Why Anakin is No Longer Allowed to Mentor

11. You Mean It Isn't Obvious?

Anakin, in between cleaning a proper pathway and looting the temple discreetly, was looking for senators that weren't the least bit friendly with Palpatine but could be trusted with the younglings and the padawans.

He couldn't take them all in...it would draw entirely too much attention. And he couldn't expect his new contacts with the Mandalorians to help shelter them all.

They needed to grow up a bit away from the safety of the temple and learn how the real world worked before he could track them down later to train them properly.

He was rather glad that he had Padme...she was a good source to vet the various senators on Corusant and knew who could be trusted.

Anakin might joke around and have a really horrible sense of humor (according to others), but he would never kid around about something as serious as this.

To that end Anakin finally settled on Bail Organa, from Alderaan. He was highly sympathetic to the Jedi Order, had no love for Palpatine and more importantly Padme trusted him completely.

Everything about him checked out, which was all Anakin cared about.

"Let me get this straight. You believe the Clone Army is going to turn against the Jedi, and you're not warning the Order...why?" asked Bail.

"Because the Order doesn't trust me as far as they can throw me without the Force, and they've got their heads up their asses to the point they haven't figured out who the Sith Master they've been trying to find is, despite being in front of them the entire damn time," said Anakin flatly.

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Padme.

"You mean it isn't obvious?" said Anakin.

The two shook their head.

"Palpatine is a Sith. He's probably behind the war in the fist place. I mean doesn't it strike you strange that the Trade Federation would harass a planet like Naboo which is fairly popular among the peaceful senators in the first place? It's an almost guaranteed way to piss people off, particularly when they have a charismatic young queen who leads them," said Anakin. "And what better way to take over the senate as Chancellor than to play up the sympathy votes from having your planet invaded? Particularly if said young queen was the one to give a vote of no confidence?"

Padme opened her mouth to dispute it...but he was making a scary amount of sense. Bail looked a bit ill himself, realizing they had been played for fools.

"So what do we do?"

"Palpatine is going to make his move soon, I know it," said Anakin firmly. "What I want you to do is gather up ships that can discreetly move the younglings and the padawans I can rescue from the temple when everything goes to hell, and to find people who can relocate the Jedi who manage to escape."

"And what about us?" asked Padme, her hand over her stomach.

"I have that covered already. I've made a few contacts with the Mandalorians, and they're willing to let us hide among them in exchange for me training their more talented foundlings in how to maintain droids and star ships," said Anakin.

And take the odd bounty job, he neglected to add. He was too active for anything else, and he had zero issues with his children becoming part of the Mandalorian tribes.

Padme gave a grimace of distaste, but said nothing. She trusted Anakin since he clearly had some idea of what he was doing, and to be honest when he wasn't screwing around, his plans did occasionally work.

Besides, no one would suspect them to be hiding among the Mandalore.

Bail, however had something to say.

"So they agreed to let you hide with them, just like that?"

"I may have also agreed to wear the armor and argue their case with the senator giving them headaches. Apparently she and Obi-Wan had a 'thing' that he refuses to explain when I ask, which makes me think that any complaints he will make later about me and Padme will turn him into a complete hypocrite," said Anakin cheerfully. "Since I'm the closest thing to a neutral party that wont dismiss their culture off-hand because I'm a Jedi, I'm the best hope they have to resolving the headache once and for all."

If he could out-argue his own wife, who was considered one of the best at debate in the Senate in general and had no problem calling him out on his bullshit, then he could deal with a pissy senator who apparently still had a crush on Obi-Wan 'Sex-God' Kenobi.

(In the Jedi temple, Obi-Wan silently made a note to strangle Anakin...again. He still hadn't gotten rid of that damn sex-god rumor he spread).