"Mistress we have five minutes."

"Thank you. Shmi I think the medical bay will be the best place for you if something happens. Teefive needs to be in engineering. Zerdy lower turret and I will be on the top turret. Anakin you will copilot for Arnine."

"I get to fly for real?"

"If Arnine needs you to, yes." He rushed off as Shmi looked worried.

"I know this is scary, but I feel we have to be here."

"I realize this, but it does not make it easier."

"Life is never as easy as mere existence." The Ebon Hawk is fast but entering atmosphere you needed to be at a certain speed not to over power your shields and that is where the vulture droid fighters caught up to us. Zerdy was a steady series of controlled and deadly fire. The Force guided my shots just as effectively and I felt the moment that Anakin took over as the ship flipped back and forth helping align perfect shots. By the time we reach tree level twenty five vulture droids had been destroyed. It was not long after that until Anakin lowered the ship under a natural over hang a few kilometers away from The City of Theed.

"So shall we go?" I looked at all of them. Shmi was not ready, but she could not stay here. The ship would be fine if it was left alone.

"I am ever at your service."

"Thank you Zerdy activate Zero Day." The droid straightened and his normally yellow eyes turned to blue. He picked up the the blaster cannon at his feet.

"Thank you my mistress cooking mode was not appropriate for the battle we are about to create."

"What did you do to my Zerdy?"

"Arnine she did nothing to me. She activated my combat protocols."

"But we were going to fight together?"

"Arnine you and will do just that. You have combat protocols as well."

"Mistress, but my protocols are not separate."

"Well, remember that time you had your head trapped under a door."

"Don't remind me. What a horrible mistake."

"Activate upgrade Echani." Arnine shook and then she twirled her electrostaff around even faster than she could before. Teefive began to beep and whistle.

"No new upgrades Teefive you got those on Tatooine. Your mission is going to be the hardest. Though you will have help."

"What is the droid going to do?"

"He is going to enter the palace and find who ever is in charge and then send us a map. Preferably one off the palace data base. So it is going to be Sio Bibble the governor or whoever is in charge of the Trade Federation."

"So what will we be doing?"

"Arnine you and Zerdy get the joy of defending the Ebon Hawk by creating a running distraction. When the droids come to investigate you kill as many as you can as you lead them away."

"I can't fight. I can't kill someone."

"Shmi you will be shooting droids. They are not like Arnine or Zerdy or even Teefive. They do not have any individuality. You and Anakin will be fine. Just like target practice. Except this time you are not aiming at me but the droids around us. I will be your shield. However, that will only happen if we get discovered in the first place." I closed my cloak as Anakin pulled his around him with not even the blaster carbine he held pointing out. The same carbine Shmi carried. She nodded her head and pulled her cloak around her as well hoping whatever Jenica planned was going to work.

"Ready Anakin?"

"I am will it work?"

"Our focus is our reality. If we will to not be seen we will not be seen." I tapped a button on my belt that was linked to their belts and cloaks at the same time I wrapped the Force around us to cloak us from all angles.

"They are gone." Teefive beeped and whistled as his sensor dish and extra camera popped up. He whistled the same.

"Not gone just in stealth mode." Come I think I hear the first wave of scouts. Five minutes later two droids were destroyed after another ten five more laid scattered not far from the first. Fifteen minutes after that ten laid scattered over three hundred meters always further and further from the ship. Several miles away another ship was discovered. Droids searched the ship but not a soul had remained on board. The lead droid opened his communicator and an image of Rune Haako appeared.

"And what have you to report?"

"We found the Queen's vessel from the evidence left behind they abandoned it and headed into the swamp on foot."

"Have you sent a patrol to find them?"

"Yes, but they are reporting the ground is not stable."

"Then send in several Stap. They can not have gone far."

"Roger, roger."

"What of the other ship that landed?"

"We have been pursuing a group of droids that left that ship. They appear to be advanced combat droids."

"Send a full company to that ship it maybe filled with mercenaries or worse."

