Author's Note 1: Finally, what you've all been waiting for. Shado is finally going on his first mission. Now it is time for him to prove himself as the first shizznit Jedi. It's time to keeping the peace while keeping it real. But can he do it without driving Barriss to the brink of insanity? (Apparently not)

Chapter 4

"Wake up, Shado," I heard Barriss yell this morning.

"Not now mom," I groaned. "Just twenty more minutes." As much as I wanted to start the new day… Oh who am I kidding! I fell off the couch six times last night! It's a good thing I had those pillows down there. Though it would have been better if I at least slept on a mattress.

The next thing I knew was a cold glass of water splashed on my face. "Are you up now?"

"G-Good g-god!" I shouted as I sprang up from the couch and shivered a little. "Wh-What the h-hell was th-that for?"

"Think of it as a little wake up call."

"For a f-flood! What's the r-rush?"

"We have a mission. It's of great importance."

A smile crept on my face as water dripped from it. "Well why didn't you say so?" I grabbed my bandanna and lightsaber. "Where to?" I asked as I put on my headwear and attached my weapon to my belt.

"To the Jedi Council. They will brief us on our assignment."

"Then what are we waiting for? Oh yeah, and don't splash water in my face again."

"I won't make any promises…" I gave her a blank stare. The two of us left the room and went to the council chambers. I could tell it was early morning. One sign was that there weren't that many Jedi walking around the halls. The other was the bright orange light from the rising sun blinding my face. During the walk, I listened to "Dance Wit Me" by Snoop Dogg.

We went up the central spire and up the elevator. After walking down the short hallway, we found ourselves in the room with all twelve members of the Jedi Council. "You summoned us, Masters?" Barriss asked.

"Summoned you, we did," Yoda said. "Important mission, you have."

"Give us the dirt, Masters," I said as I wiped the sleep from my eyes.

"Do you remember the assignment given to Master Unduli?" the dark skinned woman by the name of Stass Allie asked.

"Yes I do," Barriss said. "That was a month ago."

"Um… Can someone fill me in?" I asked in confusion.

"About a month ago, Master Luminara was sent to Naboo," said the bearded master by the name of Obi-Wan Kenobi, with his Padawan Anakin standing right beside him. "Her mission was to investigate a droid factory made by the CIS."

"Naboo?" I thought that planet was out of the picture before the Clone Wars started. Ain't that a bitch.

"It is," said the horned Iktotchi pilot, Saesee Tiin. "The factory was made in secret. We didn't know about this until recently."

"There haven't been droids there since the Battle of Naboo," said the Kel Dor known as Plo Koon. "That was at least twenty years ago."

"And now they want to take it by force," said the Zabrak named Agen Kolar.

"So you're telling me that we're not just infiltrating enemy turf, but on a rescue mission?" I asked.

"Is there something wrong?" Barriss asked. "You could stay here if you want."

"And miss the fun? No way, Master! I say bring 'em on!"

"Then I guess it's settled."

"Last minute preparations, you must make," Yoda said.

"You will meet with Commander Bly at the Temple Hangar," Mace said. "From there, he will transport you two to the ship."

"You can count on us, Master," I said. "We won't let you down."

"We'll destroy that facility and bring Master Luminara back safely," Barriss said.

"May the Force be with you," Obi-Wan replied.

The two of us bowed and went to the hangar. "Do you want to get a quick bite to eat?" Barriss asked me as we left the elevator. "I don't know how long it will be until we reach the planet."

"Don't worry," I assured her. "I'm cool."

"Fine. But don't complain about being hungry while we're on board." I then laughed heartily and smiled at her. "What's so funny?"

"Nothin'. Just thinking that this is going to be a good day."

"Because…?"

"Because you'll see the great power of gangsta in action."

"Then I think I better be prepared to save you incase you use it," Barriss sneered and smiled.

"You keep thinkin' that, but the shoe might end up on the other foot."

"In that case, I better get more than one first aid pack." We continued our walk until we were in the Hangar Bay in one of the nearby towers. Around me were Jedi Starfighters and a few Republic Gunships.

"What I wouldn't give to fly one of these babies," I thought.

