"Master?" I say. "We've got trouble!"

"Defensive positions!" buir (buir - dad) and ba'vodu (ba'vodu - uncle) Rex yell out.

"Anakin? Ileema?"

"We'll have to call you back, vod (vod - brother). We're under attack. We could use a little help here though if you have the time to spare."

"I'll get there as soon as I can. Protect the Hutt."

Ba'vodu (ba'vodu - uncle) disconnects the comm, and we run over to the wall. There are fighters firing at us while flying down. Amu (amu - mom), uncle Anakin, and I activate our lightsabers and start deflecting the shots from the fighters. Ahsoka can't help us at the moment as she's still holding the Huttlet. Artoo jumps out of uncle Anakin's fighter, and rolls toward us. I continue to help deflect shots from the ships, before amu turns to Ahsoka and I, and says,

"Get inside! Both of you!"

We turn and run inside the monastery. Avoiding the feet of tanks, and I deflect the blaster bolts while we run. Artoo follows us too, I'm not sure why, but this makes me feel just a tiny bit better. Soon after we reach the monastery, uncle Anakin and amu (amu - mom) give the order to fall back. Uncle Anakin only just manages to slide under the door as it's closing.

"Captain," uncle Anakin says, "we'll stay here until the other General Kenobi arrives with reinforcements." He turns to Ahsoka. "What?"

"Master... do you honestly think we can hold them off? We've got to find a way out of here."

"Our mandate is to protect this Hutt... and that's what we're going to do, Ahsoka."

"Our mandate was to get this Hutt back to Tatooine alive... and time is running out."

"I suppose you have a plan?"

"Well... no."

"Of course not."

Artoo beeps, this gives me an idea. Is it not an even half thought out, definitely Skywalker plan idea? Yes. But those do generally end up working. At least most of the time.

"I have one, or at least, I think so. Should Artoo be willing."

"All right. Commander, Captains, hold them here for as long as you can."

"Will do, ma'am. You heard the General! Get ready to turn those beskar'ade (beskar'ade - droids) into scrap metal!"

We walk off, into a hallway, and we find a port that Artoo can plug into. I really don't know how well this plan of mine is going to work, but it's better than dying.

"If there's even a semi-decent way out of here, Artoo can find it."

He plugs in, and starts going through the database.

"Make it quick," uncle Anakin says. "Finally asleep, huh? Put him down. Get some rest yourself. It's been a long day for you, little one. And that goes for you too, Leeda."

I role my eyes, and look over at amu. She nods, and I blow my breath. But I do lay down without a fight. I guess I really am tired, I hate sleeping, so laying to to rest without a fight does tell me that I need it. Amu (amu - mom) lays down too though, so that could help with it. Ahsoka, however, does put up a fight about it.

"I can hold him, Master. I'm not tired."

Uncle Anakin sits down, then says, "Okay, suit yourself. I don't see why you won't just listen to me."

"I do listen to you, Master. I just don't like being treated like a youngling."

Now I close my eyes, even if I don't go to sleep, the rest will help.

"You must have patience. What are you trying to prove anyway?"

"That I'm not too young to be your Padawan."

"Ahsoka, a very wise Jedi once said, 'Nothing happens by accident'. It is the will of the Force that you are at my side. I just want to keep you there in one piece."

I open my eyes just a bit, and see Ahsoka put down the birikad, then lay down. My eyes close again, and I actually fall asleep. I just hope I don't have a dream again.

I wake up to amu (amu - mom) shaking me. I guess it's time to get a move on. I'm already standing when a tremor makes the ground shake.

"That sounded bad," I say.

Artoo beeps, and we all look over at him. He project the image of the monastery. There's a little blinking red dot. It's a backdoor landing pad. Nice going, Artoo!

"A backdoor landing platform!" Ahsoka says.

"We'll call for a gunship when we get there. Lead the way, Artoo," uncle Anakin says. We all start to leave, before uncle Anakin notices something. "Ahsoka, wait. Where's Stinky?"

Uncle Anakin picks up Stinky's birikad (birikad - baby carrying harness).

"You told me to put him down!"

"Find him!"

We all hear noises coming from underneath the haav (haav - bed), or whatever it was that I laid on and fell asleep on. So haav (haav - bed), then I guess. So we all get on our hands and knees to look. Sure enough, Stinky is underneath it, trying to get away. Figures. Uncle Anakin reach under it, and grabs Stinky by his tail, thing, whatever the end of his body is. He starts to squeal.

