Special apologies to multyfangirl15. I had told her the story would be ready almost a week ago. :(
Springpanther: Whew! I thought I had confused you into thinking Padme was there. She's coming into the picture though. ;) I'm glad you're liking it.
Chapter 4
All of the droids started firing at them, but Luke took out both his light sabers and began deflecting lasers. Leia took out two blasters and began shooting. As many droids fell more came into view along with human guards.
"There are too many of them!" Leia shouted over the blaster fire. Eventually the twins noticed that some guards were falling even though they didn't hit them. When a majority of the guards fell they thought they saw stormtroopers behind them, but a closer look at the uniforms showed them otherwise. In front of them was a young man with a blue light saber fighting his way through guards.
Luke instantly recognized him and put away his blue saber to the confusion of his sister. She had no time to question him on the action though. In less than a minute all of the guards were down.
The young man ran up to the twins, "Are you two okay?"
Leia said, "Yes." Luke just nodded his head.
"What are you doing here?"
Luke replied, "That's a good question."
A com. on the man's wrist rang, "Anakin, I've found Gunray, but he's escaping. I need you to help me stop him before he gets to his ship."
Anakin responded, "I'll be right there. Where are you?"
"Sector two. Where are you?"
"Sector six."
"What made you think that was a good idea?"
"It doesn't matter I'll be right there." He turned off the com.
"Do you need help?" asked Luke, "We have weapons."
"I don't think..." Leia showed her blasters as Luke showed his green light saber. Anakin realised that they couldn't get these two out right now and he needed all of the help he could, "Well, okay. But be careful!" They nodded and everyone headed to sector two.
Kenobi was walking with his men when he saw Gunray walking with a few guards towards a hangar bay.
"Viceroy!" He immediately began running away from Kenobi with his guards. Obi-Wan and the clones ran after him. The Viceroy was wanted alive so the troops couldn't shoot at him. When Gunray, his guards, Obi-Wan, and the clones reached the hangar bay they saw Ahsoka come in with her group on one side. On the other side Anakin entered with his group and two other people trailing behind him.
Gunray stopped for a moment and stared towards Anakin's group, "How can there be two of you?!" The Viceroy looked from one Skywalker to the other, immensely confused. He decided not to stick around and find out why and ran to the ramp leading into his ship. His guards began shooting at the army. Some of their shots hit some clones, but most were deflected by light sabers. The ship began to lift off to the surprise of the guards who obviously thought the Neimodian and the crew inside would wait for them. They had no choice but to surrender.
Not long after the events Obi-Wan was standing outside talking to a hologram of Mace Windu on his hand.
"The Viceroy escaped, but we've captured some guards," Obi-Wan explained.
"Perhaps the guards can help us."
Obi-Wan continued, "And we also found two people, a man and a woman, in the building."
"Who are these people?"
He sighed, "We don't know. They have no clue on how they got inside the building. I can feel they are strong with the Force."
"Are they on our side?" asked Windu.
"It appears so. They did help us capture the guards."
"That is not enough evidence. Bring these two to the temple immediately. We will question them there. May the Force be with you." Windu's hologram disappeared before Obi-Wan could reply. He went over to Ahsoka, Anakin, and the strangers were.
"What now Master?" asked Anakin.
"We're heading back to Coruscant. The Council wants to meet... I'm sorry I don't believe I know your names.
The man stepped forward, "I'm Luke."
"Leia," said the girl.
Obi-Wan smiled at the two, "Pleased to meet you. The Jedi Council wants to meet with Luke and Leia as soon as possible. Anakin,would you like to show these two to our ship?"
"Of course," he answered. He turned to Luke and Leia, "Follow me." The three went through the dense jungle towards the Jedis' ship.
Ahsoka walked over to Obi-Wan, "Do you think they were the disturbance we felt earlier?"
"I do. They both are very strong with the Force. I wonder what their midi-chlorian count is. High most likely."
"Very high," agreed Ahsoka, "Do you think we can trust them?"
"It's too soon to tell. We'll just have to keep an eye on them."
Anakin could barely contain his excitement as he sat in the pilot seat. They were heading to Coruscant! And it would only be a few hours before they made it to Coruscant... and Padme.
