After much careful consideration, I have decided to revise this chapter in accordance with Black Phoenix's suggestions.
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"We got him," Obi-Wan confirmed, and shut off the picture. He hurried out of the room, and Serena ran after him, making them both invisible again.
Jango Fett's ship, Slave I, rested on the landing platform, where and Boba Fett were preparing to board. Obi-Wan and Serena, now visible, rushed through the tower door and ran toward the ship, for Serena had grown a little weary.
"Dad! Look!" Boba cried, pointing to the Jedi.
Jango turned to see Obi-Wan and Serena charging out of the tower toward him. "Boba, get on board!" he cried.
As he ran, Obi-Wan drew his lightsaber from his belt, and it flashed on. Serena drew her two lightsabers from her belt and ignited them both. Jango drew his gun and fired at the charging Jedi, who easily deflected the blast and swung at him. The bounty hunter rocketed up and over the Jedi, landing on the top of a nearby tower. He fired down at them, and the Jedi deflected the shots back, but Jango evaded them. Then he fired an explosive, trying to blow them up, and Serena nearly stopped it using a forcefield, but didn't put it up quickly enough. The two Jedi were sent flying to the ground.
In the cockpit of Jango's ship, Boba grabbed the controls of a laser gun, swung it to aim at the Jedi, and fired. The explosion of the ship's laser blasts sent Obi-Wan to the ground, and his lightsaber skidded across the wet surface of the landing platform. Serena stopped the blasts from hitting her by deflecting them with her lightsabers, and suddenly enveloped herself in flame and flew up next to the ship, trying to get Boba.
Meanwhile, Jango dropped from the tower landing in front of Obi-Wan. The Jedi Knight rose and charged toward Jango.
In the cockpit, Boba was frightened as Serena ignited her lightsabers and began carving a hole through the ship.
Obi-Wan and Jango grappled and fought, punching, kicking, grabbing hold, and throwing each other around. Obi-Wan grabbed Fett tightly, and the bounty hunter rocketed up into the air and kicked Obi-Wan loose. The Jedi crashed to the deck and slid toward the edge. He grappled desperately for a handhold on the slick surface, and reached out for his lightsaber, using the Force to bring it to him; but Jango fired a thin wire from his wristpack. It wrapped around Obi-Wan's wrists before he could retrieve the lightsaber, and Serena turned to see Jango rocket into the air, dragging Obi-Wan behind him along the platform surface. As Obi-Wan slid toward some columns he managed to maneuver himself into a roll avoiding a collision by leveraging the wire against the structure and pulling himself to his feet. He pulled with all his weight against the momentum of the wire, causing Jango to drop and crash into the ground. his rocketpack broke free from his back and exploded.
Still connected by the wire, Obi-Wan charged at Jango, kicking him over the platform edge.
"Oh, not good," he groaned, just before he was yanked off his feet by the wire. The hunter slid pulling Obi-Wan with him. Locked together, the two of them plummeted down toward the raging ocean. At the last moment, Fett saw the edge and dug his forearm claws into the surface. Obi-Wan slid past him as Jango finally ejected the wire free from his wrist. But the Jedi couldn't stop the speed of his slide and shot off the edge, falling...
Serena stopped trying to make a hole in the ship and made herself into flame again, screaming, "OBI-WAN!"
Obi-Wan used the Force and caused the wire to wrap around a pole, stopping his descent. He swung and dropped onto a small service platform just above the waves, and hauled himself to his feet. When Jango looked down, the Jedi has disappeared. Serena whooshed past him and zoomed down, suddenly spotting Obi-Wan. Jango used his forearm claws to climb back to the landing platform and ran toward his ship.
Back in the cockpit, Boba uneasily settled into the pilot's seat, punching buttons. The engines roared to life as he shuddered at the thought of Serena coming inside the ship. She was way too dangerous and powerful even for his dad.
Obi-Wan, followed by Serena, came running out onto the landing platform and spotted his lightsaber laying on the ground. This time, he retrieved it successfully and turned it on just as Jango's ship engines roared. Realizing the ship was about to take off, Serena took a small tracking device from her belt and threw in onto the hull of the ship.
Jango's ship lifted off from the platform and headed up into the lowering sky, disappearing. Lightning flashed, and rain lashed the tower and streamed across the surface of the platform where Obi-Wan and Serena stood, watching. She sighed. "I should have disabled his ship controls while I had the chance, but I need more practice," she said.
He looked at her. "That's all right," he said, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I just wanted to make sure you were okay," she continued, not looking at him. He narrowed his eyes and smiled. "Were you worried about me, Serena?" he asked, looking her hard in the face.
