Echo: Welcome back everyone! Okay, who hasn't given the disclaimer yet? Force them to do it! See what I did there?
Resist (rolling on the floor laughing): Well Oni is the only one, but she can't do them at the moment, soooooo, Arthur you're up again!
Arthur: WHAT! No I am not!
Mia: Arthur...do it!
Resist: Yeah Arthur you heard her. (waves hands in front of Arthur) You will give the disclaimer.
Arthur (in a trance): I will give the disclaimer. Resist and Echo don't own Star Wars or its characters
Resist: Huh? Guess I did force him to do it (looking at his hand in disbelief)
Echo: Dude, omg, you're a wizard now!
Resist: Well Jedi tricks do work on the weak minded, or just Arthur. Anyway, to the story...
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The Rescue Part III
(Arthur's dream)
Arthur was back home on the planet Delphon walking through the streets and alleyways when the mugger that he used the dark side on jumped out of the shadows of the alleyway. The mugger demanded Arthur's valuables again, and as before, Arthur closed his eyes and clenched his fists and the mugger began to levitate off the ground and started to fight invisible hands that were around his neck.
Arthur finally opened his eyes and looked up at the mugger, only to see Mia instead of the mugger. Arthur panicked right away and unclenched his fists…..
(Med Bay)
Arthur awoke quickly and shot up from the bed he was on, sweating badly and his breathing was quick and uneasy. He felt a hand on his chest as Mia tried to calm him down. "Arthur, it's okay," she soothed, "I'm here. You were just having a bad dream." Mia analyzed Arthur before sighing. "What did you see before? Green wants to know."
Arthur's breathing calmed somewhat, but was still irregular, "Nothing. All I heard and remember is Dooku's voice. He was talking to Oni." Arthur was struggling to forget his nightmare but as hard as he tried, he couldn't. He couldn't get the image of Mia struggling to breath, while floating in mid air, and it was all his doing.
Mia frowned and shook her head is disbelief. "Wait, you heard Dooku talking to your Master. What was he saying?"
"He's w-w-waiting for m-m-me, before he k-k-k-ends Master K-K-Kao" answered Arthur, as his breathing quickened again, remembering what The Count said. Mia placed her hands on Arthur's shoulders and shushed him. "It's okay," the young woman whispered, "At least we know she's alive, right?"
"Yeah, till I get there, then we are both gonners" said Arthur. He laid back down in his bed and looked into Mia's eyes, "Sorry" he said apologetically, "We'll get her back."
"You're darn right we will," Mia gave him a firm look, "Don't mention this to Green after all. That man is going to have a panic attack at any moment." She sighed and shook her head. "Patch said they might be engaged."
"Wouldn't surprise me now" replied Arthur. He was well aware of how Green was acting and how he kept mentioning about ripping Koth's head off when he gets his turn at interrogating him. Arthur's mind traveled back to his nightmare. He looked up at Mia and frowned slightly as his nightmare played in his mind on repeat.
"What?" Mia asked. She turned her head sharply when she heard the med bay doors open. Patch and Green hurried over to the bed with anxious looks. "We've exited hyperspace," Green said, "You feeling better, kid?"
Arthur nodded his head at Green, then turned back to Mia, "I might tell you later" he said as he tried to stand up. He was a little dizzy, but he managed to find his balance and made for the doors to exit the med bay.
"We have to hurry," Green said, "I don't know how long that creep will last in custody." The clone commander lead the way towards the hangar. Arthur walked beside Mia as they continued to walk.
(Jedi Temple)
The group made their way through the temple till they spotted Master Yoda. "Master Yoda" greeted Arthur, as he bowed in respect.
"Waiting for you in interrogation, Koth is." replied the wise master. Arthur bowed to the green master, then started to make his way to the interrogation room with the rest of the group. Arthur took in a deep breath, "Here we go" he said as he let out a long sigh. Green smirked, "I've been waiting weeks for this."
