Disclaimers 'n' crap: Haihai peeps! Woo! I'm back! Now that the weather is acting the way I want it, I CAN WRITE FICS AGAIN! YAY! Since I've hit a very serious rough spot in Back In Britain, I decided to overcome the rough spot in Thousand Knights. Hopefully, everything will run smoother from here. I've been writing Metal Gear Solid slash fiction for LiveJournal lately (blame Dahne for that). I'll admit it's not quite my favorite genre, but DAYUM is it awesomeorz! The fanart…it warms my soul and burns my eyes…anyhoo, I don't own any Star Wars characters…blah blah blah…you know all that. Enjoyz!

Everyone's jaw dropped. "You," growled Anakin. He and Obi-Wan both went for their lightsabers…

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"Anakin!"

"Mason!"

The battle droids behind them were holding blasters to their head, no question. Anakin chanced a glance to his right to see Padmé and Keita in the same predicament. The only difference was that they now had their hands bound.

"Weapons on the ground or the women go down instead," said Dooku, coolly. Nightshot extended his claws and went into a fighting stance.

"No, Nightshot," said Anakin, even though it hurt.

"He's right," said Obi-Wan "We'll follow their lead for now." He saw the anguish in Anakin's face as he tossed his lightsaber to the floor at Dooku's feet. A nearby droid picked up the two blades and handed them to his master. Dooku grinned.

"Excellent," he said.

"So all this was a set-up?" said Nightshot, glaring.

"I knew Asajj was still working for him!" Anakin couldn't help but burst out. Padmé looked at him in shock.

"Ani, no!" Padmé suddenly yelled "I know you don't trust her, but everyone else does! Deep down, you know that she turned back from the Dark Side! Everyone sees it except you!"

"So you're saying it was just a coincidence that Asajj tells us to go to a planet everyone thinks was destroyed only to find Dooku springing a trap?" Anakin screamed, angrily. Obi-Wan and Nightshot looked at each other in amazement. Nether of them had ever seen Anakin and Padmé argue like this before.

"Not quite," Dooku cut in. He turned to Mason "You played your part well, Mr. Miller." Everyone looked at the Millers in shock.

"You?" Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Padmé said in unison. Mason bowed his head in shame.

"I'm…sorry," he said to the floor "We had no other choice. It was either turn in the Jedi who caused Dooku hell on Geonosis or turn Elfonia, one of the galaxy's best kept secrets, over to the Confederacy. I couldn't do that to my people."

"You see, my foolish young friends," said Dooku, pacing in front of them "Asajj never betrayed you. The Sith have known of the Thousand Knights existence on Elfonia for quite some time. We've just been waiting for the right moment to come pick them up. I slipped the password to the Thousand Knight's file to your brother through the Force. All we had to do was set up camp here and wait. The Thousand Knights and the so-called 'Chosen One'," He looked at Anakin "Two very large birds with one stone. My master will be pleased."

"You dirty son of a…" Nightshot began, but the clicking of the battle droid's guns silenced him. Mason looked at Keita, and then at Dooku.

"Alright, Dooku," he said, solemnly "We've held up our end of the deal. Now, will you please take your troops and leave our planet in peace?" Dooku paused for a moment.

"No."

"WHAT?" Several droids came up from behind and seized Mason "But you said…"

"The Thousand Knights no longer became a concern to the Sith centuries ago," said Dooku, grinning slyly "We knew they would be dead by the time we found them. No, we came for your planet, to add a legend to the Confederacy." A small battalion of battle droids came out from various side-rooms, holding Elfonian staff captive.

"You dirty bastard, you've been lying to us this whole time! Aaaaggghhhhh!" One of the droids had jabbed Mason with a hand taser, bringing him to his knees.

"Stop it!" cried Keita "Leave him alo-aaaaaaaaaaahhhh!" Another poke from the taser.

"You two are of no more use to us," Dooku breathed "Commander, take these two to be executed." Padmé gasped. The droids dragged the Millers off with no resistance. Everyone saw the despair all over Mason's face. However, when they passed one of the technicians, he leaned over and quickly whispered something in Mason's ear. Mason's eyes lit up.

"WAIT!" He cried after Dooku "The Thousand Knights! They're here! THEY'RE ALIVE!" Dooku froze.

"What did you say?" he said, darkly. Then, without waiting for an answer "Where?"

"I…I can show you," said Mason. Dooku paused.

"Alright," he purred "Take us there, now."

"Yessir."

Wow. After all that fretting about how I would work this chapter so it would have a good twist and everyone (myself included) would still be able to figure out what was going on, it actually came out with a good explanation for everything. On two completely random and unrelated-to-each-other notes, I have no idea when I'll update next and I saw "Corpse Bride" with my friends today. I swear, that movie is further proof that Tim Burton is a freakin' genius.