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Chapter Three
Reyna returned to Amidala's suite, finding Anakin sulking by the window and Obi Wan talking to one of the senator's attendants. The female Jedi walked over to her partner and leaned against the window slightly. "What's wrong, Master Skywalker?" she teased. They had not called each other anything other than Anakin and Reyna since the night they had met. He looked rather thoughtful for a few moments, as if debating whether to tell her or not. Finally, he spoke. "It's Padme...when we walked in, she didn't even reconize me..." Reyna smiled reassuringly. "Well, it's been a decade since you two have seen each other! That's a lot of time for someone to change. She was just surprised by how much you had grown up, that's all." Anakin glanced over at her. "Do you think so?"
"I know so. Anakin, we women may be different people, but we all have universal qualities. She may be a senator, and I may be a Jedi, but we are still women and understand each other. I'm sure everything will turn out okay in the end..." Anakin's blue eyes shone with hope, but she could also see sadness in them. Sighing, she sat on a nearby ottoman. "Anakin, you should be careful about falling in love with Padme..." she said softly. He snorted angrily. "You're going to tell me the same thing every other Jedi has spouted at me since my training started! Don't fall in love, it will corrupt you! Jedi are supposed to control their emotions! Love is forbidden! Well, I don't want to hear it any more, especially from you!" he snapped at her. Reyna suddenly stood. Anakin was shocked to see the hurt and sadness in her eyes. "Anakin, I'm trying to help you! As your partner, I'm trying to stop you from doing something you may regret later! Jedi may fall in love, and that's not what they're discouraging! They're trying to discourage the emotions that sometimes come with love: jealousy, greed, lust, obession, resentment. You can be in love if you avoid those emotions and never neglect your duties as a Jedi because of it!" Slumping down onto the ottoman, she buried her face in her hands. Anakin immediately felt bad at hurting her feelings. He had not ment to take his building anger out on her. Sitting next to her, he gently put a hand on her arm. "I'm sorry, Reyna, for yelling at you..." he said softly. She turned towards him, and he could see that she had controlled her emotions enough to keep her eyes dry. "I understand your anger, but you need to watch your temper. Anger can lead you down the path to the Dark Side, and I don't want that to happen..." He smiled slightly. "Don't worry, Cydian. I'll keep myself out of trouble for you." he said, giving her a grin. She laughed. "Thanks, Ani..." The Padawan seemed surprised at the nickname. However, he found that he liked it when Reyna called him that. When Padme used that name, he felt as if she still saw him as a little boy. Reyna made it sound affectionate, almost sisterly. "Okay, Rey..." he retorted playfully, making up a nickname for her. The two young Jedi continued to harass each other playfully as the afternoon continued.
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Night fell, and the three Jedi had recieved the task of watching over Padme and stopping any attempts on her life. An earlier assassination attempt caused the Council to up security for her. The new security came in the form of Obi Wan, Anakin, and Reyna. Padme had retired to her room to sleep, while the Jedi took up posts outside her door. Anakin paced uneasily. "Maybe we should have someone in there with her..." Reyna snorted. "I think she deserves her privacy, Anakin. Besides, it might make her uneasy to have a Jedi in there with her." she pointed out. Obi Wan nodded in agreement. "Right. We're just fine out here, keeping watch..." He trailed off suddenly. Glancing at the two younger Jedi, he could see that they had sensed it too. They burst into Padme's room, lightsabers out and ready. Padme and her attendant slept on, unaware of the kouhuns that were about to inject them with their deadly toxin. Reyna slashed them both into two harmless halves as Anakin searched for others. Obi Wan pointed at the window, where they could see a droid, floating right outside of a hole it must have cut to insert the parasites. The older Jedi jumped through the window and grabbed onto the droid as it started to fly away. Assured that there were no more dangers, Anakin ran out to the parking bay. Reyna saw that the attendant was taking care of Padme, so she followed the Padawan. He had chosen a sleek yellow air speeder and was about to follow the path that Obi Wan and the droid had taken. She hopped into the passenger seat and they took off.
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Reyna quickly became impressed with Anakin's skills as a pilot. She had never really had a knack for flying or any sort of machinery, so she was always eager to see a expert at work. They soon found Obi Wan clinging to the driod. They both gasped as a nearby figure sniped the driod and sent Obi Wan plummeting. Luckily, Anakin was able to position his speeder below his Master and caught him neatly. The older Jedi settled into the seat. "Took you long enough..." he remarked dryly to his Padawan. Anakin grinned. "I had to find one that I liked, Master." Reyna, from her seat between them, laughed. The figure that had sniped the droid now hopped into their own speeder and took off. The Padawan quickly gave persuit. Soon, they were almost on top of the leading speeder. Even though the driver had great skill, Anakin could easily match every twist and turn the assassin made. Anakin turned to Reyna. "Here, take the wheel." She was about to question him when the young Jedi leaped out of their speeder and landed on the assassin's. The female Jedi quickly grabbed the wheel of the speeder and took over, trying to follow the other one. Soon, however, she found that she had lost Anakin. "Damn..." she muttered as she searched for the sleek green craft. Finally, she spotted it and tore off after it. Obi Wan merely clung to whatever was closest. "Anakin, you'll be the death of me someday...this is why I hate flying..." Suddenly, the assassin's speeder crashed into a neaby building. Reyna brought the speeder in for a rough landing and leaped out. She saw Anakin chasing a dark figure and followed, Obi Wan close behind her.
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They followed the assassin into a nearby bar. Reyna sighed with frustration. She heard a lightsaber slash, and turned to see Anakin cutting the arm off of the figure they were tailing. "He tried to shoot you, but I stopped him..." the Padawan explained to the female Jedi. The three Jedi carried the assassin into a deserted ally. "Who are you working for?" Obi Wan asked calmly. The assassin, who's veil had fallen away to reveal a woman, was about to answer when a dart hit her in the neck. She slumped over and returned to her original form, that of a Clawdite shapeshifter. Anakin dropped the creature with slight disgust, while Obi Wan carefully picked up the odd dart. Pocketing it, he suggested that they return to the apartment before anything else happened to Padme. The two exausted younger Jedi agreed readily, and they made their way back.
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The next day, Anakin, Reyna, and Padme packed their belongings and readied themselves for the trek to Naboo. Obi Wan left the female Jedi in charge, since she was older and a full-fledged Jedi. Anakin, surprisingly, did not put up a fuss. He merely smiled and said goodbye to his Master. Obi Wan was going to research the odd dart that had killed the assassin last night. He felt it was an important clue and planned on figuring the mystery out. He turned to the three young ones. "Good luck, both of you. Reyna, keep Anakin out of trouble, and you, my young Padawan, remember your duties and do NOT leave Padme unattended. May the Force be with you..." He watched as they boarded the shuttle, R2-D2 like a faithful shadow behind them. He sighed. "Reyna, look out for him..." he said softly before setting off for the Temple Library, intent on finding who was behind everything.
That's it for Chapter Three! Please read and review!