"Can you reveal yourself?...I believe it will put our hosts at ease." Dooku asks me and tries to reassure me and the jittery insurgents in a calm and measured tone of voice.
"I can…but my current appearance is quite jarring…and I'd rather not get hosed down by blaster fire." I reply to Dooku honestly, my voice coming out more like a raspy hiss than it's usual smooth sounding one.
"Be at ease, they will not open fire on us." Dooku assures me as I let go of my invisibility and intangibility landing softly on the balls of my feet as I wrap my wings around myself looking as though I'm wearing a hooded cloak.
"Our companion here." Dooku says as he motions to me in a relaxed manner, "Has warned us of an armed force amassing at the edge of your village…" Dooku continues to say as a panicked man barrels inside of the barn.
"The Senator, he's here and he's brought soldiers." The man that interrupted Dooku by bursting into the barn says…confirming my knowledge of the show to be correct up to this point.
"You have deceived us, Master Jedi." The silver haired older woman accuses Dooku as she takes a pro-offered blaster rifle.
"No, our coming here was not known to the Senator, let me and my Padawan handle this." Dooku says calmly as he turns around and heads for the door as I turn invisible and intangible once more and fly out of the barn through the roof, pausing to take stock of the enemy combatants counting a total of 18, 1 droid, 1 man in regal regalia, 1 person that looks to be a former resident of the village, and 15 armed and armored soldiers…all in fresh crisp blue and gold matching uniforms.
The woman steps forward and points to the silver haired leader of the insurgent farmers, Dooku looks at though he was betrayed by the woman.
"She is hungry, many would do the same." The same woman that was just sold out by her fellow villager excuses the actions of her once neighbor and probable ally in kidnapping the Senator's son…who isn't too bent out of shape over being kidnapped.
"Jedi, arrest these criminals and have them release my son at once." The Senator commands Dooku.
'Damn…this senator has some balls to command a Jedi like that…then again most Jedi won't attack unless they are attacked…' I express in my mind as I watch and listen to events unfold as I fly over and softly/quietly land behind the senator.
" I am afraid our investigation is not yet complete, Senator." Dooku replies to the Senator, his voice coming out as come but his body language seemingly screaming his frustration at everything that is currently happening.
"Investigation?" The Senator says appalled, "They abducted my son, I demand his release!" The Senator shouts in outrage and I feel myself cringe slightly at his continued outrage.
"Let me assure you, your son is in no immediate danger." Dooku replies in a calm tone of voice…his voice carrying a bit of power in it.
"I will be the judge of that, Guards!" The Senator replies in mounting anger and outrage as his guards step forward with their blasters raised and at the ready, the insurgent villagers also raise their weapons as well.
"Step aside Jedi." The Senator commands Dooku but Dooku denies him.
"We cannot." Dooku replies in the same calm measured tone I have quickly come to realize is his normal way of speaking.
"You serve the Senate." The Senator accuses.
"No, we serve the people of this Republic." Dooku denies cooly.
"So be it, READY!" The Senator replies petulantly before raising his voice in command of his troops.
"AIM!" The Senator continues to command his troops.
Dooku ignites his lightsaber, and is quickly followed by Qui-Gon.
"Stand Down!" Dooku commands coolly.
"I will not!" The Senator refuses petulantly.
"FIRE!" The Senator commands his troops and the world lights up with blaster fire.
I watch a gorgeous green skinned Twi'lek take a shot in the shoulder and drop to the ground on her back, in pain and that's what decides for me, that it's time to intervene.
'It's like the wild west here.' I mutter in my head as I fly around freezing the soldiers feet to the ground and phasing my hands through their blasters making them fall to the ground encased in ice, except for one that I take and return to my place behind the Senator and fold my wings around myself and turn tangible and visible, the shocked sounds of all those hear even the droid ring in my ears.
'Honestly why is this guy walking around in military dress? Have these planet's ever heard of separation of the main government body and military?' I ask in my head, before my mind points something out to me, 'Cut off the pointless ponderous thoughts and concentrate on the situation before you.' My mind chastises me as I tap the barrel of the blaster against the Senator's helmed head.
"Surrender or die!" I say in my Big Chill voice that comes out positively menacing.
A few soldiers break free of the ice encasing their feet and draw knives that are about 8 inches long and seem to vibrate at an extreme enough speed to leave after images.
"I will say this only once more, command your men to stand down and hand me your blaster or I will add a new hole to your head." I say softly in a raspy hiss of a voice that'll probably haunt the Senator for the rest of his life.
As I wrap my arm around his neck and pull him backwards using him as a meat shield of sorts as he hands me his blaster.
"I surrender, Guards stand down!" The Senator says in defeat as I force him down to his knees as Dooku advances on us and I continue to point a blaster at the Senator's head, only for Dooku to grab the Senator with the force and painfully restrain him.
'Damn seeing this in the show…compared to real life is striking.' I say in my head, as my heart starts to race in my chest at the thought of being put in the same position by Dooku, but Dooku nods to me and motions for me to step away and I do.
I watch as Dooku raises his lightsaber into the air, the world seems to freeze as the saber is ready to fall like a guillotine's blade and behead the now choking, kneeling, and corrupt power mongering Senator.
As the teen that was previously tied up in the barn comes out running shouting…begging Dooku to spare his father. Dooku's eyes widen…perceptibly as the boy slides on the wet earth in front of his father ready to die for the man, causing Dooku to powers off his saber and turn around on his heel as he walks away from the senator and past his Padawan, and back into the barn.