"Roger, roger." The Neimoidian rolled his head wondering who programmed them needed to be tortured to death or paid more.

"Rune, we have a meeting."

"Who would be holding a meeting that would need us? Do they not know we are busy. I still have dozens of reports to examine."

"Darth Sidious is not one to keep waiting."

"The Sith Lord? I told you we should not have joined with him." The two Neimoidians walked out of the command room and over to the holonet console. In a press of a button the very head of a Sith lord was there. At the same time Darth Maul appeared out of the shadow that was not their before. Rune stifled a possible shriek.

"Have you found them yet?"

"We've sent out patrols. We've located their starship in the swamp. It won't be long."

"We discovered another ship as well. Did they send anyone else to help them? It landed much closer to the City. Several droids have been attacking our scouts."

"This is an unexpected move for her. It's too aggressive. I have heard nothing about any other Jedi being sent to help. This could be just a smuggler. Be mindful, Lord Maul."

"Yes, my master."

"Be patient. Let the Queen make the first move. Send several tanks to the other ship. I doubt they will stick around. I sense a complication if they do."

Obi Wan finished talking to the landing bay manager and found out that they had left the planet a day after the recent race. The city of Mos Espa was still celebrating their slave hero. He had tried to talk to the Junk dealer that they had gotten parts from but the sign on the wall said he had six combat droids ready to kill any thieves and that he was on vacation. The nicest piece of information was that Anakin Skywalker was going to be at the next pod race under new ownership.

His quick search of the holonet told him the next race was not until half way through the year nearly six months from now so they could have gone anywhere. A group of young kids came up to the sign and Obi Wan felt there was a connection.

"So did you know this young boy who won the race?"

"He is my best friend."

"Kitster he was all our friends."

"If he comes back I am going to marry him one day."

"Ya like his new owner is ever coming back here."

"New owner?"

"That pink skin outlander bought Anakin and his mother Shmi."

"Would you know where he went?"

"Don't know."

"He didn't know where he would be going and I am telling you the woman freed both of them. If he was free I am sure he would try to find that other girl he saw in his shop."

"Thank you."

"Why do you want to find him?"

"Oh he is of interest to the Jedi Order. More so the young woman that bought his freedom."

"You are going to make him a Jedi?"

"Can you take me?"

"No me. I am sure I could be a Jedi." Obi Wan did not know why but he opened himself to the Force and none of them were showing any signs of being Force sensitive. Not that they would ever be trained.

"I am sorry but you all feel no differently than most normal beings."

"Then could you free us too."

"I can not. I am only one Jedi and we are only given enough for food, logging, and travel. I will include your situation in my report, but the Republic has little control over Hutt space." His admission was a bit too far as they all felt completely shocked and in awe. He had forgotten that he should not have revealed he was a Jedi. The kids quickly scattered and he casually hurried out of Mos Espa to his hidden Jedi fighter. He was going to Naboo after all.

There had been several close calls as they moved silently through the empty city streets. Though calling them empty was not exactly true as droid patrols flew by every minute or so. They had finally made it to the palace and Anakin she felt was working on the door she felt they should go through.

"Yes." Was barely heard as the door popped open leading into a smaller speeder garage. There was a bigger one to the side and from here we could see the vehicles that were worth more than the Ebon Hawk sitting all polished and mirror shiny through a big window. The Force spiked in alarm as the two droids in the larger garage came in as they must have noticed the door opening. I felt the build up of the Force in our fledgling link and one of the droids suddenly crashed against the wall. The other one squawked almost as if in shock before a burst of lightning from my hand fried both droids.

"That's so wizard."

"It is a modification of lightning. The more energy you use the more damage to a droid it can do. Revan calls it destroy droid but I know it is a natural form of Force lightning. Now stay sharp."

"The Force is not like I have heard."

"Probably more right than you know. Tell me later what you both think of the Force when we are talking to the holocrons." Now that the larger garage was empty we moved quickly across to the inner door. Anakin places the device against the lock as I press the switch on the other side of the door making him jump back even with him being invisible. We all checked the hall before moving down it.

