The Second Padawan

Chapter Ninety-Two

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This chapter is kinda long, but it's also the last unnamed chapter of this story! So the following chapter will actually have a name, and so on!

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I had to practically drag Anatoli who seems to have lost all sense of urgency. Anakin was speaking to Master Yoda and Master Windu. I couldn't help but overhear. "Great emotions you will find on Scipio, will you not?" Master Yoda said.

"I am worried for Senator Amidala. I'm...afraid we may be too late." Anakin replied solemnly.

"Correct, you were about Clovis, but let go of your selfishness, you must if you are to see clearly."

"Don't worry Masters." I inserted myself into the conversation, "I'll keep an eye on him." I jabbed his arm.

Master Yoda chuckled, "Good. Remember you must, not all it what it seems."

"I understand, Master." Anakin bowed as the two Masters walked passed us.

"I guess I'll lead the dogfight." I said, Anatoli coughed. "Me, me and my Padawan will." I smiled as he rolled his eyes.

"You and Rex can take a ground team to rescue Senator Amidala and detain Rush Clovis." I looked at Anakin, emphasizing the word "detain".

Once we arrived in orbit of Scipio, Anakin and I departed. He went to the hangar to get on the gunships that would be leading the ground assault.

I stood at the bridge, analyzing the course of action we'd take. There was two battle stations and four gun ships. Something was off, this would be way too easy.

"Looks easy enough." Anatoli said.

"Don't get cocky." I instructed him. "You escort Anakin and his team to the surface, they'll need back up."

"Can't you know, someone like Hawk do that?"

"Yes, but I want you to do it." I said sternly. This was the safer course of action. We lacked an admiral, so we needed someone to call the shots. With Anakin going on the planet, I had to stay in the commanding battle ship.

I knew Anatoli would not approve of sitting around in the bridge, so I'd give him a relatively easy and safe task. "Now go, time is against us." He nodded and headed down to the hangar.

"Focus all guns on the nearest gunship." I ordered the clones, who passed on my orders. I looked at Anakin's attack squad and saw a ship breaking away, shooting at targets who wouldn't have been obstacles to their landing.

"Who's that ship?" I asked pointing to the one breaking away.

"That's Commander Amaris, Sir."

"Get me a signal." I ordered.

"You're doing what I deliberately told you not to do!" I caught myself yelling.

"I'm actually doing what you said Master, escorting Master Skywalker."

"You're falling off course. Return back to the cruiser." The Separtist forces were putting up more of a fight than anticipated although they had immense causalities, and his sloppy flyings and attack patterns would make him a target for their superior numbers.

"Fine, I'll get back on course Master."

"No, I said return immediately."

"But-"

"Immediately." I heard him mumbled something to himself, probably justifying his actions. I crossed my arms as I watched his fighter turn back around.

My body froze as I saw him collide with a bomber droid. A cloud of dust covered where he was, hiding all visibility of the crash. "Anatoli!" I spoke on the communicator. "Anatoli!? Do you read me?" I shouted once more. I stormed down the bridge, I needed to retrieve him. His wind shield could be fractured, or worst, destroyed, leaving him open to the vacuums of space.