Chapter 4
Michelle
R-5 is a spy. I thought and was about ready to start crying again. Why was I being so selfish? Why wasn't I more careful? If I had just asked Makina if she was OK, we wouldn't be in this situation.
"No." Tula stated. "I haven't seen him since we talked." She looked confused. Then I heard some beeping and and a cough. At first I thought it was one of Tula's friends down the hall. Then I realized that it was a beep on an Astro droid! And the coughing sounded like it was coming from a holocron. Ahsoka heard it to, and I put a finger to my lips to tell everyone to be quiet. Ahsoka and I crept around the corner and down a few doors then saw R-5 with a holocron of General Grevious!
He coughed, then said in a terribly raspy voice, "And so the Jedi have no clue that it was you who poisoned the girl?" R-5 beeped a yes. "Excellent!" Grevious said. Then Ahsoka's eyes fell of the droid. I followed her gaze and saw Barris Offee. Ahsoka signaled for Barris to be silent. Then, When Grevious was in mid-command, "Now you should..."Ahsoka yelled,
"Over here!" And R-5 had realized we had heard the conversation. He beeped an insult, then rolled fast the other way and bumped right into Barris. She fell down, but was blocking his escape. Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Makina came to help. Well, the Jedi came to help, and Makina was limping behind. She surveyed the scene. Barris was still lying on the ground, a small cut on her leg was dripping scarlet drops onto the carpet. R-5 was franticly spinning around, trying to see if he had a way to escape. Then he spotted Makina, and stopped acting crazy. He beeped a greeting.
"Good day to go too..." She started, and Anakin finished,
"Traitor." All of the sudden, Barris's master, Lumanara Undoli, came rushing in, followed by Mace Windu, Kit Fisto,
Plo Koon, and Yoda.
"What happened?" Master Windu asked, eyeing the droid, Anakin and Barris's leg. "Go fetch a medic." He ordered Master Fisto, and he nodded and hurried away.
"This droid here," Ahsoka said, gesturing to R-5, "Is a traitor." Mace gave a look of confusion, and I added,
"I saw him with a holocron with General Grevious."
"Me too." Ahsoka added.
"I also saw him too." Barris agreed.
"And Grevious stated that R-5 was to blame for Makina's poisoning." I continued. R-5 had backed up into a corner, and was beeping sadly.
"And he spied on my plans for a mission. We were going to meet in my friend Tula's room to finish the plan, and we never even got there." Makina added.
"And THEN, Marietta Defra, and Valerie Atom were kidnapped by Ventress." I continued.
"And when he tried to run away, I blocked his escape," Barris stated. " And when he bumped into me, I fell and cut my leg."
"Uh huh." Mace said, trying to get it all in his brain. I could tell by the look on his face that he believed every word. Then I noticed that Tula was missing from the gang.
"Where is Tula?" I asked Anakin, who was standing next to me.
"She got a message from Valerie. She went to pick them up." He said. As if on cue, Valerie walked in with Tula and Marietta. Behind them was Senator Padme, Senator Chu-Chi. Then I saw Aurra Sing, a bounty hunter, Bossk, who you would usually see them together. Then... a little kid! I recognized him from a wanted poster. His name was... Boba Fett? Yes. That was it. He was following Valerie like a lost kitten. He eyed Mace slyly, and then hid behind Sing.
"Look what I found!" Valerie said with a smile, gesturing to the bounty hunters, Boba, Padme, and Chu-Chi. Makina smiled with her, and Aurra snapped, "What are you smiling about!?"
Some clones walked by and Mace signaled them over. "Take the bounty hunters and the boy to lock up." he ordered.
"Yes, Sir!" The clones replied together, and guided the criminals away. But I realized one piece of the puzzle was missing.
"What about Ventress?" I blurred out.
"Ventress?" Luminara asked.
"Yes! She was the one that kidnapped Marietta and Valerie." I said. Everybody else gave me a confused look.
"Ventress never got into the temple." Master Windu said. I glanced at Obi-Wan and Anakin for help, but they didn't seem to remember that it was them who said Ventress snuck in.
"Michelle, there's no way Ventress could have snuck in here." Obi-Wan explained. Master Fisto came rushing in with a medical droid close behind him. By now, Barris's wound had stopped bleeding, but it was quite swollen. Her leg was as red as a sith lightsaber, and looked odd against her green skin. Barris herself looked calm like it was nothing but a splinter. (Which, by the way, I have a bad relationship with.) The medical droid put some ointment on her leg, then bandaged it all up. He told Barris that she should just stay in the temple for a few weeks. Well, looks like this little adventure is done. I told everyone that I was going back to my living quarters. I strolled down the maze of halls glumly with my arms waving everywhere and my head down. If I would have just looked up... The next thing I remember was being punched in the gut and falling to the ground.