"Next time, we're taking the stairs." Obi-Wan said as he, Anakin, and Ahsoka were walking down. That trip in the elevator wasn't fun for the young Jedi Master. It continue to crash, when Anakin and Ahsoka continues to ambushed droids and take them out.
Anakin seemed to actually enjoyed it. He was reckless and arrogant, a trait seen in Jedi a lot these days. Learning the Sith have returned by Dooku and some Jedi even believing he was Darth Sidious, the Jedi have been so persistent and tried to find ways to defeat the Sith before they can rise to power.
However, most Jedi believe they can stopped the Sith. They want to continue to fight for the survival of the Jedi Order and fierce believer in hope for future generations. The difference is that Anakin is not acting like this for the survival of the Jedi Order... well not completely, he does believe in the Jedi but he's an firm believer of himself mainly.
To be honest, he sees much of Qui-Gon in him. Anakin just had a more rash and impatient attitude and personality. But Obi-Wan guess it was because of his past as a Sith. Now to think about it, Anakin never told Obi-Wan who his Master was as a Sith, but maybe Anakin truly had hated him and held anger into that personal subject.
The three Jedi went to the edge of a railings where the Chancellor was sitting in a chair, consisted of power cuffs on each of his whist. They headed down the stairs with their lightsabers still showing on their holster. "Chancellor," Obi-Wan beginned..
"You're alright?" Anakin finished, already knowing the answer. He's an Sith Lord and wielded much power, that Count Dooku won't even think about harmed him. The only reason to why Anakin didn't yet kill him or finish him once and for all is because the Jedi and the Senate would believe the Chancellor over him because his past as Darth Vader and no evidence whatsoever.
"Count Dooku," He said stonely.
Looking up, the two Jedi noticed an old man and a dark robe figure with a mask covering their form. "Barriss," Ahsoka said coldly yet had an glaring glint in her eyes. To think she had once trusted Barriss so well before she framed her. The helmet halfly came off, revealing a mirialan woman with pale blue eyes that helded hatred and vengeance.
At the same time, Dooku and the mirialan jumped and landed onto with a perfect stance as the battle droids remain in their stance. Anakin, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan looked back at the Chancellor. "Get help, you're no match for them especially him! He's an Sith Lord!" Palpatine 'screeched' but as expected the Jedi didn't back down.
"Your swords, please," Dooku spoke high that echoed through the walls, his lightsaber rested in his grip. "We don't want to make a mess of things infront of the Chancellor."
"You won't get away this time, Dooku," Obi-Wan declared, activating his blue lightsaber and getting into a battle stance, followed by Anakin who activated his purple one.
"Traitor," Ahsoka says to Barriss, pulling out her lightsabers and activating her two blades. "You don't too much to innocents and must pay."
"I am afraid you're mistaken," Barriss states, a black-hilted lightsaber rested by her side, but it hisses on and she begin clashing against the Togruta.
Rushing forward, Anakin and Obi-Wan clashed against Dooku and begin slashing and parrying at the old Count. Anakin moved fastly with Dooku's bladework and simply deflect his assaults. But before Skywalker could break through, Dooku falled back slightly.
The three opponents paused with their blades still aimed. "I've been looking forward to this," Dooku declared.
"My powers double since the last time we met, Count." Anakin says prideful.
"Good. Twice the Pride, Double the Fall." Dooku says.
At that, Anakin begin swinging with Obi-Wan following after. Anakin hacked away at Dooku, trying to break through his defensives, while Dooku was mainly focus on Kenobi. Dooku send an force push to Obi-Wan, knocking the Jedi Master to the ground.
"Now just you and me." Dooku says menacingly, aiming his saber downward at Skywalker's midsection but yet not thrusting.
Ahsoka and Barriss parried each other's blows, pushing up and neither were falterning. They were like flashes as they continued to duel downward and didn't show any plan to back down.
With a grunt and making sure Obi-Wan was okay, Anakin swinged down at Dooku and begin to build up momentum as he and the Count took it upstairs. Dooku did little more than counter his attacks, but Anakin send harsh blows and were like an blur. He clearly learned much from last time and ain't making the same mistake.
Now, Anakin were slashing upward against his face and nearly killed him with an fast dash. With harsh strikes and slashes, Anakin nearly beheaded him, but Dooku barely manage to parried him.
Seeing Obi-Wan running up and dealing with two droids easily, the Jedi Master try to struck at Dooku from behind. Anakin was kicked away at the wall and saw Obi-Wan grabbed into the air and deactivating his lightsaber. He knew Dooku can easily impale him, but to his surprise he didn't and send him to a nearby balcony and cause it to fall on him.
Enraged at what he done, Anakin jumped uo and kicked him over the balcony. He felt the rage dwelling within him and begin strucking and slashing away. "I can sense the fear in you, Skywalker. You have hate. You have anger but you don't use them."
