CHAPTER IV
FIRST LEAP

At 17:00 hours, Kaldo and Perit walked to the Jedi Temple's hangar bay and went to the ship they assumed was Shaina's, since she was standing right in front of it. It was saucer shaped, and it had two cockpits- one for piloting and one for gunning. There were also two cannons at the side of the ship, and the whole entire ship was colored red.

"Welcome to the Archangel", said Shaina.

"Doesn't look that angelic, does it?" commented Perit. Kaldo then elbowed Perit for saying that, but Shaina laughed. "You are the first person who has said that to me", said Shaina. "Well, it's true. That's why I named it the Archangel. Now, everyone get in." A ladder then rolled out and everyone climbed it. It took them to the living area, which Perit thought looked a lot better than the outside of the ship. It had four bunks to sleep on, a bathroom, and a table to play holochess. "This is the living area. This is where you guys will stay the whole flight. I'll be in the flying cockpit. No one go in there unless I say so. Okay?" The Jedi then acknowledged her and then Shaina took off.

"What about ground control?" asked Perit. "Why don't you acknowledge them?"

"I always ignore them", said Shaina. "I never get in trouble. If they have a problem, Yodo will tell them it's part of the mission. Now shut up and let me concentrate." She then closed the door to her cockpit so that the Jedi couldn't talk to or see her. There wasn't even a window.

"Well, here we go", thought Perit. Shaina then took them to hyperspace, which was the last trip they would ever take.

"Perit, wake up!" yelled Shaina. Perit then jumped up and looked around. He saw Kaldo looking out the cockpit window. "It's Naboo, the most beautiful planet in the galaxy. Take a good look at it. After that big ship attack, it's been ugly on the surface. Excuse me. I've got to pilot." Then she went to the cockpit and piloted. Perit then looked out the window and saw Naboo. It was a beautiful sight to see. But as they got closer and closer, they could see all the destruction that the big Sith ship did. Forests were burned to a crisp. Statues were beheaded. And that made Perit more and more mad. But he just used a Jedi calming technique to take his anger away. Then ship then landed in a forest right near a cave, and the Jedi then got out. They then walked about a few blocks when Shaina stopped.

"He should be around... oh my god", said Shaina. Perit and Kaldo didn't know what she was talking about until they turned their heads and saw what was the big commotion. Her Gungan contact didn't have his head. Shaina was about to cry when she remembered her Jedi training, so she calmed down. For a second, Kaldo got happy when he saw the beheaded Gungan.

"No", thought Kaldo. "That was a sick thought. I should not think like that. There is no emotion. There is peace". But then a blaster bolt sizzled past his head and everyone activated their lightsabers. They turned around and saw the man in black and brown armor and his customized battle droids all aiming their blasters at them.

"May the Force be with you, Jedi", said the man. He then signaled the droids to attack and they fired. The Jedi deflected the blasts and then charged at the droids. Kaldo and Shaina went strait for the droids, but Perit charged head on at the man.

"Perit, no!" yelled Kaldo, but a droid knocked him down, so he beheaded the droid, threw the body at another droid and got up and chopped another. Shaina was chopping droids with ease, as if she was born with that skill. She chopped, chopped, deflected, chopped, and chopped. That was her style. While they were doing that, Perit charged at the man. The man activated a red lightsaber and swung it at Perit, but Perit deflected it. They then dueled with the lightsabers for a long time. Deflect, deflect, swing, swing, twirl, deflect, chop, chop, deflect, and then, the duel ended. A Sith fighter swung overhead, launched a torpedo at them, and it hit the cave. It caused a huge cloud of smoke and it made the Jedi fall. When they got up, they saw the man's ship (which was a customized Sith fighter) take off.

"After the ship!" yelled Kaldo. They then ran as fast as they could to the Archangel, and then they took off.

"Kaldo", yelled Shaina, "man the turrets." Kaldo then ran to the turret cockpit and Perit stood to watch. As they caught up with it, they started firing. The man took action and started shooting at them with his aft torpedo launcher. Each time a torpedo hit, the ship shock madly. They kept firing until they reached one of Naboo's moons.

"One more hit and we're dead", said Shaina. Then, the man's ship lit up and a huge purple portal lit up. The man's ship went inside.

"Follow the ship", yelled Kaldo. Shaina followed the orders and went inside. Then, the portal closed, and for a minute, the whole world was purple. Then they were launched out of the portal and they were above Geonosis in 22 B.B.Y (Before the Battle of Yavin), during the attack of the clones.