Star Wars: Remix version
Chapter six: Geonosis
When the ship landed near a large dust plant, Ray turned to Padme.
"You should wait here" he instructed. "This could get messy" Padme scowled and grabbed her blaster.
"I don't think so" she said. "I am not interested in a war here. perhaps we can come up with a diplomatic solution to get Master Kenobi out of this mess. Follow my lead" She got off the ship and headed to the door. Ray scowled but Anakin just smirked and walked past him, standing next to Padme. They crept toward the door and Padme blasted it open. Once inside they were met by several armed Geonosans.
"come on, we don't have time for this" Padme shouted, running and dodging blaster shots. She made it to the other side and blasted a hole in the door. Anakin saw her step through the hole, then heard her startled scream.
"Padme", Anakin shouted. He ran to the opening but he couldn't see her.
"Move aside" Ray said, pushing him. Anakin lost his grip and fell, grabbing the ledge with his hand. "Oh, too bad" Ray said smirking. He flipped off the ledge and landed on the moving platform below. "Too bad you don't have the force" he called up to Anakin.
"We'll see" Anakin muttered. He could hear Ray's laughter as the Jedi moved further and further away. "I may not be a Jedi, but I can at least try" Anakin closed his eyes and concentrated. The next thing he knew he was back on the ledge. He opened his eyes. "Cool" he said turning to try and find another way down.
Padme found herself fighting several battle droids. Suddenly Ray showed up to join her.
"Where's Ani?" she asked, shooting two droids who had been gaining on her.
"We probably won't be seeing him again" Ray told her, slashing a droid with his saber.
"What did you do?" Padme asked angrily, turning to face him, forgetting about the droids momentarily.
"Nothing" Ray said defensively. "It was an accident" the droids stopped shooting, confused by the sudden change of events. Padme put her hands on her hips.
"Yeah right, where is he" Padme asked.
"Right here" a voice said from behind her. she turned to see Anakin, smirking.
"Ani" she ran to hug him.
"Halt, you are under arrest" Another voice said. They turned to see a bounty hunter and several more battle droids. They dropped their weapons. The bounty hunter, named Jango Fett, led them to what he called the 'trial' room. Count Dooku, the Viceroy and General Gunddray were seated at a table.
"Dooku. You have imprisoned Master Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi. I am here to demand his release" Padme said sternly. Dooku laughed.
"My dear senator, I am afraid that is entirely impossible. You see, Master Kenobi was trespassing as were you and such a defense leads to punishment by death," Count Dooku said in a low voice. "Throw them in the holding cell"
Back on Coruscant the Jedi council had gotten word of what was happening on Geonosis.
"We must go to Geonosis. I will take what Jedi we have and go free our friends." Mace Windu announced. Yoda nodded his approval.
"And I will go to Komino. See this clone army I will" he said sternly.
Once in the holding cell, Anakin looked at Padme.
"I'm sorry. This is all my fault" he said softly. before Padme could do anything, Ray jumped in.
"Yes, it is," he said. "We were doing fine until you came along" he looked at Padme. "You don't need the likes of him."
"Excuse me?" Padme asked glaring at him. "You are the reason the mission failed. You have ruined everything. Don't you dare blame Ani. I love him" Ray took a step back.
"You do?" He and Anakin asked together
"Yes" Padme said firmly. she took Anakin's hand. "No matter what happens to us I will always love you" they shared a sweet kiss just as the door opened.
"Come on" the guard said, grabbing Padme by the arm. The guards led them to a large arena, where Obi-wan was already chained to a large pillar. three guards chained each of them to an identical pillar. Ray and Anakin were on either side of Obi-wan and Padme was chained on the other side of Ray. Once they were all chained to the pillars, four gates opened and let in 4 monstrous beasts, ready to devour them.
"Keep calm and relaxed" Obi-wan told Anakin and Ray.
"What about Padme?" Ray asked.
"She seems to be on top of things" Obi-wan replied. Ray and Anakin looked at Padme, and saw that she was perched on top of the pillar, using a hair pin to pick the lock.
"Wow" Anakin said.
