Chapter 3
They meet Amaidela at the ship, and depart for Naboo.
Obi-wan begins to avoid Master Qui-gon, while on the ship. In another attempt to elude him Obi-wan looks for a place to mediate and practice his force abilities.
After dinner Obi-wan found an unoccupied cabin, in the cargo hold, and starts lifting objects. Then practicing balance with a one-handed headstand.
Qui-gon with little trouble finds Anakin, who as usual is up in the cockpit learning about the switches and other insterments.
"Hello Ani."
"Master Qui-gon!"
Qui-gon takes him to the back. A line of boxes are placed there, at different heights
Obi-wan craned he neck to have both Anakin and Qui-gon in view. One eyebrow rose.
Qui-gon answered his unspoken question, "Do not let us disturb you. Now, Anakin walk across the tops of the boxes."
Anakin climbed up and walked across the boxes. "Now do it with your eyes closed."
Anakin closed his eyes and walked nearly falling off, before 'thump' Obi-wan winced.
'When my master tells you to run it he will have to watch that particular step.'
"Now run it."
'He is so toast.'
Thump. 'He will feel that in the morning.' Wham, And that. A slight movement caught his eye near the door, 'Right the other pathetic life form that Master Qui-gon picked up.'
Then next day Qui-gon got Anakin and decided to try meditating. Anakin mimicked Qui-gon. And long after his legs were numb finally mastered it. However Qui-gon has been quietly observing Anakin and was dumbfounded when Anakin levitated an inch off the ground and caused the force to amplify around him causing it to turn a golden color.
The force formed a circle around him and began to amplify but Anakin held still as the force began to batter him.
Then Qui-gon broke of that lesson to begin another. He lifted up a box with the force, "I cannot tell you how to lift it but watch closely and tell me when you want to try." Qui-gon lifted up the box three more times before Anakin asked to do it. When he tried the box went about a three inches in the air then fell back down. After that they continued lifting the box.
Qui-gon broke of the lesson when Anakin's stomach growled. "So how did you like meditating?"
"It was, uhm nice to know how to do?"
Qui-gon told him to get some lunch Anakin cheerfully complied and ran off to eat something. Later Anakin asked the other people on the ship about their adventures, they all cheerfully and exuberantly told the story.
Anakin went to his room well he shared it with 2 other pilots and Nicole, he had saved a knife and a spoon, Nicole had given him another spoon and a toolbox to practice with. He sat on his bed and lifted the knife up. He practiced with it for a few minutes, until Nicole decided to enter, "What are you doing?"
"Practicing, watch." Anakin lifted the knife up to the ceiling. "Very impressive, Anakin. So Qui-gon was teaching you 'Jedi wizard stuff'."
"Yep! I meditated too." He said proudly
"You wouldn't want to show me would you?" Nicole asked as she climbed up into her bed.
Feeling importuned Anakin started meditating. Nicole never took her clear teal eyes off him. Anakin took a sharp breath in when the force started burning him and he stopped instantly.
"Are you okay? I don't think meditating is supposed to hurt." Nicole asked concerned.
"I'm fine. It's just so cold in this ship."
Nicole looked at him weirdly, before throwing him a blanket. Anakin wrapped himself up in it with gratitude, "Thanks."
"Wouldn't want you to die of hypothermia. It is a bit chilly."
Relived that he wasn't the only one cold he curled closer in the blankets, "Want to huddle together for body warmth?"
Nicole jumped over to Anakin and he wrapped the blanket around. Nicole eyed her pillow and tried to levitate it over, after the first two attempts it come over.
Anakin stretched, "It was a little harder using the force to show you."
Nicole shrugged, "I have no idea why that would be."
Qui-gon sat on the floor Anakin across from him and they were meditating once again. Qui-gon eyed Anakin, "Have you been practicing?"
Anakin looked very please with himself, "Yep! It hurt last time though."
"What were you thinking of?"
"It was really cold."
"Ah, you were cold and you tried to use the force to warm yourself." It got a little out of hand. So that is what the council sensed. He has no control over his power. He has too much power and too little control over it.
After landing in the marshy swamp, after Jar-jar had left to go to the guagon city.
"Do you think the Queen's ideas will work?"
"The guaguans will not be easily swade. And we cannot use our power to help her."
"I'm sorry for my disrespect. And I am grateful you think I'm ready to take the trials."
OBI-WAN : I'm...I'm sorry for my behavior, Master. It is not my place to disagree with you about the two. I am grateful you think I am ready for the trials
"You have been a good apprentice Obi-wan. And I foresee you will become a much wiser than I am. I foresee you will become a great Jedi knight."
Jar-jar leads them to the gungans secret hideout and Padme revels herself to be amadelia. The battle plan is made and they begin to assemble the troops. The guangas assemble on the planes while Padme goes to the palace and starts the diversion.
Qui-gon turns to Anakin, "One we get inside you two find a safe place to hide and stay there." "Sure." Stay there." Nicole just nodded.
Anakin watched as the battle unfolded, they made their way to the hanger bay, and "You two take cover!" Qui-gon ordered as the droids began firing.
Anakin ran over to a few boxes and sparks showered very close to him, I need a better hiding place!
Eying around him he caught sight of Sydney hiding in another cockpit. Anakin followed suit, R2 had already been pulled up into the droid part. The Jedi finished of the droids.
Padme breathed a sigh of relief, "My guess the viceroy is in the throne room."
Planka, "Red group, gold group everybody this way."
"Hey! Wait for me!" Anakin yelled as he stood up, "Anakin stay where you are you'll be safe their." Qui-gon stated.
Anakin started to protest "But I-"
"Stay in that cockpit." Qui-gon ordered.
The group made their way to the door, the door opened, a black cloaked figure stood their, the same person who attacked Qui-gon on Tatooine!
"We'll handle this." Qui-gon stated.
"We'll take the long way." Padme and her group ran off the other door way.
The Jedi and sith eyed each other before both sides taking of their cloaks, Nicole watched the ensuing fight with interest. Anakin however was more distracted with the destroyer droids that hand rolled out to take the Queen.
"We've gotta do something R2!" He looked at the panels, R2 sent a warning "I'm trying to, I don't know where the trigger is!" Pulls the star button, "Oops wrong one, maybe it's this one." Pulls lever, the glass dome top pulls on top of Anakin, the screen flashes and the three destroyer droids, "Oh here it is. Yea!" Anakin shoots down the destroyer droids, and the ship takes off.
Padme yells, "Let's go!" That group runs down the hallways.
Nicole waits until everyone's leaves which isn't very long, and waits in the cockpit, "1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi -" When she got to 20 Mississippi, she got out of the cockpit and crept to the door, where Maul had appeared from.
Let's see, Obi-wan and Qui-gon fight the Sith lord dark maul, the guangas fight the droids, Anakin by now is at the control ship orbiting the planet, and he will blow it up momentarily. Padme is running around, as is Sabe. That leaves me, if I was a first aid kid where would I be?"After rummaging through the contents of the ship, she fount what she was looking for, she grabbed it then set it on the floor and pulled another out of nearby plane.
Nicole ran through the hallways that were empty seeing as Padme's group and Sabe's groups had provide a distraction. She picked up a left over gun, and continued. Their were a few people along the way, Nicole helped them as best as she could, significantly reducing the amount of people who were casualties. Then continued on.