Chapter 14
" Anakin, you and Obi-Wan get to your ships and get the Prince you will, and I will get to the trooper transport." Yoda motion for the other two Jedi to follow the ship that just blasted away from the secret hanger bay.
The two Jedi nodded to their Grand Master and took off to where they had landed their fighters just a few minutes ago.
" Why did you not tell me about you and Padme, you do know that could have trusted me in not telling anyone." Obi-Wan looked at the younger man beside him.
" Sorry that I did not tell you, I really wanted too but we thought it would be best not to because of our lives as a Senator and Jedi, I did talk Padme into telling you next week at a private dinner that we were going to have on Naboo, and she was also going to have her parents there too." Anakin looked over to Obi-Wan just as they came to their ships.
They climbed into their cockpits and with the help of their droids they started up their ships and made their way up into space.
" I see them, I will try and talk to the Prince while you knock out the hyper drive and engines so that way he cannot get away with Padme." Obi-Wan looked out the view port and saw the ship that Padme and the crazy man who kidnapped her right in front of them.
" Got it and once the ship is dead in space then I will use the air lock and board the ship and get Padme out of there." Anakin looked over to the other Jedi and gave him thumbs up.
Anakin took off after the ship while Obi-Wan hung back and tried to make communication with the crazed man that had kidnapped the Senator.
" Ok R2 is there any way we can speed up some because we have to catch up to the ship that is in front of us and the first thing we need to do is hit the hyper drive so that way they cannot go into hyperspace, then we will need to hit the engine." Anakin told the droid.
Artoo gave him an answer before the ship jerked forward and began to speed up right towards Anakin's main target.
" Thanks R2 now here comes the fun part hitting the ship without blowing it up." Anakin told the droid as they got closer to the ship.
Anakin was close enough to hit the ship without blowing it up, so he pushed the button on the steering stick, and the lasers shot out and it hit the hyper drive with a small amount of explosion.
" Bulls eye, now it is time for the engines." Anakin told the droid, but mostly to himself.
Anakin turned around so that way he had to fly away from the other ship, because he was a little closer to it and if he fired on it now he could blow up the whole thing and not killing mad Prince but killing Padme too.
When he felt that he was far enough from the other ship he turned back around fired on the ship causing both engines to exploded and making the ship dead in space.
" Ok am taking the top air lock and whoever comes after me can take either the side hatch or bottom hatch." Anakin told the other two Jedi what he was doing.
" Roger that, good luck Anakin." Obi-Wan answered Anakin as the troop transport came up beside him.
Anakin slowly maneuver his ship over the dead ship and grabbed his mask with a small tank and put it on then grabbed a rope, and tied it around himself before tying it to a ring next to his seat, he pushed the button in the panel and it opened the canopy of his ship.
" Stay here R2 and I should be back soon." Anakin told the droid before stepping off the ship and moving to the hatch that was on top of the other ship.
Anakin reached the hatch door and he used the Force to open the door so that way he could get inside without making too much noise.
Once inside the ship Anakin made his way to the front of the ship but stopped when he heard the voice of Prince Branndyn just below him, and he was telling Padme to move down the ladder or he was going to push her down the hole.
Anakin slowly went over to the ladder that headed down through the floor and he realized that they were just below him after he watch them go down the ladder he followed their lead and climbed down the ladder and as he touched down onto the floor just as heard Prince Branndyn tell Padme to get inside something.
He walked down the small hallway and came into the room just in time to see Prince Branndyn shut the door of the escape pod before hitting the release button the wall that was next to the door.
" You win Jedi, I just put her into the escape pod so do whatever you want to do with me." Prince Branndyn turned and faced Anakin as he held out his arms to Anakin so that way he could show him that he was unarmed and that he was surrendering to him.
" We have the escape pod and the Senator is safely on board, and Master Yoda along with Captain Rex will be joining you on the ship to take the prisoner." Obi-Wan called out to Anakin.
" Roger that and I have the Prince right here and we are waiting for you guys." Anakin looked at the Prince who sat down on the floor and just waited for the troopers to come and get him.
It was five minutes later they felt a tap on the ship and then saw Yoda and Rex plus two more troopers come into the lounge area where Anakin and Branndyn had move to so that they could just sit and wait for the troopers come and arrest the Prince.
" That was great work, but we need to go before the Council, you will , when we get back to Coruscant and see what your fate they will decide." Yoda looked up at the young man as they watch the troopers take Branndyn into custody and lead him to the transport.
" Yes Master I know, and I will do what the Council think is best for me and my future with the Jedi." Anakin nodded as he truly understood what the old Jedi Master was telling him.
They all went to their ships and headed back to the battle cruiser that was not too far from the system and Padme, Anakin, Obi-Wan and Master Yoda headed back to Coruscant while the troopers escorted Prince Branndyn and his family to prison, and they even freed all the slaves and put the Prime Minister in charge of the planet and Government.
Anakin was in his quarters and was just laid there on the bed the thought about the saturation he was going to be facing when he gets back to Coruscant, and to tell them all about him and Padme and then he will have to wait for their decision on his future, but at the moment it is now a waiting game on his life.