Chapter 9 Junior Dogfights
The young boys and their dragons soon left the watery world of Naboo each in their own N-1 starfighter and entered the black void that surrounds all worlds. Suddenly the three riders were able to see where the auto pilot was taking them as they see the dog fight above the Droid Control ship was going on fiercely.
"Look guys that's where the autopilot is taking us!" Anakin told his friends Kitster and Wald as the three N-1s flew towards the battle. "Ani do you think we can do this?" Kitster asked the blonde boy over their private comms.
"It would just be like that time when Wald managed to get us those skyhoppers and we flew through Beggars Canyon back home." Anakin replied to his raven haired friend as the two non force-sensitives felt their minds along with the minds of their dragons forming a strange bond between Anakin and his dragon as they unconciously formed a V formation and flew into the battle.
"Bravo 10,3 and 4 I thought you three were killed?!" exclaimed Bravo leader who was also the main pilot from the Queen's starship.
"Spast they think we're pilots Ani what are we to do?" Kitster asked as the three boys flew into the dogfight weaving through the laser blasts from the anti starfighter cannons and the fire from both the N-1 starfighters and the vulture droids who zipped and destroyed each other.
"I don't know try to have your astro droids get you out of autopilot while we take out these droids, and try not to get shot!" Anakin said when suddenly several vulture droids followed the trio trying to blast them out of the space.
"The Deflector shield is too strong!" they heard over the comms before the cannons killed several of the pilots. "This is Tense!" Exclaimed Anakin as several vulture droids flew past him rather quickly.
"Artoo get us off this Autopilot it's going to get us both killed." He told his droid. Meanwhile Kitster was busy dodging incoming laser blasts as he soon sees one of the turrets blasting away at the naboo pilots. "I'm taking a shot!" He told his friends and fired at the massive weapons with a couple of proton torpedoes quickly destroying the guns before quickly getting away and barely missing a fiery death.
"Kit pull up!" Wald exclaimed as the N-1 with the pink r2 missed the fireball. "You ok?" asked the rodian
"I got a lil heat but I'm fine." Kitster said as he flew away from the now destroyed cannons as two vultures chased after Anakin trying to destroy him.
"Wald Kitster I need some help. I can't shake em!" He exclaimed as his dragon did a fearful here and there the young skywalker dodged several laser before an N-1 shot towards him, he moves up as the other fighter turns Anakin's pursuers into space junk.
"Thanks Wald I owe ya." said Anakin as he and his dragon breathed a collective sigh in relief.
The battle grew even more fierce as the three starfighter were clipped losing control they veered in through the gigantic hangar before scratching and screeching along the metal floors.
"Ani what's wrong with the fighter. I can't turn anything on!" said Wald as he tried to get his ship to activate.
"All of our controls are overheated it will take some time to get em running again." He told his alien friend as they soon saw security droids surround their starships. "Uh Oh this is not good..." Kitster said as the three boys started fiddling with their controls once more.
After tinkering and flipping different controls the boys were about to lose hope when Kitster's dragon pressed it's snout and reactivated their ship.
"Thanks!" said Kitster as his golden dragon nodded. "You're welcome." A female voice said in his head as he looked around while the security droids blaster shots bounced off of the starfighters. The former slave looks around in confusion.
"Huh who was that?" He asked as he sees Anakin and Wald having the same thing happen to them.
"Down here Kitster." Said the voice causing the boy to look down and see his dragon "It was you?" asked the former slave as the dragon... no girl dragon nodded.
"We can speak more when we are not surrounded by battle droids and can die in space. Now stop gawking at me and fire on them!" she said in a bossy but truthful tone as the battledroids began to fire on his ship. "Hey take this!" Exclaimed Kitster as he and his friends blasted away the droids when suddenly Anakin shot two topedos down the hall. "Darn I missed..." said Anakin over the comms as they suddenly felt their craft shake and a massive wall of fire coming right for them! "Let's get out of here!" Wald said as the three fighters shot out of the shipas if they were in a race yet now they were...
"Is this what podracing feels like Ani?" Kitster asked as they flew past droids trying to escape yet fail to.
"Nope this is Podracing!" He said as three kicked it into high gear at full speed as explosions rocked their small ships flying past the ruins of some mercenary's ship as they rejoined Bravo flight. The control ship is ripped apart as the pilots cheered in victory.
"We did it woo hoo!" exclaimed Anakin as he and the others flew down to the planet below.
"I know did you see how we took out those droids?" Wald exclaimed to his friend while Kitster ignored them and looked to his sun gold dragon.
"So do you have a name?" He asked the tiny dragoness who seemed to glare at him.
"Of course I do not Kitster. I am only what... 8 days old." She said sassily.
"Ok how about... Leia? that's a good girl name." Kitster said as he looked at his dragon
"Too boring." the dragon answered rolling her name
"Rey?" asked the black haired boy
"Too simple and that sounds like something a fanfiction writer would use..." She said disgusted at the thought
"What?!" asked the boy confused
"Forget that I said that... How about Tatooi your homeworld's goddess of strength?" She asked with a hopeful look in his eyes
"Alright you are Tatooi." Kitster said as a shiver ran through the two.
"Kitster my dragon spoke!" Wald exclaimed over the comms as the three starfighters returned to the planet.
Same with mine. Her name is now Tatooi." Kitster answered his friend proudly as the sun-golden hatchling purred in his lap.
"Mine's Avaro Jarrik." said the rodian proudly as the newly named dragon purred through the comm.
"What about you Anakin has yours gained a name aswell?" Kitster asked his best friend.
"Not yet..." The other boy from Tatooine said reluctantly as each of their view screens soon turned on revealing Master Dooku, Obi-wan and their dragon rider mentors with half of the group staring sternly while the other half seemed to also glare at them yet with hints of amusement along with disappointment.
"Uh Oh..." each of the boys said.
(Already here's the last bit to chapter nine. I am terribly sorry my readers I had been in a massive bout of writer's block and college has been eating up my concentration. I hope you can forgive me and I will try to get chapter ten out as quickly as I can. Happy Memorial Day!)