TRTSS1: The Warrior of Stars! – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: R1/2, SM, ST, and the other genres belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre story.
Part 12
Meanwhile…
"Urggh," Ranma said, as he struggled to move, as the force field held him in place.
"You're wasting you time, Padawan," Obi-Wan Kenobi said, as he continued to meditate.
Ranma turns his head slightly.
"You're giving up?" Ranma asked.
"Let's just say that I am waiting for an opportunity to present itself."
"Humph," Ranma said, as he fetches a 100-yen piece from the lining of his pocket. "Where I come from, we make our own opportunities," Ranma said, as he positioned the coin to be placed, on its edge, between his index and middle finger on his left hand. "Like now…"
To Ranma of his caliber, energy was energy, so siphoning energy from the field took only a little bit of converting the energy from the field into pure chi. This act did not go unnoticed.
"Wait, what in blazes are you doing?" Obi-Wan asked.
"A little trick I learned from this jerk, back when I was in secondary school," Ranma said, as he begins to grit his teeth. "He used it to weaken his victims, every time he went out on a panty raid."
"Oh, my," Obi-Wan said.
"Now," Ranma said. "Time to channel the Big Dipper Fist…HEEEEERRRRRRGGGGGGH-!"
Ranma, who prefers to be slim and lean, bulks up, and he pumps chi into muscles. This had the effect of ripping apart his metal binds, which had allowed him to fall to the ground.
CRACK!
"Oof!" Ranma said, as he falls down.
"Are you okay?" Obi-Wan said.
"Yeah," Ranma relaxes, as he slims down to his normal self. "Doing tricks like that wears on the body and all…"
Ranma gets up, and proceeds deactivate the field…
"Wait, Ranma, don't release me," Obi-Wan said.
"Why?" Ranma asked.
"You can go get help, while I 'entertain' the Dooku and his allies."
"That doesn't make sense, but I'll relent," Ranma said, as he straightens himself out. "You just don't die on me before your time."
"I would not dream of it, Padawan…"
Meanwhile…
WHUMP-CHUNK!
"Ah!" Usagi yelped, as she dodged metal pressers in the droid factory. "I only want to play video games, not be in one-!"
"I'm coming, Usagi!" Anakin yells, as he fought the insectoid race of Geonosis in order to get to his best friend. At least Padme and Ami are safe for the moment.
Just then, a Geonosisian lands in front of Usagi, and is preparing to discharge his "bubble gun".
"No!" Usagi yelled, as she points her right palm towards the Geonosisian. "Talk to the hand."
WHOOM!
CHOOM!
The Geonosisian is knocked off the conveyor belt, but so was she.
"Ahhhh-ugh!" Usagi said, as she lands in some big pot. "Owie…"
The pot is then lifted by hover platform, so it can be filled with molten ore…
Meanwhile, in another part of the complex…
"I hope Ani and the others will be okay," Kasumi said, as she and Ami, with Tho-Ohki, run through the complex.
"They should be," Ami said, as she quickly switches her screen to display the vital signs of her friends. "Yep, they're fine-"
"KREEEEK!" said an insectoid, as he and his fellow warriors attempt to ambush them.
"Ami, look out-!"
Ami sees this, closes to lid to her Mercury Computer, tucks it into her tunic, twirls around, and-
"Mercury Bubble Blast!"
Normally, Ami would have to be in her "Sailor Mercury" guise in order to pull off such an attack. Over, thanks to her training in the ways of the Force, simple attacks like the "Mercury Bubble Blast" are easy to reproduce without doing so as the Senshi of Hermes…
FWOOSH!
The insectoids were caught off guard by this attack. And then, another caught them off guard.
SNAP!
Hzzzzzzz-
SLICE! SLICE!
"HOLD IT, JEDI!" screeched the droid soldiers, as Ami used her blue-hued "light saber" to cut their weapons in half.
Ami then proceeds to use a force discipline that was similar to Ranma's "Chestnut-On-An-Open-Fire" and "Breaking Point" training techniques. Master Windu Mace who could teach it, and very few initiates can learn it without succumbing to the Dark Side. Luckily, Ami was one the few who could, since she normally abhors violence.
WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK-!
Ami used sword feints in order to distract the druids long enough to knock their heads off their mechanical bodies.
Ami twirls her weapon, looking for the next attack to come her way. She then deactivates her ligghtsaber.
Hzzzzzz-SNAP!
Tucking it away, Ami squats down by one of the droid soldiers.
"Ami?" Kasumi asked. "Why didn't you just slice them up?"
"Because I need at least one of them intact," Ami said. "If I can figure out how these things work, assuming that computer networking and a programming is universal, I should be able to 'hack' into the central core that regulates these things-"
"Th-owww!" Tho-Ohki yowled.
"What is it, little guy?" Ami asked.
KLAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKA!"
