Title: Strength over fear
Author: ewan's girl
*Author's note: I'm so sorry again for the delay in updating, I have been so incredibly busy at work I haven't even had a chance to really breath let alone write. I spent my only day off writing this chapter so I hope you do me the favor and review. To answer some of the questions in some of the reviews (that I can remember). . .yes, this story does have a sequal, originally I wrote a story called "The Purge" and this is actually a prequal to that story. Thank you for the reviews everyone!
*Chapter 27:
"This is taking too long." Obi Wan rose to his feet for the umpteenth time that hour and began to pace the floor.
"Patience you must have." Yoda exclaimed to him. "Needlessly waisting energy you are, help them it will not."
Obi Wan stopped and looked at the small Jedi master and sat down on the couch with a sigh. The two Jedi sat in silence for a moment, both taking in their own emotions and casting it into the Force. "Can I ask you a question master?" Obi Wan ventured after a moment.
Yoda turned his yellow eyes towards his student. "What help can I be Obi Wan?"
Obi Wan ignored the use of his Jedi name, Yoda refused to call him Ben. "How were you able to cast your feelings into the Force after you learned of Dooku's turning?" The ginger haired master swallowed his emotions as the memories surfaced of his own fallen student.
Yoda closed his eyes and sighed a deep sigh, not able to answer Obi Wan.
Obi Wan continued, kneeling before Yoda. "How were you able to teach another lesson, go on another mission, call yourself a master after you failed your student, causing so many to suffer?" He then found himself unable to hold back his grief any longer, he searched the room first to make sure no one else was present to see him break down. His shoulders shook with silent sobs, and tears ran freely down his cheeks, catching in his beard.
Yoda slowly dropped off the stool his was sitting on and hobbled over to the younger, grief stricken man. He stretched out his arm, touching the top of Obi Wan's head with his clawed hand. Obi Wan looked up at the great Jedi, ashamed for letting his emotions get the best of him. "Faith in the Force you must have." Yoda softly stated. "Just as faith in you the Force will return."
Obi Wan nodded in response, then quickly rose to his feet, taking three deep breaths to calm himself. He slowly began to pace the floor after another moment. Yoda repositioned himself on the stool. "They should be back by now." Obi Wan stated under his breath. "I shouldn't have sent them, it was too dangerous." He stared out the apartment window. "Why didn't I go?"
"Because you are horrible at disguises." A female voice interupted his brooding.
Obi Wan relaxed his features. "Siri." He walked up to her, taking her hands in his. "Well?"
Siri shook her head at his overprotectivness and sat down on the couch, adjusting the skin tight mini dress she was wearing. "Everything is set." She stated. "We've aquired a ship and supplies, thanks to Dex." She motioned to the large alien that had just entered the room.
"I'll tell you Obi Wan, everyone was really interested in my new waitress." Dex exclaimed, motioning to Siri, who rolled her eyes.
"Discovered you were not?" Yoda asked.
"No master, I was not." Siri answered. "Atleast not to my knowledge."
An uneasy silence fell upon the room, until Obi Wan could take no more. "The sooner we get off this planet the better."
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Dex and Siri carefully led the small group of Jedi to one of the lower landing platforms that was usually reserved for the poor and desolute as well as the scum of the planet. They went to the last docking bay where Dex and Siri showed them a strangley shaped ship, round and flat, almost disk like. Obi Wan and Ferus gave each other a look, not sure if they should've sent Siri out to buy the sip.
"What is this?" Obi Wan whispered in Siri's ear as the children were taken up the ramp of the ship.
"It's a new design, suppose to be very fast." Siri stated, matter of factly. She noticed Obi Wan giving the ship an almost disgusted look. "They call her the Falcon, the man who designed her was very proud of it."
Obi Wan looked at Siri, then back at the ship. "All I care about is weather of not she'll even get off the ground."
"It is an interesting ship master." Ferus spoke up.