As Mia, Arthur, and Green walked into the room, they noticed Koth sitting at a metal table. His hands were cuffed, but he folded them casually on the table. The Zabrak Master looked up at the three and snickered. "It took you all that long to put the pieces together?" he asked sarcastically.
"Quiet" snapped Arthur, "We'll be asking the questions" he said in a deeper voice that he only used when he started to lose himself in anger. "Why did you betray the order? Was it for money?" asked Arthur, as he took a seat on the opposite side of the table.
Mia's eyes widened slightly at Arthur's tone of voice. Green, who was standing next to her, nudged her. "I thought I was going to be the bad cop," he whispered while watching the scene go down.
"Why would I need money?" Koth narrowed his eyes at Arthur. "You don't scare me, boy. You're just angry that you've lost another Master."
Arthur was trying his hardest not to lose control of himself. He moved his hands to either side of the chair he was in and gripped both sides of it tightly, thinking that that would keep him planted in his seat, instead of lunging at Koth. "I don't need to scare you, that's what he is for" replied Arthur with a smirk, as he gestured to Green. Arthur's voice was still deep and full of anger and hate.
Green nodded and smiled, "I'm just waiting patiently."
Mia glared at Koth the whole time, wanting him to crack. But the Jedi Master remained calm. He glanced at the young woman with a puzzled look. "Who's she?" he asked, "You hired a bounty hunter to interrogate me? It'll take a lot more than that to make me crack."
Arthur looked at Green and used a sarcastic voice, "He's still asking questions, when I told him we were the one's that would be asking questions. How stupid can a guy be?" he asked Green.
"Apparently stupid enough to fall for our trap," Mia sent back with a smirk. Koth chuckled at this, "Alright, little lady, why don't you let your boyfriend do the talking and keep your mouth shut. I don't know why they would let a bounty hunter roam our halls."
Arthur lost it, right then and there. Arthur stood up and tossed the table that separated him from Koth. The table hit the wall, and shattered a window, leaving pieces of glass on the floor. Arthur then rushed Koth and then grabbed him by the color and put him up against the wall. "Say it again, I dare you" replied Arthur getting as close he could to Koth's face. Small pieces of glass began to slightly rise from the ground as Arthur spoke in his dark tone.
"Arthur," Green warned. Sure, he wanted this guy to suffer, but the kid was starting to drift. Mia even gasped when he burst. Arthur turned his head and looked at his two friends near the back of the room, he looked at Green first, hearing his name, then turned to Mia, still not letting his grip on Koth relax. He looked at Mia's facial expression and it made his heart sink as low as it could go. She looked frightened at what he did, and he also saw that she was also frightened for him as well. His temper subsided somewhat and gathered his wits before turning back to face Koth. "You think I'm the bad cop?," he asked rhetorically. Arthur then paused for effect and then added, "Wait till you meet him" he gestured with his head to Green before releasing Koth, who then just fell to the ground. Arthur then turned around, as Koth stood back up.
"I like how you come to her rescue, can't she do it herself?" sneered Koth.
Arthur froze and made a fist with his right hand. He stood still for a few seconds before abruptly spinning on his heels and laid a full out punch to Koth's stomach, making him bend over. Arthur then grabbed him and kneed him in the gut twice, before Mia pulled him off.
"That's my job," Green said humorously, giving Arthur a cautious pat on the shoulder. He waited a few moments for Arthur to settle down before turning towards Koth. After analyzing the traitor's face, the marshal looked at Arthur and Mia and gestured towards the door. "You two may want to leave before things get messy," he said.
Mia tugged on Arthur's arm and began walking out the door, practically dragging him with her. Green pulled a chair up to the table and gestured for Koth to take his seat once more. "I'm a little more patient, but don't underestimate my hatred of you," Green said calmly and collected, as if his words were common knowledge.
