Chapter 8

Hello! Here is the next chapter! I probably won't be able to update for a little while because there's Christmas and I have a project on civil rights I have to do.

All usual disclaimers apply. Check every chapter before this.

Utapau landing platform

Obi-wan gently guided his ship down onto the landing platform on the planet of Utapau. A tall cloaked figure approached him.

"Greetings, young Jedi. What brings you to our remote sanctuary?" Tion Medon welcomed Obi-wan.

"Unfortunately, the War," he replied.

"There is no war here unless you have brought it with you," Tion Medon answered.

"With your kind permission, I should like some fuel, and to use your city as a base as I search nearby systems for General Grievous," he politely requested.

Tion Medon gestured for a ground crew to refuel Obi-wan's ship. While they were attending to their task, Tion Medon moved closer to Obi-wan.

"He is here! We are being held hostage. They are watching us." he whispered urgently.

"I understand," the Jedi replied.

"The tenth level…thousands of battle droids…"

"Tell your people to take shelter. If you have warriors, now is the time," Kenobi ordered.

He turned and walked back to his starfighter. "Gee Nine," he said to his astro droid, "take the fighter back to the ship. I'm staying here. Tell Commander Cody I've made contact."

SAS

Grievous's bodyguards approached Tion Medon. "I told you, all he wanted was fuel," Medon insisted.

"What was his name?" the robotic voice of the bodyguard questioned.

"He didn't say," he answered the guard, as he watched the blue Jedi starfighter lift off into the sky.

SAS

Hiding in a small hallway, Obi-wan watched his ship take off. He hurriedly exited the hallway, moving deeper into the city. Traveling quickly up a small staircase, he came to an alcove. He silently surveyed the city, then moved on.

He stopped at a small corral to pick up transportation. Once this was done, Obi-wan traveled quickly through the seemingly deserted city on his large, lizard-like mount toward the tenth level.

SAS

Kenobi, hidden in the separatist conference room, listened intently to the meeting that was occurring.

"It wont be long before the armies of the Republic track us here," Grievous was saying. "I am sending you to the Mustafar system in the Outer Rim. It is a volcanic planet which generates a great deal of scanning interference. You will be safe there."

"Safe?" Nute Gunray protested indignantly. "Chancellor Palpatine managed to escape your grip, General, without Count Dooku. I have doubts about your ability to keep us safe," he said.

"Be thankful, Viceroy, that you have not found yourself in my grip," the Separatist general snarled. "Your ship is waiting."

SAS

Obi-wan removed his cloak and jumped down behind the General, unnoticed.

He stood up, and greeted the General.

"Hello there!"