Siri huffed. "You know what? Next time one of you can wear that god aweful blue dress and then you can pick out your own damn ship." Obi Wan smiled, picked up a bag of supplies and carried it up the ramp, followed by Ferus.
Dex walked up behind Siri. "Here." He handed Siri a bag full of credits. "You need these more than I."
Siri shook her head. "No Dex, you've done too much for us as it is." She tried to give the bag back.
"Call it a wedding gift." Dex winked.
Siri was caught off guard, she cleared her throat. "What?" She then looked back and noticed Obi Wan was returning down the ramp.
Dex smiled and waved at Obi Wan. "I hate to leave so suddenly, but we need to go." Obi Wan stated.
"I know." Siri softly said, looking up at Dex.
Dex leaned in and wisphered in her ear. "Take care of him for me."
Siri smiled. "You have my word." She then leaned in and kissed his cheek. She turned back towards the ship, heading up the ramp. "I'll start the engines." She said to Obi Wan as she past him.
Obi Wan stood in front of Dex, unsure what to say. "Dex." Suddenly Dex took the human in his arms, squeezing him tightly. "Dex, I can't breath."
Dex let go, laughing. "I'll. . .um. . .I'll see you around." Dex was too unsure what to say.
Obi Wan nodded, although he knew better. "Thank you Dex, you will forever be heald high in the minds of the Jedi."
"You know I don't need any of that fancy stuff kid, just doing what friends should do." Dex said with a smile.
Obi Wan smiled back and the two friends embraced one last time before Obi Wan turned to the ship that would take the Jedi off Courascant.
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Siri started up the engines and Ferus posistioned himself in the copilots seat, he glanced at his former master as she familiarized herself with the controls.
"You sure you can even fly this master?" Ferus asked hesitantly.
Siri cursed under her breath as she once again couldn't get the engine to turn over. "No problem, it'll work." She smiled when the lights on the console came on, her smile faded when they quickly turned back off. "Come on baby work." She muttered under her breath.
Obi Wan burst into the cock pit, and took a seat behind Siri. "How we doing?" He asked.
"Could be better." Ferus admitted, trying different switches.
"Would it help if I got out and pushed?" Obi Wan asked.
Siri turned back to him, giving him a hard stare. "It might."
Finally as if on cue the ship roared to life, Siri didn't hide her smug smile as she began to lift off. The strange ship rose higher into the air lanes of the city, waiting to gain access to leave the atmosphere. All seemed to be going smoothly, until Siri noticed a familiar style ship behind them.
"I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but. . ." She stated.
"We're being followed." Obi Wan finished for her. "How many of them?"
"Just one at the moment." She kept an eye on the radar. "The must've traced us to. . .Dex." She turned back to Obi Wan, her face concerned. "Should we go back?" She asked.
Obi Wan closed his eyes for a moment. "There was nothing we could've done." He admitted sadly. "Our duty lies to those children back there, just get us out of here."
"Once we get into orbit, I'll be able to get us into lightspeed." Siri stated. "For now, I just have to out run them."
"Do you think you can do that?" Obi Wan asked.
"Unless your former apprentice is in that ship. . ." She stated, then looked back at Obi Wan. "He's not is he?" She asked, worriedly.
Ferus looked at the two masters with a confused look. "What?" He asked.
"No, he's not." Obi Wan answered softly.
Siri nodded and returned her attention on flying. "Hang on."
She then forced the ship into a sharp dive, cutting off several speeders that had the right of way, Ferus and Obi Wan were forced to hold on as Siri took the ship into another sharp turn.
"Ferus, perhaps you should make sure the others are safely strapped in." Obi Wan suggested, and Ferus headed for the back, trying to keep his balance. Obi Wan moved to the co pilots seat just as Siri buzzed past the side of a building. "Have I mentioned that I hate flying?" He asked, pulling the seat belt across his chest.