After walking down the path, we were met by a clone in blue and white armor. "General Offee and General Shado, you've arrived on schedule."

"Cool, an actual clone commander!" I exclaimed.

"Shado!" Barriss snapped.

"Hey, it's not everyday you meet a cloned dude where I come from."

Barriss shook her head and turned her attention to Bly. "We're ready to go," the Mirialan said.

"Roger," Commander Bly complied. "We will escort you to the main ship just above the city." We followed Bly to the launch pad outside. Sitting at the center of the platform was an LAAT gunship ready for departure. The three of us went inside and sat in the seats. After a few minutes of riding the transport from the temple to the battleship. It was time to learn about the situation on Naboo as the three of us and a few other commanders in the briefing room showing a hologram of the area on the table.

"Alright CB," I said. "Give us the 4-1-1, aight?"

"The what, sir?"

"Info," I clarified. "What's goin' down on Naboo?"

"Our troops are holding their own on the Great Grass Plains near the royal city of Theed. We are being assisted by the local Gungan military units. However, the fallen seem to be replaced by new units. From the looks of it, they seem to be trying to invade the capital."

"Just like in the Phantom Menace," I muttered to myself.

"Okay then," Barriss said. "Here's what we do. Shado and I, along with a squad of clones will take a route over the battlefield. From there, we'll make our way into the factory and find Master Unduli. From there, we'll have the squad place detonators in the compound."

"Sounds nice. But there's one problem," I looked back at the hologram and saw explosions over the battlefield. "It looks like a no flying zone to me. We could get shot right out of the sky."

"Then we're going to make a path through the army."

"Now that's better."

"We'll have some of the Gungan soldiers assist us on this mission," Bly said.

"Is there anyone we need to worry about?" Barriss asked.

"We did receive a report that General Grievous was seen near the surrounding area."

"Alright!" I said with excitement. "Bring him on!"

"How long will it take for us to arrive at Naboo?" Barriss asked.

"At our present speed and course, about an hour," Bly replied.

"Alright. Everyone's dismissed. Remember, this is a rescue mission. We can't afford to make mistakes." We left the room after the clones began their duties on board. I went to the cargo hold of the ship and began practicing my lightsaber skills. While I was doing that, I also practice on my martial arts techniques. I know I'm no Mace Windu who can reduce a fleet of Supers to shrapnel, but my style should be enough if I find myself in a tight situation. When I heard that it was almost time to leave, I hurried to the hangar bay of the ship. The place was filled with Republic and ARC-170 Starfighters, some LAATs, and a few V-Wings.

"A little late, aren't we, young padawan," said Barriss.

"Sorry about that," I said as I arrived at the scene. "I was working on the Hostility."

"General Shado, we're ready to start deploying units," Commander Bly said.

"Aight, CB. Now, let's get goin'!"

"You heard the man! Let's move out!" Barriss and I went inside one of the LAATs while the rest of the squadron rode in a few others. We flew to the planet at a pretty fast speed.

In matter of moments, I could see the green surface of the planet and small dots of the separate armies blowing away at each other. "This is way too cool for school."

"It looks like the enemies are pushing the troops back," Barriss said.

"Then it's time for us to lockdown on this situation!"

"Pilot, it's time."

"Yes, General Offee," the clone trooper pilot said. The LAAT lowered closer to the ground and we jumped out of the air vehicle.

"Aight, everyone!" I shouted. "It's time to show these punk-ass boughies who they messin' with! We are not gonna get beat by a bunch of walking buckets! Let's show them why you're clone troopers, HUR-RAA!" With our lightsabers on, Barriss and I charged into battle to defend the capital entrance against the droids while leading a troop of Gungans and clones behind us. During that time, I was listening to "Westopolis" from Shadow the Hedgehog. As Barriss used her weapon to defend and attack opponents that were wide opened, I dashed and wailed the hell out of the nearest enemies. "Run, chumps, run!" I shouted at the enemies. "Young black man has gone loc!" I'm sure I heard a few panicked screams from the droids. After a few seconds of cackling, insulting, and slashing that made even Barriss give me 'the look', we found ourselves surrounded by Droideka.

"Great, Destroyers," Barriss said.

