I'm baaaaack! I just finished my first week of school and I feel pretty comfortable with my classes so far. Also, who saw the Season 4 (Part 2) trailer for Rebels. I'm looking forward to it, especially with the fact we'll finally get to hear Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine again. I can't wait! Anyway, enjoy...
Anakin and Padmé were chained to a cart that was headed towards the arena. They were afraid of what was going to happen. Both of them knew about the Jedi, but they didn't know how long it would take for them to arrive. Anakin and Padmé both knew that the end was near.
"Don't be afraid." Anakin said trying to reassure her.
"I'm not afraid to die. I've been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life." Padmé said. "I want you to know something, if we don't make it out." She said looking down.
"What?" Anakin asked.
"I love you." Padmé said looking him straight in his eyes.
"I love you too." Anakin said. "What if we survive? What then?" Anakin asked. "You said that if we did get together, it would destroy us." He said recalling what Padmé said back on Tatooine.
"I don't know." Padmé simply said. "But if we are to die here, I wanted you to know." She said.
The cart began to move and the two passengers began to lean towards each other and kissed. Anakin began to feel a new series of sensations, as did Padmé. It felt so wrong, but so right to both of them. Neither of them cared about it.
Once they were in clear view they stopped. Anakin looked at the center and noticed a third pillar with Obi-Wan chained to it.
"Obi-Wan!" Anakin called out feeling relieved that he was still alive… at least for the moment.
"I'm glad to know you got my message." Obi-Wan said.
"I did and I transmitted it to the Council as you requested, Master," Anakin said. "Then we decided to rescue you." He finished.
Obi-Wan looked around the arena "Well done." He said sarcastically.
He noticed Padmé was working on her escape. He noticed the wire in her hand and figured that was how she was going to escape.
"The felons before you have been convicted of espionage against the Sovereign System of Geonosis," announced a lackey. "Their sentence of death is to be carried out in this arena immediately."
The crowd cheered with anticipation.
Obi-Wan snorted. "Geonosians apparently like executions."
Poggle the Lesser came out and announced the three creatures that would carry out the execution: a reek, a nexu, and an acklay.
"Good just like last time." Ben said.
"What did you fear would come out instead?" Obi-Wan joked.
"I don't know perhaps a Gundark." Ben snarked.
Obi-Wan barely managed to hold back a grin as the reek came out. It was as large as he remembered with its massive shoulders, elongated face with three deadly horns roared. Next, came the acklay he would have to face off with. The four-legged insect-like creature came out and made an unpleasant roar. Finally, the nexu came out. It had numerous eyes, fangs, and claws on all four limbs. It pounced on its handler before walking towards them.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Anakin said unaware that Padmé was attempting to free herself.
As the animals slowly approached them, Padmé freed herself.
"Just relax and concentrate." Obi-Wan said.
"What about Padmé?" Anakin asked worriedly.
"She seems to be on top of things." Obi-Wan said essentially telling Anakin about Padmé's escape. Anakin looked to his right and saw her climbing up the pillar.
The acklay approached.
"Remember to move out of the way after its first swipe." Ben told him.
"I know." Obi-Wan said.
The creature swiped at Obi-Wan, but the Jedi got out of the way.
"Now again!" Ben commanded when the creature attempted again he ducked and instead the acklay broke the chain.
He wasn't free, but could now move as he dodged more attacks from the acklay.
A Geonosian shocked the reek in order for it to charge. The creature charged towards Anakin, but the padawan jumped over it as it charged into the stone pillar. Anakin landed on top of it and began to wrap his chain around its horn. Once the reek pulled its head back the chain broke.
Dooku watched on feeling displeased.
The nexu tried to climb up to the pillar in an attempt to eat Padmé. The senator began to use the chain and whip the monster. Unfortunately, the feline managed to cut Padmé's back leaving a scar. Padmé cried out in agony as the Nexu fell off.
Obi-Wan was on the ground trying to avoid getting killed by the Acklay. Dodging all of its attempts to skewer him.
Anakin was on the reek trying to ride it. The handlers were following him. Anakin tried to roll out of the way, but fell off the beast as it began to drag him.
Padmé decided to go for a new strategy. She leaped off of the pillar and used the chain as a rope. She swung into the Nexu and kicked it off. The creature fell off the pillar and landed flat. She grabbed onto the pillar and tried to climb back up. She then saw the Nexu beginning to get back up.