"Repeatedly; now if you aren't going to help then just sit there quietly and look pretty." Siri exclaimed, pulling back on the stick, causing the ship to fly up the side of a tall sky scraper. "I'll tell you this baby handles pretty remarkably."
Obi Wan nodded, looking at the radar. "Yes, and so does a tie fighter, and you have two more of them on your tail now."
Siri shot him a frustrated look then searched the view in front of her for an escape. "Alright, I need a plan." She stated under her breath, cutting in and out of traffic.
"Quickly would be good." Obi Wan offered. Siri called upon the Force and closed her eyes, searching it for guidance. Obi Wan looked down at the radar again. "There's four of them now." He then looked at Siri, noticing her eyes were closed and she was still flying at full speed in and out of traffic. "Siri?" Obi Wan asked, tightening his grip on the sides of his chair.
"Your eyes can decieve you." She reminded him.
Obi Wan nodded and noticed they were flying percariously close to a large freighter, although he trusted Siri and most importantly the Force he began to grow nervous. "Siri?" He tried to get her attention, he then watched the ship come in very close contact to the freighter. "Siri!"
Her eyes suddenly snapped open and Siri pulled the ship up quickly, grazing the side of the cargo ship, one of their pursuers crashed into the side of the freighter. Siri then pushed the ship down, causing it to dive through traffic, and she aimed it for two buildings. "Here we go." She muttered under her breath.
Obi Wan looked at her, then looked at the buildings. "Some days I really wonder why I love you." He stated, calling on the Force to calm his nerves.
Siri blew him a kiss and then returned her focus on her flying, she took the ship straight up to the two buildings then at the last second she turned the disk shaped ship on it's side, squeezing it between the two structures. The Falcon shuddered as it scraped the sides of the buildings. Obi Wan looked at the radar and noticed one of the Tie fighters lose both it's wings and crash to the lower levels, another crashed into the side of one of the buildings. Obi Wan swallowed hard as he watched the last fighter take off over the buildings.
"What is it?" Siri asked, feeling his tension through the Force.
"We still have one on our tail." He replied to her softly.
Siri looked at him and noticed the look on his face. "Let me guess." She sighed.
Obi Wan looked at her and nodded. "I'm afraid so."
Siri turned her attention back on the task at hand, focusing solely on the Force. She then turned the ship right side up as she cleared the two buildings, searching for the final Tie fighter through the Force. "Where is he?" She asked after a moment.
"I'm not sure, he was very gifted. . .is very gifted at hiding his presence." Obi Wan stated.
Siri nodded and pushed the ship as fast as it would go up through the atmosphere to get into orbit, when suddenly a Tie fighter came at them from out of no where. "Ben, sheilds!" Siri screamed as blaster fire pounded the side of the ship, Obi Wan turned and flipped a switch and the foreward sheilds rose to life. Siri then pushed the ship to it's breaking speed, passing into open space. "Prepare to make the jump to light speed."
Obi Wan jumped to his feet, flicking switches when he felt the warning through the Force. "I think our chances of light speed have just deminished." He stated, pointing out of cock pit window.
Siri looked back from the navi computer and noticed three super star destroyers blocking their way. "A blockade." She stated, and pulled the ship back. Suddenly shots came at them from behind, causing the Falcon to rock, Siri looked over at Obi Wan and both Jedi tried to prepare themselves for the worst. Obi Wan came up behind Siri, placing his hands on her shoulders, they then found themselves surrounded by Tie fighters.
Suddenly out of no where blaster fire rained down on the Tie fighters and several strange, sleek fighters raced into view, taking out Imperial fighters. Obi Wan and Siri stared at the sight in disbelief when a voice came in over the console.
"General? General Kenobi?"
Obi Wan moved to the radio. "Bail?" He asked in surprise. "Is that you?"
"Glad we found you, I'm sending you some coordinates, get the Jedi out of here." Bail exclaimed excitedly. "Protect the Jedi." Bail exclaimed to the rest of the rebel pilots. "Once they've made the jump to light speed everyone get out of there."