"What? The bad cop didn't work out, so now you're the worse cop?" asked Koth with a giant smirk plastered on his face. "I saw this coming a mile away" finished Koth as he leaned back on his chair with his fingers interlocked behind his head, looking comfortable.
Green chuckled at this and sat back in his chair as well. "They taught me all about the wackjobs like you back on Kamino," the clone said, "I've been trained to rip you apart and poke at the little nerves til you give up." Suddenly, a dark and threatening glare came upon Green's face. He sat up and leaned on the table, folding his arms. "Do you really think I can't make you squirm? It doesn't take a Sith Lord to do that."
Koth mimicking Green sat up and put his arms on the table and rested his head on his hands. "Take your best shot clone" replied Koth. The commander snickered in return, "I could go there." He plastered an innocent look on his face before continuing. "It's a shame that Kosul Ayada couldn't be here to talk to you."
"You leave him out of this!" screamed Koth pointing a finger at Green, who just received a smirk in response from Green. The man scoffed and look adjar, "You know, that was pretty selfish of you to sacrifice your own master like that."
"You don't know what you're talking about. You better watch what you say" said Koth, with an emotionless face. Koth leaned back in his seat again, but didn't look as comfortable as before.
A flash of anger took over Green and he stood up sharply, knocking his chair over in the process. He slammed his fists on the table, which caused Koth to flinch slightly. He glared into the Zabrak's eyes with his own, tortured orbs. "I am the one making threats and orders here," he snarled, "Not you."
Green ground his teeth together and clenched his jaw. "Now, you are going to tell me where Dooku took her, or else we can continue this little discussion about Master Ayada," the clone stopped, "I'm sure the Jedi Council would love to know who killed him."
"You think I'm afraid of you and that you're so intimidating. You're not. There are much more frightening things than a clone on roids" replied Koth, returning the glare that Green was giving him.
The commander gave a huff before grabbing Koth by his shirt in one fist. He hoisted him out of the chair and over the table. "Are you so sure about that?" he asked with pure hatred in his eyes.
"Yeah, I'm sure" came the disgruntled voice of Koth as he had to stare down at Green, since he was being hoisted in the air for the second time. Green smirked at this and flipped the Zabrak over, who landed harshly on the concrete floor. "Good," the clone spat, "'Cause I'm just getting warmed up." He glanced over in the direction Arthur and Mia would be outside before turning back to Koth. "You just let me know when you're ready to give up the coordinates."
Green once again picked up Koth by the edge of his robe and threw him into the nearest wall.
"Do your worst 'Roid Rage', Count Dooku is gonna kill me after our little chat here anyway" said Koth threw gritted teeth. Green kneeled down until he was face to face with the Jedi Master. "Not if I don't first," he spat and pinned the Jedi to the wall with his right hand. His left hand pointed at the sky. "Do you have any idea what your Master would say if he saw this...if he saw you? You betrayed him." Green's voice continued to get deeper and darker as he went on; "You killed your own Master to save your own pathetic life. How does it feel to kill another Master, huh? How about a third? If you don't hand me those coordinates, I'm going to add your soul to the list."
"I got a question for you," replied Koth through his short breaths, "Has Arthur told you what he heard when he tapped into the force?" asked Koth, "Dooku is gonna gut your precious Jedi right in front of him." Koth then spit down at Green's shoes.
The commander exclaimed in a fury and threw an uppercut straight to the Zabrak's jaw. He effortlessly picked the Jedi up and smashed him into the table, breaking its legs off. As Koth lay on his back in pain, Green circled around him, seething.
Koth laid on the back in so much pain, and decided to give in. He couldn't take another round with this guy. He knew he was a dead man anyway, "Your Master…" Koth started to speak as he coughed out blood, "Is on Serenno" he said before he coughed out more blood.
