Disclaimer: After many hours of typing this story out, I realize that I don't own either Harry Potter or Starwars and therefore I only can play in their universes and not make any money on any of it.

Chapter Ten

Plots

Harry woke to a small room, or as he quickly realized, a small cell. He was not sure of anything at the moment, though he remembered the attack on Kamino and the Assassain droids. One had dropped a thermal detonator towards him and he barely thrown up a shield as it detonated. Unfortunately, the concussion had broken his shield and he had been knocked out.

Standing with a groan, he massaged his legs to get some more feeling back into them, "Should've used a stronger shield." he muttered to the empty room. He stretched out with the force, but discovered a block surrounding the cell which contained his abilities in the Force, though his magic was still strong.

A door opened behind him, "Yes, you are strong in the Force, but you aren't strong enough to shield everything."

"Dooku?" Harry turned and saw the old ex-Jedi staring cautiously at him, "Are we still in orbit around Kamino?"

The other man chuckled, "What makes you think we're on a ship? You've been unconscious for over a month."

"You're a bad liar, Dooku." Harry chuckled and held up two fingers, "It's only been two days. Like your Sith Master, you can't hide anything from me."

Dooku glared back at the wizard, "Very well, it has only been two days. Though your precious Kamino was destroyed." Dooku had reinforced his mental shields and with a sneer that reminded Harry of Snape said, "Such a pity, since your wife had come to find you."

Harry paused in his subtle legillimancy, noticing that Dooku was hiding his emotions and thoughts better, "She knew better. Ginny was on another assignment and wouldn't have..."

"Left unless there was an emergency with you?" Dooku smirked, "Yes. She had so much potential too. My Master was very interested in her, especially given recent developments."

"What are you talking about?" Harry could sense that he was not lying completely and that Ginny was spotted on the surface. He also knew that she would have gone to Kamino once she discovered they were being attacked. Returning his legillimancy back to Dooku, he tried to discover the truth on Kamino.

"She never told you? Pity." Dooku shook his head, "Apparently she had been assigned to Coruscant for reasons you didn't even know about, Potter. She was pregnant."

Harry froze, "Pregnant?"

"I'm sorry, my boy. They were both killed." Dooku continued, oblivious to the power building up in the old wizard, "I tried to get their surrender, but..."

He was cut off as he felt his windpipe begin to close. He looked up and realized his error and saw a green fire burning within Harry's eyes, "You're done, Dooku! Accio!" The red blade of Dooku ignited midair towards Harry and he easily caught it, "I'm leaving." Without another word, he buried the weapon into Dooku's chest. He held it there before releasing the weapon and the hold on him, letting the corpse fall to the ground, "That was a quicker death than you deserved, Accio wand!"

From Dooku's robes, the Elder wand appeared and Harry discovered his own lightsaber there as well. He found two Battle Droids were on the other side and after banishing the door into the opposite wall, he struck both down with two strikes from his blade. Centering himself, he searched for the bridge and without preamble, began a casual walk in the correct direction. He found droids in patrols of six and eight, and every time it ended the same, in pieces scattered across the floor. He focused on getting to the bridge and making his way back to Kamino. Still unable to sense Ginny, and not taking the time to get the truth from Dooku, he had to see the clone homeworld. A minute later, he was on the bridge.

He flung a fire whip across the bridge and burning through six droids before igniting his lightsaber and cutting down the two door guards next to him. A laser burned towards him but he casually batted the energy away with his wand and threw a half dozen bludgeoning hexes into the remaining guards, "Captain, I'm taking control of this ship. Cooperate and I won't kill you now."

The captain was a droid, a mindless piece of scrap that was too slow in processing what had just happened. Harry did not give the droid any more time and fired a melting hex into its head. Looking around he spotted a Neimoidian, "What about you?"

The alien hesitated before his cowardice won out, "I uh...surrender."

"Excellent, set course for Kamino. And instruct the rest of your fleet to stand by."

The Neimoidian paled, but Harry was not paying attention, "What happened to uh...Count Dooku?"

"He's dead. Really shouldn't have tried to gloat." Harry stated matter-of-factually, "Did you know he's serving the one you were betrayed by on Naboo? I mean, that's your reason for leaving the Republic, right?"