Siri inputed the coordinates and turned the ship sharply, ducking between two star destroyers and quickly disapeared in a blur. Bail quickly turned his X wing around, trying to work out an escape of his own. "Rally to me red squadren. . .to me!" Suddenly a lone Tie fighter swooped in front of him, clipping his wing, causing him to spin in mid air. Bail regained control of his fighter and saw the Tie fighter heading for him again, Bail felt himself sweating, he feared his end was near.
Another X wing quickly cut off the Tie fighter and a man's voice rang over Bail's comlink. "Get out of here your highness."
Bail hesitated, but quickly turned his ship and led the rest of the Rebels into light speed.
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Siri landed the ship in the large hanger and the Jedi descended the ramp one by one, Obi Wan and Siri brought up the rear. They glanced around the hanger and marvelled at the amount of weapons and fighters that were present. Obi Wan then noticed a brunette woman pushing her way through the gathering crowd, racing towards them, he turned towards her and she almost knocked him down as she jumped into his arms.
He returned the embrace. "Padme." He whispered under his breath into her hair.
"I saw the Temple on the holonews, I feared the worst." She stated, wrapping her arms around him tighter, she then looked past his shoulders and noticed Siri staring at them, shifting her weight. Padme let go of Obi Wan quickly. " So few Jedi, this can't be all that is left." She exclaimed as she stared at the remaining Jedi, her voice catching in her throat.
Obi Wan hung his head, and looked back at the group of Jedi. "I'm afraid so." He locked eyes with Yoda for a moment, then turned back to Padme. "I need to speak with you Padme." He exclaimed, his eyes searching hers. "There is something you should know, and it is not going to be easy for you to hear."
"What is it?" She asked, worried.
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TBC: Ok, I really don't know how good this chapter turned out, I'm not entirely pleased with it, but I'm so exhausted I can't come up with anything better, please let me know what you think.
Author: ewan's girl
*Author's note: I'm so sorry again for the delay in updating, I have been so incredibly busy at work I haven't even had a chance to really breath let alone write. I spent my only day off writing this chapter so I hope you do me the favor and review. To answer some of the questions in some of the reviews (that I can remember). . .yes, this story does have a sequal, originally I wrote a story called "The Purge" and this is actually a prequal to that story. Thank you for the reviews everyone!
*Chapter 27:
"This is taking too long." Obi Wan rose to his feet for the umpteenth time that hour and began to pace the floor.
"Patience you must have." Yoda exclaimed to him. "Needlessly waisting energy you are, help them it will not."
Obi Wan stopped and looked at the small Jedi master and sat down on the couch with a sigh. The two Jedi sat in silence for a moment, both taking in their own emotions and casting it into the Force. "Can I ask you a question master?" Obi Wan ventured after a moment.
Yoda turned his yellow eyes towards his student. "What help can I be Obi Wan?"
Obi Wan ignored the use of his Jedi name, Yoda refused to call him Ben. "How were you able to cast your feelings into the Force after you learned of Dooku's turning?" The ginger haired master swallowed his emotions as the memories surfaced of his own fallen student.
Yoda closed his eyes and sighed a deep sigh, not able to answer Obi Wan.
Obi Wan continued, kneeling before Yoda. "How were you able to teach another lesson, go on another mission, call yourself a master after you failed your student, causing so many to suffer?" He then found himself unable to hold back his grief any longer, he searched the room first to make sure no one else was present to see him break down. His shoulders shook with silent sobs, and tears ran freely down his cheeks, catching in his beard.
Yoda slowly dropped off the stool his was sitting on and hobbled over to the younger, grief stricken man. He stretched out his arm, touching the top of Obi Wan's head with his clawed hand. Obi Wan looked up at the great Jedi, ashamed for letting his emotions get the best of him. "Faith in the Force you must have." Yoda softly stated. "Just as faith in you the Force will return."
