Chapter 22: Caught

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"She's having fun alright." Pin quickly told everyone of what is occurring inside the penthouse. He has his sniper aimed at Jelia and Kateani, who both have a weapon at each other's throat. "Don't shoot. We need you to make sure no one else lands on the landing port that might want a chat with Kateani!" Lance said through the comm, for he was busy with Arc on their part of the plan.

"What about us? Tech and I can quickly go upstairs and pull her out with the information." Recon asked, eager to fight Kateani for holding Jelia as a slave for three days. He has finished his part of the mission, and Tech was already done with setting the EMPs.

"He may be blind but he can quickly detect a clone if two are side by side. I'll pull her out." The Jedi said, looking at the captain beside him on a speeder the locals were able to lend them. "Yes sir. Tech and I will head to the rendezvous shortly." Recon agreed, and cuts the transmission.
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Jelia's arm extended as far as it could to bring her knife close to the enemy's throat while a sword seemed to be under her chin

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Jelia's arm extended as far as it could to bring her knife close to the enemy's throat while a sword seemed to be under her chin. It wasn't suppose to be like this. He wasn't suppose to be here. "Tch tch tch." Kateani clicked his tongue with a disappointed tone. "Sorry dear, mine's bigger." He said after sighing. A smirk slowly crawled onto his face as he felt Jelia tense, not seeming to give up. "Well, let's play."

Jelia back-flipped out of  his sword's reach, for the sword tried to slit her throat. Now that the two were apart, Jelia rushed the man, her knife still being held with a traditional reverse grip. Kateani swung his sword horizontally at her, attempting to cut her in half. The Alf quickly jumped on the sword and used it as an elevated platform to bolt herself over the man and reach the desk behind him. While doing so, Jelia's knife cut the swordsman from the far left of his waist up to his right shoulder. Kateani stumbled back when the knife penetrated him, and by the time he got on his feet, Jelia had what she came for. 

"I'm afraid I can't let you leave here with that." He said with a light chuckle as he held his sword up, ready to engage her once more. Jelia lightly chuckled as she twirled the knife on her hand. "I'm afraid you are." She said. Kateani was ready to lunge at her, but groaned in pain as he fell on the ground. Jelia looked at Lance, who fired a stun blast at the blindfolded man with the Westar-35 Recon had hidden behind the portrait of the droid general. 

Jelia smiled brightly as she tackled Lance with a hug, holding him tightly. "I got it." Jelia said, holding the tablet and letting go of Lance. He nodded. "Good. Now let's move. The separatist will soon find out what we have done." The general took her by the hand and dashed out the room. Jelia was forced to blush and followed him to the balcony. "I hope you're not afraid of heights." Lance said while firing a tow-cable to the next building at a downward angle. 

"I'm not." She placed her hands around his neck while lance wrapped his left arm around her waist. He then jumped and started to slide down the rope to the tower beside Kateani's penthouse. Jelia held on to Lance tightly, not wanting to slip and plummet to the ground. "Pinpoint! We're almost there!" Lance shouted at his wrist-comm immediately before letting go of the rope and landing on the floor Pinpoint was at. Lance was roughly landed on his back, taking full impact of the landing while Jelia was unscathed. 

"Good to see you too. Now we better hurry. It appeared that the Kat had a surpise guest." Pinpoint slung his rifle on his back while running to the other end of the floor alongside the two officers. "Care to tell us who this guest is?" Jelia asked, wanting to know who had arrived to see the rich boy. "Remember the painting on his penthouse?" Pin's question doubled as the answer.

"Grievous." Lance spat his name while reaching the end of the floor and into the balcony. "Let's hope he's too distracted on reaching Kateani to worry about us." Jelia kept running while talking. "Pin, I hope you didn't have lunch!" The Jedi said. "Why?" He asked before he felt himself being lifted off the floor. 

"JUMP!" Lance shouted at Jelia as the two leaped out off the floor and taking a nosedive to what seemed to be their deaths. "AAAH!" Pinpointed shouted as he covered his eyes with his forearms, not wanting to see the ground below. "YAHOO!" Jelia giggled as she felt the wind pushing against her body. Lance positioned himself to be feet first, not having a doubt that the evacuation ship will arrive.

Lance and Jelia landed on a large speeder's seats, enough to fit at least 12 people without a problem. While the two got on in a seated position, Pinpoint's head was the first to hit his seat before he sat up. "You know, you could've just let me jumped!" He angrily snarled at the Jedi. "I totally could have, but where's the fun in that?" He asked in return. Pinpoint crossed his arms and looked away. 

"Tech and Recon are already at the port, alongside everyone else. We're the only one's missing." Arc flew the white speeder towards the rendezvous point, for their cover has been blown at this point. "Then lets not keep them waiting."

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"Maybe if you switch that cable for this one." Leven said, pointing at the two cables that connected the hyperdrive engine to the navi-computer. "No no no, That is not going to work." Tech said as he kept playing with the wires, for the engine had a bit of a problem that needs to be fixed if they want to leave the planet.

"Oi! they're back!" Domino shouted from outside the ship, telling the people on board that the rest of the crew have arrived. "Well tell them to get inside." Recon yelled his response to Domino. "I will!" Domino said back.

"We were beginning to think you might've not returned." Domino says as the rest of the team walked into the port. "Did you begin to doubt my plan, Dom?" Lance asked as he walked pass the Domino. "I hope bringing friends was a plan too!" Domino said as he pointed to two figures walking into the light and out of the shadow. Lance turned around as he takes out his yellow lightsaber, knowing that the battle ahead will not be an easy one. "Jelia, get inside." Lance ordered Jelia on board the frigate. "But I can help!" She protested, wanting to fight alongside him.

"Now!" he said sternly, his saber activated and tightly held in front of him. Jelia hesitated, but knew she was the one with the tablet and any information that wasn't in there as well. Jelia jogged and got inside the ship, walking into the cockpit. 


"Jedi. Scum." Lance heard the angry snarl of a cyborg say with disgust. Lance knew who it was. The white armor that covered him, the yellow eyes that can pierce even Jedi's souls. The heavy clanking of metal talons and activation of two lightsabers. "General Grievous." Lance spat in return, bringing his lightsaber closer to him. 

"And the mistress as well." Kierra stepped into view, standing beside the general, or better said, her knew master. Lance  knows the dangerous of engaging the two alone. He pressed a button on his wrist-comm, signaling the crew on board to stay inside and leave after a certain amount of time. "I see you got a new pet, grievous." Lance said, starting a small chat before the fight begins.

"I am no pet!" Kierra snapped, activating her red lightsaber. "I see you and my apprentice have already met." The general chuckled as he and kierra slowly walked closer to the Jedi. "I never knew a brat can end up as a coward's pawn." Lance said while standing still, not afraid of the two. "The brat is not a pawn! She's the commander of the most powerful droid army!" Grievous said proudly, for he was the general of this army.

"Glad to know you think I'm a brat." Kierra muttered at the cyborg, frowning as she kept getting closer to the teen. "Quiet." Grievous snarled at the woman, who frowns and keeps moving with the cyborg.

"Now, let us not postpone the inevitable." Lance said, now ready to fight after gaining the knowledge of how to defeat the two for now. The two Separatist officers lunge at Lance, their swords ready to cut him in half. Lance smirks as he waits for them to get closer until he can attack.

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