Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin were on guard as they were walking the hallways of the temple, looking out for any of Jadis's henchmen that were prowling the temple. Accompanying them were a group of six Padawan learners that they felt were showing great strides in their Jedi training and would be great backup in their quest to defend the Jedi Temple.
"Now, remember what Master Luke told you all about using your Force abilities." Jaina said to the group of Padawans.
"Allow the Force to tell us what to do in times of great need." a Padawan named Tegan replied.
"Very good, Tegan. We must only use the Force for knowledge and defense. And while our lightsabers may be great weapons in battle, the Force is an even stronger weapon." Jacen replied.
Tegan bowed her head in thanks to the Solos, feeling quite proud of her Force knowledge. She would definitely put it to good use in helping the Solos defend the temple against Jadis and her henchmen.
"Thesa bein hardafight?" a Gungan Padawan named Ayonna said in regards to Jadis's henchmen.
"It will be a difficult battle, there's no question about that. But if we put our Force knowledge to good use, we will emerge victorious." Jacen said.
"Mesa thinkin tis time for usin da Force." Ayonna said as she heard loud footsteps coming from the other direction.
The Solos and the other Padawans heard the loud footsteps coming towards them and immediately drew their lightsabers from their belts. All nine of them stood in fighter's stances as they activated their lightsaber blades, ready for battle.
"Who goes there?" Anakin called out.
His question was quickly answered when another large group of ogres numbering twenty made an appearance from around the corner, lead by General Otmin.
"So we meet again for the last time." General Otmin said as he withdrew his huge battle axe from his belt.
"Yes, that's true. But we have backup this time and you will be the one who goes down again." Anakin said.
"You obviously underestimate my strength, little warrior. I've grown stronger since we last met and now there's no way any of you brats can beat me." General Otmin replied.
The three Solos now realized if they were to get the best of General Otmin and his band of ogres, they would have to make their move right now with their group of Padawans. Jaina turned around to face the six Padawans behind her and her brothers, making sure that they were ready to fight at a moment's notice.
"Remember our plan?" she asked them.
"Of course we do. And we're with you all the way." Tegan replied.
General Otmin shot the group of Padawans an evil glare before he turned to face the group of ogres behind him. He raised his battle axe high into the air and let out a loud roar to indicate to the ogres it was time to fight.
"Charge!" he yelled as he began running down the hallway towards the Padawans with the ogres in pursuit right behind him.
The six Padawans immediately pointed their lightsabers straight at the charging minotaur general and his ogres, ready to attack them. But Jaina held up her hand in front them, telling them to lower the lightsabers.
"Wait. Remember the plan?" she said.
"Patience and control are what you must learn. Don't do anything until I say so." Jacen said.
The six Padawans slowly lowered their lightsabers down as General Otmin and his ogres continued to charge at them. Just when the enemies got really close and it seemed like they would overtake the Padawans, Jacen finally gave the orders.
"Now!" he exclaimed and everyone immediately deactivated their lightsabers.
General Otmin was indeed surprised when he saw that the Padawans had deactivated their lightsabers, but at the same time he was quite pleased that they had done so as he now believed that they would be easy targets. He brought his axe backwards and was ready to stab one of the Padawans when he noticed all of them suddenly wave their hands around right in front of him.
"What in Narnia…?" he exclaimed to himself before hearing screams from behind him.
He whirled around to be greeted with an ugly site: a few of his ogres were running around like madmen, running into the walls, screaming like lunatics, and just acting confused like they had no idea what they were doing. The ogres that were not affected were frantically trying to get the confused ogres under control but they were not having much success.
"You imbeciles! Do you not realize what they did to you?" General Otmin screamed at the ogres.
The ogres were still running around in confusion, unable to control what they were doing all thanks to the Jedi mind trick the Padawans had used on them. General Otmin was furious that the mind trick had been used on his ogres and realized there was only one other option to get out of this.
"Allright, you fools! Follow me, we must retreat!" General Otmin cried out and began running in the other direction down the hallway.
The unaffected ogres immediately followed him, literally dragging along with them the ogres that were affected by the mind trick. The Padawans were shocked that their enemies had retreated so quickly but they were determined to not let them get away so easily.
"After them! Follow us!" Jacen yelled as he and his siblings lead their six Padawan reinforcements down the hallway. They would indeed protect their temple and family at all costs and were determined to not let these Narnian villains overtake them.
Inside the repair bay
"Peter, watch out!" Lucy screamed as the ogre Peter was fighting brought his axe back to stab the high king in the stomach.
Peter turned his attention to the ogre just in the nick of time and jumped to the side, barely avoiding a mortal injury. The ogre raised his axe once again and swung it at Peter's head, but Peter was able to whip his sword up and block the blow from above. The two of them continued blocking each other's sword blows and turning around and around in circles while doing so until the ogre felt a sharp stick in his back and crumbled to his knees in pain. Peter looked behind the ogre and saw Susan standing there with her bow in her hand and an amused grin on her face.
"Thanks, Su." he said as he quickly slashed the ogre's throat with his sword.
"No problem, Peter." she said as she pulled her arrow out of the ogre's back and wiped the blood off of it.
It had indeed been a grisly fight ever since the four Pevensies had chased these ogres into the repair bay. In addition to the one that Peter and Susan had just taken out, Edmund had been able to stab another ogre in the back as they were making their way down the hallway. Currently, it was the four Pevensies against the seven ogres, making the odds a little more even but the Pevensies were still worried about how to go about dealing with the ogres and more importantly, how the Solos were doing.
"I really hope Jaina's allright." Lucy whispered to Susan as the two girls stood off to the side, waiting to assist their brothers if needed.
