Gray | Anakin Skywalker

Chapter Nine

Jango Fett cuffed us with force suppressing cuffs and took my sabers from us. He pushed us forward into a room with a wagon pulled by a picador on an orray Padmé already standing on the wagon. Relief washed over my face when I sensed her presence.

"Im glad you're ok Padmé" I smiled at her my blind eyes shifting towards the man named Jango.

"You're a real tough guy now that we don't have our sabers" I spat at the bounty hunter and in turn he slapped me with one gloved hand.

"Don't touch her" Anakin growled his fists clenched.

I smirked in response to the slap spitting blood onto Jango's white shoes. He pushed us onto the wagon and signaled for the picador to bring us out.

"Anala.. if we die I want you to know that-" Anakin began and I shushed him.

"No, we're not going to die" I said firmly my fingers intertwining with his.

"But just in case i-" he tried again.

"Nope, we're not going to" I said as the sudden bright sun from the arena made my head hurt.

Anakin shut up seeming to understand my sureness. When we reached four pillars standing in the middle of the arena we were cuffed to them Obi Wan looking at us in disbelief.

"We've come to rescue you Master" I smiled cheekily my hands being cuffed above my head.

"Good job" Obi Wan said in exasperation looking up at his cuffed hands.

"We did transmit your message to the council like you'd asked Master" Anakin tried a sheepish smile on his face.

Obi Wan rolled his eyes in response. I closed my eyes and grabbed onto my chain placing my feet against the pillar and beginning to climb. I could hear Padmé doing the same and I smiled her way. In my concentration I only caught the last half of Obi Wan and Anakin's conversation.

"But what about Anala and Padmé?" Anakin asked concern rising in his voice.

"They seem to be on top of things" Obi Wan answered seeing me reach the top of my pillar.

I heard the screech of an Acklay as the gates of the arena were opened the creatures being released. The excited roars of the crowd only fueled my determination to ruin their fun. A Nexu, an Acklay, a Reek and a Terentatek. At the sight of the last beast Obi Wan gasped suddenly becoming uneasy. I could sense the Terentatek coming straight for me, the dark side wafting off of it like a poison contaminating the force. I jumped off my pillar the force of my body snapping the chains and cuffs causing me to roll into a crouching position. I could sense the creature coming closer, the venom of its tusks and claws potent in the air. The Terentatek swiped at me making me force jump over it. Meanwhile Padmé was dealing with the Nexu while Obi Wan tussled with the Acklay. Anakin on the other hand was on top of the reek trying to control it. I force pulled a Geonosian to me taking his spear and stabbing him with it force pushing him away. I turned around just in time to block the Terentatek's claw with the spear digging my feet in the sand pushing back with all I've got. I willed the force to give me strength and I pushed the creature away quickly stabbing it in the side. The creature roared but did not die, It broke the spear and swiped at my arm a single claw grazing my skin. I screamed in agony the venom burning my new found wound. Suddenly the creature was impaled by the horn of the Reek, it fell limp at its feet. Anakin hoisted me up next to him.

"Thanks" I chuckled kissing his cheek without thinking.

Anakin blushed as Padmé and Obi Wan both jumped onto the Reek behind us. Droidekas rolled out into the arena surrounding us at once. I could feel the emotions of the people beside me feeling my heart clench because I couldn't save them. Suddenly lightsabers began to ignite throughout the arena my peers revealing themselves all at once. My heart felt light as my fellow Jedi stood in a defensive stance around the whole arena. A flood of battle droids came bursting into the arena as three jedi threw us our lightsabers. I thanked the force to have my own back in my hands. I leapt off the Reek feeling the adrenaline rushing through my veins as I charged into the flood of battle droids swiftly cutting through them. My twin blades danced in a flurry of white as I cut down the droids deflecting stray blaster bolts. I thrust my hand out sending a wave of droids backwards into themselves force jumping over a super battle droid my twin blades cutting an "x" shape through it. As the battle raged on I ended up back to back with Anakin as we deflected shots being fired at us. All around us fellow Jedi were falling and the heavy blanket of death weighed down my senses. Hope was beginning to dwindle as the Jedi were backed into a circle surrounded by droids all guns pointed at us.