(Outside the Interrogation Room, Arthur/Mia Conversation, Moments earlier)
Arthur walked out of the interrogation room, shortly followed by Mia. Arthur immediately growled in frustration and did a quick and hard one, two punch to the wall, then leaned his head on the wall trying to calm himself.
Mia smiled slightly and placed her hands on Arthur's shoulders as she always did to calm him. "You need to get out of that habit," she sighed, "I know your Master is in charge of teaching you how, but maybe this is providing you an opportunity to dig deeper and find your balance."
Arthur turned around to look at her, and then leaned his back up against the wall. "Maybe I should have stayed on Delphon, maybe I'm not cut out for this" Arthur replied. "I fall too easily to the darkside."
"Don't say that," Mia gave him one of her firm looks. "You are a Jedi. Right now you need to find that balance within yourself. Just because these other Jedi don't get angry doesn't mean they never had it. Your Master was once your age and was probably going through the same struggle you are. Just give it time."
Arthur knew she was right, and he was tired of falling to the darkside of the force. "I'm going for a walk" said Arthur and started to walk away. He figured a short walk before returning to the interrogation would calm him and give Green the time he needed to crack Koth.
"Be careful Arthur," Mia warned. She wanted to go with him, but knew he had to do this alone in order to organize his thoughts. The young woman turned her attention to the interrogation at hand, which was about to turn in their favor.
(Three minutes later)
Arthur after taking a quick walk around the surrounding halls, returned to the interrogation room. He smiled at Mia and walked over to her and leaned against the wall right next to her and looked at the sight unfolding in the interrogation room. Despite his look of hate, the clone seemed to be enjoying himself...for good reason.
Mia smiled, "I think he broke him finally."
"Koth held out longer than I would have gave him. Good thing I didn't bet on it" Arthur laughed as he continued to watch Green interrogate Koth. Arthur felt hope, since they were really close to finding his master.
Suddenly, the clone stopped and had Koth pinned down on the ground. It seemed as if the two were conversing. As they finished, Green sharply looked at the door out of the interrogation room. "What's going on?" Mia inquired. The two watched as the commander ran out of the room. He rounded the corner, panting. "He just told me where she is," he said in a rush.
Arthur was filled with excitement, he couldn't believe that after this time they would finally have a chance to rescue Master Kao. "After you," Arthur said as he gestured with his hands and did a mocking bow to Green.
The clone tried to laugh but was panting too hard, "Sorry, it's the adrenalin. There's still the bad news…"
"What?" Arthur and Mia asked together. Arthur slightly turned red at this, but it quickly faded away. "She's on Serenno," Green said. When Arthur and Mia gave him a curious look, he sighed. "It's Dooku's homeworld deep in Separatist space."
"Well that figures" replied Arthur in a sarcastic tone, "Just once, I wish something was easy to accomplish" finished Arthur, who was slightly bummed about having to go deep in Separatist space, but it was a small price to pay for getting Master Kao back.
Mia rolled her eyes at this piece of information. It was always one obstacle after another. "How are we supposed to get that far into Separatist territory?"
"Think Padme could help us? She probably has contacts deep in Separatist space." asked Arthur who was just fishing for any ideas that popped in his head.
"Politicians in the Separatist Senate perhaps?" Green asked with a raised brow. "That sounds like a pretty smart plan. Though it might be hard to smuggle a Jedi, a bounty hunter, and a clone even then. We don't exactly blend in with the general public."
"We'll just have to change our getup and smuggle what we need to rescue Master Kao" said Arthur who was thinking hard on how to make this plan work. They only had one shot at this. Mia and Green both nodded at this. "Well, kid," the commander sighed, "What's our next move?"
"Talking to Padme about smuggling us into Separatist space" said Arthur as he started to walk down the hall, but then realized he didn't know where she was or anything, as a matter of fact. "Where is she actually?" Arthur asked, slightly embarrassed.
Green looked at the floor in thought. "Senate building would be the best place to look," he said, "But I highly suggest we talk with the Jedi Council and have them speak to her on the matter."
