The door opened and TC-14 came in carrying a tray of drinks for the Jedi who were sitting patiently at the table waiting to begin negotiations between the Republic and the Trade Federation.
She first carried it to Obi-Wan who took a cup off the tray and took a sip. She then went to Qui-Gon who did the same. The two didn't expect a thing. Her master would be so pleased with her.
A life size hologram of Darth Sidious appeared before Nute Gunray. He and Rune stepped back a little and slightly cowered at the intimidating presence of their boss.
"Is everything well, Viceroy?" He asked in a scratchy voice.
"Well not exactly my lord. The two ambassadors are actually Jedi knights. What should we do?
"Kill the two that are disguised as ambassadors and keep the other nine you captured alive. When that's done send your troops down to the planet to occupy the capital Theed."
"B-but my lord, is that legal?" Gunray asked in a worried tone.
"I will make it legal." With that the two Nemodians bowed and the hologram turned off.
Several of the vulture droids hanging around in the hangar saw a pair of canons descending from the ceiling and thought it would be best to get out of there.
The Captain in the Republic cruiser it was aimed at was not so lucky. The mechanical sound it made coming down woke him up from his nap but before he or assistant could put the shields up red plasma blast shot out of the turrets making the ship explode into a fiery inferno.
Purple eyes suddenly shot open. They scanned around the room looking at the cell they were in. The owner of the aforementioned eyes only thought one thing after looking at his surroundings: 'Where is my vodka?'
The blast shook the ship alerting the Jedi who in response ignited their light sabers sending a scared TC-14 cowering back. Suddenly gas started leaking into the room from the air vents. At seeing this the two Jedi turned off their light sabers.
"It's gas don't breath!" Said Qui-Gon. Obi-wan nodded to his master and held his breath waiting for the right moment to strike.
A small legion of battle droids stood outside the room, one of whom was carrying a familiar bottle. Suddenly a hologram of Nute Gunray appeared in the front of this legion.
"Go in and finish off what's left of them." The droid in front saluted and replied: "Roger, roger." Before the hologram turned off. The droids walked up to the door making it automatically opened.
An expulsion of gas came out of the room and the shadow of a lone humanoid figure stood there. The battle droids raised there blasters ready to fire on it but it turned out to just to be a fellow droid.
"Oh excuse me." TC said before going around the droids.
"Go first corporal we'll cover you." Said a normal battle droid to one with a red stripe on it's head. This one nodded but before it could do anything beams of blue and green appeared in the gas cloud.
"Uh-oh." Responded some droids before opening fire into the gas cloud where the jedi were. The light sabers moved deflecting the blaster fire back at the droids making the first two in front fall over destroyed by their own blaster fire. The jedi then lept out from the gas cloud and landedin the middle of the legion.
Qui-Gon slashed at the two in front of him slicing them through the middle. He then stabbed his light saber behind him without ever turning around falling yet another droid.
Obi-Wan landed in front of three droids who took out their blaster and prepared to fire on the padawan but before they could pull the trigger Obi-Wan thrusted his hand out in front of him using a force push to send them flying against the near wall damaging them too much to fight.
The two jedi turned around to see four more droids who were prepared to shoot them blasters at the ready. Obi-Wan noticed one of them had some sort of drink in it's hand not that he had time to question this. The jedi were about to attack the droids when a rumbling from below deck distracted both parties. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon listend closely and heard the distressed calls from battle droids from the floor below.
"The prisoner escaped get him!"
"Waaaaaaaahhh."
"He's too strong. Viceroy we need backu-"
Both the jedi and the droids wondered what was going down there but their question was soon answered. An explosion appeared in front of the the jedi and droids knocking them both down. When Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon got up they saw the explosion was caused by a man with silver hair and purple eyes carrying a lead pipe jmuping straight through the floor.
Germany quickly inserted his screw driver into the control pack on the back of the lead battle droid.
"Hey what are you-" But the battle droid never got to finish. As soon as Germany undid the lid he reprogramed the battle droid via it's pack. As soon as this happend the battle droid mistook the others for enemies.
"Halt!" He yelled in a robotic tone. He shot at one of the battle droids taking him down. The others at seeing this thought that each one of them was a hidden traitor. Germany ducked knowing what was coming. Each battle droid that was in a circle around Germany shot the droid across from it all of them firing at the same time simultaneously shooting all of them. Germany watched as they all fell down.
Standing up he admired his work before moving toward the door. He saw that it was locked with a control panel that need a complicated code to unlock it. Seeing this advanced peice of technology formulated a foll-proof plan. He took out his wrench and smashed into the panel making sparks fly out of it. The door opened up and Germany walked out in search of the others (mostly Italy).
