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Another laser blast exploded against the deflector shield, rocking the ship. White armored Clone Troopers rocked from side to side and some of them were thrown into the opposite walls. Orders were shouted across the PA system and in the halls trying to keep order but failing miserably. Only one of the two Jedi were still on the ship. Obi Wan Kenobi was still on the bridge giving orders while Anakin was out amongst the fighters. One of the clones in charge walked up to Obi Wan and whispered in his ear.
"Are you serious?!" the brunette shouted back.
"Yes, sir! An unidentified ship just dropped out of hyperspace in the middle of the field!" the man shouted back.
"That is not good. I need to tell Anakin to be careful!" Obi Wan said more to himself than any one as he opened a com-channel.
"I'm a little busy right now, Obi Wan! This had better be good!" came an irritated voice from the other end.
"This is important. An unidentified ship just dropped out of hyperspace near the middle of the field." Obi Wan said pulling up a holo-feed of the field.
"Woah! I just found your unidentified ship! It almost hit me!" Anakin shouted dodging out of the way.
Obi Wan looked closely at the holo-image; the ship was dodging the lasers of both the Separatists and the clones. The brunette Jedi flinched as the engine block on the ship was taken out. He was about to look away when Cody stopped him. Looking at the clone with a raised eyebrow Obi Wan almost missed seeing the damaged ship eject the entire engine block. That took him by surprise; the rest of the shop remained undamaged while the engines drifted away a bit before exploding. The shockwave from the blast moved the rest of the ship farther into the battle field. Obi Wan quickly touched the holo-panel and switched to a full view of the battle field. Thankfully enough the Separatist ships were in full retreat, their command ship having been destroyed.
"Commander Cody, I want you to pull together a small team of troopers and come with me." the brunette said pushing away from the panel.
"Where are we going, sir?" Cody asked following the Jedi.
"We are going to check out that strange ship. I have a strong feeling that we might find something interesting on board." Obi Wan replied, pausing.
"Yes, General!" the trooper said, nodding sharply.
"Gather your team and meet me in the hangar. Oh, I would like to have Rex join the team. He might prove useful."
Cody nodded and saluted before marching off to round up a few "volunteers". Obi Wan started off in the direction of the hangar to have a crew prepare a ship. As he walked into the hangar Anakin's Starfighter glided in. Pausing the other Jedi watched his former student dismount before walking over. The darker haired young man looked positively furious. He stormed up to the older man, glaring the whole time.
Smirking Obi Wan spoke up, "You look troubled."
"Really?! I hadn't noticed!" Anakin snapped glaring at the other man.
"Why are you so angry right now?"
"That ship! It threw me off when I dodged it and I almost got blasted because of it!" the young man ranted throwing up his arms.
Obi Wan listened to his rant until Cody walked up and informed him that both the ship and his team were ready to go. Nodding the Jedi quietly excused himself from the rant and walked away. It took Anakin almost five minutes to realize that Obi Wan had left but by then he was long gone. Looking around he tried in vain to find his old master. He even went as far as to spin in a complete circle.
"Where did he go?" Anakin thought giving the whole room a confused look.
Obi Wan was currently on a shuttle crossing the remains of the battle field. The rest of the team seemed a little nervous about the expedition. They had no idea where the ship came from or if the beings on it were friendly or not. This was a big risk for them. Thankfully there wasn't much time to think about because soon the shuttle was connecting to the strange ship's airlock. Obi Wan calmly directed the men to put their helmets on and to have their weapons ready. As soon as the doors opened a strange sound filtered in; it sounded like music but it was really eerie sounding.
"Keep your eyes peeled men. We don't know what is on this ship and I would prefer for all of you to come back with me." Obi Wan said pulling out his lightsaber, but not activating it.
