Eventually, the transport landed back on Naboo, and Anakin and Rachel went
to the lake retreat.
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Rachel walked out on to the balcony that overlooked the water.
Soon after, Anakin walked out and stood next to her.
Rachel stared out at the water, lost in thought.
She heard Anakin sigh. She turned to face him.
"Ani, what's wrong?" she asked, already knowing the answer.
Anakin stared at her, then turned away.
"Padme..er...Rachel?" he finally asked.
"Yes?"
"Tell me more about earth."
Rachel looked at him, puzzled, "Well, Okay, um.....I think I've really told you almost everything..." she said, her fingers twisting around the small pennant she wore around her neck.
Anakin stared at it. "Where..where did you get that?" he asked.
Rachel looked at the small square, woodden pennat with intricate carvings.
"Um....I don't remember..why do you ask?" she questioned.
Anakin shook his head,"I..I gave one just like that to Padme.....After the..the podrace...." he trailed off.
Rachel looked at it again, "Oh." she quietly said.
Just then, Anakin's commlink buzzed.
"Hello?" he said.
"Anakin, this is Obi-wan," obi-wan's voice said.
"Yes master?" anakin asked.
"There has been an emergency back at the temple, we believe it was doing of the sith."
"That's terrible, master.Should we come back to Corusant?"
"Yes, I think you should."
"Alright, we shall see you when we arivve..." Anakin said and then hung up.
He turned to Rachel,"We have to return to Corusant," he said.
Rachel nodded,"Let's go."
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The two soon returned to the Jedi Temple, where they met Obi-wan.
"Hello, master." Anakin said, and bowed.
"Welcome back Padawan, Rachel.I am sorry to have to bring you back, but there is a new threat of danger." Obi-wan told the two.
"What is it Master?" Anakin asked.
Obi-wan sighed,"Somewhere in the Temple, we have reason to believe a sith is hiding, many have felt his presence, but we can not locate him."
Anakin nodded. "I sense it too, master."
"So far, 3 knights, and 5 initiates have turned up dead." Obi-wan said gravely. "We must find him, before another Jedi turns up dead."
Anakin nodded,"I shall begin searching, Rachel, you stay with Obi-wan."
"Oh, yeah right!" Rachel exclaimed. "I'm coming with you." she stated.
"But-" Anakin began, but then he saw the determind look on her face and gave up. "Oh, all right, just be careful!" he said.
Rachel smiled, "Ok, so where do we start?"
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"Wa had to be the ones that searched the basement, didn't we?" Rachel muttered a while later.
"Your the one that insisted on coming, so I suggest you be quiet before you get us killed." Anakin muttered in response.
They where croutched down behind sevral large crates, in the dark basement of the Jedi temple.
"He's somewhere down here, I can feel him.." Anakin whispered.
Rachel nodded.
She watched Anakin creep forward a bit and then suddenly, a bright red lighsaber ignighted revealing palpatine!
Rachel gasped.
Anakin immeadiatly ignighted his bright blue saber, and the two went in to a fierce battle.
She watched as the two blades shone through the darkness, casting shadows in the basement.
she watched them go back and forth, and then she heard Anakin cry out.
Rachel silently crept forward towards palpatine, with her blaster drawn.
She heard palpatine's voice,"Join me, Anakin. Together, with the power of the darkside we shall rule the galaxy!"
~This guy id pyscho~ Rachel thought as she leveled her blaster.
"Join me, skywalker!" Palpatine continued, unknowing of Rachel's presence.
"Join this, Sith!" She yelled, as she fired her blaster, and Palpatine fell to the ground.
Anakin rushed over,"Are you allright?" she asked him.
In the dim light, she could see him nod, and then they both looked down at Palpatine's lifeless body, which began to fade...
"So he was a sith.." Anakin muttered.
Rachel nodded, "Yep."
Then Obi-wan and Mace Windu came rushing down...
"Is everything allright?!" Obi-wan franticaly asked.
Anakin and rachel looked at each other for a moment.
"Yeah, but I don't think you have to worry about the sith any more.." Rachel said with a smile.
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Later that day, the four had gone back to the council to explain what had happened, and they had been shocked.
But, currently, Rachel was walking with Anakin back towards her quarters.
She turned to him, "Anakin?" she asked, gasing into his eyes.
He looked in to her eyes, "Yes?"
~Oh god, I can not be falling in love with a Jedi!~ Rachel thought....
"I..I want to go back to earth." she said.
A hurt look crossed Anakin's face, but a mask of noemotion quickly replaced it,"Yes, mi'lady.." he said. "We..we can leave in the morning, whenever you are ready...."
"Thank you, Ani." She said, stopping at her door,"Goodnight..." she said.
