Hey guys, here is a story I got inspired to do after getting Disney Plus and re-watching Star Wars. And the new Mandalorian series kind of helped inspire it as well. Instead of doing another crossover, this will be an Oc in the Star Wars universe. Tarre Vizsla was the first Mandalorian Jedi in existence but was not the only one. His descendant, Will Vizsla, son of the sister of Pre Vizsla of the legendary clan is inducted into the Jedi Order. Under the apprenticeship of Master Obi-wan Kenobi, he'll become a maverick within the Jedi and make a name for himself while eventually learning more about his heritage along with who his father is which will play a major role in his future. Enjoy!

The Mandalorian Maverick: New Padawans

38BBY: Mandalorian Civil War, Mandalore

Laser fire filled the air between two opposing forces of the same planet. The Planet Mandalore was long the host of war and combat which was reflected in its people. Mandalorians earned themselves a reputation as some of the fiercest warriors in the galaxy, even starting a war with the mighty Jedi. Now the planet was embroiled in a civil war between warriors who wished to see Mandalore return to their warrior past of dominance and New Mandalorians led by Satine Kryze who wanted to adopt a system of pacifisms and neutrality. There were heavy losses on both side and after much fighting it would seem that the Pacifist regime would win. More and more clans surrendered by the day and it wouldn't be long before the civil war was over.

One lone Mandalorian warrior had a plan to leave if the tide of the battle would not play out as predicted and with the end of war on the horizon it seemed that was the case. Said Mandalorian was carrying a bundle of cloths in its arms as it rushed over to a nearby ship with a small droid unit accompanying it. It was a small BD unit colored black and blue. The tiny bipedal droid rushed over to a nearby ship and up the ramp with the Mandalorian right behind it. The ship itself was a grey and orange colored Corellian Engineering Corporation XS Stock Light Freighter. It was a modified freighter ship that you would usually associate with freighter pilots or smugglers, but it had been specially modified by the Mandalorian for speed, firepower, and stealth.

The droid jumped onto a droid port where it connected to the ship's system and began the pre-flight systems check. The Mandalorian rushed onto the ship and put the bundle down on a nearby chair and secured it. The top of the blanket came down to reveal it was a baby, probably a few weeks old. The Mandalorian sat down in a nearby chair and began taking off its armor.

"BD-8, set the hyperdrive for Coruscant." The Mandalorian said, stacking her armor together on the ground.

[Confused beeps] BD-8 looked at its owner and despite not having a face, the gesture of its small head and two eyes conveyed what it was thinking easily.

"I know, I know. Normally I'd never head there but times have changed…" The Mandalorian took off its helmet to reveal he was actually a she. Pio Vizsla, older Sister of Pre Vizsla and one of his many supporters in the push for Mandalore to return to its glorious old roots was running from home. "…and time has made me change."

She looked back at the young baby with affection yet sadness. She was beyond happy to be a mother but knew that with the new Pacifist regime, she and her brother would have been exiled to Concordia…and she didn't want that for her son. While a part of her would have loved nothing more than to raise him as a true Mandalorian warrior in the hopes of him one day wearing her armor…seeing his face and realizing the end of the war wouldn't go in their favor changed something in her. "He doesn't deserve a life stuck on a mining moon."

[Sad beep] BD-8 looked at Pio with sad eyes and the sentiment was shared. They would both miss home.

"I know, BD, I know. But this is what's best for him." She said in sadness. Having removed her helmet, she piled it together with her chest plate, knee pads, leg greaves, shoulder pads, and jetpack before walking out of her ship and placed it down on a nearby crate with a tracking beacon and a note to be given to her brother. "This will break his heart…but my son deserves a better life."

Pio got back in her ship and flew them off the ground into Mandalorian space before engaging the hyperdrive. Leaving her life behind and ready to start a new one, she had no idea the destiny her son would have and the future he would carve out that would one day take him back home to Mandalore.

22BBY:

A Galaxy Divided!

Striking swiftly after the Battle of Geonosis, Count Dooku's droid army has seized control of the major hyperspace lanes, separating the Republic from the majority of its clone army.

With few clones available, the Jedi generals cannot gain a foothold in the Outer Rim as more and more planets choose to join Dooku's Separatists.

While the Jedi are occupied fighting a war, no one is left to keep the peace. Chaos and crime spread, and the innocent become victims in a lawless galaxy. Crime Lord Jabba the Hutt's son has been kidnapped by a rival band of pirates.

Desperate to save his son, Jabba puts out a call for help. A call the Jedi are cautious to answer.

Coruscant

In the Supreme Chancellor's office, Chancellor Palpatine, Master Windu, Luminara, and Plo Koon were watching a video message sent out by Jabba the Hutt for help in finding his kidnapped son.

"Jabba requests that anyone who can help us find his kidnapped son send any information they have immediately." The message played before ending.

"This is exactly the chance we've been waiting for. The Jedi must find Jabba's son." Palpatine said.

"Hmmm, I don't like it, dealing with that criminal scum. This is a dark day for the Republic." Windu noted.

"I agree, my friend but what choice do we have? The Hutts control the Outer Rim, and we'll need their space lanes in order to move our troops." The Chancellor pointed out.

"There is more to this kidnapping than it seems." Windu said, having a gut feeling about all of this.

"Then you must send as many Jedi as you can." Palpatine told him.

"Impossible, Chancellor. The droid General Grievous has our forces spread thin. The only Jedi we can spare are Skywalker and Kenobi. They just captured the planet Christophsis." Windu informed him.

"Then contact them immediately." The Chancellor ordered and that's just what they did.

At a Republic refueling and supply station, the Jedi Council contacted Admiral Yularen with an important message for General Kenobi and Skywalker. Unable to make communication contact, two messengers were sent by the council and needed to be sent to the planet Christophsis immediately.

Christophsis

The liberation of the planet had not gone as planned with the Separatist working inch by inch to retake the planet and destroy the Republic forces. Having sent their ships for supplies, the forces under the command of Master Anakin Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi were slowly being outnumbered but with the help of their heavy cannons were hanging on bit by bit.

The 501st and 212th battalion just survived another attack by the droid army but would soon need reinforcements. A special drop ship flew down by the Republic outpost where Master Skywalker and Kenobi converged to meet it.

"Looks like help has arrived. Our cruiser must be back." Obi-wan said.

"Which means we'll be able to get our reinforcements." Anakin added.

"Then it looks like our problems are solved. Fresh troops, new supplies, and perhaps they brought my new Padawan with them." Obi-wan said.

Anakin just gave his old master an odd look. "You really think it's a good idea to bring a Padawan learner into all of this?"

"I spoke to Master Yoda about it. He's sending me one of the finest there is since you were younger." Obi-wan told him which intrigued Anakin a little bit. "You should put in a request for one. You'd make a good teacher."

That made Anakin chuckle a little bit. "No thanks."

"Anakin, teaching is a privilege. And it's part of a Jedi's responsibility to help train the next generation." Obi-wan lectured him just as the ship touched down.

"A Padawan would just slow me down."

The ship's blast door lowered down to reveal a young Togruta female approximately 14 years old walk down the ship.

"A youngling?" Obi-wan was a bit surprised to see someone so young.

"And who are you supposed to be?" Anakin asked while R2D2 beeped happily.

"I'm Ahsoka. Master Yoda sent me. We were told to tell both of you that you must get back to the Jedi Temple immediately. There's an emergency." She informed them.

"We? Is there someone else with you?" Obi-wan asked when he heard a distinct droid beep. They looked down to see a black and blue colored BD droid staring curiously at Obi-wan. "They sent a droid with you?"

"No, he's with me. I'm the other messenger." They heard as someone else departed the ship with a crate in their arms. "Sorry I didn't come out at first, but this is a little heavy. It's extra ammunition for you guys. There's a few more in the ship."

"Thanks, we'll take that." One of the clones said as the messenger put it down so Obi-wan and Anakin could get a good look. He was human, approximately 16 years old with dark brown hair and an apprentice braid dangling by his ear. He was wearing dark blue padawan robes with combat boots and belt with a lightsaber hooked behind his back. One noticeable distinction were the unique armored gloves/forearm guards and a metal necklace with a unique stylized shriek-hawk symbol made of a silver metal. "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Will Vizsla, Padawan learner and Ahsoka is right. The Jedi Council needs to talk to you right away."

"Sorry but if you two haven't noticed we're in a bit of an emergency right here." Anakin told them.

"Yes, our communications have been a bit unreliable, but we've been calling for help." Obi-wan added.

"Master Yoda hadn't heard from you, so he sent us to deliver a message." Ahsoka said.

"Oh great. They don't even know we're in trouble." Anakin exasperated.

"Then we better let them know. BD-8 can relay a signal through the cruiser that just dropped us off." Will suggested and that idea made both Jedi smile.

Unfortunately, the airspace around Christophsis was not fairing any better with the Republic cruises being outnumbered and under heavy attack. "We're under attack by Separatist warships, but I'll try to make contact with the Jedi Temple for you. Stand by." A clone technician told them, doing his best while the ship was under attack.

"BD-8, see if you can boost the power signal." Will said.

BD-8 gave a happy beep before using its scomp link in its leg to plug in to the communication terminal and bolster the signal. They waited a few seconds before Master Yoda's hologram appeared. "Master Kenobi, glad Ahsoka and Will found you, I am."

"Master Yoda, we are trapped here and vastly outnumbered. We are in no position to go anywhere or do anything. Our support ships have all been destroyed." Obi-wan told him.

"Send reinforcements to you, we will. AR-ogg...sughh…" the signal began to cut out and the hologram got fuzzy.

"BD-8, can you clean this up?" Will asked only for the droid to shake its head no. The clone technician came back into view.

"We've lost the signal to the temple, sir. We need to leave orbit immediately. We'll return with reinforcements soon." The signal cut out soon after that.

"Well, I guess we'll have to hold out a little longer." Anakin said.

"My apologies, young ones. It's time for proper introductions." Obi-wan told them.

"We're the new Padawan learners. I'm Will Vizsla and this is Ahsoka Tano." Will introduce the two of them before bowing. "Master Kenobi, it'll be an honor training under you. If your reputation is even a tenth accurate then I'll be ready to learn a lot."

"And I'm eager to teach you." Obi-wan replied.

"So, you got two Padawans?" Anakin asked.

"No, I'm assigned to Master Skywalker." Ahsoka said. That was the last thing Anakin was expecting.

"What? No, no, no! There must be come mistake. He's the one who wanted the Padawan."

"There's no mistake. Master Yoda was very specific. I'm assigned to Anakin Skywalker and he is to supervise my Jedi training." Ahsoka told them.

Obi-wan and Will smirked while Anakin was still in disbelief. "But that doesn't make any sense."

"We'll have to sort this out later. It won't be long before those droids figure out a way around our cannons." Obi-wan told him.

"I'll check on Rex in the lookout post." Anakin begrudgingly made his way over there.

"You'd better take her with you." Obi-wan said with a delightful smirk on his face.

"Stay out of trouble there, Ace." Will joked only for Ahsoka to punch his arm as she walked away with her new master.

"What was that about?" Obi-wan asked.

"A funny story involving a speeder crash. I'll tell you later." Will said as BD-8 crawled up Will's back and got settled in his usual spot on the robe band on his upper right back. "Allow me to introduce my friend. This is BD-8. BD-8, meet Obi-wan Kenobi, my new master."

[Happy beeps and boops] BD-8 happily waved one of its legs as Obi-wan smiled back.

"Pleasure to meet you. A very unique droid you have there." Obi-wan commented.

"That he is, and he's been with me through thick and thin. He's ready for anything. Splicing, infiltrating, or a stim shot. He's your droid." Will said with a smile as the new Padawan and Master walked through the camp.

"Where did you get him?" Obi-wan asked.

"He's been with me since I was born. He belonged to my mother and after she died, he's stuck with me even when I went through my Jedi training." He replied. "Master Kenobi, I want you to know that I'm eager to learn and ready to listen to what you have to teach me. I want you to understand that history of my people shouldn't reflect who I am."

"Excuse me?" Obi-wan asked for clarification.

"I'm Will Vizsla, son of Pio Vizsla of Mandalore. I'm Mandalorian." Will told him, giving Obi-wan a shock he wasn't expecting. "I'm aware from my training at the temple that the Jedi and my people don't have the best history. And generally, my people aren't exactly looked at in the best light by the Republic."

"I'm aware of that as well but I also don't believe in holding a young one such as you accountable for the past deeds of your people." Obi-wan assured him. "It's rare for another Mandalorian to be force sensitive. From what I recall the last person was your ancestor Tarre Vizsla."

"Yes, and after his death and the theft of the Dark saber, Mandalore has been rife with war and conflict. My mother fled to Coruscant during the end of the Mandalorian civil war when I was a baby. I've been living there since I could remember but she taught me all about my people, history, and culture." Will looked down at the armored gloves and forearm guards he was wearing along with his necklace. "These belonged to her and she left to them me before she died. I was eight when that happened, and it was after that that Master Kota found me and brought me and BD-8 to the temple to begin my training."

"I've met Master Kota several times. A very spectacular Jedi. How did he find you?" Obi-wan was curious.

"I accidently sent a gangster into a wall with the force to stop them from hurting my best friend. Master Kota stumbled onto us and saved me. He took me to the temple afterward when he saw what I did. He knew I had potential…but the council was less than eager to let me start training." Will told him.

"Which is reasonable as most Jedi start their training far younger than you are. Anakin is the only one who was ever allowed to undergo training despite his age." Obi-wan replied.

"Well, I think it's because of him that they gave me the chance." Will said. "After they brought me into the council room to talk to me…I could tell they were hesitant. Master Kota vouched for me, saying he could tell I had talent. And I think Master Yoda saw something in me. It was unusual but here I am now."

"Here you are. I've heard from that you're one of the best trained Padawans we've had since Anakin was a young one. The finest duelist and I hear that you trained with Master Yoda personally in the force for a few special sessions. That is a rare accomplishment. But be warned my Padawan, experience in the temple does not prepare you for everything the battlefield can throw at you. Be mindful of your thoughts and your actions." Obi-wan warned him.

"Yes, Master but don't worry. This won't be my first experience in the field. You're actually my second master." He informed him. "I was previously under the tutelage of Master Ur-Sema Du. She was killed during the battle of Geonosis."

Obi-wan remembered that grim experience. Many Jedi died that day and the Clone wars started as a result. "I remember that day in great detail. I'm sorry about your former master. I know what it feels like to lose one myself. Nothing is ever the same afterward. But still the point stands. Be mindful and trust in the force."

"Yes, Master." Will replied as they walked up to a clone commander in yellow detailed armor.

"Cody, what's the situation?" Obi-wan asked.

"We've finished offloading the supplies from the transport ship. It's not a lot but anything helps. No report yet from the lookouts." Cody replied before looking at the young Jedi. "Who's the young one?"

"Cody, this is my new Padawan, Will Vizsla. Will, this is Clone Marshal Commander Cody. He's the finest commander I know." Obi-wan introduced the two. Will held his hand out and shook Cody's hand.

"Pleasure to meet you, Commander." Will replied.

"Likewise, Commander Vizsla. And please, call me Cody." Cody informed him.

"Duly noted and please call me Will." He replied. Will looked to the side and saw the AV-7 Antivehicle Cannons and was in awe. "Wow, those are AV-7 heavy artillery cannons. Capable of firing plasma shells at an effective range of over 1000 meters with pinpoint accuracy. These things can take out a droid tank in one shot."

"Impressive young one." Obi-wan commented.

"I specialized in weapons, combat, and warfare in the temple on my own time. When I wasn't training or in class, I was researching. Kind of fitting given my people's history." Will replied when he heard a weird sound that sounded like a shield. "What was that?"

Obi-wan and Cody turned to see a shield closing in from the distance. "That's trouble." Cody replied.

"Cody, contact Rex and Anakin. Looks like the Separatists are launching another offensive." Obi-wan ordered.

The Jedi and Clone Commanders grouped up at a holo-table to work out their defensive plan. The Separatists had an expanding shield that was protecting their army and tanks and was inching closer and closer to the Republic base.

