A/N: Sorry about the cheesy title, I couldn't resist : )
Chapter Twenty-Nine – Fight With Fett.
As the Jedi and the handmaiden ran through the rain, Obi-Wan yelled, "Get in the ship, Sabé. It's dryer and I don't want you being seen on the holo message I'm about to send."
The rain was already trickling unpleasantly down her neck, so she did as he asked. Once inside the cockpit she checked that the transmission he was sending was getting through to Coruscant.
"I have successfully made contact with the Prime Minister of Kamino," she heard him say. "They are using a bounty hunter named Jango Fett to create a clone army. I have a strong feeling that this bounty hunter is the assassin we're looking for."
Mace Windu's reply filtered through to her through the transmission speakers. "Do you think these clones are involved in the plot to assassinate Senator Amidala?"
"No, Master, there appears to be no motive."
"Do not assume anything, Obi-Wan," Sabé heard Yoda say. "Clear your mind must be if you are to discover the real villains behind this plot."
She saw Obi-Wan nod, or perhaps he was shaking off rain. "Yes, Master. They said Master Sifo-Dyas placed the order for a clone army at the request of the Senate almost ten years ago. I was under the impression he was killed before that." There was a pause and Sabé held her breath. This was the information she wished to hear.
"Did the Council ever authorise the creation of a clone army?" Obi-Wan prompted.
"No," Mace Windu answered at once. "Whoever placed that order did not have the authorisation of the Jedi Council."
"I knew it," Sabé breathed.
"Into custody take this Jango Fett," Yoda commanded. "Bring him here. Question him we will."
"Yes Master. I will report back when I have him."
Sabé switched the transmission off and Obi-Wan, dripping wet, slipped into the seat next to her. "Did you get all that?"
She nodded. "I heard every word."
"I think it would be best if you stay here while I get Fett."
Sabé tried not to snigger at the comical rhyme Obi-Wan had unsuspectingly put in his sentence. "Do you? I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to disappoint you again." She smiled and kissed him lightly on the cheek before hopping out of the ship. "Are you coming? It's as cold as Sith out here."
Obi-Wan's attempt at grumbling about bossy handmaidens became a smile and he joined her outside. Together, they made their way back into the startlingly white corridor and found the nearest city central computer, which Sabé swiftly hacked into.
"Jango Fett's ship is docked at…landing platform fourteen."
"Good. Where is that?"
Her brow furrowed as she searched for the information. "According to this map it's twenty doors down in that direction." She pointed.
"How do you know they'll be in their ship?" she asked as they jogged down the corridor.
"Jango was suspicious of us. I'll be very surprised if he doesn't try to leave."
Surely enough a fully armoured Jango, checking over an unusual-shaped ship, was the sight that greeted them on landing platform fourteen.
"Smartarse Jedi," Sabé found time to tease, drawing her blaster.
Boba pointed to them, shouting to his father. Jango fired at once and Sabé dived to the ground, shielding herself under the ship's entry ramp. Obi-Wan, lightsabre in hand, began to block the bounty hunter's shots, reflecting them harmlessly aside.
Poking her head out, Sabé was just in time to see Boba disappearing inside the ship.
"I don't think so," she muttered, following. "Where do you think you're going?" she asked, blaster aimed.
The child turned. "I'm going to try and help my dad."
"Do you even realise what your dad does for a living?"
"Sure."
"Doesn't it bother you just a little?"
Boba shook his head. "Nope."
"Come to Naboo with me, I can help you," she pleaded, feeling somewhat sorry for the clone.
"I don't think you can," he said seriously. "Why are you trying to kill my dad?"
"We're not trying to kill him. We just want to ask him some questions, that's all." It was obvious he didn't believe her. "Look, Boba, I have a blaster levelled at your chest. I don't want to use it, but I will if I see you trying to shoot at the Jedi."
"You wouldn't shoot a kid," he stated with confidence.
"No, I wouldn't. But I might shoot a clone," she said, hoping for a reaction.
She got one. He lunged for the nearest object and hurled it at her. She dodged, but the momentum sent her off the ramp and into a crouch on the ground. She decided to waste no more time on Boba and instead focused on trying to shoot the rocket pack off his father. She missed and Jango turned to fire a quick round of shots at her. She ducked her head back under the ship's ramp, easily avoiding them.
Shots from Boba on the ship's guns hit a nearby landing tower, the shockwave causing Obi-Wan to lose grip of his lightsabre. He reached out for it with the Force but Jango, taking advantage of his shift of attention, fired a thin wire from a device on his wrist, binding the Jedi's hands tightly together. Sabé watched in horror as the bounty hunter took to the sky once more, dragging him across the landing platform's wet surface, clearly intending to smash him into another landing tower.
Obi-Wan gritted his teeth and rolled to the side, managing to jump back on his feet. He gave a sharp, vicious tug on the wire, bringing Jango crashing to the ground and consequently causing him to lose his rocket pack. A look of relief passed over Obi-Wan's face as Jango fell over the edge of the platform, but it was short-lived.
Sabé just had time to hear him say, "Oh, not good," before he too disappeared over the edge, tugged by the wire that still connected him to Jango.
She gasped and ran over to see. Fett was busy climbing back up the sloped side, but there was no sign of Obi-Wan. She aimed her blaster at the weary bounty hunter. He pulled himself over the edge and fell to his knees on the landing platform. Sabé took a few shocked steps backward as Jango's 'tiredness' disappeared and he leapt up and lunged at her. Easily the stronger of the two, he wrestled with her until she was sent over the edge to follow her love. She slid down the side, unable to find a handhold on the smooth surface and plummeted down towards the ferocious waves of the ongoing sea. Her hands flailed useless, reaching desperately for some kind of grip. Then a strong hand closed around her wrist, stopping her rapid descent. She gasped at the sudden stop and glanced awkwardly upwards.
"Don't say it," she groaned.
"Nice of you to drop in," Obi-Wan remarked, hanging from the wire.
"I said don't say it."
"The opportunity arose and I took it," he said dryly. "Now hold on, we're getting down."
Using the Force to extend his jump and gripping Sabé tightly by the hand, Obi-Wan let go of the wire and landed on a narrow walkway in front of one of the city's many hatchways. He opened the door with a wave of his hand and they set off at a run back to landing platform fourteen, just in time to see the ship take off. Thinking quickly, Obi-Wan pulled something out of a pouch at his belt and threw it with all his might at the rapidly departing vehicle.
"What was that?" Sabé asked, watching the device firmly attach itself to the hull.
"Tracking device. He hasn't lost us yet." He sent a smile her way and they walked hand in hand back to their ship.
A/N: Next chapter we're off to Geonosis. I hope Sabé likes sand. By the way I think this is one of the last short chapters of this story. They get longer from here on.