The New Jedi Knights 2: Threat to the Jedi Order
Chapter 5: Return to Noomi
By MagicMansion
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars or Luke Skywalker. My characters are Jarrod, Josh, Kyle, Victor, Shawn, Mary, Abby, Rebecca, the Padawans, and the android.
Jarrod flew his X-Wing through the asteroids and moons surrounding Noomi with his two Padawans, Cody and Cory, following close behind in their Naboo Starfighters. The three Jedi had no problems getting through since the moons and asteroids had been cleared of all laser stations two years ago. Jarrod, Cody, and Cory landed on the surface of the planet, right in front of a very large building.
"Is this the clone factory Master?"
"Yes. At least I hope so. Hopefully we can get some easy negotiations."
"Master," Cody said. "That doesn't sound like you at all. I thought you liked battles."
Jarrod looked back at them and smiled as they got to the front door. "I do, but when I hope it's going to be easy, it usually isn't."
The twins looked at him, confused. Then they figured it out.
"Oh," the two boys said together.
Jarrod nodded. "Don't worry; I'm sure we'll get some action." Jarrod pressed a button above the keypad. "Hi there, this is Jarrod, Jedi Knight and General of the Republic. I'm here to see the commander of this factory."
A short silence was followed by a battle droid answering. "We'll send someone down to bring you up."
"Thank you," Jarrod said, crossing his arms and looking at his Padawans.
"Master, are we going to…"
"No," Jarrod told them. "We will not make the first move. Unless I tell you to, do not draw your lightsabers. Understood?"
"Yes Master," the twins answered.
The front door opened up and a protocol droid greeted the Jedi.
"This way Jedi." The protocol droid began walking, and the three Jedi entered the building.
"Hands up," a battle droid said.
The three Jedi stopped when they found out about 30 battle droids were surrounding them. Six destroyer droids rolled towards them. They unrolled and aimed at the Jedi.
"Give them your lightsabers," Jarrod said, handing over his own two lightsabers. His two Padawans handed over their lightsabers.
The battle droids led the three Jedi through the factory, Jarrod looking around for a power source that could be destroyed. He saw it, but it was a guarded box across a large room. Jarrod sensed that more than just the two destroyers standing around the power source were guarding it.
The three Jedi were finally led to the large control room. In it were battle droids and protocol droids, pushing buttons and walking around, checking on things. Jarrod and the two Padawans looked around the room, wondering why they were led to the control room. Jarrod finally knew why when he saw the next thing entering the room.
"Ah, so you are the Jedi that have come to speak with me," an android said as it entered the room. It walked in front of them and stopped, looking at them. "Where are their lightsabers?"
"Right here sir," one battle droid said, handing over the legendary weapons.
"This is odd; five lightsabers and three Jedi." The android set the lightsabers down on a table next to it. "That doesn't seem to add up. It seems that two of you are proficient in using more than one lightsaber. Am I correct?"
"You'd better believe it," Jarrod told the android. Cody and Cory were surprised, since they figured they wouldn't be talking. "Why don't you let us show you how proficient we are with two lightsabers?"
"Ah, I believe that would be a big mistake on my part young Jedi Knight. But, I would really like to show you how proficient I am using one lightsaber to kill three Jedi."
"Really," Jarrod asked. "Why don't you show us?"
Cody and Cory looked at each other, confused of what Jarrod was doing.
The android laughed. "You make it so easy young Jedi Knight. But, I suppose you know this is the end for you, you may as well make it quick."
"Well, you've got most of it right. Except, you kind of said one thing wrong."
The android was taken back by this. "Said what wrong?"
Jarrod shrugged and smiled. "It's not the end for us, it's for you."
Jarrod held out his hand and summoned his black lightsaber from the table and ignited it. The battle droids began firing at Jarrod, who deflected shots away. Cody and Cory used this to their advantage and summoned their own lightsabers. The three Jedi attacked the battle droids as the android backed up.
"Call the droidekas," the android said to a battle droid. "All of them."
The three Jedi finished off the battle droids that had been armed, and looked back at the android.
"You've got to be kidding," Jarrod said to the android. "That's pretty cowardly on your part."
"I'm a machine," the android said. "I don't need to know about honor and dignity. My job is to complete my programming, which is to destroy the Jedi in any way possible."
