Kenobi, and former clone commander Cody had been wandering the planet of Daiyu. The planet was a sketchy city with the conditions of it. The two had gotten off here not too long ago, now have to look for a ship to go to Alderaan. So far the place was a big city, but the Empire was not seen. The two decided to go to a restaurant to hide out. Obi-Wan gave the host credits to have them sit in the back, as they plan out what they need to do next. They waited for the waiter to give them their waters. After he leaves the two to look at each other before speaking.
"So now what General?" Cody asked.
Kenobi smirked, and had a sip of his drink, "Cody, you know you don't have to call me that"
"Sorry sir, I guess its a habit" Cody said, as the two had chuckled.
Obi-Wan took out his credits, placing it on the table, "Doesn't look like much, but perhaps for a small freighter, I just hope the Empire doesn't come here"
"Don't worry sir, as long as we leave, we will be safe"
Obi-Wan stroked his beard, leaning back in his seat. He looked towards the distance. There was a figure staring at them, but he couldn't see who it was with the hood on. He tilted his head forward, but someone who he thought was watching them was not there.
"You alright General?" Cody asked.
Obi-Wan stood up, "Come on let's go, the sooner we leave the better.
The two walked out after placing credits on the table.
The two made their way to the shipyard where they were looking for freighters. They looked at prices, then Obi-Wan would look that they were short on credits. He turned to Cody before speaking, "We need more credits"
"I agreed"
The two looked behind them to see the massive casino. The two entered, looking around, bending, gambling, and others. They looked where to start. The area was filled with all types of species, some drunk, some high. Others get into fights after losing, causing security to kick them out. Obi-Wan, and Cody looked at them game sabacc. The two nodded at each other, and stepped in. Both of them agreed to play the game with the scoundrels who had been playing for ours. Kenobi placed his bets, giving some credits to Cody. The clone learned by playing with his brothers, giving him an edge while Obi-Wan was able to predict his opponents move, helping them. The scoundrel who was ahead had matched Cody, but Obi-Wan placed a double, giving them more credits. The dealer got angry, and demanded they play again. This time it was just him, and Obi-Wan. The crolute placed his cards, matching Obi-Wans. The two played at it for several minutes leading into an hour. Kenobi had kept his composure, relaxing, and having a drink when the crolute he was playing against had been fuming, getting more impatient. WHen he thought he won, Obi-Wan placed another card that outsmarted him, causing the brute to flip the table before leaving. Both Obi-Wan, and cody watched before they went to a table with the credits that they won.
"Looks like we have enough" Cody pointed out.
Obi-Wan wanted to respond, but he noticed the same man hidden like in the cantina. Without another word, he stood up with Cody following after he took the credits.
The man at the bar sipped his drink, pretending to look away, but he was already cornered by Obi-Wan, and Cody. Both of them were already staring down at him looking like they had questions for him which they did.
"Obi-Wan was the one who spoke the first words, "Who are you, why are you keep following me"
The man buried under a hood stood up, but paused when Cody had a gun pulled on his stomach.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you"
The man smirked, removing his hood, "Is that a way to greet your old friend Kenobi?" Quinlian Vos spoke looking at him with his brown eyes.
"Quinlian!" Obi-Wan said cheerfully. He embraced his friend tightly, relieved he was alright. He then looked at him, "I was sent to find you, I heard you had disappeared. How did you get away from the Empire?"
Quinlian looked away, almost like he looked guilty. Obi-Wan asked him what was wrong, but he instead spoke without looking at him in the eyes,"Its a long story my friend, one that could use a drink"
Obi-Wan shifted uncomfortably, "I don't know, we are trying to get away from the Empire"
"Oh come on Obi-Wan I haven't even seen them. My shuttle crashed, that was it. Now let me buy you a drink. After that, then we could find a way off this rock"
Obi-Wan sighed, knowing he couldn't get out of this. He looked at Cody who nodded at him. The clone was going to purchase a ship while the two had a chat. The two were reminiscing their childhood days together, sharing stories, and laughing with each other. They then shifted to what they had been doing for the last ten years, shifting the mood in the room. Obi-Wan tried to hide as much information for himself as possible, not wanting to reveal his mission. Quinlian just bragged to him how he just kept avoiding the Empire,causing the two to lay out a chuckle.
Obi-Wan was just happy to see an old friend again. He did feel a dark aura, but Kenobi knew his friend was always a diversive Jedi.
