Lord Sideous paced slowly next to the large window that completly took up
the left wall in his private quarters aboard the shuttle.
His thoughts drifted back to the Jedi, and he snarled.
~Soon, their end shall come...~ he thought to himself.
In his mind, everything was planned out perfectly.
The Jedi would go to Tattoine, and try and stop him from taking his soon to be apprentice. That would be their undoing, as was Geonosis....
They would fight....to the death.
He had already prepared the small fleet of Clone carrying transport ships, and they followed his shuttle.
The Jedi would be forced to kill hundreds of sentients if they even wanted to attempt to save his future apprentice.
Sideous grinned, he knew the Jedi would have trouble with their 'morals' to do such a thing, and even if they were able to defeat his army somehow, so many of them would be dead, and by then, his apprentice would have already turned dark......
Oh, yes....It was the perfect plan....
Now, all he had to do was wait.......
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Mace Windu came storming through the doors into the council room.
Not everyone was there, just Master Yoda and Adi Gallia. Everyone else was preparing for war.
The two Jedi looked up at him.
"Masters, we have got a problem." Mace slowly said.
Yoda's gaze turned downwards, "Ahh, Know this, I do"
"You knew?!" Mace said, barely containing hiself.
"Knew what?" Adi asked, slightly confused.
Mace turned to her, "The Emperor is using them as bait. All this is just to draw us out so he can kill off the Jedi once and for all..." he explained.
Adi stared at him.
Yoda looked back up at Mace, "Told the council no need for this there is, Stay were we are, we must."
"But what about Master Kenobi, and his padawan. Also the Senator." Mace argued.
"The force shall reveal itself to us and them... Just as it revealed this." Yoda slowly explained.
Mace nodded, knowing there was absolutely no point whatsoever in arguing with the small green Jedi...
"I will contact Kenobi on tattoine, and tell him that they are...well...on their own..." Mace said, turning to leave.
From behind him, Yoda slowly shook his head, and sighed.
"To come terrible things still....." he mumbled.
Mace nodded, and quietly left the room.
He walked out into the hall and pulled out his commlink.
Mace dialed Obi-wan's number, and he answered.
"Kenobi here." Obi-wan's voice caustiously said.
"Obi-wan, This is Mace." he slowly said.
"Yes?" Obi-wan asked.
"The council has forseen that this is a trap that Sideous is playing, to lure the Jedi to tattoine so he can kill us all off." Mace explained.
"Master Yoda has decided that it is in the best interests of the Jedi for them to stay where they are, and that the force shall guide you and your padawan as to how to best defeat the Emperor...." He continued.
Obi-wan was silent for a moment.
Mace could hear a sigh through the commlink.
"Obi-wan?" he asked.
"Mace, I..I understand.If I get the chance, I will contact you. If not, May the Force be with you...." Obi-wan quietly said.
"As to you." Mace replied, and the line went dead.
Mace sighed, and rubbed his forehead.
~We're over looking something...~ he thought, but brushed it away.
It was simple, The Emperor was just going to use them as hostages to try and lure out the Jedi. That's it...
But, sometimes, the Force moves in strange ways.......
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Obi-wan sighed.
The realization of what MAce had said was begining to sink in.
They were alone.
Just then, Anakin walke in.
"Morning, Master." he said.
Obi-wan looked up at him, "Huh? OH, yes..." Obi-wan said absently.
Anakin leaned over towards him, "Are you alright Master?" he asked.
Obi-wan sighed and stood up to face his apprentice.
"I..I just got commed by Master Windu. The Council...Has decided that Palpatine isusing us as bait, and is basicaly going to leave us here and alone, because they don't want to risk to lives of other Jedi." Obi-wan said evenly.
Anakin stood there staring at him for a moment.
"So....Palpatine is coming after us, and the council doesn't care?!" Anakin asked, his voice rising.
Obi-wan felt sick as he nodded.
Anakin scowled, allowing his anger to build.
