Stepping in

"We are coming in pretty hot!" Jenza said into comms. "You sure this is a good idea?"

"Huh. Hell no. I am just winging and letting the force guide me." Alex fired the forward torpedo. "I tend to do that to keep from always having a serious expression. If I font start taking chances I might just lose it from stress."

-Bridge Command-

"Sir, additional hostiles detected. They have fired a volitie explosive. It will breach shields in 3..2.." A droid reported.

"Kaboom, kaboom!" The ship was rocked only slightly. A small opening big enough for them to get inside.

"An additional intruder it seems." Count Dooku said. "Do what you can with the ship. We need to be as far away as possible before the Republic arrives." He turned and left the bridge, cape flowing behind him. He was heading to deal with Anakin then to deal with the new intruder. 'First Skywalker then this one. What's next, Darth Maul returning from the grave?'

"Umm did anyone tell him the hyper drive is fixed? We just cant leave until the shields are back up." 1 droid said.

"Of course we didnt!" The same droid who reported the torpedo launch. "That would just be stupid. And we are not stupid."

"Hey did you close the hangar from the first intruder arrived?" Droid 3 spoke.

"What!? I thought you did!"

"I turned the shields off to bleed him out of the hangar."

"Wait so the shield do work?" The droid's stopped and looked at each other. "So what are we doing here!? Get us out of here!"

"Cant hyperdrive is disabled again." Droid 1 said.

"We just fixed it. Dooku is going to kill us when he gets back."

"No way. Those two will." Droid 3 pointed to the camera. Alex and Inferna were running through the peeways. The starfighter they were in was blasting the walls and flying through the lower decks. Jenza was having the time of her life.

"Send forces to stop them!" Droid 3 said.

"Roger Roger!" Droid 4 responded putting the shields back up and turning the other droids loose.

"What did you just do!?" Droid 2 asked.

"Turned the shields back on." Droid 4 responded.

"That's the disengage button." Droid 2 smacked him across the head. "You just separated the command bridge from the ship."

"At least Dooku cant kill us now." Droid 1 said.

"Beep, beep!" An alarm went of as all the droids turned to look at it.

"That cant be right. Incoming ship. Who does it belong to?" Droid 2 asked.

"Have no idea. Not our problem. We are drifting into an asteroid belt." Droid 4 stated.

"Crap!" The droids started to freak out.

-Alex & Inferna-

"It feels as if we are drifting." Alex stated. He slashed his lightsaber through a droid and kicked another. "Do you think they turned of the gravity or something?"

"Pew, pew!" Inferna fired at the two droids coming from the door. "Doop, doop!" She threw out two grenades blowing who was ever behind the hall side.

"Maybe." Turning her wrist laser on, she opened fire on the nearest open door.

"Pew!" There was nothing there. The shot just left a mark in the hall.

"Are there any cameras nearby?" Alex asked her. She did a quick scan indicating no. "Good. Come here." Reaching into to his inventory he applied the upgrades that fi wished during the flight. Just needed time to do so. "This will increase your response time, as well as combat data."

"Thank you.. it would have just been better to buy a battle droid." Inferna was happy for the upgrade nonetheless. "Why keep upgrading a protocol droid?"

"The amount of information you can store and the way you act is way better. Why not just taking something useful and change as you need it? If you were a battle droid out the gate, I think it would have been boring and less intresting." Alex said. He was not kidding. A battle droid would have been barred from a lot of places. "Dont want to change you to a battle droid completely. It might mess with your duties."

"Very well.. I will make sure to adjust accordingly." Inferna decided not to say anymore. She did a scan of his biology and was happy that everything was normal. Well a slight increase in blood pressure. But that was to be expected. "We should arrive to them shortly. The one called Anakin seems to be injured."

"We should double time it then." Alex pushed pass the next droid wave. "Hah!" With a blast of force energy they were suspended in the air for a few seconds.

"Pew, pew, pew, pew!" Inferna fired four shots taking each of them out. The duo made into the lift and headed to the next location.

-Armoury-

Anakin and Dooku just finished a battle by the time Alex arrived. It was a weird mix of what happened between the shows and movies. Anakin still lost, but there was something different about the way he did. The fight seemed forced some how. As if an outside party orchestrated the whole thing.

"Stop!" Alex yelled towards Dooku. "Listen I understand your task is to tempt him but hear me out."

Dooku looked at Alex as if he was a fool. He forced kicked Anakin in the chest and away from him.

"Ugh," Anakin groaned before passing out. At least he still had his hand. Better yet his life.

"Inferna see to him." Alex said stepping forward. His lightsaber at the ready. His opponent had more experience than him in the force as well as lightsaber combat. "Your sister is safe." From his expression, Alex was happy. 'At least they didnt get to the point that he wanted to kill her for wanting to report his actions. Then again the time frame is different here.'

"How do you know of her?!" Dooku was already on edge. This would be difficult for Alex even more so. "Where is she?!"