Padme, Qui Gon and many of the leaders including Boss Nass are around a field holo table. It shows perfectly the terrain between the swamps and the City on the Palace side. Markers showed where the Gungan Army is as they reached the edge of the forest and markers showing the mass of the droid army as they form up outside the city.

"What do you think, Master Jedi?"

"The Viceroy will be well guarded."

"The difficulty's getting into the throne room. Once we're inside, we shouldn't have a problem."

"There is a possibility with this diversion many Gungans will be killed."

"Wesa ready to do are-sa part."

"We have a plan which should immobilize the Droid Army. We will send what pilots we have to knock out the Droid control ship which is orbiting the planet. If we can get past their shields, we can sever communication and their droids will be helpless."

"A well-conceived plan. However, there's great risk. The weapons on your fighters may not penetrate the shields on the control ship, and there's an even bigger danger. If the Viceroy escapes, Your Highness, he will return with another droid army."

"That is why we must not fail to get to the Viceroy. Everything depends on it."

The Neimoidians with Darth Maul and a hologram of Sidious is carried by OOM9 are walking through a hallway to the throne room.

"...she is more foolish than I thought." Sidious voice sends a chill through Nute.

"We are sending all available troops to meet this army of hers assembling near the swamp. It appears to be made up of primitives. We do not expect much resistance."

"I am increasing security at all Naboo detention camps." Rune added.

"I feel there is more to this, my Master. The two Jedi may be using the Queen for their own purposes."

"The Jedi cannot become involved. They can only protect the Queen. Even Qui Gon Jinn will not break that covenant. This will work to our advantage."

The other Jedi is not with them. I feel they split up."

"Kill the Jedi one by one. Qui Gon Jinn is no match for you, but that other master is in the prime of his life. Better to remember this."

"Masters have fallen to my blade before."

"Master Fisto is not an average Jedi master."

"Yes my Master."

"I have your approval to proceed then, My Lord."

"Proceed. Wipe them out, all of them."

Several kilometers away three droids were watching the start of two armies forming up into ranks. One was nothing but tan and gray droids lining up after being deployed by their carriers. On the other side it looked even stranger as the locals carried shields as these large energy shields grow out from these large beasts carrying the generators. IF it was not for the energy shielding it would have looked even more one sided. Though there is the middle was a lightsaber. Arnine zoomed in and saw a Nautolan Jedi in the middle of the native Gungans. This was enough to send a text to his mistress.

Blaster fire could be heard through the walls as the three of them were hiding out near the main hanger. Too many droids were there and for some reason she felt that this is where they should be. That the hum of a power generator plant. The many walkways and bridges snaked through the plants many plasma towers. She looks at her comlink seeing the report that the Ebon Hawk was safe and that the local army had engaged the droids. She looked to Shmi and pointed to the door.

"Time to see if we can get to the throne room with the distraction." Shmi nodded and all three of them go to the door that suddenly opens without intervention. Anakin who is closest peaks around the corner and then darts around it followed by his mother. Jenica smiles as they had become bolder as they had moved through the city. Anakin in his excitement talked nonstop about this time they had saved other kids from slavers. His mother looked horrified but felt very proud through the Force. She looked up at the same time several squads of droids opened fire across the hanger at another group lead by a single Jedi. One that Jenica knew and strangely did not feel surprised. Anakin yelped as a blaster bolt hit near his feet.

"Okay this is not like freeing my friends."

"Jenica, we can't do this." Anakin took any chance to retreat away as he opened fire at the droids. Shmi with sudden fear joined him. The droids reacted efficiently and split their fire between both groups. Jenica blasted a wave of the Force out into the hanger catching several of them.

