"Senator it's time for your bi-weekly appointment with your instructor"
"Right let's get to it then"
So they head to the dojo and are surprised to see Master Plo Koon there as well
"Master Plo Koon I wasn't expecting to see you until I went to the Temple next"
"Master Yoda informed me of your request and so I decided to come here instead. Besides I actually know Master Lenira and decided to catch up with him before your lesson began"
"Okay this will start with a spar then"
So the two go at it and while Bail is ultimately defeated he did manage a few good hits on the Jedi Master. Lenira had decided to test Organa as well having seen the reason why Bail needed to be taught Kor Soth Let instead of the standard Alderaanian defense style though John still didn't notice the habit
"You're doing good Senator"
"Thank you Master Lenira, Master Plo Koon were you letting me deliberately hit you?"
"No the combinations you used I have never seen before so you took me by surprise a lot of times. Thus your hits were hard, fast and got past my guard"
"That's good to know...but I've seen you move faster in training"
"I did keep my skill level to the normal level of my species that aren't Force sensitive but that's all"
"Wow I really have come a long ways"
"Indeed you have, but you're no master yet Senator"
"I know Master Lenira I still have much to learn but to know I have come so far in so short a time really bolsters my confidence"
"I'm sure it does, now for today's lesson"
Several hours later Bail was back in his office waiting for Mon Mothma to finish their meeting that had been interrupted so suddenly and urgently. Finally the Senator came in and after exchanging pleasantries they finished the discussions they had started. Both were getting ready to leave when suddenly though the doors closed and locked themselves
"What's going on?"
"Don't know, just a minute"
He goes over to his comm device hoping that communications weren't jammed
"John are you there?"
Fortunately his security chief was able to answer
"I'm here Senator where are you?"
"With Senator Mon Mothma, we're safe and secure but are wondering what's happened"
"You're not going to like this, apparently the building has been taken over by bounty hunters"
(Thinks) "I thought this was supposed to happen a few years from now with Hardeen not now"
But then he goes through his memories and realizes that this had happened before but last time he hadn't been in the building and had actually been on Alderaan visiting family, he'd only heard about it after he'd gotten back
"Do we have communication with the outside world?"
"No I've already tried"
(Sighs) "I understand. Okay for now try and get outside so that you can inform someone about the situation we're currently in"
"Working on it, however windows are hard to break"
"You're trapped in a room as well aren't you?"
"Yes I am"
"Okay, let me try something hopefully that will get you out of your room. Once you're free I'm going to see about where the bounty hunters are and try and confine them into one area"
"Senator..."
"Don't worry I have a blaster with me"
"I know you have a blaster however I really don't think you'll be able to do what you said. For one thing we don't know who the bounty hunters are or what they're after and for another I don't think you can get me out of the room. All our security codes are locked out of the system right now"
"Okay you have a point. But if someone comes in here I'm going to use it to my advantage"
"And Senator Mon Mothma?..."
"I can take care of myself perfectly well thank you"
"Do you have weapons training or even a weapon on you?"
"No"
"Then Senator what exactly are you going to be able to do?"
"Okay guess I'll just remain hidden if Senator Organa gets the chance to find the bounty hunters. Though how do you know about confining them into one area?"
"That's a complicated mess that I will have to speak with someone else about first"
"For now though we're going to just have to sit tight"
Several hours later someone comes in and since there was a perimeter alarm set up for each Senator's offices Mon Mothma and Bail knew someone was coming towards them. So while Mon Mothma found a decent hiding spot Bail went to the entrance of the door and simply waited for the opportunity to strike. Once the intruder entered Bail attacked from behind and temporarily gained the upper hand when suddenly he was flipped onto his back and then face to face with his attacker that had him pinned. Fortunately that was a good thing because the "attacker" turned out to be Jedi Master Mace Windu
"Good try Senator Organa"
"Sorry Master Windu, but with bounty hunters in the building I couldn't be too careful"
"I understand, Plo Koon actually mentioned you getting a few hits on him. You actually managed to surprise me even though I was trying to sense you through the Force"
"Sorry Master Windu, I don't know how you didn't notice me or Senator Mon Mothma"
"Same here. For now I am going door to door to free anyone trapped and make sure they make it to safety outside"
"Works for me, how many Jedi are working on this?"
