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“Master Yoda, I am telling you that something suspicious is going on in the Senate!” Jocasta angrily yells at Yoda, as he once again denies her request to investigate.
“Revealed to me, nothing has been. Trust the Force you should.” Yoda states and beside him, Mace sighs. Yoda might as well grant her permission because knowing Master Nu, she was going to do it anyway.
“Well, the Force isn’t always right.” Jocasta snarls and walks away from Yoda and Mace.
“You know she will most likely investigate anyway, right?” Mace asks and Yoda grins.
“Know I do, and something good from this, I sense.” Yoda states and hobbles off. Mace groans, that mysterious and nerve wrecking troll.
After gathering all the information she needed, which was figuring out about the chips in the clones by threatening the Kaminoans, searching Palpatine’s suspicious files, by threatening the Guard to let her in, and finding out how Palpatine acts, by threatening Anakin to tell her how he is towards him. Now she decides to call Dooku, and confirm everything before she does something drastic.
“Who is this?” Dooku appears on the holo comm.
“Do you ever check the name before answering?” Jocasta asks and Dooku looks at her surprised.
“Why are you calling me?” Dooku asks, confused,
“I need to ask some questions.” Jocasta simply states. “First of all, are you the one who ordered the creation of the clones from an order of your Master?”
“Yes, but—”
“You’re master is Darth Sidous?”
“Yes, what—”
“The clones have chips in their brains and there is an Order called Order 66 that will command them to wipe out all Jedi?”
“Yes, I—”
“The Sith is in the Senate?”
“Yes, but what—”
“The Sith wants Skywalker as his apprentice?”
“Yes, what is—”
“Darth Sidious is Chancellor Palpatine?”
“Yes, wait—”
“Thank you, that is all I needed to know. You have ben most helpful.” Jocasta hangs up on a shocked and bewildered Dooku.
“Time to kill a Sith Lord.”
“Chancellor, I tried to stop her but she insisted you wanted to speak with her.” One of the guards says as he rushes in and Palpatine looks at him confused.
“Who is it?” Palpatine asks, the door opens wider and Jocasta walks in.
“Hello, Chancellor, I am Master Nu, Head Archivist of the Temple.” Jocasta kindly smiles but it looks nothing like kindness to the Chancellor.
“It is nice to meet you as well. However, might I ask why you are here?” Palpatine politely asks.
“Well, I have heard that you have an interest in Jedi history, so I thought, why not share some with him on my day off.” Jocasta smiles. “Lucky for you, it’s my day off.”
“And who did you hear this from?” Palpatine asks and Jocasta smiles even wider, the Guard smiles a bit in his helmet at the kind old lady, but Palpatine inside, cowers from the menacing feral grin.
“Dear Ani told me, you know, whenever he comes back to the Temple, he always tells me everything you two talk about. What a sweet young man he is.” Jocasta lies and Palpatine nervously laughs.
“Yes, he is a great friend.”
“Oh no, Ani says you are like a father and mentor to him. And that you teach him all kinds of things, especially about the ancient Sith history and the rivalry between them and the Jedi.” Jocasta sweetly states. She then turns to the guard. “And what is your name, gentleman?”
“Red, Sir.” He responds and Jocasta pats him on the shoulder.
“Please, call me Jojo.” Jocasta warmly smiles. “And, I believe one of the medics was looking for you, he has a surprise for everyone.”
“Thank you for informing me.” Red nervously states and rushes off. Jocasta smiles, what a nice trooper.
“Now, Palpatine.” Jocasta turns to Palpatine as he stands up.
“What is it you are really here for, Master Nu?” Palpatine inquires and Jocasta smirks.
“I am here for your soul.” Jocasta darkly declares and Palpatine looks at her, confused and a bit scared. Then Jocasta laughs. “I was joking, Chancellor, I read a lot, so there are a lot of phrases I like to say. However, I am here to kill you so technically I am here for your soul.”
“This is treason! The Jedi have turned against the Republic!”
“Oh please, it the Chancellor that has turned against the Republic.” Jocasta states. “I already know who you truly are, Darth Sidious, so you can out your saber now and try to kill me.” Palpatine looks at her with a mixture of shock and confusion.
“What’s the catch?”
“Just a minor thing.” Jocasta smiles. “I need you to hold these books for me.” Jocasta grabs a book with her gloved hands and hands them to Palpatine. “There now you can kill me.”
“You poisoned these books!” Palpatine shouts and Jocasta smiles.
“I did not, open them up for me will you.” Jocasta states and Palpatine looks down. He flips open the book, and instead of him holding multiple books, he is actually holding multiple books but they have been put together to make a huge one. When he flips it open, gas evaporates from the book and he immediately coughs and drops the books, the gas from the book spreads rapidly across the room. He looks up to Jocasta and sees that she is wearing a gas mask.
“What is this?” Palpatine coughs and Jocasta grins, happy to explain.
“Well, this is a gas that is commonly known to leak through vents.” Jocasta motions towards thee vent above him. “It is very lethal, and when one breathes it in, they would die within minutes.”
Palpatine snarls at her as he drops to the ground. He starts coughing and his mind starts to fade.
“You should really have had someone check your vents. Ts ts.” Jocasta states. She uses the Force and manipulates the gas in the vents to create a leak so it looks like Palpatine died from the current leak, not the gas from the book. She then bends down and picks up the book carefully and puts it into her bag. “You know, I have been wondering what to do with all the books that are damaged from the library, this was a great way to use them.”
Palpatine starts to drift off and Jocasta bends down. “Well, I hope your afterlife is as fun as this was.” Those are the last words Palpatine hears as he finally dies.
“Now I believe I have a real vacation to take.” Jocasta states and leaves.
“The reports say he died from a gas leak.” Mace states.
“Know we do, though, a gas leak, it was not.” Yoda mischievously states.
“Yes, but I cannot seem to contact Master Nu, her comm says she has taken a vacation to Serenno. What could she possibly doing on Serenno?”
Yoda laughs. “Reuniting with her boyfriend, she is.” Yoda cackles and Mace looks at him, disgusted at his behavior.
“You do realize that Dooku is a Sith, right?”
“Realize that I do, but, “Love knows no bounds.”” Yoda quotes and Mace looks at him bewildered.
“So, when you finally talk normally, you quote a sentence from a book!” Mace exclaims and Yoda laughs.
“A lot of paperwork there is, get started on it early, you should.” Yoda states and hobbles away, cackling the whole time.
“Can I ask for an early retirement?”