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Obi-Wan Kenobi was a pretty clumsy kid. Quinlan would never let him live down the day he stumbled into a pond because he thought a mosquito was chasing him.
Some of that clumsiness might have been radiating when Obi-Wan managed to get himself blown off a cliff and hurtling toward a lake.
The 501st and the 212th had teamed up for another mission, this time on Naboo. There had been some rumors spreading about a secret Separatist base hidden somewhere near the Golden Mountains, a series of cliffs spread throughout Naboo. Obi-Wan and his old Padawan Anakin were leading a scouting mission on the side of the cliffs, accompanied by a small group of troopers and Anakin's Padawan, Ahsoka.
"I don't get why the Separatists would make a base here.." Anakin groaned as he bat away a spider that had crawled up on his arm. "I mean, why on Naboo? It's obvious that they don't approve of them."
"That's the point, Anakin," Obi-Wan said, smiling despite himself, "That way, the Republic wouldn't think to check there."
"Well, they failed miserably on that part. We're here, aren't we?" Anakin's apprentice giggled and bounded ahead of Obi-Wan, lightsaber swinging absentmindedly on her belt. "Wait look!" Ahsoka suddenly stopped, causing Obi-Wan to walk right into her.
Ahsoka pointed toward the top of the cliff face. Obi-Wan squinted and realized with alarm that there was a scout droid perched on the side of it, looking right at them. "Fire at it!" Anakin ordered and the sky was suddenly filled with blaster shots. The scout almost weaved through all of them, but a well-aimed shot from Cody caused it to short-circuit and collapse.
"Nice one, Cody." Obi-Wan grinned at his commander, who lowered his gun with satisfaction.
"Do you think the scout managed to get a good look at us?" Anakin asked, still looking suspiciously at the cliff face. Suddenly, a flash of yellow appeared behind it.
"I think we got our answer!" Obi-Wan replied in alarm as a swarm of droids appeared from the cliff face, firing down at them. Obi-Wan quickly ignited his lightsaber and blocked a blaster bolt aimed right at his head. It ricocheted and knocked a droid into the lake below them.
The three Jedi advanced toward the droids, with their battalion behind them, shooting down a good half of the droids. However, more of them started to appear, and they were slowly getting outnumbered.
Obi-Wan raced ahead of Anakin and Ahsoka and started to block most of the blaster bolts coming their way. Then suddenly, the Force screamed at him. Obi-Wan stumbled backward in shock as one of the droids threw a grenade at his feet.
It happened in a second.
By instinct, Obi-Wan turned around and Force-pushed his battalion backward, including Anakin and Ahsoka, away from the bomb.
And then it exploded.
Obi-Wan was launched off his feet, off the cliff face and hurtling toward the ground. He could hear a faint cry of "Obi-Wan!" as he fell through the air, surely just seconds away from colliding with the ground and possibly breaking his back.
But that didn't happen. Instead he crashed into a deep murky mess of water. Stars blinked out in front of his eyes and the ringing in his ears increased by tenfold. He instinctively tried to breathe and water flooded into his lungs.
As he struggled to fight unconsciousness and get out of the water, a vision flashed in front of his eyes. He was still in the water, but this time it was clearer. There was a..creature(?)next to him, looking like an odd cross between a dinosaur and a Komodo Dragon. And the Force..the Force was mourning. That was the last thing he saw before falling unconscious.
"Obi-Wan!!" Anakin shouted as the bomb detonated. It threw his former Master into the air where he floated for just a second as if time had frozen. And then he was hurtling toward the lake. A cry echoed from behind him and he could faintly hear Ahsoka running at the droids and slicing them with all her might. Anakin however, was frozen in place before a singular thought echoed in his mind. I have to save him. And that was all Anakin was thinking as he jumped off the cliff face and plunged into the water.
He blinked. The water was stinging his eyes, and his robes were dragging him down. Despite that, he quickly looked around and noticed a figure slowly drifting deeper into the deafening tides. Obi-Wan! Anakin willed himself to go deeper in the water, his hand stretching out. He caught a fistful of Obi-Wan's robes and started to swim upwards, dragging his friend out of the deadly water.
Obi-Wan's increased weight made it hard to swim up. His vision started to blur and his lungs started screaming for air. Despite this, Anakin kicked as hard as he could, and eventually he broke through to the surface, coughing and spluttering. He waded through the lake's depths and reached a sandy area, where he dragged himself and his friend to the surface.
Once he laid Obi-Wan down, he started shaking his shoulders. "Come on, come on, please be okay.." When Obi-Wan didn't respond, Anakin put a shaking finger to his neck. Thank the Force he could feel a pulse, but it was worryingly weak. Anakin was about to start shaking him again when he suddenly heard voices.
"Skyguy!" Anakin looked up to see his Padawan leaping down from the cliff face, followed by Rex, Cody, and the rest of the battalion. Ahsoka ran toward the two of them and quickly kneeled down. "Is he going to be okay??" She frantically asked him.
Ignoring her question because frankly he didn't have an answer, Anakin instead looked over to the rest of his battalion. "Kix!" He yelled, and a familiar head popped into view. The 501st medic ran over to them. "Is he gonna be okay?" Anakin repeated.
Kix grabbed Obi-Wan and scanned him with a medical scanner, and then put a hand on his chest. "He's unconscious and I think some of his ribs might be broken.." Kix said, checking his pulse. Then he looked up at the two Jedi, who were both watching him with wide eyes. "But he'll be alright. General Kenobi is tough." Kix smiled at the two. Anakin almost laughed with relief at this, and Ahsoka dived into his arms, hugging him tightly.
"Master! You scared me half to death when you jumped off! You and Master Kenobi!" Ahsoka cried, half relieved and half scared. Anakin hugged her back.
"Don't worry..I'm alright.." Anakin paused and looked down at the limp body of his former Master. "We'll both be okay.."