"How did you know about that?" Harry paused as the ship jumped into hyperspace, "I'm a wizard, there's little that can be hidden from me."

He was over-exaggerating of course, but the CIS was still very unsure about who and what Harry was, bluffing would keep the alien's fear in check. Settling himself in the center of the bridge cross-legged, he centered himself again and began to meditate, the useful technique Yoda had taught him as a way to help control his emotions. Time passed quickly and Harry became aware of someone trying to alert him.

Standing with a stretch he walked to the comm station and waited for the last few minutes at that station, in case a fleet of Republic ships was present, "Raise the shields, but don't fire."

Six Republic cruisers were already launching fighters and moving to intercept the ship. Harry released a breath he did not know he was holding and opened a channel, "Republic cruisers, this is General Potter. I've commandeered this vessel and it's under my control."

"Harry?" a familiar voice answered him and Harry grinned. "Obi-wan great to hear that you're here."

"We thought you were captured."

"I was." Harry chuckled, "Dispatch a platoon of clones over here. I've got to get to the surface immediately."

"Yeah, I thought you might. Your wife's on the surface. There's something else we found down there, something very disturbing."

"On my way."

x x x

Ginny followed the transport with a focus that drowned everything else out. It did not matter hat she was drenched to the bone, or that a squad of clones were with her in case it was a trap. She was focused on the presence on its way towards her that had been missing for the last two days. Behind her, Anakin and Padme were standing together, while besides them Luminara, Barriss and the three Padawans who had survived the battle. During the battle, a Sith Acolyte had infiltrated the facilities and had managed to assist in killing the other Cadets, as well as half the clones defending the area. Luminara had fought the Sith and had overpowered him, killing the apprentice before more damage had been done.

The ramp was not even lowered and Harry was torpedoed by his wife, a wet red haired ball of emotion that was squeezing Harry in the biggest hug she could inflict on him. For his part, Harry was murmuring sweet reassurances in her ear, alternating between that and planting kisses across her rain and tear filled face, "I'm just happy you're alive, Gin."

"ME? Why wouldn't I be?" her confusion was evident as she looked into his warm emerald eyes that she never believed to see again.

"After I woke, Dooku told me that you were on Kamino during the battle. And that you were killed when the planet fell." Harry explained gently, "I was too distracted by the fact you were there in the first place to break his barriers to find the truth. So I broke out and took his ship."

"You could have tried to sense me, Harry."

He smiled sheepishly, "Guess I could have tried a little harder. Why did you come?"

"I sensed you were in trouble, Harry. That's why I came."

"Is it true about...about you being pregnant?"

Ginny flushed and put her head down, "Yeah. I was planning to tell you when you got back. Wait, who told you?"

"Dooku told me that his Master shared that news with him."

Ginny's eyes widened, "Only four others knew, Harry. Me, Anakin, Padme and Palpatine."

"Yeah, I suspected that. Why did you tell him though?"

"When we were coming up with a logical excuse to keep me from the front lines, Padme thought it would be a convincing lie. Turns out that I really was though."

Harry smirked and was about to say something when Anakin cleared his throat, "Yeah, so I'd hate to break up your reunion, but it's still raining and you haven't even said hi to the rest of us."

Both Potters turned and laughed at him as Padme smacked her husband on the head, "Let's get inside then."

Another shuttle was landing and Obi-wan joined them, embracing Harry in a brotherly hug while exchanging a quick kiss on the cheek with Ginny, "When were you going to tell us you killed Dooku?"

They had just entered the control room and Harry paused, "I figured I would in the debrief."

"Harry, the Senate and the Council needs to know. It might bring the war to a close sooner." Obi-wan frowned.

"Not likely." Harry shook his head, "Palpatine will just claim that Grievous or even Ventress remaining at large that won't allow the conflict to end. After all," Harry glanced around the room to ensure they were not being spied on, "He is Darth Sidious."

"What?" All of the Jedi and Padme stared at Harry.

"We've suspected him for a while." Harry pulled out a data card, "Codes and security channels only the Chancellor would know."

Ginny nodded and pulled out a datacard of her own, "It's worse than that, Harry."

