While the Senate is tied up with endless debates over budgets and bills, Padmé Amidala and Ahsoka Tano travel in secret to Raxus in an attempt to forge a peace agreement with the Separatists. Padmé enlists the help of a former mentor, Mina Bonteri, while Ahsoka comes to some shocking revelations when she comes face to face with a Separatist "enemy."