A squad of Droidaka rolls unto the scene. They popped into place, and were armed and ready.
"I believe that these druids are the reason," Kasumi said.
Ami rolls her eyes, as she contemplates what to do…
Suddenly-
"Moka Takabisha!" yells a voice, as Ranma begins to pummel into two of the druids at the same time.
"Oh, it's Ranma," Kasumi said with a smile.
"Th-ow!" Tho-Ohki yowled happily.
Ami nods her heading approvingly, remembering that the main weakness of the Droidikas was that they had blind spot on their sensors. As a result, this would allow anyone to successfully sneak up on them, provided if they were fast enough…
"Ami, a little help, here?" Ranma asked.
"Ranma, I'm a bit busy," Ami said, as she begins to dismantle the head. "Can you handle it yourself a bit?"
"What?"
"Ami wants to hack the droid solders' network…or something like that," Kasumi said.
"Oh, okay, though this is going to take a bit of time-"
"Here," Ami said, as she pulls out a spare light saber from her tunic, and tosses it to Ranma.
KTCH!
SNAP! Hzzzz-!
SLICE! SLICE! SLICE-!
In quick succession, the Droidikas were destroyed.
KLATTER!
"There, that ought to do it," Ranma said. He then takes a look at the hue of his lightsaber.
"And you got the yellow right," Ranma replied.
Hzzzzz-SNAP!
"How did you know to bring one for me?"
"It actually uses a 'rainbow crystal', instead of a normal one," Ami said. "Before all this happened, Master Windu and I had been exploring one of outer rim worlds for more fire crystals. That way, the Jedi can always have a supply to build more lightsabers. The crystal in that lightsaber actually reflects spiritual condition of the user."
"Kind of like a mood ring, huh."
"I suppose so…"
"Ranma, we came when we intercepted your transmission to the Jedi Council," Kasumi said.
"They are sending a contingent of Jedi to deal with this crisis."
"Huh, so the message DID get through," Ranma said. "Good."
With that, Ranma heads "top side".
"Wait, where's Master Kenobi?" Kasumi asked.
"Oh, he's still captured."
"Then why not go and get him?" Ami asked.
"For one, Master Kenobi asked me to in order to lessen a chance for the bad guys to come after ME…while I get help. For another, with these many droids, no matter how many how many Jedi come to the rescue, it's going to be a blood bath-"
CHIRP!
Ami looks at her tunic. She then taps one of her earrings, which allows a visor to appear on her face…
"What is it?" Ranma asked.
"It…it appears that Anakin and Usagi have been captured," Ami said quietly.
"We should do something, Ranma!" Kasumi cried out.
"And we will, but we have to do something else first."
"Like what?" Ami asked.
"These structures are made from a soft stone, but are supported by heavy machinery infrastructure…due to the manufacturing," Ranma said, as he looks around. "We take out the primary supports, we bring this whole house of cards down on the Separatists' collective heads."
"But, Ani and the others-"
"Kasumi, they can take care of themselves," Ranma said. "Trust me on this."
"If you say so…"
"I KNOW so. Come on."
And with that, Ranma runs…away.
"Ami-" Kasumi began to say.
"Ranma is right," Ami said, as she gathers up a droid soldier's head into a sack. "They're Jedi. They have the training."
"Okay…I'll have to put my faith in the Force if Ranma's plans are going to work…"
An hour later, Kenobi, Anakin and Usagi find themselves bound to stone posts in the middle of an arena. Insectoids filled the arena, and waited until Count Dooku and his court were ready to address the condemned. He raises a hand, and gives a signal that indicates that he wanted to address the audience.
"Well, I guess this is how it ends," Usagi laments, as she jerks her chains. "I'll die as a part of the entertainment."
"You're not helping, you know," Anakin said.
"But look at us!"
"Yes, and I'm not going to die without seeing Padme again-!"
"Hush, you two," Kenobi said, as he looks up at the VIP section. "It appears
"My friends!" Count Dooku said, as he scans the arena. "The Jedi have betrayed their oath to protect the people of this world…and many other worlds. Was it deliberate? No. However, by their actions, they advance the cause of evil. They refused to accept responsibility for what has happened, and, it is my sad to duty to allow them to be punished for their dereliction of duty."
"Oh, what a bunch of wompa crap!" Usagi yells. "That just makes me MAD-!"
"Um, Usagi," Anakin said nervously. "Why are your eyes turning green?"
"My eyes are blue- wait, you said GREEN?" Usagi said, as she starts to panic.
"Yes, they are," Kenobi said with concern. The last time Usagi turned green was on a trip to Dagobah, when she was given a special test to confront her fears…
Usagi closed her eyes. She began to meditate in an attempt to prevent "THE CHANGE"…
"I think Usagi may be right about this one," Anakin said, as the creatures are prepared to stalk their intended prey.
"I hope not," Kenobi replied.
Tbc.