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'No.'

'Well, there's more than one way out of here.'

Anakin ignited his lightsaber and pierced the blade through the roof of the elevator. Sol stepped back to avoid the melting metal that dripped from above and watched as he drew a circle to help with their escape. There was no doubt that they were being blocked off from the rest of the ship on purpose, and if they didn't escape soon, the cruiser could enter hyperspace and they would be as trapped as the Chancellor was.

'We don't want to get out of here, we want to get moving!' Obi-wan cried before pulling out the commlink to R2 in the hanger. 'Artoo? Artoo, do you copy?! Activate elevator three-one-one-seven-four.'

Appreciative of Obi-wan's more professional attempts to escape, Sol was more inclined towards Anakin's brash method. They could be waiting ages before R2 was able to find the correct elevator and override the systems to get it moving again. Anakin was able to create a man-sized hole in the elevator's ceiling and the remaining metal crashed against the floor with a loud clatter. With a call to the Force, Anakin leapt through the hole and landed softly on top of the elevator.

'Artoo?' Obi-wan could be heard calling helplessly into the commlink, before he sighed at the sight of Sol crouching and leaping through the hole after Anakin. 'Always on the move, those two...' 

Sol landed next to Anakin while Obi-wan continued his attempt to connect with R2. Anakin looked around the elevator shaft for some sort of vent or opening, and Sol decided to look into the Force for Chancellor Palpatine's Force signature. Even though she disliked the man and hoped that she wouldn't have the job of calming his hysterics when they rescued him, they still needed to return Chancellor Palpatine to Coruscant. He held extreme power and if he was in Count Dooku's control, the war could continue until there was no Galactic Republic left. 

'He should be at least thirty floors up from here,' Sol mentioned, and Anakin spotted the next floor that was a small leap away. If they could reach it, they could find another way to make it up those thirty floors.

It was lucky that both Anakin and Sol were Jedi, otherwise they wouldn't have sensed that the elevator was about to be activated by R2, but in the wrong direction. By miscommunication, the droid sent the elevator plummeting downwards and Obi-wan let out a yelp at the drop. Sol and Anakin had their wits about them and jumped before their floor fell away. As Anakin grabbed the ledge of the next floor, Sol underestimated the distance and only grazed the ledge with her fingertips.

'Ani!' she gasped aloud and felt herself drop to follow the elevator down the shaft. With Obi-wan already ten floors away, Sol's fall would be fatal if she wasn't able to call to the Force to cushion her lower half. But before she could fall out of reach, Anakin's left hand dropped to grip her wrist. With his bionic hand holding the ledge, he let out a grunt at the strain of his muscles. But at the sight of Sol dangling below him with frightened, wide eyes, Anakin gritted his teeth together and held the two in the air.  

'Don't worry. I got you, bright eyes,' Anakin attempted to sound nonchalant, but he knew he wouldn't be able to keep the both of them dangling forever.

'Yeah, but not for long,' Sol hissed as the doors to the ledge's floor opened and two battle droids looked down at the hanging Jedi.

'Hands up, Jedi! Don't move!' one cried with a blaster aimed down at the two.

'Roger, roger,' the other continued.

Anakin grumbled at their entrance and tried to think of a plan to get him and Sol out of the situation. With Sol dangling and her panic filling his senses through the Force, Anakin hoped that R2 would come into clutch soon. There was an almost immediate answer to his call, as the sound of Obi-wan's elevator came rushing up the shaft and a dangerous speed.