Obi Wan nodded in response, then quickly rose to his feet, taking three deep breaths to calm himself. He slowly began to pace the floor after another moment. Yoda repositioned himself on the stool. "They should be back by now." Obi Wan stated under his breath. "I shouldn't have sent them, it was too dangerous." He stared out the apartment window. "Why didn't I go?"
"Because you are horrible at disguises." A female voice interupted his brooding.
Obi Wan relaxed his features. "Siri." He walked up to her, taking her hands in his. "Well?"
Siri shook her head at his overprotectivness and sat down on the couch, adjusting the skin tight mini dress she was wearing. "Everything is set." She stated. "We've aquired a ship and supplies, thanks to Dex." She motioned to the large alien that had just entered the room.
"I'll tell you Obi Wan, everyone was really interested in my new waitress." Dex exclaimed, motioning to Siri, who rolled her eyes.
"Discovered you were not?" Yoda asked.
"No master, I was not." Siri answered. "Atleast not to my knowledge."
An uneasy silence fell upon the room, until Obi Wan could take no more. "The sooner we get off this planet the better."
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Dex and Siri carefully led the small group of Jedi to one of the lower landing platforms that was usually reserved for the poor and desolute as well as the scum of the planet. They went to the last docking bay where Dex and Siri showed them a strangley shaped ship, round and flat, almost disk like. Obi Wan and Ferus gave each other a look, not sure if they should've sent Siri out to buy the sip.
"What is this?" Obi Wan whispered in Siri's ear as the children were taken up the ramp of the ship.
"It's a new design, suppose to be very fast." Siri stated, matter of factly. She noticed Obi Wan giving the ship an almost disgusted look. "They call her the Falcon, the man who designed her was very proud of it."
Obi Wan looked at Siri, then back at the ship. "All I care about is weather of not she'll even get off the ground."
"It is an interesting ship master." Ferus spoke up.
Siri huffed. "You know what? Next time one of you can wear that god aweful blue dress and then you can pick out your own damn ship." Obi Wan smiled, picked up a bag of supplies and carried it up the ramp, followed by Ferus.
Dex walked up behind Siri. "Here." He handed Siri a bag full of credits. "You need these more than I."
Siri shook her head. "No Dex, you've done too much for us as it is." She tried to give the bag back.
"Call it a wedding gift." Dex winked.
Siri was caught off guard, she cleared her throat. "What?" She then looked back and noticed Obi Wan was returning down the ramp.
Dex smiled and waved at Obi Wan. "I hate to leave so suddenly, but we need to go." Obi Wan stated.
"I know." Siri softly said, looking up at Dex.
Dex leaned in and wisphered in her ear. "Take care of him for me."
Siri smiled. "You have my word." She then leaned in and kissed his cheek. She turned back towards the ship, heading up the ramp. "I'll start the engines." She said to Obi Wan as she past him.
Obi Wan stood in front of Dex, unsure what to say. "Dex." Suddenly Dex took the human in his arms, squeezing him tightly. "Dex, I can't breath."
Dex let go, laughing. "I'll. . .um. . .I'll see you around." Dex was too unsure what to say.
Obi Wan nodded, although he knew better. "Thank you Dex, you will forever be heald high in the minds of the Jedi."
"You know I don't need any of that fancy stuff kid, just doing what friends should do." Dex said with a smile.
Obi Wan smiled back and the two friends embraced one last time before Obi Wan turned to the ship that would take the Jedi off Courascant.
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Siri started up the engines and Ferus posistioned himself in the copilots seat, he glanced at his former master as she familiarized herself with the controls.
"You sure you can even fly this master?" Ferus asked hesitantly.
Siri cursed under her breath as she once again couldn't get the engine to turn over. "No problem, it'll work." She smiled when the lights on the console came on, her smile faded when they quickly turned back off. "Come on baby work." She muttered under her breath.
