"HELP?" The word punched from him in an incredulous tone. Another piercing stab assaulted him behind his eyes, at the base of his skull, and Obi-Wan cried out, clutching at his head again. It hurt. Why was Yoda here? It hurt.
( GO AWAY. GO AWAY. GO AWAY. )
( MASTER KENOBI IS DEAD. )
The title hit like a stab to the heart as his breath was sucked out of his chest. All he could do was curl in on himself further and further as he continued to tremble and shake.
He could feel the oppressive cloud of the dark side swirling around him protectively, as if it were actively combating Yoda's light. It wanted him so badly and would not let go. The tendrils of the dark side curled around his neck, his wrists, his ankles, and he couldn't breathe.
Was he doing this to himself?
The ache in his chest opened again, and with it the vacuum began. He gasped and squirmed as he physically felt like his heart was slowly being torn from his chest. Body writhing, Obi-Wan gasped as the images played before his head. Horrible images of his own life, of others, of ones that never came to pass. All of the people he has lost. The people who have walked away. The people who would walk away.
At one point in his youth, Yoda had taught him how to hone his visions. A gift to be chosen to be a Seer, some told him. The dark side loved it too. At this point, what had been reality and what had not?
Feeling a compulsion to look at Yoda, Obi-Wan was powerless to resist as jerkily his head turned to gaze at the former Grandmaster. The RAGE that flared deep within his abdomen, under his skin, and behind his eyes had a growl rising from within.
His eyes burned gold behind the tears that flowed freely into clenched teeth. Twisting in an unnatural way, Bron'ig started to rise, calling his lightsaber back to him.
"I've always been alone, Master Yoda. You yourself had to push Qui-Gon towards me, otherwise I wouldn't even be here." He laughed. It was cold. "No, I've known loneliness my whole life. This...this is what's right...What they deserve. The Jedi Order is gone. The Republic. None of it matters now," Bron'ig shrugged, motioning around them, "I'm just cleaning up the mess."