As we ran through the Senate, I wondered something. "How are we going to get there?" I asked out loud. We couldn't use a gunship because those were for the Republic's use only, not for personal reasons, unless we could steal one, but I didn't know how to fly one of those and didn't feel like doing more janitorial work. "How are we going to get in?" I asked, thinking further ahead. The temple was heavily guarded by temple guards and the 401st Commander Thorn was not known for taking his assignment lightly. "Well, I guess we'll have to take a cab. As for getting in," Rebel paused as we ran around a corner. "We'll have to fight," she said with such determination it made me shutter as I suddenly realized how important this was for her. We stood out on a ledge overlooking the nearest traffic lane and both waved our hands, hoping to catch someone's eye. Finally, an empty cab slowed and swerved out of the hover lane and to the shelf we stood on. "You ladies need a lift?" The driver called us. I glanced over at Rebel already knowing she was going to be looking at me with disgust, but we didn't have time to find a different car. We both hopped in the backseat and told the gentleman to drive us to the temple. "Ah, the temple. Why would you wanna go hang out with those snobs?" Just our luck, we'd stumbled across a chatty driver. I figured it had to happen sometime, we'd gotten two quiet ones, of course now was the perfect time to disrupt our thoughts with a chatterbox. "Just need to discuss something with the Generals, sir," I replied politely before Rebel could put him in a headlock. I realized most of the lower levels residents thought the Jedi were pretentious because they lived in a glorious temple on the surface. If I'd heard that in my younger days, I'd have slapped him until he told me he loved the Jedi, but now I'd heard too many stories of the ungrateful residents of worlds we'd saved from seperatist regime. "Huh, Generals." He guffawed as Rebel rolled her eyes and sighed, leaning on the side of the door with her face pressed against the window. She tapped her fingers loudly on the handle, ready to jump out of the car. "I remember a time when the Jedi were peacekeepers." He adjusted his rear view mirror so he could look at us. I just nodded to him respectfully, looking half in agreement and half remorseful as my gaze went down to the carpeted beige colored floor. "Are you…" he started to ask as he turned to look behind his seat to see our uniforms better. He turned back around in his seat to face the front again. "Clones?" He asked gingerly, worried he'd offend us if he was wrong in his assumption. He must've thought we were senators since we were coming out of the senate building and he'd never seen girl clones before. "Yes, sir," I said straightening up in my seat, unsure of how he'd respond, but he didn't say anything the whole rest of the trip. He pulled up beside the temple and pushed a button on his console that made the door pop open and lift up by itself. Rebel leapt out of the car over my lap. "Rebel- gosh," I said as she climbed over me. "Come on! Hurry up!" She griped, running off to the entrance. I was worried she'd start shooting up the place if anyone got in her way, but I pulled out a few credits from my pocket and extended them towards the man. He pushed them back towards me. "Keep em. Your friend's waitin'," he said without looking at me. "Thank you, sir." I shoved them back into my pocket and ran to catch up with her without taking a second glance at him. I felt kind of bad for being a little unappreciative. It was a nice gesture, but what else could I do? Rebel was glued to a wall when I saw her. "What are you doing?" I whispered to her loudly, trying to convey my vexation to her. "Shh!" She put a finger to her lips and peeked around the corner. She relaxed when she saw no one was coming and peeled herself off the partition. "What do you suggest we do, break a window?" I asked sarcastically, bringing my voice back to it's normal volume. I saw her slowly smile as mischief filled her eyes. "Oh no. Oh no, no," I said, shaking my head and my arms at her, regretting I'd said that. "Ugh, we don't have time for dead ends," she said angrily, crossing her arms and pacing. I nodded in agreement and sighed heavily, turning around. I closed my eyes to think of a plan but then I heard a lightsaber power on. My eyes snapped open as I was greeted with the most unpleasant sight I could think of. I saw Rebel spin around in a panic as I took a fast step behind me and ran into the wall, realizing there was nowhere else to go. Rebel's quick reflexes were appreciated when she immediately flipped on the commlink and started to scream for help, trying to tell Rex and Wrecker that it was Maul, but his lightsaber swung at her head. Fortunately for us, it missed her, but perfectly severed the comm. I looked up at Maul, realizing he didn't have his lightsaber because he'd thrown it at her. I took out my blaster and started shooting frantically. He turned each bullet off to the side using the force, redirecting their course as they flew back at us and we dodged them, sending the bullets into the stable wall. I felt a strong magnetic pull on my gun as it flew out of my hands and into his. "There will be no use for such crude weapons here," he said in his growly voice.