"Think you can handle it?" I asked with a cocky grinned.

Barriss only smirked. "I can. Can you?"

"Let's find out." The two of us charged at the droids. As we did, the Droidekas activated their shields and started firing. The two of us blocked their blasts and bounced them back, but the power of their barriers protected them. I wasn't surprised and neither was my Master. That only left one other option. I read somewhere that Destroyer droids can't defend against powerful weapons or lightsabers (Yeah, that's right. I read when I'm not playing or watching sports or on video games). I dashed toward one of the foes and sliced through the shielding, cutting the robot cleaner than a knife on butter. Then I went on to the next one, this time by slicing and dicing the enemy to scrap metal. More laser fire came toward me and I ran to the left to avoid the hits. I saw that there were two more Droidekas to deal with. "You walking tin cans think you have the drop on me?" I shouted at them. I quickly changed my course and ran at them. They continued firing rounds at me, but I blocked the lasers. As soon as I felt like I was in range, I jumped forward and shouted "Think again, fools!" just before I slashed downward at one of them. I was able to destroy the two opponents with ease.

Barriss used the power of the Force and hurled two opponents behind her, destroying them as soon as they fell to the ground. Then she turned to one that was firing at the side and began to not only block the hits, but Force Crushing the robot to make it explode. Another robot came from behind and fired. Barriss blocked the attacks and slashed powerfully at the foe right through its shield. The top of the robot slid down from its legs thanks to the Mirialan's attack. "I see you had little problems in disarming your enemies," Barriss said to me.

"That's cause I'm so damn good," I replied. "Now let's hurry up!" We continued through the droid army. Aside from the regular battle droids, we also had to defeat some Spider Walkers that plodded through the field. We were able to destroy them with little trouble just by slicing off their legs or having the troopers blow them up with their weapons. After two hours of battling through the army, we were on our way to the Droid Facility.

"General Shado, General Offee," one of the clone troopers said. "The Droid Manufacturing Facility is about a couple miles away."

"We're making progress," Barriss said. "It's won't be long now."

"I'm sure," I said. "Good work, Jake."

"I'm not Jake, sir," the clone said.

"Then who's Jake?"

"I'm Jake, General Shado," another clone said.

"Wait, I thought you were Tom."

"No he's Tom," the same clone said while pointing to another one next to him.

"Then who're you?" I asked the first clone.

"I'm Riker."

"Oh, my bad."

"Let's just keep going, shall we," said Barriss as she continued moving ahead of me and the clones.

"Yes, ma'am," the clones said.

I scratched the back of my head before catching up to her. After a long hike, we stopped on a hill that overlooked a giant building built on the side of a mountain. It was clear to me that it was the Droid Factory. "Oh my god," I replied slowly.

"Alright," Barriss said. "We need to move in quickly and find Master Luminara. As we all know, the general is in there." She then turned to Commander Bly. "You know what to do."

"Yes, General Offee," Commander Bly said. He then gave hand signals to the squad behind us as they moved in.

"Let's go," Barriss told me as she stood up.

"Gotcha covered," I said as I held up my lightsaber hilt. The two of us went to another entrance while the clones started their part of the plan. We listened against the wall for any signs of movement. When there wasn't any, Barriss signaled me to cut through it. I turned on my blade and stabbed it through the wall. When the large circle was cut, I kicked the bottom of it. The section of the wall fell forward and we went in. As soon as we entered, the two of us couldn't believe what we saw. We knew that the building was big on the outside (hell, I'm still wondering how its been hidden up until now), but the place was just a bottomless pit of furnaces, big buckets connected to chains, and conveyor belts. It was like looking at the depths of hell, except with metal. "Master Unduli should be here somewhere…" I said as I scanned the area.

"I think I found it," Barriss said. I looked at here with a blank face. She pointed above where there was a door.

"So, what's the plan?"

"Follow me," she said. The Mirialan leaped on one of the conveyor belts and rode it. Then she started swinging on the chains to the door. I knew there wasn't much time. I took a few steps back and jumped on the same line. Then I jumped from one chain to another. I'll admit, I looked down, but that didn't stop me (holy shit that's a long way down). After I made it back to the ledge that Barriss stood on, I slowly opened the door. We peaked through the crack and saw the coast was cleared.

