Skywalker Twins [Book 1]

Chapter 13 - Arrival on Geonosis

The two fighters exited hyperspace again. After following Jango's ship, they found themselves at Geonisis. Freya looked at the planet and groaned, "Great. Another desert planet. Tell me how Anakin gets to be on beautiful Naboo and I have to go to a horrid desert?" little did she know, Anakin was no longer on Naboo. He and Padme were now on Tatooine. He wanted to see her after another nightmare. She was in pain and he wanted to help her.

"The quicker we get this done, the quicker we are back on Coruscant," Obi Wan responded as he looked ahead at the ship they were tailing.

"That's just a subtle way of telling me to shut up," Freya scoffed, as she disconnected her hyperspace ring.

"Well, it's not working," Obi Wan retorted as he then disconnected his ring and flew through it. They followed the bounty hunter into an asteroid field, zigzagging through the floating rocks. Less than a minute of them flying behind the ship, something is released from the back, "Seismic charges! Stand by," Obi Wan reported, Freya nodded as they flew through the exploding asteroids. After dodging debris and smaller rocks, another charge is released. The blast sent the two in different directions as they manoeuvre their fighters to avoid the exploding rocks. After the charge had stopped having any affect on the asteroid field, Freya headed towards Obi Wan's location. Closing in on his position, she hears his voice over the com, "Oh, blast! This is why I hate flying!"

"I love flying. This is like a more extreme version of podracing and I didn't think that was possible," Freya spoke as she went through a rocky tunnel.

"That's lovely. Now, any help would be greatly appreciated," Obi Wan replied sarcastically as he dodged the oncoming lasers from the bounty hunter. But it seemed that Jango had lost his patience with him and fired a torpedo.

"You've got a torpedo after you," Freya reported as she flew alongside him at a distance.

"You don't say," was yet another sarcastic reply from Obi Wan, "Get ready to land on a rock. I don't want to continue fighting up here." he then turned to his droid, "R4, prepare to jettison the spare parts canisters," he continued to weave between the rocks, avoiding the oncoming missile, "Fire them now!" the spare parts were released and into the missile which detonated on impact as Obi Wan and Freya flew through two large asteroids. Ten minutes later, Obi Wan's voice sounded in Freya's ear, "I think we've waited long enough."

"Oh, thank Force," Freya exclaimed exasperatedly. This was the first time she'd been in a cockpit and bored at the same time. They levitate from the rock they were sitting on and flew towards the planet.

On the planet, it is night time. They fly over many spherical ships, "That's an unusual concentration of Federation ships over there," Obi Wan pointed out. Freya responded with a quick 'uh huh' to let him know she heard him. They continue flying towards a huge cliff, which they land beside. Both Jedi climb out of their cockpits and onto the rocky surface below. They started walking, up a narrow, rocky trail.

Approaching the top of the hill, they notice a small opening in the cliff face. They looked at each other before entering, one hand on their lightsabers ready to draw them. They crept silently through the shadows, looking up at a dome shaped ceiling. The two were on a balcony that had spokes coming from the side of it that led to the middle of the large room, creating a web-like structure. Metal clanging turned the Jedi's attention to a hole in the wall, with an amber-golden like colour shining through it. They slowly made their way to the hole and gazed through it to find a large droid factory.

Obi Wan moves away and gestures for the Padawan to follow him. They trotted down a twisting staircase, stopping when they hear voices.

"Now, we must persuade the Commerce Guild and the Corporate Alliance to sign the treaty." spoke the human male. That face looks familiar.