The three Jedi turned and saw rows of destroyers rolling into the room. Jarrod dropped his lightsabers, and the twins followed along. The destroyers unrolled and aimed at the Jedi.
"Well, it looks as though you are smarter than you seem," the android said. "Take them to a holding cell. I'll deal with them tomorrow."
The destroyers walked around the Jedi, leading them to a cell. The three Jedi were led into the cell, and then the destroyers rolled out, a battle droid locking the door. Jarrod looked around at the cell, and it seemed there was no way out. He sat down calmly, and the Padawans searched the room for a way out.
"Nice going Master," Cory said to Jarrod.
Jarrod looked up at him. "Look Cory, this wasn't part of the plan, I'll give you that. But there's a little something called improvising, which is what we're going to do when we find out how that android is going to deal with us."
Cory sat down, and Cody sat next to him.
"Well, I certainly hope you can get us out of this situation," Cory said. "If I get so much as a scratch on me, Master Skywalker is going to hear some complaints."
Cody and Jarrod looked at him. "Cory," Cody said. "You'd best focus on what's going to happen tomorrow. If you're thinking of complaining to Master Skywalker, first of all he won't hear it. Jarrod is one of the best Jedi Knights Master Skywalker has. Second, if you keep focusing on the future, you won't be paying enough attention to the present."
"Whatever."
Jarrod shook his head. He hoped he had seen the future correctly.
The next day, a large group of battle droids came to the holding cell and, one by one, led the Jedi away.
"So, Master," Cody yelled ahead to Jarrod. "You do have a plan, right?"
Jarrod looked over his shoulder briefly, but said nothing. He simply kept walking in the center of the battle droids escorting him.
The three Jedi were led to a large arena, built much like the one on Genosis, except it was made of metal and had protected seats. Jarrod looked around, and saw that almost every seat was filled with aliens from the Empire's systems. Jarrod figured they were here to see him and his Padawans killed.
"Ah, young Jedi Knight," the android said as it came out of a door. "I hope you are ready to be executed. I've decided to be kind and give you a chance of staying alive. I will explain to the audience, so I suggest you listen carefully." The android walked to the middle of the stadium. "Citizens of the Separatist Empire, as you can see, we have three Jedi from the Republic with us today. I know you want them to be executed, and we've set up this arena to accommodate their needs. The Jedi will be dropped into the deep holes you see behind me and will each have a different opponent. They have the opportunity to defeat this opponent, and then will be allowed out of the hole. If they manage to survive, they will have the opportunity to reclaim their lightsabers at the other end of the arena. But, we'll let that process be a surprise."
The android turned to the battle droids guarding the Jedi. "Put them in."
The three Jedi were pushed into small holes, and slid down for a few seconds until they hit the bottom of a very wide and very deep hole, almost 30 feet around and 20 feet deep.
"Now, let us unleash their opponents."
Cody sat down on the floor of his hole, and meditated, waiting for whatever his opponent would be. He soon heard a gate lift, and he opened his eyes. A small hole had opened up in the wall, but it was barely 2 feet wide. Whatever opponent he was going to have, it couldn't be very big. Then Cody thought better of it when he saw two eyes glaring at him through the hole.
A large snake slipped out of the hole headfirst. It continued to come out, its body growing to five feet, ten feet, fifteen feet, and then twenty feet long. At the end of its body was a large clubbed tail. The snake hissed at Cody, and circled the young Padawan, watching his movements. Cody turned around, watching the snake's head, and trying to watch its tail at the same time, but it wasn't working well.
Cory was pacing in his hole, wondering what kind of strange creature they might send in with him. The gate in his hole lifted up and revealed a large mammalian creature, about six feet tall at the shoulder and about twelve feet long. It had a lot of fur, and angry eyes glared at Cory. The biggest and most dangerous feature on the creature was its four foot, spear-like horn protruding from its nose.
Jarrod looked around his hole, checking for any possible way out. The only was to either jump up to the top and grab hold of the edge, or to climb up. Jarrod walked to the wall, and got down to prepare for a high jump. Then he saw part of the wall move. He stopped and backed up. Part of the wall was a gate, probably the entrance to a cage. Jarrod prepared for any creature to come out, and indeed a creature came out.
It was a bird like creature, with a sharp beak filled with sharp teeth. It had medium length wings, about the size of a hawk. As for its legs, they were just like a normal bird's, but they had an extra claw, which was like a needle and pointed straight down. Jarrod wondered why it had a claw pointing straight down, but soon figured it out as the bird walked straight down the wall, its extra claw digging in to hold it up on the vertical surface.