I followed Barriss out and we went down the hall. After going around a few corners, we stopped in our tracks as soon as we heard approaching metal footsteps. I breathed in sharply and my eyes widened as I heard the sounds getting closer. They sounded like claws hitting the floor than regular steps. "Could it be him?" I wondered. Barriss pulled me in a small nook in the wall quickly before the shadow of the enemy appeared.

As soon as I turned forward, well… let's just say I couldn't believe how close we were (We were cramped, alright. Just wanted to clear that up). "What are you staring at?" Barriss hissed.

"Uh… Didn't know they were that large?" It was at that moment, a hand whacked me upside the head. "Ow!" I replied in a sharp whisper. "I thought Jedi was all peaceful!" My master hushed me just before the maker of the footsteps passed by. As soon as I turned around, I saw part of a metal body and a flowing cape pass the opening. Even though it could have been anything, something in my head said to me, "Holy shit, that was the great GG, dog!". I had a wide open smile and tried not to laugh (like when you see Pamela Anderson and she's huggin' you, or for a lighter note, when you finally win a basketball game against the champions with a score of 49-47 and you were the one that made the winning shot. Not that it's happened to me… yet, but it could).

"What is it now?" Barriss said.

"Was that… homie G, GG?"

"What are you babbling about this time?"

"You know what I mean! That was General Grievous, wasn't it?"

"I don't see why you're so excited. That pile of metallic mesh would've decapitated us if he saw us!"

"Yo, that guy is one of my all time favorite characters! Well, right next to you and Mace."

"Characters? Do you think this is a game or some sort of book?"

I stood there quietly for a second or so before saying, "Now that's just crazy."

"Let's follow him. We might find Master Luminara and get out of here in one piece."

"Right!" I said. The two of us checked again to make sure no one else was coming and quickly followed where Grievous went. After going down the hall, we stopped around a corner where we saw two Geonosians guarding a door. We took another peak and saw the towering body of the great Jedi Killer and one of the generals of the CIS, General Grievous. "Holy shizzle-gizzngar!" Barriss pulled me back so I wouldn't get spotted.

We heard the cyborg chuckle from around the corner as he left. "Jedi scum," he said under his voice.

"I think that's proof right there."

"We need a way to pass those guards," Barriss said.

"Yeah. Thing is that I didn't bring my giant bug spray." Barriss frowned at that joke. "But don't worry bout those fools," I quickly said. "I can take them both!"

"You? Take on two Geonosians at once?"

"Hell yeah! They're not so tough."

"Shado, get back over here!" It was to late. I walked over to the two guards, ready to lay a smackdown on some overgrown flies. "Yo, yo, yo, bug boys!" I said. The two guards turned their attention to me. "Aight, listen up. You gonna move out my way, put yo sticks down, give me yo' money, and have a little vacation, know what I'm sayin'? Or someone's gonna get beat senseless."

The two guards looked at each other and began to laugh. "Oh no," one of them said in their language. "We better do as he says!"

"Yeah. He's starting to scare me!"

"Why don't you beat it, kid."

Personally, I have no clue as to what these punk ass flies were saying. All I heard was chirps and screeches, but I know it wasn't good. So I decided to teach them an important lesson: never mess with a brother. "Yeah, I'd laugh too if I looked as ugly as you guys." The two stopped as soon as I said that insult. "Bet yo' momma's were ugly too, if not uglier. Givin' it to some Ur-Greedles!" Now they pointed their bos at me. "I guess you don't know who you messin' with, insects," I said as I turned my MP3 Player to "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy. "You best recognize! I'm Shado the shizznit, and if you don't ghost, then Im'a mess you up worse than an angry as hell acklay!"

