Blaze: here is the next chapter
Darth: ah bleh
Palpypie: that was uncalled for
Blaze: what? Running you over?
Palpypie: yeah
Blaze: that wasn't me
Darth: hahahahahaha
Palpypie: that idiot!
Yoda: hee, hee, hee, hee (paints a large DX on Palpypie's newly painted Death Star)
Palpypie: ah come on! (Lashes out Force lightening at Yoda)
Yoda: hee, hee, hee, hee (blocks Force lightening)
Palpypie: ah come on!
Blaze: (laughs) here's chapter 2 and I hope that you like it
Chapter 2
Anakin Skywalker staggered backwards as a great disturbance in the Force caught him unaware but he could also tell that the disturbance hadn't caught Obi-Wan or the others that were around them. They were currently on the western hemisphere of Cato Neimoidia where they were trying to locate Nute Gunray, the leader of the Trade Federation who was also an ally with the Separatist.
Anakin harbored some long hidden anger toward the Neimoidian that had ordered the assassination attempt made against Padmé's life; Padmé, his wife! Anakin shook his head as Obi-Wan walked over to join him with Commander Cody and four other clone troopers just behind him.
They had just barely escaped the soldier beetles that lay in the field just outside of the entrance to the nest. Cody stopped in front of them with Squad Seven's medspec. "Sir, I think you should use your rebreathers before we enter this place," he said saluting. "It is likely we will encounter free floating spores in other areas of this place."
Obi-Wan narrowed his eyes and Anakin once again thought about the sudden disturbance he had felt and he hardly heard Obi-Wan as he said, "Toxic, Sergeant?"
"No, sir. But the spores have been known to have an adverse effect on humans," the Clone replied.
"Adverse, how?" Anakin asked after a moment's thought, his mind was elsewhere because he was still thinking about the disturbance in the Force that he had just felt.
"The effect is most often described as "dislocating", sir."
Obi-Wan glanced at Anakin who wasn't really listening ever since he had felt the disturbance. "Then I suggest we do as he says," he said.
"Yes," Anakin murmured.
"What's the matter, Anakin?" Obi-Wan asked the worry was clear in his voice after he dismissed the med spec.
"I don't know, I just felt a disturbance in the Force but I can't seem to pinpoint the source of it," Anakin murmured.
As if on cue, a sudden bright flash of blue light shot through the nest, tossing nearly everyone off of their feet and causing Anakin and Obi-Wan to stagger back several feet. "What was that?" Obi-Wan exclaimed, his eyes shooting wide.
"I don't know," Anakin said shielding his eyes against the bright blue light. The blue light faded away and just as suddenly Anakin saw three people lying in the ground nearby, all three of them looked to be unconscious.
"What the…?" Obi-Wan said.
Anakin didn't listen to him as he jogged over to the three people. One of them was a young man, no more than twenty-five years of age, dressed completely in black, the second was a woman in a golden bikini, and the third was a man dressed in white.
"What do we do with them, sir?" Cody asked jogging over to join them.
"What can we do?" Anakin wondered out loud.
"We need to wake them up and discover where they are from, we can't just leave them here, we have a mission to complete," Obi-Wan pointed out.
"I know, master," Anakin replied. He knelt down beside the one dressed completely in black before shaking his shoulder and the man moaned before blinking open bright blue eyes; blue eyes that looked nearly identical to Anakin's eyes. It's probably just a coincidence, Anakin told himself.
"W…Where am I?" the man murmured sitting up and putting a hand on his head.
"You're on Cato Neimoidia," Obi-Wan said and the man turned his blue gaze to Obi-Wan, a brief flash of recognition shot across his face but it disappeared almost as soon as it appeared. The man turned to look at his companions before moving over to kneel beside them.
"Leia, Han, wake up!" he said quickly.
The woman stirred first before blinking open chocolate brown eyes that reminded Anakin vividly of his beloved wife Padmé. "Where are we?" she murmured.
"Cato Neimoidia," the man supplied.
