A/N: Anything in parenthesis after foreign words is just the translation so that you guys don't have to do it yourselves. Thought I'd make it easy on you.
Chapter Fourteen: ... Is a Good Thing!
Zane blinked rapidly to keep his laughter to himself, watching with amusement as Kai balked at the large city that they had just landed in. Apparently the advanced technology that was far more common here than it was back in New Ninjago City was even more common on this planet. "Where exactly are we staying at here?" Zane lifted a hand up to brush Falcon's smooth feathers.
Obi-Wan walked past them, pointing to what looked like a wealthy young lady that had an entourage of guards with her. "Oh...you'll be staying with our friend, Senator Padme Amidala. I hope you don't mind. She has several guest bedrooms."
Kai eyed the smiling woman as she approached them, his expression for once being rather calm. Zane hummed to himself, before bowing before the senator. "It is a pleasure to meet you."
"What he said." Kai jerked his head in the general direction of Zane, before quickly bowing as well when Zane turned a carefully blank look towards him, muttering something about Zane glaring at him.
"I would like to believe that the pleasure is all mine gentlemen." Padme smoothly stretched a hand out to shake their hands. "Please...follow me to my apartment so that you can settle in." She gestured to the large skyscraper behind her, warm smile firmly in place. Glancing over at Obi-Wan, she tilted her head. "I will be seeing you three over for dinner, correct?"
"Of course!" Anakin cut in a bit too eagerly, causing both ninjas to raise an eyebrow upwards.
"Then I best get everything ready...it's in two hours if you can make it."
Ahsoka rolled her eyes, before speaking up. "Um...what exactly can happen in two hours? We'll be done with our reports by then."
"Come on! We have to hurry if we don't want Padme to worry about where we're at!" Anakin sprinted down the lavish hall, ignoring the way various posted guards and casually roaming senators started at the sight of the three Jedi rushing down the hall.
Ahsoka scoffed slightly as she dodged around two senators that were in a deep conversation. "I still think that I should have been sent to alert her that we were going to be late!"
"I highly doubt twenty minutes over is that long...besides that. I am sure Padme will understand!" Obi-Wan huffed out as he hurried after his much faster, and younger, companions.
"Only you would think that isn't very long, master." Anakin and Ahsoka spoke in perfect unison.
Obi-Wan groaned, before muttering something about how they were spending too much time with Kai and Zane. Whipping around the corner, they skidded to a halt upon finding Padme's guards lying in a pool of blood...their own blood to be more precise. "That is never a good sign..."
"Gee...thanks Captain Obvious." Anakin sarcastically droned out, before using the force to push the door open. Anakin darted in far faster than the others, whipping his lightsaber out even as he entered the penthouse apartment. "All clear...doesn't look like she had the cleaning droids come in recently though."
Obi-Wan and Ahsoka followed him, both rolling their eyes at his antics. Sure enough the usually tidy apartment was thoroughly trashed...and Padme was knocked unconscious next to her couch. Anakin was already kneeling on the ground next to her, checking for a pulse. "She's fine. Whoever it was just knocked her out." A loud screech brought their attention to Falcon, who was flapping his wings frantically as he beat at the open window.
Ahsoka bent down, picking up a small piece of paper. "Um...Obi-Wan? It looks like they left a message. Want to see if you can't translate it?"
"That is wonderful. Give it here and I can translate it for you." 3PO appeared in the room, shuffling his way over.
"Um...wasn't talking to you?" Ahsoka weakly protested as the gold protocol droid took the message from her, scanning it quickly.
"Why this is no message! Just a bunch of scribbles to get the ink flowing in a pen. Disappointing really." 3PO dropped the paper, same time that the police with a few clones appeared.
The police captain raised an eyebrow at the sight of them, before walking over to them. "I didn't know there were any Jedi on the scene. What exactly happened here?"
"Unfortunately, we just arrived here ourselves. You see the three of us had made plans to join the senator for dinner. I suspect that if our Jedi duties hadn't kept us longer than expected, we would have been here when it happened." Obi-Wan explained, before picking up the note. Glancing down at the note, he raised his eyebrow upwards. "Looks like your right. Either Kai or Zane had the foresight to write a message for us."
"May I see the message? Perhaps there is a clue in it?" The captain held out his hand. Obi-Wan hesitated briefly, before handing the note over. Glancing down, The captain started over what looked like gibberish to him. 再び拉致されたようです。 ファルコン融解氷河を教えてください。 ファルコンはただの鳥ではないことがわかります。 彼はロボットでもあります。 このメッセージを書いているのは、これらの男性がカイを撃退したときでもです。 急いでください。
あなたの友達、
ゼーン・ジュリアン "What? This makes no sense!" The captain handed it back to Obi-Wan.
Obi-Wan glanced at it, before pointing to some of the symbols. "I recognize that. Zane insisted that I memorize this particular one. It says Tokeru hyōga. Apparently that means Melting Glacier in their native tongue." He turned to face the others as he explained it. A loud screech tore from Falcon, before he dove out of the window suddenly. A second later, he swooped back in, flying around their heads for a second before diving back out the window. He then repeated the movement, growing more and more anxious as he does so.
"I think Falcon wants us to follow him..." Ahsoka blinked rapidly as she stared at the exotic bird.