"Artoo is here. That means Padme is as well, look." I looked as his mother fired over his head hitting another droid two times out of six, but it goes down. Several more turn to us and get shot down by the others across the room. Their stealth fields quickly failed as several of the blaster bolts hit near them. I feel several warnings in the Force but not enough to ignite the lightsabers in my hands. As soon as the warnings appeared either a shot took out the droid that would fire a shot to them or Qui Gon or herself would knock the droid out.

"Anakin, what are you doing here? Is that your mother?" Padme yelled seeing them together.

"Um Jenica brought us here she thought we could free your planet first." Several of the pilots chuckled at this boy's claims while Qui Gon looked directly at me as my cloak had not failed yet, but I had dropped my Force cloak.

"Get to your ships!"

"Go hide, Anakin. Shmi you go with him."

"But."

"No time, I feel something coming."

"I don't see who is talking."

"Stealth field generator extremely rare and highly illegal."

"No time to harp on legalities. My guess is the Viceroy is in the throne room."

"I agree." One fighter after another starts to take off. Anakin hops up into the cockpit of one of the ships as Artoo rolls under the fighter getting pulled up into the socket.

"Annie get out of their."

"I am just looking." The group turns as they rush by the fighter.

"Good place to hide Anakin. Shmi better to come with us you stay there Anakin."

"But, I..."

"The Force wills it." Jenica shimmers and vanishes again. Before they can get across the room several doors opens. One opens up revealing more droids and the other a Zabrak all dressed in black making his remaining red skin stick out with his black tattoos cover the rest. His red and yellow eyes do more to allow fear to raise inside of Jenica's heart. This one has fully fallen into the dark side of the Force. The group scattered as Qui Gon dropped his cloak to the floor.

"I'll handle this." Seconds later the room again fills with blaster fire as lightsabers ignite. Larger blaster cannon boom through the hanger as the last fighter raises up into the air. I have just enough of a glance to know it was the one Anakin was in.

"Go with Queen Shmi."

"But Annie?"

"Is a pilot. He will be fine." I rushed after the two balls of red and green lightsabers as they clashed against each other. Suddenly they both slowed down as I sped up fully immersing myself into the Force. No normal person could really hope to compete with a fully trained Jedi. Add in different Force powers at the same time and if was a sure way to defeat or death. However these two were not as fast as she expected a battle between a Sith and a Jedi to go. She had seen to many memories from her Jedi and Sith guides to go by. She shadow jumped to the other side of the Sith thinking to end the fight with one thrust of her blade, but the Zabrak screamed as his surprise was felt in the Force. I could feel another jolt of surprise as he focused on the blade I struck at him with was the gold and bronze one. So close to the color of red. My silver and azure blade quickly replaced one side of his staff as our attacks countered the other. Qui Gon's green blade striking just as fast. The Zabrak was quick to rush out of the hanger and into the power plant.

This is where the fight stepped up to the next level as all three of use flew from one cat walk to another. I could feel his hate and his anger slowly reduce as his fear spiked. It radiated every single time he had ever been afraid and the victory it had ended with. I had heard of this extreme form of concentration, but as this was the first time I actually fought another it was a shock that nearly cost me my life it had not been for Qui Gon. Suddenly battle shifted as he ran into one of the corridors.

Obi Wan was calmly meditating as Arfour beeped they were getting close to the system. Had he not set his focus on the beep he would not have come out of his meditation so quickly. Though it was slow as he had rarely ever gone so deep. When his eyes did flicker open it was at the exact time the fighter came out of hyperspace. The calculated jump was a bit off and the fighter emerged in the middle of a nest of fighters.

"I hate flying!" Kenobi hit the release as Arfour brought the shields and weapons online. As soon as the fighter clear the hyperdrive ring a random burst of cannon fire destroyed the ring. This got Obi Wan to hit the boosters and shot the first vulture droid in his path. What ever he just jumped into was not something he was going to just fly by. He pulled in behind a gold and chrome fighter that was twisting and turning randomly feeling the Force radiating from the pilot wildly. As Obi Wan took up a standard wingman position the other pilot smoothed out a bit as he sent his calm support through the Force.