"Sounds good to me" replied Arthur, and they started to make their way toward the Jedi Council room. Green and Mia followed suit. Mia caught up to Arthur and nudged his shoulder. "Are they in a meeting?"
"Probably, that's all they do" he laughed at himself, but then calmed down, "Don't know, but we'll soon find out" as he walked up near the door to the Council room. Green shrugged, "Let's get it over with."
As the doors opened, the three saw that a few of the Council members were present. Of them, Windu and Yoda, turned and looked towards them. "Have you made progress, Padawan?" Master Windu asked Arthur, obviously knowing why they were there.
"Yes we have, but in order to act out our plan, we need assistance from Senator Amidala and we were hoping you could help us out with that" Arthur said politely as he bowed to the masters. Windu looked to Yoda for approval, who nodded. Turning back to Arthur, he said, "We will arrange for the senator to meet you in the Senate building right away. The three of you should go there immediately."
(Senator Amidala's ship)
Arthur was sitting in the back of the ship looking over his civilian get up. His clothes felt weird after getting use to his Jedi robes. He brushed his shoulders and kept fiddling with his clothes. Beside him, Green was also checking out his attire. His loose clothing didn't really fit with the helmet he was given, but he had to do the best to cover his identity.
"Someone not like being a civilian?" chuckled Arthur gesturing with his hand to Green's civilian clothes. The clone looked disgusted, "I hate it! Who wears clothes like these?"
"You two look ridiculous," they heard Mia say from the door. Instead of her bounty hunter suit, she now wore what looked to be one of Senator Amidala's dresses, though, it was one of the less "flashy" ones. Arthur was lost in her as he looked over the dress she was wearing, and he instantly became speechless and his jaw slightly dropped.
"You're face is going to get stuck like that," Green chuckled as he noticed Arthur staring.
Arthur's turned beet red and he looked away, then came up with a comment of his own for Green. "Are you speaking from experience?" asked Arthur who started to laugh at his own comeback.
It was Green's turn to stop and blush. "Well," the commander started to say with a smug look. The door on the other side of the room opened and two clones wearing similar attire to Green appeared. Green cleared his throat and gave Arthur a look that said "We'll discuss this later".
"Sir," one of the commandos said, "I feel stupid."
"Join the club" said Arthur as he gestured to Green, before laughing. He stood up and started to walk around to get used to his outfit. It wasn't that he was not used to wearing normal civilian clothes, it just that he got used to wearing his Jedi outfit, and that it felt weird to go back to original clothes.
The other commando looked himself up and down before shrugging, "I'm okay with it." Everyone turned to him with confused and concerned looks. "What?" he defended, "It's more comfortable than the scratchy body suit!"
Arthur then walked over to the two ARC Troopers and introduced himself. "Name's Arthur Perry. Yours?" he asked politely extending a hand. The first trooper nodded and shook his hand, "I'm Harper, and this is Ghost." The latter nodded his respects as well and shook his hand.
Arthur walked back to his seat and sat down, figuring they were coming up to their destination soon. "You ready for this?" asked Arthur nudging Green in the shoulder, who was still fiddling with his outfit.
"To be humiliated?" he asked, glancing at all of their attire. Arthur rolled his eyes, "I meant to get our butts kicked by Dooku" said Arthur with a hint of sarcasm.
Ghost snickered, "I'm looking forward to kicking his butt, sir. I've been waiting too long in this darn war for an opportunity to do so."
"Well here is our shot" said Arthur then Senator Amidala's voice came over the comm system in the ship telling us to buckle up as we were beginning our descent. Harper chuckled at what his brother said. "But I wish we could take a couple grenades with us to celebrate."
"Don't worry," Green smirked, "You boys will get your chance. We have a couple spies that will have gear for us when we arrive."
