Star Wars: Clone Wars
Chapter 1: Assignments
"War is the most wretched and uncivil way to solve this conflict, but I'm afraid Count Kevin and his Separatist forces have given us no choice in the matter. My fellow representatives of the Republic, I pledge to do everything in my power to see to it that the Separatists are defeated and that we have peace for, not a thousand years, but TEN thousand years and then some!!!" Supreme Chancellor May to the Galactic Senate
The Chancellor could only stare at the data given to her less than an hour ago; at that point in time, it was her most cherished possession. Her stare is intense and all her focus seems to be on this one holodisk. A man walks up to her. He has a white face and purple lines painted from the corner of his eyes that ended almost at the end of his nose. He had a sinister look in his yellow-colored eyes that seems to be overlooked by the Chancellor.
"Chancellor, I'm sorry to disturb you, but Jedi Master Double D and his Padawan learners have arrived," the man says.
Three Jedi walk in the room; all three of them are wearing traditional tan robes and belts, each belt with a metallic, cyndrillical object clipped to them. The middle-sized Jedi has a beanie on his head, the tallest Jedi has his short hair tied together in a bundle and has a large unibrow resting over his eyes, the shortest Jedi has his only three, long hairs braided together, and the last Jedi to walk in the room has blonde hair with a small amount of it braided and hanging forward over her shoulder.
"Ah, Master Double D, I've been expecting you!" Chancellor May says upon seeing the four Jedi. "And I see you've brought your Padawan learners! But, where are the other members of the Jedi War Council?"
"They'll be here shortly, Chancellor," Master Double D replies. "Master Yoda and Master Kurosaki had something to take care of in the Temple while Master Dorothy was escorting a few senators to their chambers." Double D turns to his Padawan learners. "This is a very important meeting and I want the three of you to be on your best behavior!" He looks at the shortest Padawan. "That goes for you, too, Eddy! I don't want you making armpit noises during the meeting!" He then looks at the tallest Padawan. "Ed, you are to stay at my side with Eddy and Carrie. We don't want a repeat of the last meeting." Last, he looks at the female Padawan. "And Carrie, please don't eat anything that doesn't look like food. You remember your punishment well from the last incident where you ate some very important files!" Carrie thinks for a second and recoils in terror.
"No more training robots!!!" Carrie screams. "NO MORE TRAINING ROBOTS!!!!!!!!!"
"Is that clear?" Double D asks.
"Whatever you say, Master Sockhead!" Eddy replies nonchalantly. Ed salutes his Jedi instructor and Carrie just smiles in approval.
"Good, now maybe we won't have a repeat of the last meeting we…" Suddenly, Double D feels a disturbance in the Force. He spins around only to have a familiar figure nearly knock him over.
"DOUBLE D!!!!!!!!!" the figure squeals in delight, giving Double D a friendly, but bone-crushing, hug. "I was so worried about you! I thought for sure those droids vaporized you!!!" Poor Master Double D could only wheeze, as his lungs were being crushed. Just then two more Jedi walk through the Supreme Chancellor's door. One is very short and has on a similar brown robe as Double D's. He has green skin, wrinkles all over his face, and a wooden cane clenched in his hand. The other is a much taller human and also has a brown robe on but has orange hair.
"Master Dorothy-chan, what are you doing to poor Master D?" The human Jedi asks, glaring angrily at her.
"Um…uh…" the pink-haired Jedi stammers.
"Master Dorothy, learn to control your feelings, you must!" Master Yoda reprimanded her. "As punishment, go to the Jedi Temple and read over the code, you will, as soon as the meeting is adjourned!" Upset, Dorothy folds her arms and sits down in a seat in front of the Chancellor's desk. Double D sits down beside her, Yoda sits at the other end, and Master Kurosaki takes his seat in between Yoda and Dorothy. Double D's students stand at their master's side. The white-faced man stands beside the Chancellor.
"Something important to tell us, you have, Miss Chancellor?" Yoda asks.
"Yes," Chancellor May answers. "I called you here today to disclose to you the information on this holodisk I hold in my hands sent by the Bothans. According to the disk, the Banking Clan has set up a secret droid factory on the Muunilinst system. If immediate action isn't taken that factory could have the potential to produce enough battle droids to take over the entire galaxy in a matter of months. I propose that one of you take your legion of Clone Troopers and shut that factory down before it causes some real problems."
"Ma'am, my clones are already ready for transport," Master Double D states.
"Does the Council agree with sending Master D and his clones to Muunilinst?" Yoda asks the other members of the War Council. "What about you, Master Ichigo? Agree do you on this decision?"