"The shield generator is somewhere in this area. They're slowly increasing the diameter and keeping it just ahead of their troops." Obi-wan said, looking at the shield field that was getting larger by the second.

"Heavy cannons are gonna be useless against that." Rex commented.

"As they get closer, I supposed we could try to draw them into the buildings. That might level the playing field a bit." Obi-wan suggested.

"Or just split them up." Will said causing them to look at him. "The commander would just send a splinter force after us while keeping the tanks set on the heavy cannons. We need that shield down if we're going to have a chance."

"If that shield's gonna be such a problem, why don't we just take it out?" Ahsoka suggested.

"Easier said than done." Rex told her.

"Well, I for one, agree with her. Someone has to get to that shield generator and destroy it. That's the key." Anakin told them.

"Right then. Maybe you two can tiptoe through the enemy lines and solve this particular problem together." Obi-wan suggested.

"Can do, Master Kenobi." Ahsoka was more than eager for action when Anakin stopped her.

"I'll decide what we do."

"If Rex, Cody, Will and I can engage them here, you two might have a chance to get through their lines undetected here." Obi-wan laid out his plan.

"They won't have much time. The droids far outnumber us, so our ability to street fight is limited without the use of heavy cannons. They will march forward under the protection of their shield until they are right on top of our cannons, then they'll blow them away." Rex said.

"We'll figure out a way. Come on, Master. Let's go." Ahsoka eagerly took the lead.

"If we survive this, Snips, you and I are gonna have a talk." Anakin told her.

"They make quite a pair, don't they, sir? You think they have a chance?" Rex asked.

"They better. If they can't turn off that shield generator before it reaches the heavy cannons, there'll be no escape for any of us." Obi-wan said.

Will looked at the map and layout of the battlefield, drawing on all his knowledge from his time at the temple reading up on the old Republic wars and battles to figure out a plan. That and trusting his gut. His mother always said that a Mandalorian and a true warrior always trusted their gut. He checked the layout of the buildings and saw the transport ship he and Ahsoka came in when he got an idea.

"Master, I think I have an idea that could buy us and Master Skywalker a little more time." Will suggested.

"What is it?" Cody asked.

"While that shield may prevent the heavy cannons from doing any harm, it should allow that transport ship to pass through. From all the research at the temple on the wars and battle of the old Republic, having air support could make the difference. That and a little ingenuity never hurt." Will told them.

"That transport ship isn't exactly a Starfighter." Rex pointed out.

"It's not but the guns on that thing should be enough to thin out some of the droids. That along with the rest of my plan could at least delay them. Do you have any heavy demolition charges?" Will asked.

"We have some left-over Quantum explosives from when we needed to blast apart some of the crystal structure." Cody told him.

"Nice. We load that onto the ship and crash that into the droid army and it'll take out a nice chunk of them. While that's being handled, we can have the heavy guns take out parts of the road here." Will pointed to the path that the army was going down, but the shield hadn't hit that spot yet.

"Why there?" Obi-wan asked, not seeing the point.

"From what I saw on the Geonosis, droid tanks and even the droids themselves require flat surfaces to operate as best as they can. AAT-1 Hover tanks, NR-N99 Tank droids, even those spider droids work best when they have flat terrain to move around about. And I don't exactly see those battle droids capable of defending themselves while they're trying to get themselves out of a deep pothole. It could limit their mobility and make them easy targets. That along with planting mine charges along the route could take out a few more. After that, we just have to hope that Master Skywalker and Ahsoka the Ace can take down the shield generator." Will said, laying out his entire plan.

"Not a bad plan at all, sir. And the clankers definitely won't see it coming." Rex said.

"Well thought out, Commander. And it could give us more time." Cody added.

"Thanks, Cody and again, its Will." Will told him.

"Excellent work, Padawan. It would see that your extracurricular training at the temple is doing you well in the field. Let's begin preparations." Obi-wan ordered.

"I'll scrounge up a pilot for the ship." Rex told him.

"No need, Rex. It was my idea. I'm not going to risk another soldier for my idea." Will told them.

"With all due respect, sir. We're Clones. We're trained for this." Cody pointed out.

"He's right, Padawan. It's too risky." Obi-wan said. "While I admit that your plan has merit and appreciate your eagerness, this is too dangerous."

"Which is exactly why I should fly that ship. I'm an experienced pilot and my training will help me if something should happen. And while I'm sure Rex and Cody can vouch for all their men and I believe them, this plan will work best if I'm flying that ship. No offense." Will said.

"None taken." Rex and Cody replied.

"Please, Master. Let me show you what I can do. Master Yoda called me the most unorthodox Padawan he's seen in years. Just give me a chance. I'll bail out the second things go bad." Will pleaded.

Obi-wan thought it over. His Padawan did seem confident and from his previous communications with Master Yoda and Windu when he had requested a Padawan indicated he was the most skilled youngling in his generation. That along with his quick thinking with the battle plan could prove to be the key to winning but it was a risk. "Very well, but the second things go bad you pull out immediately."

"Yes, Master." Will bowed his head. "Rex, let's get that ship loaded up for a big surprise."

"Right behind you, commander." Rex replied, following Will over to the transport ship.

"You sure got an interesting Padawan, General." Cody commented.

"That I did. And I'm started to get an inkling that he may very well be just like Anakin…only time will tell if that's a good thing." Obi-wan replied.

Line Break xxxxx

The Republic heavy cannons fired a volley at the approaching shield, but it did nothing. They might as well have been throwing rocks because the shield was still standing. "Well that shield seems to be putting a crimp in my day." Obi-wan said, looking through his binoculars.

"Sir, all the mine charges have been planted." Cody reported.

"Good. Tell the men to fall back. Rex, order the guns to fire at the targeted spot." Obi-wan ordered.

"Yes, sir." Rex replied before facing the gunners. "Adjust courses to sector 2-5-1."

The gunners adjusted their aim and fired again, this time the plasma shells didn't hit the shield but destroyed part of the road that the tanks and droids would need to use. The Separatist commander got out of the hover tank he was in and took a look as a battle droid walked up to him.

"Sir, the Clone's artillery cannons have destroyed parts of the road. I'm not sure if our tanks will be able to cross." The droid told him.

"Of course, they will. Keep moving!" The commander ordered and they did. The shield expanded and the tanks and droid army kept moving. Eventually the uneven terrain and large holes made by the cannons loosened up the rest of the ground, causing several droids to fall down and the tanks to slow down. With the uneven terrain and obstacles in their way, the drivers needed to be careful to maneuver and resorted to blasting their way past debris.

"Looks like Will's plan is working out so far." Rex said, looking through his scope.

"That it is." Obi-wan said, activating his comm link. "Will, the droids have slowed down. Looks like your plan is working out."

"Don't jinx me yet, Master. I'm moving into position. Get ready to see some fireworks." Will replied over the comm link. He was seated in the pilot's chair of the transport ship with BD-8 patched in the ship's system and several canisters of Quantum explosives in the seating area. "All right, BD-8. Divert backup power to the shields and let's make a good impression."

[Affirmative beep] BD-8 nodded as the transport ship hovered off to the ground and made its way over to the shield.

"Get those tanks moving!" The commander ordered.

"Sorry sir but the collapse in the road is making it a lot harder for us to move." The droid reported.

"Then blast our way through! I want that clone army and Jedi defeated!" The commander told him.

"Uh, sir we have an incoming signal. I think it's an enemy Starfighter." The droid told him.

"Impossible, all the ships have left the planet." The commander replied only for to hear several explosions.

[Mechanical explosions & laser blasts] The droid tanks in the front that had been trapped in place were blown to pieces along with the droids as Will's transport ship flew over in a strafing run. While the transport ship didn't have a lot of weapons, it had four laser turrets on the front that made up for it. Will made it about 300 yards when the tanks and battle droids began firing at him, so he quickly did a U-turn. The ship's shields managed to absorb a few shots before one of the tanks blasts hit the left wing.

"Dammit!" Will did his best to adjust to the rocky controls. "All right, BD-8! Set the ship to overload!"

BD-8 nodded and set the ship's power core to overload. Will adjusted the ship's course and steered it to crash into the column of tanks. He got out of the chair as BD-8 jumped onto his back and he quickly force jumped out of the falling transport ship. He fired his grappling hook at a nearby building and grappled away just as the ship crashed into the advancing droid column. It took out dozens of droids in the ensuing crash before the power core overloaded and that along with the Quantum explosives inside made a massive explosion of metal and fire.

Obi-wan, Rex, Cody, and the clones could see the explosion all the way from their position as it made a pillar of smoke and fire about 50 feet tall. The clones began cheering at a massive blow to the Separatists. "Will, come in are you there?" Obi-wan called into his comm link.

"I'm here, Master." Will replied, hanging on the side of a building thanks to his grappling hook in his forearm guard. "Me and BD-8 have a nice view of a lot of destroyed droids. How were the fireworks from your view?"

"Very entertaining. It would seem your plan is working out quite nicely. Rendezvous back at our position. Hopefully Anakin uses this time wisely." Obi-wan told him.

"I'm on my way." Will climbed into the building and began making his way back to the battalion.

The Separatist commander was not happy at all about what happened. He lost ten tanks and a thousand battle droids to that little stunt. "Sir, we've lost 4 tanks and over one thousand droids in that little suicide attack." The Droid commander told him.

"Get the rest of our tanks into position and clear that debris. I want us moving again!" The commander shouted in anger.

"Yes sir." The droid replied, not wanting to get on the commander's bad side. He was not in the mood.

It took some time and even made the commander stop the energy shield from advancing for a brief period but that didn't halt the Separatists. The commander didn't waste any time in cleaning up the wreckage, he just blasted it out of the way and kept moving. Brute force and ignorance. The Separatist army resumed its march and while Will managed to take out a good chunk of the droids there were still a lot more. The mines set up along the path took out a few more and disabled one of the tanks but now it was time for close combat.

Obi-wan, Rex and his group were stationed on the roof of a nearby building for their attack just as the shield passed over them. "We're inside the shield. Just stay away from those tanks." Obi-wan told him. The advancing droid army continued to move forward as a Tri-pod droid fired at a possible defensive area for clones. Obi-wan force jumped off the building and landed on a B2 super battle droid before slicing it in half and sliced three more in half while the clone battalions came down via ascension cables, opening fire at the various droids and many began to fall. The clones quickly moved into cover by the buildings as half the droid army focused on them. Obi-wan used form 3 Soresu and deflected blaster fire with his lightsaber, showing extremely skill and prowess with his weapon.

A small rocket blew up a few droids allowing Will to land in their place. The surrounding droids aimed their blasters at him only to get thrown back by a force push. He then fired his forearm guard repulsors and sent more droids flying away. He grabbed his lightsaber and activated the cyan blue blade before slicing through droids with ease. He adopted the form 3 of Soresu to deflect blaster fire, managing to deflect a few shots back at some droids. Using the force, Will threw some crystal debris at the droids before jumping in front of some clones. He shielded them from blaster fire while they took down any battle droids they could.

"BD-8, go help the injured!" Will shouted, spinning his saber and deflecting a blaster bolt so it took the head off a battle droid.

BD nodded, scurrying down his back and quickly made its way over to a nearby clone trooper who was injured. It popped out a stim vial from its head that the trooper caught and used it to heal up. He'd still need some medical attention later, but he was good enough to get back into the fight.

"Fall back!" Rex shouted so the clones began inching back while Will covered them. One of the B2 super battle droids fired a rocket that knocked some clones to the ground so the Padawan protected them

"Go, get them out of here!" Will force pushed more droids out of the way which gave them the chance to get the injured out. The Padawan soon joined the master at his side as the two were back to back, deflecting blaster fire and slicing through droids. "Seriously, it's been over an hour! How is that shield not down yet?!"

"I don't know!" Obi-wan replied only for the shield to shut down seconds later. "Finally."

"Well, Master. I think the Separatist Commander is in that tank over there." Will pointed to the one about 100 yards away and he was right. The commander was visible and angrily yelling at a droid about why the shield was gone. "It'd be a nice way to end this fight."

"I agree. Stay close to me." Obi-wan charged forward, slicing through droids with Will following behind. The Artillery cannons resumed firing and began destroying the rear tanks and droid reinforcements, effectively cutting the commander off from retreating. Will flipped through the air with grace before landing in a crouch and sending out a force wave that destroyed a few droids. Will and Obi-wan stood side by side and sent out a force push wave together that sent a large group of droids flying away and clearing a path for them to move. Obi-wan charged forward, slicing and cutting with his saber and Will backed him up.

"Retreat! Retreat!" One of the droids shouted only to get its head cut off by Will. He sliced through a B2 droid before the pieces were force pushed into small group of battle droids and jumping forward. Obi-wan sliced another droid in two and ducked as Will flipped forward and took down two more when Obi-wan quickly took point again and scraped a few more droids. It looked like they had been together for years with the way the two moved together. That was the force guiding them in unison.

"Kill them!" The Commander ordered as the gunner in the tank aimed the cannon. Will and Obi-wan were destroying droids when they saw one of the tanks aimed right at them and fired. It would have killed them both or injured them had Will not intervened.

"RAH!" Will threw out his left hand and used Force stasis to freeze the bolt in the air. Obi-wan saw his Padawan freeze the tank bolt in the air and knew that Master Yoda was right about him. He was gifted with the force but was still young and judging by the strain on Will's face and his trembling he hasn't mastered it yet. Obi-wan used the force and moved several droids into the path of the tank bolt, resulting in a large explosion. Will relaxed and quickly jumped to the side to take cover so he could rest and catch his breath. He had used force stasis to freeze or slow down things before but they weren't as fast or powerful as that tank bolt, so it took a lot out of him.

Once Obi-wan saw his Padawan was safe behind cover he charged forward and sliced the cannon of the droid tank in two. The droids inside the tank abandoned ship and scurried away as quickly as they could along with the Separatist Commander. He made a break for it only for a small grapple hook to come out of nowhere and wrap itself around the Commander's legs, tripping him up. Obi-wan looked back and saw his Padawan walked up behind him having used the grappling hook on his forearm guard to catch the commander. Will retracted the metal cable and dragged the commander back to them. Obi-wan grabbed the Separatist leader and held his lightsaber near his head.

"I'd suggest surrendering right now." Will told him.

"I agree with my Padawan." Obi-wan added when his holovid comm link went off so he activated it and Admiral Yularen appeared.

"General Kenobi, if you can hear me, we're through the Separatist blockade. The Separatist armada is in full retreat. Your reinforcements should be landing any moment." Yularen reported and to his word Republic Low Altitude Assault Transport LAAT gunships flew above.

"Not a bad end to a day, huh Master?" Will asked.

"Not bad at all." Obi-wan replied as one LAAT gunship flew down next to them. The blast doors opened up and several clone troopers got out along with Master Yoda. "You're timing is perfect, Master Yoda."

"Always in the right spot at the right time." Will added. Two clone troopers took the Separatist Commander and escorted him away into a gunship where he would be put into a ship for transport back to Coruscant to stand trial. "It's good to see you again, Master Yoda."

"And good to see you again, it is Padawan Vizsla. A moment alone your master, I require." Yoda told him.

"Sure thing. I'll go help Cody with the wounded." Will left with some clone troopers to organize the transport for the wounded.

"Pleased with your new Padawan, I assume you are?" Yoda asked.

"I am. You were right. He's easily one of the best Padawan learners I've seen in a long time. His use of the force is something I've only seen with newly anointed Jedi Knights. And his quick thinking on the battlefield along with his skill is something you'd expect with someone beyond his years." Obi-wan commented.

"Skilled warrior, he is. A Jedi there has not been like him since his ancestor Tarre Vizsla. His training and skills in combat in his genetics they appear to be." Yoda told him. "Very special Will Vizsla, he is. Strong in the force and in the lightsaber, he trains himself. Yet clouded his future is. Still much to learn and maturity there is for him. Train him well, Master Kenobi."

"Of course, Master Yoda." Obi-wan bowed his head.

Will helped load the injured clones onto the ships for transport back to the command ships in space. Lucky enough his diversion and plan managed to save a lot of lives then if they had just tried to hunker down. He used the force to help carry the injured clones onto the ship and BD-8 helped stabilized those that needed immediate attention.

