Author Note: 'Where's Anakin?' you ask...'I don't know yet!' I reply. 'Let me work on an excuse and get back to you! LOL'.
Dooku and his clones charged down their ramp, whilst blasts ripped into the metal hull and clones flesh.
Dooku carried a blood red blade with a handle that curved to give him a better grip. The blade was also twice the size of any other sith blade.
When he reached the sand, he didn't wait for his men, but grinned wickedly before charging at the snipers in the dunes.
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Jango, not even breathing hard after the slaughter, removed his helmet and sat it on the wall. The surviving Kaminoans searched the grounds, dispatching any dying nubians and Nute hurried over to Jango's side.
"The temple is secure."
"The Sun God is the patron of Naboo, our enemy. Take whatever treasure you can find," Jango called to his men who cheered and rushed into the temple.
"With your permission, my lord --" Nute asked timidly. Jango wiped the sweat from his brow and looked down at the Nemoidan.
"Speak."
Nute gestured to the sun above them.
"The Sun God sees everything. Perhaps it's not wise to offend him."
Jango nodded and walked over to the towering statue of the Sun God that sat infront of the temple.
Nute watched in horror as with one swing, Jango beheaded the statue and the gold head bounced and tumbled back down the stone steps.
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Down on the beach, Obi-Wan and Dexter braked their bikes.
"He dares attack the Sun God?" Dexter asked in amazement, but Obi-Wan was already racing toward the invaders, followed by twenty of his men. The others galloped down towards Dooku's landing spot.
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Jango gazed at the sky as if waiting for the sun to blast him for blasphemy. Nothing happened, so, hearing engines, he turned and spotted Obi-Wan and his men, two hundred yards away.
"Get inside the temple, warn the men," he said to Nute, so Nute obediently hurried to warn his comrades.
"Nute! Wait, wait a moment," Jango suddenly called, and the captain stopped. Jango took his electro spear from him, judged the distance and threw.
One hundred yards from Jango, the spearhead found its mark: Dexter's breastplate. Dexter was knocked from his bike and skewered to the ground. He clutched at the electric shaft, not comprehending his fate, despite the fact that surges of energy kept coursing through him from the pole.
Obi-Wan braked hard and stared at his fallen captain. The man was finished. Obi-Wan turned to look at Jango.
Nute's eyes were wide.
No other man alive could have thrown a spear that far or that accurately.
"Now you can go," Jango decided so Nute ran back inside the temple.
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Obi-Wan restarted his bike and sped towards Jango, his men following. Jango waited as Obi-Wan raised his own spear. When he was fifty yards away, he threw it.
At the very last moment, Jango slid his head to one side in a lazy sort of way. The spear ripped through the air occupied by Jango's head half a second before, causing Jango to smile.
Obi-Wan drew his saber and charged, his men right behind him. Jango walked, at an insultingly slow speed, into the temple.
A series of high steps led inside the temple, so Obi-Wan and the Nubians dismounted and proceeded cautiously to the temple.
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He and his men entered the temple, and as their eyes adjusted to the gloomy light, they gingerly advanced. All was quiet, but evidence of looting was everywhere.
At the back of the temple were stairs that led up to the altar room. Obi-Wan walked toward the stairs and noticed that blood trickled down them. He raised his eyes to see Jango standing atop the staircase, both hands wrapped around the hilt of his saber, the blade point almost resting on the top step. Jango stared down at Obi-Wan, and then war cries exploded through the temple.
The Kaminoans had burst from their hiding places and rushed the Nubians. Obi-Wan was an obvious target, because two Kaminoans charged him, their spears leveled.
As the Kaminoans charged, he waited. At the last moment he swung his blue blade, slicing both spearheads from their shafts and sending sparks flying.
The Kaminoans stared at their decapitated spears, but Obi-Wan didn't give them a chance to recover. He pounced, blade flashing, and both men fell to the temple floor.
Jango watched from the top step as Obi-Wan began running up the stairs. Then Jango disappeared inside the altar room.
Another Kaminoan bounded up the stairs after Obi-Wan. The prince wheeled about and kicked the Kaminoan in the breastplate. The soldier tumbled down the steps and Obi-Wan continued up the stairs.
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Sitting atop the altar, half-hidden by the shadows, was Jango. He was a terrible sight to behold, splattered with blood, his red blade still hissing and humming dangerously.
"You must be very brave or very stupid, to come after me alone. You must be Obi-Wan."
Obi-Wan stared at Jango a moment before kneeling by a dead priest's body.
"A private audience with the Prince of Naboo. I'm flattered. Do you know who I am?"
"These priests weren't armed," Obi-Wan growled angrily, closing the eyes of the murdered priests. Jango jumped down from the alter and looked at the bodies.
"I didn't kill them. Cutting old men's throats -- there's no honor in that."
"Honor?" Obi-Wan echoed incredulously. "Children and fools fight for honor. I fight for my country."
And with that he charged at Jango, who simply danced back, staying just out of reach. He looked relaxed, almost playful.
"Fight me!" Obi-Wan growled.
"Why kill you, Prince of Naboo, with no one here to see you fall?"
Jango backed out of an archway opening onto the bright day outside. Obi-Wan followed cautiously.
Why did you come here?" he asked, and Jango simply gestured at the invading ships.
"They'll be talking about this war for a thousand years."
"In a thousand years even the dust from our bones will be gone," Obi-Wan replied.
"Yes, prince. But our names will remain."
Just then, a band of blood stained Kaminoans, led by Nute, emerged from the temple. Obi-Wan, surrounded by enemies, warily backed off.
"The Nubians are dead, my Lord," Nute informed Jango, who nodded and turned back to Obi-Wan.
"Go home, Prince. Drink some wine. Sleep. Tomorrow we'll have our war."
"You speak of war as if it's a game. But how many wives wait at Naboo's gate for husbands they'll never see again?"
"Perhaps your brother can comfort them. I hear he's good at charming other men's wives."
Obi-Wan stared at Jango and his men for a moment, then realising that Jango was right and that he couldn't come up with any more arguments, he turned and walked away.
"Why did you let him go?" Nute asked Jango.
"It's too early in the day for killing princes."