He slammed his fist down against the kitchen counter, causing it to make a loud thump.
"How can they do that!?" Anakin raved.
Obi-wan held up his hand, "Release your anger, padawan." he quietly said.
Anakin turned to him.
"We are up against Palpatine. Maybe you don't know him as well as I do, Master. But, If he wants us dead, then he will make sure that he gets what he wants." He hissed.
Obi-wan was silent for a moment.
"Anakin, Do not give into your anger. If you do, then the dark side has already won." Obi-wan told him.
Anakin lowered his gaze, "Yes, Master." he said sullenly.
Leera came into the kitchen, "Obi-wan, Anakin," she said looking both shocked and slightly scared.
"What is it?" the two Jedi asked at once.
Leera gasped for air.
"A..A fleet of ships...A Fleet!..Rapidly closing in!"
"Sith!" Obi-wan cursed, and followed Leera back to his room, where he had set up a small tranmitter, so he could see any threats approaching.
Obi-wan spun around to Anakin.
"Ani, go get Padme.We are in big trouble now...." he breathed.
Anakin nodded, and went of in search of Padme.
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A while or so before, Padme had quietly snuck outside the homestead, with a small lifeform detector.
She carefully stepped outside the house, and walked out onto the sand.
She scanned the horizon.
The twin suns of Tattoine were rising, casting and eerie orangish glow and shadows here and there.
Padme walked about 30 feet out in one direction, keeping sure that she could still see the top of the homestead.
She held the end of the scanner off into the sunrise.
Nothing.
Slowly, Padme walked in almost a circle around the homestead, but still found nothing.
Absently, she turned the end of the scanner towards the sky.
EEEEEEERRRRRRRREEEEEEPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Startled, padme looked down at the detecor.
~This..this can't be right!~ she thought.
According to the scanner, hundreds of lifeforms where coming at them, and fast!
Slowly, Padme's eyes rose to the sky.
She squinted, and a second later her eyes popped open.
Far up, there was an uncountable number of ships, coming their direction.
"Oh my god...." she breathed.
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His thoughts drifted back to the Jedi, and he snarled.
~Soon, their end shall come...~ he thought to himself.
In his mind, everything was planned out perfectly.
The Jedi would go to Tattoine, and try and stop him from taking his soon to be apprentice. That would be their undoing, as was Geonosis....
They would fight....to the death.
He had already prepared the small fleet of Clone carrying transport ships, and they followed his shuttle.
The Jedi would be forced to kill hundreds of sentients if they even wanted to attempt to save his future apprentice.
Sideous grinned, he knew the Jedi would have trouble with their 'morals' to do such a thing, and even if they were able to defeat his army somehow, so many of them would be dead, and by then, his apprentice would have already turned dark......
Oh, yes....It was the perfect plan....
Now, all he had to do was wait.......
_________________________________
Mace Windu came storming through the doors into the council room.
Not everyone was there, just Master Yoda and Adi Gallia. Everyone else was preparing for war.
The two Jedi looked up at him.
"Masters, we have got a problem." Mace slowly said.
Yoda's gaze turned downwards, "Ahh, Know this, I do"
"You knew?!" Mace said, barely containing hiself.
"Knew what?" Adi asked, slightly confused.
Mace turned to her, "The Emperor is using them as bait. All this is just to draw us out so he can kill off the Jedi once and for all..." he explained.
Adi stared at him.
Yoda looked back up at Mace, "Told the council no need for this there is, Stay were we are, we must."
"But what about Master Kenobi, and his padawan. Also the Senator." Mace argued.
"The force shall reveal itself to us and them... Just as it revealed this." Yoda slowly explained.
Mace nodded, knowing there was absolutely no point whatsoever in arguing with the small green Jedi...
"I will contact Kenobi on tattoine, and tell him that they are...well...on their own..." Mace said, turning to leave.
From behind him, Yoda slowly shook his head, and sighed.
"To come terrible things still....." he mumbled.
Mace nodded, and quietly left the room.