Master Kurosaki folds his arms, smiles smugly, and says, "Yeah, I agree. Master D's troopers are better seasoned than mine are. However, my naval forces could give Sockhead some backup against their orbital defenses." The other three Masters nod in approval.
"I agree also," Master Dorothy says, adjusting the large armbands wrapped around her forearms with "love" and "strength" written on them in an ancient Jedi text. Above them on her forearms are two smaller armbands reading "knowledge" and "justice" in the same text.
"Then it is decided," the Chancellor declares. "Master Double D will lead his troops to Muunilinst and shut down the droid factory and Master Ichigo will lead his naval forces against their orbital defenses."
"Why not use Double D's naval forces and let his Padawan Eddy lead them?" The white-faced man standing behind the Chancellor suggests. He stares almost sinisterly at Eddy. "From what I've heard, he's the best pilot in the Republic!" Eddy jumps in the air, a huge grin spread across his face.
"You got that right!" He says. Supreme Chancellor May turns her seat around sharply to face this man.
"Vice Chancellor Oorochimaru, you have no authority to make such a decision! You are Vice Chancellor, and your only duties are to give advice when I need it and to take my place if I'm unable to resume my duties! You do not make decisions for me and you do not make decisions for the Jedi War Council! Understand?" Eddy scowls and folds his arms across his chest.
"Very well," Vice Chancellor Oorochimaru says sourly as he walks out of the room.
"It is decided then," Master Double D says. "As soon as I drop Carrie off at the Jedi Temple, I'll be ready to depart with my forces." Carrie grabs his arm.
"Please, Master, I don't want to stay at the Temple! The statues make fun of me and there's nothing to do there!"
"Why do you plan on leaving your Padawan behind, Master D?" Yoda asks. "No weaker with the Force is she than your other Padawan, and quite strong with the Force are your Padawan."
"Well, she could really use the experience, and I've only really taken her on a real mission once, so I guess Carrie can come with me."
"YAY!!!!!!!" Carrie yells.
She and Ed start dancing around the room, chanting, "We're going on a mission! We're going on a mission! We're going on a mission! We're going on a…"
"Please don't do that!" Double D says. "Now Carrie, if you go, you must do me a favor and stay out of trouble!"
"Don't worry, Master! I won't get in the way of our mission! Wait, what is our mission again?" Double D puts his hand over his face and sighs.
"Is that all, Chancellor?" Yoda asks. The Chancellor nods her head. "Then to a close I bring this meeting. Dorothy, to the library go, and leave do not until you've went over the code!" Master Dorothy folds her arms and storms out the door.
Double D is about to leave with his Padawan learners when Chancellor May stops him. "Good luck, Master Double D, and may the Force be with you!" She bows slightly to him.
"May the Force be with you, Chancellor," Double D says, bowing back.
Shortly, Double D and his Padawan are standing outside, watching the last of their Clone Troopers and All-Terrain Tactical Enforcers march into their Acclamator assault ships and watching Master Ichigo's fleet of ships fly off into space. Eddy walks up to his master, quite steamed at not being chosen to lead the fleet against the Banking Clan's orbital defenses.
"I don't get it, Sockhead! I'm the greatest pilot in the Republic and they go and put carrot-top as commander over the orbital fleet! I'm a much better pilot than he is! Why didn't you tell them that?! Why didn't you stick up for me!?"
"Eddy, your abilities have never been in question, you're just not mature enough. Trust me, in time the Council will recognize you for your abilities. Now get aboard. We're leaving."
"Whatever!" Eddy responded coldly as he boarded the assault ship with his other two friends, Ed and Carrie.
"Someday you'll see what I mean, Eddy," Master Double D thinks as he follows his Padawan learners into the arrowhead-shaped starship. The door closes and the ship's engines ignite. One by one, the other three assault ship's engines ignite and the fleet slowly rises off the metal ground. Watching from a window is Senator Nazz.
"They're going off into battle again," she says sadly. She turns from the window just as the ships take off into space.
Meanwhile, on Double D's assault ship…
Ed and Carrie are dancing around in circles, chanting, "We're going on a mission! We're going on a mission! We're going on a mission! We're going on a mission!"
"Ed, Carrie, PLEASE!!!!" Double D howls, annoyed.
"ED, SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!" Eddy yells, using his voice to send Ed flying across the hangar and to make Carrie's hair stand up. Carrie looks in a mirror.
"Ha, ha! I look funny!"
"Why me?" Double D asks himself as the fleet of assault ships zoom off into hyperspace towards the planet Muunilinst.