DISCLAIMER: All the Star Wars characters here on out belong to George Lucas. I'm just borrowing them for a little bit...

Author's note: Hey, all! Sorry for the long wait - school kept getting in the way, not to mention all the technical things of the battle which just *needed* to be perfect, lol. Expect a couple more chapters of Episode 2 and then we move on to Episode 3! The next chapter will be up ASAP.

DISCLAIMER #2: As I've only seen AOTC once, some things in this may not be as they were in the movie. This chapter will be rewritten to match better with the movie when I get the DVD in November, when it comes out.

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As the stars passed quickly by the windows, Sabe sighed. Her heart was racing - she was actually going to go into battle. She never dreamed in a million years that she would be donning a weapon and leading against an entire army. Sure, some people she knew would consider the Invasion a battle, but that was different. Here she had control over what would happen - with the Trade Federation, she had Padme to guide her. Now she was the one doing the leading - Sabe Krigare, leading thousands of copies of the same man into battle.

My mind wouldn't stop going as I sat and stared out the window watching the stars pass us by. I had many fearful thoughts - the most frightening being if I would ever see Obi-Wan again. I wasn't aware that he had been captured on Geonosis and around the time I had that thought the Jedi, Padme, and Anakin were just beginning their battle (that's what I found out later). Anyway, before we got there Master Yoda had managed to get to where I was sitting . . .

"Love him, you do." She turned her head to find the little green Jedi Master hobbling over to her. *How does he know?* She nearly slapped herself upside the head when she had a sudden realization - Jedi can read minds. "Hide from your feelings, you cannot," he continued. "But Master," she said, "how will I know if the feelings I have for him are going to be just like his to me?" "The Force - guide you, it will." The girl smiled and was about to reply when she got an urgent call from the pilots. She stood up and rushed over to the ladder, climbing up it.

From up in the cockpit, she could see the planet rapidly approaching. "Okay," she said switching the comlink to a frequency all the pilots could hear. "Transports one and two will be landing in the arena. Be ready if there is a battle going on. The rest of the transports are to land outside of the arena. Everyone is to deploy the troops when landed." "Yes, ma'am!" She shut off the comlink and watched as the fleet of troop transports drew ever closer to the arena.

My heart was racing, my palms sweaty, and my mind was going in a million different directions as soon as we entered the atmosphere. I saw that the line of transports had broken up and were heading for the outside of the arena - which was made entirely out of the planet's rock. As we got closer to the arena, I could see flashes of light coming up into the air. Just as I feared, the Jedi were fighting some battle droids . . .

"Open the weaponry gates and prepare to fire on the droids." "Ma'am?" "You heard me, pilot. OPEN THEM!!!" When she saw him begin to punch in the opening sequences, she leapt down into the cabin. The blasters began to come up, and the soldiers who were on that transport instantly knew what to do. As both the sides moved down, Sabe could hear the wind rushing by them.

With as little as he was, Master Yoda had managed to keep a firm footing on the ship. When we got close enough to get a clear shot on the droids the troops knew when and what to do. We managed to pick off a few of them without hitting any of the Jedi Masters. When we landed, Master Yoda and I (along with a couple other officers) climbed up to a higher part of the arena. By now it was an all-out war. I looked down into the floor and saw Obi-Wan. I turned my attention across the arena. Behind an overturned chariot came two people - a man and woman. They were both young and the woman looked slightly injured. I used my binoculars to get a closer look . . .

*Where have I seen them before? Why do they look so familiar?* Sabe focused in on the woman. She had brown hair, brown eyes, high cheekbones; she was really pretty. She looked almost like Sabe . . . *No way! That can't be Padme! If that's her, then the man with her must be . . .*

My heart skipped a beat when I realized who the man with Padme was. Anakin. Young Anakin Skywalker, the 9-year-old slave who we had rescued from Tatooine ten years earlier. He had grown up to be quite a good-looking man! I will be honest . . . I was half-tempted to leave Obi-Wan right then and there and go after him. However, I quietly reprimanded myself and ordered the trooper next to me to alert me if and when they left the arena. I didn't have to wait long . . . they boarded the transport we had come in on.

Sabe had her attention focused on the troops and how they were performing in the battle. "They're wonderful," she said to herself. "Just how they should be. The Republic is going to be well-defended . . ." She turned her attention upwards and saw the Jedi Master Mace Windu up on a ledge, talking to two men - one of them being Jango. "Commander," she heard through her headset. "The three people have boarded a transport . . ." At the same time, she noticed one take off and leave the arena, flying over the battle which had moved out of the arena.

Things quickly turned in the midst of the battle. I saw that Jango was decapitated . . . poor Boba saw the whole thing. The troopers were taking down the droids one-by-one. This made me extremely happy - witnessing their first winning battle. This happened so fast, and I saw that after this all happened that Obi-Wan, Padme, and Anakin had arrived at a mountain stationed in the distance. Master Yoda had disappeared sometime during the course of the battle (I would later find out that he had gotten to the same mountain). I gathered a small legion of troops. My legion and I headed as quickly as we could to aid my friends . . .

Next up: the end of the Battle of Geonosis

Sorry this is so short, everyone! LOL - I'll get the next chapter up depending on when school allows me too. So, as of right now, enjoy and please R & R!!!