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Dark Side Rising

Chapter 5

Trouble at Theed

It's been a few hours since the ambush happened. Serenity's training with Fox in the hangar as she wanted to become a better combatant. Everyone else is in the bridge, waiting for Slippy to return from the Gungan city as well as Falco and Krystal to return from Theed.

"How long do you think it'll be?" Joey asked.

"I just got a transmission from Slippy saying that the Gungan warriors won't leave without a fight. We're to only take the women and children from there," Peppy explained. "As with Falco and Krystal, they haven't reported back yet."

"I see," Tristan mumbled. He then looked up and began to talk in a normal tone. "Do you think that they're all right?"

"I bet they are me knowing them. Since they're both Jedi Knights, they'll be fine."

"How can you be for sure," Mokuba asked.

"I've seen them in some of the worst situations and they made it out alive."

Yugi left the bridge to watch Serenity spar with Fox. As he got out onto the walkway, he watched as the clash of lightsabers and the grunts of battle were the only things that filled the hangar. After a while, Fox backed off and stood there with his lightsaber deactivated. Serenity did the same as well as she stood there, looking at Fox. Fox stood there, staring at her as if something is bugging him.

"Serenity…can you come here for a minute?" Fox asked.

Serenity approached Fox slowly, curious at what he had in mind. As she was only a foot away, Fox put his hand on top of her head firmly. She stood there as he only applied a little bit of pressure as if he was trying to push her down a little. He took his hand off of her head and ran his finger through some of her hair as it sat on his finger. He then let it drop back down and looked at Serenity curiously.

"One, you've grown about a couple inches taller, and two…well…was your hair always an auburn/light brown color?"

"Oh…that…my hair color seems to change from the sunlight. In the light, it looks somewhat a light reddish or a light brownish color. It all depends on how you look at it, really. Naturally, it should be red, but the light does change it a bit."

"I see. I got confused whenever I'd see your hair color, but I really don't pay as much attention to it until now."

"Oh…don't feel bad though. I've had some people confuse my hair color. By the way, how much have I improved?"

"I'll be truthful. You're offense still is a downside for you. Your defense…well…you've become a lot faster since the last time that I began to train you."

"I see…I guess that means that I've improved a bit."

Fox turned around, looking to the scenery from the rear hangar hatch only to see the forest.

"Serenity…when will you be 18?"

"I'll be 18 in November, about a month from now. Why do you ask?"

"It was a request from Kelly. She wanted to know so that she could take time to help with your training. She's allowed to train those that are around 18 to 21 so that she can work her way around as a Jedi Trainer. Once her training is complete, then she can start training young Jedi at any age."

"I see. So Kelly Yander will be taking your place?"

"No, I'll still help train you, but she'll be training you for the most part since I'm busy with other stuff. Kelly can help you with your offensive techniques."

Fox spun on his left heel to face the way to the bridge. He went back there so that he can wait for the transmission from either Krystal or Falco. Just as he got to the lift to go up, Peppy came storming out at the top.

"Fox, we have some serious problems!" Peppy yelled.

"What?"

"The New Republic won't be here for a while. They're caught up in something else."

Fox stood there with a blank stare, letting it absorb into his mind. As he kept thinking about Falco's and Krystal's safety, his comm. link began to beep. He opened a channel and began to speak into it.

"McCloud speaking."

"Fox, we have a serious problem here!" Falco yelled over a series of explosions. "We evacuated the residence of Theed, and the Nubian army decided to help us, but the enemy is trying to blast all of us into oblivion!"

"Falco, just calm down. I need to know how many troops there are so that I can figure something out."

"I'd guess around 100 droids with rocket launchers and 5 AAT tanks."

"Okay, I'll formulate a plan."

"You'd better before we're dead!"

Falco closed the channel, leaving Fox in deep thought of what they should do.

"Falco and Krystal are in trouble, right?"

Fox turned around to see Serenity standing there with a worried look in her eyes. He turned away and looked down onto the ground, thinking about his friends' safety.

"Yes, but I need to formulate a plan that would work against those numbers."

"Can't one of your ships do the job?"

"No, all of those droids have lock on missiles, and a whole volley of those would destroy an AR-Wing instantly. The AAT tanks are clumsier since their top cannon fires straight shots, but they can do a lot of damage with one shot if it hits."

"Then what do you suggest?"

"The only way we could do this if we set up decoys. We need to set up sentry turrets for an ambush."

"How much can they do before they're blown to bits and pieces?"

"They can do a lot if they're able to fire a whole volley of blaster shots."

Fox pulled a box out that was sitting on the ground and opened it up to reveal a whole box full of sentry turrets. He began to take them in armfuls as he began to set sentry turrets down in groups of three. He had 7 sets of turrets as they all sat there in the cylindrical like form as a few small lights around them weren't blinking.

"So…who's all going?" Serenity asked.

"You, me, Yami, Seto, Joey, Tristan, Duke, and Bakura. Slippy is supposed to meet up with us at the entrance to the city with a few Gungan troops."

"Is that it?"

"Yeah. Yami'll have to set up sentry turrets and find out which type of weapon suits him best."

"Yami told me that he prefers a bo-staff."

"He did?"

"Just last night."

"I see. I might be able to find a bo staff unless he wants to use a staff saber."

"He might want to stick with a bo staff for now."

"Okay. We already know that Seto, Joey, Tristan, and Duke will be using guns. Bakura will be using those katanas that he was using earlier. You and I will be using lightsabers."

"I understand. When will we start?"

Seto, Yami, Bakura, Duke, Joey, and Tristan all came into the hangar as they were standing there, waiting for their new orders.

"We'll start now!"