Anakin pushed his lightsaber away with great strength and power. "You're wrong! I can show you my anger!" He growled with such in an extremely powerful tone.
With a ear piercing shout, Anakin beginned to hack away at him and moving fastly around him, trying to take out his defensives. Anakin can take one thing; many things, but not liking his friends getting harm. He cared for his allies and compainions and won't allow them to ever get hurt or killed.
Building up momentum, Anakin knocked him back with his saberwork, which made the Count barely parried. Sending debris to Count Dooku's eyes, utterly blinding him for a second. With anger flashing and his eyes reverting green, Anakin parried his attacks with perfect coordination of his lightsaber. Anakin dashed around Dooku and each second hadn't went by that Dooku have to move his blade.
In a blur, Anakin was behind him and was about to slash through his back. However, Dooku barely manage to turned around and block the upcoming slash. Moving with great speed, Anakin struck his blade up and were about to strike at his midsection, but Dooku barely manage to block it with his red lightsaber.
Anakin swirled around and were about to send more harsh attacks to him, when he saw Dooku pushing him to the ground with lightning that didn't even last long. He breathed and held his lightsaber by his side.
'Master! Help me!' pleaded the Count towards his Master who was sitting down in the very chair inches away from him. Seeing his Master smug look, Dooku's eyes widened. Barely raising his blade to block the upcoming blow from Anakin's lightsaber. Anakin send an harsh strike towards him that would have knocked his blade out of his hand had he not pulled back just in time.
With one last parried and slash towards Dooku, Skywalker dismissed Dooku's blade with his own and send his saber flying into the air. Anakin caught it and grabbed the red lightsaber and activated it, making Dooku fall to his knees, knowing there is nothing he can do and that he is at Skywalker's mercy.
To the Count's surprise, Sidious was laughing. "Good, Anakin, good." the secret Sith Lord praised, still laughing. "Kill him." The Count looked at him with shock. Is it possible Sidious wanted the lost apprentice of Plagueis as his apprentice. "Kill him now."
"Silence, Chancellor," Anakin hissed at him, feeling his patience wavering. He hated the fact that he just couldn't exposed Palpatine right then and there. "He will be taken to Jedi custody."
"What?!" Palpatine blurted out, making Dooku feeling an sense of pride. All he have to do is tell the Jedi Council who the Sith Lord is and they would surely kill him. But then again, he can see a glint of Palpatine's eyes turning yellow. "He have harmed many! And deserve to be put on death to end this war!"
"And he will face trial for his crimes," Anakin said, bringing the lightsabers away from Dooku and helping him up. He noticed Ahsoka had finally disarmed Barriss and cornered her.
"Ahsoka, put the cuffs on her and let's bring her to-" Suddenly, a green lightsaber impaled through Barriss's torso and she gasped out, as did Anakin, Ahsoka, and even Dooku was surprised.
A cough followed, and Anakin flipped around with the two blades still in his hands to see the very General Grievous, who may not wield the force, but he'd demonstrated his sheer strength.
"General Grievous," Anakin hissed as he noticed his apprentice was backing away from the cyborg with her lightsabers aiming up to him.
"Anakin Skywalker! Ahsoka Tano!" the cyborg laughed, but though it sounded more like a cough. Knowing he needed Obi-Wan's help to potentially taking the cyborg down, Anakin deactivated both sabers and place them in his holster and raised his hand and took the bolcany and flinged it at Grievous, who jumped onto it like a spider before landing back on his feet and now were holding four lightsabers.
At the same time, Skywalker raised an hand and moments later Kenobi stood up and at the sight of seeing Grievous, begins to back away, grabbing his lightsaber. Eventually, him, Anakin, and Ahsoka were standing side-by-side.
"What happened?" Obi-Wan demands, staring at Anakin and Ahsoka.
"I'm not sure," Anakin said feigning joy. "But I think we're about to face a battle."
They were cut short when Grievous suddenly leapt towards them and the three Jedi barely managed to deflected his harsh strikes. Anakin knew he would have to be the most careful in this battle for Obi-Wan and his Padawan fought him many times, while Anakin is only fighting him the first time.
Ahsoka and Obi-Wan tried to use their forms to knocked Grievous back, while Anakin was using Soresu that he have practice throughout the years knowing he would have to be on the defensives and not be cut offguard.
Obi-Wan deflected Grievous's ranming assault while Ahsoka tried to attack when she could. Eventually catching onto Grievous, Anakin jumped over him and move to slash at his stomach, which his second lightsaber block.
Still wounded from fighting Dooku, Obi-Wan's defensives soon backpedaled and wavered down. Seeing the weakness on the Jedi Master, he kicked Ahsoka and Anakin away, Grievous slashed Obi-Wan across the stomach with his four sabers and he yelped and fall on the floor.