"Safe. Trust me. If I know of her, then that means Sidious knows of her. I can offer you a new choice in life. You, in turn can help me."

"Hah!"

"You think Sidious will allow her to live. She is growing in the force. If she cannot be controlled by him, she is a threat. Or do you think he cares for as you do. That thing is a monster and will cause trouble no matter what happens." Alex was trying to reason with him as best he could. "Do you think he will spare you in the end? His sights already on Skywalker. Or do you think his wishes to tempt him jus for you to train? That stupid rule of two that he follows when it is conveyor him will get you killed."

"Grr you are that sleeping one aren't you?" Dooku looked at Alex. With a quick blast of the force, Alex cowl was knocked back. "Yes it is you. The prophet. Or is it the Cleaner. So seeped in the light the council wishes to lock you away."

"Tch as if. You know a lot about the happenings in the temple." Alex clicked his teeth. "We are here to talk about you. Join me and help stop that idiot before he weakens the galaxy."

"You speak as if something worse is coming." Dooku eyes squinted. He read Alex easily. Alex was doing his best not to conceal his emotions as he hoped it would help his case. "Something is coming? Isn't it?"

"Several. And force users will be needed. Not just Jedi or Sith or those in the mix. More people with the force to help."

"It sounds as if the galaxy will fall." Dooku looked away distantly for a second.

"Perhaps. But it will survive in the end. Just won't be much left of it. Which means the force will die with it." Alex tried to think of what to say next. He hesitated a little long. Dooku felt the lack of his resolve to speak.

"Then you should be able to beat me then boy." Dooku ignited his lightsaber and stood at the ready. "Show me you have what it takes to lead!"

"Bwoom," the power of his lightsaber seem more powerful in a way to Alex. As if it was feeding off its weilder desire.

"Bwoom," Alex lightsaber hummed with purpose. It was ready to do its part.

"Haaa very well." Alex sighed. Part of him didn't want to fight since it meant his diplomacy skills were still lacking. The other half looked forward to the challenge. "Raahhh!"

Alex leaped forward with a guarded force jump. Dooku flew back a few feet from the strike. "Schup!" Dooku's lightsaber jetted forward in a stab.

"Pssh," with a deflect from his charged gauntlet, Alex turned lightsaber down with a quick strike. "Schup," it was parried easily. Both took a signal step back before going back at each other.

"Chsh," Dooku scored the first hit across Alex's shoulder. The armor holding from the strike. "Whiff!" Alex struck back a little to hastily, and caught nothing but air.

"Haaa, fighting like a fool. Trust the armor and everything will be ok." Alex exhaled and felt his connection with his armor and lightsaber strengthen. "Much better." He twirled his lightsaber getting a better grip.

"Hmm." Dooku was at first amused. But then he sense the change in his opponent. 'This boy is very strong in the force. But not as a fighter. No, as someone who walked in it. A shame that he is so inexperienced.'

"Again!" Alex struck fast and true towards Doku's left side. At the last moment he felt a shift in the force and pulled back. "Hmm?" It was good that he did.

"Woom!" Dooku's lightsaber had turned along with his hand In a whipping motion. Alex would have taken a very deep gash if he pressed on.

"Boom!" Alex fired a force blast towards Dooku while dashing forward. The blast was ignored as Dooku decide cut through it towards Alex. "Chish!" Lightsabers met in a clash as Dooki moved through the easily.

"You control in the force is something else. Given 5 years or so, this fight may have turned out differently." Dooku said. His eyes boring into Alex that of disappointment. 'A pity, but this feeling what is it?' Dooku was pulled from his thoughts as he pushed Alex away. "Hah!" With a jump moved up into the air onto a higher platform.

"Boom, boom!" Two blast of force energy passed right by his back and hit Alex. It was the same one Alex made before that was cut through. The damage was only enough to cut his robes however.

"Hmm." Alex Forced Jump towards the platform. Before making the landing, he channeled energy to do a shockwave.

"Doom!" The metal dropped down a bit from the effort. Unhinged on both sides and only held up by the wires inside.

"You are very raw in the force." Dooku looked at the platform. "Lacking control."

"Yeah.." Alex droned out. He had a grin on his face as he was having to much fun. "Sigh, two rounds so far. First one defintely your win. Second claiming as my own." The force built up in Alex as he got ready.

"So one final round then?" Dooku questioned. A bit of trepidation in his voice. 'This feeling again, what is it?'

"Yes. Force Apex!" Unleashing his energy completely, Alex felt the tmRepublic forces not to far away. With a quick nudge he disabled there hyperdrive for a moment. Just enough to cause problems. 'Wow that took more than I thought!' A good bit of fatigue gave him a headache. But it was better than them disrupting his plans.

"Raaah!" Dooku let loose a Force Aura of his own. Neither dark or light. Just the force itself powering him. "Come.." He outstretched his lightsaber in a commanding tone. ".. give it your all."