On the other side of the temple
"I can't believe your mother actually let us go outside." Edmund commented to Anakin.
"Well, she did say it was against her better judgment. So I'm grateful she let us go." Anakin replied.
The boys had gone their separate way from their sisters and were hanging out around the main entrance to the temple. Knowing how tense the situation was with the very real threat of Jadis and Boba Fett, the boys had not only promised the girls that they would stick together, they also had a very firm grip on their weapons. They wanted to be ready for a possible battle they might encounter.
"I have a very bad feeling about this." Peter mumbled.
"Believe me, you're not the only one." Anakin said.
"And I think your brother senses something too, Ani." Peter replied and pointed to Jacen.
Peter, Edmund, and Anakin turned around to look at Jacen who was sitting down on a large rock and had his head in his hands, deep in thinking and concentration.
"Let me guess, you sense a disturbance in the Force." Edmund said sarcastically.
"Ed, enough!" Peter snapped then turned to Jacen and asked him "What do you see?"
"I sense an evil presence lurking in the trees. It's drawing closer and closer. We must have our weapons ready." Jacen told everyone as he slowly drew his lightsaber from his belt and activated it.
Anakin followed by drawing and activating his lightsaber and taking a fighter's stance alongside his brother. Peter realized how urgent the situation was and slowly drew his sword out of its sheath. Edmund, meanwhile, stared at the three of them in disbelief. He still had some doubts about the Force, despite his humiliation the other day.
"Ed, did you not hear what he just said?" Peter asked.
"Yes I did. I'm not deaf, you know." Edmund snapped back.
"Then draw your bloody sword!" Peter exclaimed.
"Why should I draw my sword just because of some stu—" he started to say before he and the other boys received a horrifying, startling surprise.
Coming out of the nearby bushes were a huge group of ugly ogres, grumbling and waving their battle axes in the air. The boys were especially horrified because they recognized these ogres as followers of Jadis.
"Care to repeat that comment of yours, Ed?" Peter asked.
"No, I do not." Edmund grumbled as he whipped his sword out from its sheath.
"Good, because you're going to be needing that sword in about 5 seconds." Peter responded.
And Peter had never been more right, because a few of the ogres immediately charged at the boys with their battle axes raised high into the air. The boys' battle instincts immediately kicked in as they charged at the ogres waving their own swords and lightsabers. Jacen and Anakin engaged the two ogres that came after them with their Force abilities, while Peter and Edmund were off to the side taking on the two ogres that came after them.
Edmund immediately swung a series of fast sword blows at the ogre who came after him. The ogre had great difficulty blocking the sword blows with his axe as Edmund was an excellent swordsman. Meanwhile, Peter was fighting an ogre that was much less aggressive and trying to maneuver his way in front of the king. Peter was desperately trying to keep the ogre in front of him as they fought and were eventually standing with the ogre's back towards the temple and Peter's back towards the trees.
Suddenly the ogre raised his axe to swing it down at Peter's head. Thankfully, Peter was quick with his sword and turned a little to block the axe just before it struck him square on the head. Unfortunately, the next thing he heard was the sound of a laser blast and that was the last thing he remembered before he dropped to the ground.
"One down, more to go." Boba whispered smugly to himself from his hiding spot in the tree.
Anakin had just taken down the ogre coming after him with his lightsaber when he heard the laser blast and whirled his head around just in time to see Peter drop to the ground and the ogre raise his axe to cut off Peter's head.
"Peter! No!" Anakin screamed and promptly waved his hand to Force throw the ogre against the temple wall.
The ogre hit the wall quite hard and was stunned for a while as Anakin dashed over to him. He didn't realize what had just happened until Anakin was right in front of him raising his lightsaber to slash at his throat. Just before Anakin could make the killing blow, the ogre swept the young Jedi right off his feet with his axe. Anakin lay stunned on the ground, but still had enough sense in him to whip his lightsaber up and slash the ogre's axe in half.
Now enraged at the damage to his favorite battle weapon, the ogre raised the sharp, broken half of the axe staff right above Anakin, ready to stab him in the heart and end his life. Anakin was straining to Force push the axe staff away from him with his hand when he suddenly saw an arrow came flying and hit the ogre right in the side of the neck, causing him to collapse in pain.
"What the Force…?" Anakin asked himself as he quickly retrieved his lightsaber and slashed the throat of the ogre.
He turned in the direction the arrow had come from and was surprised to see that Susan, Lucy, and Jaina had made an appearance, Susan holding her bow in her hand with an amused grin on her face.
"Edmund! Jacen! The girls are here!" Anakin yelled.
His exclamation got the attention of everyone, even Boba Fett who was still hiding up in the tree. Seeing another opportunity, he whipped his blaster out of his holster again and aimed it at the kids, this time specifically at Susan. He let off a couple of shots at her, which Jaina was thankfully able to block with her lightsaber. This gave Susan some time to load another arrow into her bow and take aim at Boba Fett.
"Thank you, Jaina." Susan whispered as she aimed her arrow into the tree and fired it off.
Boba was shocked when Susan's arrow came flying at him and struck his armor. Even though the arrow didn't penetrate the tough armor he wore, he realized that he was getting into serious trouble. That realization was confirmed with a few surprise blaster shots from the roof of the temple.
"What in Yavin?" Boba exclaimed in surprise as he watched even more blaster shots take out three more ogres.
The remaining ogres sensed that they were in trouble too as they immediately turned around and retreated back into the jungle. Jadis, who had been observing the whole melee next to the tree Boba was in, yelled at them "You fools! Get back out there!"
"No, we need to retreat now!" Boba exclaimed back at her as he climbed down from the tree and followed the ogres into the woods with a grumbling Jadis right behind him.
"What was that all about?" Edmund asked in surprise once the ogres had disappeared.
"I don't know, but I'm just glad we're all okay." Jaina replied.
She was quickly proven wrong when everyone heard Lucy suddenly scream "Peter!"
Everyone immediately turned around and saw Peter lying face down on the ground with a huge burn on the back of his tunic.
"Oh no! Peter!" Susan yelled as everyone dashed over to him.
Susan was shaking and crying as she turned Peter face up and rested his head on her lap. Lucy was practically bawling as she fumbled for her cordial, hoping it would save her brother. Her hand was trembling as she opened Peter's mouth and tipped a drop of the fireflower juice inside it.
"Please don't leave us, Peter. We love you." Lucy sobbed.
"Mom, Uncle Luke, we need medical droids at the main entrance NOW!" Jaina exclaimed into her comlink.