Eye Of The Needle (Star Wars)

Chapter 44: The Secret Mission To Dubrillion

I then sensed something in the room. I glanced over at Obi-Wan, who immediately knew what I was about to say. "I sense it too."

We then saw one of the little assassin droids crawling into the room. Obi-Wan's eyes lit up. No doubt he has an idea. "It looks like one of our little visitors is still alive. I have an idea how to expose the turncoat. Anakin, Storm, return to the hull of the ship and destroy the last assassin droids. Nova and I will find out which of the senators is the traitor."

With that, Anakin and I returned to the hull of the ship where the cargo was along with the assassin droids. As we made our way through the hallways, Obi-Wan contacted us. "Anakin, Storm, Tal Merrik is the traitor, and he's taken Satine hostage."

"Copy that, but we've got problems of our own right now." Anakin replied, slightly above a hushed whisper.

"We will get back to you as soon as we can." I assured him.

Anakin then contacted Cody through our comlinks. "Cody, Rex, Mocax, have you found anything?"

"All quiet over here, sir." Cody responded.

We then heard blasts coming not too far from us. We quickly hurried to see the last little assassin droids on Cody, Mocax, and Rex. R2 and R3 managed to shock the droids off of Rex, while I sliced up the droids off of Mocax, and Anakin dealt with the droids on Cody.

"Thanks, little guy." Rex mentioned.

"Well, we found the little ones." Anakin commented.

"What about the mother?" I inquired.

Rex shrugged. "Haven't seen it."

At his words, we then heard a shriek. We turned to see the mother droid. It lunged out and attacked Rex, however Rex managed to push it back, and fire it down with his blaster.

"That's the last of them." Rex said.

"Anakin, we need to head up and help Obi-Wan." I advised.

Anakin nodded before turning towards Cody, Rex, and Mocax. "Get a few of your men and have them guard every escape pod. Merrik will try to escape with the Duchess."

Cody nodded. "Copy that, sir."

With that Anakin and I headed back upstairs to find Obi-Wan and Nova, headed towards us.

"Did you find them?" Obi-Wan asked, sounding anxious.

"No, but we've stationed troopers at every escape pod." Anakin mentioned.

"Merrik will try to signal his allies for help. We have to find him." Obi-Wan urged.

We then rushed into an elevator. As soon as we entered, Anakin spoke up. "This may not be the time to ask, but were you and Satine, ever-"

"I don't see how that has any bearing on the situation at hand." Obi-Wan cut him off as he sounded very upset.

Once the elevator door opened, we heard the alarms go off along with several clone troopers rushing down the hallway. Obi-Wan was prepared to follow them, when Anakin placed a hand on his shoulder. "Nova, Storm, and I take care of this, Obi-Wan. Go find your girlfriend."

"Right. Uh, no, Anakin, she's not my-" Obi-Wan protested.

However, we had already scurried down the hallway. I chuckled as I yelled out. "Keep telling yourself that, Obi!"

"He's so in love with her." Anakin mentioned.

"Oh definitely." Nova chuckled.

"We are so not letting this go." I added.