After leaving Tatooine, they arrive on Geonosis and are looking for a place to land the ship that isn't super noticeable.
"See those columns of steam straight ahead. They're exhaust vents of some type " Padme points out.
"That'll do," Anakin says as he lands the ship over there.
"Look, whatever happens out there follow my lead. I'm not interest in getting into a war here. As a member of the senate, maybe I can find a diplomatic solution to this mess." She tells him as they leave the ship.
"Don't worry. I've given up trying to argue with you." He smirks.
She chuckles as they make there way into the factory. The door opens for them and they walk in. They walk down a weird hallway not seeing anyone.
Right before she was about to tell Anakin that something doesnt feel right he says wait and ignite's his lightsaber as geonosians start to attack them. Realizing she didn't bring any sort of weapon with her she grunts and starts to run as Anakin follows blocking the attacks.
Padme runs through the door and notices a huge factory making droids. As she stands there the platform begins to contact in. She tries to grab Anakin, but misses and falls onto a conveyor belt.
"Padme!" Anakin howlers as she lands and looks at her situation.
Well shit. This is not how I though my day was going to go.
She sees Anakin jump down trying to get to her. She looks ahead and sees one of the machines is crushing things down and if she does move at exactly the right moment she will be crushed. She manages to time is correctly and makes her way past the machine and then all the other ones after without getting smashed. She tries looking back to see where Anakin is, but she can't find him.
Still maneuvering the obstacles she doesn't notice a geonosians fly behind her and try to push her. She trys to stop him, but looses her balance and falls into a giant cauldron.
Looking around she sees there is nothing to grab onto to pull herself out.
Come on Jedi where are you when I need you.
She looks ahead and sees a machine pouring hot lava into the cauldrons. Oh no she thinks and tries again to find a way out. She looks up and sees the dispenser right above her. This is it she thinks and she closes her eyes waiting for it to happened when she looks up and notices it seems to have shut off. All of a sudden the cauldron drops with her in it. It falls to the ground and she rolls out. She looks around and sees she is surround by geonosians so she puts her hands up in surrender. They hand cover her and pull her away. She looks over and she's Anakin got caught too.
Some chosen one. She rolls her eyes annoyed that they got into this mess
The geonosians take them into a room and sits them down. They are then greeted by Count Dooku.
Wishing Anakin wasn't right next to her so she could actually talk to Dooku without exposing herself. She asks about Obi-Wan hoping he isn't stupid and lets them go.
"You're holding a Jedi Knight ,Obi-Wan Kenobi. I'm formally requesting you hand him over to be now. "
"We don't recognize the republic here senator, but if Naboo were to join our Alliance I could easily hear your plead." He smirks at her
That little. Ugh. What is he doing? When Master hears about this.
"And if I don't join your rebellion?"
" The republic cannot be fixed milady. It is time to start over."
"I know of your treaty with the Trade Federations, the Commerce Guilds and the others Count. I will not forsake all I have honored and worked for and betray the republic."
"Without your corporation I've done all I can for you ." He gets up and walks away.
She stands up not believe what just happened. "Dooku?!" She yells.
He turns around and looks at her smirking. " I'm sorry milady but you and the Jedi will be executed."
In shock, the guards take her and Anakin away.
The guards put them into a carrier and chain them to it. She looks through the opening and can see a stadium where many geonisians are sitting and laughing.
I can't believe this is happening. How did I let this happen.
Anakin looks over at her. "Don't be afraid."
She takes a deep breathe can't believe she's about to say this but if she is going to die she might just say. "I'm not afraid to die. I've been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life."
He looks at her confused. " What are you talking about?"
"I love you." Maybe it was the fact that she was dying or the fact that she has never said it to someone before but she said it and a part of her actually meant it .Of course she wasn't in love, but after the last few days she has gotten to care for him and who knows maybe if this thing would have worked out the way it was supposed to and they would have gotten to spend more time together. Maybe she would have loved him more.
"You love me? I thought we had decided not to fall in love, that we would be forced to live a lie and that it would destroy our lives"
Jeez I didn't mean it like that. I guess I can play along and make this last moment alittle bit better.
"I think out lives are about to be destroyed anyways. I truly, deeply love you and before we die I want you to know." She leans to kiss him and he kisses back. As they are kissing the carrier starts to move forward.
They break apart and Padme sees she was right this was a stadium and in the middle were three giant poles with Obi-Wan strapped to one of them glaring at Anakin.