"Come outta there, you grubby little slug."

Uncle Anakin pulls him up, and puts him into the birikad.

"Let's see you get away this time."

Soon, he gets a comm call from ba'vodu (ba'vodu - uncle) Rex. But something is wrong, ba'vodu (ba'vodu - uncle) Rex is one of the rule abiders in the Trouble Batch. Ba'vodu'e (ba'vodu'e - uncles) Fox, Cody, and Rex are the more rule abiding of that batch. And, well, the only one who is actually a stickler for the rules, and the one who made me memorize the entire GAR rulebook, is ba'vodu (ba'vodu - uncle) Fox. Though, knowing the rulebook could come in handy one day.

"Anakin, come in."

"'Anakin'?" I ask, quietly.

"We've held the droids, sir."

"That's not like Rex," uncle Anakin comments.

"What is your location?"

"Ventress," amu (amu - mom) and uncle Anakin say at the same time.

"Dooku's assassin?" I ask.

"She's here to kill the Hutt," uncle Anakin says. "Come on."

We leave the room where we were, and run down the hallway. Before coming face to face with Ventress and her entourage of beskar'ade (beskar'ade - droids). All four of us ignite out lightsabers, and get ready for a fight. Ventress ignites her two red blades as well, and marches toward us with two commando beskar'ade (beskar'ade - droids).

"Master Skywalker, and one Master Kenobi. I've been so looking forward to another encounter with either of you. I see you've found yourselves pets."

"Careful," amu (amu - mom) says, "they both bite."

It's true, we do both bite. Ahsoka's hurt a little bit more than mine do, but I do still bite. It works very well against brothers who seem to think that you make a comfortable chair.

"I'm no pet!"

"Just give me the Hutt, Skywalker, Kenobi. I will finish you both first... So you won't have to watch your silly younglings die."

Suddenly, Artoo beeps, and the floor gives out beneath us. We fall through a chute, and land somewhere within the monastery. Ventress comes down the chute after us, and ignites her sabers. Then springs. Amu (amu - mom) and uncle Anakin duel her, while Ahsoka and I take out the beskar'ade (beskar'ade - droids). After uncle Anakin told us to, of course. Not like we wouldn't have thought to do that anyway.

Ahsoka tackles the legs of the beskar'ade (beskar'ade - droids), while I jump on top of them and cut their domes. Making sure they won't be giving us any trouble. Ahsoka and I deflect the blaster bolts from the beskar'ade (beskar'ade - droids), before noticing that amu (amu - mom) and uncle Anakin have run into a bit of trouble dealing with Ventress. So Ahsoka and I run over, with Stinky making whatever noise it is that baby Hutts make.

Ventress starts dueling us, then amu (amu - mom) and uncle Anakin get up, and attack her from the other side. Even with four of us, it's still a little difficult. That is, until Stinky slips out of the birikad (birikad - baby carrying harness).

"Stinky!" Ahsoka yells.

"Anakin and I will handle her. You two, get the Huttlet out of here."

"Easy for you to say," Ahsoka says, struggling to hold Stinky.

We run over to the wall, where there is a panel with two buttons on it. I press the bottom one, and it turns green, opening a door. I've got a bad feeling about this.

"Oops."

A big, black webbed looking hand thing comes out of the darkness. Followed by a big, back creature.

"Oh, not good," I say.

It does at least interrupt amu (amu - mom) and uncle Anakin's duel with Ventress. Still not good though. It roars at them. And they both jump around it. Then start dueling with each other again. Stinky starts to fuss.

"Quiet, Stinky," Ahsoka says, "We're in trouble here."

"Oh, boy."

The creature falls, as amu (amu - mom) and uncle Anakin continue to duel with Ventress. Then one of them hits it with their lightsaber, and makes it mad. This day just keeps getting better and better all the time! And huh, Seppie droids start firing at it. Never thought I would be glad to see a battle droid. Today is just a day for weird things to get even weirder, I guess. But they are still trying to take out amu (amu - mom) and uncle Anakin. So the two of them deflect the droids shots back at them.

The creature's foot gets close to us, and I look at Ahsoka, who nods. We both run forward and stab our lightsabers into its foot. Getting it off balance. Which makes it kick us in the stomach, hard. And try to eat us both. Luckily, neither Ahsoka or I are di'kuts (di'kuts - idiots). So when it lowers its mouth to eat us, we both turn on our lightsabers, stabbing it in the nose. Which, makes it go unconscious, and makes it land on Ventress. So a win for us at the moment, none of us are dead, and the monster trying to eat Ahsoka and I is, at the very least, unconscious. Plus, Ventress will be preoccupied for a bit.

