Let's move on to Chapter 2 of Lantern Wars...
At the Jedi Temple, Jedi Masters Yoda and Windu are having a discussion with Green Lantern Henry Jordan and the Guardians of Oa about the threat. Kevin is with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.
"Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Yoda, what is the status of the Senator?" asked Appa from Henry's power ring.
"Under Obi-wan and Anakin's protection, the Senator is." Yoda said.
"The death of Ambassador Lantern Davo was nearly a blow to the Lantern Corps. The Council believes that either a Sith or a Yellow Lantern that was responsible." Ganthet said.
"The Sith was ceased long ago. There is no way for it to re-emerge." Mace Windu said.
"If the Yellow Lanterns are a threat, so is the Sith. We must protect the Senator." Henry said.
"With Green Lantern, I agree. Defeat the Yellow Lanterns and the Sith, we must." Yoda said.
The Guardians look at both the Jedi Masters and the Green Lantern with a bit of judgement. Should they prepare themselves to combat the Sith and the Yellow Lantern Corps or fail? The Guardians then agree.
"Very well, Jedi Master Yoda. We shall assigned Green Lanterns Henry and Kevin Jordan as escorts for the Senate along with the Jedi. We shall received result soon. This meeting is adjourn." Appa said until the connection is terminated.
"Where is your brother?" asked Windu.
"With Obi-wan and Anakin..." replied Henry.
(Coroscaunt outskirts)
Meanwhile, on one of the Trade, two figures are preparing for another assassination attempt on the Senator. Jango Fett and Zam Wessell were the assassins for the Separatists.
Jango Fett is a Mandalorian Bountry Hunter and is also one of the ruthless mercenaries in the galaxy. When it comes to hunting down his opponents, Jango spreads fear. He also disciplines his partners either for failure or ignoring orders. Fett wore Mandalorian armor in the "shocktrooper" style common during his time, although instead of the more traditional beskar plating, he utilized the less resilient and less expensive durasteel alloy for his armor. Fett was armed with WESTAR-34 blaster pistols, BlasTech Dur-24 wrist laser, Czerka ZX miniature flame projector, and an integrated Velocity-7 dart shooter with Kamino saberdarts, among other kinds. Fett's left gauntlet also had a Kelvarek Consolidated Arms MM9 mini concussion rocket, which utilized computer target tracking. Fett used Type-12A anti-personnel rockets, Type-12B capsules, and 1126 rockets. He also carried a field security overloader, sonic beam weapon, wristband blades, wrist mounted grappling hook, boot spikes, and electromagnetic devices in his gloves, enabling him to attract his guns from a short distance. For flight, Jango is equipped with Merr-Sonn JT-12 Jetpack for short-range flight.
Zam Wessell is a female assassin and a partner of Jango Fett.
"I hit the ship and took out the Ambassador of Oa, but they used a decoy." Zam said.
"We'll have to try something more subtle this time, Zam. My client is getting impatient. Take these. " Jango Fett said before handling Zam a tube. "Be careful. They're very poisonous."
Inside are a pair of Kouhuns. Kouhuns were vermiform arthropods with segmented bodies, roughly thirty centimeters long, from the jungle world of Indoumodo. Small, silent, and fast, kouhuns were capable of delivering a fatal and quick-acting neurotoxin through their bite, as well as a nonfatal but nonetheless painful sting from their tails. Kouhuns were white in color, though they also existed in reddish-brown and black varieties. Because of their many advantages for covert killings, Kouhuns were a favored weapon of assassins. They would be starved so that they would attack immediately upon being released, then infiltrated into a victim's home via a droid, package, or even by slipping through tight spaces such as open windows or ducts.
"Zam, there can be no mistakes this time."
Zam nods knowing that failure will have consequences.
"I will not fail you..."
[Senate Building]
Meanwhile Obi-wan, Anakin, and Kevin are monitoring for any threats.
"No assassin would try that way." Obi-Wan said.