"Are all battles going to be as unpredictable as this one?" Will asked.

"When you've been through enough battles like this one then you stop asking questions like that." Cody replied. "You handled yourself very well in the field. I've seen plenty of Jedi fight but not one like you."

"Well that's because there is no Jedi like me. Most Jedi learn to fight at the temple with lightsabers, but I learned to fight since I could walk in ways specifically designed against Jedi." Will explained which made the clone commander confused. "I'm Mandalorian by birth. We're born warriors and warfare is pretty much our history. Even my ancestor Tarre Vizsla was a Mandalorian Jedi and history says he was one of the best. It's been honed into my DNA for generations. My mother often told me that when a Mandalorian was in battle, the natural instincts of hundreds of years of battle would flow through and guide them. That and I'm just naturally a good fighter. Was the best duelist at the academy for years before I was promoted to Padawan."

"And after seeing you in combat I can say you earned it." Cody commented when Will's comm link went off.

"Yes, Master?" Will answered.

"Will, you have a new mission. You will be going with Anakin and Ahsoka to the Teth system." Obi-wan told him.

"Teth? I wasn't aware that the Republic had any outposts in the Teth system." Will commented.

"We don't. It's a mission direct from the Jedi Council. Jabba the Hutt's son has been kidnapped and he's currently being held hostage in the Teth System. We'll need the Hutt's allegiance to give us an advantage over the Separatists. You'll be going to help rescue his son while I go negotiate a treaty with him." Obi-wan informed him.

"Are you sick of me already, master? And here I was thinking we were getting along. Should I go with you? I'll admit I don't have a lot of experience with diplomacy that doesn't involve a blaster or a lightsaber, but I could prove useful." Will told him.

"Another day, my young Padawan. I'll handle Jabba while you backup Anakin and Ahsoka. Besides, my ship only fits one and from what I saw on the battlefield, I think you'll fare better in the combat part of this mission. Report to Captain Rex and get ready to leave. Once the negotiations are complete, I'll join you." Obi-wan said.

"Roger that, Master and best of luck. May the force be with you." Will bid him goodbye.

"And may the force with you as well." Obi-wan replied before ending the call.

"I'll see you later, Cody." Will made his way over to the 501st Command ship. Cody's leg buckled as BD-8 brushed past him on the way to catch up. Now it was on to Teth and to find the Hutt.

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Teth System

The 501st Clone Legion was aboard the Resolute, which was Master Skywalker's flagship Venator-Class Star Destroyer on their way to the Teth system to rescue Jabba the Hutt's son. They were on their own so hopefully it was an easy mission and there weren't any surprises. Will was beside Master Skywalker and R2 as a shuttle landed in the loading bay carrying the scout team from the planet.

"Lieutenant, did the kidnappers see you?" Anakin asked.

"No, sir. We're the best scouts in the regiment." He replied.

"What about the bounty hunters? Are they still down there?" The Jedi asked.

"I don't think so. We haven't seen them in a while." The lieutenant replied.

"Well, what are we up against?" The clone held up a holovid communicator and showed the layout of the temple the Hutt was being held.

"Looks like at least two droid battalions protecting the monastery. It's heavily fortified so you won't be able to land there."

"Good work. Get some rest." Anakin said before leaving to go find Ahsoka.

"Two droid battalions? What rival pirate crew can afford two droid battalions?" Will asked himself.

"Something wrong, Padawan?" Anakin asked.

"I'm not sure yet, Master Skywalker but I'm getting a funny feeling about all this." Will told him. "I mean, we were told that Jabba the Hutt's son was kidnapped by rival pirates but what kind of pirates have two entire droid battalions with them? Wouldn't the droid army suggest the Separatists are behind this?"

"You're not wrong in your assumption, Padawan. I don't like this situation at all so hopefully things go down without any problems." Anakin said.

"In your experience, has anything ever go down without any problems?" Will asked for clarification while Anakin took a moment to think.

"Fair point." The Jedi Master replied as they saw Ahsoka talk to a group of clones about what happened on Christophsis.

"That seems like a lot even for a Jedi?"

"I heard you were surrounded by droids. How did you ever get the shield down?"

"Ok, so there's a wall behind him with a hole in the middle. So, I pull the wall down on top of the droids, destroying them and saving the general." Ahsoka recounted which made all the clones laugh.

"Is that true, sir?" Rex asked.

"Well, most of it." Anakin admitted which made them chuckle and even BD-8 and R2 laughed.

"Impressive but it was because of my quick thinking that we were able to hold off the droids while you two took your time with the shield generator." Will added.

"Yeah. I've never seen a Commander use a transport ship as a makeshift bomber." One of the clones said as the rest laughed.

"All right, men. We've still got a job to do." Anakin told them.

"You heard the general. Move it!" Rex ordered and they all got ready.

"Would this be a good time to teach you both that a Jedi is humble young Padawans?" Anakin asked.

"So, you never bragged about your battlefield accomplishments?" Will rhetorically asked, knowing Anakin's reputation.

"We were just trying to keep the boys inspired is all." Ahsoka added.

"Yeah, but I'm not sure how much inspiration you're gonna get from Ahsoka the Ace over here." Will joked only for Ahsoka to punch him in the arm.

"Ahsoka the Ace?" Anakin was a little confused.

"Let's just say that at the temple, little Ahsoka here had a speeder mishap that destroyed part of the temple grounds. I've never laughed so hard in my life." Will and BD-8 laughed, R2 giggled and even Anakin chuckled a bit.

"I keep telling you it wasn't my fault. That stupid speeder was messed up anyway. I'm a great pilot." She defended herself.

"Hopefully I'm not around to find out." He joked.

Everyone piled into the gunships to head down to the planet and recover the small Hutt. Will, Anakin, and Ahsoka were in the gunship with Rex and a squad of clone troopers. A little bumpy ride through the skies but they were heading right towards the monastery. Obi-wan soon called in with an update.

"All right, Anakin, here's the story. Jabba has given us only one planetary rotation to get his son back home to Tatooine safe and sound."

"It won't take us that long, Master." Anakin assured him.

"Well, take extreme care. We have no idea who's holding Jabba's son. When I've finished negotiations with him, I will join you." Obi-wan told him before signing off.

"Stay close to me, if you can." Anakin said to Ahsoka.

"It won't be a problem, Master." She replied in confidence.

"This isn't practice, Ahsoka." He cautioned her.

"I know, and I'll try not to get you killed." She replied with a smirk when their gunships rumbled due to droid flak fire.

"Sir, we're taking heavy fire." The pilot reported.

"Close the blast shields, lieutenant! Get us under those guns!" Anakin ordered.

"Yes, sir!" The pilot retracted the blast shields and all ships flew close to the ground.

"Ridge, your comms got static."

"Got it."

"Red Light, stand by."

Will looked over at Ahsoka and smiled. "Be careful out there, Ace."

"You too, Mando." She replied with a smirk.

"Welcome to paradise, Rock jumpers." The pilot saluted before the blast doors open and everyone poured out. Blaster fire came from above, but the foliage and surrounding trees were giving them cover so they rushed forward. Ahsoka activated her green lightsaber and deflected few shots as she and the group moved forward. Three All Terrain Tactical Enforcer (AT-TE) walkers landed on the ground and began firing back at the droids.

"Follow me!" Anakin led the assault force to the base of the mountain where the monastery was perched on, giving them some cover. One battle droid was unlucky to fall straight to the ground in a loud crash.

"That's gotta hurt." Will said as BD-8 gave an affirmative boop. He used his binocular scope to get a good view of the droids perched up on the monastery. "BD-8, firing calculations."

BD-8 looked up at the droids and did some quick math before giving out several beeps in response. "Ascension cables!" Rex shouted as all the clones fired cables from their guns and began making their way up the rock face with Anakin using a long vine to climb up.

"Try and keep up, Mando!" Ahsoka shouted, having jumped onto a nearby walker for the ride. Will fired his grappling hook up and used it to run up the side of the mountain, heading over to the closest Walker gunner which just so happened to be Ahsoka's. "Hey, get your own ride!"

"Gunner, adjust your fire to grid 7-6-5.9." Will ordered as the gunner adjusted his targeting coordinates. He fired the first shot and managed to take out a large portion of the monastery railing and a couple of droids. "Excellent. Fire for effect!"

"Yes, sir." The clone replied, firing again.

He hooked his grappling cable to the walker and swung over to the next one to give the gunner it's firing coordinates when he saw the third walker get hit by heavy fire and fall back down to the ground. "BD-8, I need firing coordinates for those spider drones!"

BD-8 adjusted its vision and calculated new coordinates while Will deflected blaster fire with his lightsaber. His droid gave him an affirmative beep with the new coordinates, so he quickly rushed over to the gunner. "BD-8, input the target coordinates. Gunner, target those spider drones before they take out anymore walkers!"

BD-8 patched into the targeting computer and highlighted the positions of the spider drones that were on latched onto the side of the mountain, giving the clone gunner an easier time finding them. He managed to blast a few to pieces which was a good thing when several battle droids in speeder turrets did a strafing run and nearly blasted Ahsoka off the walker she was standing on.

"BD-8, grab on! We're going for a ride!" Will shouted as BD-8 jumped onto his shoulder before he force jumped into the air and fired his grappling hook. It managed to snag onto one of the speeder turrets which was a good thing so Will didn't fall to his death. The droid twisted and turned in order to shake him loose but wasn't good enough as the grapple line retracted and he knocked the droid off the controls. The other droids fired at him, but Master Skywalker jumped in and sliced apart the rest of the droids before taking control over one of the turrets and riding it to the top. Will did the same thing before looking back at Ahsoka. "Try to keep up, Ace!"

"No fair!" Ahsoka shouted back before tapping on the pilot's window. "Hurry up, trooper!"

Will and Anakin flew up the side of the mountain, blasting the spider droids perched on the rock face by using the blasters on the speeder turrets. They sped up and zoomed past the droids perched by the railing at the monastery before jumping off and landing in the middle of the courtyard.

"Surrender Jedi!" One of the droids ordered, thinking they had them outnumbered and outgunned. How wrong they were. Anakin adopted a smirk on his face before quickly activated his sapphire blue lightsaber. Will activated his cyan blue colored blade and the two quickly dispatched the droids which resulted in some mechanical screaming. Will sliced the last B2 Super battle droid in half when four destroyer droids rolled into the courtyard, unfolded, and activated their shields.

"Blast it, Ahsoka. I told you to stay close to me." Anakin said only for the droids to blow up in an explosion.

Will and Anakin looked back to see the two walkers had made it up and Ahsoka was standing next to the cannon. "I can't get much closer, Skyguy."

"I knew you'd get here, Snips, eventually." Anakin said.

"Always in time to save your life." She replied.

"Yeah or get us blown to pieces." Will added with an affirmative boop from BD-8.

"We're all clear here, General." Rex reported.

"Good work, Rex. Have some men look after the wounded." Anakin ordered.

"Roger that, sir. Gunships are standing by at a safe distance." Rex replied.

Will walked over to a downed battle droid, happy the battle was over quickly and with minimal causalities, but something was wrong. He looked up at the temple and could have sworn he saw something.

"There are too many droids for them to be renegades. I sense Count Dooku's hand in this. Looks like your suspicions were right, Padawan." Anakin said to Will when he noticed he was looking at the temple. "What's wrong?"

"I think we're being watched. Let's find that Hutt and get out of here quickly." Will added.

"No problem. The hard part's over." Ahsoka commented.

"I wish you wouldn't have said that." Her master replied as she, Anakin, Rex, and a group of clones entered the temple.

"BD-8, splice into one of the droids and see what you can dig up through its memory banks." Will suggested and BD nodded before scurrying over to a nearby battle droid. The splicing tool on its left leg plugged into the droid's head so BD-8 could sort through the files.

"Sir, General Skywalker is heading inside the temple." One of the clones, Paxer told him.

"Thanks, Paxer. I'll head inside in a bit. I've still got a funny feeling about all this but finding out who sent these droids here should help alleviate that." Will replied.

[Frantic beeping] BD-8 finished with the splicing and seemed to be frantic.

"What's wrong with your droid?" Paxer asked.

"He's saying that it wasn't rival pirates who sent these droids here but the Separatists on the order of Count Dooku from someone on Coruscant. Someone with an axe to grind against Jabba the Hutt and went to the Separatists for help." Will explained. "Chances are this place is a trap. Make sure the Walkers are fully loaded and the ammo is distributed. Demo, do you have any heavy explosives?"

"I'm always packing, sir." Demo pat his backpack.

"Good. I want charges set up on that arch over there and outside in the courtyard. If I'm wrong, I'll personally pick them up later but if I'm right then it could end up helping us." Will ordered.

"Right away, sir." Demo and several of the clones got to work.

"BD, give me the rest of the stims you have. I'll tend to the injured. I want you to splice into any other droids you find and get any more information. The more we know the more we'll be able to deal with it." Will said and BD nodded, dispensing six more stim vials before scurrying off to do some more splicing. The injured were looked after and would be all right enough should a fight break out.

Anakin and Ahsoka soon returned with the young Hutt but he was sick and needed to get some medical attention. They put him in a small backpack to carry him around, but the baby got fussy as babies do. Will decided to contact his master to figure out what was going on.

"Master Kenobi, come in. Do you read me?" Will activated his comm link and holovid built into his forearm guard and he soon appeared.

"Will, I hear you. How's mission? Have you recovered the Huttling?" Obi-wan asked so Will showed him Anakin and Ahsoka tending to the baby.

"We got him and had two droid battalions waiting for us. I had BD splice into one and he recovered data about orders from Count Dooku to hold Jabba's son here with the help from someone on Coruscant. I figure it's someone with an axe to grind against Jabba and now we got put in the middle of this." He reported.

"I bet Count Dooku is using us to somehow get Jabba to join the Separatists." Obi-wan suggested.

"If you would permit Master, maybe I could send word to Master Kota? He's on Coruscant and happens to be a pretty good detective. He could figure out who Count Dooku is working with." Will said.

"Not a bad suggestion. I'll send word to the temple myself. Hopefully it'll reach him, and we can get this whole matter settled quickly." Obi-wan hoped.

[Frantic beeping and booping] BD-8 scurried onto Will's back because two Separatist droid ships just entered the atmosphere.

"Oh, boy. That's not good." Will hated being right.

"Will, what's going on?" Obi-wan asked.

"I think we just walked into a trap. We've got incoming droids. We could use some extra help, master." Will told him.

"I'll get there as soon as I can. Protect the Hutt, Padawan!" Obi-wan shouted just as the comm link ended.

"Defensive Positions!" Rex shouted as the clones moved into position. Will jumped over to Anakin and Ahsoka who was carrying the Hutt.

"Master Kenobi is on his way but we're on our own for now!" Will shouted.

"Here they come! We've got spiders inbound!" one of the clones shouted as the droids started coming in through the same passageway from the courtyard they took. Will activated his saber and began deflected blaster fire. The clones fired back, and the two walkers managed to take down some Vulture droids, but the transport ships landed in the courtyard and more began pouring out.

"Get inside!" Anakin told Ahsoka so she ran into the Temple with R2. Will was out in front of some troopers, blocking some blaster fire which managed to hit a few droids but there were a lot coming.

"Demo, blow the mine charges!" Will shouted as Demo pressed the button on a detonator. That detonator was tied to the charges he placed around the courtyard and once that went off it destroyed dozens of droids, but more were coming. The tanks and gunners managed to take out over a hundred before some well-placed shots by the spider drones hit the cockpit.

"Fallback!" Anakin ordered so the clones began moving back into the temple.

"Demo, blow the arch!" Will shouted, jumping behind one of the wrecked walkers.

"Eat this clankers!" He hit the second detonator and the arch above the main passageway blew up, raining debris onto the droids and making a huge obstacle in the path. The last of the clones got inside followed by Anakin and Will so they closed the gate while the droids were outside along with their leader, the cloaked sith apprentice to Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress.

"Mistress the Jedi have barricaded themselves inside the main vault." The droid commander informed her.

"They have nowhere to run." She said in evil glee.

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With them cut off and a large security door the only thing keeping a battalion of droids from marching in, things weren't looking good for Anakin and his group. The clones steadied themselves and triple checked their weapons before moving into defensive positions.

