Chapter III

"Fire all batteries!" BOOM! BOOM! The Republic cruiser was damaged severely by General Grievous' command ship. Their heavy cannons pierced right through the hull of Obi-Wan's ship, "The Avenger."

"Alright, Admiral, it looks like it's my turn to join the fight," said Obi-Wan as he left for the hangar.

"I wish you good luck, General," answered the admiral.

Obi-Wan made his way down to one of the side hangars, where his red Jedi star fighter was awaiting him. He climbed into the cockpit and put on his headset. Then, he lifted off the floor and shot out into the battlefield.

"Shadow Squadron, this is General Kenobi! Can you hear me?!" shouted Obi-Wan.

"This is Shadow 2, General," answered a pilot. "Shadow Leader was shot down earlier in the battle."

"That's alright; I'll take the commanding from here!" said Obi-Wan. He led his squadron straight towards Grievous' command ship.

"Alright, men, here's the plan! We're going to stay on course towards that command ship to knock out the bridge at all costs!" shouted Obi-Wan. "Is that clear?!"

"Sir, there's vultures crawling all over that ship! There's no way we're getting past!"

"THAT IS AN ORDER!" commanded Obi-Wan. Moments later, the enemy vulture droids caught on to the fact that an entire squad of 15 fighters was charging the command ship.

PEW! PEW! PEW! The vultures shot down a few clones but were caught behind the rush, unable to help the remaining defenders. Obi-Wan started targeting droids one by one, shooting them down with his laser guns.

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"Agh!" screamed Grievous. "Send out the buzz droids immediately!" After sending off the droids, he contacted the commander droids on the other cruisers.

"Target all firepower on that capital ship!" he ordered while pointing to "The Avenger." "I will deal with Kenobi myself!" Grievous made his way to the main hangar and prepared himself for Obi-Wan's arrival. He brought 5 destroyer droids along with him as a backup plan.

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Another clone was shot down by enemy droids when the enemy vultures pulled off course.

"Alright, it looks like we're clear to make a straight path to the hangar," said Obi-Wan.

"Sir, I thought we were targeting the bridge," said Shadow 3.

"Change of plans. Grievous is waiting for me in the hangar," said Obi-Wan. All of a sudden, a clone pilot yelled over the com system.

"Buzz droids!" A giant swarm of midget droids about one foot high landed on the Shadow Squadron ships, but Obi-Wan was able to swerve low and miss them.

"Go, General!" shouted a pilot. "Don't worry about…!" He was cut off has a buzz droids broke open the windshield, causing the pilot to be sucked into space. Obi-Wan pushed the throttle to full power and caught Grievous in surprise when he crashed into the hangar. He jumped out of the cockpit right before his fighter smashed against the side of the wall and ignited his lightsaber.

Grievous drew two light sabers and attacked Obi-Wan ruthlessly with brutal strength. After a couple clashes, Obi-Wan pushed Grievous across the hangar with the force and rushed into the first corridor he could find.

"GO!" Grievous order the droidekas. "Follow him!" However, Obi-Wan shut the door behind him and welded it shut with his lightsaber. He then put his weapon away and ran towards the bridge.

Grievous began cutting through the door with his lightsabers. He moved his lightsabers into the formation of a circle and then kicked it twenty feet forward. Then, he started sprinting towards the bridge.

Of course, Obi-Wan beat him to it, so he sliced up all of the droid pilots, deflecting a few laser blasts and sending them back to their origin. After they were all destroyed he activated a five minute self-destruct sequence, so he could have enough time to make it to any escape pod. When he opened the door, however, Grievous blocked his path away from the bridge.

"Going somewhere, Kenobi?" Grievous taunted. He lunged at Obi-Wan with four lightsabers drawn, but Obi-Wan merely sidestepped him and sprinted to the escape pods.

"Get back here, coward!" shouted Grievous, but his voice became muffled after the door shut behind Obi-Wan. "Agh!" Instead of heading towards the escape pods in Obi-Wan's pursuit, Grievous ran to his personal fighter in the secondary hangar, launching himself from the ship and retreating back to a Separatist owned system.

Obi-Wan got in an escape pod and launched out towards "The Avenger." He was about halfway there when the entire ship exploded behind him. Almost instantaneously as if it was a chain reaction, "The Avenger" blew up into flames from the Separatist fleet. This caused Obi-Wan to change his course down to the surface below. As he neared the surface, he witnessed the Separatist fleet retreating to follow their fleeing general.

Obi-Wan landed outside the temple to be greeted by Master Windu.

"Good to see your mission was a success, Master Kenobi," commented Windu.