Luckily for her, the rain kept him from seeing the deep blush in her cheeks. "NO!" she said quickly, "Of course not. You can take care of yourself." She walked past him and back inside the city, leaving him staring after her with a strange look on his face, just before he raced after her.
Meanwhile, the Naboo Starship headed toward the desert planet of Tatooine. It landed in a large parking lot of Spaceships on the outskirts of Mos Espa. Anakin and Padme rode a rickshaw through the streets, and Anakin stared at sights he hadn't seen for years. Finally, they came to Watto's shop, and the rickshaw stopped.
"Wait, please," Anakin said to the droid driver. He then climbed down and helped Padme get down. Sitting on a stool in front of the shop was none other but Watto. He was using a small electronic screwdriver on a fiddly droid. Three pit droids were chattering away and were trying to help him, but they seemed only to make him madder.
"No, not that one - that one!" No chuba da wanga, da wanga. Watto yelled in Huttese.
Anakin strode up to him. "Excuse me, Watto," Chut, chut, Watto. he said, folding his arms.
Watto looked at him. "What?" Ke Booda?
"I said excuse me," Di nova, 'Chut, chut.' Anakin repeated in annoyance, finding the creature no less aggravating then before.
Watto turned to the chattering pit droids. "Shut down."Go ana bopa!
The pit droids snapped into their storage position.
"Let me help you with that," Ding mi chasa hopa. Anakin said, taking the fiddly piece of equipment and starting to play with it. Watto blinked in surprise. "What? I don't know you..." he continued in Huttese. "What can I do for you? Wait, you look like a Jedi." He was suddenly scared. "Whatever it is... I didn't do it. Ke booda? Yo baan pee hota. No wega mi condorta. Kin chasa du Jedi. No bata tu tu. He dropped the screwdriver and cursed loudly in Huttese
Anakin looked at him sternly. "I'm looking for Shmi Skywalker," Mi boska di Shmi Skywalker. he said.
Watto looked at him suspiciously. He stared at Padme, then back to Anakin. "Annie?" he said. "Little Annie? Naaah!"
Suddenly, the fiddly piece of equipment in Anakin's hands whirred into life, and Watto blinked at it. "You are Annie!" he cried in English, "It is you! Ya sure sprouted! Weehoo! A Jedi! Whaddya know? Hey, maybe you coulda help wit some deadbeats who owe me a lot of money..." he started.
"My mother!" Anakin interrupted angrily.
Watto rubbed the back of his neck. "Oh, yeah. Shmi... uh, she's not mine no more. I sold her," he said.
Anakin was shocked. "Sold her!" he repeated.
"Years ago," Watto replied. "Sorry, Annie, but you know, business is business. Sold her to a moisture farmer named Lars. Least I think it was Lars. Believe it or not, I heard he freed her and married her. Can ya beat that?" he laughed.
"Do you know where they are?" Anakin asked intently.
Watto thought for a minute. "Oh... Long ways from here... someplace over on the other side of Mos Eisley, I think... hmm.." he procrastinated.
"I'd like to know," Anakin replied stubbornly. His grim look meant business; Watto got the hint quickly. "Yeah... sure... absolutely," he stammered, "Let's go look in my records, eh?" he flew up and ushered the two into the shop.
The red planet of Geonosis was circled by a large asteroid field that formed rings. Jango Fett's ship appeared, heading toward it. Obi-Wan's Starfighter, appeared in space and followed the bounty hunter's ship.
"Ooh, look Obi-Wan, a big red planet," Serena said, "I wonder if there's a Sith here."
He glanced at her, confused. "Why on earth would you think that?" he asked her, raising an eyebrow.
She shrugged. "Well... Sith have red lightsabers, and they obviously like that color for some strange reason, and since this planet is red, I wouldn't be surprised if it's crawling with Sith lords dressed in red outfits." She grinned sardonically at him, and he rolled his eyes.
"For one thing, Serena, Sith don't wear red, they wear black," Obi-Wan returned, "And the other, there can only be one Sith lord and one apprentice."
She shrugged again. "Just razzin' ya, Ben," she said cheerfully. He smiled and shook his head, certainly glad to have her along with him.
Jango grinned at his son. "Nearly there, son," he told him.
Inside the cockpit, a small blip showed up on the ship's scan screen.
"Dad!" Boba said. "I think we're being tracked... Look at the scan screen! Isn't that a cloaking shadow?" He checked the scan screen and revealed a small tracking device on the outer hull.
Jango cursed. "They must have put a homing device on our hull during the fight..." he growled. "We'll fix it! Hang on, son! We'll move into the asteroid field. They won't be able to follow us there. If they do, we'll leave them a couple of surprises." He pushed some buttons and the spot where the device was disappeared. He then guided his ship into the asteroid field.