His fighter suddenly dived and Kenobi did everything he could to keep with the pilot. Either this pilot was a prodigy or well trained as they destroyed the vulture fighter droids faster then the eight other pilots that flew around them. Then the other pilot did the impossible and flew right into the Lucrehulk hanger. Kenobi had to suddenly pull up as three vulture droids suddenly started firing at him and he could only hope the other pilot would survive.

Kit Fisto is flying over the battlefield dodging blaster bolts and redirecting energy plasma balls into the nearest droid. He jumps pushing hard with the Force and lands on one of the hoover tanks. A quick strike with his lightsaber takes the barrel off at the base and he jumps to the next tank a hundred meters away as nearly every droid was now firing at him. The tank explodes sending debris everywhere knocking dozens of droids over. He lands on the next droid cutting the barrel again flipping over cutting head off of the commander droid before speed running through a hundred more. Not one moment did the smile ever leave his face as he sliced through the droid army.

Nute Gunray nearly laughed next to Rune as he watched the queen and her small group of fighters and guards as they were shoved towards the throne. The other Neimoidians behind did twitter out their amusement. The group contain none other than the Queen and her personal bodyguard Captain Panaka and six others. The ten battle droids had relieved them of their weapons.

"Your little insurrection is at an end, your Highness. Time for you to sign the treaty, and end this pointless debate in the Senate."

Sabe dressed like the Queen appears in the doorway as it suddenly open with ten ten other guards. The droids that had been on the other side of the door laid in front of them smoking.

"I will not be signing any treaty, Viceroy, because you've lost!" Sabe yelled as she shoots and destroys one of the droids near the throne. Nute and the rest look from Padme to Sabe several times before a rapid deep vibration is coming from Gunray's throat.

"After her! This one is a decoy!" Six of the droids race after Sabe and her guards.

"Your Queen will not get away with this." Padme slumps down on her throne and immediately hits a security button that opens a panel in the arm of her throne and several blasters pops up. She grabs two and tosses one to her captain and another to the closest other guard. All three fire on the remaining battle droids. As they fall Padme throws out a few more pistols before looking up at the suddenly undefended and confused Neimoidians. Their fear can be felt through the room as this deep moan resonates out of them as they back away from the two bodies on the floor. Padme and Panaka turned their heads as a whimper is heard behind them.

"I am so sorry. Did I just kill them?" Shmi lets the barrel of her blaster carbine drop a little as Panaka moves next to her.

"It is okay. They deserved it."

"Now for the rest of you this is the end of your occupation here."

I slammed my blade against the shield in front of me as it trapped me from killing this Sith. He had nearly taken my head or limbs several times and I was tired of it. Worse the exhausted Jinn was one cell in front of her. The Sith paced back and forth looking only in my eyes. I smirked at him and then raised my arms out to my side. This brought Qui Gon to suddenly turn around as I drew repeatedly on the dark side of the Force. Both of their eyes flared wide as this shocked them. Lightning crackled above my head and then over Jinn before appearing in the circular room that Maul was in. I then screamed as lightning filled all the space in front of me.

It lasted only a few seconds before the shields dropped, but Darth Maul was smoking while Qui Gon held his lightsaber over his head though a few spots of his clothing smoked. My golden eyes were now corrupted with red as the dark side continued to flow in a constant give and take. My hand reached out and ripped the saberstaff away from the Sith. I lifted him up in the air and pulled him over to hover right above Qui Gon Jinn. Maul shook his head and growled as he regained consciousness.

"Dinora zhol, tu zinot gautijas pergaleas." I just smiled as I tightened my grip on him.

"Don't do it, Jenica we need him."

"You do not let a Jen'tsis live. What reason could you want him alive?"

"The Jedi do not kill the unarmed. He is defeated."

"A Sith is always armed."

"You don't have to kill your master to gain my trust. You will gain my trust if you don't kill him."

"Jidai minti tu aras nuyak xaari. Nuyak meistras valia nulis sis tikazi nu liepti jis!" (Jedi thinks you are my apprentice. My Master is going to love this.)

