A.N I don't own Star Wars

Ferrus resigned from the order the next morning and his resignation came as a shock. "Masters, what you are doing violates everything the Order has stood for. I will not be a part of placing the Republic in a dictatorship led by you."

Things got worse in a senate session with Bixby. Bail Organa lead the charge with defunding the agricorps. Bixby was outraged.

"Chancellor, parents are not even told the truth about signing their children over to the Jedi. Those in the agricorps are not paid for their labor. They work eighteen standard hour days with no days off. The food they receive is minimal and the conditions are beyond dangerous. The Republic doesn't need to fund slavery."

There was nothing Bixby could do. Just about every system voted to defund the agricorps. Bail knew he threw a stone into the wasps' nest. This would be the first strike in preventing the Jedi's takeover of the Republic. He knew Jamila would be going next with the bill Padme designed. It would be an indirect strike at the Jedi. If your organization receives credits from the Republic, you will have an annual audit. There will be no exceptions. When the Senate went into recess for lunch, he pulled out his comm to talk to Padme.

"Padme, the first stone had been thrown. Let Anakin know when he gets off watch. This should make keep Bixbi and the Jedi busy for a while."

"I will, we will be having another meeting at the Naval base in one week at 20:00. Pass this on to the senators supporting this cause."

"I will"

While the Jedi where spitting nails with the loss of knights and padawans, now the defunding of the agricorps, Qui-Gon decided it was time to reveal himself to the Council.

"Qui-Gon, we told you Anakin would be trouble. He is destroying the Order."

Qui-Gon shook his head. "No, he is not and he has not fallen to the Darkside. What Anakin and those who have left the Order see is how corrupt the Order has become. You are using this war to usurp the power of the chancellorship for yourselves. The chancellor is your puppet. The funds that come from the Republic, most of it goes into maintaining the Council's luxury fleet of ships. The ones the rest of the Order use are falling apart."

That was when Mace tried to justify keeping Anakin and Obi-Wan in the dark being half-brothers. "Qui-Gon, it was for the greater good that Anakin and Obi-Wan didn't know they are half-brothers…"

"No, what you did was further alienate them. How is working for you Mace? The Order lost their best negotiator and their best pilot. I know you were going to deny Anakin being on the starfighter squadron just to rub it in his face."

Qui-Gon vanished and Mace was shaken. He knew Mace singles out padawans he doesn't like. The padawans don't have to do much to end up on Windu's despise list. He never should have been Yoda's second-in-command.

Back at the Navy base, Anakin got the starfighters to run on his artificial kyber as well as it would fire any needed shots. Admiral Ackbar was ecstatic. The chancellor could not complain because it would cut down on what the Navy spends.

"What about the Jedi claiming ownership of it?"

"They can't. Padme went through all of the laws in the Republic and all local laws. This is going to be labeled as military technology. I didn't always pay attention to my law classes and history of the Jedi history classes when I was a Padawan. Obi-Wan said they can't claim my artificial kyber. They screwed their noses up at it and demanded I stop creating it when I was eighteen."

Ferrus had done his in processing with the Navy and had heard Anakin.

"Anakin, this still needs to be kept under wraps because the Council could still go through Bixbi to gain control over the kyber that you created. How much more stable is it than the red crystals the sith use?"

Anakin used the force to hold up a piece of it and used one of the ultra blasters that was powered by the new kyber. Anakin shot at it and nothing happened.

"If that had been Sith kyber, we would all be in a medical center right now. The natural kyber that was in our old lightsabers would have cracked and caused damage to the hanger."

Ferrus knew why Windu felt threatened by Anakin. He is brilliant in all things science and mechanical. What Anakin does not have diplomatic skills, he makes up in strategy and piloting. Last, he would have the guts to see through the Council's corruption and have the courage to leave.

"Have you started constructing a new saber yet?"

"I have. It's almost done. We just won't be able to carry the new sabers out in the open. To defeat what the Jedi want, blasters won't cut it, pun not intended."

Anakin couldn't wait to get back home to their apartment. When he arrived, Padme was sitting with the cribs wearing something new.

"Good thing you are home Ani. The cribs came and I can't seem to put them together."

Anakin took a look at the instructions. "What the kark, it looks like a Hutt trying to speak Basic wrote it."

Anakin examined the data card and that's where he saw the instructions in Huttesse which was easier to understand. He got both cribs put together in less than an hour. Padme had C3PO helping to make dinner.

"Cheater, I wanted to see you squirm."

Anakin knew kissing his wife helped him to get away with many things. "Angel, Basic is my second language. Now, what happened with the senate session today since Bail promised to comm you when the senate went on break."

"The agricorps was defunded. You could actually count the number of votes on one hand that voted to keep funding the agricorps. Exposing the Jedi's crimes against the Republic will be key. Queen Apailina commed demanding that I ensure that Jamilla passes pro-Jedi legislation. After she practically called me a whore and you, trash, did she think she would change my mind."

"I almost feel bad. She on Corracant to tour the Army and Navy bases as well as head-up some expensive gala for the orphans of this war. She was only interested in speaking with the Admirals and Generals so Obi-Wan had to put up with her."

Padme began laughing. "Ani, you are terrible."

"He'll be fine plus I did worse when I was Padawan to him."

"I can only imagine."

Obi-Wan was back in his appartment. He now understood why Padme did not like the Queen of Naboo. He had to listen to his little brother being called trash for being a slave and Padme being called a whore, he politely stepped out of the room. Anakin being his half-brother is on a need-to-know basis.