OK, here's the next update! This story's not too much longer... but there's a sequel after this!

mastercontoro: Thank you so much for your reviews! I was actually going to introduce Magneto in the sequel after careful consideration... but he won't be REALLY evil like he is in the movies. He'll just be a little more dangerous. I'll have to add more mutants in, such as Archangel and Juggernaut, because they're going to be in the upcoming X-Man 3 movie. I'll have to see it first before I know what they can do, though! Thanks!

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Chapter 16

Disclaimer: I own Star Wars and the X-Men. Yeah... and I'm also a droid. (Talks in a montone voice)

Mace Windu ran to the center of the arena and fought back to-back with Obi-Wan and Serena, as they swiped and mangle more droids. Among the tiers, the Jedi were slowly being driven back. They had killed heaps of Geonosians and knocked out piles of droids, but sheer numbers were telling. Individual Jedi were being cut down or blasted, and the rest were retreating into the arena.

Anakin and Padme, meanwhile, were back-to-back, fighting droids and flying Geonosians. "You call this diplomacy?" he said to her as they took cover behind an overturned cart.

"No, I call it aggressive negotiations," Padme smiled. Anakin grinned and turned back to the fight.

Threepio's body with the Battle Droid head entered the arena. "My legs aren't moving, I must need maintenance," it said in a monotone. The droid was fired upon and knocked back, and its head went flying off Threepio's body.

Padme jumped on top of the Orray pulling the execution wagon. Anakin ran, jumped, and landed in the cart, deflecting laser blasts with his lightsaber; Padme blasted Battle Droids as the two rode through the arena.

The Battle Droid body with Threepio's head entered the arena, carrying a blaster rifle.

"Where are we? A battle!" the poor droid cried. "Oh, no! I'm just a protocol droid. I'm not made for this. I can't do it. I don't want to be destroyed! I'm programmed for etiquette, not destruction!"

Jedi Kit Fisto used the Force to knock the Threepio Battle Droid backward onto the arena floor. A downed Super Battle Droid fell on top of Threepio's Battle Droid body, pinning him to the ground.

"Um, excuse me, I'm trapped, I can't get up," he said, somewhat distressed.

Meanwhile, Serena, Obi-Wan, and Mace fought back-to-back, lightsabers flashing and forcefields and metal parts flying, when suddenly the Reek charged and separated the three of them. The beast then chased Mace Windu across the arena, and he slashed at the it, but lost his lightsaber.

Jango Fett, watching from above, rocketed down into the arena to battle with the dark skinned Jedi. Windu retrieved his lightsaber, and the Reek tossed Jango away to the side, causing the bounty hunter to cry out in pain. Fett ended up under the creature, trying to avoid the creature's massive hoofs, which were pounding around his body. Finally, he managed to become free and shot the Reek, dodging it just before it hit him. Jango turned to Mace and fought fiercely with him, but Mace was the better opponent.

But before Mace could kill him, Serena zoomed over and held up a hand to the Jedi.

"This one's mine," she said coldly. Jango fired at her expertly, but she called his guns out of his hands and turned them around so that they were facing him. "One move and you're dead," she stated, and Jango stood stock still. "Oh wait, never mind, I was going to kill you anyways," she continued nonchalantly, and fired both guns that were hanging in the air. Jango fell down dead.

Obi-Wan was attacked by the Acklay and finally slew the beast with his lightsaber, first chopping off its legs and then stabbing it in the throat.

Artoo found the Battle Droid with Threepio's head attached. "Artoo, what are you doing here?" Threepio cried. Artoo beeped and shot a projectile from his body that attached a suction device to Threepio's head, and pulled the head away from the Battle Droid.

"Oh, this is such a drag," Threepio said tiredly. Artoo dragged Threepio's head across the arena and put in next to his body. "I am quite beside myself," Threepio said huffily. Artoo reattached it to his body, using an extendable welding arm. "Please be careful, you're singing my circuits!" Threepio cried. "Are you sure my head's on straight?"

Mace Windu, Obi-Wan, Serena, Anakin, Padme, and an exhausted group of about twenty Jedi stood in the center of the arena surrounded by a ring of battle droids. The bloodied sand around them as strewn with the bodies of dead Geonosians, shattered droids, and Jedi.

Ki-Adi-Mundi, Aayla Secura, and the survivors from the raiding party were herded into the arena by super battle droids. From the encircling tiers above, thousands of battle droids leveled their weapons menacingly.

Obi-Wan put a hand on a dead Jedi's face, and then glanced at droids and then to Serena. "Can you use your power to control metal and crush them all?" he asked.

She slowly shook her head. "No, they have too many," she confessed. "I'd probably kill myself."

In the archducal box, Count Dooku lifted his hand. The droids lowered their weapons, and the Count called out to the Jedi. "Master Windu!" he said, voice ringing out over the emptied stadium. "You have fought gallantly. Worthy of recognition in the history archives of the Jedi Order. Now it is finished." He paused briefly. "Surrender – and your lives will be spared."

"We will not be hostages to be bartered, Dooku," Mace snapped angrily at that thought.

Count Dooku feigned sadness. "Then, I'm sorry, old friend. You will have to be destroyed."

The droids raised their weapons, and Anakin, Padme, Serena, and Obi-Wan looked to each other and nodded. Count Dooku raised his hand to give the order to fire, when suddenly, Serena looked up. "Look!" she shouted, staring.

Above, six gunships and one ship, which Serena knew instantly, were descending fast through the open area in the arena ceiling and landed in a cluster around the handful of Jedi. Clone troopers spilled out and began firing at the droids, and there as a storm of laserfire that bounced off the laser shields created by the Gunships. Yoda appeared at the door of one of the Gunships.

"Circle the Jedi. A perimeter, create, around the survivors," he ordered.

The surviving Jedi dashed to the Gunships and scrambled in. Mace Windu hung on tight as the Gunship, firing all its weapons, rose out of the arena up and over the topmost rim.

The familiar ship which Serena knew, zoomed away when they found that Serena, Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padme had all gotten on a Republic gunship, and flew alongside it. Obi-Wan looked at the ship and saw through the cockpit window, two people wearing black.

"Who's that ship?" he asked the clone pilot.

"That's the mutant ship, Master Jedi," the pilot replied.

Obi-Wan stared at Serena expectantly. She closed her eyes and focused, hearing a familiar and welcoming voice. Serena, she heard Jean say, It's good to see that you're alive.

Nice to hear from you again, Phoenix, she replied. Thanks for coming by.

"Well, who is it?" Anakin asked impatiently. Padme glared at him.

"Just wait," she scolded.

"It's the X-men," Serena spoke up suddenly. "I have to go."

"What? Where?" Obi-Wan questioned, very confused. He didn't want anything to happen to her while she wasn't close to him.

She simply smiled. "I will return when I am needed," she responded, "Right now I have to help the Jedi fight the droids. Don't worry about me, I have powerful friends. See ya later, guys." And with that, she disappeared in a puff of blue smoke. The three of them were silent for the next few minutes.

She appeared right in the cockpit of the Jedi Mutant, where Jean and Storm were piloting. "Hey guys, long time no see," she smiled, and patted them on the back.

"Good seeing you too, Serena," Jean grinned, "Take a seat."

Well, she's reunited with the rest of the X-team! Hope you enjoyed this chapter, and don't forget to leave a donation in the blue box below! Thanks!