"I'm sure she is. She's training to be a Jedi, so I believe she'll be fine." Susan replied.
Lucy smiled weakly at her sister, hoping she was right. She continued to observe her brothers engaging two more ogres in swordplay when a loud battle cry from the main entrance to the repair bay startled her.
"Susan! What was that?" Lucy exclaimed.
Susan whirled around towards the main entrance as she too had been startled by the loud battle cry. Peter, Edmund, and the remaining seven ogres turned around to see what the commotion was about and what they saw entering the repair bay startled them all.
"What the blazes?" Edmund exclaimed.
Charging into the repair bay were General Otmin and a group of about twelve ogres. Followed closely behind them were a group of nine Padawans waving their lightsabers in the air, three of them being Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin.
"Get back, you scum!" Jacen yelled as he slashed his lightsaber across the back of the ogre right in front of him.
The Pevensies stood there with their mouths hanging open in shock, amazed that their friends were faring well in the battle to defend the temple. But reality hit them as they quickly realized they needed to step in and help out the Padawans.
"Good to see you're ok." Peter said to Jacen as the two boys faced off the ogre Peter was currently dealing with.
"Thanks, Peter." Jacen quickly said as he whipped his lightsaber up and slashed the battle axe of the ogre in half.
The ogre was enraged as he raised the broken end of his battle axe at the two boys, but Peter immediately rose up his shield to block the blow while Jacen thrust his lightsaber straight into the ogre's stomach.
"Good work, Jacen. But let's help the others now." Peter replied.
Both boys dashed right into the middle of the melee, which was growing quite vicious, to help out the others defeat the ogres and General Otmin. The ogres weren't that much of a challenge for the Padawans, as their lightsabers easily took them down. But as Anakin was about to discover, taking down General Otmin would be a much bigger challenge.
"Allright, General. You have hurt my family and friends for the last time." Anakin sneered as he pointed his lightsaber right at the minotaur general.
"Oh I think you're wrong. Just go ahead and try me." General Otmin replied.
Anakin took the general up on the challenge as he swung his lightsaber at General Otmin's battle axe to slash it in half. But to his horror, the lightsaber had no effect on the battle axe when the two collided.
"Care to rethink your stance, you stupid brat?" General Otmin asked Anakin as he hit him in the stomach with the handle of his battle axe.
Anakin yelped in pain as he grabbed his stomach and fell to the ground, his lightsaber slipping out of his hands. Edmund heard his friend cry out in pain and rushed over to help him.
"Leave him alone!" Edmund yelled as he thrust his sword in front of General Otmin's axe as Anakin was straining to Force push it away from his head.
Relieved that the sword blow to his head was blocked, Anakin immediately Force retrieved his lightsaber and ran around behind General Otmin while Edmund engaged him in some pretty fast sword blows. Once again, even though General Otmin was indeed a strong general, Edmund was still the better swordsman and blocked the blows from the general's battle axe quite easily. The two were walking around and around in circles as they blocked each other's sword blows. Suddenly, General Otmin yelped in pain and Edmund looked at him astonished as he fell face first onto the cold, stone floor.
"Anakin?" Edmund asked as he saw his friend pull his lightsaber out of the general's back.
"His battle axe may be immune to lightsabers, but he sure isn't." Anakin replied.
The two boys were thrilled that they had managed to kill off this strong leader of Jadis's army, and their siblings plus the other Padawans were just as thrilled when they saw General Otmin lying dead on the floor amongst many dead ogres. But the surviving ten ogres weren't very happy at all, in fact they almost panicked when they saw that their leader was dead and they had no idea what to do now. Being the cowards that they were, they made an immediate beeline for the secret entrance and exit to get out as quickly as they could.
"Oh, not again!" Edmund exclaimed as he began to stomp after the ogres.
"No, let them leave. I know what to do." Jaina said.
"What, they're getting away! We can't let them do that!" Edmund exclaimed.
Jaina just held up her hand to silence Edmund as she yelled into her comlink "Mom, tell 3PO to activate the escape corridor defenses! It's urgent!"
She turned off her comlink then turned and bowed to the six Padawans she and her brothers had lead to congratulate them on a job well done. The six Padawans bowed back to her to show their appreciation to the Solos for leading them successfully into this defense attack for the temple. The Pevensies, however, had their own way of showing their appreciation that their friends were ok.
"Jaina, you're allright!" Lucy shrieked as she flung her arms around Jaina and squeezed her tightly around her waist.
"Of course I am, sweetie. Ogres don't scare me one bit." Jaina replied as she squeezed Lucy back.
"And they didn't scare Lucy either." Susan said and showed Jaina the bloody dagger Lucy was carrying.
Jaina grinned as she pulled both girls into a tight group hug, feeling quite happy that they were allright for now. Their brothers immediately joined them for one huge group hug. It was a small but important moment of happiness for them in that they had been successful in their mission to defeat Jadis's minions.
"Good job, everyone. You did well." Jacen said.
"Why thank you. But the war is far from over." Susan said.
"She's right; we heard your father and Chewbacca fighting the wolves just before we ran into the ogres." Peter added.
"Oh my, are they allright?" Jaina asked.
"I cannot say, we didn't actually see them. But from what I know about them, I'm assuming they are." Peter said.
"I sure hope so. But now that these minions are out of the way, what about Jadis and Boba Fett?" Anakin asked.
"I have a feeling that those two might attack the source of the temple where they can obtain immediate control." Susan said.
"But in here, that source would be…" Jacen started to say.
"The main control room!" Jaina exclaimed with horror as she realized what the white witch and the bounty hunter were going to do to this sacred Jedi Temple.