Jedi Master Andrew Kai sat on a foot of a towering statue in the Padawan training room of the Jedi Temple. He sat there watching his 15 year old Bothan padawan, Moss Plot'ki, as three training remotes buzzed around him. The other padawans always liked to play a game where one person was surrounded by at least three training remotes, deflecting shots, and sending the shots toward other padawans to deflect. This game didn't sit well with most of the Jedi Masters, but Andrew Kai didn't care much about the game.
Andrew Kai quickly got up and ignited his lightsaber, and deflected a shot aimed at him. The shot bounced off his lightsaber and hit Moss Plot'ki in the head. His lightsaber flew out of his hand as the young Bothan padawan flew backwards, unconscious. Other padawans turned off their lightsabers and rushed over to Moss, but Andrew Kai came casually to his apprentice. He bent down, put his hand on his head, and looked up, "He will be alright. You should go on with your separate training."
Andrew Kai used the Force to grab Moss's lightsaber, as the short haired, cream colored Bothan woke up. "I didn't see that coming," he said wearily.
"You must always be aware of your surroundings," lectured Andrew. Andrew gave Moss the lightsaber. A hologram of a Twi'lek Jedi Master appeared that stated the Jedi Council needed to see Andrew Kai and his apprentice. Andrew Kai looked at Moss Plot'ki and said, "We should hurry, those people in the Council don't like to wait long."
The two Jedi walked through the stately halls of the Jedi Temple. Going up many majestic staircases, they finally reached their way to the Jedi Council room. The same Twi'lek Jedi stood outside by the doors. Andrew Kai greeted her and she said, "The Council will see in momentarily, Master Kai."
"Do you know why they want to see us?" Moss Plot'ki asked.
The Twi'lek just smiled and then opened the doors. Andrew Kai led the way and his padawan followed. Inside, Yoda, Mace Windu, and the rest of the Jedi Council were seated. A few were represented by hologram images.
"I see you brought your padawan," acknowledged Mace Windu. "This is good because we have an assignment for you."
"Finally, we get to do something. I was itching to take part in the Clone Wars," said Moss.
His master bumped him with his elbow. "Don't speak out again, or we might lose the assignment," warned Andrew. Moss slightly nodded.
"Trouble there is, in the Inner Rim," announced Yoda. "A Separatist leader is hiding on Bestine IV, says our intelligence leaders."
Mace Windu nodded, "Right, we have chosen you infiltrate the Separatist planet and take out the CIS leader. This planet is a critical build, and repairing station for the CIS naval ships in the Inner Rim, so Supreme Chancellor Palpatine may issue a garrison of troops to aid you in your mission. But don't forget that your primary mission is to take out the Separatist leader. With our intelligence agents so close to finding General Grievous, taking out any Separatist leader will be important to ending this war."
Mace Windu looked over to a hologram image of Jedi Master Ki Adi Mundi and nodded. "With our campaign on Mygeeto going smoothly, we have managed to capture, and repair, some droid gun ships," informed Ki Adi Mundi. "These will help you carry your troops, if they have been assigned to help you, in the planet without any entanglements with droids, seeing that mission should not gain any CIS attention until too late."
Ki Adi Mundi concluded and Andrew Kai said, "Thank you, we will try our best."
They started to walk out of the room but Mace Windu said, "You will leave next week, so get any preparations you need for the mission. By then, Chancellor Palpatine will have decided whether or not to send troops with you."
Andrew nodded and Yoda said, "May the Force be with you."
"Thank you, Master Yoda," said Moss. Then the two of them walked out of the council room. "Wow, this is our second mission in a month. The Council members must be getting pretty impressed by us."
"What do you mean?" asked Andrew. "That time when we had to look after the Bear Clan is not considered a mission." Andrew Kai and his apprentice, Moss Plot'ki, laughed as they walked down the hall.