As soon as the two enemies leapt up and began to attack, school was in session. I dodged the spears before their blades hit the ground where I stood. One of the Geonosians grabbed me by my arm, but I countered with a strong punch to the face. From behind, the other Geonosian swung his staff. I ducked under the attack, and the bug hit his partner instead of me. I jumped on the wall and bounced off, drop kicking the attacker in the chest. I quickly took the staff that the other Geonosian had and spun it before getting into a defensive position (See, I told you I know how to fight, didn't I?). Now both Geonosians had pissed off looks on their faces. I smirked and signaling with my fingers to attack. On both sides, the insects were approaching me. The one with the stick was charging toward me while the other flew. The first thing that came to mind was to ground the flyer. I charged over at the Geonosian with his staff. The foe saw me coming and struck with his stick, but I blocked the attack and jumped on his head. Just before he fell, I bounced off the bug and was headed for the flying foe. Just before we made contact, I struck hard at the Geonosian with a strong whack. He crashed hard on the ground just before I landed. Now the other bug (the one I stepped on) got back up on his feet. I smiled and used a spinning jump kick square in its head. The foe moved back, but I stood him up straight, ready to use my favorite move that my Master back on Earth taught me: the Rocksteady. I shoved the Geonosian back and punched him in the face and stomach. Then I spun kicked him in the face. Afterward, I performed a flare and kicked my legs up right in the jaw of the bug. Then I threw my body weight forward, landing feet first on its stomach before jumping off. I then taunted him by pointing and chuckling. The battle was over as both of them laid on the ground defeated. "Like I said, just a bunch of pushovers" I mocked.

"Well…" Barriss said as she walked over to me pretty speachless. "That was… unorthodox to say the least…"

"Oh, hold that thought." I walked over to the fallen foes and picked their pockets. I found a few small chips that I think were credits. With a smile, I put them in my own pockets and walked over to Barriss. She once again gave me one of her glares. "What?"

"Why are you taking their credits?"

"Hey, I need this more than they do."

"I will not even ask why," Barriss said with a sigh. I gave her a cock-eyed glance. "Now, let's see if Master Luminara is here."

"You may want these." I gave Barriss a ring of keys that hung on the tip of my finger. She took them and unlocked the door. She opened it slowly and her face was painted in shock. "What is it?"

"Master…" I looked around the door and saw an older Mirialan woman with a large headdress and tattoos on her chin. It really was Luminara Unduli, Barriss' old Master. Barriss hurried over to check her pulse.

"How is she?" I asked as I watched out the door.

"She's alive, but very weak."

"Then what do we do?" Suddenly, I saw a small glow of light behind me. It was from Barriss and she was using the Force to heal Master Unduli. "I nearly forgot you were a healer."

Luminara slowly open her eyes as she regained some of her strength. "Barriss," she said.

"Master Luminara, thank the Force you're alright," Barriss said.

"It seems that your medical training with Master Galla was worth it."

"Thank you," Barriss said. Suddenly, she started loosing her balance and was about to fall backward. I quickly left my post and caught her before she landed.

"Are you okay, Master?" I asked.

"Yes," she said as she started to get up. "Just a little tired."

"Shizznit," I said under my breath. "Master Luminara, can you walk?"

"Yes, I can," Luminara said.

"Then let's get out of here." With Barriss leaning on my shoulder and Luminara walking behind us, we left the room and ran through the halls.

"Can you please tell me your name?"

"They call me Shado the shizznit. I'm Barriss' padawan."

"I see. Strange, I can barely sense the Force in you."

"Yeah, I get that a lot. What I lack in the Force, I make up for with gangsta."

"Gangsta?"

"Don't ask," Barriss said. "But aside from the nonsense that he says, he's actually a capable warrior."

"I'll take that as a compliment," I said.

"Almost reminds me of a young Padawan I had," Luminara said. "She, too, was brave and strong. However, she normally resolved matters with combat instead of diplomacy."

Barriss quickly turned to the older Mirialan. "Please, Master Luminara…" she said in a low tone. I chuckled at her response.

"Hey, Master," I said. "Do you think those clone troopers finished their job?"

"I'm sure of it. After the clones activate the detonators, we should be out of here safely."

"Really?" a deep voice said. We stopped in our tracks in the middle of a intersection.

"Tell me that ain't who I think it is…" I replied. I turned around with Barriss. We were in shock when we saw him. It was General Grievous, and this time, he knew we were here. "Oh shizznit…"

"So this place is rigged to explode," the cyborg said before he coughed. "You thought you could escape before that happened, didn't you, Master Luminara Unduli?" The Mirialan back up as the CIS general chuckled. At the same time, the paths were blocked by several droids.