"That's a neat trick," Jarrod said as he backed up.
The snake continued to circle around Cody, with the Padawan still watching its every move. Suddenly it struck at Cody, who rolled out of the way of its large fangs. Cody stopped his roll just in time to avoid the clubbed tail that had come down to strike him. Cody stood up and jumped over the tail to again avoid being bitten. The snake swung its clubbed tail close to the ground, but Cody jumped onto it, and then back off as the tail hit the side of the hole. Rocks fell out of the wall when the snake's tail smashed into it.
Cory jumped up to avoid the spear-like nose of his creature. The monster's horn lodged into the side of the hole as Cory landed perfectly on it with his feet. The creature glared at him.
"Sorry buddy, you lose this round," Cory said.
The creature started pushing forward with its back feet.
"Please, you need to pull your horn out, not push it in deeper."
The creature continued pushing forward, and its horn began to move into the wall a little. Cory watched, shaking his head.
"Wow, you must really want to get your head stuck in the wall."
Cory laughed, and then realized what he'd just said. He jumped off just as the creature got a good push and its horn pushed deep into the wall. Its head slammed into the wall, and would have crushed Cory had he stayed where he was standing.
"That was close."
Jarrod jumped to the side to avoid the bird's foot. He jumped aside again as the bird attacked with its other foot. The bird continued walking towards him, attacking with each foot as it walked.
"Come on already, you're a bird. You can fly."
The bird jumped up and flapped its wings, and began attacking quickly with both feet, with Jarrod dodging each one.
"I think I liked you better on the ground," Jarrod said, narrowly avoiding another attack from the bird's foot.
Jarrod rolled under the next attack and ran up to the wall, with the bird flying after him. Jarrod ran up the wall a few feet and did a back flip onto the bird's back. The bird was confused, and began to flail wildly, Jarrod holding on the best he could. The bird fell to the ground with Jarrod's weight, and Jarrod stayed on top of it. He grabbed the bird's wings as it stood up, and it began to run around the hole wildly.
Cody rolled under the snake's body as it lifted up to move, avoiding another bite. The snake brought its body down, barely missing Cody. Cody stood back up, looking into the snake's eyes while he stood on the other side of its body. Cody turned and saw the snake bringing its clubbed tail down, and he quickly vaulted over the snake's body. He ducked to avoid another bite, and then he rolled under the snake again. The snake slithered in front of him, and wrapped its body around the young Padawan.
"Oh gee, this seems fair," Cody said to the snake as it stared at its prey. "I think it's about time we wrapped this up, don't you think," Cody asked the snake.
Cody sucked in his stomach and put his hands up; slipping between the snake's wrapped up body. The snake lifted up its body to find Cody, but he wasn't anywhere to be seen. It slipped its head under its own body, hoping to find its meal somewhere in a hidden spot. Cody jumped from his hidden spot on the side of the snake and landed hard on the snake's back, right on the section the snake's neck was under. The snake hissed, and stopped moving.
"That'll teach you to wrap me up."
Cody looked at the wall and saw a ladder being lowered.
His twin wasn't having as much luck. His giant horned creature was swinging its horn around, trying to break any bone on Cory it could. Cory jumped over the horn as it swung at him. He rolled under it as it came back for him. Cory still wasn't sure how he was going to defeat this thing. Then he got an idea that would keep him alive until he could figure out what to do.
Cory ducked under the creature's next swing and rolled under the monster. He grabbed hold of the fur under its stomach and held on. The creature tried to look at the young Jedi, but couldn't look under itself due to its horn. It tried running around to shake the Padawan off, but that didn't work either.
Cory quickly dropped off and rolled out from under the creature just before it laid on its stomach. It swung its horn at Cory again, who caught it with his hands. He held on with all his might, as the creature tried to throw him off. Cory finally swung under the horn and launched off of it, catching a small rock that was sticking out of the wall. He held on with everything he had.
The horned creature got up and started slamming its side against the wall to get Cory down, but the Padawan still held on. He saw the bottom rung of a ladder hanging slightly over the edge of the hole. He carefully gripped the outcropping with both hands and pulled with all his might, launching himself up to the ladder. He quickly found out that was a bad idea. When he grabbed the bottom rung, the whole ladder came down, and Cory ended up landing on the creature's back.