"Enough"
"Okay, Senator Mothma you can come out now it's only Master Windu of the Jedi Order"
"Good"
Bail makes sure he still had his blaster and then follows Mace outside where he's met by his security chief
"Looks like your plans weren't needed after all"
"Agreed though I wonder how the Jedi Order knew we needed help"
"One of the aids managed to escape just before the building was locked down"
"Then how come it took so long for rescue Master Plo Koon?"
"The aid walked to the Temple most of the way doing their best to stay hidden just in case"
"And walking can take a while depending on where you want to go, especially if you're trying to get there unseen"
"I heard you used Kor Soth Let on Master Windu"
"I did and that concerns me because he should have sensed both me and Senator Mothma"
"We'll look into it when we can"
"Understood Master Plo Koon"
Just then the bounty hunters announced that they had laced the Senate buildings with bombs and revealed they had a captive Jedi Padawan and Bail's the one to speak up
"Oh they shouldn't have done that"
"Done what laced the Senate building with bombs or taken a Padawan captive?"
"Neither for one if my suspicions about who's Padawan that is is correct their Master will have trained them to the extreme just in case this type of scenario ever did happen. For another the Senate building is probably the most important building on Coruscant even before the Jedi Temple, as such if they do have bombs laced around the building it would have top priority in repairs depending on the blast radius if it's not already built with bomb resistant materials"
"Now that I think of it they're also pretty stupid"
"What makes you say that Senator Mothma?"
"Easy as far as I can tell all the bounty hunters are in one place and they didn't consider that if there's one Jedi there are probably more"
"There are, plenty of them are here in case there are actually bombs, if that's the case they would have taken the bombs out of the building or depending on the device simply deactivated them as they came across each bomb"
"Since when are Jedi bomb experts?"
"We're not, but after we decided that we would be making blaster lessons mandatory we decided to start seeing who would be interested in taking care of at least the basic bombs should they come across any on a mission. So far most Masters and several Knights that don't have Padawans have agreed to the training and we've been having people come in once a week for a month now. We have yet to decide to make that training mandatory due to the fact that bombs are extremely dangerous but it's in discussion now"
"Okay I'll admit it I'm impressed Master Plo Koon I never thought that Jedi would make blaster lessons mandatory or even consider allowing Jedi to mess with bombs" (thinks) "at least I didn't think this would happen until the Clone Wars began by which time was too late for most of them"
"Knight Kenobi and his Padawan gave a compelling argument using live examples to sway us"
"The long period of time they were missing and most likely dead"
"Exactly"
"For now I think everyone should leave the premise"
"John"
"No Senator I will not allow you to stay at a potentially dangerous area any longer. I will concede to going to the Jedi Temple if the reason you want to stay is to get regular updates on the situation but we are not staying near a building that potentially has bombs all around it any longer"
"Fine"
"Master Yoda actually wanted to talk to you Senator Organa so it works out perfectly"
"Okay then let's head to the Temple"
Once at the Temple Bail and John were lead to the Council chamber where there were a few Council members still at the Temple just in case
"You wished to speak with me Master Yoda?"
"Rescued Knight Kenobi was. On Alderaan he and his team are, a few Bacta treatments he needs but otherwise fine he is"
"That's good to hear, I suppose Padawan Skywalker is aware of this?"
"Yes he is, your planet also mentioned requesting that the three of them remain there for a bit and for us to send Padawan Skywalker as soon as is feesable"
"I allow it and I'm sure Padawan Skywalker wants to see his Master again"
An hour later they learned that it was safe to either return to the Senate building or go home so they went back to Bail's apartment where Bail actually did take a sedative that night because he knew himself and he knew he would be hyper-vigilant in his sleep and also dreaming about the War years so he decided to play it safe then sorry. The next day he went on through morning meetings like normal but finally he gave into an idea he'd had pretty much since he'd woken up
"John cancel my appointments for the rest of the day and get my security team here. I need to make a quick call though"
Bail calls the Temple and is quickly patched through even though he used normal channels, it helped that the Council wasn't exactly busy at the moment
