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LD: Star Wars doesn't belong to me.
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After reporting everything the Jedi Council they'd been told about Siri and Ferus mission to help them and that they would update them on Qui Gon's status. Apparently since the Council wanted to keep the mission from the chancellor until they knew exactly the status of things in Serenno, they had Siri used one of the ships she had used as a pirate during an undercover mission. Qui Gon remembered that mission, it had started just after they arrived from Naboo had lasted a year and a half having just ended six months ago. It also had been a test on Obi Wan's and Siri's friendship but they had been finally able to pass it with some help of Qui Gon himself. At the end of the meetings that whatever Dooku's plan they had to stop him and take him to Coruscant to be tried.
When the meeting was done it was already dark outside and so they decided to find a place to pass the night. However as they exited the HQ they found themselves in front of a group of Rebels, a rather large group at that conformed not only by infantry but also heavily armed tanks and landspeeders from the security forces. The rebels spotted them and began shooting at them as Qui Gon and the group ran as fast as they could, with Obi Wan trying hard not to delay them, even with four Jedi and a very profficient fighter from the Judiciary Corps that group was too much.
As they ran along the street Sarah saw something in the sky at the same time the Jedi felt something coming in their direction. Three Z-95 fighters from the Serennian air force were heading towards them. Qui Gon tried to think of a way to get away thinking the fighters were also rebels but a few seconds later the fighters flew over them and engaged the rebel groups a few meters behind them. The fighters were definitely piloted by government forces.
"The Government is mounting a counterattack!" Sarah shouted over the sounds of fighting behind them.
" Dooku must have learnt of what's happened with Fett" Obi Wan said. "He has no further use for the rebels so he will now take back the city."
"So now we'll have to deal with the rebels and government security forces?" Anakin asked.
"We'll figure out something Padawan. Calm down." Qui Gon said closing his eyes. "Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad to go with the military." He added after a few moments of thought.
"What do you mean?" Sarah asked.
"Not every member of the serennian security forces can know of Dooku's identity or plans." Qui Gon said. "I'd bet they'd ask to many questions if he just ordered them to eliminate the Jedi that had come to deal with the rebellion. So he'll most likely have given the order to bring us to him."
"So what we spring a trap again?" Sarah asked increduly. Qui Gon shook his head.
"Not this time. However we don't have the exact coordinates of where Dooku is right now. I want to guess he is in his palace but even though we talked about the place when we were..." Qui Gon stopped for a moment as if the memory hurt. Sarah looked at him with concern as did the rest.
'Master?' Anakin asked through their bond
"Master and Padawan" Qui Gon said like he'd just woken up from a trance. "But he never really told me were it was. We could use the security forces to know where he is."
"And once we know where he is how will we get there?" Kiara asked. "Will we let them bring us to them because that sounds exactly like a plan where we spring the trap.
Qui Gon smiled at Obi Wan's Padawan. "Yes we let them take us. No we won't arrive there on a military ship."
"What do you mean?" Obi Wan asked a little confused by his Master's words.
"Siri and Ferus will be arriving soon." Qui Gon said. "We'll change transports when they do. You see Obi Wan you and Siri have always had a special connection equal in strength to that of Master and Padawan but completely different right? I'll need you to contact them and tell them to attack the transport we are in, just disable it of course and perhaps using blasters set to stun. After that we'll go against Dooku together and at a time of our choosing."
Obi Wan blushed a little recalling the events of his teenage years but nodded prompting matching smirks from Anakin and Kiara and a light smile from Sarah who was amused by the situation since she was smart snough to know what Qui Gon meant. After that all of them stared at Qui Gon for a while. 'You are talking about it like it is the easiest task in the world.' Obi Wan finally spoke using the force to voice his insecurities.
'Don't worry my former Padawan' Qui Gon replied. 'Everything will work out for the best
'I have a bad feeling about this' Obi Wan sighed and from the looks of Sarah and Kiara they shared his opinion. Anakin on the other hand seemed excited despite the fact that Ferus would play too much of a large role on the success of the mission to his liking.
"You do know that the plane will crash if you disable midair right?" Sarah asked. "Even if you do not kill anyone the crew could easily die and you said yourself you didn't know if they were aware of Dooku's plan and identity."
"That is against the Jedi ways isn't it?" Anakin asked suddenly unsure about the plan.
"We'll put a force shield around ship of course. We can't change ships on the air so if the ship crashed we would also be hurt." Qui Gon replied. "No one needs to die. Unless you have other ideas."
His companions looked at each other. Several plans came to mind but Qui Gon was by far the most elaborated. The most risky too. They all shook their heads and Qui Gon smiled.
"Ok we need to find something safe we have to perfect the plan and rest tomorrow morning we'll contact the security forces." Qui Gon spoke as the rest followed him
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A few hours later a corellian frighter YT-1000 freighter came out of hyperspace on the space near Serenno. Jedi Knight Siri Tachi sat on the cockpit of the ship looking at the seemingly beautiful and calm planet. It certainly didn't seem like a planet a sith would hide or govern on.
Beside her, her Padawan, Ferus Ollin, slept peacefully on the co-pilot's seat. She looked at the local hour in the planet's capital. 6 AM, it wasn't too early to contact the Jedi already on the planet. However before she could try to reach for her transmitter she felt a very familiarn presence in the force reaching out for her.
'Obi Wan' she spoke through the force to her closest friend. Obi Wan's voice soon resounded in her head.
'Siri' he greeted equally warm, the uneasiness from six months ago when she had returned from her mission gone.
'It's good to hear from you' Siri spoke. 'I was about to try and reach Qui Gon. Where are you?'
'We are somewhere in the center of the Carannia.' He said. 'The security forces are launching an attack to retake the city.'
She frowned. 'Are you ok?' she asked with concern.
'Yes' He quickly replied and she felt a little degree of lying. 'Well I was injured fighting this Bounty Hunter and well running from some rebel forces and looking for a relatively safe place for apparently 2 hours hasn't made it better although I'm still able to fight and I should require little more healing.' He left alone the part of why his force signature had been so weak for more than 24 hours although the council had told her about an ancient Sith artifact being used by the enemy during this mission and she could guess it had something to do with Obi Wan. 'Anyway' He quickly changed the topic before she could ask more about it. 'I'm contacting you because we'll need your help soon.'
'Sure. What do you need me to do?' she asked deciding that he would tell her what had happened when he was ready plus she had a mission to do.
'How about assaulting a Planetary Security Forces ship.'
'What!?' Siri asked through the Force. Obi Wan then proceeded to explain the plan to her. When he was done Siri spoke again. 'Has Master Qui Gon gone crazy! This plan could end up with you being dead!'
'I know but Qui Gon says that going with the security forces would be walking right into a trap and waiting for Dooku in Carannia would be more difficult since he would be more protected when we confronted him.' Obi Wan explained. Siri thought about it and it actually made some sense.
'Well let's hope what they say about these kinds of plans is true.' She spoke with a smirk.
'What do they say?' Obi Wan asked.
'It's so crazy it might actually work' She replied.
He chuckled. "I see, let's hope you are right.' Obi Wan spoke. ' See you soon'
'Yeah' Siri replied. When the conversation was done she thought about waking Ferus but decided against it, they had a long day ahead and the Padawan would definitely need the rest. She then proceeded to check on the ship's systems to make sure everything was ready for the upcoming mission.