"Oh," the woman, whom Anakin assumed was Leia, said before she turned around and glanced at the man, whom Anakin assumed was Han. "Wake up, Han."
"Ugh, I'm up, I'm up," Han complained blinking open his eyes and sitting up. He gazed around for a long moment, confusion glittering in his eyes. "I'm confused," he said.
"You're not the only one," Cody murmured.
Han glanced at the Commander before looking at Anakin and Obi-Wan. "I hate it when I'm surrounded by a lot of people I don't know," he muttered.
"Who are you?" Obi-Wan asked leaning back on his heels.
"I'm Han Solo," the light brown haired Han said calmly.
"I'm Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan," Leia said.
"And I'm Luke Skywalker," the man in black said.
Anakin and Obi-Wan both stiffened and Obi-Wan glanced sharply at Anakin who gazed at him with wide-eyed surprise. "Did you say Skywalker?" Anakin asked turning his attention back to the man known as Luke.
"Yes," Luke replied.
"General Kenobi, Skywalker, we cannot stay here for much longer, the Neimoidians are no doubt alerted to our presence," Cody said.
"Skywalker?" Luke echoed gazing at Anakin with wide eyes.
Anakin gazed at Luke for a long moment before turning to look at Cody. "Gather the troopers together and we'll get ready to…" But before Anakin could finish his statement, a sudden volley of blaster fire shot through the area, knocking two Clone troopers off of their feet and Anakin leapt to his feet before igniting his blue lightsaber and deflecting the blaster bolts back at the droids who caused them and Obi-Wan was fighting alongside him.
"Stay here," Anakin ordered the three newcomers and, before they could protest, he ran toward the entrance where the blaster fire was coming from and Obi-Wan ran after him before leaping to one side and blocking two bolts that had gotten past Anakin. The first one he sent back at the shooter and the second one he set at a downward angle. The bolt hit the hard floor of the tunnel before it flew to one wall, the ceiling, the other wall and back down to the ground before slamming into the control panel.
The device shorted out and a slab of alloy dropped from its' pocket in the wall, sealing the tunnel. Anakin deactivated his lightsaber before glancing back at Obi-Wan with a small smile on his face.
"Nicely done, master," he said.
Obi-Wan smiled as well. "The beauty of Form Three," he said before adding, "you should try it sometime."
Anakin smiled. "You've always been better at evasion than I have," he said. "I prefer more straightforward tactics."
Obi-Wan rolled his eyes in reply. "Master of understatement," he muttered before shaking his head. "Come on, we have to deal with the newcomers and when we have a chance, I want to talk to you about why that young man Luke has the same last name as you."
"Well it's not like I'd be able to give you a straightforward answer, I don't even know myself," Anakin replied.
Luke, Han and Leia had gotten to their feet by the time Anakin and Obi-Wan walked over to join them. "So what are we supposed to do with them?" Anakin asked.
"We are right here you know," Han snapped.
"Will you ever learn to think before you speak, laser-brain?" Leia snapped.
"No."
Leia let out a long sigh. Luke chuckled before turning his attention back to Anakin. "So what are we supposed to do now?" he asked.
"We are on a mission for the Republic but we can't very well just leave you here," Anakin said, he narrowed his eyes as he scanned Leia's clothing before glancing over his shoulder. "Sergeant, do you happen to have any spare clothes we can give the young lady?"
"Let me check, General Skywalker," the Sergeant said, he spoke quickly to another Clone trooper and the trooper saluted before hurrying off. He reappeared with a poncho and a pair of pants in his hands and he handed it to Leia who took it gratefully though her eyes were narrowed. She put the poncho on over her head before glaring at the others.
"Do you mind?" she asked icily.
"Sorry," Anakin and Obi-Wan said at the same time before looking away and signaling for the Clone troopers to do the same. When Leia was changed, they turned back to her, Luke and Han as they got to their feet.
"Can you see, Han?" Luke asked.
"Well, it's not a big dark blur nor a big light blur, I can see you but its' still blurry," Han admitted.