"Any activity up here?" asked Kevin.
"No, not yet." Obi-Wan replied before turning to his apprentice. "What is the situation?"
"Quiet as a tomb." Anakin said.
"I don't like just waiting here for something to happen to her." Kevin said.
The three warriors then turn to the monitor, but the screen is blocked by blackness.
"What's going on?" asked Obi-Wan.
"Ah, she covered the cameras." Anakin replied.
"What is she thinking?" Obi-wan replied.
"She programmed R2 to warn us if there is an intruder." Kevin replied.
"There are many other ways to kill a senator." Obi-wan said.
"I know, but we also want to catch this assassin, don't we, Master?" asked Anakin.
"Wait. You're using her as bait?" asked Kevin.
"It was her idea. Don't worry. No harm will come to her. I can sense everything going on in that room. Trust me." Anakin said.
"It's too risky. Besides, your senses aren't that attuned, my young apprentice." Obi-Wan said.
"And yours are?" asked Anakin.
"Possibly." Obi-wan said.
Meanwhile in Padme's room, the Senator sleeps peacefully while R2 monitors for any threats.
From the window, a droid appears and approaches the window. It uses a green laser to cut a square shape hole through the glass and the blinds of the window without noise. Then a small tube opens and out comes the deadly Kohouns into the room.
Anakin then rubs his eyes in tiredness. He has been getting sleepless nights.
"You look tired." Obi-wan said.
"I don't sleep well anymore." Anakin said.
"Because of your mother?" asked Obi-wan.
"I don't know why I keep dreaming about her." Anakin sighed.
"Dreams pass in time." Kevin said.
"I'd much rather dream about Padme. Just being around her again is... intoxicating."
"Be mindful of your thoughts, Anakin. They will betray you. You will feel love for her and that can cost you your life." Kevin said.
"You've made a commitment to the Jedi order, a commitment not easily broken. And don't forget, she's a politician, and they're not to be trusted." Obi-wan said.
"She's not like the others in the senate, Master." Anakin said.
"It is my experience that senators...focus only on pleasing those who fund their campaigns... and they're in no means scared of forgetting the niceties of democracy...in order to get those funds." Obi-Wan said.
"Not another lecture." Anakin said.
"At least not on the economics of politics." Obi-wan said.
Meanwhile, the two Kohouns slowly crawl through the floor and onto to Padme's bed. As they climb up, R2 perks up and turns on his light. The venomous bugs stop crawling and they hide as R2 scans around for intruders. R2 then does a complete scan and turns off its light. At the same time, the Kohouns moved up the mattress and prepare to go in for the kill.
"And besides, you're generalizing." Kevin said.
"The chancellor doesn't appear to be corrupt. Palpatine is a politician." Anakin said.
"I have observed that he is very clever...in following the passions and the prejudices of the senators." Obi-wan said.
The Kohouns are closing in to assassinate Padme Amidala.
"I think he's a good man. My-" Obi-wan said until...
"Alert! Intruders detected in the Senator's quarters..." Kevin's power ring warned them.
"I sense it too." Anakin said.
The three warriors then rush to the room to stop the threat. They enter and they saw to the deadly Kohouns. Anakin and Obi-Wan drew their lightsabers out and Kevin readies his ring. Kevin grabs the Kohouns with a green hand from the bed and tosses them in the air. Anakin and Obi-Wan slices them with thier sabers. The action wakes up Padme and sees the three warriors. Obi-Wan and Kevin see the droid as it leads the way. Obi-Wan runs and jumps out the window and grabs on the droid. Kevin flies off and follows Obi-Wan.
"Stay here!" Anakin said to Padme before he takes off.
"Are you all right, milady?" Padme's colleagues arrived after Skywalker left.
Kevin and Anakin head outside to pursuit the assassin. They reach to a yellow XJ-6 speeder and Anakin climbs aboard. He powers it up and heads off to find the enemy with Kevin following him.