"Captain, we'll stay here until General Kenobi arrives with reinforcements." Anakin told Rex when he noticed the look Ahsoka was giving him.

"Master, do you honestly think we can hold them off? We've got to find a way out of here." She told him.

"Our mandate is to protect this Hutt and that's what we're going to do, Ahsoka." Her master informed her.

"But Master Skywalker, we won't be able to do that once those droids get through that door and it's only a matter of time before they do. The second they come through there the Hutt is in the middle of a fire fight and any stray blaster or explosion could kill him. Ahsoka's right, we need to get him out of here and to Tatooine as quickly as possible or else Jabba goes to work with the Separatists and the whole war efforts get a lot harder." Will told him.

"And I suppose you have an idea?" Anakin asked as BD-8 and R2 happily beeped.

"I believe so. Droid willing." He replied.

"All right, I'll trust you two on this. Rex, hold them here for as long as you can." Anakin told Rex as he and the Padawans walked inside the temple.

"Yes, sir. Get ready, men. Let's turn those clankers into scrap metal!" Rex shouted.

They walked over to a nearby terminal so R2 could get some information. "If there's a way out of here, Artooie will fine it." Ahsoka said as R2 plugged into the terminal.

"BD-8, go stealth mode and do a quick survey of the temple. Let us know if there are any traps heading our way." Will told it. BD-8 nodded before scurrying down his back and sliding through a small hole in the wall.

"A droid that small has a stealth mode?" Anakin asked.

"No, stealth mode is what I call it when I want BD-8 to do some sneaking around. We did it all the time back at the temple when I was in the mood for a midnight snack." Will replied. "If he can sneak around the Jedi temple then avoiding the droids should be easy."

"Let's hope this gambit of yours works." Anakin said when he noticed the baby Hutt was asleep. "Finally asleep, huh? Put him down. Get some rest yourself. It's been a long day for you both."

"I agree with you on that one." Will said, sliding down the wall to sit down.

"Well unlike you I'm strong." Ahsoka said, holding her tongue out at him so he did the same. "I can hold him, Master. I'm not tired."

"Ok, suit yourself. I don't see why you won't just listen to me." Anakin said to her.

"Please, she doesn't listen to anyone. That's her biggest problem." Will joked only for Ahsoka to force throw pebbles at his head. "Ow."

"I do listen to you, Master. I just don't like being treated like a youngling." Ahsoka replied.

"FYI, Ahsoka, we are younglings. Even if I am two years older than you, we're still pretty young." Will commented.

"You both must have patience. What are you trying to prove anyway?" Anakin asked.

"That I'm not too young to be your padawan." She replied. Anakin took a breath before walking up to her.

"Ahsoka, a very wise Jedi once said, nothing happens by accident. It is the will of the force that you are at my side. I just want to keep you there in one piece." He told her.

Ahsoka understood what he said and put down the young Hutt to get some rest. "I wonder if my relationship with my master will be like that." Will asked only for Ahsoka and Anakin to look at him funny. "I ruined the moment, didn't I?" Blaster fire and rumbling shook the room they were in. The droids got through. "Oh, boy. That doesn't sound good."

[Positive beeps] R2 began projecting a holographic layout of the temple and highlighted an area in the rear.

"A backdoor landing platform!" Ahsoka said.

"We'll call for a gunship when we get there. Lead the way, R2." Anakin said when he noticed the backpack was empty. "Wait a minute. Ahsoka, where's Stinky?"

"You told me to put him down." She replied.

"Find him!" he told the both of them. That's when he heard some noises and saw the Hutt had crawled under a bench. "Come out of there you grubby little slug!"

Will's comm link went off with a message from BD-8. It sounded like droid communications, but Will was fluent. "BD-8 says a bunch of droids and a pale woman with red lightsabers has Rex and the others."

"Ventress is here." Anakin said and the point was reinforced when his comm link went off with a message from Rex instead Rex didn't say General or Commander but Anakin's name. "She's here for the Hutt. We need to go!"

"BD-8, come back." Will said before he, Anakin, and Ahsoka left for the landing platform.

R2 led the way through the temple and they managed to make it to the landing platform, and it was perfect. "Skywalker to Obi-wan. Mark my position. I need a medical ship immediately. Do you copy?"

"Anak—do—read me? A-kin?" Obi-wan's response was gargled and had a lot of static.

"I can't get a hold of Obi-wan." He said when a beep alert came in from Rex. "Rex, come in! Do you copy?!"

"I read you, General. We're pinned down in the courtyard." Rex replied and blaster fire could be heard in the background.

"Do you need help?" he asked only to hear more blaster fire. "I'll take that as a yes. We're on our way."

"Master, Stinky is really sick. He's turning every shade of green except the one he's supposed to be. Our mission was to get him to Tatooine alive." Ahsoka reminded him.

"Obi-wan will get here eventually. Right now, we need Rex's help to find a ship." Anakin told her only for R2 to get their attention. They looked and saw two destroyer droids rolling towards them.

"Great, rolling death balls." Ahsoka said only for Will to fire his wrist rocket and blow them to pieces before they could unfold. "Or not."

"We need a new plan. I'll go help Rex and the others but you and Ahsoka need to stay here. That Hutt needs to stay safe and bringing him into a firefight will get him killed." Will told them only for them to see Ventress walking towards them. "Oh crap."

"R2, get the door!" Anakin shouted only for the door to close instantly. "Nice job."

"I don't think R2, did that." Ahsoka said, patting R2 right next to him. They looked at the console and saw it was BD-8 who closed the door.

"Always coming in when we need you buddy. Nice job." Will said with a smile as BD-8 climbed up his shoulder. Ventress began cutting through the door with her two lightsabers. "And now we need a new, new plan."

"I think right now would be a good time for a retreat." Anakin suggested.

"Retreat? That's a new word for you." Ahsoka commented.

"Maybe into the jungle?" they ran over to the edge only to see two spider droids. Said droids began blasting the platform they were on, scaring the native dragonflies. "Looks like we're out of options."

"Maybe not. Look!" Will pointed to a neighboring small peak and they saw another landing platform with a small ship. "I think that's our way out of here."

"Nice job, Padawan. I'll be right back." Anakin ran forward and jumped off the platform, falling through the air before landing on the back of a dragonfly and trying to control it as it flew around.

"Is he expecting us to do that?" Will asked when Ventress finally cut through the door. He and Ahsoka activated their lightsabers, ready to defend themselves. Ahsoka held her green blade in reverse blade while Will held his cyan blue saber with two hands in front of him in a typical stance.

"Look what I have here. Two young Jedi." Ventress charged forward and slashed at them that they managed to block. Ahsoka sliced her side while Will lunged at her head but the Sith parried both attacks. She sliced and slashed at both of them before making them both duck and putting them in a saber lock. She followed up with two more strikes before knocking them back. Ahsoka fell onto her back while Will skid on the ground, keeping his saber in front of him. "Where is Skywalker?!"

"Right here, Ventress!" They heard as Anakin showed up on the back of a large dragonfly. Said dragonfly then swatted Ventress with its large tail.

"Time to go!" Ahsoka was right as the platform they were on began to give out.

"Hop on, you two!" Anakin shouted, flying above.

The two quickly jumped and grabbed onto the legs of the dragonfly while R2 activated his boosters to fly after them. "Can I just say that this is very uncomfortable!" Will shouted.

"Duly noted, Padawan." Anakin replied as they flew to the ship. They landed on the platform and said ship was an old spice freighter that smugglers would use.

"What a piece of junk." Will commented.

"We'd be better off using the bug." Ahsoka added.

"Get aboard and prime the engines. Assuming it has engines." Anakin said as the two Padawans walked over to the ship when they noticed the crates. Probably either smuggled goods or plunder treasure from the temple. That's when Ahsoka noticed the helper droid from the temple.

"Hey! You're that caretaker droid. I wondered what happened to you." Ahsoka said.

"Oh, young one. I mean, soon to be Jedi Knight. I had to get away from that terrible—Ok, everything's loaded. Let's get out of here." They saw three battle droids come down the ramp. That caretaker droid was working with the Separatists and lured them into the trap.

"You tin plated traitor." Ahsoka was pissed and was ready to slice him in two.

"Blast her!" The droid shouted as the battle droids opened fire which she easily deflected back and destroyed the battle droids. Before the caretaker droid could leave it was suddenly frozen in place before its entire body was crushed and squished together like a piece of paper. Ahsoka looked behind her to see Will walk up with his right hand clenched.

"Come on. Let's get out of here." Will told her, kicking the scrapped droid to the side and walking up the ramp.

"I had that, you know." She followed him onto the ship.

"I know but my way is faster. And judging by the shape this thing is in, we're gonna need all the time to get this running. Head to the cockpit, I'm going to do some work on the systems and see what kind of condition they're in." Will looked around for a tool kit while Ahsoka and Anakin went to the cockpit to try and get the ship moving.

He managed to find one and got to work on some of the ship's system, starting with the engines and hyperdrive. The ship was old and needed some serious work if it was going to be something you wanted to fly…let's just hope it's good enough to get off the planet. Will was under the floor grate, adjusting some wires and using a plasma cuff to fix some circuits.

"Will, see if you spark the ignition couplers." Anakin told him using the comm link.

"Hang on." Will maneuvered his body and made his way over to the ignition couplers which were pretty shot but operational. He tried sparking them but all they heard was the engine stalling. "No, maybe it's the quantum manifold?"

"No, I don't think that will do it? Try opening the fuel lifters all the way." Anakin suggested.

"BD-8, would you mind?" Will asked as BD-8 scurried off his back and went to do that which managed to start the engines. "Thank the force."

"Let's get out of here!" Anakin began piloting the ship off the platform which resulted in the ship shaking.

"Let's just hope this bucket of bolts can stay together long enough." Will saw some wires and circuits spark so he and BD-8 got to work on fixing them before it caused a chain reaction that blew the ship to pieces.

There was some fancy flying that they managed to survive even with the droids after them but an attack at a hangar kept them from docking with a Republic cruiser, so they went into hyperspace alone. It was up to the three of them to keep the Hutt safe and get him to Jabba's in one piece. First things first, make sure the ship would make it there in once piece.

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Coruscant

Word got back to Master Yoda and Chancellor Palpatine that Anakin and the two Padawans rescued Jabba's son and were heading to Tatooine but that Count Dooku was working with whoever organized the Hutt's kidnapping. Senator Padme Amidala heard what was going on and wanted to help so she decided to get some information. There was a representative from Tatooine with ties to Jabba the Hutt on Coruscant so maybe there was a lead she could find. That lead took her to a club where Ziro the Hutt, Jabba's Uncle was residing while he was on Coruscant. That unfortunately led her to getting thrown out but with some quick thinking she snuck back in just when Ziro was having a holovid conversation with someone.

"Your plan is falling apart, Count Dooku. A senator from the Galactic Republic was here. What if she found out I helped you kidnap Jabba's son?" Ziro asked.

"Don't worry. I have convinced Jabba that the Jedi have murdered his son and are on their way to kill him." Dooku told him.

"Jabba will slay the Jedi on sight." Ziro said.

"Then the mighty Jedi order will be forced to bring Jabba to justice. And you my friend will be left to take control of all the Hutt clans." Dooku told him.

"Then the plan against my nephew Jabba has succeeded. But what about this meddling Senator?" Ziro asked.

"If she continues her investigation, terminate her with extreme prejudice. I'll have someone sent to get it done." Dooku informed him.

Once Senator Amidala heard that she made her exit but ran into an Assassin droid under the employ of Ziro. She managed to blast it but another droid disarmed her and threw her in front of the Hutt.

"Count Dooku. So, the poisonous traitor rears his ugly head once again." Padme said in disgust.

"I'm equally delighted remaking your acquaintance Senator…Amidala, isn't it?" Dooku asked.

"I was just leaving." She said only for the droid to keep her in place.

"I'm sorry but that cannot be permitted now. Ziro, this particular Senator is extremely valuable to my Separatist allies. They will pay a handsome price for her." Dooku said which intrigued him.

"Hmmm, I like the sound of that." Ziro said, licking his lips. "Take her to the dungeons!"

"You will regret this Ziro!" Padme shouted as she was dragged away.

"No, I think I will become rich with this!" Ziro exclaimed in delight.

The droid dragged her away only for a green lightsaber to slice its head clean off before its torso was cleaved in two. Padme quickly grabbed the droid's blaster as the Assassin droid by Ziro opened fire, but the blaster bolts were deflected and then the lightsaber was thrown and impaled the droid in the head. Padme and Ziro got a good look at the mysterious savior and it was a human Jedi. He was elderly, judging by his white hair and from the scars on his face he was a man who had seen a lot of combat. His white hair was done up in a bun and he was wearing modified Jedi clothing adorned with various armor plates signifying he was a warrior. This was Jedi Master Rahm Kota.

"Looks like I got here just in time." Kota said, walking up to the Hutt and pulling his saber back to his hand.

"Who are you?" Ziro asked.

"Master Kota. It's been a while." Dooku said, indicating familiarity with the Jedi.

"Dooku. Guess working with slime like this shows just how far you and your Separatists are willing to go." Kota replied, pointing his saber at the Hutt's face. "Unfortunately, your little gambit was doomed to failure from the beginning."

"And why is that?" Dooku asked, interesting in why Kota thought so.

"Because a very talented Padawan I know is on the mission to return the Hutt. He's one of the best trained there is, and he will ensure the mission is complete." Kota informed him which made Dooku chuckle.

"One lone Padawan won't be enough for what is waiting for them on Tatooine." Dooku replied before ending the transmission.

"Clearly he's never met a Mandalorian Padawan before." Kota said to himself as Padme walked up next to him with her blaster aimed at Ziro. "Are you all right, Senator Amidala?"

"Yes, thank you Master Kota. How did you know I needed help?" She asked.

"I was coming here anyway. Master Kenobi sent word to me that Dooku and the Separatists were working with someone on Coruscant and once I learned Ziro the Hutt was here it seemed like a good place to start. It's a good thing I was here." Kota replied, inching his saber closer to Ziro's face. "Now we have the real culprit."

"I had no choice! Dooku said he'd kill me if I didn't kidnap Jabba's son. You have to believe me. I love that Huttlet." Ziro pleaded.

"Oh, I believe you. Just not sure if Jabba will." Padme replied, keeping her blaster aimed at his head.

Tatooine

Anakin, Ahsoka and Will arrived on Tatooine, but the landing was less than ideal. There were several starfighters waiting for them and that resulted in a crash landing and led them walking all the way to Jabba's palace in the sand. The two suns have set and the glow of the moon lit the desert as Anakin continued his trek to Jabba's palace with the Hutt secured in the backpack. He kept walking but stopped when he saw a speeder bike show up with Count Dooku, so he activated his lightsaber.

"Surrender the Huttlet or die, Skywalker." Dooku unleashed a barrage of force lightning that Anakin blocked with his saber. The Sith Lord activated his red curved hilt saber and charged, meeting Anakin in a saber lock before he was pushed back. Anakin attacked with a jab and a slice only for Dooku to block and counter all of them. He ducked and backed away before parrying a few attacks of his own and the two enemies engaged in another saber lock. "Your training has come a long way, boy."

Anakin pushed him back and pressed the advantage with various powerful and quick strikes, indicating that he wasn't exactly happy Dooku talked down to him. Despite his youth and skill, Dooku was able to keep up with superior training and years of experiences. The old Sith lord performed some fancy blocks, dodges and parries that rendered all of Anakin's attacks useless. The younger Jedi continued to push the offensive with powerful strikes, but the fight was pretty much dead even. Dooku performed a fancy parry accompanied by a saber windmill before blocking a few more strikes and taking some steps back.

"Now I remember. This was your home planet, wasn't it?" Dooku asked and as soon as he noticed Anakin's angry expression, he knew what to push. "I sense your strong feelings. Feelings of pain, loss."