Padme was working hard to free herself from the cuffs around her wrist. she looked down and saw the beasts rambling towards them. She knew that Ray and Obi-wan would most likely be able to get out of their execution, but she was worried about Anakin. She wasn't sure if he'd make it. Thinking quickly, she swung off the pull and landed on the ground, chain in her hand. A split second before the beasts attacked, Padme roped hers with the chain, causing it to crash into her pillar. The pillar cracked and tipped over onto the beast, which was ready to devour Anakin, who was scared out of his wits, though he'd probably never admit it. The pillar crushed the beasts head. As Padme had expected, both Ray and Obi-wan had managed to get free. Ray was even riding his beast, arrogantly of course. Suddenly, there were Jedi everywhere. Two blasters were tossed Padme and Anakin's way and Ray and Obi-wan retrieved their light sabers. Padme and Anakin fought from behind an over turned carriage as several battle droids entered the arena.
"you call this a diplomatic solution?" Anakin asked. Padme grinned.
"No, I call it aggressive negotiations" she said referring to something Obi-wan had said a while back. Anakin grinned.
"Padme, if we live through this, will you marry me?" he asked. Padme's eyes lit up.
"Yes" she said happily. suddenly, thousands of more droids appeared. It looked as though they might have to give up but then Padme heard a strange noise.
"Look" she said, pointing to the sky. several ships appeared. Anakin could see Master Yoda on one of them. When the ship landed, several men in white ushered them onto the ship and it took off into the sky. Suddenly a blaster shot hit the ship and Padme lost her footing. She slipped and fell of the ship.
"Padme" Anakin shouted. he leaned over to get a better look, but he couldn't see her through all the dust. "I hope she's okay" he muttered softly. Ray scoffed.
"If you really loved her. you'd stop the ship" he said.
"We can't jeopardize the mission" Anakin said firmly. "Padme knows that. She'll be fine"
"She could be hurt. we should land" Ray insisted.
"No" Anakin said firmly. "We need to catch Dooku so he doesn't get away".
"Anakin's right. this could be our only chance" Obi-wan said. Ray crossed his arms and scowled.
"Fine, I'm sure Padme would love to know that you ditched her" he said scathingly. The remark hurt, but Anakin couldn't let it deter him.
"Aim above the exhaust pipes" he told the man piloting the ship. two blaster shots hit the pipes causing them to blow.
"good call" Obi-wan said, impressed.
Padme landed on her back and looked up at the ship. She hoped Anakin had enough sense not to stop for her. She pulled the blaster out of her belt. An armed man rushed over to her.
"Are you alright milady?" he asked, helping her up.
"I'm fine. we have to get to the hangar right away" she told him. he nodded and they hopped onto a nearby vacant land cruiser.
"let's ride" she said as they zoomed across the plain.
When the ship reached the hangar, they saw Count Dooku headed for a small ship.
"Not so fast" Anakin said, hopping down from the ship. Ray and Obi-wan followed him.
"Ah yes, Captain Anakin" Count Dooku mocked. "What can you possibly do. Your no Jedi" Without warning a piece of the ceiling flew towards him. Ray and Obi-wan watched astonished as Anakin used the force to send the massive rocks towards Count Dooku. By now Dooku was angry. In one swift move, He flung his lightsaber towards Anakin. Anakin tried to jump out of the way but the saber cut off his forearm. In a flash, the light saber was back in Dooku's hand and Anakin was on the ground in severe pain. Ray and Obi-wan fought Dooku as best they could, but he was too quick for them. He used the force, to make a giant boulder rush towards Anakin. When they turned to save him, Dooku got into his ship and took off just as Padme and the other Jedi rushed into the hangar.
"Ani" she cried, rushing to his side. "What happened" she knelt beside him.
"He was being reckless, as usual" Ray said, before anyone else could say anything. Everyone backed away at the fiery look in Padme's eyes as she turned to face him.
"How would you know!" she hissed angrily. "You've known him for what, a few days. I've known him since he was 10 years old. He's lying here, in alot of pain and all you can say is that he was being reckless. You're the one who's reckless. you nearly jeopardized our mission, you killed an entire tribe of Tusken Raiders, You tried to kill Ani, and I,... I'm sick of it!" she spun around to face Anakin again, who was being helped up by Mace Windu and Obi-wan.
"He used the force" Obi-wan explained once he was sure her rant was over. HE was gravely disappointed in his padawan's behavior.
"Are you surprised?" Padme asked. "I'm not. Qui-Gon always said he had the force." she looked at Anakin. "How are you feeling?" she asked. He grinned.
"A little weak and light headed. otherwise, I feel great" he told her. she smiled warmly at him.
"In that case, Anakin and I have an announcement to make." she said. they gathered around her. "We're going to get married" everyone cheered loudly.
"congratulations" Obi-wan said, slapping Anakin on the back. no one noticed the young man slip away from the crowd, a scowl on his face and rage in his eyes.