The Nemodians who were watching this unfold on security footage from the bridge were not at all pleased.
"Sir prisoner seven has escaped as has prisoner three!" Reported the female Nemodian drone in one of the command chairs. Today was not a good day for the viceroy. This would be tough to explain to Sidious.
"There's prisoner seven! Blast him!" Commanded one of the battle droids. The droids started opening fire on Russia who quickly side stepped out of the way. He then raised his lead pie over his head and charged at the droids screaming: "Stay away from my vodka!"
He swung his lead pipe at one of the droids swiftly taking it's head off. He charged at the next two quickly dodging their fire before punching both of them with full force into the wall. He then turned to the last droid who was still holding his bottle of vodka.
"Uh-oh" Was al the droid said knowing what was coming. Russia grabbed the droid's hand and forcefully ripped it off before stabing his lead pipe through the droid's chest. It fell over with a shower of sparks coming out of it's chest while Russia looked at it drinking his vodka.
"Master he-" Obi-Wan began but Qui-Gon finished for him.
"I know." Using the force they both sensed the aura eminating off of Russia. It was not the dark red of the dark side but a deep purple, a color associated with sadness, sorrow, and pain.
"Master the force is strong in him." Said Obi-Wan to Qui-Gon.
"Indeed it is. The droids called him their prisoner. Come let's learn more about him."
"But master! Don't you sense the dark side in him?"
"Yes but he shows no hostility toward us, after all we both have the same enemy, and, I think there's still hope for him."
Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon-Jinn approached Russia who finished drinking his vodka. Russia finally noticed the other two people with him and truned around to face them.
"Hello." Russia said. He looked over the jedi examining them. What funny robes and hair they have he thought.
"Hello there. I'm Qui-Gon-Jinn and this here is my apprentice Obi-Wan. We're quite impressed with how you defeated all those Trade Federation Droids. Can you tell us what your name is?"
"Russia." He replied smiling his innocent child-like smile. He decided to give his identity as a country away because he figured A).This was some sort of dream, or B).If they really are in space these people wouldn't know about the countries of Earth anyway.
"So Russia. What are you doing in the Trade Federation ship?" Asked Obi-Wan. Russia looked blankly at the ceiling trying to remember what happened.
"Daaaaaaaaaaa? Oh. I was walking home after a meeting I had with my friends when suddenly these what you call battle droids of this Trade Federation came out of no where. I could have taken them all by myself but one of them sprayed some sort of gas in my face. The next thing I know I'm in a cell...without my vodka." There was a hint of sadness in Russia's voice at the vodka part.
"So you had a meeting with your friends?" Asked Qui-Gon.
"Da." Russia gave him a nod.
"Do you think the Trade Federation could have captured them as well?"
"It's possible. Where we're from we're pretty special and important."
"Then it would make sense for the Trade Federation to kidnap them as well. Russia I think we could have a little agreement here. It seems we both have a common enemy. Why don't we go give the Viceroy a little vist?"
"Yes that sounds nice comrade Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan." Russia took out his lead pipe and gave another wide smile.
Germany stepped out of the room he was confined in and started cautiously searching around the ship for any sign of the other nations. He then heard noises coming from around the corner. Thinking it was more battle droids he shot around the corner with his wrench raised...only to stop in front of a familar silver haird man who, like Gremany also had a weapon raised.
"Russia!" Germany yelled in surprise at the man.
"Da?" Russia nonchalantly replied. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan caught up with Russia.
"Is this one of your friends Russia?" Asked Qui-Gon.
"Da. This is Germany." Russia gestured to Germany who was right next to him.
"Vold on a minuet. Russia who are these people?"
"Oh. These are my new comrades Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan. We're on our way to have a friendly discusson with the Viceroy of this ship."
"The Viceroy? You mean vhat vrinkly gray alien who was spitting nonsense at me a while ago."
"So you have met him?" Asked Obi-Wan.
"Ves. He talked avout vaving kidnapped nine of us, and called us jedi."
"So there are more of you." Obi-Wan's voice had the slightest hint of irritation.
"Yes and it seems like he has more hostages, all the more reason to see him in person." Qui-Gon said.
"Ves! I vould very much like to meet this viceroy." Germany began cracking his knuckles.
"Where are the jedi?" Asked Rune. He was pacing around the bridge nervously. Since that strange jedi burst through the floor they lost security visual and lost track of the jedi.
"I don't know but they couldn,t have gotten to far." Said Nute Gunray. After he said that both Nemodians realised the room they were in was dangerously close to the meeting room for the ambassadors. Soon they heard the rapid metalic clanking of droid feet outside the door as if they were running towards something.