The creature backed up and Cory fell off. The creature then tried to spear the Padawan, who jumped up, the creature's horn missing him and catching the ladder. The creature moved its horn to the right, where Cory had landed. Cory jumped up and grabbed onto the ladder again, but was surprised when the ladder was torn down. He found out the creature's horn was between two rungs and had pulled the ladder down.
Cory was getting tired of the creature, so he did the only thing he could think off. He grabbed the end of the ladder and ran at the creature. He threw a rung over the creature's horn, twisted it, and put another rung over the horn. He jumped over the creature's back when it stabbed at him. He rolled between the creature's back legs and made a figure eight with the ladder around its legs, tying them up while the creature was looking up for Cory.
Cory quickly came out from under the creature, which saw him out of the corner of its eye. It tried to slam its horn down on the Padawan, but pulled its legs out from under itself and rolled onto its side. Cory walked up and kicked its horn a few times, finally breaking it. The creature roared in pain as its horn fell off. Cory took hold of the broken end and threw the sharp end into the creature's neck. The creature lifted its head up in pain, and just as quickly fell back down. It stayed still, not breathing.
"Well, that was exciting. But it's not something I'd like to do again."
Cory looked back and saw another ladder lowered down. He walked over to it and started climbing up.
Jarrod was avoiding the bird's sharp beak as it pecked at him. He rolled along the wall, avoiding another close call. He ducked under the next peck, and rolled between the bird's legs. The bird looked under at him and fell forward onto its back.
"Obviously not the smartest animal in the universe," Jarrod said, shaking his head.
The bird got back to its feet and ran at Jarrod. Jarrod jumped up over it, and it turned too quickly. It fell to the ground and its head hit the ground hard. Jarrod stared at it, waiting for the next attack, but it didn't move again. It was still breathing, but the Jedi Knight walked over and touched it. The bird was still alive, but unconscious.
"Phew."
Jarrod walked over and used the Force to pull his ladder down, since he figured the droids up there wouldn't until he killed the bird. Jarrod began climbing up the ladder to get out of his hole. When finally got up, he saw a dozen battle droids and two destroyers waiting for him, blasters pointed at him. He looked over and saw his two Padawans in the same situation.
"Hey, what's the deal," Jarrod asked the android as it walked over.
"Please, you didn't really think I was going to give you a chance to get your lightsabers? I'm not going to give a Jedi his most precious weapon, which would be a danger to me and my droids."
"It'll be a danger if you don't," Jarrod said.
"And what exactly are you going to do? Use the Force on me and all of my droids? I'd love to see that," the android said, laughing.
"It'd be my pleasure." Jarrod put his hand out in front of him and pushed over all of the droids. He turned and used the Force to bring the ladder up and he used it to tie up the android. Cody and Cory both jumped over their droids as they were fired at.
"What? How can this be," the android said, trying to free itself.
"It's pretty simple," Jarrod said, grabbing his Padawans' lightsabers. "You just don't understand how clever we Jedi are. Guys, catch."
The two Padawans landed and caught their lightsabers as they flew over to their owners. The twins ignited their lightsabers and started deflecting shots back at the droids. Jarrod meanwhile grabbed his own two lightsabers and ignited them.
"Sorry Mr. Android, but this just wasn't your day."
"Oh, this isn't over yet," the android said, kicking against the ground. It spun on its side and tripped Jarrod, his two lightsabers flying up in the air when he fell. The android kicked its legs and got to its feet, catching Jarrod's silver lightsaber in its hand and reigniting it. It cut the rope ladder apart and freed itself.
Jarrod had gotten to his feet and caught his black lightsaber and reignited it. He and the android were facing away from each other, and both spun around to attack each other. The lightsabers crackled when they met between the two. Jarrod swung his lightsaber down and behind him, and came back up for an overhead swing. The android blocked the attack by putting its lightsaber over its head. The android swung its lightsaber around to Jarrod's side, but Jarrod quickly brought his lightsaber down to block the attack. Jarrod swung his lightsaber up over his head, pushing the android's lightsaber in a large arc. As the two lightsabers came towards Jarrod's right side, he spun and jumped over them, kicking the android's face with his right foot. He landed on his feet, and the android landed on its back, Jarrod's silver lightsaber landing a few feet away. Jarrod quickly summoned it and ignited it.
