Blue
Waters: episode #11 The Emergency Call
Previously: The Maurders have started to launch their
first attack. 5 people (John,
Catherine, Lowdun, Brax, and Locon) were unlucky enough to be checking
something on a ship when it malfunctioned and sent them into Maurder Territory
just as the Maurders launched their first attack. The Maurders took them as
prisoners and dropped them off on some planet, hoping that they would die.
They
considered the 5 of them of little value.
When they had dropped them off, Mr.
Orange Idiot yelled, "You won't last a week here. "Bye bye."
And the Maurders forgot about them and that tiny planet.
Lowdun says, "We've go to contact the
Senate now."
"How? We have no way of
communicating with anyone," says John.
Lowdun's worried about Mary.
"How's my wife going to find out about us? She's waiting…"
"Well, it looks like we're going to be stuck here for a while until
someone finds us. I'm sure someone
will see the Maurders," says Catherine.
"Yeah, and figure out, hmmm…maybe Lowdun,
John, Catherine, and Brax got captured and are on some planet in the Maurder
sector. I doubt it," Lowdun says.
Then he thinks for a moment.
"I have some things in my utility
belt…not major survival things, but I do have my lightsaber and a blaster."
Even after Lowdun had given up being a Jedi, he had kept his
lightsaber…it could come in handy sometimes, he knew. They all turn out their pockets to see what kind of goodies they
had.
"Well, if there's any kind of animal or
editable plant around here we won't do too badly. We have enough weapons for everyone to have their own," Lowdun
comments.
Brax adds, "and your lightsaber can cut through anything,
including trees, dad. We could build
ourselves some sort of shelter."
Lowdun knows. And that is how
they lived for years. Now onto the
Senate. Arawn is just getting back from
his little thing on Naboo when he sees a bunch of orange ships heading his way.
"Warships! And they're
Maurders. They have go to have
something really big if they try to attack THE REPUBLIC, which is evidently
what they're trying to do. Better not try Sidious…better to warn the Republic
directly.
Meanwhile, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine
is in the middle of another Republic meeting, when the emergency message light
flashes. It's a button located in the
Senate room, off of the Supreme Chancellor's seat. The button's barely ever
been pushed before…the message will broadcast to everyone in the room, not just
to the Supreme Chancellor. Palpatine
pushed it…there are no codes for the emergency calls. Arawn's voice comes on.
"Big warships…Maurders headed this way…be prepared. I can't sty here any longer."
The connection broke.
Palpatine says, "I knew there was
something going on there…Senators, contact your planets immediately and send
all pilots here. We can't really attack
them until we find out what's going on.
Hurry up now…"
With that, Palpatine dismissed the
meeting. Then, Palpatine contacted the Jedi.
"There's some kind of Maurder thing going
on…warships of some kind. Send someone
out to look …and have that person report to me."
Yoda relayed the information.
Obi-Wan Kenobi had since come back from Tatooine, saying that Anakin
needed time to get to know his family. For this reason, Obi-Wan was there.
Obi-Wan says, "Ill take the job."
Mace Windu says, "All right, but be
careful. We don't know what's involved here.
If distraction is placed on whatever this Maurder thing is, the Sith
could again reveal itself."
Obi-Wan bows.
"I'll be careful."
And off Obi-Wan goes. Obi-Wan is
alone in his hip when he hears a voice.
"Obi-Wan."
"That sounds like Qui-Gon," he thinks.
"Obi-Wan," it repeats.
"What is it, Qui-Gon?"
"This is a dangerous time.
Make sure the boy finishes his training as soon as you get back."
"Why?"
"Because this is as dangerous time for him."
Obi-Wan says, "all right."
And just ahead of him is a battle ship.
"If I could maybe sneak on somehow…. I
could learn something."