The carrier stops and the guards uncuff them from it and take them to the Poles. Walking over there Padme quickly gets an idea and pulls a Bobbie pin for her hair without the guards noticing. Before they attached her to the chain connecting to the pole she manages to uncuff one of the cuffs.
She looks up and sees Count Dooku and the geonisians leader come out and greet the rest of the geonisians.
" Settle down. Settle down," the leader says in Geonosians. " Let the excursions begin."
Cheers erupted as Padme glared at Dooku. She looked over to see three gates open up to reveal three creatures. A reek, acklay, and a nexu. Oh great she thinks I wonder which one I have to deal with me.
She quickly uncuffs her other cuff and starts to climb her pole to the top as the nexu makes its way over to her. She starts to hit the creature with the chain as it starts to climb up. The creature manages to scratch her on the back.
She screamed out in pain.
Oh my God. If I get out of this Dooku will pay for this.
She grabs hold of the chain and swings down and hits the creature knock in down. She climbs back thinking she's gonna need a better plan to kill it. She looks around to see Anakin and Obi-Wan are also finding a way to defeat their creatures.
She looks and see Anakin manged to calm his reek enough to ride on top of it and direct it over to her.
"Jump." Anakin tells her and he doesn't have to tell her twice. She jumps down and lands behind him kissing him on the cheek.
They ride over to Obi-Wan and he hopes on as well.
wow I can't believe this is working.
But she took to soon, she looked up too see they were surrounded by droids. Looking around for a way out she noticed lights of green and blue light up around the stadium. Lightsabers she cheers the Jedi! Never has she been so happy to see them.
She looks up at Dooku to see a man with a purple light saber falls down ripping off this robe which is on fire. Master Windu. He lands on the field and starts attacking droids.
The Jedi charge onto the stadium field as well as more droids. Two Jedis Padme did not know the names of tossed Anakin and Obi a lightsaber each.
Sigh. I guess I'll have to use a blaster.
She finds a discarded on the ground and picks it up and starts to blast at whatever is in her way. She sees the carrier that brought her and Anakin in and shoots the guard. She runs up to the animal it was riding and jumps on. She begins to ride while blasting more droids. Anakin hops in the carrier and starts to slash at all the droids.
Padme notices more and more droids keep coming in and she's not sure if they are going to be able to win this. As she thinks this a cannon goes off and hits near by them causing the animal she is riding and the carrier to fall over. She manages to find her blaster and her and Anakin run into the carrier to block on coming blast.
"You call this a diplomatic solution?" Anakin joking asks her.
"No, I call it aggressive negotiations." She smirks remembering their previous conversation many days ago .
He laughs at her and they continue fighting.
Her and Anakin leave the carrier and join the rest of the Jedi as the droids manage to close in on her and the remaining Jedi. They circle them and soon they all realize they are out numbered. The battle droids stop firing.
She looks up seeing Dooku told the droids to stand down. She glares up at him.
"Master Windu, you have fought gallantly, worthy of recognition in the archives of the Jedi order. Now it's finished. Surrender and your lives will be spared." Dooku tells them from up in the balcony.
"We will not be hostages to be bartered, Dooku!" Mace yells back.
"Then, I'm sorry, old friend." The droids point their guns at them again as Dooku says this.
Padme looks around trying to find someway out of this mess when she sees ships many of them flying into the stadium.
"Looks." She calls out as the ships land and soldiers she has never seen before came running out and shooting at the droids. They have blasters they definitely aren't Jedi she thinks.
She sees Yoda on the ships and figures he must have something to do with this. Her ,Anakin, and Obi-Wan run on a ship and she sees the other Jedi run into some of the other ships. Once everyone is on the ships take off and fly out of the stadium as the reminding droids are still firing at them.
"Hold on." Obi-Wan tells them as the ride starts to get bumpy.
"Aim right above the fuel cells!" Anakin tells the pilot causing a huge explosion done below.
"Good call my young Padawan." Obi-Wan's tells him.
Padme looks down to see more droids and more of these soldiers battling down below.
"Attack those federation starship! Quickly!" Obi-wans calls out.
She looks over and sees Dooku fly by on a speeder.
Coward won't even stay and fight.
"Look over there." Obi- wan points out Dooku.
"It's Dooku! Shoot him down!" Says Anakin.
"We're out of rockets sir." The piolet replys back.
"Follow him!"
"We're gonna need some help." Padme yells
"There isn't time. Anakin and I can handle this!."
Before she had time to tell him there was no way they could do this without help, an explosion goes off and she looses her balance falling off the ship landing on the ground. She rolls down the hill repeatedly and then everything goes black.