Anakin turned and walked away, "Goodnight." he queitly said...
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Rachel walked out on to the balcony that overlooked the water.
Soon after, Anakin walked out and stood next to her.
Rachel stared out at the water, lost in thought.
She heard Anakin sigh. She turned to face him.
"Ani, what's wrong?" she asked, already knowing the answer.
Anakin stared at her, then turned away.
"Padme..er...Rachel?" he finally asked.
"Yes?"
"Tell me more about earth."
Rachel looked at him, puzzled, "Well, Okay, um.....I think I've really told you almost everything..." she said, her fingers twisting around the small pennant she wore around her neck.
Anakin stared at it. "Where..where did you get that?" he asked.
Rachel looked at the small square, woodden pennat with intricate carvings.
"Um....I don't remember..why do you ask?" she questioned.
Anakin shook his head,"I..I gave one just like that to Padme.....After the..the podrace...." he trailed off.
Rachel looked at it again, "Oh." she quietly said.
Just then, Anakin's commlink buzzed.
"Hello?" he said.
"Anakin, this is Obi-wan," obi-wan's voice said.
"Yes master?" anakin asked.
"There has been an emergency back at the temple, we believe it was doing of the sith."
"That's terrible, master.Should we come back to Corusant?"
"Yes, I think you should."
"Alright, we shall see you when we arivve..." Anakin said and then hung up.
He turned to Rachel,"We have to return to Corusant," he said.
Rachel nodded,"Let's go."
__________
The two soon returned to the Jedi Temple, where they met Obi-wan.
"Hello, master." Anakin said, and bowed.
"Welcome back Padawan, Rachel.I am sorry to have to bring you back, but there is a new threat of danger." Obi-wan told the two.
"What is it Master?" Anakin asked.
Obi-wan sighed,"Somewhere in the Temple, we have reason to believe a sith is hiding, many have felt his presence, but we can not locate him."
Anakin nodded. "I sense it too, master."
"So far, 3 knights, and 5 initiates have turned up dead." Obi-wan said gravely. "We must find him, before another Jedi turns up dead."
Anakin nodded,"I shall begin searching, Rachel, you stay with Obi-wan."
"Oh, yeah right!" Rachel exclaimed. "I'm coming with you." she stated.
"But-" Anakin began, but then he saw the determind look on her face and gave up. "Oh, all right, just be careful!" he said.
Rachel smiled, "Ok, so where do we start?"
_______
"Wa had to be the ones that searched the basement, didn't we?" Rachel muttered a while later.
"Your the one that insisted on coming, so I suggest you be quiet before you get us killed." Anakin muttered in response.
They where croutched down behind sevral large crates, in the dark basement of the Jedi temple.
"He's somewhere down here, I can feel him.." Anakin whispered.
Rachel nodded.
She watched Anakin creep forward a bit and then suddenly, a bright red lighsaber ignighted revealing palpatine!
Rachel gasped.
Anakin immeadiatly ignighted his bright blue saber, and the two went in to a fierce battle.
She watched as the two blades shone through the darkness, casting shadows in the basement.
she watched them go back and forth, and then she heard Anakin cry out.
Rachel silently crept forward towards palpatine, with her blaster drawn.
She heard palpatine's voice,"Join me, Anakin. Together, with the power of the darkside we shall rule the galaxy!"
~This guy id pyscho~ Rachel thought as she leveled her blaster.
"Join me, skywalker!" Palpatine continued, unknowing of Rachel's presence.
"Join this, Sith!" She yelled, as she fired her blaster, and Palpatine fell to the ground.
Anakin rushed over,"Are you allright?" she asked him.
In the dim light, she could see him nod, and then they both looked down at Palpatine's lifeless body, which began to fade...
"So he was a sith.." Anakin muttered.
Rachel nodded, "Yep."
Then Obi-wan and Mace Windu came rushing down...
"Is everything allright?!" Obi-wan franticaly asked.
Anakin and rachel looked at each other for a moment.
"Yeah, but I don't think you have to worry about the sith any more.." Rachel said with a smile.
__________
Later that day, the four had gone back to the council to explain what had happened, and they had been shocked.
But, currently, Rachel was walking with Anakin back towards her quarters.
She turned to him, "Anakin?" she asked, gasing into his eyes.
He looked in to her eyes, "Yes?"
~Oh god, I can not be falling in love with a Jedi!~ Rachel thought....
"I..I want to go back to earth." she said.
A hurt look crossed Anakin's face, but a mask of noemotion quickly replaced it,"Yes, mi'lady.." he said. "We..we can leave in the morning, whenever you are ready...."
"Thank you, Ani." She said, stopping at her door,"Goodnight..." she said.
Anakin turned and walked away, "Goodnight." he queitly said...
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