"Green can't wait for that so he can get out of his civies" laughed Arthur who started to earn chuckles from everyone on board. "Oh you're gonna get it when we rescue the general," Green threatened, giving Arthur the stink eye. Arthur studied Green's stink eye for a second or two before bursting into more laughter, "You should see your face," started Arthur, as he paused for a brief time before adding, "Though I wouldn't look in a mirror if I had yours" he said, still laughing.
"Why do you have to be my superior?" Green asked, shaking his head, "I'd have you cleaning droids for the rest of your life." Arthur cooled down on the laughing and looked at Green with a smirk and just relaxed in his seat waiting for their trip to be over. "Shouldn't we be landing soon?" he asked, getting back to the major matter at hand.
"I can push you off the ship and you'll get there sooner," Green said with a smirk and smiled innocently when Arthur looked at him. "I'd land on my feet, cause I would just use the force" replied Arthur, who gave his own smirk in return to Green. The commander rolled his eyes and muttered something about pushing himself off the plane.
"Uh," Harper looked between the two cautiously, "Yeah, we're scheduled to land in about three minutes."
"Right then" replied Arthur as he started to tap his side searching for his lightsaber out of habit. "Alright," Mia said, looking around at the group. She looked as if she was going to say something, but suddenly burst out laughing, "We look so stupid." Green face palmed and grunted to himself. "I can't believe we're doing this."
Arthur felt the ship shake slightly and figured they were landing. He quickly stopped searching for his lightsaber, since he remembered he didn't have it, and felt something was missing from him without it. He stood up and did one last mental check before being ready to go.
"Everybody move out," Green ordered, putting on his helmet.
Everyone filed out of the ship and made their way into the crowded streets of Dooku's home world. "This is the last place I want to be" replied Arthur, seeing a bunch of droids and Separatist supporters walking in the streets and all around them. Ghost smirked, "Sir, am I obligated to leave these droids in one piece?"
"No fighting," Green snapped, "You two better behave."
Arthur turned to Green with a questionable expression on his face, "Where do we exactly go to get our gear?" Arthur asked Green. Arthur was somewhat lost since he was on a foreign planet, and a major Separatist controlled planet at that. "We have to get to the safehouse where the spies are, kid," the commander answered, trying to keep his voice as low as possible.
Arthur continued walking down the street, toward the safehouse that Green slightly gestured to, not trying to get anyone's attention. As they continued walking, Arthur kept glancing up, down and all around to see if anyone was following them, or if anyone was growing suspicious of them. "So far so good" Arthur said in a hushed tone. Mia nodded and stuck close to Arthur, "I hope it remains that way. Can you feel your master's presence?"
"It is getting stronger, but I still do not know the exact location. Once we get our stuff, I'll just follow her presence and it should lead us to her." replied Arthur. He was doing his best at hiding his feelings, but he was getting excited, they were so close to rescuing Master Kao, and there was no turning back, they had one shot to pull this off and everything had to go perfect. "We're at the safehouse" Arthur said, in a slightly lower tone" not wanting to attract attention.
Green took out the keycard they had been given, opened the door, and allowed everyone to walk in. As everyone was walking in to the safehouse, Arthur stood by the doors making sure they didn't pick up any unwanted guests. Once he was sure no one was watching, he shut the doors and rejoined the others. "Alright lets gear up" said Arthur, happy to ditch his civilian clothes.
Mia looked around at the interior of the house, which was decorated more than she would like. "Who's rich enough to live here?" she asked. "Definitely not me" replied Arthur as he whistled, taking in the interior design. "I definitely wouldn't mind retiring to something like this" he complimented.
"Do Jedi even retire?" Ghost asked, taking in the luxuries as well. "Yes, they can quit anytime they want, at least I think so" replied Arthur, as he equipped his lightsaber to his side. "Yeah, definitely wouldn't mind this, but I would settle for something small too" replied Arthur. He wouldn't tell anyone this, not even Mia yet, but he would be happy anywhere as long as Mia was with him.