All of the team members nodded and they moved cautiously into the ship. It seemed deserted; the only sound was the eerie music and there were no bodies floating around. Stepping into the ship it didn't take long to figure out that either the gravity device had been destroyed or there wasn't even one to begin with. All of the troopers were able to magnetize themselves to the floor but Obi Wan was stuck floating like some kind of disembodied spirit. Some of the clones were unable to stifle their laughs at that. They were rewarded by a glare from the aforementioned man. Sobering up all of the troopers broke off into teams to search the ship. At first they couldn't find anything but soon Rex radioed Obi Wan from the cockpit.
"General Kenobi, we found something." he said trying to hold back his disgust.
"I'll be right there. Where are you?" Obi Wan asked putting his other hand out to brace himself against the wall.
"We're in the cockpit, sir." Rex relied cutting the transmission.
Pushing away from the wall Obi Wan moved in the direction the cockpit should be. It took him a few moments to pry open the door; being in zero did not help at all. Once he was inside the room he almost wished that he had not wasted the effort it took to open the door; both of the pilots were dead and hanging limply from the chairs. What only seems to make it worse was that they looked like Rex and another clone. Rex and the other clones in the room were looking away and trying not to even think about the limp, broken bodies strapped to the chairs. Forcing himself over to the bald captain Obi Wan put his hand on the man's shoulder. Looking up the man received a small nod. Returning to nod Rex sobered up and looked at his men, who all did that same.
"We still need to finish searching the ship for survivors. Right, General?" Rex said looking at the Jedi.
"Yes. I'm going to try and find the source of the music while the rest of you search the ship." the brunette replied with a nod.
"Rodger that, sir. Move out." Rex ordered turning to the men behind him.
They all briefly snapped to attention before practically running out of the cockpit. Obi Wan muttered a silent apology before pushing off one of the pilot's chairs. Floating out of the room he drifted down the long corridor, listening to the music. It had changed several times since they had boarded the ship and now was a bright melody he didn't recognize. Passing through an intersection the Jedi had to use the force to make himself stop; the music was louder now and coming from down the corridor on his right. Turning he found a bar on corner and used that to start heading down the other corridor. The farther he went the louder the music got. Soon he reached a closed door where the music seemed to be coming from.
Raising a hand Obi Wan used the force to open the sealed door. Once it was open the slight disturbance in the music vanished. Shaking his head at the sudden clarity the brunette activated his light saber and peered into the room. A harsh light was coming from the only active computer on the ship, illuminating part of a limp figure floating in the air. Pulling himself farther into the room his blue eyes widened slightly when he realized that the figure was a young woman. That and the fact that she seemed to be breathing. Again raising his hand and calling on the Force Obi Wan pulled he girl closer. Her long brown braid floated out behind her as she was moved.
"How did you survive this?" Obi Wan asked, more to himself than anything.
Looking back up at the room he found that it was a little more plush than the rest of the ship. Realization hit him then that this was probably her bedroom. That was probably the only reason that she was only out cold. Sighing softly, he tucked her limp body under his arm and contacted Cody. After hearing about the other body he sighed again and told the clone to contact Rex with orders to head back to their shuttle. Without waiting for an affirmative Obi Wan ended the transmission and stared toward the air lock. He was the first to arrive but remained in the other ship. Soon the team he had brought with him clomped up to him. Nodding Obi Wan turned and opened the door with his free hand.
Shifting the limp body in his arms the Jedi stepped back into his ship. Gravity caught him immediately, and through he was prepared for it he girl's weight made him stagger forward slightly. Rex reached out and grabbed the general's shoulder with a firm hand. Obi Wan straightened up easily, shooting Rex a grateful look over his shoulder. The bald captain nodes and ordered the rest of the team into the shuttle. Once on board Obi Wan told the pilots to take them back to the cruiser. Glancing back, he found that some of the troopers had taken off their helmets to get a look at the girl on the floor. Sighing Obi Wan focused on his new task; explaining the young woman to Anakin, the rest of the troopers on the cruiser, and the Jedi council.