The Mandalorian Jedi

Chapter Fourteen

I silently jumped into the back of the cart that they were in and coughed awkwardly which broke off their kiss quickly enough. The few Geonosians jumped forwards and they just conveniently happened to have another pair of handcuffs on them, it was at that point when I realised this probably wasn't the greatest idea I had ever come up with but the looks on Anakin and Padme's faces was enough for me to forgive myself, I leaned for quietly and whispered,
"Well this is sufficiently awkward," I could see they were panicking and let them stew for a few seconds before I sighed and said, "I'll keep your secret as long as I'm invited to the wedding and you name a child after me."
"Deal." They spoke at the same time and looked at each other slightly alarmed at the fact that they had both just agreed to marry and have kids. I grinned and casually leaned against the side of the cart as we were wheeled forwards, I was trying to keep my robed hiding my lightsaber which the Geonosians had forgotten to take off me, it was slightly awkward having the hilts connected, it banged on my leg a lot but it also meant I didn't look too suspicious having my entire robe wrapped around me like a cocoon although considering that the Geonosians probably had cocoons given that they looked like exceedingly ugly moths I wouldn't be surprised if they found it normal. 

We were driven around to where three columns awaited us, Obi-Wan already strung up on the fourth one,
"What in the blazes are you doing here?" He hissed,
"We re-transmitted your message and then we thought we would come and save you." Obi-Wan glanced up at his cuffed hands and rolled his eyes, muttering sarcastically,
"Good job," He looked over at me then and asked, "And you Rhea? I thought you were on Coruscant with Master Windu?"
"Well naturally I came to rescue Anakin but I got uh... sidetracked and, well here we are." He let out yet another sigh, it was a wonder he hadn't run out of breath to sigh at us with over the years.

I caught sight of Padme slipping something into her mouth which reminded me to focus on keeping my lightsaber hidden while my hands were lifted up above my head and attached to a long chain. Did these guys not realise how much use you could get out of a chain? Di'kuts. Once we were all strung up like meat fresh for the picking the leader of the Geonosians shouted something which got the crowd screaming which could only mean they were about to kill us. What a fun lot. Four doors began to slowly grate open and I glanced back up to where the Geonosian leader was standing, a really old man was standing next to him and I could only assume he was Count Dooku which explained the handcuffs and extra monster they happened to have on hand, he had probably sensed my presence as soon as I had arrived but I didn't exactly have much time to think on it seeing as four hideous, and very hungry beasts were being guided towards us. The best thing to do was wait it out, kind of. If i drew my saber to early they would call for back up before we could get the upper hand and then we would be screwed so I let them charge and didn't pull out my saber, we were going to have to do this the old fashioned way.

Padme had already made her way up her column and was carefully balancing on it, getting the chain ready to use as some sort of whip on the nexu that was charging towards her, Anakin was preparing to jump on top of the reek and Obi-Wan had managed to get free of his chain by using the acklay's pincers and was now playing a game of don't get stabbed with it. I refocused on the anooba racing towards me at full speed, I ducked out of the way of its first attack and aimed a kick a its eye which only ended with me getting teeth in my leg. I grunted in pain as a was thrown off to the side and lay on the ground panting and wincing, seriously thinking about just stabbing it but I was distracted by Padme shouting out, the nexu having just raked its claws along her back, I winced slightly but she recovered quickly enough and my attention was shoved back to the anooba as I just managed to roll out of its way. I stumbled up onto my feet and focused on getting my hands out the the cuffs, it was an easy enough task with the combination of the force and strength but I paused slightly longer to send out a signal through the force, calling for Master Windu to get a move on which got responded to with a grumpy silence.

I managed to keep dodging the anooba's attacks but I had stupidly left the chain attached to the column so that was no longer an option for a weapon. Anakin and Padme were now riding the reek and the nexu lay dead on the ground, when that had happened I had no idea but it allowed Obi-Wan to get away from the acklay but they didn't have time circle round and get me because a group of destroyers rolled out which was definitely cheating on behalf of the Geonosians but luckily it got me away from the anooba as I was herded into the circle the droids had formed around the reek.
"Aren't you meant to be one of the best fighters in the Jedi Order?" I couldn't tell if Anakin was joking or not,
"I'm pretty sure my foot was amputated by that kriffing thing so you can shut it." He laughed quietly and I glared at him some more however before I could come up with a suitable response I saw my Master walk up to where the Count was watching, he ignited his lightsaber at the Bounty Hunter's throat and probably had a super dramatic conversation with him that ended with several lightsabers lighting up all over the arena. I sighed in pure relief and then let a savage smile settle on my face and lowered my hands to where my own lightsaber was and let myself fall into a mindset that let me kill things. It wasn't a nice place to be and it certainly did not help me sleep at night but it also felt undeniably good at the time and just as the the other Jedi jumped down into the arena I let myself go. I ignored Anakin's furious questioning as to why I hadn't used my sabers sooner and let the chaos devour me. 

Di'kut - Idiot, useless individual, waste of space

Whew okay we are nearing the end of this film which is fun and I'm still figuring out what is going to happen during TCW, RotS and beyond that but I've got quite a bit of stuff planned out and I have been writing out a few scenes from later in the story. I'm probably going to cry while writing some of it but yeah. As we do move into TCW please be patient as I cannot make it through a season a week and I am only on season 3 at the moment so I probably will not be able to release chapters weekly but I will certainly try. Thank you for your continued support and all the views, it means so much Xx