"So Obi-Wan you have been silent, where have you been for the last ten years? I looked all over" the long haired Jedi continue to ask his friend about that"
"I just went into hiding. I already told Bail I needed to lay low, so he helped me find a planet"
"Which planet?" Vos continued to ask.
Obi-Wan thought about it, then spoke, "Jakku"
Quinlian looked at him, but shrugged his shoulders, "Sounds like a boring planet"
Cody contacted Obi-Wan through his communication device, "General found a freighter. Its perfect for us, but we have a problem"
"What is it Cody?"
"The Empire is here"
Obi-Wan looked back and opened his mouth, leaning forward. His eyes reached Quinlian before his device, "Alright, Quinlian, and I are on our way, we will take off imminently" he shifted his head towards his old friend, "The Empire is here, we need to leave now"
Vos was silent, Obi-Wan waited for him to speak, but he didn't say a word, instead followed Kenobi out. The two went down the stairs walking out. The Empire had destroyers above the sky, but he hasn't seen any troopers on the ground yet. Obi-Wan picked up his communicator to contact Cody, but it was staticy. A voice reached out through the other side, but it didn't sound good.
"General Kenobi the Empire is here. I am surrounded" the static had cut off the transmission. Obi-Wan would call out his name twice before walking. The two former Jedi were walking through the streets. The people were getting pushed by, as more Imperials marched through the streets led by the Grand Inquisitor who had ordered the streets cleaned until he found the Jedi. Obi-Wan knew it was him, the pau'an was talking about. He looked at Quinlian who nodded back, as the two leaped from corner to corner, making sure to avoid contact with anyone.
"We should split up to cover more ground, so we could find a way out" Obi-Wan suggested, but Quinlian shook his head, "No, its to dangerous, we stick together"
Obi-Wan understood, and agreed to stay together. The hide from the shadows of the alley ways.
They stopped when they saw the flames of the transports, it looked like the Empire had the station massacred. All the vehicles looked like they were in flames. Obi-Wan had searched for Cody, but he had not seen his friend. The two turned to see stormtroopers flank them with their blasters. Obi-Wan looked at Quinlian who didn't even move. His face twitched before looking back at the troopers, who had removed his blaster, shooting at one clone before tackling the other. The stormtrooper behind him was about to shoot before Quinlian grabbed the blaster hitting him in the face. The two former Jedi fought with hand to hand combat until all the troopers were down. One stormtrooper slowly stood up, trying to take his blaster, and shoot Obi-Wan, but that is when Vos removed hand, then pierced the blade through his chest.
Obi-Wan turned around to thank his friend, but his mouth dropped. He saw the red crimson blade clowning from Quinlian's saber.
"Don't be surprised Obi-Wan"
"Quinlian, you are with the Empire?"
"What can I say? They showed me the right way. There is no fighting the Empire, only embarrassing it"
Obi-Wan took a deep breath, "Not you to Quinlian. You can resist, I know you can, you have done it before"
"And look where that left us. I could have beaten Count Dooku, save the woman I loved"
"Ventress knew what she was doing, she wouldn't want this"
Quinlian only got angrier, "She is dead, she can't want anything"
Obi-Wan quickly took his lightsaber in defense, "Please Quinlian don't make me do this" he pleaded.
Vos only smirked, as he flexed his lightsaber, "Don't worry, you won't be doing anything. I am assigned to bring you back to the Empire, and that is what I am going to do"
Obi-Wan hesitated, but activated his lightsaber. The two circled each other before Obi-Wan dashed to him, trying to throw a strike. Quinlian stepped out of the way before bringing his own lightsaber down. Obi-Wan had perryed the attack before taking a large step back. Vos continued to swing aggressively while Obi-Wan tried to block. Not being able to use a lightsaber all these years had affected the way he fought. Kenobi blocked the next strike, then got kicked back.
He tried to get up, but the red blade had pointed towards his face.
"Not another step old friend" Quinlian urged him to give up.
Obi-Wan looked at his situation, he felt trapped, but he could sense something more, the conflict, "Quinlian I could sense the conflict, break through"
Quinlian stood silent, his eyes twitching. His hand was already shaking the moment he knocked Kenobi down. Before he could do anything else, a person jumped down the balcone, her cape blowing through the air. Reva looked on with a face of pride, then she shifted her gaze towards Kenobi with disgust. She took out her lightsaber, and ignited the crimson blade.