Kevin reaches for his power ring to contact his brother. "Henry, Anakin, Obi-Wan and I are in pursuit of the assassin. I need back up!"
"Copy! On my way," said Henry.
Anakin and Kevin are speeding through traffic, ignoring angry drivers and their horns. Kevin then looks up and sees Obi-Wan falling from the sky.
"There he is." Kevin said.
Anakin dives the speeder down at full speed, trying to catch his master. Then a green hand grabs Obi-Wan and places him on the speeder with Anakin. The three look up to see Henry arriving in time.
"Glad you showed up." Kevin said.
"What are brothers for?" asked Henry.
"Thanks." Obi-Wan said to Henry before turning to his apprentice. "And what took you so long?"
"Oh, you know, Master. I couldn't find a speeder that I really liked..." Anakin said.
"Where's the target?" asked Henry.
Obi-Wan looks around and sees a speeder passing through traffic. "There he is. With the open cockpit and the right speed capabilities."
Anakin speeds off with Kevin and Henry following. Zam struggles to loose them.
"If you spent as much time practicing your saber techniques as you do your wit... you would rival Master Yoda as a swordsman." Obi-Wan said.
"I thought I already did." Anakin said.
"Really? You could not even challenge Laira Omoto to a duel." Kevin said.
"We shall see, Jordan." Anakin said.
"Only in your mind, my very young apprentice." Obi-Wan said.
Then Zam dives down at full speed, trying to get away.
"He's diving down!" Kevin said.
Anakin dives down trying to catch up. Plunging at nearly 6000 feet in a near vertical screaming power dive. Obi-wan stiffs from the G-force while Anakin on the other hand enjoys the speed.
"Pull up, Anakin. Pull up!" Obi-wan shouts while Anakin laughs in excitement.
They reach close to the dome roof of a building before Zam pulls up with Anakin and the Lanterns following.
"You know I don't like it when you do that." Obi-wan said.
"Sorry, Master. I forgot you don't like flying." Anakin said.
"I don't mind flying, but what you're doing is suicide." Obi-wan said.
"You're not the only one who flies like that, Skywalker!" Kevin said.
Zam struggles to shake the Jedi and the Lanterns off. She then sees an industrial site with flames coming out of towers. She leads them there for a trap. She sees a couple of power couplings, takes out her blaster pistol and shoots both sides before passing through. The couplings generate purple electricity and it also creates a fence. The four warriors are heading straight for it.
"Power couplings!" Kevin said.
Henry zoom through and uses his power ring to create a large magnet. He directs it and the purple electricity flows from the couplings to the construct. The path is cleared for Anakin to fly through. Soon Henry dissolves the construct and speeds off before the electricity could zap him.
The chase gets a bit frisky for the assassin. She then takes a turn towards a tunnel. Anakin sees the tunnel but decides not to follow her.
"Where are you going? He went that way." Obi-wan said.
"Master, if we keep this chase going any longer... that creep is gonna end up deep-fried... and, personally, I'd very much like to find out who he is and who he's working for." Anakin said.
"That's real smooth." Kevin said.
"This is a shortcut. I think." Anakin said.
The four warriors look around and they saw nothing. The assassin is nowhere to be seen.
"Well, you've lost him." Obi-wan crosses his arms in disappointment.
"I'm deeply sorry, Master." Anakin said.
"Thank you, Mr. Skywalker," Kevin said
"That was some shortcut, Anakin." Henry replied, crossing his arms. "Now where did he go?"
"He went completely the other way. Once again you've proved-" Obi-wan said.
"If you'll excuse me, Master." Anakin said before he jumps off the speeder.
"Anakin!" shouted Kevin.
"I hate it when he does that." Obi-wan muttered.
"Our father does that too." Henry said.
Anakin dives down, passing through traffic lanes. He dives deeper until he sees Zam's speeder. He catches the tail of the ship and climbs up to the top of the canopy. He then draws his blue lightsaber out and cuts a hole in trying to destroy to controls. Zam pulls out her blaster and fire a few shots. Anakin's saber gets knocked off from the ship and away from the Jedi. Luckily, Obi-Wan sees the weapon and catches it in time.