"Sithspit," Barriss said.

"It would be wise if you give up now. There will be less laser fire."

We were about to pull out our lightsabers until Luminara signaled us to stand down. "Let them go, General," Luminara said.

"I'm afraid I can't do that. Now come with me, I will not ask you again."

"You win, for now," Barriss said.

"Can't we all just settle this like homies?" The General stared at me and snapped his fingers. The droid's weapons were set to fire and I gulped. "Or you can lead the way…" I said nervously.

The droids and Grievous led us to a large room on the side of the mountain. It was filled with other droids that were working on computers. We stood there with our hands tied up and our lightsabers in Grievous' belt. "I am not surprised that you arrived to save your master, Barriss," he coughed again. "In fact, I was expecting it. But I didn't know that you would bring an accomplice." The General coughed and looked down upon me. "So, who are you?"

"The name is Shado, GG. Padawan of the young Offee, knawmean?"

"An apprentice of the healer."

"Yo man, I just wanted to say that I'm a huge fan of yours, dog. It's cool to finally meet the baddest mo' fo' in the galaxy, even if you're part of the CIS."

"A fan. I'm rather flattered."

"I just love yo work and all that, know what I'm sayin'? Your big debut in the Battle of Hypori when you kicked six Jedi's asses at once… Priceless."

"I did enjoy watching those Jedi squirm. And their lightsabers were nice editions to my ever growing collection."

"You really know how to bust a move or two, GG. I like that."

"Shado!" Barriss replied. "What are you doing?"

"Master, can you see I'm talkin'?" I said. I began to motion with my head and my hands trying to tell them to bring back our lightsabers while I distracted the cyborg.

"It is strange that a Jedi would praise someone who has defeated his comrades in battle," General Grievous said. As he talked and coughed, I saw the lightsabers coming out of the pockets of his cape and belt. "Aren't you worried that you will die any second now?"

"Naw, man," I said as I felt a lightsaber enter my chained hands. "I'm pretty hardcore. It takes a lot more than this to take a brother like me down."

"You are cocky and have some spunk. I admit you are not like any Jedi I have met. It is a shame that I must kill you now." Just before Grievous pulled out his lightsaber and was ready to strike, I turned mine on to cut through the cuffs and dodged. "What?" At the same time, Barriss and Luminara freed themselves and we began to battle the droids.

Grievous backed away just as another group closed in the gap, surrounding us at the same time. We sized up the competition. I turned my MP3 Player to "The DOOM". As soon as they fired, the three of us blocked their laser blasts. Most of the shots ricocheted back at the foes, deactivating them on the spot. However, there were a few Droideka and a couple of Super Battle Droids still standing. I dashed toward one of them and sliced through the shield and armor of those Destroyers. From behind, a couple of Supers were coming my way, firing lasers at me. I quickly blocked them and sliced a few in half and decapitating a few more. Barriss and Luminara also had their hands full. The droids were charging toward them while firing their blasters. The two rushed toward their enemies while blocking the lasers. When they got close enough to them, they slashed at the robots. More Destroyer Droids were coming near Luminara in their . Barriss headed them off by leaping in front of the on coming enemies and slicing them to ribbons. Luminara saw a few Supers coming from behind Barriss. With a powerful Force Push, she sent the droids flying. The battle was over and the place was filled with droid parts. "Where did Grievous slither off to?" Barriss said.

"I'm right here," the voice of the cyborg said. We turned around and saw him bent over with his hands behind him. "I see that you've trained your Padawan well, Master Unduli."

"You're not going to get away!" Barriss replied, ready to attack. However, Luminara put her hand in front of her to stop her.

"Surrender now, Grievous," Master Unduli said. "Your plans of invading Naboo have ended."

"Not yet," Grievous said as he took off his cape and pulled out his lightsabers. "Things are just getting started." He activated his weapons and got into a battle position.

"So you want some?" I said as me and the Mirialans went into battle positions. "Then let's do this thing.

