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A/N: This idea came to me while I was in Las Vegas and had just finished reading Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Animorphs: Elfangor's Secret. So I decided to see what becomes of it. I hope you enjoy and leave a review.

Also, this story takes place toward the beginning of Revenge of the Sith and Animorphs: The Extreme.

Red lights blocked out the white of the star field, illuminating the normal darkness of empty space. But this space was not empty. It was filled with crisscrossing beams of searing energy and the metallic forms of ships and androids.

Two Jedi Interceptors zoomed through the center of the battle, pursued by the enemy, droid tri-fighters with the clear intention to kill.

Young Anakin Skywalker manipulated the controls, using his enhanced reflexes to dodge a blaze of red that would have shot him out of control. The fighter missed, but tried again. Anakin turned a hard right, his Interceptor tilting sharply on one wing. The beam zipped past just under his ship.

With a quick motion, Anakin blasted the droid fighter and it went up in flames. The young Jedi allowed a faint grin.

"Look out," his master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, said into his comm unit. "Four druids, inbound."

Then, responding, Anakin swerved to the side. The two Interceptors flew around the droid formation, then closed in on two of the nearest ships. One of the droids turned sharply as it saw them coming, attempting to follow. It collided with the other. Only two ships remained.

"We've got to split them up!" Obi-Wan said.

Anakin agreed. "Break left. Fly through the guns on that tower."

"Easy for you to say," Obi-Wan replied. He was heading straight for the gun towers on one of the enemy cruisers. "Why am I always the bait?"

"Don't worry. I'm coming around behind you," said Anakin. Always calm. We can do this.

More fighters spotted Obi-Wan's ship and changed direction to intercept him. Lasers fired, barely missing him as he approached the tower. They were closing in fast.

"Anakin, they're all over me!" Obi-Wan's voice shouted in his ear.

Anakin's grin never left. "Dead ahead!" He almost felt as if he were enjoying this. "Move to the right so I can get a clear shot at them. Closing…Lock onto him, Artoo!"

Anakin's astrodroid, R2-D2, beeped in response. A bolt of energy seared through space, destroying one of the nearest tri-fighters. But the one that remained kept on Obi-Wan's tail, its accuracy improving until it would become deadly.

"I'm running out of tricks here," Obi-Wan said.

Coming, Master, thought Anakin and he brought his ship around. But the tri-fighter was fast and Anakin couldn't lock onto it.

"I'm going down on the deck." Obi-Wan. He must have seen something. Then Anakin saw it too.

"Good idea. I need some room to maneuver."

Obi-Wan skimmed the surface of a large battleship, avoiding shots from both the ship and the droid fighter.

"Cut right!" shouted Anakin. "Do you hear me? Cut right! Don't let him get a handle on you." He turned his attention to the blue astrodroid. "Come on, Artoo, lock on! Lock on!"

Obi-Wan's voice sounded a bit strained over the comm. "Hurry up. I don't like this." Always complaining, Anakin thought. Come on, we can do this.

Then, just as the fighter jerked a little to the side… "We're locked on. We've got him." The tri-fighter went from being an agile fighter to being flaming metallic debris. "Good going, Artoo!"

"Next time, you're the bait," said Obi-Wan. "Now, let's find the command ship and get on with it."

But Anakin had spotted something. There were dozens of somethings actually. Small, yet brutal, broad and flat metal crabs with spindly legs. "Straight ahead. The one crawling with vulture droids."

"I see them." And then, dripping with sarcasm, "Oh, this should be easy."

Anakin tried to relax. "Come on, Master. This is where the fun begins!"

"Not this time." Obi-Wan's voice was serious. "There's too much at stake. We need help."

A moment later, responding to a call from Obi-Wan, a clone squad of ARC-170 starfighters formed up behind them.

At the same moment, the separatist droids flew from the hangar and attacked. Fire flew from Obi-Wan's Interceptor and one of the droids suddenly didn't exist anymore. He swung around to fire again.

"Anakin, you have four on your tail!"

"I know, I know."

"And four more closing from your left!"

"I know, I know!" Doesn't he think I can take care of myself? Anakin hit the controls and the ship dodged the incoming energy beams. I've dealt with worse than a bunch of vulture droids, you know. "I'm going to pull them through the needle."

The conning tower on the Trade Federation battleship would be enough to lose them. The opening was narrow. They'd crash and burn trying to follow him.

"Too dangerous," Obi-Wan objected. "First Jedi rule: Survive."

Anakin didn't even flinch when one of the droids fired dangerously close to his ship. "Sorry, no choice. Come down here and thin them out a little."

Then he aimed his Interceptor for the tower, aimed for that impossibly narrow slit that would either mean escape or death.

Where is Obi-Wan? he wondered, dodging a barrage of laser fire. The vulture droids were intent on their prey and were pursuing him. Good. Now if I can get the rest to follow…

There were a couple of high-pitched beeps. "Easy, Artoo. We've done this before."

Obi-Wan again: "Use the Force. Feel yourself through; the ship will follow."

I know, I know. I'm not a Padawan Learner anymore. Don't you think that's something I would have learned a long time ago? A prickle of irritation. Then Anakin tilted the ship, ignoring R2-D2's frantic beep, and made it through the opening. "I'm though!"

Several of the droids behind him smashed into the tower and burst into flame.

Ha! Didn't expect that, did you?

He noticed then that their allies, the clone starfighters, were surrounded by droids and were heavily outnumbered.

"I'm going to help them out!"

"No. They're doing their job so we can do ours. Head for the command ship."

Another prickle of irritation. Then Anakin swung his Interceptor around, obeying his Master. Chancellor Palpatine needed to be rescued. That was what they were here for.

Two more tri-fighters blocked his path, sending out missiles that sought out Anakin's ship. He turned swiftly, and then again, outmaneuvering them. They collided.

So far, so good, Anakin thought grimly. Now where is that blasted command ship?

Suddenly another droid tri-fighter appeared, seemingly from out of nowhere. It fired.

Anakin's ship lurched up and away from the laser fire. R2-D2 squealed in alarm.

"Don't worry, we can handle it. We got this."

He swerved around to face the ship just as it was about to fire. "Lock on! Get him, Artoo!"

The tri-fighter fired.

The Jedi Interceptor also fired.

The two beams collided, then fire spread across Anakin's field of vision. Debris rained out in all directions, all that was left of a ship.

"Anakin!" Obi-Wan shouted into his comm as the debris and the fire cleared away. "Do you hear me? Anakin!"

But Anakin was no longer there.

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