The ship landed gracefully outside the Theed castle on Naboo. The Senator, Padmé Amidala, greeted them together with some of the guards and her own handmaidens.
"Senator, it's a pleasure to meet you again", Obi-Wan greeted and bowed. Sandra and the Padawans did the same.
"I'm glad to meet you again, Master Kenobi and Master Tornyk", Padmé answered. "Have you found out who attacked Dormé?"
"We are pretty sure it was a Sith that attacked her, as he was able to hide until he entered the tower", Sandra answered. "And we're also quite sure that he wasn't after Dormé, but you."
Padmé didn't seem surprised to hear that and Sandra guessed that it was Captain Panaka who had told her of the Jedi's beliefs.
"We're here to escort you to Coruscant, where we hope you'll be safer", Obi-Wan continued. Now Padmé raised an eyebrow at them.
"Coruscant? Why would I be safer there? I'm quite capable of taking care of myself here."
"The last time you did that, you're handmaiden nearly died", Sandra muttered. Obi-Wan gave her a quick look, before he turned towards the Senator again.
"Senator, Padmé, you're an old friend of mine and I would hate to see you die like Qui-Gon did", he explained. "To leave you here with a Sith nearby would be extremely dangerous. Not only would he kill you, he might just as well kill the rest of your staff. None of us would like to see that happen. If you come with us back to Coruscant, you'll be guarded all the time by both Force-users and your regular guards."
Padmé looked at them in silence, before she sighed.
"Well then, I'll come back to you when I'm ready", she said, before she went back into the castle. Sandra smiled slightly towards Obi-Wan.
"Maybe that was the reason why Master Windu teamed us up", Farah whispered to Anakin.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Sandra hates to deal with politicians, while Obi-Wan handles them really well", she answered. Anakin grinned.
"Obi-Wan doesn't even trust politicians", he said. "But I guess Padmé's an exception. We fought together in the Battle of Naboo about ten years ago."
Farah smiled at him, understanding completely.
"I'm sorry that I seemed so cold before, I just… well, it's hard to work with you now again, after all these years."
"I understand completely", Anakin said with a smile. "So, how've you been?"
"Well, Sandra Tornyk is a great Master, I couldn't wish for anyone else to teach me", Farah answered.
"I guess I feel the same about Master Obi-Wan, but he always tells me off", Anakin said and looked at his Master.
"I guess that's how we learn", Farah said and looked at Anakin. His eyes darkened.
"I'm not so sure", he muttered. Farah wrinkled her forehead in surprise.
"You've changed", she mumbled. Anakin suddenly laughed and the dark shadow disappeared.
"I can still trick you that easily!" he said. Farah stared at him, before she also began to laugh. Before she realised what she'd done, she'd leaned in and given him a quick kiss on his cheek.
"Farah!"
Sandra looked irritated when her Padawan approached her with a smile.
"What did I tell you before?" Sandra whispered. Farah winced.
"Master, you're asking me to be… well, not alive! I can't! That is not who I am, not how I was born!"
"It's either leaving or remaining", Sandra continued. "If you go too far, the Jedi Order will expel you. Is that what you want?"
Farah didn't answer and Sandra slowly straightened. She believed she'd been too tough.
"I don't want you to experience the same kind of pain that I did", she said solemnly. "It's even worse than you could possibly imagine."
"Master, even though you did love someone, I don't think you understand…"
"Believe me, I do", Sandra interrupted and looked towards the ship. Anakin and Obi-Wan just disappeared through the doors, which made Farah believe her Master was looking at Anakin.
"Believe me, young Padawan, I do", Sandra repeated. There was something different in her eyes, something more… well, non-Jedi. Farah carefully wrapped her arms around her Master and hugged her.
"I will try, Master", she whispered. Sandra nodded.
"Be strong", she said as she held her Padawan before her, smiling. "Come on, we'll go after the others."
They started to walk up into the ship, when Farah suddenly stopped.
"Master, it's him!" she hissed. Sandra quickly dragged her Padawan up into the ship.
"Where?" she asked as they entered the cockpit. Farah pointed at a tall, dark man with shining, blue cloak.
"You're sure?" Sandra said in surprise. Farah nodded.
"I am, totally sure."
"Blast!"
Sandra rushed out to the entrance again. Obi-Wan and Anakin came from the opposite direction.
"It's the councillor", she told them. "He's on his way into the castle right now, we have to stop him."
The next moment she whirled around towards Farah.
"I want you two to stay on the ship, be ready", she told them before she and Obi-Wan rushed out.
"Master! I want to get him!" Farah called out.
"Be ready!" Sandra answered and showed her to go back. Farah stopped and looked disappointed. Anakin stood beside her.
"What did she mean?" he asked.
