into a little sneer as Maul prowls in
front of it, unafraid and arrogant in anticipation of the next fight.

After all, what
does he have to fear from a little Jedi padawan?

That’s what his
face say, that little smirk on red and black lips.

The ray shields are
dropping one by one, Obi-Wan bounces in place and as the last one
falls they are back at it, Obi-Wan attacking aggressively as he
outright chases after the zabrak.

They’ve seen
lightsaber battles before but not like this, not two aggressive,
young fighters going at it with lives to loose as they move wickedly
fast, the sabers zooming through the air with their unique sound.

And their General
loses, falls down the open pit and barely manages to cling on
to an out sticking metal thing down the pit about a meter down, the
fear of the troopers who cry out in their fear while Skywalker only
grits his teeth and grips his upper arms tightly as he has his arms
crossed over his chest.

In the end its
arrogance that kills Maul as young Obi-Wan pulls himself up and
slices him apart as the zabrak does not think he can win.

Yet its not the
time for victory as Maul falls for Obi-Wan runs to Jinn’s side,
carefully picking up his body as the man breathes in pain, the saber
abandoned beside them as Obi-Wan wishes to help his master.

Cody expects…

He expects
heartfelt words of goodbye, he expects tears…

He does not expect
to hear. “Train the boy, he is the chosen one.” With Jinn’s
last breath as he gently brushes Obi-Wan’s cheek with his fingers
before he’s gone and from Skywalker’s shocked breath, he does not
expect to hear it either.

All that is left is
young Obi-Wan’s tears as he clings to the body and rocks it, the
action as desperate as the tears on his face.

This memory of pain
and suffering and unresolved tension is all Obi-Wan has.