I never realized how my little scene seperator thingies weren't showing up for some reason until the other night when I was reading what I had out. Oooops! So anyway,I hope the ones in this chapter work.
Chapter 7 Helpless
Jesse gripped the lizard with his knees as it scrambled up the levels of Utapau. Above them, General Grievous was in the middle of a transmission from Darth Sidious.
"I'm not sure what I'll do with her." The Sith lord was saying. "She may prove valuable, so I'm hesitant to kill her. I'll wait a while."
Grievous nodded, and the transmission was cut. He went back to the meeting with the separists.
Meanwhile, Jesse and Obi-Wan had left the lizard and were climbing up behind the group.
"It won't be long before the armies of the Republic track us here." Grievious continued as though his briefing had not been interrupted by the transmission. "I am sending you to the Mustafar system in the Outer Rim. It is a volcanic planet which generates a great deal of scanning interference. You will be safe there."
"Safe?" question a Nemodion that Jesse recognized from long ago to be Nute Gunray. "Chancellor Palpatine managed to escape your grip, General, without Count Dooku. I have doubts about your ability to keep us safe."
"Be thankful, Viceroy, you have not found yourself in my grip." Grievous growled. "Your ship is waiting."
Catching Jesse's attention, Obi-Wan motioned that he was going to go down. Jesse nodded and waited while the Jedi removed his cloak. Then they jumped down behind Grievous.
"Hello, there!" Obi-Wan said.
Grievous didn't miss a beat. "General Kenobi, you are a bold one. And we meet again, little… whatever you are. You're not a Jedi, are you? I find your behavior bewildering. Surely you both realize you're doomed." he turned to his droids. "Kill them!"
About a hundred battle droids surrounded them. Obi-Wan looked around, then walked right up to Grievous. Jess just stood where he was, looking completely relaxed, but inwardly he was like a coiled spring.
"Enough of this." Grievous said as Obi-wan stared him down.
The bodyguards raised their power staffs to knock Obi-Wan and Jesse away, but they ducked, and the deadly staffs whistled over their heads. Igniting their lightsabers, Jesse and Obi-Wan calmly disposed of the bodyguards. The battledroids moved towards them, but Grievous stopped them.
"Back away. I will deal with this Jedi slime myself."
"Your move." Obi-Wan shrugged carelessly.
Grievous laughed. "You fools. I have been trained in your Jedi arts by Count Dooku himself. Attack, if you dare."
His arms separated and grabbed all four lightsabers on his belt. His four arms created a flashing display of swordsmanship.
Obi-Wan remained calm. "You forget, I trained the Jedi that defeated Count Dooku."
"You also forget our last few encounters." Jesse added as the two approached the general.
They were hard-pressed to defend themselves against the deadly onslaught. The fight brought them across the control room as the droids tried to pick them off. While Jesse covered him, Obi-Wan mounted a ferocious counterattack and cut off one of Grievous' hands.
A loud explosion suddenly echoed throughout the room. A quick glance told Jesse that the clone troops were attacking.
"I may not defeat your droids, but my troops certainly will." Obi-Wan said.
"Army or not, you must realize you are doomed."
"I don't think so."
Twenty clones suddenly rappelled into the entrance of the control center, ray guns blazing. Chaos ensued as laser bolts flew everywhere, the droids returning fire. Jesse leaped at Grievous in the moment of distraction, the general defending himself rigorously with one of his bodyguard's electro-staffs. Obi-Wan used the Force to hurl Grievous backwards. He fell onto a lower platform and they jumped after him.
It took a minute for Jesse to finally spot Grievous in the confusion. He was racing toward one of the landing platforms, and then jumped onto a wheel scooter and took off down the wall.
"There!" he pointed.
Obi-Wan whistled for the lizard, and they jumped on and were off.
"I think you're getting the hang of this ride the lizard thing." Jesse said.
If Obi-Wan said anything, Jesse couldn't hear him between the clamor of the battle and the wind whistling in his ears. These lizards sure were fast.
But not necessarily smooth. A jolt made Jesse and Obi-Wan both grab wildly to stay on, causing Obi-Wan to drop his lightsaber and Jesse to drop completely. He used the Force to steady his landing and keep from getting smashed in the rocks, but by the time he was back on his feet, Obi-Wan was a considerable distance away.
Kimmy half expected to groan as she woke up, but instead she felt refreshed, like she had just had a good night's sleep. She was able to groan when she remembered what had happened and where she was… where was she? Kimmy looked around. Four brick walls and a metal door. That sure narrowed it down.
She got up and went to the door to try to use the Force on it, but something was blocking her from opening it. Kimmy slumped to the floor in defeat.
Just who was this Palatine guy anyway? Obviously he was not the upright, caring man they'd all thought he was. But then who was he?
Kimmy scratched her head, trying to remember the light that had come on as she'd struggled to remain conscious. She remembered the dizziness… fighting back… but being unable to… because… because… what was it?
Because whatever had been shutting down her mind had been stronger. It had slipped through her shields, and overcome her. Kimmy shut her eyes and leaned back against the wall. Force, it couldn't be. But it was. Whoever Palpatine was, he'd been trained in the dark side of the Force. With that realization came another one. Palpatine was the Sith lord they'd been looking for. And thanks to Dooku, she could even put a name to him. Sidious.
She shivered. That suited him much better than Palpatine.
So she'd figured out the mystery, but now she hada problem. She couldn't tell anyone. And she had another problem. Sidious obviously had an influence over Anakin. Kimmy clenched her jaw. She had to get out of here!
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