Meanwhile the two Padawans were still fending off droids. Cody cut off a droid's head in front of him, slashed the droid to his right in half, stabbed the droid to his left in the chest, and then did the same stab against the droid behind him. Cory deflected a shot from the droid in front of him, and then spun around to cut all of the droids around him in half. Four destroyers rolled into the stadium and unrolled themselves, put up their shields, and began firing at the two Padawans.
"This isn't a good thing," Cody said to his twin.
"Ha, they don't stand a chance," Cory said back. He jumped over the destroyers, two of which started turning around. The young Jedi landed and slashed one with an overhead swing, and the other was slashed in half from the side.
Cody was still deflecting shots from the other two destroyers, which were unaware that the others had been defeated. One was stabbed in the back, and the other one turned, only to have its head lobbed off, and then its front leg, causing it to fall forward.
"Thanks Cory."
"No problem. They didn't even know what was coming. Let's go help Master Jarrod."
The twins looked over and saw a flurry of lightsabers spinning and clashing as Jarrod continued the new lightsaber duel with the android, which now had its own lightsaber. The twins looked at each other.
"Are you sure we can get in there," Cody asked.
"Yeah. No problem."
Cory ran towards the lightsaber duel, but Cody hesitated. Finally, he considered that maybe his brother was right. He too ran to join the lightsaber duel. He figured the more lightsabers that were attacking the android; the better chance they had of defeating it.
Jarrod was still dueling the android since it got up and ignited its own lightsaber. As Jarrod crossed his two lightsabers in an X to block the android's next attack, he wondered how the android could be so good with just one lightsaber. Then he considered, as he pushed the android's lightsaber back, that the first Sith they had faced had been good enough to even fight off three lightsabers at once.
"Master," Cory yelled. "We're coming."
"Stay back," Jarrod yelled as he blocked a low attack with his left lightsaber, and attacked the android's head with the right.
The android ducked to avoid Jarrod's attack, and Jarrod let go of his left lightsaber, turning his miss into a spin. He spun around all the way, attacking the android's head with his right lightsaber and catching his other lightsaber with his left hand. The android blocked the attack to its head, and then kicked Jarrod's chest, who had no chance to block.
Jarrod's lightsabers flew from his hands as he slid back. The android ran at him, but wasn't able to get to him. The twins jumped in front of their master, and the android stopped. The android and the twins stared at each other for a few seconds before the android made the first move.
The android attacked Cody with an overhead swing, who blocked it with his right handed lightsaber. The android pushed Cody's right lightsaber down into his left lightsaber and both lightsabers hit the ground. The android came back up to attack Cory with a high attack. Cory blocked this while his brother was in a counterclockwise spin. Cory jumped up and did a back flip over his brother's lightsabers. Cody attacked the android's legs with his left lightsaber, and its head with his right, which was a mere second behind the first attack. The android was able to block both attacks with its quick programmed reflexes. Cody used his left lightsaber to attack the android's legs again, but it blocked the attack.
The android pushed Cody's lightsaber back towards his legs, and Cody jumped up and over the android, doing a front flip. He attacked the android's head with his right lightsaber while he was in the air, but the android easily blocked this. Cody landed behind the android as it attacked his brother with a diagonal swing aimed at Cory's chest. Cory blocked this and found his lightsaber forced to the ground.
Both Cody and the android did a clockwise spin and Cody's right lightsaber met the android's in front of them. Cody swung his left lightsaber at the android's head, and Cory did the same, but on the opposite side. The android ducked to dodge both attacks, and the lightsabers met above its head. The twins brought their lightsabers down, but the android stepped to the side, avoiding both.
Cody caught the android's lightsaber between both of his own while Cory attacked the android's legs with his own lightsaber. The android did a back flip over the lightsabers. When it landed, it shouldered Cody, causing him to fall back and freeing the android's lightsaber. The android swung its own lightsaber over its head to attack Cory. Cory blocked this attack, and spun around clockwise. The android spun counterclockwise as its lightsaber was pushed to its left. Cory attacked the android's legs with his lightsaber when he came around, and the android attacked Cory's head when it spun all the way around. Cory ducked and the android jumped, both of them missing their attacks.
Both landed, and then backed away from each other.
"You have excellent skills young Jedi," the android said to Cory. "But, I'm afraid you are a Jedi. You would be quite powerful had you become a Sith."
