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To Rachael : aww thank you! I'm sure your story will be awsome!
Chapter 2
Big Fat Discoveries
By Belle of the Known Universe
The atmosphere aboard the Trade battleship was bordering on chaotic. Droids raced towards the main boarding portal closely followed by a regiment of clones, a yellow mark on their helmets was the only difference between them and those of the republic otherwise they were identical...literally.
The suspense in the corridor mounted as various bangs and shouts could be heard on the other side of the door, just inches thick. Suddenly in a blaze of fire and rubble the door was blown open and all hell broke loose. The droids fell almost instantaneously their mechanics were no mach for the firepower being thrown at them by Anakin's troops. Those clones who had survived the initial attack fled for their lives pausing only to fire a few shots back at their pursuers.
Meanwhile on Corucant, the Senate had just adjourned after another frustrating day of fruitless debating. Senator Padme Amidala Skywalker (although she kept that last part to herself) was trying to make her way to the elevator underneath the huge pile of notes she was carrying. Thankfully she was rescued by her oldest friend Bail Organa who was considerably taller than her making it easier to see over the massive pile.
"Hey there" he greeted warmly, a wide grin gracing his face. 'Not as handsome as Anakin's' Padme pondered to herself as she took in Bail's relaxed appearance with incredulousness. She herself was wound as tight as a loaded spring after the day she had just had. Pushing those thoughts aside she focused on her friend. "Hi Bail." She greeted in turn, searching for something to say to him when all she wanted to do was go back to her quarters and rest. "Umm, so how do you think we're doing in there?" Naboo and Alderran were both on the humanitarian side of this quarrel, opposing using the clones to fight for them when already they'd had half their lives stolen from them. Bail sighed "I have no idea Padme, I've never known a debate to go on this long before." "I suppose we will have to keep faith in democracy, otherwise we will lose it." Padme stated, echoing the words spoken so many times before in situations such as these. Apon reflection, she decided that they had little meaning, they were just another way of saying 'wait and see what happens and just go along with it'. Bail just nodded, obviously in deep thought and the pair continued towards the elevators in silence.
Deep within the Trade Federation ship, Nute Gunray was frantically preparing his ship for launch. There was no way he was going to Corucant to face trial. As he loaded his shuttle he could hear the shouts and blaster fire getting closer and closer. So after entering a few frantic commands into the computer he started take off procedures, making sure to activate the navigational sensors. He'd need all the help he could get to get out of here alive.
"What have you found?" Obi-Wan asked the crewmember that had just hailed him. "Look," he replied excited pointing to a small blip on the sensor screen "Gunray's trying to escape." "What on earth is he thinking trying to get away like that?" Obi-Wan exclaimed surprised. "Activate the tractor beam and pull him in." "I can't sir, he's got some kind of deflecting technology in his shield generators that's blocking my attempts." The crewman replied. "Damn! And we can't disable him from here our guns would destroy him. Perhaps Anakin can from the Trade Federation ship." He said striding over to his communicator. (AN: whatever those little hologram thingies are called) When he saw his old padawans form he immediately launched into his story only to be cut off. "Yes Obi-Wan I already know" Anakin told him. A small gash on his forehead from the fight. "Well can you disable him from over there?" he asked glancing at the console seeing that Gunray had not yet jumped to hyperspace. "No, we knocked out the weapons on this ship in our initial attack, it will take several hours to fix them. But don't worry, I have a better idea." He said immediately cutting the transmission before Obi-Wan could ask him to elaborate. "The elder Jedi just sighed and went back to watching the sensor pad hoping Anakin knew what he was doing.
Anakin raced through the ship towards the docking bay, dodging weapons fire along the way from the still raging battle. He knew that if he could just clip the wing of Gunrays ship in exactly the right place it would send him into a spin making the ship unstable causing the hyperdrive to go offline. Thus becoming easy prey for the republic cruiser. But first he needed a ship with firepower small enough to do so without blowing the ship up.
Using the force to guide him he soon found the docking bay, jumped into a small shuttle and sped after the most wanted Niemodian in the galaxy. Well aware that Obi-Wan would consider this a very reckless and move. He was sure Gunray was armed as well and probably more so than Anakin. But he would also be panicked and as such clumsy making it much easier for Anakin to bend the situation to his will.
When the pair of senators reached the floor Padme was staying on, she noticed Bail starting to smirk at her and looking over her short frame. "What?" she demanded. "Oh nothing," he replied with a tone suggesting nothing of the sort. "I was just thinking how little exercise we senators are getting these days. How easy it would be to do a little belt loosening. He smirked at her once more and set off swaggering down the hall leaving his companion seething with rage.
Padme stormed into her apartment on the verge of tears throwing off her thick flowing cloak as she went. She stood before her full-length mirror confirming the image she had seen many times before. Letting out a little cry of frustration she kicked her bed. "He's noticed" she muttered to her self, looking again in the mirror at her round, heavily pregnant stomach.
AN: hello peoples I hope you enjoyed that chapter, Any reviews or suggestions are welcome, I hope to have the next chapter up soon. May the force be with you. Belle of the Known Universe
To Rachael : aww thank you! I'm sure your story will be awsome!
