Fanfiction Attempt #3

Stealing the Stars: Part Three

Hello there!

"They could be halfway across the galaxy by now!"

"Calm down Anakin," Obi Wan demanded "Think. I doubt he's gone into hiding"

"Yes, but that doesn't answer where they are!"

"Sidious hasn't kept himself hidden because he's mentally incapable to of doing anything else, Anakin. If he wants to be found, he would have left us something"

"And what if he didn't want to be found?"

"Why would he kidnap someone so high profile as Senator Amidala out of the blue? Sense your feelings; something is out of place here!"

"I think I might have a clue" Rudy said, entering the conversation.

"Right kid, and why should we listen to you? We are Jedi's!"

"I'm almost 14!"

Anakin sighed

"What is it then?"

Rudy walked over to the lifeless body of Dormé.The two Jedi followed. Neatly folded on top of her body was a note.

"Curious" Obi Wan commented "It's obviously some sort of foreign code."

He looked at it from multiple angles. Suddenly he spoke up.

"I know who can identify this, someone who knows codes like this like the back of his hands!

"Obi Wan!"

"Hello Dex !" Obi Wan smiled.

"It's good to see ya again. What can I be doing for you this time, my friend?"

"You can tell me what this means" Obi Wan slid the note along the bench top to the large creature.

"Well, whataya know! I haven't seen this code used since I was mining on the moons of Naboo. It's an ancient Nabooian alphabet"

"Can you read it?" Obi Wan queried.

"You bet I can read it!"

Obi Wan pulled out a data pad.

"Well there's "eat", I know that well! So it's "eat you must. Afar is where you come from". Sounds like that Yoda of yours age has finally caught up with him, heh"

Obi Wan chuckled at the joke.

"It ain't much, and it doesn't make any sense, but it's all we got!"

"Eat you must. Afar is where you come from" Obi Wan repeated. He looked down at the words on the screen.

"That's it! Dex, I owe you one!"

"You always have had!" Dex chuckled

Anakin Skywalker was afraid, very, very afraid. As a wise man once said, fear leads to anger. Rudy looked at him. Anakin returned his gaze. Rudy saw that, indeed, Anakin's face was twisted with anger.

"This is your fault"

"How?" Rudy asked, offended.

"You should have stayed and fought, like a Skywalker would've" He yelled, his normally placid eye's blazing like fire with anger.

"I'm not a Skywalker" Rudy pointed out.

"Maybe that's for the better, kid"

Obi Wan rushed in.

"Mustafar! Sidious has taken them to Mustafar!"

Anakin stood up suddenly and grabbed his cloak, which lay on the floor.

"What about me?" Rudy asked.

"I'm afraid you'll be staying here Rudy. Find Senator Organa and explain our predicament. He'll understand…"

"No, he's coming. He needs to learn how to stay and fight" Anakin spat out sharply, before walking out of the room.

Obi Wan stroked his light auburn beard.

"You heard him Rudy"

"And you'll keep your force-forsaken mouth shut if you know what's good for you" The Chancellor of the Republic, Palpatine yelled as he was closing the doors to the cell on Mustafar where he kept his hostages.

"You won't kill us, Anakin will come"

"I'm not going to kill my dears. I have ulterior motives" the Chancellor cackled "and as for Anakin, he'll come alright"

"How do you know you Sith scum?" Padmé spat out.

"If I were you Padmé, I wouldn't be using the term Sith Scum that lightly when speaking about me. Hasn't Anakin told you?"

Padmé gave a confused look to Sidious and shook her head. Palpatine used a condescending tone, as if speaking to a child.

"Oh you poor soul, he hasn't told you has he?" he smirked. "Well then I guess I'll have to tell you. Anakin is my new apprentice"

Padmé pulled at her chains, lunging at Sidious before sitting back down, looking grief.

"No! You're lying. This is just another of your lies! He wouldn't!"

Would he?

"Sweet dreams" Palpatine said in a sing-song tune. He walked over to the door, stopping only to rip of Liesel's gag

"Why so quiet young one?" He asked in his usual mocking ways.

Liesel turned her head away, refusing to look at the Chancellor. He made his way to the door again and before leaving said

"Jealousy is the shadow of greed"

Rudy walked over to the spot where the still Dormé lay, her pretty brown hair cascading down her face. She was in the foetal position, scrunched up to protect the sword wound that had punctured her heart.

"Thank you for saving my life" he whispered to the lifeless body. He felts himself be pulled in sharply by someone. He struggled, kicing and stamping on the person's feet but then he felt a slightly damp cloth go over his mouth and nose. His vision was blurred as well as all his senses. Then it was black.

"Where is he!?" Anakin yelled, his face still angry, sullen looking.

"Anakin we need to leave, now!" Obi Wan replied back, almost matching the angry tone of his younger "brother".

"We aren't leaving without him" Anakin replied.

"Wake up Anakin. It's been 5 hours. Five! He's not coming!" Anakin gritted his teeth.

"Sidious has probably got him for bait" Obi Wan mentioned. He came over to Anakin and looked him straight in his eyes.

"Let's go" he said calmly, yet assertively. Obi Wan kept his gaze focussed to drive home his point before turning and walking off. Anakin followed reluctantly.