ANOTHER HAPPY LANDING
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Alina pressed the buttons to the elevator frantically. The ship shook with another explosion. "R2, activate elevator 3224" Anakin instructed.

The ship shook once more and tilted until it was in a downward spiral, Alina grabbed onto a wall to keep herself from slipping. As the doors to the elevator opened. They climbed into the shaft, running across it when the ship began to level itself out again.  With nothing to hold on to this time, the five began to slip, grabbing onto each other. Anakin managed to grab into an exposed wire, stopping them from falling all the way down.

Alina clung to her brother's waist tightly. A little bit below her the chancellor clung to Anakin's foot. Sylvie has managed to grab onto Obi-Wan's leg. Her Master chose this time to wake up, he let out a startled noise and held onto Anakin tighter when he saw his surroundings. "Easy, we're in a bit of a situation here" Anakin said.

"Did I miss something?" Obi-Wan asked. "Good news: We beat Count Dooku. Bad news... well, you can see the bad news" Alina said.

"Hold on. What is that?" Anakin asked. Alina looked up to see the elevator rushing down towards them. She let out a loud string of curses in basic, huttese and mando'a. "R2. R2, shut down the elevator!" Anakin ordered.

"Too late, jump!" Obi-Wan ordered. Anakin quickly let the wire go, sending all five of them into a freefall. The Jedi reached for their cables, wrapping them around a ledge. The Chancellor grabbed Obi-Wan as they used toe ledge to swing through an open door. The elevator sped past them, nearly crushing them.

"Let's see if we can find something in the hanger bay that's still flyable" Obi-Wan suggested as they got to their feet. "R2, get down here" Anakin instructed. "R2, do you copy?" The astromech beeped a quick response. The Jedi and the Chancellor ran down the hallway towards the hanger bay when they were stopped in their tracks by a see through white light that surrounded them.

"Ray shields" Anakin said. "Wait a minute. How did this happen? We're smarter than this" Obi-Wan said. "The ray shield we're currently trapped in says otherwise" Sylvie said. "I say patience" Anakin said. "Patience? I didn't realise you had that word in your vocabulary Ani" Alina said. The Jedi knight shot his sister a look "That's coming from you?" He asked. "I am way more patient than you" The padawan said matter of factly.

"The point is, R2 will be along in a few moments and then he'll release the ray shields" Anakin explained. "Not to undervalue R2 but I think we need a better plan" Sylvie said. The door hissed open and the astromech ran in screaming before slamming into the wall. He beeped and whirred as he spun around before righting himself. "See, no problem" Anakin said.

Two destroyers rolled in. Closely followed by three B2 and B1 battle droids. "Don't move" one of the B2s ordered, pointing a blaster at R2. The astromech zapped its hand in response. The B2 kicked him, causing him to fall to the ground "See, no problem" Alina said sarcastically.

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With their weapons taken away from them and hands behind their backs, the droids led the five into the bridge where General Grievous awaited them. "Ah yes, the negotiators. General Kenobi, General Kryze, we've been waiting for you" he said. "Excuse me" a B1 said as it walked past Obi-Wan. "That wasn't much of a rescue" The cyborg mused as the B1 handed him the lightsabers.

General Grievous snatched them from its hand "You're welcome" The B1 muttered. The cyborg's gaze shifted to Anakin "Anakin Skywalker. I was expecting someone with your reputation to be a little... older" he marched up to the Jedi. "General Grievous you're shorter than I expected" Anakin responded cooly. "Jedi scum" Grievous sneered, follow d by a cough. Alina snickered, causing his attention to turn to her.

"And you. The younger Skywalker, your brother's shadow" Alina had to resist the urge to immaturely stick out her tongue. "We have a job to do, try not to upset him" Obi-Wan told her before she could form a retort. "But upsetting them is half the fun" Alina said. "Your lightsabers will make a fine addition to my collection" Grievous said, putting the four silver cylinders in a holster under his cape. "Not this time and this time you won't escape" Obi-Wan said.

"R2!" The silver and blue droid beeped loudly as he ejected a bolt of electricity onto Obi-Wan's cuffs, breaking them. The Jedi master used the force to summon his lightsaber towards him, using it to cut Anakin free. The Jedi knight summoned his lightsaber as well, cutting off the cuffs on the other two who, once free, summoned their lightsabers to them. "Crush them! Make them suffer!" Grievous ordered.

