Ahsoka, Anakin and the clones raced after Lydia. They followed her through the narrow streets of Christophsis, panting slightly. Anakin glanced at his apprentice and could tell that she was remembering their first mission together as well. Anakin was still surprised that he had not wanted Ahsoka to start off with. Now, he would give up his life for her.

"It's not much further now!", Lydia called back to them, rolling under a pile of scrap metal. Anakin smiled.

"What d'ya reckon, Snips?", he asked, taking his eyes off their new ally for a second to get a good look at his Padawan.

"I trust her. She seems really nice", Ahsoka informed Anakin. He nodded.

Suddenly Anakin felt a warning scream at him through the Force.

"Duck!", he yelled, throwing himself down onto the ground hard. The missile shot over their heads and then turned in a neat loop, heading back to them.

"Uh, master?", Ahsoka whispered in horror.

"Run!" The clones took off after Anakin and Ahsoka, but Lydia didn't follow.

"Lydia! This way!", Anakin bellowed. He watched the girl close her eyes, but it was not in defeat. He stared in amazement as the missile stopped, caught in a web of Force, then exploded above their heads. Lydia let the debris drop to the ground.

She turned slowly to find the eyes of a hundred clones and two Jedi fixed on her, awaiting an explanation. Lydia stared at her hands in surprise. She seemed shell shocked. Anakin approached her cautiously.

"Are you OK?", he inquired.

"What just happened?", Lydia asked, sounding dazed.

"You saved all our lives. Thank you", Anakin told her. Lydia smiled.

"Don't mention it. We need to get moving again before the Separatists catch up!", she grinned before taking off across the road again.

Anakin and Ahsoka looked at each other.

"Um, master?", Ahsoka began tentatively.

"Uh, huh", Anakin sounded distracted.

"Did she really just use the Force to stop a missile that was going to kill us all?"

Anakin nodded.

"We need to take her back to the temple. The other Jedi will want to meet her and she might join the Order", he mused. Ahsoka grinned.

"Then we better start making a good impression!", she laughed, punching him playfully. Anakin knocked her over with the Force, laughing as the two Jedi raced after Lydia.

Darth Sidious frowned at his Sith apprentice.

"Something has happened. I can sense that a new threat has been unleashed", he informed the Count. Dooku looked worried.

"I sensed that something was wrong too, but I cannot find the origin of the disturbance", he told his master.

"Something is amiss on Christophsis. It is possible that it has something to do with this threat". Dooku nodded.

"I'll head there right away"

""Take General Grievous too", Darth Sidious ordered.

"Yes, master", Dooku bowed deeply to the hologram of the Sith Lord.

Lydia turned to the Jedi. They had all stopped for a rest in an abandoned skyscraper.

"We are vastly outnumbered. There is no way for us to win. We need to evacuate right now! Do you have a ship that could pick us up?" Anakin nodded.

"We left one on the roof of one of the shops in the city centre but the others have gone back to the cruiser. There's no way we can all fit on one ship", he said.

"It's going to be difficult for the other ships to land so they can pick us up with those Separatist cannons", Ahsoka remarked. "They'll get shot down before they get anywhere near the planet!"

"I know. That's why we're going to take out those cannons", Anakin agreed.

"Right, what's the strategy?", queried Lydia.

"If you can somehow get us above those cannons them we can take them out from above", Ahsoka suggested. "Do you know any routes to get us up there?"

Lydia looked into the distance. She could see a big group of tanks and Separatist cannons squashed together in the narrow streets. They were surrounded by tall cyan skyscrapers on all sides. Lydia grinned.

"I have an idea!"