As they were traveling through hyper space Obi-Wan was sitting next to Anakin while Ahsoka, Luke, and Leia were sitting in the back. It was silent despite all of the questions the Jedi had for the two. Apparently the two had questions of their own.
"So what are your names?" asked Leia. The Jedi looked back at her, surprised.
"You don't know who we are?" Anakin asked.
"No. Should I?"
Anakin chuckled, "We're only on the holonet everyday."
"Well, I'm not on it as much as these two," admitted Ahsoka, "I'm Ahsoka Tano. Anakin's my master."
Luke explained, "This is Obi-Wan Kenobi and this is, uh... Anakin."
Leia looked at her brother, "Obi-Wan Kenobi?" Luke nodded, "And that would make him?"
"See, you're brother knows who we are," They had explained earlier that they were twin siblings, "I'm the Hero with No Fear. Anakin Skywalker at your service." Anakin was expecting the eye roll from Ahsoka and Obi-Wan's slow head shaking. He didn't think much about how Luke and Leia would react. Luke's feelings didn't change much, but boy did Leia's.
Leia's anger hit him as soon as he said Skywalker. It was very strong and for a moment he thought he felt hatred. He shrugged it off telling himself that he sounded so self-centered while introducing himself.
"I hear that you're the best pilot in the galaxy," said Luke. Anakin smirked.
"He's a good pilot," agreed Obi-Wan, "but he's almost gotten us killed."
"Almost." said Anakin, "Do you two like flying?"
Leia only crossed her arms and put a scowl on her face as if he'd insulted her.
"I love flying!" said Luke, "I'd fly and race with my friends whenever I had the chance!" Anakin felt and heard Luke's excitement. He never felt such excitement from someone while talking about flying.
"What do you fly?" he asked.
"I used to fly a T-16 skyhopper."
"Impressive," Luke's excitement grew dramatically with that one word, "Have you ever thought about being in podraces?"
"No. If I was caught in a podrace my uncle would tear down my skyhopper by hand in less than five minutes." They both chuckled.
They had made it to Imp- Coruscant. Luke had never seen such a busy city in his life.
"We should get to the Jedi Temple before the media figures out we're here," suggested Obi-Wan. The five began to walk to the temple. Luke was very nervous about seeing the Council. What were he and Leia supposed to tell them? Certainly not that they were from the future.
He reached out to Leia with his bond, "Leia, what do you think they'll ask us?"
For a moment he thought she hadn't heard him, "Probably what we've been asked already. At least that's what I've been telling myself."
"You nervous too?"
"Nervous is an understatment. I'm shaking as much as you when we first on Hoth." Leia smiled at the memory. When the Rebels had arrived on Hoth Luke was by far the most affected. He shivered a lot, like many others, and his teeth chattered, like some others. Luke however was the only one who would complain about the cold while running in random directions in the Echo Base, hunched over and his arms crossed across his chest. It had succeeded in getting Han to laugh at him more than getting himself warm.
"I'm sorry, but spending the first 19 years of your life on Tatooine doesn't exactly prepare you for the wrath of Hoth's blizzards," he defended. "I guess we can tell them the truth about what planets we're from, and the fact that we have no relatives on Tatooine or Alderaan. At least relatives that know us."
"I guess so. What about if they ask us our last names?"
Anakin cut in, "Then you tell them your last name. Simple as that." Luke and Leia jumped in surprise when Anakin talked. Obi-Wan and Ahsoka both looked at him and then at the other Jedi. Anakin noticed the Jedi's confused expressions, "What?"
Senator Padme Amidala was sitting on her couch watching the holonet. She hadn't seen anything about her husband yet. She had heard he was supposed to return any day now and she was getting restless.
She heard a knock, "Come in."
Captain Typhoo walked in, "M'lady, we've just received news that Jedi Skywalker and Kenobi have landed and are heading toward the Jedi Temple. I take it you want to go to the temple and get updated on the news of the war."
Padme's heart leapt, "Yes, please." She stood up and walked to Typhoo and then they walked out of the apartment, "I'll be right back Threepio!"
"Where is your handmaiden?" asked Typhoo.
"Dorme's grandfather is very ill. I insisted that she go to be with her family."
"I take it we should leave the temple soon if we are to get to the vote in time."
Padme tried not to sound disappointed, "Of course." She would much rather be with Anakin than voting on a bill.
And here comes Padme! Reviews are appreciated! :)