Obi-Wan kept dodging the Acklay the same way Ben told him to do. The creature managed to knock over a pillar, which he rolled out of the way of. One of the handlers began to charge towards him because the reek Anakin was dealing with stopped. He managed to grab its weapon and fling it off its mount.
Anakin got up to his feet and began to use the force to try and calm the creature.
Padmé was multitasking getting her handcuff off and fighting the Nexu below.
Obi-Wan whacked the Geonosian with the staff. The Acklay stepped over it impaling the handler.
Once Anakin fully calmed the beast he leaped up onto the reek. He swung his chain around its neck and rode off as the handlers began to chase after him.
Obi-Wan was fighting off the Acklay using the staff as a spear.
Padmé finally managed to free herself and looked down at the Nexu which was run over by Anakin's nexu.
"Jump." He told her.
She obeyed and landed behind Anakin. She kissed him on the cheek and he grinned.
Unlike, last time Obi-Wan did not throw the staff at the acklay. He waited until the reek ran up into the acklay knocking it down. He climbed up the reek and sat behind Padmé.
Soon a series of droidekas came out and began to surround them. Obi-Wan and Ben hoped that Mace and the other Jedi would arrive right about now like he did so in the previous timeline.
As that was going on, someone was making his way through the hall to Count Dooku's personal booth. As soon as he got out he ignited a lightsaber and a purple blade came out in front of Jango Fett's face. The Count turned around and saw his old friend: Mace Windu.
"Master Windu." He said almost sounding like an old friend. "How pleasant of you to join us." He said.
"This party's over." Windu said stoically.
As Windu said that hundreds of lightsabers ignited throughout the arena, and the three prisoners looked on feeling relieved. Obi-Wan was less relieved than Anakin and Padmé were.
"Brave, but foolish my old Jedi friend. You're impossibly outnumbered." Dooku said in a smug manner.
Windu grinned for a moment. "I don't think so." He said.
"We'll see." Dooku said.
Suddenly, the sound of approaching metal footsteps began to draw near. Windu turned his attention away from Dooku and saw four Super Battle Droids come out of the corridor. They began to fire at the Korun. Windu began to use his lightsaber to block them. Now that the Jedi was focused elsewhere, Jango Fett stepped in. He now had his helmet on and activated his flamethrower. Windu leapt into the air while blocking the shots being fired from the Super Battle Droids. Windu landed in the arena where he promptly took off his robe.
The Geonosians flew out of their seats as hundreds of battle droids came out charging towards several of the Jedi while firing at them. The Jedi charged towards the battle droids blocking their shots and cutting through them.
Two other Jedi went up to Anakin and Obi-Wan and threw two lightsabers at them. Obi-Wan's blade was still blue while Anakin's was green.
The Geonosians began to fight back they fired a cannon that made Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Padmé fall off the reek.
The three scrambled up to their feet. Anakin and Obi-Wan began to redirect blaster fire back to the droids. Padmé managed to pick up one of the E-5 blaster rifles a droid dropped and shot two Geonosians in a carriage. She got an idea and ran towards it. Anakin noticed too and followed her as she mounted the carriages steed. Anakin got onto the carriage and began to slice any nearby battle droids and ricochet their shots while Padmé began to shoot at them.
Throughout the arena, Jedi and began to take down any battle droids around them. Boba Fett watched on in awe at the battle. Taking in every sight with his young eyes.
More Battle Droids came out.
Obi-Wan and Master Windu began to fight back to back.
"Thanks for the much-needed assistance." Obi-Wan said deflecting blaster fire.
"Don't mention it." Windu said. "You'll be happy to know that Master Yoda will be here shortly with the army you have discovered." He informed.
"Good." Obi-Wan said feigning ignorance.
Windu and Kenobi were fighting back to back when the reek suddenly came back and charged at them. "Look out!" Obi-Wan warned Windu as he pushed him out of the way. Obi-Wan leaped over the Reek.
Jango Fett decided to join the fray. The bounty hunter began to blast off towards the arena. As Jango joined the battle, Windu cut off one of the reek's horns while Obi-Wan stabbed it through one of its sides killing it. Jango noticed Obi-Wan and Windu firing a missile from his jetpack. The two noticed this and rolled out of the way. Jango began to fire at both Jedi as they ran away. Jango began to chase them firing at them.
"I believe that's the bounty hunter?" Windu asked as he dodged some of Jango's shots.
"Indeed," Obi-Wan said as a blast zipped past the right side of his face.
The two Jedi ran away from Fett for a while until Obi-Wan noticed a chain lying on the ground. He grabbed it as they ran past it having an idea.