"Probably that we should be ready to start", Farah muttered and went back into the ship. "Blast, I want to do something else!"
"Well, if we do not stay, I'm sure they'll get pretty mad on us", Anakin said and sat down in his chair. Farah sighed, before also she sat down.
Sandra cursed all the way into the castle.
"If you continue that, I wouldn't be surprised if he hears you", Obi-Wan said.
"I should've seen it", Sandra muttered. "The councillor was the only one I couldn't sense any feelings from, I should've realised that it was him."
"Why didn't Farah realise that it was him before?" Obi-Wan asked.
"She never met him", Sandra answered. "While I was in the major meetings, she was taught to think politically with the younger politicians of her age."
Obi-Wan nodded, before he stopped.
"Continue to Padmé's rooms, I'll try and catch him on the way", he said and turned at a crossroad. Sandra nodded and rushed up the stairs.
She burst through the door and surprised Padmé.
"Senator, it's the councillor", Sandra said. "He's the assassin, you'll have to leave now or he'll find you."
Padmé looked like she didn't really understand, but then she grabbed her basket and nodded.
"How do we get out?" she asked. Sandra looked around and noticed that the Senator's window went right into a small garden on the third floor.
"Farah!" she called. Her Padawan answered immediately.
"Get to the garden on the backside, third floor", Sandra continued. "You'll help the Senator to Coruscant."
"We're on our way", Farah answered. Only seconds later, the silver-ship landed out in the garden. Sandra quickly helped Padmé down from her window and saw how Farah and Anakin helped her onboard.
"How'll you get back?"Farah asked. Sandra shook her head.
"Just go, we'll be fine!" she called as she went back into the room and hid in the big closet.
"Master…"
"What now?" Sandra said, pretty annoyed.
"I… I just… just be careful, both of you", Farah said. Sandra smiled slightly.
"Be strong", she whispered, before she shut away everything. If the councillor was close, he might already have sensed her. She needed to be completely isolated and trust her ears and eyes. And it paid off, only moments later the councillor entered the room, looking for Padmé.
"Senator?" he said, obviously surprised. "The Queen needs to discuss some urgent matters with you."
"The Senator has left, councillor", Sandra said and emerged from her hiding. At the same time, Obi-Wan entered the room.
"What is this?" the councillor asked. "Have the Jedi begun to attack innocent people?"
"We know it was you, councillor", Sandra said and loosened her lightsaber.
"What was I?" the councillor asked, looking really surprised.
"You attacked Dormé, believing that it was Padmé", Obi-Wan answered, also readying his lightsaber. Suddenly the councillor smiled.
"I did, and you will be no match for me."
Quickly he ignited a red lightsaber and attacked Sandra. She was unprepared and her block was really clumsy, but together with Obi-Wan she forced the councillor back. Even though they fought really good, the councillor managed to find a gape and escaped through the door. The Jedis rushed after, but they soon realised he was a lot faster than them.
"Stop him!" Sandra called to a couple of guards, who immediately began to shoot at the councillor with their blasters. He blocked them quite easily, before he knocked the guards over and grabbed one of them by the neck.
"Where is Senator Amidala?" he demanded to know. Obi-Wan and Sandra stopped and looked at him.
"Why do you want to find her?" Obi-Wan asked.
"To kill her", the councillor hissed.
"Why?"
"Do you really think I'll tell you that?" the councillor said and directed his lightsaber towards the guard's neck. "Tell me where she is or he'll die!"
Sandra gave Obi-Wan a quick look, before she answered:
"She's on the way to Tatooine along with our Padawans."
The grip on the guard's neck tightened.
"Liar!" the councillor called out. "This is your last chance, where is she?"
Sandra quickly held out her hand and pushed the councillor backwards. That made her realise that he couldn't have been trained too much in the Force. The guard fell to the floor along with the lightsaber, which turned off and rolled away. Obi-Wan rushed forward and grabbed the councillor along with some of the other guards.
"Why do you want to kill her?" he hissed.
"It was Dooku", the councillor whispered. Sandra raised an eyebrow.
"Why did Dooku tell you to kill Padmé?" she asked.
"I do not know, he would pay me 100 000 credits for doing it", the councillor answered, looking like he was about to start crying. Obi-Wan gave a quite whistle.
"100 000 credits?"
The councillor nodded.
"Seems like a payment you couldn't resist", Sandra said, before she turned to Obi-Wan. "We should take him back to Coruscant, as the Council told us to."
"We'll need a ship for that", Obi-Wan said and looked at the guards.
"I'll get you a ship", one of them said. "Three pilots as well."
"Oh, there's no need to…" Sandra begun, but the guard had already disappeared.
"Well, I guess we have three pilots then", Sandra muttered.