He was surprise he wasn't dead yet. The cyborg came over to finish it once and for all, but Anakin came fo his rescue and lunged across and cutted one of his hands, causing one of lightsabers to fall. Then strucked at another which did the same action
Ahsoka soon recovered as well and stood up. "Ahsoka! I'll handle Grievous!" Anakin yelled to her as he blocked another strike from the General. "You must check on Obi-Wan!!!" Anakin make a harsh yelp as Grievous pushed away at his blade.
Ahsoka was going to disobeyed him, but seeing he is holding Grievous for the minute she ran up to Obi-Wan and place an hand on his wound to see it wasn't as bad as it look. That was a surprise considering Grievous have taken out many Jedi with the same battle method.
By now, Anakin was forcing Grievous back with unmerciful attacks. Ahsoka helped the wounded Obi-Wan up. Running up to the Chancellor, she use the force to unhooked his power binders and move him and Dooku down.
"Dooku, this ship is going to explode in a few minutes!" Ahsoka exclaimed. "We have to get out of here! Is there an escape pod?!"
Dooku send an glare to Palpatine who stared at him coldly then turned back to the Padawan. "In a secret hanger." He answered. Seeing the shock look on Palpatine's face, Dooku felt immediate satisfaction at that.
Palpatine knew he could easily kill the Count and the other Jedi here. But he have to wait for a bit unless his plan for years to be ruin and destroyed. It would be very suspicious to the Jedi how the Chancellor was the only one who survived.
Anakin dismissed Grievous of his other two lightsabers. Releasing lightning that Ahsoka never seen before upon him, Anakin activated his lightsaber and cutted his limbs and slashed his face off.
"Now," Anakin deactivated his lightsaber and turn to his Padawan. "I will handle Kenobi. Dooku, you lead the way. If he tries anything, Ahsoka, you're free to cut him up with your lightsaber."
Exasperated by her Master practically making jokes with these flames around and can be shot down, Ahsoka nodded and begin running down with the Chancellor and Dooku into toe. "Anakin, I will just slow you down, leave me," Obi-Wan said weakly.
Still in shock at basically ending the war, he knew things would probably in peace now and he can tell the Jedi about Palpatine's intentions and loyalties. But he looked up to Obi-Wan who just said something Anakin wasn't going to do. "No," Anakin said harshly, wrapping his shoulder around Kenobi's shoulder and the two men begin to move down as fast as they could.
Countering little resistance, the group manage to arrived to secret hanger and see that they were a few damage pods. Anakin seen one pod still useful enough to atleast get them to Coruscant.
Hearing sounds of beeping, Anakin turned to see R2-D2 creeping out. "R2!" Anakin shouted as the droid approached him. "How did you get here?" Anakin bended down to the droid and patted him on the head.
R2 replied by beeping as he went to the pod. "What do you mean you track my comlink?!" Anakin yelled. The droid in response let out a few beeps. "We're going to have a talk later."
Obi-Wan let out a weak chuckle. "Seems like your influence is getting on others." He smiled.
Anakin returned the smile. "Just makes sure you don't get slash with your stomach, 'Master' Kenobi." To that, Obi-Wan frowned making Anakin more amused.
This moment was cut short when a blaster shot came past him and Obi-Wan. Flipping around, he saw droids standing there, blasters drawn. "Get onto the ship." Anakin exclaimed as Kenobi nodded and both of them begin to run to the droid.
Usually, Anakin would love to scraped those clankers with his lightsaber. But this thing was going down and no doubt the Trade Federation escaped. They would be dealt with later but without Count Dooku and General Grievous they will be useless and cannot fight for a while.
"Master!" Ahsoka cried running up and helping him set Obi-Wan on board along with Anakin.
When they finally make it to the ship, Ahsoka set Obi-Wan down on a spare chair and allow him to rest as he breathed heavily and clutched his chest. Palpatine sat in another chair nearby, while Ahsoka set herself nearby Dooku on the floor.
"What about our starfighters?" Ahsoka questioned.
"I'm sure the clones will take them to Coruscant," Anakin reassured. "Knowing Rex he most likely knew what we were planning and that we would have to go somewhere else."
Anakin than clicked an button and the pod close and set off with fire and flames setting off from behind. He knew this would be a rough landing and he have to be prepared for that.
Picking up his comlink, he threw to Ahsoka who knew what to do, and she turned it on. "Rex," She said to the comlink, only to receive an buzz in response. "Rex, answer me."
Worried consume her for a minute at not receiving an replied from her friend and she glance at Anakin nervously. "Commander Skywalker," she finally heard an replied after a few minutes.
"No, it's me," Ahsoka corrected.
"Commander Tano," Rex said, surprise mixture in his voice. "Where's-"
"He's flying an escape pod to Coruscant; we have the Chancellor and manage to deal with Count Dooku," Ahsoka told the clone through the comlink. "How's the battle?" Ahsoka was worried about the outcome.
Despite having Count Dooku and her Master finishing General Grievous, there is an possibility that the Separatists somehow manage to push the war on and does have a lot of resources.
But for now, the war is over but Anakin has an feeling much more is going to happen.