"I have an idea. Stop." Obi-Wan said as he came to a halt. He made sure to deflect the blaster fire as he turned around. One shot knocked one of his blasters out of Jango's hands. Windu saw this and did so as Jango flew above firing at them. He managed to deflect another bolt while Obi-Wan threw the chain around Fetts' legs tightly by using the force. Obi-Wan began to pull down on the chain. Windu soon joined in and began to pull with all his might as Jango Fett's jetpack roared. The two were slowly being dragged as Jango pulled until a stray blaster bolt hit Jango's jetpack. Fett knew he had to disconnect his jetpack and he did so. Jango fell the ground, but he still had some tricks up his sleeve.
Jango was about to activate his flamethrowers as Windu charged, but they clogged for some reason. Until he saw Windu stretch his hand out. Suddenly, Fett's flamethrowers combusted and he burst into flames. Jango screamed out of anger and agony.
Obi-Wan was horrified as Jango's body was engulfed in flames.
Seeing Jango on fire instantly reminded Ben of Anakin on Mustafar. He was almost relieved that he was not in control because if he was he would've possibly vomit out of shock.
Even Windu looked on in complete shock as Fett angrily cried out obscenities as he grabbed his blasters from the ground and fired like a madman. He knew what needed to be done.
Young Boba looked on in horror as his father was lit on fire and screaming his head off until he fell to the ground trying to extinguish himself.
Windu ran up to Jango wanting to put the poor fool out of his misery. He figured that Jango's flamethrowers were a little less sensitive, but he was wrong. Windu went up to Jango while blocking off the smell of burning tissue and cut his head off so he didn't have to suffer a painful death.
To Boba, however, the Jedi had horribly mutilated his father and killed him in cold blood. He looked on in horror and fell to his knees.
Obi-Wan looked at the boy full of pitty knowing what he would become.
The blast from the cannon knocked Anakin and Padmé off their chariot. They quickly got up as they headed towards the knocked over chariot. Padmé went inside and began to fire as Anakin began to shield her.
"You call this a diplomatic solution?" Anakin joked.
"No, I call it aggressive negotiations." Padmé bantered back smiling.
Anakin chuckled at her response.
The Acklay approached Obi-Wan. He wasn't scared he knew what to do as he swiftly jumped on top of it and severed its head.
Suddenly, he noticed more Battle Droids coming up towards him and the other Jedi. They began to push them all back to the center of the arena. He saw that Anakin and Padmé were being pushed back as well. Ben noticed one of the Jedi he remembered how he saw his corpse on Geonosis as Dooku. Obi-Wan managed to save the Jedi from certain death by helping him deflect the incoming blaster fire.
Dooku ordered the droids to stop firing. The Droids obeyed and began to cease fire and raised their weapons. The remaining Jedi and Padmé looked on in confusion wondering why they stopped.
"Master Windu, you have fought gallantly! Worthy of recognition within the archives of the Jedi order." Dooku praised,
Plo Koon, Ki-Adi Mundi, and Aayla Secura were brought to the circle.
"Now it is finished." Dooku said. "Surrender and your lives will be spared." Dooku told them.
"We will not be hostages to be bartered Dooku." Windu told the Count defiantly.
"Then, I'm sorry old friend." Dooku said a slight twinge of remorse could be heard.
The B2 units began to draw their weapons at the Jedi. Suddenly, a loud roar could be overheard. Padmé looked up.
"Look!" She said.
The Jedi began to look up and saw numerous LAAT fly over the arena carrying numerous clones with Master Yoda. The airships began to fire at the droids destroying them. The Jedi began to fight back as well.
"Around the survivors, a perimeter create." Yoda ordered.
The Clones began to fire at the Droids from their ships as some of them got out of the LAATs. The Clones got off the ships began to open fire as the Jedi got aboard their ships. As the remaining Jedi and Clones got aboard the LAATs began to lift off.
Dooku frowned and walked off.
Meanwhile, Threepio and Artoo were still at the arena.
"I had the most peculiar dream." Threepio said as he sat up. His short-lived experience as a Battle Droid felt almost like a dream.
Also, left behind was Boba Fett who had picked up his father's partly-charred helmet and touched it against his forehead. He was alone and his only desire now was to avenge his father. As well as, follow in his footsteps.
Alright, here's Chapter 11. If you are willing to would you be willing to tell me how I did with the romance scene. Romance isn't a strong subject for me. Next up is the Battle of Geonosis and possibly the Duel with Dooku. We'll see how it goes. Have a good day. May the Force be with you.
