Rita heard a clicking noise and a sound like wings flapping behind her. She turned around and yelped when a Geonosian flew at her. She whipped out her lightsaber and cut clean through it, then turned and ran for the door opening at the end of the dark corridor. Roddy brought out his lightsaber and took out a dozen of the creepy little bugs, only to see then replaced by a dozen others.
Giving up, he ran to the door Rita had just run through and shut the door behind him. He wished he hadn't. The door locked, and the platform they were suspended on began to sink into the wall. Roddy grabbed onto a cable attached to the door and reached out to Rita, but it was too late. She had run out of room to stand and had fallen onto the conveyor belt below."Rita!" he yelled.
She looked around and saw that they were in a droid manufactoring plant. "Cheap machines making cheaper machines. How much worse can you get?" Rita wondered. She took her attention back to the clanking machinery in front of her. Cutting tools smashed onto droid parts, shaping them to fit onto the metal droid torso. Rita felt terror building up inside her as she timed her next move. She ducked under the first cutting tool before it smashed back down. She stepped back as the one in front of her snapped down, then rushed under it. Rita made it through all the tools and stopped to catch her breath. Not for long, though. A Geonosian flew up and tackled her, eventually pushing her into a huge wood container. Stunned, Rita laid at the bottom of it for a second or two. She regained her conscious mind and tried desperately to get out. She couldn't force jump due to her massive lack of energy.
Roddy jumped onto the conveyor belt right after Rita, but a mechanical arm swung toward him, knocking him onto another belt. He took out his lightsaber and prepared for any kind of attack. A group of Geonosians swooped down and got turned into mincemeat. Roddy was pounded to the ground as another arm knocked him down and placed a droid part over his upper arm. A welding machine melted it to the metal plate below the part, and a cutting machine was not far off. Roddy timed his move and rolled onto his side, and when the blade was up rolled underneath and the part became shaped more like a super battledroid arm. Roddy did this maneuver several more times, then was freed when a machine pulled the droid arm from the metal plate. Roddy saw a Geonosian flying toward him and grabbed his lightsaber. It sparked, but didn't turn on. Its lower half, where the ignition started up, had been severed from the part he now held. "Oh no. Not again. Anakin's gonna kill me." Roddy muttered, annoyed.
I have GOT to get out of here! Rita thought as she tried to climb out of the wooden cauldron. A Geonosian had pushed her in, and Rita saw a valve not far off which dispensed amounts of white-hot liquid metal into each wooden container. Rita saw R2-D2 fly overhead. He could turn off the valve, and he did just that. The valve stopped over Rita's cauldron, and R2 made the thing drop. Rita tumbled out, only to be met by the Geonosians. Do these bugs ever stop?! Rita thought. On a nearby conveyor belt, Roddy was confronted by Geonosians and a bounty hunter, Boba Fett. "Don't move, Jedi!" Fett warned.
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Rita was led into an interrogation room, where she met Count Dooku(Toad. I thought about making him General Greivous, but decided against it). Roddy waited outside, restrained by Geonosis battle droids. About thirty minutes later Rita was led out, her face red with anger and at the same time, contorted with fear. Once they were put into their cells Roddy asked Rita what happened. She wouldn't speak.
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Roddy found out soon enough what Rita was withholding. Soon they were being loaded into a wagon thing(if anyone knows what the heck it is gimme a PM!) to be executed. They were going to be hauled out, then chained to giant stone pillars to be executed by a variety of creatures.
"Don't be afraid," Roddy assured Rita. She answered with a shaky, yet brave voice. "I'm not afraid to die. I've been dying a little bit every day since you came into my life. I love you." she whispered. Roddy blinked in disbelief. "Y-you love me? I thought we were forbidden to love. You said it would destroy our lives." Rita came back with another whisper. "I think our lives are about to be destroyed anyway." Rita continued as she leaned closer to Roddy. "I truly, deeply, love you. In case we die I want you to know." Rita closed her eyes and leaned closer to Roddy, who leaned in as well. The two kissed, and the Geonosians saddled up the animal to haul the wagon out into the execution arena. Rita pulled away as the light was shed on them, and Rita saw four pillars, one of which Obi-Wan Kenobi was chained to.
Rita felt a tinge of fear surge through her as she was led to the pillar. She reached into a pocket of her cargo belt and pulled out a small lockpick she could keep in her mouth. she backed up to the pillar and raised her hands when the Geonosian flew up and secured the chain to a hook. As soon as the attention was turned to Roddy, Rita immediately began picking the lock of her handcuffs.
Obi-Wan looked miffed to see Rita and Roddy in the execution arena. "What are you doing here?" he asked. Roddy answered. "We did what you said, and Rita wanted to come rescue you." Obi-Wan came back with sarcasm. "Good job. Now we're both getting killed." Roddy panicked. "What about Rita?" Obi-Wan looked at Rita's piller. "She seems to be on top of things." Roddy looked up at Rita, who was now on top of her execution pillar. "Literally," Roddy whispered. Rita had unlocked one cuff and had scaled the pillar, where she now worked on the other one.
Rita's attention turned to three opening gates as three grotesque creatures emerged from them. An acklay, a shrieking, hideous creature with razor sharp teeth, a cat-like creature with sharp claws, and a rhino like creature. Obi-wan had the Aclay, Rita had the cat thing, and Roddy had the rhino thing.(sounds stupid, I know) Rita's animal climbed up the pillar hissing, and Rita fended off its first attack. It then retaliated by baring its claws and ripping up her back. "Ah, aaugh!" Rita screamed in pain. Roddy wanted to help her, but was rather without help himself at the moment. He turned his attention to the animal breaking into a run and jumped. It hit the pillar, dazed, and Roddy landed on its back, whipping the chain around the creature's horn. It jerked back and the chain detached from the hook at the top of the pillar.
Rita was still writing in pain while her animal jumped to the ground ang growled, but shook it off when it tried again to attack her. Rita jumped down and kicked the thing off the side of the pillar, knocking it out. She climbed back to the top and unlocked her other handcuff. Whining, the animal below her regained consciousness, and was now threatening to attack again. A shriek was heard farther back, and the creature was soon killed by the acklay, who ignored its unneccesary kill and focused on Obi-Wan.
The animal shook the chain off it's horn, causing Roddy to fall off. The end of the chain caught, and Roddy was dragged across the dirt by the charging animal. Finally it stopped, and Roddy got up, his black leather Jedi outfit covered with reddish Geonisian dirt. He slowly approached the animal from the backside, then used the force to jump onto it's back. He used the force again to quickly thread the chains through the creature's mouth to try and tame it. It worked, and Roddy stopped below Rita's piller, where she was still perched precariously, looking for a careful way down. "Jump!" Roddy said as he stopped below. Rita jumped down onto the creature's back, then locked her arms around Roddy's waist and kissed him on the cheek. He then got Obi-Wan on behind Rita, and started for an exit. Right in the middle of the arena, droidekas rolled out and surrounded them. Rita knew this had to be the end for her, Roddy, and Obi-Wan. Three valuable Jedi gone. Fear built up inside her.
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More suspense! I love doing this. If anyone knows what the stupid wagon thing is, PM me, okie?