"If clones could retire, I would pick a place like this," Harper said, nodding. Green walked into the lavish living room and saw a rack with their usual attire hanging up, though the suits were brand new and looked to be more equipped for climbing.
"We're scaling a wall?" Ghost asked, inspecting a rather large grappling hook. "Looks like we are" replied Arthur, "Also probably wouldn't hurt if we stuck to rooftops too, so we can avoid civilians who might foil our plan before it even begins" he finished.
"We are doing this at night," Green said, "And since the droids will likely be doing patrols, rooftops are our best bet."
"About time we agreed on something" Arthur smirked at Green, as he put on his kama then slid his lightsaber into his right pocket. The man shook his head with a smile, "Don't get cocky, kid."
"Jeez, relax man. What crawled up your afterburners?" asked Arthur as he chuckled at Green. The commander squinted, "I can't wait to get the general back on the grid 'cause she is going to kick your butt when I tell her about this." Arthur stopped laughing right away and a serious face appeared as he agreed with what Green said. He also knew that Oni would probably kick his butt eventually for something, and his bet was his relationship with Mia.
"That's what I thought," Green said with a nod. Arthur just turned around and walked away defeated in a game of wits with Green, and waited for everyone else to get ready. As he waited, he continued to look around the house, admiring the layout and pictures that hung from the wall.
"You better not be nervous," Mia said, walking up next to him, "We have this one in the bag." She sighed and patted Arthur's shoulder. "We're going to get your Master back, trust me."
Arthur didn't make eye contact with her, he knew she was right, but there was still a small part of him that was saying that this plan wouldn't work. "Yeah I know," Arthur said as he sighed after speaking.
"I can hear the doubt in your voice," the young woman said, "Just have patience." Arthur took a deep breath and then let it out, as he continued to comb over the house, still looking at all the paintings. It was a huge house, that he felt he could get lost in if he wasn't careful. "I'm cool as I can be" replied Arthur, still staring at the paintings on the wall and not making eye contact with Mia.
"Don't lie to me," Mia said with a smirk, "I see and hear everything. Tell me." Arthur slowly looked her in the eyes and saw that they were full of concern for him. "I just don't want to mess this up, if it goes bad it's my fault. Green would never forgive me, or anyone" said Arthur.
"Why would it be your fault, or anyone's fault for that matter?" Mia asked, giving him somewhat of a scrutinizing gaze, "Do you have any idea how Green is feeling? He might be thinking that it's his fault she got captured."
"Yeah, well it's not his, it was mine. I was her back up, I should have followed her instead of letting her go off on her own." said Arthur, getting angry with himself. He was about to punch the wall, but when his fist was in mid air he stopped himself.
"You need to stop," Mia said, "When things go bad, you can't blame yourself. Was it your fault that Grievous took your lightsaber? No, that was his doing. Was it your fault when Koth told Dooku? No. None of that is your fault. None."
Arthur shook his head. "It was my fault Grievous took my lightsaber. If I hadn't have used the dark side and dropped my blade on the ground then I'd still have it" replied Arthur. He turned around to try and walk away but felt a sharp grip on his wrist.
Mia glared at him, "What did I just say?" Arthur felt her grip on his wrist tighten, if that was possible. He took a deep breath or two and calmed down and then turned his gaze to Mia. Arthur continued to look into Mia's electric blue eyes and apologize, "Sorry, again. I need to learn" said Arthur as he slowly pulled his wrist out of Mia's grasp.
She softened her gaze and nodded, "That's what I thought. Now, we need to get ready for this mission. Don't pack doubt or guilt with you."
Resist: Well that's all folks for now. Roll the Credits.
Echo: Whoa, whoa….aren't we going to say thanks? Or let Arthur yell at us?
Arthur: I yelled at Mia haha. Well what Echo said. All of us here thank you awesome readers and pleeeeeease drop reviews for us.