Obi Wan burst into the cock pit, and took a seat behind Siri. "How we doing?" He asked.
"Could be better." Ferus admitted, trying different switches.
"Would it help if I got out and pushed?" Obi Wan asked.
Siri turned back to him, giving him a hard stare. "It might."
Finally as if on cue the ship roared to life, Siri didn't hide her smug smile as she began to lift off. The strange ship rose higher into the air lanes of the city, waiting to gain access to leave the atmosphere. All seemed to be going smoothly, until Siri noticed a familiar style ship behind them.
"I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but. . ." She stated.
"We're being followed." Obi Wan finished for her. "How many of them?"
"Just one at the moment." She kept an eye on the radar. "The must've traced us to. . .Dex." She turned back to Obi Wan, her face concerned. "Should we go back?" She asked.
Obi Wan closed his eyes for a moment. "There was nothing we could've done." He admitted sadly. "Our duty lies to those children back there, just get us out of here."
"Once we get into orbit, I'll be able to get us into lightspeed." Siri stated. "For now, I just have to out run them."
"Do you think you can do that?" Obi Wan asked.
"Unless your former apprentice is in that ship. . ." She stated, then looked back at Obi Wan. "He's not is he?" She asked, worriedly.
Ferus looked at the two masters with a confused look. "What?" He asked.
"No, he's not." Obi Wan answered softly.
Siri nodded and returned her attention on flying. "Hang on."
She then forced the ship into a sharp dive, cutting off several speeders that had the right of way, Ferus and Obi Wan were forced to hold on as Siri took the ship into another sharp turn.
"Ferus, perhaps you should make sure the others are safely strapped in." Obi Wan suggested, and Ferus headed for the back, trying to keep his balance. Obi Wan moved to the co pilots seat just as Siri buzzed past the side of a building. "Have I mentioned that I hate flying?" He asked, pulling the seat belt across his chest.
"Repeatedly; now if you aren't going to help then just sit there quietly and look pretty." Siri exclaimed, pulling back on the stick, causing the ship to fly up the side of a tall sky scraper. "I'll tell you this baby handles pretty remarkably."
Obi Wan nodded, looking at the radar. "Yes, and so does a tie fighter, and you have two more of them on your tail now."
Siri shot him a frustrated look then searched the view in front of her for an escape. "Alright, I need a plan." She stated under her breath, cutting in and out of traffic.
"Quickly would be good." Obi Wan offered. Siri called upon the Force and closed her eyes, searching it for guidance. Obi Wan looked down at the radar again. "There's four of them now." He then looked at Siri, noticing her eyes were closed and she was still flying at full speed in and out of traffic. "Siri?" Obi Wan asked, tightening his grip on the sides of his chair.
"Your eyes can decieve you." She reminded him.
Obi Wan nodded and noticed they were flying percariously close to a large freighter, although he trusted Siri and most importantly the Force he began to grow nervous. "Siri?" He tried to get her attention, he then watched the ship come in very close contact to the freighter. "Siri!"
Her eyes suddenly snapped open and Siri pulled the ship up quickly, grazing the side of the cargo ship, one of their pursuers crashed into the side of the freighter. Siri then pushed the ship down, causing it to dive through traffic, and she aimed it for two buildings. "Here we go." She muttered under her breath.
Obi Wan looked at her, then looked at the buildings. "Some days I really wonder why I love you." He stated, calling on the Force to calm his nerves.
Siri blew him a kiss and then returned her focus on her flying, she took the ship straight up to the two buildings then at the last second she turned the disk shaped ship on it's side, squeezing it between the two structures. The Falcon shuddered as it scraped the sides of the buildings. Obi Wan looked at the radar and noticed one of the Tie fighters lose both it's wings and crash to the lower levels, another crashed into the side of one of the buildings. Obi Wan swallowed hard as he watched the last fighter take off over the buildings.
"What is it?" Siri asked, feeling his tension through the Force.