"Look at you, Obi-Wan, pathetic" she told him, but Kenobi was confused. This woman acted like she knew him. Before she could come in any close, Quinlian blocked her way, "I told the Grand Inquisitor I was going to bring him in"
"Move Vos" she warned him"
"You move Reva" he told her with a snarky tone. Looking at Obi-Wan had only fueled her anger. Her grip on her lightsaber tightened. Obi-Wan stayed on the ground in helplessness.
Vos had blocked Reva's strike on time, as she was about to bring down the blade at Obi-Wan. Quinlan used his lightsaber to push back, causing a fight to break. Reva swung at him with aggressive varsity.
Obi-Wan took this opportunity to run. He went across the street. He looked for a place to go far, far as he could from the empire.
"Stop right there!" a stormtrooper shouted.
Obi-Wan stood still, not realizing his lightsaber was in his hand. Before the trooper could, he was hit on the back of the head.
"Sir" Cody said, standing tall.
"Cody, what happened?"
"I was on my way to a freighter, then the Empire suddenly attacked, I tried to get away soon as possible to find you. Where's General Vos?"
Kenobi sighed, "Cody, Quinlan is working for the Empire. I will explain, but we need to leave"
Reva, and Quinlan continued fighting. Quinlan had more experience, and kept fighting. With quickness while Reva dodged, strikes, and blocked her attacks. She roared in anger, as she finally pushed back, deciding to ignite the other end of her lightsaber. She got ready to charge in an offensive stance while Vos got ready to defend himself.
"What is going on here " the Grand Inquisitor stepped in, clearly not happy
"She tried to kill Obi-Wan, now he is gone" Quinlan told him.
The pau'ans red eyes turned towards the Third Sister, "We had been given orders not to kill Kenobi, what were you thinking?"
"I was thinking if I removed his legs, then he wouldn't escape. Our friend hear clearly has a soft spot for his old friend"
Quinlan looked like he was going to say something, but the Grand Inquisitor stepped in between, "Enough, I will handle Kenobi, you two back to the ship"
Obi-Wan, and Cody were both on the run. Stormtroopers were everywhere on the streets, tearing down local business in search of the Jedi. Obi-Wan went in a back alley way with Cody, the two looked at a dead end. When they stepped out a figure stood from the shadow, causing Cody to raise his weapon, Obi-Wan just held his lightsaber. To their surprise it wasn't anyone from the Empire, it was just a a man a few years younger then him in rags. His brown eyes stared at them, with his hands in the air, "Don't shoot, I am not with the Empire"
"Who are you?" Obi-Wan demanded.
"My name is Haja, I can get you out of here. I have friends that can take you in, you just need to take the transit, and my friends will find you from there"
Both Obi-Wan, and Cody stared at each other knowing they didn't have a choice. Obi-Wan turned to him, and nodded. Haja took then to where they needed to go, all thre putting on their hoods to disguise themselves.
"So Haja, why are you helping us?" Obi-Wan asked him.
Haja sighed, "The Jedi used to stand for something. When I found out the Empire was here, I knew they had to be looking for a Jedi. You aren't the first, we helped many with force sensitivity to disappear, we can do the same for you"
"We appreciate it" Kenobi nodded. They continued following Haja until they got to the upper levels of the city where they went to an abandoned transport.
Haja was already working on opening it. Took some time, but the door finally opened. He turned to them, "Alright let's go"
Before either of them entered, the three heard a thud of footsteps.
"It's the Empire" Obi-Wan said, feeling it in the force. Before anyone could prepare to fight, Haja put his hand up to stop them, "I will hold them off. Just follow the directions installed in the transports mainframe, and it will take you right there"
"You will die" Cody pointed out.
"Then so be it. The Empire had already taken my family from me once. If I can safe two people, then it's worth it"
Both Obi-Wan, and Cody looked at each other. Obi-Wan with no choice understood, "Thank you Haja, I will never forget this. My the force be with you" he then got into the transport, closing the door.
Haja just looked back, and smiled at the two before walking away. He approached the Grand Inquisitor with his blaster in hand. The Stormtroopers behind the pau'an raised their blasters.
"There is a Jedi in the area, move if you don't want to die" Grand Inquesitor told him, removing his lightsaber.
Haja hooked his head, "Sorry, can't let you do that"
The Grand Inquisitor slowly walked to him with a grin, "So you are with the Jedi?"
"I am" Haja said proudly, but a blade pierced his heart.
"Then you will die like them" Grand Inquisitor told him before pulling out his lightsaber. He, and his men had gotten to the transport only to see it take off. Stormtroopers tried to shoot, but they were ordered to halt. The Grand Inquisitor checked the controls mainframe to see where they were going, leaving a sinister grin on his face.