𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐃 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐕𝐄 | 𝟏𝟖+

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ❸❶

Within the hour as Obi-Wan promised, we were flying over Coruscant in our separate cruisers, at war with the Separatist fleet. We circled around our Star Destroyer and cruise through all the action. Now facing the other team, R-2 chirps loudly as the enemy ship is in sight. "Lock onto him, R-2." He chirps in response and I communicate with Obi-Wan through my comlink, "Master, General Grievous's ship is directly ahead—the one crawling with vulture droids."

"Oh, I see it. Oh, this is going to be easy." Obi-Wan responds with delight. The droids spot us and now was the perfect time to jump into action. "Odd-Ball, do you copy?" Obi-Wan ask through the channel. Odd-Ball immediately checks in, "Copy, Red Leader."

"Mark my position. Form your squad up behind me." Obi-Wan orders as he presses some buttons on his control panel. "We're on your tail, General Kenobi. Set S-foils in attack position." Odd-Ball commands towards the other troopers. Flying side by side, Obi-Wan and I hear our fighters approach just behind us and I can't help but smile. "This is where the fun begins."

Blasts of colors shine in all directions as we inch our way closer to Grievous's ship. "Let them pass between us." Obi-Wan insists before we both make a big enough opening for the clones to pass by. Hit after hit, our soldiers we're getting picked off one by one. "They're all over me. Get them off my—" Static fills the channel and my heart jerks. "I'm gonna go help them out." I state, ready to turn around, but Obi-Wan immediately declines my offer, "No. No, they are doing their job so we can do ours."

I silently curse as I feel helpless in aiding in my teams protection, but my heart nearly drops to my stomach when I see several blue streaks heading for us. "Missiles. Pull up." Obi-Wan and I turn our cruisers in the opposite direction of one another, stearing clear of the assault. "They over shot us." Obi-Wan exclaims, but I follow the missiles closely. "They're coming around."

I look back and keep a close eye on the two missiles that were on my tail. Obi-Wan must've went another way to distract the other set. "Surge all power units, R-2. Stand by reverse thrusters." R-2 beeps rhythmically as I spin, causing the missiles to dance around each other in a spiral before crashing together and exploding. I chuckle in relief, "We got em', R-2." He beeps and whistles.

"I'm hit. Anakin?" Obi-Wan calls out frantically. "I see them. Buzz droids." I state with determination, rushing to aid my friend. Those little suckers didn't waste anytime tearing R-4 apart before crawling all over Obi-Wan's cruiser. "They're shutting down all the controls." I make it just in time to help as I'm flying above and behind Obi-Wan. Looking down at his situation, I explain, "Move to the right so I can get a clear shot at them."

"The mission. Get to the command ship. Get the Chancellor. I'm running out of tricks here." Obi-Wan states as calmly as possible, but I sense his anxiousness. "Not just the Chancellor, he has Eden too." I growl. I can sense Obi-Wan's anxiety strengthen. "What?! Why are you just now telling me this?" Obi-Wan asks angrily. With furred brows, I don't hesitate to shoot at his cruiser, knocking off the droids, but not without giving Obi-Wan some bad turbulence. I guess that's one way of a sounding a question. "What in the—Hold your fire! You're not helping here." Obi-Wan yells. I inwardly roll my eyes as I follow him. "I agree. Bad idea."

I then become nervous as I can make out the alarms from inside Obi-Wan's cruiser. "I can't see a thing. My cockpit's fogging. They're all over me. Anakin!" Obi-Wan calls out for help again. I speed up just a bit and collide my wing into the side of his ship, but it wasn't a clear shot. "Move to the right."

"Hold on, Anakin. You're going to get us both killed. Get out of here. There's nothing more you can do." Obi-Wan exclaims as he pushes buttons, ready to surrender to the enemy, but I wouldn't allow it. "I'm not leaving without you, Master." With that, I glide my wing over his and smash the buzz droid's, but to my luck, one of them crawls onto my wing and over to R-2.