Anakin then grabs Zam's pistol and shoots the controls. It caught fire and the speeder goes down in smoke.
"He got him!" Kevin said.
The speeder burns up and Anakin jumps off just in time. The speeder slams on the floor before crashing into a wall. Obi-Wan lands the Yellow speeder and gets out. The warriors then meet up near the crash site. Kevin dissolves the fire with a fire extinguisher construct.
"Anakin!" Obi-wan shouts.
"She went into the club, Master." Anakin said pointing to the entrance of the Outlander Club where the assassin went.
"Patience. Use the Force. Think." Obi-wan said.
"Sorry, Master."
"He went in there to hide, not to run." Obi-wan said.
"Yes, Master."
Obi-wan than hands Anakin back his lightsaber. "Next time, try not to lose it."
"Yes, Master."
"This weapon is your life."
"I try, Master."
"Why do I get the feeling you're going to be the death of me?"
"Don't say that, Master. You're the closest thing I have to a father."
"Then why don't you listen to me?"
"I am trying."
"We will talk about it later, but now we have to find him." Henry said.
The four warriors enter the club and they look around through the crowd for the assassin.
"Can you see him?" Asked Obi-wan.
"I think he is a she... and I think she is a changeling." Anakin replied.
"Changelings are masters of disguises." Henry said. "Don't be fooled by their ability."
"In that case, be extra careful. Go and find her." Obi-wan said.
"Kevin, go with Anakin." Henry said before following Obi-wan.
Kevin nods and follows Anakin.
"Where are you going, Master?" Anakin asked.
"For a drink." Obi-wan replied before he and Kevin sat down at the barstool.
The bartender gives both of them a shot of blue alcohol.
"Thank you."
They took it down before setting the cups back down. A guy sitting next to Obi-wan named Barfly offer them drugs.
"You wanna buy some death sticks?"
Obi-wan uses the Force Mind Trick on Barfly. "You don't want to sell me death sticks."
"I don't want to sell you death sticks." Barfly said.
"You want to go home... and rethink your life."
"I want to go home and rethink my life." Barfly said before leaving.
Meanwhile, Anakin and Kevin look around for the assassin, ignoring the cheers from the crowd. A few female Twi'leks see Kevin walking pass them and they blow kisses at him. Kevin sees them and blushes a bit before focusing on. As they search on, the assassin slowly approaches Obi-wan and Henry with her blaster out. She sneaks up on them for a shot. Just as she prepares to shoot, Obi-Wan and Kevin sensed it and they attack Zam. Henry grabs Zam's pistol with a hand construct and Obi-Wan cuts her hand off. The crowd reacts in fear and they stand back. Anakin and Kevin reach to them.
"Easy. Jedi business. Go back to your drinks." Anakin said.
The four grabbed Zam and they drag her to the back outside. It is time to interrogate the suspect.
"Do you know who it was you were trying to kill?" Obi-wan asked.
"It was a senator from Naboo." Zam replied.
"Senator Padme Amidala." Kevin replied. "And I assumed that you were the one who killed the Green Lantern Ambassador!"
"Who hired you to do this?" Henry asked Zam.
"It was just a job." Zam replied.
"More than that. It was an act of revenge against the Republic!" Kevin said.
"Who hired you?" Obi-wan asked.
"Tell us!" Anakin shouts.
"It was a bounty hunter called-" Zam was about when a small dart pierces her neck. The dart was injected with poison. Zam's skin changes back into her true form. "Wee shahnit... sleemo."
Before she could finished she was already dead. The four warriors look up to see the shooter flying away from the scene. He must have eliminated Zam so she cannot expose the bounty hunter.
"Toxic dart" Obi-wan replied holding it up.
"We got to get back to the Senates. I do believe we have an inament threat." Kevin said before they head back to the Senator.