He walked out into the hall and pulled out his commlink.
Mace dialed Obi-wan's number, and he answered.
"Kenobi here." Obi-wan's voice caustiously said.
"Obi-wan, This is Mace." he slowly said.
"Yes?" Obi-wan asked.
"The council has forseen that this is a trap that Sideous is playing, to lure the Jedi to tattoine so he can kill us all off." Mace explained.
"Master Yoda has decided that it is in the best interests of the Jedi for them to stay where they are, and that the force shall guide you and your padawan as to how to best defeat the Emperor...." He continued.
Obi-wan was silent for a moment.
Mace could hear a sigh through the commlink.
"Obi-wan?" he asked.
"Mace, I..I understand.If I get the chance, I will contact you. If not, May the Force be with you...." Obi-wan quietly said.
"As to you." Mace replied, and the line went dead.
Mace sighed, and rubbed his forehead.
~We're over looking something...~ he thought, but brushed it away.
It was simple, The Emperor was just going to use them as hostages to try and lure out the Jedi. That's it...
But, sometimes, the Force moves in strange ways.......
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Obi-wan sighed.
The realization of what MAce had said was begining to sink in.
They were alone.
Just then, Anakin walke in.
"Morning, Master." he said.
Obi-wan looked up at him, "Huh? OH, yes..." Obi-wan said absently.
Anakin leaned over towards him, "Are you alright Master?" he asked.
Obi-wan sighed and stood up to face his apprentice.
"I..I just got commed by Master Windu. The Council...Has decided that Palpatine isusing us as bait, and is basicaly going to leave us here and alone, because they don't want to risk to lives of other Jedi." Obi-wan said evenly.
Anakin stood there staring at him for a moment.
"So....Palpatine is coming after us, and the council doesn't care?!" Anakin asked, his voice rising.
Obi-wan felt sick as he nodded.
Anakin scowled, allowing his anger to build.
He slammed his fist down against the kitchen counter, causing it to make a loud thump.
"How can they do that!?" Anakin raved.
Obi-wan held up his hand, "Release your anger, padawan." he quietly said.
Anakin turned to him.
"We are up against Palpatine. Maybe you don't know him as well as I do, Master. But, If he wants us dead, then he will make sure that he gets what he wants." He hissed.
Obi-wan was silent for a moment.
"Anakin, Do not give into your anger. If you do, then the dark side has already won." Obi-wan told him.
Anakin lowered his gaze, "Yes, Master." he said sullenly.
Leera came into the kitchen, "Obi-wan, Anakin," she said looking both shocked and slightly scared.
"What is it?" the two Jedi asked at once.
Leera gasped for air.
"A..A fleet of ships...A Fleet!..Rapidly closing in!"
"Sith!" Obi-wan cursed, and followed Leera back to his room, where he had set up a small tranmitter, so he could see any threats approaching.
Obi-wan spun around to Anakin.
"Ani, go get Padme.We are in big trouble now...." he breathed.
Anakin nodded, and went of in search of Padme.
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A while or so before, Padme had quietly snuck outside the homestead, with a small lifeform detector.
She carefully stepped outside the house, and walked out onto the sand.
She scanned the horizon.
The twin suns of Tattoine were rising, casting and eerie orangish glow and shadows here and there.
Padme walked about 30 feet out in one direction, keeping sure that she could still see the top of the homestead.
She held the end of the scanner off into the sunrise.
Nothing.
Slowly, Padme walked in almost a circle around the homestead, but still found nothing.
Absently, she turned the end of the scanner towards the sky.
EEEEEEERRRRRRRREEEEEEPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Startled, padme looked down at the detecor.
~This..this can't be right!~ she thought.
According to the scanner, hundreds of lifeforms where coming at them, and fast!
Slowly, Padme's eyes rose to the sky.
She squinted, and a second later her eyes popped open.
Far up, there was an uncountable number of ships, coming their direction.
"Oh my god...." she breathed.
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