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His men are dying.
He can see Rex out of the corner of his eye, doing chest compressions on a clone who would die too young.
He can see Ahsoka, battling to protect a group of shinies who are unconscious.
He can see Obiwan, struggling to hold the droids back, blood seeping from a wound in his leg.
And he can see Dooku.
Roaring, Anakin charges towards him, catching his blade. He swings low, and Dooku just manages to stop Anakin from slicing into his leg. Dooku clearly was not expecting him to use such force in his attacks, but quickly blocks them. He starts to mock the young Jedi knight.
"Can you see your clones, Skywalker? Can you see them dying?" He laughed. "It's all your fault. If only they had a better General, then maybe they would have survived a little longer." He was basically voicing Anakin's thoughts, every battle. This was all his fault. He should have been better, should ha-
Dooku interrupts his thoughts.
"Your Padawan seems to be in the same situation as most of your men." Anakin swings round, screaming Ahsoka's name through their force bond. However, she's fine, just looking in confusion at him. Then panic. He can see Obiwan mirroring his Padawan's expression. And if he could see under the Captains helmet, it would likely be the same horror.
Realising his mistake, Anakin swing back around, trying to block the inevitable. Too late.
Dooku stabbed him through the chest.
"MASTER!"
"ANAKIN!"
"GENERAL!"
Anakin smiled as Dooku pulled the red blade out of his chest. Clearly expecting Anakin to fall to the ground, dead, he did not expect him to laugh and swing at him again. It clipped his shoulder, sending him stumbling. Anakin kept on swinging at him, on the offensive. Dooku realised he couldn't overcome Skywalker, and force pushed him back, into a rock. Anakin's head was whacked against the rock, and he tried to focus. Dooku was talking again. "Now, Skywalker, surrender you and your troops to me or your friends die." Anakin's eyes widened as he saw Ahsoka, Obiwan and Rex standing infront of him, staring in horror at the awful decision he would have to make. Anakin was a very emotional Jedi, but would he surrender the entire 501st and 212th just to save his Padawan, old Master and Captain?
"You can threaten me..."
Anakin stood up, shakily, and dropped his lightsaber to the ground.
"... But you can NEVER hurt those i care about."
And with that, the force snapped.
It was like Anakin's force powers had been in a locked box, only a small percent forcing it's way out. Now, it was like someone had unlocked it, settng him free. He had been a supernova in the force before, but now... now he was the unifying force, the true harnesser of the everlasting force. His eyes burned white, feathered wings flying behind him as he rose. His voice, when he spoke, was a mix of the cold, unyieldingness of the dark side, and the bright, loving comfort of the light. The perfect balance.
"I am Anakin Skywalker, the son of the Force, and by the power invested in me, from now onwards, I relinquish you of your force wielding status." He held his hand out, and Dooku froze as a small red sphere erupted from his chest. It flickered with a dark fire, but as it touched with Anakin's hand it grew brighter, into a golden glow, and vanished. Dooku crumpled to the ground, unconscious.
"Anakin..."
It was Obiwan who spoke to him, and he snapped his head to look at him, his eyes returning back to blue as he lowered himself onto the ground. The wings flapped twice and vanished, leaving Anakin looking normal. The hole in his abdomen had been entirely healed too.
"Uh... well I wasn't expecting that to happen Master..." Ahsoka cautiously murmured, glancing at his fallen lightsaber. She was clearly running through what could have happened. Rex spoke up next.
"So, care to tell us how long you could do that for General?"
"Honestly Rex, i didn't know. It just... happened." He ran his fingers through his hair.
"I guess seeing everyone in so much danger just caused me to snap."
"Force Anakin, you literally increased your force signature by at least one million." Obiwan laughed. "The council will be very confused."
"Master...." Ahsoka said, sounding surprised. "I just realised, when you spoke you sounded like both the Son and the Daughter.. Do you think that had something to do with it?"
"Maybe Snips. We'll never know."