Chapter 2
*Guest sleeping quarters, Jedi temple, Coruscant.*
Axis sighed, thinking about the council meeting. She was glad they hadn't gotten much out of her, but she knew that would make them distrust her.
*How to handle this* Axis thought, *Well, I want to go with to Naboo, but the Jedi probably won't want to let me go. So my best bet is to sneak onto the ship.*
*4 hours later*
Axis held her breath, hearing footsteps pass by, they paused then continued on and faded away into the distance. She was just getting bored when the ship shuddered, and she heard footsteps race by "Come on!"
When all had been silent for close to 10 minutes (according to her watch) she heard a sigh, then someone said "We should join the others, we'll find whomever it is when we return. Then two sets of footsteps disappeared out the ship.
She then waited another 5 minutes before she crept out of her hiding place. She slipped down the ramp and into the forest, and it was just in time.
"Now, let's head to the palace." Qui-gon shared a look with Padmé and then nodded at her. And they walked back up the ramp.
Axis froze as she realized he ride just left, *Well Joy... Guess I'm walking to the palace* she thought ruefully.
On the way to the palace she had plenty of time to contemplate her meeting with the Jedi council,
*Flashback*
*She was standing in front of some of the best Jedi masters in the galaxy that fact alone made her nervous, then to have a dark skinned Jedi question why she was afraid of Senator Palpatine had really freaked her out. *
*She'd hmmed and haad and gave very cryptic answers, and thanked all her teachers at the Academy for lessons on how to handle this situation.*
"Ow!!" Axis yelled suddenly, "That hurt!!"
She winced and looked at her middle finger, she pulled out the little thorn and blood came flowing out, but the blood was not pure red, it was black with red in the middle... like a lightsaber...
*Another omen...* she thought to herself.
*Well that's just great*
Just then Axis heard Blaster shots from up ahead, and that made her start running. She raced into the courtyard, and started firing her crossbow into the fray with deadly accuracy.
Every droid she hit fell, and there were three left, when they turned on her, she fired felling one of them, as the other two aimed their blasters. She was prepared to die even as she aimed to fell one of the two. *Wzzzz* this was it. *Crack* *Zzzt* *Pop*
Both droids paused then fell over, and Axis saw a handmaiden with a still smoking blaster in her hands. They exchanged nods, and sprinted off in different directions. Axis was headed for the battle of the Jedi.