"How can it get worse than the Jedi being used by a Sith in his own personal war?" Obi-wan asked.

"I found the Clone conditioning and protocols while I was snooping around the incubation labs. You know the protocol that brainwashes them into respecting the Jedi as their commanders?" Ginny received nods and then looked back at the pad, "The man hired to be the clone, Jango? He was hired by Tyrannus, also known as Dooku. They've been playing us from the start and planning this war for more than ten years. Also, I found the missing equation in how he was planning to wipe out the Jedi. Order Sixty-six."

Obi-wan took the card and found the highlighted order, "Executive Order Sixty-Six: In the event of Jedi officers acting against the interests of the Republic, and after receiving specific orders verified as coming directly from the Supreme Commander (Chancellor), GAR [Grand Army of the Republic] commanders will remove those officers by lethal force, and command of the GAR will revert to the Supreme Commander (Chancellor) until a new command structure is established."

"That would mean our clones would turn on us upon receiving the order." Anakin frowned.

"What can we do though? Without the Clones we wouldn't have any army." Padme looked at the Padawans who wore a very concerned look while glancing around the control room at the clones currently working on cleaning the area up.

"We can start by deleting this order from their conditioning." Harry looked for a Kamino representative but found none, "Then we have to notify the Council of both facts and convince them not to immediately go after Palpatine, until measures are taken to safeguard us from the Clones."

"Why can't we bring this to the Senate?" Padme asked.

"If we did that, Palpatine would just spin it against the Jedi and execute the Order." Ginny shook her head, "However, it'd be with the approval of the Senate rather than from the shadows. We need more, Harry. I do have a suggestion for the Order, but I'll have to present it to the Council." Ginny glanced at the three Padawans still listening.

"Luminara..." Harry started but the Master understood immediately and without question moved the three padawans away, leaving Ginny, Barriss, Anakin, Padme and Obi-wan, "What are you thinking, Gin?"

"We need our own army."

"What? That'll take years. Not to mention that the Council will never approve." Obi-wan frowned.

"I think I discovered a world that might assist in our needs. I'll have to investigate it further, but if we can get a hundred or so incubators as well as a facility to train them in." Ginny said, thinking out loud, "Of course, I'll have to figure out how to give them a randomizing gene code. I still think it's a little creepy with everybody having the same face."

"Who are we going to use for this?" Obi-wan paused and saw the look on her face, "You actually expect us to use ourselves?" He could not believe that she would consider that, but knew that if they did not do something, the Jedi would face extinction.

"We're in." Anakin looked over at Padme who was nodding carefully.

"I don't like it either, Obi-wan." Padme said, "But if we don't this before Palpatine gives that order, the Jedi will be destroyed and a Sith will be in control of the Galaxy."

"What other Jedi can we get for this?" Barriss asked.

"Padawans of the Order." Harry said, "I still believe that only the Council should be made aware of it. We can't get too obvious with who we use. We'll have to slowly incorporate them into the army and it might get too obvious if we use Yoda DNA, or Ki-Adi-Mundi. I'm not a bigot, but we should focus on human cloning first."

"What kind of training will they get?" Obi-wan asked, a little more curious in the project.

"Everything. Including basic offensive and defensive magic." Ginny said, "Where'd be a good place to train them, Harry?"

"Dantooine." Obi-wan answered as Harry had hesitated, "Sparse population and the Jedi had an enclave there in the old days. We can explain that we're trying to expand the Order away from Coruscant. I'm in, then. I'll volunteer to train them in lightsaber combat. Though I'm sure we'd be able to incorporate instruction during the cloning and growing process."

"I'll contact Jango." Ginny grinned, "He still owes me one."

Padme raised an eyebrow, "For what?"

"He owes me for not killing him on Geonosis." Ginny laughed, "Plus, he's not with Dooku and I'll be able to convince him to go against the Separatists."

"I'll convince Luminara to join us too." Obi-wan said, "She'd be a good addition on Dantooine."

"I'll be there as well." Harry announced, "Ginny and Anakin will remain with Palpatine. Let's propose that we move the younglings away from Coruscant. That'll get Yoda to Dantooine too. Away from the threat of the Sith for now. When Sidious moves, it will be on the Temple and we can't risk them."

