the sun shines on the colossal mushroom shaped building.
in the Chancellor's circular chambers red walls contrast with gray carpeting and furniture.
Anakin And the Chancellor stroll the perimeter
Palpatine:"I hope you trust me, Anakin"
Anakin:"of course"
Palpatine:"I need your help, son"
Anakin:"what do you mean?'
Palpatine:"I'm depending on you"
Anakin:"for what I don't understand"
Palpatine:"to be the eyes, ears and voice of the Republic"
Palpatine:"Anakin, I'm appointing you to be my personal representative on the Jedi Council"
Anakin:"me a master? I'm overwhelmed sir but the council elects its own members"
Anakin:"they'll never accept this"
Palpatine:"I think they will they need you more than you know"
shrouded in shadow they file along side by side
******
rays of sun break the cloud cover over the Jedi Temple
Anakin stands before the Jedi Council
Yoda:"allow this appointment lightly the council does not"
Yoda:"disturbing is this move by Chancellor Palpatine"
Anakin:"I understand"
Windu:"you are on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of master"
Anakin:"what?"
Windu plainly eyes Anakin who's fuming gaze roves past Obi Wan, Y/n and the others.
Anakin:"how can you do this? this is outrageous it's unfair"
Anakin:"how can you be on the council and not be a master?"
Windu:"take a seat, young Skywalker"
under Windu's calm glare Anakin bows
Anakin:"forgive me, master"
as he sits they face the hologram of Ki Adi Mundi
Ki Adi Mundi:"we have surveyed all systems in the Republic, but have found no sign of General Grievous"
Yoda:"hiding in the outer rim, Grievous is"
Yoda:"the outlying systems you must sweep"
Obi Wan":we do not have many ships to spare"
Ki Adi Mundi:"what about the droid attack on the Wookies?"
Windu:"it is critical we send an attack group there immediately"
Obi Wan:"he's right it's a system we cannot afford to lose"
Yoda:"go I will good relations with the Wookies I have"
Windu:"it's settled then Yoda will take a battalion of clones to reinforce the Wookies on Kashyyyk may the force be with us all"
******
Anakin walks with Obi Wan And Y/n
Anakin:"what kind of nonsense is this? put me on the council and not make me a master"
Anakin:"it's never been done in the history of the Jedi it's insulting"
Y/n:"oh, calm down Anakin
you have been given a great honor"
Obi Wan:"to be on the council at your age- it's never happened before"
Y/n:"the fact of the matter is you are too close to the Chancellor the council doesn't like it when he interferes in Jedi affairs"
Anakin:"Y/n, I swear to you I didn't ask to be put on the council"
Y/n:"but it's what you wanted.. your friendship with Chancellor Palpatine seems to have paid off"
Anakin:"that has nothing to do with this"
Obi Wan:"the only reason the council has approved your appointment
is because the Chancellor trusts you"
Anakin:"and?"
Y/n:"Anakin we're on your side we didn't want to put you in this situation"
Anakin:"what situation?"
Y/n and Obi Wan halt in the Wide Temple corridor.
Y/n:"the council wants you to report on all the chancellor's dealings they want to know what he's up to and to be honest i want to"
as Y/n And Obi Wan pace toward a towering oval window Anakin follows.
Anakin:"they want me to spy on the chancellor but that's treason"
Y/n:"Ani, we are at war"
Anakin:"why didn't the council give me this assignment when we were in session?"
Obi Wan:"this assignment is not to be on record"
Anakin:"the Chancellor is not a bad man, Obi Wan he befriended me, he's watched out for me ever since I arrived here"
Obi Wan:"that is why you must help us.. Anakin, our allegiance is to the Senate, not to its leader who has managed to stay in office long after his term has expired"
Anakin:"the Senate demanded that he stay longer"
Y/n:"yes but use your feelings, Anakin something is out of place and i don't like it"
Anakin sighs and looks out the window.
Anakin:"you're two asking me to do something against the Jedi code against the Republic against a mentor and a friend that's what's out of place here"
Anakin:"why are two you asking this of me?"
Obi Wan:"the council is asking you"
******
a Republic gunship veers into a lane of airborne traffic.
on board Yoda sits facing Windu and Obi Wan.
Obi Wan:"Anakin did not take to his new assignment with much enthusiasm"
Windu:"it's very dangerous putting them together I don't think the boy can handle it"
Windu:"I trust Y/n, but I don't trust him"
Obi Wan:"with all due respect, master is he not one the Chosen Ones Is he not to destroy the Sith and bring balance to the force"
Windu:"so the prophecy says"
Yoda:"a prophecy that Misread could have been"
Windu Nods
Obi Wan:"he will not let me down he never has"
Yoda:"I hope right you are"
the gunship and two smaller craft escorting it bank down toward massive shipyards containing dock destroyers.
on the ground clone troopers and a tall shaggy Wookie meet the arriving Jedi.
End
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