"What happened to him?" Anakin asked.
"He was frozen in carbonite," Luke explained. "Apparently when someone is released from the carbonite, they are blinded."
Anakin nodded in reply before glancing at Obi-Wan. "Should we bring them along with us?" he asked.
Obi-Wan pursed his lips. "It will be dangerous," he said.
"We can handle danger," Han protested.
"I'm sure you can but we also have to catch Gunray and they might get in the way," Obi-Wan pointed out.
"As I said before, we can't very well leave them here, especially with those droids popping up so suddenly all the time," Anakin said.
Obi-Wan sighed before looking at the three newcomers. "If you want to come with us, you may, but you need to be able to defend yourself," he said.
"We can," Luke said and Anakin noticed there was a cylindrical handle clipped to his belt and he glanced sharply at Obi-Wan who had noticed the lightsaber handle as well.
"He has a lightsaber? Is he a Jedi?" Anakin asked.
"I cannot say, for all we know, he could be a Sith," Obi-Wan pointed out.
"If you are talking about the kid, know that he is not a Sith, whatever the kriff a Sith is," Han snapped.
"Han," Luke said warningly. "You owe me one for saving your life so I ask for that debt to be paid now, shut up!"
"That's what I've been saying since we arrived here," Leia sighed and Han glared at her before falling silent.
"We'll come with you, and no I am not a Sith," Luke said before adding, "whether you believe it or not, that is up to you."
Obi-Wan started to say something but a comm spec called over from across the grotto where they were located. "General Kenobi," the comm spec said. "Provinicial recon reports that Viceroy Gunray and his entourage are heading for the launching bays. They're protected by super battle droids, a group of which are closing on our position."
"Well, this changes things," Anakin said turning to look at Obi-Wan. "One of us is going to have to divert the droids."
"One of us?" Obi-Wan repeated. "Haven't we been through this before?"
Anakin smiled. "The beauty of our partnership, Master. You lure the bodyguards away, I capture Gunray. It hasn't failed us yet, has it?"
Obi-Wan pressed his lips tightly together. "From a certain point of view, Anakin," he said and Luke narrowed his eyes slightly before standing up and gazing at the two of them but before he could say anything, Anakin began to speak again.
"Fine. Then I'll be the bait this time," he said scowling.
"That makes no sense," Obi-Wan protested quickly and shaking his head. "We paly to our separate strengths."
Anakin smiled. "I knew you'd listen to reason, Master," he said. He glanced at Han, Luke and Leia. "I think it would be better if you three split up as to not attract extra attention, Luke, you may come with me while Han and Leia goes with Obi-Wan."
Luke narrowed his eyes slightly. "All right," he said before glancing at Leia and Han. "Is that all right with you?"
"Looks like I don't have much of a choice," Han muttered but he relented and walked over to join Obi-Wan and Leia.
"You four will come with me," Anakin said gesturing to four commandos.
"Sir!" the four of them said in unison.
Obi-Wan sighed before signaling to the rest of Squad Seven. "Come on, you two," he said to Leia and Han who, narrowing their eyes, nodded and followed Obi-Wan. Two of the commandos with him handed Leia and Han a rebreather each and the commandos that were with Anakin did the same with Luke.
"What are these for?" Luke asked.
"Just in case," Anakin replied. Before he could start leading the commandos away, Obi-Wan whirled around before gazing at Anakin.
"Anakin, I know we've got a score to settle with Gunray, but don't make it personal. We want to take him alive," he said. Anakin bit his lips to keep from scowling but nodded and Obi-Wan turned around before leading the way away from the grotto.
"What did he mean by that?" Luke asked.
"It's a long story," Anakin murmured before signaling to the four commandos. "Let's go."
A/n what do you think?
Blaze: that was chapter 2
Darth: I hope you like it
Blaze: I sure hope you mean I hope you'll like it
Blaze: Darth?
Blaze: ah forget it, please review and I'll post the next chapter as soon as I possibly can