Anakin summoned the force and sent a wave of sand into Dooku's face. It sent him skidding back a bit but the old Sith lord stayed on his feet, spinning his saber in front of his face to give him some room before doing the same thing Skywalker did but much stronger. It hit Anakin in the face, blinding him and the combined power knocked him onto his back and sent his lightsaber into the sand. Dooku charged forward with a downward slash, ready to cleave Skywalker in two but the Jedi pulled his lightsaber to him and blocked the attack at the last second. Anakin parried him to the side and got back to his feet only for Dooku to push him forward and landed a long horizontal slash to the backpack where the Huttlet was residing.

"You have failed, Skywalker. I have just killed Jabba's son." Dooku said with a smile.

"You've fallen for my little trick, Count. It's nothing but rocks." Anakin tossed the backpack onto the sand and the strap came undone to show it held nothing but rocks. "The Huttlet is with my Padawan and another, safely at Jabba's palace."

"I expected such treachery from a Jedi. I assure you my web is strong enough to catch two little insignificant Padawans." Dooku told him.

"They're more skillful than you think." Anakin warned him.

"You deceive yourself!" Dooku charged forward but Anakin was quick and met his attack head on.

Jabba's Palace

About 300 yards from Jabba's palace, the two Padawans and two droids were closing in with the young Hutt. Will was leading them with BD-8 on his back and Ahsoka right on his tail, the young Huttlet secured to her back by a makeshift fabric strap. R2 brought up their rear, the droid moving a little slower than normal due to the sandy terrain. They kept moving when Will sense something going on, so he had them stop. The ground began to shake so he activated his cyan blue lightsaber while Ahsoka activated her green saber when three IG-100 Magna guards came out of the sand in front of them.

The three advanced droid bodyguards activated their electrostaffs and the purple electricity sparked off the edges. Once Will saw those electrostaffs activate, his anger began to flare up. "These clankers have no idea who they're messing with." Will commented before turning to Ahsoka. "Ahsoka, stay back with the Huttling!"

Will charged forward in a force jump and landed in the middle of the droids, attacking with quick strikes but the droids kept up with him. He parried and blocked the attacks of one of the droids when he saw the other two head after Ahsoka. An electrostaff would have hit him in the head had he not ducked but just barely as the electricity was close enough to spark his hair and get it to stand up. He rolled out of the way and fired his grapple line at the leg of one the droids attacking Ahsoka and yanked hard, causing it to fall to the ground. He flipped his saber into a reverse grip and moved it to his back to narrowly block a strike from behind before doing a forward flip and kick the droid in the face. He landed on his feet and engaged the other droid while the one he kicked fixed its face before helping its comrade deal with the Jedi. Ahsoka was dealing with her own Magna guard, blocking and parrying attacks while trying to find her own openings but these things were relentless.

R2 activated its electric taser and zapped the Magna guard attacking Ahsoka in the leg only for the droid to get knocked away. "R2!" She shouted before quickly blocking a strike to the face. Will was caught in the middle of the two Magna guards, moving quickly and using all his training to try and not get overtaken. The two droids quickly realized this Jedi was a threat and would be a continued obstacle in their main objective in killing the Huttlet, so they focused on getting rid of him first. They upped the speed of their attacks and trapped him in between the two of them so he now had to defend his front and back. It took all his training, speed, and agility to keep up with the two droids back to back but knew it wouldn't be long before one of them got a hit and then it was over after that. He blocked a front strike before quickly parrying one from behind when he saw Ahsoka slid down the sand hill.

"Ahsoka!" Will shouted, quickly force jumping in the air and into a backflip so the two droids hit one another with their staffs. Will backflipped through the air before landing a few feet away in a crouch. He then charged forward, ready to slice those droids into scrap metal. He fired his repulsors first and the shockwave caused the droids to stagger back which gave him his opening. He vault-kicked one of the droids before doing a Superman lightsaber lunge at the other, slicing its left arm off. The droid used its remaining arm to try and hit him in the head, but he easily blocked it. With only one arm, it couldn't move the staff fast enough to block his low slash that cut its left leg off before he slashed its torso in two and then cut off the head. The Magna guard fell to the ground in pieces while the other one attacked Will who blocked and parried. With it being one on one, the battle was a lot easier for Will to handle as he just had to focus on one droid.

Block to the left, parry to the right, low slash, parry to the middle, duck, feint right, sidestep, parry up and then roll to the side. Will saw his opening and engaged in his attack with multiple quick strikes to the head and torso that the droid blocked before doing a figure 8 saber twirl, showing off a great deal of proficiency in Form 2 Makashi lightsaber combat. He managed to nick the droid in the side and cut its left arm off at the elbow socket. The droid managed to kick out one of his legs and brought the staff down on his head only for Will to raise his Beskar armored gloves and block the staff. His Beskar guards blocked the staff and electrical energy before he flexed his wrist and the forearm blades extended out, shattering the electrical probe. Will finished off the fight by stabbing his saber into the Magna guard's torso before cleaving it in two.

With those droids dealt with, he took a deep breath to try and calm down. That fight brought up a bad memory. He then remembered about Ahsoka, so he rushed over to the sand hill and saw her fighting her droid before jumping high in the air and slicing it clean in two as she landed. "Whew. Being a Padawan is harder than I thought." She said to herself.

"You have no idea there, Ace." Will said as she looked up at him. "But you handled yourself pretty well."

"Thanks there, Mando." Ahsoka replied, climbing up the sand hill. When she reached the top, he held out his hand and helped her up. "Let's get this little guy back home."

"Amen to that." Will said as they walked over to the palace.

They managed to get there quickly and entered Jabba's palace but when they entered, they saw Anakin holding a saber to Jabba, ready to slice his head off and Jabba's bodyguards ready to blast him to pieces.

"Stop!" Will shouted as they all looked and saw him, Ahsoka, R2, BD-8 and the Huttling. Anakin deactivated his saber as Ahsoka walked over and handed him back to Jabba. Jabba and his son were beyond happy to be reunited and the scene was kind of touching…but then quickly turned sour after Jabba spoke a few words.

"You are to be executed immediately." His translator droid told them.

"What?" Anakin, Ahsoka, and Will shouted as Jabba's goons raised their blasters. Will, Anakin, and Ahsoka activated their lightsabers and stood back to back to back.

"Does this always happen to you?" Ahsoka asked.

"Everywhere I go." He told her.

"I'm glad I'm Master Kenobi's padawan then because this is getting ridiculous." Will added, ready to defend himself when a communicator orb went off.

"Your uncle Ziro is contacting us." The droid said before activating the communicator but instead of another Hutt it was Senator Amidala and Jedi Master Kota.

"Greetings, Honorable Jabba. I am Senator Amidala of the Galactic Congress and this is Master Rahm Kota of the Jedi order. We have discovered a plot against you by one of your own. Your uncle will admit he conspired with Count Dooku to kidnap your son and frame the Jedi for the crime." She told him as Ziro was brought into view.

Jabba was beyond pissed at the betrayal by his own family but Ziro played the innocent card, saying he was sorry and that it was all Dooku's fault. Suffice it to say the Hutt was not happy.

"Ziro will be dealt with by the Hutt family most severely." The translator droid told them.

"Perhaps now you will allow the Republic to use your trade routes and hostilities can come to an end." Padme said as Jabba laughed before replying.

"Jabba agrees. A treaty is in order." They were told so the Jedi deactivated their sabers.

"You will not regret this, Jabba." Senator Amidala told him as Jabba spoke some more.

"The clone armies may move through Jabba's territories. Jabba would be most appreciative if you bring Dooku to justice for his crimes against the Hutts." The droid told them.

"That is one thing you can guarantee we'll do." Will replied.

"Senator, it appears I owe you my thanks." Anakin said to her.

"No, Master Skywalker, it is I and the Republic who owes you our thanks." She replied before signing off. Will could have sworn he picked up some emotional…even flirtatious hints there.

"I'm glad Master Kenobi was able to get word to you, Master Kota. Thanks for your help." Will said to his old friend.

"And I'm glad to see you alive and in one-piece, young Padawan. And Dooku didn't think you and the others could handle this. I'm glad you proved him wrong. I'll see you soon." Kota said before bidding him goodbye.

Master Kenobi and Master Yoda soon arrived with a clone battalion to pick up Anakin, Ahsoka, and Will while Master Yoda finished negotiations. The young Huttling waved at them as they left. All in all, it was a good win for the Republic.

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The Clone Starfleet is under siege. Dozens of Republic warships have been destroyed in merciless surprise attacks that leave no survivors. Rumors spread of a terrible new Separatist weapon.

In the face of growing fear, the Jedi Council sends Master Plo Koon to hunt down the Menace before it strikes again.

It had been a few weeks since the successful rescue mission of Jabba's son and the Republic war effort had improved immensely with the use of his hyperspace lanes. They were now able to move supplies and ships to engage the Separatists in the Outer Rim, but the going was still tough especially with the current losses on Ryloth and the death of Master Di and his clone troopers. The Separatists had the edge in the war right now.

Now, Will was aboard the Negotiator, the personal flagship of his Master Obi-wan Kenobi. The Venator-class Star Destroyer was moving through hyperspace at the moment so the master and padawan were using the time to train. Will's relationship with Obi-wan had gotten off great so far. Obi-wan was one of the most skilled Jedi in the order that it earned him a seat on the Jedi Council to replace Depa Bilaba while she was recovering and unable to perform her duties. Obi-wan was kind, wise, and experienced while Will was the young, uproarious Padawan…honestly to the Jedi Master it felt like training Anakin when he was younger, but Will was different than Anakin. There was an innate sense of curiosity in him as whenever they weren't training or required for the war effort, Will would spend his time learning military history and strategy on his own. He would converse with the clones and quickly developed a rapport with almost all the troopers he would be fighting alongside.

And he was also caught tinkering with almost all of the tanks, star fighters or armaments on the star destroyer. He even started to design rough blueprints for modifications to make them better. His endless energy and drive were starting to edge to the point of obsession but that was probably due to his Mandalorian genes. The most fearsome warriors in the galaxy and ones that even gave the Jedi some trouble years ago. From the moment Obi-wan saw Will fight on Christophosis, he knew he was unique. His fighting style and training was similar to all the Padawans he would see at the temple, but it was also different as he moved in ways Jedi usually didn't. During their first official training session, Obi-wan set him up against training bots and what he saw only further proved his point that he was unique.

Will would rush forward like Anakin would but instead of charging in with brute force, he would dash to the side or slide under to attack the legs and expose a weakness. It showed a great deal of familiarity with fight tactics. When he was surrounded, he would use the force to enhance his speed and agility like Obi-wan had seen Master Yoda do and was a clear indicator in his training in Form 4, Ataru. Will moved quickly, taking out key weak points or exploiting an environmental advantage…even picking up a discarded blaster to help in his fight. He had never seen a Jedi use a blaster as well as he did. He ran up walls, jumped off enemies, and his use of the force in combat was truly unique. Along with the familiarity of his Mandalorian weapons during a fight, safe to safe that there was no Jedi like Will.

Right now, the two were having another training session. Obi-wan wanted to improve Will's form three Soresu skills along with his adaptability. Will was at one end of the room while Obi-wan was at the other on a hover platform. The point of the exercise was to get across the room to Obi-wan while adapting to any surprises and sneak attacks…and he needed to do it with his eyes closed.

"Are you sure this is a good idea, Master?" Will held up the rolled-up piece of cloth in his hand.

"Yes, my young Padawan. While this exercise is indeed difficult it will prepare you for any surprises we should encounter. I've found that a Jedi's newest trait to acquire in the field is adaptability." Obi-wan told him only for Will to huff.

"I think I demonstrated that pretty well on Christophosis." He reminded him.

"Then this should be very easy for you." Obi-wan replied. "Now whenever you're ready."

Will took a deep breath to calm himself down before putting the cloth around his eyes and tightening it. Obi-wan pressed a few buttons on a command podium and several platforms began to move around the room to create pathways and walls. Will took off running forward before flipping through the air and landing. He jumped to another platform before doing a wall run to get across a gap where several poles and blocks would extend out from the side and the ground. He listened for movement before ducking and spinning forward, speed vaulting over a block, grabbing a pole and using it to swing and flip forward. More poles extended out which kept him on his toes, so he quickly moved to avoid getting hit. A side step saved him from a pole to the face, but it was so close that it skimmed his ear. Another block rose up which he quickly side flipped over and then double jumped over a gap and landed on a large platform.

That's when his hearing and the force picked up something coming so he activated his lightsaber. Over a dozen Marksman-H training remotes descended from the ceiling and fired stun bolts. Will blocked and deflected the blaster bolts with his lightsaber, relying on his training and the force to guide and it was working…for the most part. He blocked and deflected blaster fire, thinking he had the edge when the training remotes began to change up their position and adjusted their firing speed. They encircled him, some shooting high before moving low and vice versa and quickly escalated their firing speed, so he needed to move quicker.

Obi-wan was on his observation platform, watching Will with scrutiny like he did in the early days of training Anakin. He rubbed his beard scruff which became a force of habit as he watched Will go through the horizontal shielding and circular orbits associated with the form 3 Soresu saber training. He clearly had a great deal of training, more so than typical Padawans and how he was able to keep up with the dozen training remotes showed that, but he still had much to learn as several remotes managed to land hits on his arms and legs. While they weren't deadly, they hurt like hell.

After one too many blasts that started to piss him off, he unleased a force push that destroyed four training remotes. Two remotes fired at his back, so he activated his gauntlets shield projector to deflect some blasts and cover his flank before throwing his saber and slicing them in two. The remaining six remotes circled around to fire only for him to freeze them with force stasis. The floating orbs seemed to glitch and get fuzzy as they were slowed down to a crawl before Will crossed his arms and concentrated. The ground and air around him rippled before he leapt up into the air.

"RAH!" He unleashed all that force energy into a rapidly expanding spherical force energy wave that erupted from his body. The Force Repulse wave shot out and destroyed the remaining training remotes along with crushing parts of the nearby platforms. He dropped to a knee to catch his breath before deactivating his saber.

"Interesting." Obi-wan commented as he saw Will take a moment to rest.

Will got back to his feet and felt he was close to the end so he eagerly force jumped forward only for a surprise platform to suddenly come down in his path…which resulted in him hitting it face first and then falling onto his back. He hit the ground and got the wind knocked out of him. "Oh, crap." Will did his best to try and catch his breath. Obi-wan pressed a button on his podium control panel and it lowered down to the ground.

"Ugh…that hurt…" Will managed to get off his back and sit up, before taking the blindfold off and rubbing his forehead in pain. "That didn't go so well, did it?"

"No, it didn't but it was quite entertaining." Obi-wan replied with a smirk. "So, what is the lesson to take from this?"

"That platforms are the bane of the Jedi's existence?" Will asked, rubbing his forehead.

"No, it's to be mindful of your surroundings. You were eager to get to the next platform, yet you didn't account for what could get in your path. If you had been patient, then you would have known that platform would come down and wouldn't have that red mark on your forehead." Obi-wan informed him before helping him back to his feet. "Remember that patience can be a Jedi's greatest tool."

"Yes, Master." Will rubbed his forehead, still feeling the stinging pain that would probably stick around for a while. "A lesson well learned with a painful reminder."

"As all Jedi lessons often are." Obi-wan quipped. "But you must also be mindful of your state of mind and your emotions. I sensed you were getting frustrated and angry during the exercise."

"More annoyed. Those training remotes hurt even if they're set to stun." Will joked.

"Joke all you want but take this as another lesson. Anger and aggression may be powerful tools but will only end up hurting you as it led to some unintended consequences." Obi-wan reminded him.

"You mean the jumping into the platform face first?" Will asked.

"I mean the situation that led you to act so eagerly. Your use of the force is very impressive for a Padawan your age, but it also shows me that you still have a long way to go in your training." Obi-wan told him. "While I admire your ingenuity in using the force to aid you in battle, you're still young and the amount of concentration and the toll it takes on you is something that must be keep in mind. What happened on Christophosis and with this exercise are prime examples. Gassing yourself out too quickly will leave you vulnerable to attack."

"Which is why I have these?" Will showed him his Mandalorian gauntlets.

"If you rely on those too much then they will eventually become your undoing." Obi-wan told him in his sage-like wisdom. "But should you stick to your training my Padawan then we'll keep that from happening."

"Yes, Master Kenobi." Will bowed his head when Cody entered the room.