Obi-Wan stopped the ship and frowned at Serena. "That's interesting, Serena," he spoke up, "They seem to have discovered the tracker. Shut down... Shape scan their last coordinates, Arfour," he ordered.
"Maybe I can use some of Jean's powers to stop the ship," Serena said, more to herself than him.
"What?" he asked, confused. "Who's Jean, and what are her powers?" He had forgotten the names of the other X-men.
She sighed. "Never mind, I can't do it. He's got his shields up. Darn it," she muttered. "Well, if I can't get to him, I might as well hide us for a sec before I get too tired." She made the ship invisible again.
"How long can you keep this up?" Obi-Wan asked her, staring at Jango's disappearing ship.
She shook her head. "Not for that long," she admitted. "I need some more help to control my powers, I'm still not all that good at using them yet, and I don't like to overuse my powers, especially on a ship this size," she admitted. Obi-Wan nodded in understanding.
Fett piloted his ship through the asteroids, while Boba looked at the screen again. "He's gone," he stated.
"He must have gone on toward the surface," Jango replied, annoyed.
Boba suddenly saw Obi-Wan's ship appear again on the screen. "Look, Dad! He's back!" he cried.
Jango growled in frustration. "Hang on!" he snapped, and released a charge which drifted toward Obi-Wan and Serena. As the charge approached the Starfighter, Arfour beeped, and Serena gasped.
"Whoa! Sonic charges..." he said, "Stand by." Serena glanced at him, raising an eyebrow.
Jango's ship raced into a power-climb to avoid an asteroid.
"Dad! Watch out!" Boba shrieked.
"Stay calm, son," Jango replied, "We'll be fine. Those Jedi won't be able to follow us through this." Though inside he was not so sure of himself. One of those Jedi was a mutant, and that was not good.
Obi-Wan's ship dove into the asteroid belt after them.
"There he is!" Boba called out.
Jango glared at the asteroid, thinking about how stubborn Serena was. However, he blamed Obi-Wan, only because he didn't want his son to know too much about his situation with Serena. "He doesn't seem to take a hint, this guy," he said angrily. He flew down a narrow tunnel in one of the larger asteroids.
"Watch out!" Boba cried, frightened.
Obi-Wan passed over the asteroid and Jango emerged, chasing after him.
"Get 'em, Dad, get 'em!" Boba cried. "Fire!" In answer to his son's order, he fired lasers at the Jedi Starfighter.
The ships flipped, rolled, and turned at incredible speed, dodging, weaving and firing; they tumbled from near misses.
Obi-Wan glanced behind him. "Oh, blast, this is why I hate flying!" He said, and Serena was frowning, trying to concentrate.
"Hang on," she said through clenched teeth. Bits flew off the fighter as one of Jango's missiles got through the forcfield she was desperately trying to put up. "Ah, darn," she muttered.
"Can you do anything?" Obi-Wan questioned, a bit frantically.
She glanced at him, a bit worried. 'Uh, maybe, just give me a sec," she replied, and focused. Some of the pieces suddenly came back on the ship, and most of the burnt metal was quickly patched up. Obi-Wan stared at her.
In Jango Fett's cockpit, Jango continued to bombard the Jedi Starfighter with laser fire. One bold struck Obi-Wan's ship causing a small explosion, since Serena had given up on her force field, growing tired.
"You got him!" Boba said excitedly.
Jango nodded. "We'll just have to finish him," he replied curtly. He pushed buttons to open an outer hull door and released a guided aerial torpedo. The torpedo closely followed the Starfighter.
Inside Obi-Wan's cockpit, his skill was pushed to the limit as he threw the ship from side to side, avoiding great rocks and the torpedo. Then a huge asteroid tumbled across his path. There seemed no way he can avoid it, and he glanced frantically at Serena, who didn't want to use anymore of her powers to arouse more knowledge of mutants.
"Arfour, prepare to jettison the spare parts canisters," she said. "Fire them now!"
In Jango's cockpit, they saw a huge explosion as Obi-Wan's ship appeared to smash into the asteroid and blow up. "Got him!" Boba said excitedly, "Yeahhhhh!"
Jango smiled evilly. "We won't be seeing them again," he added.
Boba laughed. Fett's ship emerged from the asteroid belt and headed down toward the planet of Geonosis.
A huge chunk of rock tumbled slowly through the asteroid belt. As the rock turned, it showed the Starship hidden in a blasted-out area on the pitted back side of the great rock, sitting on the asteroid.
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