I apologize in advance. I am terrible at writing fight scenes. It takes me such a long time, and they seem to turn out so horribly. Here it is: my I-don't-know-how-many-th try at this scene.

Chapter Twenty-Two

Obi-Wan and Sarali ran out the doors of the city to the platform from which the bounty hunter and his young clone were to depart. Even by then, they had already been spotted by the younger of the two. Obi-Wan quickly drew his lightsaber as Jango took out his blaster. Sarali did not bother drawing her own blaster; Fett wore blast-damping armour so it would be useless. Instead, she took off at a dead sprint. Just as she passed out of the protection of Obi-Wan's reach with his lightsaber, she jumped high into the air, landing near Fett.

Sarali struck blow after blow at the bounty hunter. Her knives glinted in the dim light as she tried again and again to penetrate his defences. Finally, Fett activated his jetpack and pushed her away from him as he rose up into the air. Sarali flipped over and landed on her feet, soaked but ready to fight.

Both she and Obi-Wan watched carefully as Fett flew out of sight behind a pillar. They quickly turned to the ship as it turned. However, Fett fired a flame throwing attachment of his suit to create an explosion between the two, knocking them apart. They both dropped their respective weapons on the hard landing, but they each hurried to their feet as the ship opened fire at them.

Sarali looked up in time to see Fett hurtling toward her partner. "Obi-Wan!" she yelled in warning. He had just enough time to look up and jump into a force-aided kick that sent the bounty hunter reeling. In that time, both Sarali and Obi-Wan began to attack him in hand-to-hand combat, for they had all lost their preferred weapons.

Due to her lesser weight, Sarali was more susceptible to kicks. Fett took full advantage of this by kicking her clear across the platform. She landed in heap and only just picked herself up in time to be knocked over the edge by what felt like a body. She slid down the tilted surface of the roof, feeling someone holding her arm tightly. They both jerked to a stop hanging in mid-air from a cable.

Only now could Sarali look up to see that it was Obi-Wan who held her. She looked up only to see Fett clinging to the metal of the roof by some very peculiar looking knife-like projections from his suit. She looked below her to the vast waters...and the platform not too far below...

"Obi-Wan, let go of me," Sarali said, looking back up to meet his eyes.

"Wha- No. I won't."

"No, Obi-Wan. There's a platform down there," she explained quickly.

"Are you sure?" he asked seriously.

"Yes."

Obi-Wan's arm released the clamp-like grip on hers, allowing her to plummet a good fifty feet before landing on a metal platform. She looked back up to see Obi-Wan swinging over to her. A second later, he landed beside her. They nodded to each other and took off sprinting along the platform to a door. They had to get back to Fett's ship.

They reached it just as it was taking off. Obi-Wan quickly took a small device from his utility belt and threw it at the ship.

As the ship took off, Sarali looked questioningly at him.

"Homing device," he explained, catching his breath.

"Come on. We need to follow them," she said.

He gave her an odd look as they began to walk. "How can you have so much energy?" he asked.

Sarali smiled a closed-lip smile and suggested as a joke, "Maybe you're just getting old."

"I'm only three years older than you, though."

She snorted and responded playfully, "Yes, but I'm not entirely human, now am I?"

"You don't age that differently," he responded with a shake of his head.

"Yes, but I age more gracefully than you unfortunate full humans. Look at your beard, after all." It was clear she meant none of this, but he continued with the charade.

"There's nothing wrong with my beard."

"If you're a sheep."

"Now I'm a sheep?"

"Or a wookie," Sarali replied with a shrug.

The two stared at each other for a second before bursting into laughter.

"It's good to know-" she began, mimicking Qui-Gon's voice.

"You have a sense-" Obi-Wan continued.

"-Of humour-"

"-My young apprentice," Sarali finished.

"Only a dry one," Obi-Wan said. Now he was the one shrugging.

"As opposed to a wet one?" she asked as they reached their ships.

"No. A soaked one."

"Besotted, if it's Anakin," Sarali commented with distaste in her voice.

"Yes," Obi-Wan finished bluntly.

"Lovely," she said sarcastically as they each turned on their fighters and took off, climbing and climbing back into space.