"General, you're needed in the communication room." Cody informed him.

"Thank you, Cody." Obi-wan replied as he and his Padawan made their way over there.

"Do you think it's another attack by the Separatist Superweapon?" Will asked and Obi-wan nodded.

"I have a feeling it is. We've been losing more and more ships to these surprise attacks that is making this war much harder." Obi-wan replied as they entered the room and were speaking to Master Yoda, Windu, and Chancellor Palpatine. "Gentlemen."

"Master Kenobi. Reports from our scouts in the outer rim have not found the superweapon yet." Windu said, getting him up to speed. "This mystery weapon has struck in a dozen systems and disappeared without a trace."

"We cannot afford to lose any more ships, my friends." Palpatine said when Anakin and Ahsoka appeared on holovid. "Ah, Master Skywalker. Have you had any success in finding General Grievous secret weapon?"

Anakin pressed a few buttons on his terminal back on his ship to bring up a star cluster. "Master Plo was here in the Abregado system when we lost contact. He said he found the weapon, but we've had no further contact. The absence of distress beacons indicates that his fleet was…that his fleet was destroyed, like the others. We're about to prepare a rescue mission."

"Hasn't Clone intelligence reported this weapon never leaves any survivors?" Palpatine reminded him.

"The Separatists are being unusually tidy. They don't want any witnesses." Obi-wan said.

"Which makes tracking this thing down even harder." Will added.

"Tragic are these losses but prevent more we must." Yoda said.

"All our battlegroups will be reassigned to guard our supply convoys, including yours, Skywalker." Windu told him. "I'm afraid we can't risk anymore ships with a rescue mission."

"Wait! Just because there haven't been any survivors before doesn't mean there won't be any this time." Ahsoka pleaded with them which drew some looks from Yoda and Windu.

"Boldly spoken for one so young." Palpatine commented.

"She is learning from Anakin." Obi-wan added.

"Excuse my Padawan. We will deploy as instructed, Master." Anakin said as the conversation ended.

"Leave it to Ace to speak her mind." Will commented.

"It appears she and Anakin make quite a pair." Obi-wan replied as he gave orders to the Admiral to move the ships to the new defensive positions.

"Still, it's a little heartless of the Chancellor to suggest calling off a rescue team so easily like that." Will said to his Master.

"He does have a point. Our reports tell us there have never been any survivors and we'd risk losing more ships on rescue missions." Obi-wan told him.

"Maybe but there doesn't mean there isn't a chance. Most of the time when this ship strikes, we're told hours later but Master Skywalker knows where Master Plo Koon is and it hasn't been that long. He might be able to make it in time." Will pointed out.

"That's probably what Anakin is planning." Obi-wan said which gave him a confused look from his Padawan. "Knowing Anakin, he's probably figuring out a rescue mission himself."

"I hope he finds Master Plo and we find out what this weapon is." Will replied.

"I'm surprised, my young Padawan. After all our talks I figured you would already have a guess." Obi-wan commented.

"Several in fact but maybe this latest attack could give me something new." Will bid his master a goodbye to go see BD-8 who was in the flight bay. He walked in and passed some clone pilots and engineers who greeted him like a normal person and not a general. Passing Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry gunships, BTL Y-wing bombers, and V-19 Torrent interceptors until he got to his own personal starfighter that he was assigned. "Hey, BD-8 how are the upgrades going?"

[Positive beeping] BD-8 replied, from his position underneath the front point of the ship with sparks accompanying the beeps.

"Nice. Hopefully with my upgrades this thing is going to be able to do a lot more in space." Will replied, sitting down on a nearby tool crate to grab an arc wielder and do some work on the ship. The ship he and BD-8 were working on was a blue colored black striped Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor ship or as its been commonly known as the Jedi Starfighter. These interceptor ships were given to Jedi to fly for space battles. These were fast with twin Ion engines, four laser cannons and a built-in shield projector along with a slot for an Astromech. At the moment, these ships among the fastest there were at sub-light speeds against anything in its class and its controls made it the best in maneuverability. But there were trade offs as the shields weren't perfect and it lacked heavy weaponry which was something Will was hoping to fix. When he got the ship, he gutted all the extraneous parts he didn't need to save up for space and power. This allowed him to use the extra power for his own addition which was an individual proton torpedo launcher attached to the underbelly of the elongated point in the front. It was just one proton torpedo so it wasn't a lot, but it added to his firepower and he modified the astromech slot so BD-8 could fit. "Something tells me we're going to need it soon."

BD-8 looked at him with its head tilted and let out some confused beeps. "The Separatist superweapon struck again in the Abregado system. That's another three ships it took down along with Master Plo Koon. I just hope he's alive and Master Skywalker finds him. Add that one to the galactic map. Maybe we'll be able to chart out a possible course or staging area?" Will suggesting as BD-8 gave a few beeps before helping him with the last-minute upgrades.

One hyperdrive travel later and the fleet was with the supply convoys in a defensive position. It wasn't until about two hours later that Obi-wan came down to the flight bay to see him which gave him more than enough time to finish the upgrades. The ship was ready whenever it was needed. "Master, was Master Skywalker able to find Master Plo?"

"Possibly. He managed to find remains of Master Plo's fleet and is looking for survivors. He took the Twilight with him so his fleet is where it should be." Obi-wan replied.

"Huh, so he technically followed orders while also doing what we all wish we could do." Will said. "His reputation does do him justice."

"And what reputation would that be?" Obi-wan asked.

"That he's trouble and does things his own unique way." Will replied.

"That would be the politest way to put it." Obi-wan commented. "So, what have you been doing?"

"Just finished the modifications to the interceptor so she's ready and dangerous for her first mission. And I think I might have a good idea about the Separatist Superweapon. BD-8." Will said as BD-8 got on top of the ship and projected out a galactic map with various planets and systems highlighted that showed a clear path. "I've gone over all the sites of wreckage from the superweapon attacks and they show a clear path cutting across the expansion region to the Inner rim heading west. There latest attack puts them by the Abregado system edging towards the core system. From there, they could push inward and make a break for Coruscant but there's too many republic frigates and command ships, so we'd get an alert. Or they could keep taking down more Republic ships and make it for the Outer Rim."

"This is disconcerting. We need to stop this thing soon or else it will be too late. What do you think it is?" Obi-wan asked, curious about his Padawans thoughts on the matter.

"Well, after hearing everything this weapon has done and where it attacks, its powerful. Powerful enough to take down cruisers with ease but I'm curious if its by surprise or they can't fire back. I've gone over protocol with Cody and the first thing the ship's command is to do is radio in their position which is true but after that we hear nothing which could mean a serious jamming array to keep communications from working or something disrupts their system so they can escape or fight back. Possibly a new battle cruiser with advance ion torpedoes to render a Star Destroyers system's vulnerable?" He suggested.

"And how did you come to that conclusion?" Obi-wan asked.

"It's what I would do." Will replied, not knowing he was in the right ballpark.

Eventually Anakin and Ahsoka returned with Master Plo Koon and four clone troopers who managed to get into the same escape pod. They were lucky and managed to get away before they were killed as well by the Separatist superweapon which turned out to be a large ion cannon. It was able to produce an ion field that disabled the systems of anything it touched which is how all those ships were taken out so easily. Now that they knew what they were up against, it was time to take it down.

Will walked out of his quarters with BD-8 on his back because he wanted to ask Master Kenobi for permission to join the strike force going to attack the battleship. Obi-wan was currently speaking with his admiral when he saw his Padawan enter.

"Master Kenobi sorry if I'm interrupting but I was hoping I could get a moment of your time." Will said.

"Of course, what is it?" Obi-wan asked.

"I was wondering if you would allow me to join Master Skywalker's mission to attack the Separatist Battleship as a fighter escort?" Will asked as Obi-wan gave him a look.

"May I ask why?" Obi-wan asked. "You are aware that Anakin already has his Shadow Squadron assigned to the mission."

"Yes, Master but I'm willing to fly alongside them as fighter escort. With the bulk of our ships engaged elsewhere and after all the damage that ship's ion cannon can do against the Star Destroyers, they'll need help. I'm an excellent pilot and…I'm ready to do my part to help." Will told him.

"I'm admire your eagerness, but you are aware how dangerous this is?" Obi-wan asked.

"I am master. But it wouldn't be any different if General Grievous and the Malevolence attacked us now. In this case, we're the ones doing the attacking. BD-8, Rathtar and I can handle it." Will assured him.

"Rathtar?" Obi-wan was confused.

"It's what I named my ship, sir. She's crazy fast, agile, and deadly like a Rathtar." Will replied with a smile on his face.

"I'm afraid I've never seen a Rathtar." Obi-wan commented.

"From what I've seen at the Jedi Archives, that's probably a good thing." Will joked. "I know we haven't known each other long master but I can handle this. I'm the best flyer there is."

"I'm sure Anakin would disagree with you but you're right in that they could use extra help. Very well, you can go but like on Christophosis don't take any unnecessary risks." Obi-wan told him.

"Yes, Master." Will bowed before heading to the flight bay.

"You sure that's a good idea, sir?" Cody asked.

"Will has managed to surprise me thus far. I have a feeling this will be a recurring theme with him." Obi-wan replied.

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A deadly weapon unleashed. The Separatist battleships Malevolence advanced unopposed through Republic space, tearing apart any ship that stands in its path. After a daring recuse and narrow escape Anakin Skywalker prepares a counterattack on the enemy ship and its diabolical droid commander, General Grievous.

8 Star Destroyers were traveling through space and heading towards Rendellion space to provide protection and intercept the Malevolence which had just attacked a medical transport in that region. There was a medical station near that area, and it was Grievous's next target. Their window of attack had just shortened and now they needed to stop Grievous before he could attack. The larger destroyers would need to take the long way around, but Anakin had a shortcut in mind for Shadow Squadron.

The 12 Y-wings piloted by Shadow Squadron flew out of one of the Star Destroyers and moved into formation. The fighters grouped up together for the lightspeed jump with Shadow 1 in the lead position piloted by Anakin and R2 with Ahsoka in the gunner seat.

"All right, Shadow Squadron. Tighten formation and call in." Anakin said, prepping the ship for lightspeed.

"Shadow 2, standing by."

"Shadow 3, standing by."

"Shadow 4, standing by."

[Cautious beeping] R2 glanced over at Ahsoka from the astromech slot.

"I know, Artooie. This is going to be a tough one." She said.

"Cut the chatter, Ahsoka." Her master told her.

"Shadow 11, standing by."

"Shadow 12, standing by."

The last Y-wing checked in as a light blue and white Jedi Starfighter flew by with a hyperspace ring attached to the ship. "Fighter Escort ready." Master Plo Koon announced.

"Fighter Escort 2 ready." They all heard as a blue colored black striped Jedi Starfighter and hyperspace ring flew into position next to Master Plo Koon.

"Who is that? Pilot, identify yourself." Anakin said over the communication system.

"Padawan Will Vizsla reporting for duty Master Skywalker." Will replied, hitting a few buttons and getting the ship ready for lightspeed. BD-8 gave a response as well from his spot in the modified astromech slot.

"Padawan, what are you doing in that ship?" Anakin asked.

"Providing starfighter escort. Master Kenobi knows I'm here and considering you're going up against a massive battleship, I wanted to help." Will told him.

"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Plo Koon asked.

"Don't worry about me, Master Plo Koon. I know how to fly. We're ready for this." Will assured him.

"Well, then happy to have you here with us." Anakin replied.

"No fair, how come he gets his own ship and I'm stuck in the gunner chair?" Ahsoka asked.

"Because I'm a great pilot. The best there was at the academy in years while you had a speeder accident that took out an entire corridor of the temple." Will joked which caused the other pilots to laugh over the comm system.

"I'm telling you for the hundredth time, it was something wrong with the speeder." Ahsoka said in annoyance.

"Sure, Ace. Just remember to watch your sights for me and Master Plo." Will joked.

"All right, enough of the jokes. Let's get ready." Anakin told them.

"This is Admiral Yularen. You are clear for hyperspace jump. Good hunting, sir." Admiral Yularen reported over the comms.

"Thanks, Admiral. All right boys, let's go." Anakin said, inputting the hyperspace coordinates.

"Broadside, we get through this then the drinks are on me." Matchstick told him.

"I can already taste it." He replied as they all activated their hyperdrive and took off while the capital ships took the long route.

They soon exited hyperspace and arrived at the edge of a Nebula that they proceeded to fly through. "Ok, if we can just manage to navigate through my shortcut, we'll be all right." Anakin said.

"A nebula can be very unpredictable. I advise caution." Plo Koon said.

"Don't worry about us, Master Jedi. We can hold our own. Right, Shadow Squadron?" Matchstick asked.

"Copy that, Shadow 2." Broadside replied.

"Does anyone care what the Padawan thinks?" Ahsoka asked.

"Of course, we care, Snips, but we're still going through that nebula." Anakin told her.

R2 beeped and said he cared what she thought. "Thanks, Artooie."

"Confidence or not we best be careful. Have your shield projectors covering all your bases and watch your eyes in there. That goes double for you, BD-8." Will said as BD-8 nodded.

"Roger that, sir." Shadow Squadron replied.

"You seem to have adapted to a leadership role quite well, young Padawan." Plo Koon commented.

"What can I say? I like to think of it as one of my charms." Will replied, keeping a close eye on the nebula as they flew through it. It was cloudy, thick and they couldn't see much of anything except for maybe a dozen meters in front of them.

"This soup is thick. Can you see anything?" Matchstick asked.

"Just keep your eyes on my thruster, Shadow 2." Anakin told him as Ahsoka was having trouble with the scanner.

"They'll have to. The scanners are useless." Ahsoka said.

"This is old fashioned flying. You have to feel your way through to stay on course." He told her.

"Skywalker is right, Ahsoka. Clear your mind, young one, and you will see the path." Plo Koon added.

"Right now, I can't see anything at all." Ahsoka replied as Anakin smirked.

"I always know where I'm going." Broadside said. "I'm gonna blow up that battleship."

"A clear path if ever there was one." Plo Koon commented.

"Master Skywalker, how do you know this shortcut?" Will asked, flying next to Master Plo Koon at a steady pace and keeping watch for anything strange.

"It's an old smuggler's route. The pilot's used to talk about it on Tatooine. They call it the Balmorra run." Anakin said and Plo Koon immediately went wide-eyed.

"Balmorra run?!" He immediately knew they were in danger.

"I think I'm picking up a contact." Ahsoka said, seeing something on the scanner.

"Skywalker listen to me. We need to turn around." Plo Koon told him.

"We can't. Not if we're gonna catch Grievous." Anakin replied.

"I've got another target. This one is much bigger." Ahsoka told him.

"Skywalker, Balmorra's the nesting ground of the giant Neebray Mantis!" Plo Koon shouted.

BD-8 began to frantically beep, picking up more and more signatures and Will could sense something was coming. "We've got company!" Will shouted as the mantis began to come into view.

"Take evasive action!" Skywalker shouted and all the pilots quickly maneuvered so they wouldn't crash. They soon flew through the eye of the nebula and encountered dozens of more mantis which became obstacles to avoid. Matchstick ended up hitting the side of one of them and dinged his ship's engine.

"BD-8, take over controls and make sure we don't crash." Will said as BD-8 nodded and quickly maneuvered the ship out of harms way. Will relaxed in his seat and took a deep breath, calling on the force for help before closing his eyes and extending his left arm out like he was reaching for something.

"These things are going to make a meal of us!" Ahsoka shouted, panicking a little bit when all of a sudden, the mantis stopped flying and seemed to freeze. "Did I say something?"

"What's wrong with them?" Broadside asked, seeing the creatures had calmed down a bit.

"It's like they're frozen." Matchstick said as Anakin and Plo Koon sensed the force being used. Plo Koon looked out and saw Will in his cockpit using the force to calm down the creatures.

"I think the young Padawan is trying to calm them down." Plo Koon said, seeing the young one reach out to the creatures.

"I'm sorry for intruding into your home. We mean you no harm. We don't mean to interrupt your nesting grounds. We're just passing through on the way to help our friends. I promise you we just need to get our way through. Please allow us to pass." Will told them, using the force to form a bond with the animals.