Chapter 2
Big Fat Discoveries
By Belle of the Known Universe
The atmosphere aboard the Trade battleship was bordering on chaotic. Droids raced towards the main boarding portal closely followed by a regiment of clones, a yellow mark on their helmets was the only difference between them and those of the republic otherwise they were identical...literally.
The suspense in the corridor mounted as various bangs and shouts could be heard on the other side of the door, just inches thick. Suddenly in a blaze of fire and rubble the door was blown open and all hell broke loose. The droids fell almost instantaneously their mechanics were no mach for the firepower being thrown at them by Anakin's troops. Those clones who had survived the initial attack fled for their lives pausing only to fire a few shots back at their pursuers.
Meanwhile on Corucant, the Senate had just adjourned after another frustrating day of fruitless debating. Senator Padme Amidala Skywalker (although she kept that last part to herself) was trying to make her way to the elevator underneath the huge pile of notes she was carrying. Thankfully she was rescued by her oldest friend Bail Organa who was considerably taller than her making it easier to see over the massive pile.
"Hey there" he greeted warmly, a wide grin gracing his face. 'Not as handsome as Anakin's' Padme pondered to herself as she took in Bail's relaxed appearance with incredulousness. She herself was wound as tight as a loaded spring after the day she had just had. Pushing those thoughts aside she focused on her friend. "Hi Bail." She greeted in turn, searching for something to say to him when all she wanted to do was go back to her quarters and rest. "Umm, so how do you think we're doing in there?" Naboo and Alderran were both on the humanitarian side of this quarrel, opposing using the clones to fight for them when already they'd had half their lives stolen from them. Bail sighed "I have no idea Padme, I've never known a debate to go on this long before." "I suppose we will have to keep faith in democracy, otherwise we will lose it." Padme stated, echoing the words spoken so many times before in situations such as these. Apon reflection, she decided that they had little meaning, they were just another way of saying 'wait and see what happens and just go along with it'. Bail just nodded, obviously in deep thought and the pair continued towards the elevators in silence.
Deep within the Trade Federation ship, Nute Gunray was frantically preparing his ship for launch. There was no way he was going to Corucant to face trial. As he loaded his shuttle he could hear the shouts and blaster fire getting closer and closer. So after entering a few frantic commands into the computer he started take off procedures, making sure to activate the navigational sensors. He'd need all the help he could get to get out of here alive.
"What have you found?" Obi-Wan asked the crewmember that had just hailed him. "Look," he replied excited pointing to a small blip on the sensor screen "Gunray's trying to escape." "What on earth is he thinking trying to get away like that?" Obi-Wan exclaimed surprised. "Activate the tractor beam and pull him in." "I can't sir, he's got some kind of deflecting technology in his shield generators that's blocking my attempts." The crewman replied. "Damn! And we can't disable him from here our guns would destroy him. Perhaps Anakin can from the Trade Federation ship." He said striding over to his communicator. (AN: whatever those little hologram thingies are called) When he saw his old padawans form he immediately launched into his story only to be cut off. "Yes Obi-Wan I already know" Anakin told him. A small gash on his forehead from the fight. "Well can you disable him from over there?" he asked glancing at the console seeing that Gunray had not yet jumped to hyperspace. "No, we knocked out the weapons on this ship in our initial attack, it will take several hours to fix them. But don't worry, I have a better idea." He said immediately cutting the transmission before Obi-Wan could ask him to elaborate. "The elder Jedi just sighed and went back to watching the sensor pad hoping Anakin knew what he was doing.
Anakin raced through the ship towards the docking bay, dodging weapons fire along the way from the still raging battle. He knew that if he could just clip the wing of Gunrays ship in exactly the right place it would send him into a spin making the ship unstable causing the hyperdrive to go offline. Thus becoming easy prey for the republic cruiser. But first he needed a ship with firepower small enough to do so without blowing the ship up.
Using the force to guide him he soon found the docking bay, jumped into a small shuttle and sped after the most wanted Niemodian in the galaxy. Well aware that Obi-Wan would consider this a very reckless and move. He was sure Gunray was armed as well and probably more so than Anakin. But he would also be panicked and as such clumsy making it much easier for Anakin to bend the situation to his will.
When the pair of senators reached the floor Padme was staying on, she noticed Bail starting to smirk at her and looking over her short frame. "What?" she demanded. "Oh nothing," he replied with a tone suggesting nothing of the sort. "I was just thinking how little exercise we senators are getting these days. How easy it would be to do a little belt loosening. He smirked at her once more and set off swaggering down the hall leaving his companion seething with rage.
Padme stormed into her apartment on the verge of tears throwing off her thick flowing cloak as she went. She stood before her full-length mirror confirming the image she had seen many times before. Letting out a little cry of frustration she kicked her bed. "He's noticed" she muttered to her self, looking again in the mirror at her round, heavily pregnant stomach.
AN: hello peoples I hope you enjoyed that chapter, Any reviews or suggestions are welcome, I hope to have the next chapter up soon. May the force be with you. Belle of the Known Universe