I turned my MP3 Player to "Move!" by Public Enemy and Sista Soulja before we charged toward him. The general spun his blades and then slashed at Barriss. She dodged one of the hits and blocked the other. Luminara slashed at Grievous, but the cyborg managed to block the hit. I saw this as a chance to damage him, and leapt and slashed, but he ducked and kicked me back while his body was still lowered. The two Mirialan Jedi double teamed at Grievous, causing him to move back while I picked myself up. The enemy was able to block their attacks without much effort. I joined the brawl with a few slashes of my own, but Grievous spun one of his lightsabers, back us away while deflecting our attacks. As we passed by a table, I saw another lightsaber laying on the surface. I quickly rushed past Grievous, focused directly at the weapon. Grievous turned his head toward me and began his pursuit. Halfway to the table, I had to defend against Grievous pounding his lightsabers at me. I turned and tilted my lightsaber each time the cyborg struck. Now I was at the table where the lightsaber was and I quickly grabbed it and turned it on. The new lightsaber's blue blade shot out from the grip. Just as Grievous was ready to strike down with both his blades, Barriss managed to Force Push him out of the way. The general rose back up and attacked again. He managed to block most of the attacks. After a few minutes of parrying attacks, our blades were locked and we heard Grievous' deep cackle. "The game is over," he said. "It's now time to end this quarrel." Suddenly, his arms split apart into a new pair.

"Damn…" I hissed as I saw the arms lower to his belt and grab his lightsabers. After he ignited them, he slashed quickly at us with the lower pair of arms. We were hit, but the attack didn't kill us since we backed away before it did any real damage. The General was now stalking us, his claws digging into the ground with every step. The bottom arms spun the lightsabers on both sides of his body while the top pair pointed directly at us. The three of us managed to stand back up, but we didn't know whether we would win or not. I spun my lightsabers in front of me while Barriss and Luminara went into guarding stances. General Grievous was walking toward us with a homicidal glare in his eyes.

"Even if we die, we'll die with honor," Barriss said. "We will be one with the Force."

"I'm not into the whole dying thing, Master," I said to her.

Then I heard Luminara counting down right next to me. "Five… Four…"

"Goodbye, Jedi scum," Grievous said.

"Three… Two…"

"We'll ain't goin' nowhere!" I replied.

"…One." As General Grievous lifted his lightsaber, the room shook and a muffled explosion was heard. Another one was heard a second later. The room was shaking more than before and there was dust and larger rocks falling from the ceiling above.

I looked all over the place, wondering what was going on. "Are those-?"

"Yes," Barriss answered calmly. "In moments, this factory will be nothing but ruins."

The General roared in anger. At the side of the room, one of the pillars started to fall. Now general stared back and with a serious tone said, "We will meet again. And when we do, you will be finished."

"Keep thinkin' that, GG." I replied. "But the next time we meet, it will be you who'll get beat!"

The general only laughed at my comment. Even after the pillar fell down, I still heard him laughing. "Let's go, Shado," Luminara said. I nodded and we ran out of the room. In the halls, we had to face droids that were in our path and around corners. We escaped the building and met up with most of the squadron back on the hill. We watched the factory blow up and the mountain it was built in collapse over it.

"Generals," Commander Bly said. "We just got news that most of the droid army had just been shut down and the remaining numbers are declining rapidly at the hands of our troops.

"Excellent," Barriss said.

"Perfect," I said.

"Shado, Barriss, I thank you for what you have done," Luminara said.

"It was nothing, Master Luminara," Barriss said.

"Hey, no big, miss," I replied. "We're just glad we can help."

"Now that this battle is over, let's go back to the temple," Barriss said.

"Alright. I'm starting to get hungry anyway." The three of us, along with the troop, left the area and went back to the gunship. From there, we took a ride on the Destroyer and went back to Coruscant.

Author's Note 2: On our next chapter, Shado and Barriss are given a new mission. Yoda wants them to help find his favorite Hawk-Bat. However, it's not as easy as it sounds. Especially when a pissed Aurra Sing is in the city of Coruscant. Can the duo find Yoda's pet? Can they survive against Aurra's rage? Who knows.

Author's Note 3: If you have any questions or ideas, make a post or e-mail me.