"I don't think so," Cory said.
Cory attacked the android high from the right, and that attack was blocked. Cory tried from the left, but the android also blocked that attack. Cory spun around counterclockwise and attacked the android low from the right, but the android blocked that, and then pushed Cory's lightsaber in an arc. Cory attacked the android's head, but the android blocked that attack as well. Cory spun around clockwise and attacked the android's left leg, but the android blocked the attack. Both stood still as their lightsabers crackled against each other.
"Not bad young Jedi. You should become a Sith. Much faster reflexes, more power."
"You only wish," Cory told the android.
"Suit yourself." The android kicked Cory with its left foot, and the Padawan flew back, his lightsaber sliding into one of the deep holes.
"So sorry your Jedi career was cut short," the android said. "But, then again, at least you get to be the first Jedi to be killed in a long time. That should make you feel better."
"Don't you dare touch my Padawan," Jarrod said, walking up, spinning both lightsabers in his hands.
"Ah, the master, of course. Fine, I will show your Padawans what kind of power comes along with being a Sith."
Jarrod and the android circled each other for a minute, talking.
"It's hard to believe you can call yourself a Sith. You're just a machine, nothing more than that."
"I was programmed to use Sith techniques, and to destroy the Jedi Order. How can I not be a Sith?"
"Well, you do have one thing in common with them."
"And what might that be?"
"You aren't going to live very long."
Jarrod jumped at the android, both of his Padawans watching. Jarrod used his left lightsaber first to try and cut the android's chest, but the android blocked it. Jarrod attacked with his right lightsaber, attacking on a diagonal from the high right. The android blocked this attack as Jarrod spun counterclockwise. He attacked with his left lightsaber again; this time attacking the android's left leg. The android managed to block this attack, and then the overhead swing that came next.
Jarrod quickly attacked the android's lightsaber by bringing his left handed lightsaber up, hitting the android's lightsaber and sending it flying into the air. He brought both of his lightsabers back and attacked the android with an overhead swing using both, but the android activated electro staff technology in its arms, crossed them, and blocked the attack. It caught its lightsaber when it dropped back down.
Jarrod did a back flip quickly, hitting the android's lightsaber, and causing the android to do a back flip as well. Both flew back a little before landing on their feet. Jarrod attacked the android's chest from the front, and the android was able to block this attack easily. Jarrod tried from the high right again, but the android simply moved its lightsaber to that side, blocking the attack. Jarrod stabbed at the android's right foot with his left lightsaber, but the android pushed Jarrod's silver lightsaber away. Jarrod attacked from the high right again, but the android pushed Jarrod's left lightsaber up and used it to block his attack. The android spun counterclockwise, attacking Jarrod's left leg. Jarrod spun clockwise, and put his lightsabers into a cross to block the android's lightsaber.
"Not bad Jedi. Not bad."
"Not so bad yourself for only using one lightsaber."
The android smiled. "However, this must end. I'm very sorry." The android hit a button on its arm with its free hand. "Enjoy the party."
The android pushed Jarrod back, and the Jedi Knight fell over. The android jumped up, landing on a droid fighter.
"Guys, get ready. This isn't going to be fun."
The three Jedi ignited their lightsabers, and battle droids came pouring out of an opening door. Lasers fired at the Jedi, who began deflecting the blasts. The three Jedi started becoming very overwhelmed as the droids came closer and closer.
"Master, we won't make it if we don't get help."
"Don't worry, it's on its way," Jarrod said, hitting a button on his comlink. "Just keep deflecting."
The three Jedi kept backing up and deflecting shots for a good ten minutes. Finally, they backed into a wall.
"See what you did Master? Now we're all going to die," Cory yelled at Jarrod.
A missile flew into the stadium and exploded in the center of the mass of droids.
Jarrod looked over at Cory.
"Sorry Master."
Republic fighters and carriers flew in, dropping off clone troopers in the stadium. The two armies began firing at each other, and the three Jedi slipped through a door.
"Now what Master," Cody asked as the door shut.
"Now," Jarrod said. "We go back to our fighters, and back to the Jedi Temple. This needs to be reported."
Sorry, very long chapter. My longest yet, and yes, I was kind of trying to recreate the stadium scene on Genosis, but it was one of my favorite battles during the Clone Wars. I also felt the need for a few Jedi to face the test of being without a lightsaber. Anyway, please review.
