Power of the Star Forge
A colo claw fish was staring into our lights. The other subs swiftly left the cave. We were about to do the same when sando aqua monster blocked the entrance. I barely managed to steer the submarine above its head. We eventually managed to reach Theed without anything else trying to eat us. We entered the city quietly and moved towards the queen's palace, using walkways to avoid the droids.
When we were near the palace we saw a group of droids escorting the queen, her handmaidens and several guards. The Jedi and I jumped down from the walkway we were using as cover, while the pilots and Jar Jar held onto the sides before falling to the ground,before destroying the droids with our lightsabers and the Force. "We should go." said Qui-Gon-Jinn. "Grab their weapons." ordered one of the queen's guards.
"We're ambassadors for the supreme chancellor. We need to make contact with the Republic." Qui-Gon told the senator accompanying the queen. "They've shut down our communication systems." replied captain Panaka. "Do you have transport?" Qui-Gon asked. "In the main hanger. This way." Panaka said, pointing. "We'll need to get back to our own ships." I interrupted, pointing at myself and the pilots. "Where are they?" asked one of the guards. I glanced towards the Jedi master. "A few miles from where you rescued Jar Jar." he replied. Qui-Gon considered this, before agreeing to return to the area. As soon as we entered the hanger we retreated.
"There are too many droids." whispered captain Panaka. "No problem." I replied before reentering the hanger and blasting the battle droids with lightning. When I finished I suddenly felt a large amount of anxiety coming from Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon, as well as annoyance from Canderous.
"...senator Palpatine will need your help." the senator was finishing an argument he had been making while I had been busy. Qui-Gon glanced towards the queen. "If you are going to leave, it must be now." he told her. "Then I will plead our case to the senate." she replied. We entered the largest ship in the hanger and travelled back to where I had left the Ebon Hawk and the other ships. Before we arrived the two jedi asked to speak to me in private.
"Are you a Sith lord? And why can I not feel your Force presence?" Qui-GOn asked. "I was a sith lord, now I'm not. You cannot feel me in the Force because I don't want you to." I replied. Obi-Wan activated his lightsaber and rushed towards me. I merely stepped out of jedi's way and sent him sprawling with a force push. I then made sure he couldn't get up. Qui-Gon also activated his lightsaber, although he seemed more willing to wait for me to try something. "You know, if I wanted to kill you both, I could have done so by now?" I asked. Qui-Gon hesitated before deactivating his lightsaber. "Master! What are you doing? We need to kill him!" Yelled Obi-Wan, who was still pinned to the floor. "I said FORMER Sith lord, you idiot. I'm going to let you up now, but if you try anything like that again..." I left the threat unfinished and released the padawan, who glared at me. "No-one can turn away from the dark side." the padawn snarled. I merely stared at him, until he looked away.
"You should be more worried about the rest of the Sith fleet, Jedi. I do not know how many of their ships were destroyed." I admonished them. After all the jedi should know about my turning from the dark side. "Sith fleet?" Qui-Gon was now very confused. "Yes, the one I had to go through to destroy the Star Forge." I replied, also becoming worried. How could a Jedi master not know about the sith fleet?
"What is this Star Forge? And why do you talk about the sith as if they are still alive?" the jedi master asked. I was about to ask him why he didn't know about the factory or the Sith fleet, which had probably only been destroyed and defeated a few days ago, when the ship landed and my group retreived the weapons and left for our own ships.
We managed to flee the planet and escape the blockade. However the Naboo starfighter took several hits. We decided to approach Tatooine for repairs and refeulling. While we approached the planet, I intercepted a message for the leaders of the Trade Federation. "I want that treaty signed." a man snarled. "My lord, it is impossible to locate the ship." replied the leader of the Trade Federation. "Not for a Sith. This is my apprentice, Darth Maul. He will locate your lost ship." the man replied before the transmission was cut. A few hours later we landed on the outskirts of a settlement and I replayed the transmission for Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon.
"Can you trace this then forward it to the Jedi council?" the older jedi asked. "I can only intercept, and record, transmissions. I don't have anything to forward them. However I managed to trace the link back to coruscant. Bastilla, HK. Stay near the ships. We may be expecting company." I ordered. Qui-Gon, Jar Jar, an astromech droid, called R2-D2, and I were about to leave when captain Panaka told us that the queen had ordered one of her handmaidens, Padme, to come with us. Qui-Gon argued with the captain for a while before allowing the handmaiden to join us. We continued towards the settlement.