"Let me take the slug for a while," uncle Anakin says. Just so long as I don't have to carry it. It smells.

"Be careful, master. He's not feeling well."

"He'll be fine."

Just then, Stinky throws up. Not on uncle Anakin, but right over his shoulder. Which is a little disgusting.

"I'll bet he's feeling better now," I quip.

Uncle Anakin and amu (amu - mom) both give me looks of slight annoyance.

"Come on, Artoo!" uncle Anakin yells.

Said droid turns on his boosters, and flies down to us. Then we run. When we get out to the tiny landing platform out back, uncle Anakin comms in.

"Skywalker to Air Support, mark my position. I need a medical ship immediately."

"Acknowledged, general. I'm on my way."

Ahsoka rubs her hand over Stinky's forehead. "Hang in there, Stinky. We'll have you fixed up real soon." Artoo beeps. "You know, Skyguy, that wasn't so difficult."

I groan. "Gedet'ye, nayc, Ahsoka." (Gedet'ye, nayc - please, no)

"We're not out of this yet," uncle Anakin comments.

An LAAT flies down to the small landing platform we're on. And we walk to it.

"We get the slug here to the docks in the transport, then we're going back for Rex, Logan, and Kya."

"Come on, hurry. Hurry," one of the troopers urges.

Amu (amu - mom) and uncle Anakin stick their arms out, and amu (amu - mom) says,

"Ahsoka, Leeda, wait."

A Separatist fight swoops down and blasts the LAAT that we were going to take. Along with the three men inside. Then it loops around, and comes back for us.

"Masters!" Ahsoka yells.

We all get up, and run to just in front of the door. Then all four of us ignite out lightsabers, and start deflecting shots from the fight. Which flies over us, and starts walking on the ground, like a spider, and shooting at us. We manage to deflect the blaster bolts though. And since I'm on uncle Anakin's side, I hear Stinky fuss, and uncle Anakin say,

"I know. I wish you were home too."

"Ah!" Ahsoka says, "Have you ever fought one of these things before?"

"Nope, but there's a first time for everything."

"I share the same sentiment as Anakin, though I have fought one of these before. They are... difficult to defeat," amu says.

Then the fighter/droid starts focusing more on me and uncle Anakin. Driving us both to the edge of the cliff, where we wobble.

"Hey, buzz off, laser beak."

The things starts firing more at Ahsoka now, and gets her down, and disarmed.

"Ahsoka!"

"Don't worry about me... I'm hanging in there, Master."

Uncle Anakin, amu (amu - mom), and I continue to deflect the blaster shots. While jumping around, trying to get over to Ahsoka. Whoever said that this would be an easy second mission for two very, very shiny padawans... well, they were being di'kutla (di'kutla - idiotic). We continue to deflect the blaster bolts coming from the thing. At least, until Ahsoka jumps in and slices off a leg, then uncle Anakin stabs its head. It falls off the side of the cliff.

"Good distraction, Snips. Let me guess, you meant to do that?"

"Distraction? I cut his wing off. I mortally wounded him."

At this point, I snort. None of the Seppies droids have an ounce of life in them. All they are is metal, and a lot of programming. It's impossible to mortally wound one.

"I don't know what you were doing," Ahsoka finishes.

"Give Artoo a hand. I'll see if we can get some backup. Ileema?"

"I'll join you, Anakin. Leeda, go help Ahsoka and Artoo. More help won't hurt."

"Yes, ma'am."

I go over to Ashoka and Artoo, but keep an ear out for what amu (amu - mom) and uncle Anakin are saying. And what ba'vodu (ba'vodu - uncle) Obi-Wan is saying too.

"Do you copy?"

"Anakin, Ileema, do you read me?"

Then it goes silent. They must be jamming the 212th's transmissions.

"I can't get ahold of Obi-Wan."

"Neither can I. They must be jamming transmissions. Try to get ahold of Rex, I'll try Logan."

"Come in, Rex. Do you copy? Rex?"

"Logan, do you copy? Come in, Logan."

I can hear blaster fire from the other end, so I assume that they're now in a blaster fight. K'oyacyi. (K'oyacyi - cheers)

"Do you copy?" both amu (amu - mom) and uncle Anakin ask.

