With everyone's instructions set, the Gungans prepared for battle while the Naboo and the Jedi headed for Theed. They were able to get up the waterfall without too much resistance. There was the occasional slipping, but that was to be expected and they kept going. When they reached the courtyard, Captain Panaka took one group and went around. Amidala took another group and went another way. Once everyone was in place, Qui-Gon instructed Anakin to find cover when they got inside the hanger. Using light signals, the Queen and the Captain signaled each other and they started attacking droid ships and droids. With any luck, they were scaring the Viceroy. The Jedi fought hard and Ayame and Obi-Wan started to get tired. While they were running towards their next point, Obi-Wan grabbed Ayame's hand and they let the Force join them, refreshing them physically and mentally, not to mention emotionally. This meant, to both of them, that they were still alive. The whole time, Ayame felt like she had been here before, fighting this fight. She felt like she knew what was going to happen. This allowed her to save the Queen a couple of times. It scared her that she felt this familiar with the battle, but instead of fighting it, Ayame went with her instincts and allowed her body to flow with the feeling. When she realized what a good thing that this was, she tried to give the feeling to the other two Jedi.
"Ayame, what are you doing?" Obi-Wan asked her.
"Just go with it!" Ayame yelled while slicing a droid in half. Obi-Wan did and couldn't believe how natural the battle felt. ~Where did this come from?~ he wondered as the feeling controlled his actions. He could tell that Qui-Gon had allowed Ayame to share the feeling with him as well, and he seemed a bit amazed himself. They all just went with it.
Eventually, they made it to the main hanger, where their escape from Naboo had begun. There were droids everywhere. The Jedi suddenly felt the feeling go away, and they all had to rely on their training more than the instincts. Why it went away, Ayame wouldn't figure out ever. Their immediate reaction was wonder, but they pushed it away and let their training take over once again.
"Ani! Find cover!" Qui-Gon yelled at Anakin. Anakin merely nodded and ran off to find a safe place to hide.
"Get to your ships!" Amidala yelled to the pilots. Only one pilot didn't make it to his fighter. Anakin saw the empty fighter left over and scrambled into the cockpit. Finally, Qui-Gon dealt with the last few droids and the hanger was covered with broken droids.
"My guess is that the viceroy is in the throne room," the Queen said.
"Red group! Blue group!" Captain Panaka called. "Everybody this way." As the group moved off, Anakin stood up in the cockpit.
"Hey, wait for me!" he called.
"Anakin, stay where you are," Qui-Gon said. "You'll be safer there."
"But I—"
"Stay in that cockpit!" That was the final word on the matter. As they moved towards the hanger doors, Ayame started to get a sense of dread.