The MagnaGuards charged the Jedi while the chancellor was taken away by two battle droids. Alina fought beside her master, the two of them fought the same droid at once. The electric end of its staff struck against their lightsabers. Alina dodged a swipe at her stomach, engaging one end of the staff while Obi-Wan cut off its head.

The Jedi master turned away, thinking the droid was defeated. "Master" Alina warned, despite its lack of a head it seemed to function properly all the same. The droid spun its staff, wildly to combat the two Jedi before Obi-Wan chopped it down the middle. Both Jedi turned away from it "Run!" One of the B1 Battle droids ordered its friend when it was the Jedi heading in their direction.

Alina turned around, the MagnaGuard let out a final groan before its parts scattered to the ground. The Jedi made quick word of destroying the battle droids. R2 whistled, alerting them to General Grievous. The cyborg was intercepted by Obi-Wan and Alina. He quickly picked an electrostaff of the broken pieces of a MagnaGuard as Anakin and Sylvie intercepted him from the other end.

"You lose, General Kenobi" Grievous said, launching his electro staff into the transparisteel of the battleship, shattering it. Everything in the room started to be sucked out into space, the four Jedi grabbed hold of the nearest objects, fighting against the vacuum. Alina could feel its pull, dragging her to her demise. She fought against it until it finally stopped when a blast window closed over the shattered glass.

The remaining battle droids and neimoidians fled the room while the Jedi destroyed the ones that remained. As Alina stabbed a blue painted battle droid she felt the ship rock dangerously. "All the escape pods have been launched" Anakin informed as loud beeping filled the room. "Grievous" Sylvie shook her head. "Can you fly a cruiser like this?" Obi-Wan asked Anakin. "You mean can I land what's left of it?" The Jedi knight asked, sitting down in the pilot's seat.

"Can you?" Sylvie asked. "Under the circumstances, I'd say the ability to pilot this thing is irrelevant" Anakin said. Alina and Obi-Wan sat on either side of Anakin while Sylvie sat next to Alina. The Chancellor sat in what was most likely Grievous's seat in the center of the room. "Strap yourselves in" Anakin instructed "Open all hatches. Extend all flaps and drag fins"

Suddenly the ship shook again, this time far more violently than before the sound of metal breaking off filled the room. If she hadn't been strapped in Alina knew she might have flown into the window. R2 made a noise that sounded like an 'uh oh' "I think we lost something" Anakin said. "I wonder what gave that away" Sylvie muttered "Not to worry, we are still flying half a ship" Obi-Wan assured them. Seeing the terrified look on the Chancellor's face Alina smiled "Not to worry Chancellor, this is regular Skywalker-Kenobi-Kryze stuff, and we always somehow survive" she assured him.

"Now we're really picking up speed" Anakin said as the ship moved closer to Coruscant. The ship began to burn up, filling the room with a bright orange glow. Alina could hear several more things fall off the back. "We're in the atmosphere" Obi-Wan said. "Grab that, keep it in level" Anakin said, pointing to a lever near the Jedi master's seat. Flying debris from the ship scattered across Coruscant city below as the ship flew lower and lower.

"Steady..." Obi-Wan said. R2 let out a series of loud beeps. "Easy R2!" Anakin said. A few republic gunships moved towards the crashing ship "5000" Alina warned "Fire ships on the left and the right" Obi-Wan instructed. "We'll take you in" One of the pilots said. "Copy that" another said. The ships shot water at the half of a battleship, trying to put out flames. "Landing strip, straight ahead"  Obi-Wan pointed.

"We're coming in too hot" Anakin said. Alina gripped the sides of her seat tightly, bracing herself. The Chancellor looked worried. She couldn't say she blamed him. Alina was thrown from her seat as the ship skidded to a halt, finally stopping with a loud rumble. Anakin exhaled heavily, glancing at Obi-Wan "Another happy landing" The Jedi master said. Alina grumbled under her head, pushing herself up off the ground. She turned back to the Chancellor "Told you we always survive"

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Funfact: Glass in SW is called Transparisteel

Also, more sassy Sylvie this arc because I didn't do enough of that in the last two