"Captain Rex, respond."

"Logan, respond."

"We read you, generals. Rex's comm got busted when he was punching a clanker, so we have to use mine. We're also pinned down in the courtyard."

"Do you need help?" uncle Anakin asks. There's nothing on the other end but blaster fire. I take that to mean yes. Apparently, uncle Anakin does too. "I'll take that as a yes, Commander. Stand by, we're on our way. Skywalker, out."

"Ileema, out."

"Uncle, Stinky is really sick. He's turning every shade of green, except the one he's supposed to be! Our mission was to get him back to Tatooine alive!"

"Obi-Wan will get here eventually. Right now, we need Rex and Logan to help us find a ship."

And now come the droidekas. K'oyacyi. (K'oyacyi - cheers)

"Great," Ahsoka comments, "Rolling death balls."

They start firing on us, and we start blocking their shots. Uncle Anakin yells,

"Artoo, the door!"

Artoo goes over to the panel where the door controls are, but not before Ventress shows up, yet again. He closes the door in her face though, which is nice for us. So that we don't die within the next minute. But, just as I though she would, Ventress sticks her lightsabers through the door.

"I think now's a good time for a retreat."

"For once, Anakin, I agree with you," amu (amu - mom) says, at the same time that Ahsoka says,

"'Retreat'? That's a new word for you."

"Maybe into the jungle."

We all run over to the edge of the platform and look down.

"Wait," Ahsoka says, "I remember the jungle was a bad place."

More of the spider droids climb up the cliff face below us. And to make matters worse, they're firing at us! At least two of the shots land on the platform that we're standing on. Thankfully underneath it, not where we're actually standing. But it wakes up a bunch of bugs. K'oyaci. (K'oyacyi - cheers)

When the bugs fly out, I say, "Well, so much for going that way."

As I hear something, all four of us turn around. Artoo is coming toward us, and Ventress has almost cut a circular hole in the door. If I were allowed, and this weren't war, I would write up a complaint to the Jedi Council as a prank. You know, about how it was supposed to be an easy mission for shiny padawans, and all that.

"Looks like we're out of options," uncle Anakin's says, solemnly.

Stinky appears to have spotted something behind us, but Ahsoka says,

"No, not now, Stinky."

He keeps babbling and pointing and I turn around. I squint to see through the mist, or fog, or whatever it is. And... it looks like another landing platform. With a ship!

"Master! Another landing platform, and it looks like it has a ship on it."

Amu (amu - mom), uncle Anakin, and Ahsoka all turn around and see it.

"Nice work, Stinky," Ahsoka says.

"So, how are we going to get over there?" I ask.

"Leave that to us" uncle Anakin says with a grin.

Then he and amu (amu - mom) run toward the edge of the cliff and jump off. When they're out of earshot, I scoff.

"And amu (amu - mom) says I'm too reckless."

"She's an adult Leeda, you are a padawan."

"So are you."

As they land on, and wrestle two of the bugs, Ahsoka comments, "I hope I don't have to learn that." I just shrug at her. Then, Ventress bursts in. Oh fun. Ahsoka and I ignite our lightsabers, and Ventress runs at us. After a very, very brief duel, she pushes both Ahsoka and I down.

"Where are Kenobi and Skywalker?"

"Right here, Ventress!" uncle Anakin yells.

Amu (amu - mom) flies her bug forward and knocks Ventress over, which brings a smirk to my face.

"Time to go," Ahsoka and I both say, looking at each other.

More of the spider droids shoot up at us, and they manage to destroy a few things. Along with almost bringing the platform down, with us on it.

"Hop on, Snips," uncle Anakin says, flying past her.

"Like I have a choice!" Ahsoka yells.

Amu (amu - mom) just comes by and grabs me, and Artoo just flies himself. All of us fly over to the other landing platform, me behind amu (amu - mom), and as fun as this is, I think I prefer fighters or speeders. I don't like the beating of the wings, and normally heights don't scare me, but combining the feeling of being thrown off by the wings, and the height, I close my eyes, and hold tight to amu's (amu - mom) waist.

"Leeda? Are you all right, ad'ika?" (ad'ika - little one)

"I feel like I'm going to be thrown off," I mumble into amu's (amu - mom) back.

"You'll be okay, we almost there."