"He is not my master. That one is an assassin who can barely guard against the Force. Tu aras bukle kia mrias Jen'tsis. Kuris kash tu'iea meistras? Nu'll fasona tu'iea mirtis arti ar tu liepti nun." (You are going to die dark Sith. Who is your master? I'll make your death fast if you tell me.)

"I'll never tell you. You are not a Banite Sith."

"I am not." I lifted him higher in the air as Maul struggled while I squeezed. His mind was giving me an image of a hooded older man who could shoot lightning out of his hands at will. Darth Maul was his target.

"No, Jenica!" His neck popped several times as his limbs failed about. Suddenly I let go of the hate, fear, and anger as it reached a balance point. My eyes suddenly whitened and my irises returned to their golden color. My hold on Maul did not weaken but he was no longer being broken.

"He can still reveal his master."

"I can. He will find out I failed. My life is forfeit. His name is Darth Sidious."

"Where is he?"

"On Coruscant."

"What is his real name?"

"I only know his Master, Darth Plagueis is Hego Damask." I felt the dark side spike suddenly and my grip closed on Maul with a severe crunching sound as his neck broke.

"You, you, killed him?!" Jinn yelled out just before he heard the clatter of a saberstaff hitting the floor behind him.

"I saved your life."

"Why me? Why not kill both of us?" I look to him and calmly hold out my hand to help him up.

"Unlike him, you feel nice, spacescraper." He took my hand as he chuckled.

"I am not that tall."

"Says the towering Jedi to the short Sith." He chuckled. Qui Gon in all his time as a Jedi had never heard of a Sith ever using the light side of the Force. In all his encounters with Jedi who had fallen and his brushes with the dark side he knew the rage they radiated. The shear hatred of the dark side filled them. This girl had that feeling as she rained down lightning in this tunnel. Yet like the shields that continued to turn on and off she had switched from the light side to the dark side and back again. Now she was radiating the calm he would get from any other Jedi he knew. The small taint of the dark side only coming from one of the crystals of her unusual sabers.

"How can you use the dark side of the Force and not be affected by it?"

"Jedi what do you know of balance?"

"It can't be that simple?" He finally pulled on my arm and I easily helped him with the Force. Then I push my healing Force up his arm while holding out my other hand.

"Your focus is you reality. Have you never heard that? Give me your other hand." The force I was giving him moved through him and then he gasped as he joined in by giving me the same healing waves he was giving me. All the little aches, burns, and cuts vanished as we healed each other. His surprise held the entire time until I felt neither of us were injured anymore.

"It can not be that simple." I let go as he did.

"I kept thinking that too, but Meetra has only agreed with Scourge one time and that finding balance is easier than you think if your heart is open to it. I think I understand that now after using the dark side against another." I moved over to Maul's body and sorted through his clothing. A comlink and several different credit chips were all that I found other than a ship fob. I pocketed the credits and tossed the fob to the Jedi.

"Stealing from the dead?"

"He doesn't need it. The fob must be to his ship. Find and I bet you can find his master."

"How can a ship find his master?"

"I don't know a map."

"Psychometry is what we will need. I know just the person, but I need to tell the Council of Hego Damask." My lightsaber flashed and Maul's head rolled from his body as Jinn had his lightsaber out again but not activated.

"Now we can go."

Kenobi looked shocked as the Lucrehulk engines blew up and several more explosions traveled through the ship as it broke into two halves. More explosions occurred and the vulture droids stopped firing and flew back to the now disintegrating ship. Arfour finally found the frequency of the Naboo fighters as they were all cheering at once. He followed them down as the wing leader ordered as they came in behind him.

The battle had still been raging in scattered clumps as the droids worked to divide the Gungans up into groups and gun them down while Kit Fisto rushed from one group to the next trying to keep them from being exterminated, but suddenly they all paused before collapsing where they stood. The field was silent as the battle was finally over.