"Unfortunately, it came with great losses as well," he answered.

"I'm sorry, but there is no time to mourn," said Windu. "The Council has already assigned you your next mission. You are to go to Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine and seek his guidance on this bounty hunter. By the way, we found his name to be Alex Denisen. Oh, and tell him we are requesting his mercenary services."

"What?!" questioned Obi-Wan. "How can we trust this man?"

"We can't, but most bounty hunters keep their word if they get paid," answered Windu. "He could be used to help us rescue Secura.

"Yes, Master."

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Obi-Wan took his Jedi star fighter into orbit around Coruscant, where his picked up a hyperspace ring. His R-4 droid activated the coordinates for Tatooine, so he shot off into hyperspace.

As he came into orbit around Tatooine after a short flight, he inputted coordinates for Jabba's Palace. He ejected the hyperspace ring and flew down to the surface. After he came close to the ground, he soared across the surface until coming upon a monastery complex that belonged to Jabba the Hutt.

"R-4, stay with the ship," said Obi-Wan. "I shouldn't be long, but I am dealing with a hutt." He jumped out of his fighter and walked towards the main entrance with his cloak draped over his robes. Then, he knocked on the gate. With a loud screeching noise, the rusty gate opened and allowed Obi-Wan entrance into the dark palace.

A protocol droid approached the Jedi and spoke.

"The mighty Jabba has been expecting the presence of a Jedi."

"I won't keep him waiting," replied Obi-Wan. The droid led him through series of passageways. At the end of the hallway they were in, a "throne room" awaited Obi-Wan with Jabba the Hutt lying on a bench that happened to be his throne.

"Chut chut, Kenobi," said Jabba. "Kee chai chai cun kuta?"

"The great and mighty Jabba welcomes you to his palace and wants to know why you have come?" the droid translated.

"I wish to know about a bounty hunter," said Obi-Wan. "Perhaps you know of a man, or a boy I should say, named Alex Denisen."

"Oh!" said Jabba. He whispered something to his protocol droid.

"The great and powerful Jabba has heard of such a bounty hunter, but has not hired him due to his age disadvantage."

"Then you have made the grave mistake of underestimating this boy, Jabba," said Obi-Wan. "This "boy" has destroyed an entire Separatist ground army and most of a Republic army, stunned General Grievous into paralysis, and blown up a Separatist warehouse. This bounty hunter is very dangerous to the galaxy, which is why I must find him."

"Humph," said Jabba. He whispered again to his droid.

"The great and powerful Jabba recommends you start in Mos Eisley, but that he could be anywhere in the galaxy." Jabba then whispered one more thing.

"Jabba has also said that he will take care of him should he dare invade this palace," said the droid.

"Then may the force be with you, Jabba," said Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan left the same way he came and went back to his ship. He jumped in the cockpit and flew over to Mos Eisley and landed in a spaceport in the outlying portions of the city.

First, he decided to check the major cantina right in the heart of Mos Eisley, where you can find all kinds of smugglers, bounty hunters, and regular thugs. Obi-Wan walked in with his cloak drawn low.

"Care for a drink?" asked the bartender.

"I think I'll pass," replied Obi-Wan. He walked through the place, inspecting every character while looking for the shiny black armor of Denisen. He started to walk out of the cantina when he was approached by an alien of some sort.

"You're looking for someone," he said.

"I'd prefer being left alone right now," answered Obi-Wan.

"Who is it?" asked the mysterious being.

"I'm looking for a bounty hunter, but not just any bounty hunter," said Obi-Wan. "I'm looking for one with the power to do everything necessary in a short period of time."

"Ah, ha, ha," he chuckled. "You must be thinking of that kid, the young boy. Now what was his name? Denisen, yes."

"You know of him?" asked Obi-Wan.

"Yeah, I've heard of him. Check the cantina outside of the spaceport on the outskirts of this city."

"My thanks," said Obi-Wan.

"Good luck, ha, ha," said the alien. "I've heard he isn't very negotiable." With that, Obi-Wan took off en route to his fighter, where he should find a cantina. As he sprinted down the streets, he got many strange stares, but arrived just in time as he saw the Black Rogue docked on the other side of the cantina. He rushed inside only to see someone run out the back exit.

"You there!" yelled Obi-Wan. He started panting while running after the figure.

The figure stopped, and turned around. Alex Denisen showed his face with a look of determination marked all over it. Obi-Wan stood for a moment, paralyzed in his thoughts. Denisen was much younger than he expected from someone of his fighting caliber. Then, Denisen took advantage of the moment to attack.