"Meh gar sirbur bid." (Meh gar sirbur bid - if you say so)

"Ni narir (Ni narir - I do). In fact, we're about to land. So, open your eyes so we can jump off. I'll tell you when."

"Vor'e, amu." (Vor'e - thanks, amu - mom)

"Ba'gedet'ye." (Ba'gedet'ye - you're welcome)

When the bugs fly past the landing platform, amu yells,

"Jump!"

Both of us jump off the back of our bug, and land beside uncle Anakin and Ahsoka. Artoo lands beside us, and we walk toward the ship. It's mostly a piece of junk, but could still be flyable. If we want to escape, uncle Anakin and I will have to work, as ba'vodu (ba'vodu - uncle) Rex calls it, our Skywalker Magic on it.

"We're taking this junker?" Ahsoka asks. "We'd be better off on that big bug."

"You and Ileema get aboard and prime the engines. Assuming it has engines."

I swat uncle Anakin on the arm as amu (amu - mom) and Ahsoka walk off.

"Uncle Anakin, I'm offended. Have you never heard Rex say that we Skywalker's have magic when it comes to ships? Not just 'Force magic'. No matter how times I tell him that the Force isn't magic-"

"You're rambling again, my attana-kassu (attana-kassu - niece). And kai (kai - yes), I've heard him say that."

"I figured."

I stand next to Artoo with uncle Anakin kneeling down beside me, placing the baby Hutt's birikad (birikad - baby carrying harness) on Artoo. When I hear Ahsoka's lightsaber ignite, I look up. Amu (amu - mom) has ignited hers too, and there are some clankers firing at them.

"She's at it again. Let's go, Leeda."

Ahsoka gets the battle droids off, then aims her lightsaber at the caretaker droid. Before she slices his head off, he says,

"Don't you dare!"

Then she slices the droids head off, and the head rolls down to my feet. Amu (amu - mom), uncle Anakin, Artoo, and I all board the ship. I sit in the co-pilot's seat, uncle Anakin sits in the pilot's seat, and amu (amu - mom) and Ahsoka strap in behind us.

"Now, let's get Stinky out of here. Uh, if we can."

Uncle Anakin tries to start the ship, but it shudders and makes all sorts of odd noises for a ship. This thing needs to go to a scrap heap, and that is something that I rarely ever say. Ahsoka groans after a minute.

"Relax, Snips."

I look over the scanners and everything in front of me, before saying, "Artoo, see if you can spark the ignition couplers."

He rolls over the wall and plugs in, only making the noises return. Then he beeps.

"No, that's not it," I say, while uncle Anakin and Ahsoka continue their banter. Or argument, I have no clue which. "Try opening the fuel lifters all the way."

He beeps at me and does it, then the lights power on.

"Good work, Artoo."

I press the buttons necessary for takeoff, and after a moment, away we go. We fly toward the castle.

"Master Kenobi is here. Now we'll see some real fireworks."

"Excuse me," uncle Anakin says. "What do you call what I've been doing all day?"

I throw an irritated look back toward amu (amu - mom). She only smiles at me, then says, "Oh, I don't know, Anakin. The word 'reckless' comes to mind."

"Very funny, Ila. Now, back to work, my attana-kassu (attana-kassu - niece). The troops still need our help. Charge the main guns."

"Yeah, and how are we going to help. Stinky is getting even sicker."

"But we promised Rex and Logan we'd help them."

"Anakin, we've got to get this Huttlet to the medics on one of the cruisers. It's our only chance to get him back to his father still breathing."

Uncle Anakin sighs, but types in buir's (buir - dad) comm code.

"Commander Logan, this is General Skywalker."

"Yes, General."

"We're not going to be able to help you."

"Don't worry about us, General. We'll be all right. The mission always comes first."

When he disconnects the comm, I decode what buir (buir - dad) was actually saying. When we're with other people, buir (buir - dad) often doesn't say what he actually means. Instead, he's cryptic, but for those of us who know him, it's not that hard to figure out what he means. The 'don't worry about us, general' was most likely 'don't worry about me, Ileema'. The 'we'll be all right' was most likely aimed at both me and amu as 'I'll be all right, Ila, ad'ika'. (Ad'ika - little one) And his 'the mission always comes first' is him saying 'don't feel bad about leaving'. I'm glad he's okay with it.

"To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill." -Aristotle

A/N: This is the first part of this. This one and the next chapter were originally intended to be one chapter, but combined they were like twenty pages, so I divided them. On the bright side, almost finished with the movie.