"Would he really kill even the children?" Padme frowned.

"He's sent a galaxy to war just to eradicate the Jedi." Ginny said and put a hand on her stomach, "He will kill everybody in the way, just to accomplish that goal."

x x x

"You shouldn't have come alone, Potter." a gravely voice that was very familiar to the witch.

"What makes you think I'm alone, Fett." Ginny smirked.

"So you tracked me down. What do you want?"

"We need you for new clones."

"What's wrong with the ones you have?"

"We've been played, Jango. The clones are programmed to turn on us to do the dirty work when the time comes."

"And how does that come back to me?" Jango asked, "This is your war, not mine. We Mandalorians lost to the Jedi a thousand years ago and the irony isn't lost on me that the clones of one will be the last of them."

"Yeah, ironic." Ginny laughed humorlessly, "I'm trying to keep as many of us alive as possible, including you."

"How do you figure that?" Jango frowned.

"You're evidence. Boba might slip through, but you're certainly on the list to kill."

"You're bluffing." Jango tried to think through the reasoning in his favor, but now that she voiced it, he knew it was the truth.

"I'm sure you can risk it, for a while." Ginny held off her smirk and continued, "Or you can side with me and Harry. I'm not talking about just the Jedi anymore. Myself, Harry and Skywalker are part of the Order, but we're more than them."

Jango glanced around, noticing something was off, "Our time's up. Where do I need to go?"

"I sense it..." she cut herself off as her wand snapped into her hand and Jango's blaster was drawn. A second later Jango was thrown from his chair with a push through the Force, Ginny just barely blocking the blow and staying on her feet.

A nasally voice whined through the silent bar, "Meeting with a Jedi, Fett? I guess my Master was right about you."

"And you are?" Ginny asked, cancelling the illusion charm on her lightsaber and igniting her blade.

"Ventress. And your death will being a favor to my Master."

Ginny snorted, "Lord Tyrannus the Dead? Or is it now Darth Sidious?"

"You dare speak their names?" came her hiss.

"My husband already dealt with a self imposed Lord who tried to call himself 'He-who-shall-not-be-named'. Nobody has come close to his level, though Sidious is up there."

Ventress snarled and ignited two red blades before leaping at Ginny. Surprised that her goading worked, Ginny was off balance and barely blocked the first few strikes. After that though, she sidestepped a strike and launched a bone breaker at the Sith's arm. Her spell connected and Ventress stumbled into the wall, one of her blades disengaged and clattered to the floor.

"Surely your Master taught you better than that!"

Ventress screamed in a rage and threw a Force wave at Ginny who calmly raised a Force Shield before flinging a dozen stinging spells that more to annoy the Sith, than to incapacitate, "Your magic won't save you, Potter! Your feeble strength is no match for the Dark side!"

"Not like I haven't heard that before. I mean, all you Sith do is talk!" Ginny laughed, easily deflecting a pair of strikes while she continued to taunt the Sith, "Tom was like that, and apparently Tyrannus was too, before Harry killed them both."

"You lie! Lord Tyrannus couldn't be killed by a weak pathetic Jedi!"

Ginny sent a spell at Ventress and as she predicted, the Sith assassin knocked it away. However, it struck a table nearby and the furniture shook itself awake, startling several patrons who were still watching the fight. Ventress went wide-eyed and barely leapt away, slashing the table in half as it rushed her. Ginny was able animated two more tables and sent them after the disorientated woman. With a grin, Ginny threw more spells to occupy the Sith, enlarging her broken arm and finally hitting her with a leg-locker. A second later the Sith lay panting on the floor from pain while still struggling to get to her feet but Ginny conjured ropes which easily tied her up, "Such a shame."

Ginny summoned both lightsabers to her and casually inspected them, "You should have stayed away from us. Now, what can you tell me that would be useful?"

Ventress continued to struggle as Ginny engaged one of the Sith blades, "I thought Jedi did not execute prisoners."

"You're right. The Jedi don't. But what makes you think I'm a Jedi? You tried to kill myself and my friend, Jango. I might have spared you, to be taken to the Jedi, but by trying to kill me, you tried to kill my child. That's unforgivable."