The mantis let out a happy roar before they all seemed to move out of the way and clear a path. "I see a path. All wings, line up behind me." Anakin said as he led the path out of there while everyone else followed behind. BD-8 piloted the ship and followed behind Master Plo since Will was busy using the force to bond with the animals. Whatever he was doing seemed to work and they didn't have any more problems with the Neebray mantis and managed to clear the nebula into space. They kept moving and were only a few parsecs from the medical station.

Once Will felt they were clear he ended the force bond and took a few deep breaths. "Whew, looks like we made it through. Let's just hope your shortcut was worth it." Ahsoka said.

"We're not that far behind Grievous now." Anakin eagerly announced.

"Impressive work, young Padawan." Plo Koon said to Will.

"Thanks, Master Plo. I've always had a thing with animals. Guess I'm just lucky and it wasn't that hard. They were just a little annoyed we were there but once I told them we just needed to get through to help some friends they were more than happy to help." Will told him. "Although one of them did say you looked tasty their Ace."

"Ha-ha, very funny." Ahsoka shot back.

"Lock it up there you two. We've got something incoming." Anakin said as his scanner picked up an incoming signature.

Soon enough, a massive Subjugator-class heavy cruiser appeared from hyperspace about 3 parsecs away from the station. It was the Malevolence. "Whoa. Ok…this might be a tad bit difficult." Will said as BD-8 let out a nervous beep. That's when he noticed it was heading straight for the medical station and didn't seem to notice them yet. "It's heading for the medical station."

"There are still transport ships there. They haven't evacuated yet." Ahsoka said.

"I'll try and get his attention. Get ready for your bombing run!" Will shouted, disengaging the hyperdrive ring and igniting the thrusters.

"Padawan, wait!" Plo Koon's warning fell on deaf ears as Will hit the afterburner and his starfighter zoomed through space at breakneck speeds right towards the Malevolence.

"Padawan, what do you think you're doing?" Anakin shouted, as he got the ship ready for its bombing run.

"There are still ships at the station and if that ion cannon fires then they're sitting ducks!" Will shouted, priming the weapon system.

"Your fighter won't do any damage to a ship that size." Plo Koon told him.

"I know it won't, but it will get his attention. Just keep the bombers safe and get ready for your bombing run. Come at grid 2-7 while I'll keep them occupied." Will told them. "All right, BD-8. Let's see what Rathtar can do."

[Positive beeping] BD-8 replied, ready for anything.

Grievous was on the bridge of the Malevolence, staring at the waiting medical station and transports with a delightful evil glee. His yellow and black organic eyes portrayed his inner glee against his stoic metal face.

"Sir, we have a squadron of fighters approaching from behind us." A droid told him.

"Skywalker." Grievous was happily awaiting a worthy opponent and the opportunity to crush him. "Launch fighters and bring the ship around!"

"There are several medical transports leaving the station." Another droid reported as said transports were trying to leave as quickly as possible.

"Target the transports first! I want every single ship destroyed!" Grievous shouted.

"Roger-roger." A droid replied. Said droid was the operator of the Ion Cannon and it began to power up the systems.

"Sir, our scanners have picked up another ship." The droid informed him.

"Where?!" Grievous shouted as the sound of a laser barrage and slight rumbling shook the room.

Said ship was Will's Jedi starfighter which managed to close the distance to the Malevolence in record time due to the afterburner. Because his ship appeared so quickly, he managed to blast a few turbo laser gun placements before the rest opened fire which resulted in some fancy flying and blasting a few more.

[Frantic beeping] BD-8's scans picked up energy from the Ion cannon. It was about to fire.

"Yeah, I got it." Will quickly maneuvered into a barrel roll to avoid some laser fire before maneuvering his ship up the side of the cruiser, blasting the ship but the shields means it did nothing but annoy it. "Maybe a proton torpedo to the bridge will get their attention. Fire!"

The proton torpedo launcher underneath the front of the ship powered up before firing. It managed to hit the bridge, but the deflector shield made sure it did nothing. It did rumble the entire bridge and caused the droid operator to slip out of the chair and prevent the ion cannon from firing. Will followed up the torpedo with a barrage of laser fire which just further pissed off Grievous.

Said robotic general looked out the window and saw the Jedi starfighter fly by and continued blasting apart their turret placement. "Blast that fighter out of the air!"

"We're trying sir but it's moving too fast." A droid replied only for it to get its head bashed in by Grievous.

"Turn us around and launch all fighters! I want that Jedi dealt with!" He shouted. Grievous was not happy he was being shown up by a Jedi of all people. Will's distraction was just enough as the medical transports managed get enough space to clear the station and lightspeed out of the area. "ARGGHH…KILL THAT JEDI!"

All the remaining turbo lasers on the ship began to target him but through skill, luck, and the lousy accuracy of droids he managed to not get hit. "GEEZ!" Will quickly swerved to the side to avoid some laser fire when BD-8 began to beep frantically. "I know, I know! I see them!"

He hit the accelerator lever and flew away from the ship with several squadrons of Vulture droid starfighters and droid tri-fighters following him. "BD-8, divert backup power to rear deflector shields but get ready to redistribute it soon!" He honed into his training and kept moving quickly to avoid laser fire. "Master Skywalker, I managed to distract Grievous and those shuttles are gone but we're about to have a lot of company."

"We see them. All right, Shadow Squadron! Keep it tight!" Anakin told them as they began unloading at the incoming droids. They maneuvered a bit and blasted several dozen droid fighters but there were still more. Will did a quick swerve maneuver and blasted a few more droids when BD-8 alerted him of the Ion cannon and he saw it activate.

"Incoming!" Will shouted.

"Make towards the edge of the ray, now!" Anakin shouted and all the fighters began flying up as quickly as possible. "Give it everything you've got!"

Will hit the accelerator and noticed Shadow 2's Y-wing's left engine began to smoke, and the entire ship was shaking. "Shadow 2, your speed is dropping. What's wrong?" Ahsoka asked.

"Nothing, sir. Just trying to keep it together." Matchstick did his best to keep the ship level, but the frantic beeping and rumbling was not a good sign.

"Shadow 2, decelerate now!" Will told him.

"I can make it sir!" Matchstick replied.

"That's an order, trooper! You're left engine stabilizer could go and you've got fighters on you're six! Decelerate and save yourself and others! We'll come back for you!" Will shouted. "Do it now!"

"Yes, sir." Matchstick did as he was told and decelerated while the others kept moving and managed to clear the ion cannon field but not all were lucky and got caught along with several droid fighters.

"Shadow Squadron, report in." Anakin called out.

"Shadow's 6, 7, 10, and 2 were caught in the ray." Ahsoka told him.

"All their fighters are down. Let's go." Will said as they all accelerated towards the ship, but the laser barrage was heavy.

"Stay on course!" Plo Koon shouted as he and Will blasted a few turbo lasers.

"This flak is heavy!" Broadside shouted, doing his best to maneuver.

"All deflector shields, double front." Anakin and the pilots diverted power to the forward shields.

"Master, we need a new plan!" Ahsoka told him, seeing the attack plan wasn't going to work with this kind of fire power.

"We can make it Ahsoka." Anakin kept on course, flying and avoiding any fire. "Watch those towers boys!"

"Maneuver at grid 7-5!" Will shouted, leading several Shadow Squadron fighters and blasting some more turbo lasers to ease up on defensive fire but there were still a lot. Shadow 8 got hit and crashed into the Malevolence. "Master Skywalker, Ahsoka is right! This flak is too heavy. We won't make it!"

"You did. We keep going!" Anakin told him.

"I caught them by surprise, but the rest of the squad won't make it!" Will shouted, maneuvering through space.

"He's right, master. You can make it to the bridge, but the others can't!" Ahsoka added. "Master!"

"If we can do enough damage the weapon may overload when Grievous tries to fire!" Plo Koon suggested.

Anakin contemplated the idea and made his decision. "Shadow Squadron, new target. We're taking out the starboard ion cannon." The remaining Shadow Squadron bombers quickly diverted course towards the cannon and managed to avoid some flak fire. They sped up as much as possible while the Ion Cannon was nearly finished with charging.

"Let's turn this thing into scrap." Will smirked as BD-8 nodded.

"Torpedoes away!" Anakin shouted and the bombers fired their proton torpedoes at cannon, blasting the connecting ring and pillar with enough damage and power that it shook the ship a bit. Will fired his own proton torpedo and the group flew clear. The ion cannon charged up and fired but the damage caused the ion energy to bounce back into the ship, causing major internal damage and disabled both cannons.

"Yes!" Will shouted as BD-8 and R2 happily squealed.

"Good work, Shadow Squadron." Plo Koon told them.

"Great job, Ahsoka. You too, Will." Anakin said to both.

The damage to the Malevolence was devastating with both ion cannons destroyed and the hyperdrive non-operational. And if that wasn't bad enough for Grievous, Obi-wan arrived just in time along with the rest of the star destroyers.

"Anakin, do you copy?" Obi-wan called out over the comms.

"I'm here."

"Congratulations. It appears your mission was a success." Obi-wan looked at the crippled Separatist superweapon and was glad it worked out.

"Partially but Grievous is still alive. The battle was pretty rough on my men. We're heading to the medical station." Anakin told him as Shadow Squadron adjusted their flight course.

"We'll take it from here. But don't worry, we'll call when we need you." Obi-wan assured him.

"I'll be waiting, Obi-wan." Anakin replied.

"Master Kenobi, we've got some downed bombers that got caught in the ion field. We're gonna need a retrieval team." Will told him, flying over to downed bombers and from what he could see the pilots and gunners were ok.

"We're sending several units your way. I'm glad you're all right. It seems like having you tag along was the right decision." Obi-wan said.

"I'm just lucky that way." Will replied, waiting around as recovery ships were sent over and they were brought aboard the Negotiator where those that needed medical attention could be looked at and the ships could be repaired. He got out of his starfighter and looked it over, noticing the blast marks and scorches he'd have to clean up. "Well, buddy. Looks like we've got some cleaning to do."

BD-8 nodded before getting out of the droid slot and climbing onto his back. "Commander." Matchstick and Tag walked up to Will. "Thank you for your assistance today. If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have made it."

"Then it's a good thing I was there. Taking down Grievous and winning this war is the primary goal but making sure you and your brothers make it through to the end is another." Will said, holding his hand out for them to shake and they did. "You guys are some pretty impressive flyers. I've been thinking of building up my own personal squad and I could use some crackpot pilots. Master Skywalker better be careful before I snatch you guys."

"Well, we owe you for today and if we could clear it with General Skywalker then you have your first two recruits." Tag told him.

"Good to hear. Now, get some rest and have those bombers looked after. We'll be needing them again." Will replied.

"Yes, sir." They saluted him before marching off to do so.

BD-8 looked at Will and told him that today went pretty well considering how it started. "Yeah, you're right buddy. Hopefully it gets better and that robot Grievous ends up in the scrap pile." Will replied, with the tone and coarseness in his voice that showed a deep disdain for the Separatist leader that had roots in what happened to his old Master.

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With the Ion Cannons on the Malevolence disabled and their hyperdrive damaged, Grievous had no other options but to fly through space in an effort to try and get away or at least by time for repairs. That plan was flawed as three Republic cruisers were following him and laying down all the fire their cannons could produce, doing extra damage to the ship. Normally it wouldn't take that long with regular Separatist cruisers, but the Malevolence was so massive it could keep taking their fire with enough power to keep moving. But because of its size it couldn't outrace the other ships, so it was just a matter of timing before Grievous was out of options. At least, that's how the Jedi saw it.

Will was with his Master and Plo Koon on the bridge of the Negotiator as the three republic cruisers pursued Grievous. They hoped to get some backup with Master Luminara and her fleet but until then they had to make do. Ahsoka was at one of the terminals when their scans picked something up.

"Master, I'm picking up a signal near the enemy vessel. Something just came out of hyperspace." She told him.

"Enemy reinforcements?" Anakin asked.

"No, it looks like a Naboo ship." She said which caught them all by surprise.

"Gunners hold your fire. What in blazes are they doing here?" Obi-wan asked.

"Ahsoka, contact that ship." Anakin ordered and she did her best.

"Naboo cruiser, identify yourself." Ahsoka ordered as their comm and holovid connection came through and it was Senator Amidala.

"Padme, what are you doing out here?!" Anakin was not expecting to see her here and now she was in grave danger.

"I was sent here on a diplomatic mission. The Senate was told the banking clan wanted to negotiate a treaty." She told him.

"Get out of there as fast as you can." Anakin just hoped it was soon enough but that wasn't the case as her ship got caught in a tractor beam. "Padme what's happening?"

"I'm being pulled inside the droid cruiser by a tractor beam. I will not be made a Separatist bargaining chip. Continue your attack! You must destroy this monstrous ship!" Padme pleaded with them.

Anakin tightened his fist in anger and frustration before making his decision. "Admiral, order all our ships to stop firing." They couldn't risk destroying the Malevolence with her on it. Anakin then made his way off the bridge.

"Where are you going?" Obi-wan asked.

"Someone has to save her skin." Anakin replied.

"I had a feeling you would say that." Obi-wan said, following him.

"There he goes again. Craving adventure and excitement." Plo Koon commented.

"You get used to it." Ahsoka replied.

"Well, this will be a fun story to tell." Will said as he followed his master with BD-8 following him. He made a quick pit stop to pick up some things before he followed Master Kenobi and Skywalker to the Twilight.

Anakin prepped the ship for takeoff with R2 standing by as Obi-wan, his Padawan, and BD-8 walked in. "I'm assuming you've already formulated a brilliant plan to rescue the senator?"

"As a matter of fact, I have." Anakin replied.

"Well, do we have a plan B? Every operation has a backup, Anakin." Obi-wan told him.

"I don't have a backup…yet, but I do have a plan for getting on that ship."

"Really?"

"The enemy's sensors are obviously damaged, so we'll sneak behind them and dock at the emergency airlock."

"That's your plan? Just fly there, land, hope they don't spot us and walk in the door?" Obi-wan asked for clarification.

"Basically."

"Oh. Brilliant. Well, let's go kick in the door." Obi-wan replied as Anakin piloted the Twilight out of the starfighter bay and over to the Malevolence.

"I don't suppose we can think up of a plan C just in case plan B goes horribly wrong?" Will asked.

"How are you so sure it will go wrong?" Obi-wan asked.

"I may not have worked along side the both of you for a long time, but it seems to always go wrong." Will commented. "Well, if that's plan B and we have no plan C, then it's a good thing I brought plan D."

Anakin looked back and saw Will patting a large backpack. "What's plan D?"

"I brought along a large pack filled with thermal detonators and explosives. Enough to cause a big boom." Will replied.

"That's plan D? Where did you come up with that brilliant plan?" Obi-wan asked.

"Easy, Demo got the explosives. And if we rescue the Senator, we can place these around the place and cause some more damage." Will replied with a smirk.

"Are you sure you should be bringing him along for this?" Anakin asked Obi-wan.

"My Padawan has proven himself skilled enough to accompany us and he will not be leaving my side while we're there." Obi-wan replied.

"Aw, thanks Master Kenobi. I knew I was winning you over. I guess you can say I'm your favorite student." He commented.

"Well, considering the other one was Anakin, I can say with confidence that you two are currently neck and neck." Obi-wan quipped.

"Hey!" Anakin was a little offended at that which made the other two and both droids laugh.

The Twilight made its way through space and over to the massive cruiser and so far, nothing bad had happened. "If they spot us, we'll be pulverized." Obi-wan said.

"That does a lot to bolster the confidence of this mission." Will commented.

"Relax. They're too busy repairing the ship. They don't have time to notice us." Anakin replied.

"Subtly has never been one of your strong suits, Anakin."

"Everything I know I learned from you, Master."

"Oh, if only that were true."

"I wonder if this is a look at my future?" Will asked aloud and BD-8 shrugged its head.

Anakin piloted them to the side of the cruiser and docked at the emergency airlock where coincidentally two battle droids were walking by.

"Whoa, what was that?"

"What was that?"

"That noise? It sounds like a ship docking at the emergency airlock."

"Your circuits are loose. No one's crazy to do that." The droid replied as the airlock opened up to reveal Anakin, Obi-wan, Will, and R2.