"We still have one on our tail." He replied to her softly.
Siri looked at him and noticed the look on his face. "Let me guess." She sighed.
Obi Wan looked at her and nodded. "I'm afraid so."
Siri turned her attention back on the task at hand, focusing solely on the Force. She then turned the ship right side up as she cleared the two buildings, searching for the final Tie fighter through the Force. "Where is he?" She asked after a moment.
"I'm not sure, he was very gifted. . .is very gifted at hiding his presence." Obi Wan stated.
Siri nodded and pushed the ship as fast as it would go up through the atmosphere to get into orbit, when suddenly a Tie fighter came at them from out of no where. "Ben, sheilds!" Siri screamed as blaster fire pounded the side of the ship, Obi Wan turned and flipped a switch and the foreward sheilds rose to life. Siri then pushed the ship to it's breaking speed, passing into open space. "Prepare to make the jump to light speed."
Obi Wan jumped to his feet, flicking switches when he felt the warning through the Force. "I think our chances of light speed have just deminished." He stated, pointing out of cock pit window.
Siri looked back from the navi computer and noticed three super star destroyers blocking their way. "A blockade." She stated, and pulled the ship back. Suddenly shots came at them from behind, causing the Falcon to rock, Siri looked over at Obi Wan and both Jedi tried to prepare themselves for the worst. Obi Wan came up behind Siri, placing his hands on her shoulders, they then found themselves surrounded by Tie fighters.
Suddenly out of no where blaster fire rained down on the Tie fighters and several strange, sleek fighters raced into view, taking out Imperial fighters. Obi Wan and Siri stared at the sight in disbelief when a voice came in over the console.
"General? General Kenobi?"
Obi Wan moved to the radio. "Bail?" He asked in surprise. "Is that you?"
"Glad we found you, I'm sending you some coordinates, get the Jedi out of here." Bail exclaimed excitedly. "Protect the Jedi." Bail exclaimed to the rest of the rebel pilots. "Once they've made the jump to light speed everyone get out of there."
Siri inputed the coordinates and turned the ship sharply, ducking between two star destroyers and quickly disapeared in a blur. Bail quickly turned his X wing around, trying to work out an escape of his own. "Rally to me red squadren. . .to me!" Suddenly a lone Tie fighter swooped in front of him, clipping his wing, causing him to spin in mid air. Bail regained control of his fighter and saw the Tie fighter heading for him again, Bail felt himself sweating, he feared his end was near.
Another X wing quickly cut off the Tie fighter and a man's voice rang over Bail's comlink. "Get out of here your highness."
Bail hesitated, but quickly turned his ship and led the rest of the Rebels into light speed.
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Siri landed the ship in the large hanger and the Jedi descended the ramp one by one, Obi Wan and Siri brought up the rear. They glanced around the hanger and marvelled at the amount of weapons and fighters that were present. Obi Wan then noticed a brunette woman pushing her way through the gathering crowd, racing towards them, he turned towards her and she almost knocked him down as she jumped into his arms.
He returned the embrace. "Padme." He whispered under his breath into her hair.
"I saw the Temple on the holonews, I feared the worst." She stated, wrapping her arms around him tighter, she then looked past his shoulders and noticed Siri staring at them, shifting her weight. Padme let go of Obi Wan quickly. " So few Jedi, this can't be all that is left." She exclaimed as she stared at the remaining Jedi, her voice catching in her throat.
Obi Wan hung his head, and looked back at the group of Jedi. "I'm afraid so." He locked eyes with Yoda for a moment, then turned back to Padme. "I need to speak with you Padme." He exclaimed, his eyes searching hers. "There is something you should know, and it is not going to be easy for you to hear."
"What is it?" She asked, worried.
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TBC: Ok, I really don't know how good this chapter turned out, I'm not entirely pleased with it, but I'm so exhausted I can't come up with anything better, please let me know what you think.