Fett stepped to Ginny's side, "Allow me." Before Ginny could say anything, he drew his pistol and triggered a single shot through Ventress' head, "You're still with the Jedi, Potter. I'm not on the light side, but I'm not against you and this wouldn't have been beneficial for your position."

"Thank you, Jango." Ginny nodded and turned to the bartender, "Sorry about the mess. I'll clean it up."

She directed the tables back to where they belonged and after repairing everything she transfigured Ventress into a bone and placed it into a conjured box, "That's why you don't mess with a pregnant witch."

"Guess you caught up to me in time, Potter. Thanks for the assistance."

"A witch is never late. We always show up exactly when we intend to."

"Spare me the sithspit, Ginny. You made your point. I'll pick up my son and we can follow you to..."

"Dantooine."

"Right." Jango left quickly and Ginny looked around at the patrons, deciding that a little obliviation would be appropriate.

x x x

Harry glared at Mace Windu and Yoda, alternating between the two, "Ginny and I have warned you time and again! We've brought evidence to back it up this time. How are you remaining so stubborn in your ways? How can you be so blind?"

"We've taken your warning to heart, Master Potter." Mace said, "We're not about to give you our consent to this dangerous project so easily!"

"If you have already altered the clones on Kamino, then the immediate threat is no longer the clones, but instead the Chancellor." Ki-Adi-Mundi said, bringing the wizard's stare onto himself.

"Agree the Council does, Master Potter, a threat these clones and the Chancellor are." Yoda began, "Our goal to get our Sith Chancellor from office, our priority must be."

"He's too dangerous to be kept alive." Mace nodded, "if we confront him and arrest him, he will have no choice but to reveal himself fully. Then we can defeat the Sith, for good."

Harry ran a hand through his hair, "If we confront him before we're ready, he'll give the order. There are over a million clones in service right now, several hundred thousand stationed here on Coruscant alone. If he gives that order, the Jedi Temple will be purged. We don't have the men to stand against them."

"So you propose we build our own army? Against the Republic?"

"When he directs the army against the Jedi, it won't a Republic anymore!"

"What of Anakin?" Mace asked, "Is he ready to face Palpatine?"

"He's more than ready." Harry nodded, "Now, if we give ourselves another six months we can have almost six thousand Jedi troopers to guard the temple. They're getting trained the same way as the Clones on top of our own techniques and magic. Even Master Yoda would be hard pressed against them once they're ready."

"Without permission, started already you have?" Yoda glared at Harry who returned it back.

"We have." Harry nodded, "We began it after Kamino, three months ago. Kenobi and Padme, along with Jango Fett have been overseeing both facilities and working on the training of these new clones."

"Once Sidious is defeated, what then?" Mundi asked.

"The Republic can end this war and bring the Separatists back." Harry said looking at the rest of the Council, "I need more volunteers for the DNA though. That's why I'm bringing this before the Council."

Around him the Jedi were shaking their heads in disagreement, voices of concern grew about the project Harry was working on until Harry closed his eyes and sighed, "Fine, I have one more proposal before I have to go."

"Only one more?" Mace's sarcasm was not unexpected.

"I feel like I'm the only one trying to save your Order, Windu, a little courtesy would be appreciated." Harry glared at the man.

"More on this matter you have?"

Harry broke the stare and glanced at Yoda, "If the Chancellor executes his plan and the Clones move against the Jedi, the Temple is going to be a primary target, correct?" more nods, "That exposes the younglings to the clones and the Sith. We need a place to evacuate them to."

"Great concern you have for them, Master Potter." Yoda closed his eyes, "A strong passion to save the next generation, I sense."

"Yes, I do." Harry nodded, "You're all aware my first born is expected soon, and I won't be keeping him on Coruscant. Ginny will be taking him to our hidden Enclave where we teach our clones. I'm offering this Haven to the Younglings and four teachers so they may continue their own training."

"Your offer is generous." Mace started but Yoda cut him off. "Accept your proposal, I do. See your training Enclave, I will."

Harry cracked a smile, "We will leave after my son is born."