"Ah, it's them! I knew it!"

"Oh no."

The droid were quickly cut into pieces with no muss or fuss. "You stay here, R2." Anakin told him.

"BD-8, sneak through the ship and find a terminal to plug into. Get everything you can. Communication logs, blueprints, and readouts on those ion cannons but be careful." Will said and BD-8 nodded before scurrying down his back and crawling through a small hole in a wall.

"Are you sure your droid can handle that?" Obi-wan asked.

"Don't worry, Master. Like I told Master Skywalker, BD-8 was able to sneak past the Jedi back on Coruscant, he can handle sneaking around here. Besides, any information we can get from this place the better. And if we can figure out a way to reproduce that ion cannon for our ships then it'll be a big help in our future space battles."

"I'm beginning to like your Padawan more and more every day. He doesn't think like most Padawans." Anakin commented.

"That's because I think like a Mandalorian first." Will replied with a smirk as they made their way into the cruiser. Luck was on their side as the cruiser was so massive that the exteriors of the ship were less manned then the interior where the vital systems were located. And with all the damage, those droids were probably ordered to help with repairs. Along the way, they got a communication from Senator Amidala who managed to hotwire a Separatist control panel. They would meet in the large open area in the middle of the ship.

It took some time to get there but they managed to find the large open area which was a rail system that transported items from one end of the ship to the other. "Well, that explains how things get transported on a ship this big." Will commented.

"I don't see here, Anakin." Obi-wan said.

"She's here, Master. I sense it." Anakin replied.

Will took out a small pair of electrobinoculars to try and find the senator in the massive railway system. It's something you'd expect to find in a city but it's in a space cruiser. "Will, do you see anything?" Obi-wan asked.

"Not yet. Just trams and containers of whatever they are." Will replied. "Hang on, I think I see something. Glint of a gold-plated droid, I think."

"Let me see." Anakin was handed the binoculars so he could get a better look. He looked around various walkways and passages across the railway system and managed to see C-3P0 and Senator Amidala rushing down a narrow walkway while a contingent of battle droids blasted at them. Padme fired back with her own Naboo blaster as she and her droid made their escape. "There!"

Anakin handed back the binoculars and all three of them activated their lightsabers before jumping down to a pathway and rushing across. They then jumped onto a passing tram car. Two battle droids blasted at them, but the shots were deflected back with ease. Will looked and saw the Senator on a tram about 60 feet down.

"Padme!" Anakin quickly force jumped down 60 feet and landed on the adjacent tram to her. He would look after her while Obi-wan and Will went after 3P0. Obi-wan used the force to levitate the droid over to them…only for a speeding tram to send him in the opposite direction and down a corridor.

"Well that makes things a little harder." Will commented.

"Perhaps you're right about needing a plan C." Obi-wan said before activating his comm link. "Anakin, I got separated from your droid."

"I'll take care of it. You head back to the Twilight. No, we can't leave yet. I overheard Grievous. They're hyperdrive is almost repaired." Anakin and Padme told them.

"We're already heading in that direction, so we'll make sure the hyperdrive stays offline." Obi-wan told them.

"BD-8, better hurry up your search and make your way back to the Twilight afterward. Something tells me Plan D is going to go out the window soon for Plan E." Will spoke into his communicator. He and Obi-wan jumped off the tram and made their way down a corridor.

"What's plan E?" Obi-wan asked.

"Run like a Tauntaun to the exit as fast as possible." Will replied.

It took some time and clever sneaking, but they managed to find the hyperdrive room. They walked in and there were two droids doing maintenance, so it was going to be easy…until the lights turned on. Several dozen droids walked down the walkways to the left and right, three destroyer droids rolled out from behind the panel in front of them and another group of droids marched up behind them.

"Huh, we walked into a trap." Will commented.

"It happens to the best of us." Obi-wan replied when they heard mechanical laughing and a large thud. They turned and saw Grievous standing in the doorway they came through.

"Hello there." Grievous said with an abundance of smug. "General Kenobi, did you really think I would leave the hyperdrive unguarded?"

"Anything is possible. You haven't exactly impressed me today." Kenobi quipped.

"So smug for a Jedi. Only this time you've brought a young one to die with you." Grievous said, looking at Will and began noticing something familiar. "Wait a moment…I remember you."

Kenobi looked at his Padawan and noticed the angry expression on his face and his tightened fists. Clearly, he and Grievous had a history. "That's right you remember me you bucket of bolts." Will said in anger.

"Ah, now I remember. Back in the Geonosian catacombs. You and your master foolishly tried to stop me and if I remember…she payed dearly with her life." Grievous happily taunted the young Padawan. He enjoyed mentioning the tragedy that filled the young Jedi's eyes with pain and anguish and decided to bring out a reminder which was in the form of a lightsaber hooked onto one of the slots of his waist. "Her lightsaber was the first one I added to my collection. Now I'll add yours to complete the set."

"Not gonna happen metal mouth." Will seethed in anger. Obi-wan noticed the ground underneath his Padawan's feet begin to tremble and his robes flutter a bit. He was going to do something. "This will only end with you in the scrap pile."

"Kill them both!" Grievous shouted, igniting his stolen lightsaber's green blade.

Obi-wan quickly backflipped into the air as Will decided to get some payback. "RAAAH!" He unleashed as massive force repulse wave that crushed the nearby destroyer droids and sent the others and Grievous flying back. Obi-wan landed and quickly sliced some droids in half with his saber.

"Let's go!" Obi-wan shouted as he and his Padawan ran down the walkway to the left but Will activated the pack of explosive and tossed it at Grievous.

The cyborg general heard the beeping coming from the bag and shoved it onto a battle droid before throwing it down the hall and closing the blast doors. The explosion went off, shaking the room a bit and dinging the doors but the hyperdrive was safe. "Stay here and guard the hyperdrive. The Jedi are mine!"

"Well I guess plan D didn't work at all!" Obi-wan shouted as they ran down the hall.

"No, it didn't!" Will shouted back, running as quickly as possible and were nearing the railway system. "I'm guessing there's going to be a lecture about this but let's wait until after Plan E and get off this thing!"

"Agreed! Jump!" Obi-wan and Will jumped through the air and landed on a passing tram.

"Obi-wan, come in, Obi-wan." Anakin called over the comms with the distinct sound of blaster fire in the background.

"Anakin, I'm afraid Grievous is onto us." Obi-wan replied.

"Yeah, we noticed."

"We'll rendezvous back at the Twilight. The fleet must engage the Male—BZZT" Obi-wan's signal cut out. Their communications signal was being jammed. "Not good. This way!"

Obi-an and Will jumped onto another tram that was heading east but they had some company and judging by the metallic thumps and loud steps it was Grievous. He had a green lightsaber in one claw, stolen from Will's former Master Ur-Sema Du and a blue one in another, taken from another Jedi he killed. He jumped from tram car to car, smashing through crates with brute force and lightsaber fury.

"Keep moving!" Obi-wan told him as he jumped into the air and grabbed onto a mechanical claw. His momentum caused it to spin around and sent him flying at Grievous, landing a kick to his metal face. Grievous lashed out with his blades that Obi-wan blocked and pushed back. Before Grievous could counter attack, several crates hit him in the back. He turned and saw the Padawan using the force to hurl more containers at him which he sliced in half. Will charged forward and flipped over Grievous, activating his saber and slashing at the cyborg who blocked and parried.

Will landed next to master and fired his repulsors which sent Grievous flying back. "Come on." Obi-wan grabbed his Padawan by the arm and they jumped from the tram to one below which was heading in the opposite direction.

"How angry do you think he's going to be?" Will asked.

"Very." Obi-wan said as the two jumped off the speeding tram and landed on a platform. They rushed down the hallway back to the emergency airlock with a squad of battle droids and destroyers after them. Both of the Jedi activated their lightsabers to block blaster fire but mainly took to running away.

"BD-8, where are you?!" Will shouted into his comms, deflecting a blast back at a battle droid and taking its head off.

The blast doors in front of them were closing so they needed to get across or else they'd be trapped. Obi-wan jumped through while Will dive rolled in and made it just as the doors shut. The master and Padawan looked to see BD-8 at the control panel, waving with one of its legs. He spliced into the panel and saved their butts. "Can I just say, I really love your droid." Obi-wan said.

"So do I." Will replied as BD-8 crawled up his back and they continued to the emergency airlock where Anakin, Senator Amidala, R2 and 3PO were waiting for them.

They got onto the ship as Anakin powered it up while Obi-wan contacted the fleet to tell them to continue firing. Unfortunately, as the Twilight flew away from the Malevolence, General Grievous and several vulture droids chased after them.

"Time for some clever tricks, Anakin."

"That's what I was thinking." He replied, doing some quick maneuvers to avoid getting hit.

"I'm on the gun." Will hit a few switches and a periscope gunner display descended that controlled the gun on the wing. He powered it up and began blasting back, destroying a few droids.

"Your Padawan's a pretty good shot." Anakin commented.

"Thank you." Will replied before adjusting his aim and blasting another vulture droid. He saw Grievous's personal starship and tried blasting it only for the cyborg general to evade and let a vulture droid take the hit. R2 began beeping so 3PO translated.

"Pardon me sir, R2's scans of the enemy ship indicate their hyperdrive is activating." 3PO informed them but Anakin didn't seem worried at all.

"Don't worry about it."

"What?" Obi-wan and Will were not expecting to hear that from him.

Will looked through the periscope and saw the Malevolence adjust its course to fly right towards the moon and Grievous's starship fly away at lightspeed. It wasn't long before the Malevolence crashed into the moon in a big ball of light.

"I imagine you had something to do with that." Obi-wan remarked.

"All part of the plan, Master." Anakin replied.

"So, I'm guessing that was Plan F?" Will joked as the Twilight flew back to the starships.

A little while later, Will was in the flight bay with BD-8 doing some cleanup and repair work on Rathtar. It wasn't badly damaged, but the carbon scoring and blast marks would be bad if they weren't cleaned up properly. BD-8 was using his splicing tool and adjusting some wires while Will was cleaning and checking the maintenance on the engines when he heard the sound of boots.

"And here's the lecture I was fearing to come." Will put the rag down and stood up to face his master.

"How is your ship?" Obi-wan asked.

"She's ok. But she needs some cleaning and care if I'm ever going to take her out again." Will replied before taking a deep breath and looking Obi-wan in the face. "I'm sorry for what happened today, Master. I let my anger get the best of me."

Obi-wan looked at his padawan and saw he was remorseful of his rash actions and his behavior but realized that he went through a similar thing when his master Qui-gon Jinn died. The only difference between the two was that Obi-wan managed to avenge his master while Will hasn't. "Yes, you did…but I went through the same thing too when my master was killed." Obi-wan said.

"You did?" Will asked.

"I did. And like you I succumb to my anger and rage at that moment to defeat the Sith who killed him." Obi-wan told him, remembering his duel with Darth Maul and when he killed him. "One of my proudest moments as well as the one that I reflect on the most and so should you. Anger, hatred, vengeance…these emotions can lead one to the dark side if you let them consume you. Remember the Jedi Code."

"I'll try, Master." Will nodded and Obi-wan pat him on the shoulder. "I'm in trouble, aren't I?"

"Yes, you are." Obi-wan replied. "This is something that shouldn't be taken lightly. I fear as the war drags on the pull to the dark side will get stronger and stronger. You will be faced with tough choices. Choices that will come to define you and the path you take. I've already seen glimpses of that now and I have faith you will do great things, but you must remain strong. Never waver and trust in the force."

"Yes, Master." Will replied. "So, what's my punishment?"

"You will be joining Cody and Rex on their routine check to all the outer rim outposts. All of them." Obi-wan said.

"All? But there are over a hundred."

"Yes, there are and you will listen to them and obey their orders. I think some time to reflect will help you greatly and using that time productively is a good idea as well. Cody can teach you a few things." Obi-wan said. "Is that clear?"

"Yes, Master." Will was dreading this punishment…unaware that it wasn't going to be as boring as he thought.

End of Chapter 1

Don't worry, guys. I know my update schedule hasn't been the best and I'm sorry for that. I try my best, but I work full-time and there's not a lot of time left to write. I plan to get my Agents of SHIELD story up this month as well. After that, I might need to do some checking and see which of my old stories I want to continue. The main one being my Naruto/Game of thrones story since I have the Blue Wolf up. I'll let you guys know but nothing is set yet.

I hoped you guys like the beginning chapter of my story. I was planning to do another Star Wars story but just had to figure out a character and story and I didn't want to redo my Naruto one. After re-watching the clone wars and the Mandalorian, I thought this would be a pretty good idea. It's not the most original story as there are other Mandalorian Jedi stories up so hopefully mine will stick out. I know some people may have problems with certain points like him training at age 8 but it's a story so suspend your disbelief a little bit. My plan is to hopefully get this to go throughout the clone wars and eventually the movies with twists to the canon along the way.

This story will combine elements from both Canon and legends stories the first one being Will's former master Ur-Sema Du who was killed by Grievous. More elements will show up as the story goes on. I hoped you guys like the OC, again it's only the first chapter so there's still a lot to explore and more of his backstory and training will be explored later in flashbacks, including elements of his Mandalorian heritage. Possibly even hints as to who his father is. A lot of the Mandalorian information I get is from the Star Wars wiki and information videos, so I don't know everything. Also, for those a little confused as to the timing of his birth and the Mandalorian Civil war, I don't think it's explicitly stated when it occurred but when Obi-wan was a Padawan he met Satine during the civil war and protected her and Will was born shortly after before the war ended so it matches up.

Also in terms of the pairing, it won't be Will and Ahsoka. That's too common for clone wars stories and honestly I'm not feeling it. Their relationship will be older brother/younger sister bickering relationship. They get on each other's nerves but trust one another completely. The pairing is yet to be decided at the moment but I have some ideas.

Next chapter, the routine outpost inspection turns out to be anything but routine, but it does introduce Will to some new friends and allies. After that, he takes some side trips to Kamino and wants to help with the situation on Ryloth but is going to need the help of an old friend for that. Until next time.

Will Vizsla, Son of Pio Vizsla, nephew of Pre Vizsla and Mandalorian by birth. Padawan Jedi.

· Birthdate: 38BY-Age 16

· Padawan Apprentice to Obi-wan Kenobi, Former Padawan of Ur-Sema Du, Son of Pio Vizsla. Nephew of Pre Vizsla.

· Appearance: Dylan O'Brien from Maze Runner: The Death Cure.

o Clothing:

§ Dark blue Padawan robes and combat boots. Combat belt with Cyan Blue lightsaber. (Imagine the Fallen Lightsaber from )

§ Ancestral Mandalorian Beskar armored combat gloves and forearm guards with weapons. Necklace with symbol of Clan Vizsla.

· Personality: Kind, caring, quick-witted and smart. Able to adapt to situations very easily. Prone to quips to distract or enrage his enemies. Can be a bit of a smartass yet humble and works well with others. Extremely proficient in tinkering and building with electronics. Excellent pilot and mechanic. Knowledge in warfare and weapons from extensive self-tutelage at the Jedi Temple and Mandalorian training by Pio Vizsla. When triggered, can be aggressive and unhinged to a point.

· Skills and Powers

o Force Powers:

§ Force speed, Force sense, Force Jump, Force Stasis, Force Pull/Push, Force Throw, Force Barrier, Force Repulse, Animal Bond/Taming beasts, Mind Trick, Levitation, Lightsaber throw.

o Combat Skills:

§ Specialized in Form 2 Makashi-Lightsaber-to-Lightsaber combat, Form 3 Soresu-Blaster counter/Defense, Form four Ataru-combines speed, strength, agility, powers, and the force to aid in movement and combat.

§ Adept at hand-to-hand combat.

§ Mandalorian gauntlets with repulsor, grappling line, wrist rockets, flamethrower, laser splicer, retractable wrist/forearm blades, shield projector, and built-in communicator and holovid.

· Black and Blue BD-8 companion droid

· Personalized blue colored black striped Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor ship-nicknamed Rathtar

Disclaimer: I don't own Star Wars or any mentioned properties. All rights belong to their respective owners, I'm just a fan.