"I think we just found the jedi." Nute Gunray said in a grim voice.
The four were about to get to the door of the bridge when a new legion of battle droids rushed at them.
"Halt! Intruder alert! Intruder alert!" They chorused in robtic urgency. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan immeadietly took out there light sabers and ignited them into green and blue blades respectivley. Germany and Russia at seeing this jumped back a little surpised at this.
"Vhat the hell!" Germany shouted but the two didn't have time to explain. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon deflected the blaster fire from the droids guns making the fire hit the walls instead. Obi-Wan jumped behind two battle droids slicing them before they even got a chance to turn around. Qui-Gon then used force push to push three battle droids ina row all into each other before slamming them into a wall braking their circuitry.
Germany and Russia just stood there awestruck at what the men in front of them were doing. Qui-Gon then put his light saber through the locked bridge door cutting a hole in it while Obi-Wan stood on lookout to deal with anymore droids.
Nute Gunray and Rune Haakon stood there terrified as they saw the light saber cutting through the door.
"We're done for!" Exclaimed a worried Rune.
"Not yet! Put another door barrier up and I want Droidikas uo here now!"
"Yes viceroy!" Replied the female Nemodian drone. She pushed a few buttons on her key board making an extra barrier of door come up and also summoning a few drodikas.
Qui-Gon was just about through when another door came up making the hole he was just cutting useless. He then tried a different approach. He stabbed his light saber into the door and held it there slowly melting the door away. It made a circle of molten metal that was slowly growing outward.
"I could use a little help here!" Qui-Gon called out to Germany and Russia.
"I'll help comrade Qui-Gon." Russia said smiling. He took out his lead pipe and started banging it on the door. Because of Qui-Gon's light saber melting it the door bacame weak making Russia's hit against it with his lead pipe make cracks spider all through it. Each hit made a metalic thud that shock the entire door terrifying the Nemodians even more.
The white decor in the ship vaguely reminded Russia and Germany of the Pict's spaceship. Speaking of which it wouldn't have hurt to have China and America's super strength here Russia thought. Those two are never around when you needthem most.
The Nemodians looked in horror as cracks spidered through the door and circle of the door melting was getting bigger.
"Where are my drodikas?" Yelled Nute Gunray.
On cue a couple of rolly-polly droids named droidikas also called destroyer droids rolled rapidly towards the group.
"Master! Rollers!" Yelled Obi-Wan. Qui-Gon removed his light saber from the door and turned to face the droids. He knew how dangerous they were and how they would fight to the death. The droidikas uncurled from ball form and put up there blue deflector sheilds before opening fire on the group. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon deflected the droidikas blaster fire but their sheild deflected the deflected blaster fire onto the walls.
"Run we can't get through it's sheild!" Yelled Qui-Gon. The group ran down the hall escaping from the drodikas while Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon stayed in the back deflecting back deflecting blaster fire fired upon them from the droidikas.
"See there no match for droidikas." Said a smug Nute Gunray.
"Sir they've gone up the ventilatin shaft!" Reported the Nemdoian drone.
Three battle droids marched toward another cell door on the ship.
"We're here to check on prisoner nine for the Viceroy." Said the one in front.
The two battle droid gaurd responed with a "Roger, roger." and let the group in the cell.
They stepped in a cell room just like Germany's that was sleek, white, and had a window looking down at Naboo. Sitting by this far window was a terrified blond man hugging a polar bear waitng for the worst. However the droids looked vacantly like there was nothing there.
"Where did prisoner nine go?"
"I don't know he must have escaped." Canada got up hugging his bear.
"But I'm right here!" Even though the droids probally wanted to hurt him he was still angry that even they didn't notice him.
"Spread out and search the perimeter and try to find him."The droids saluted and marcged off.
"BUT I'M RIGHT HERE!"Yelled Canada right next to the droids commander. The commander looked on straight ahead as if nothing happened. Canada then stromed angrily out of the cell.
"Not even robots notice me!"
A lone battle droid sat in an AAT. He was geting ready to begin with the battle of Naboo when suddenly he heard a knocking on the hatch of his AAT. He caustiously lifted the hatch and peered around.
"Hello?" He saw that no one was around and was about to back down when a pair of black gloved hands grabbed him. Next thing he knew he was on the ground and could swear he could hear laughter coming from the AAT before he shut off.
The group exited the hangar and came upon the hangar. There they saw droids entering AAt's and MTT's.
"They seem to be preparing an invasion." Said Obi-Wan.
"Yes we should follow them. We have to alert the queen." Qui-Gon said. With that the group snuck by the droids and stole away on an MTT as they were preparing to start the invasion.