Rex knew when a fight wasn't going well. He was well aware that the entire legion was in a full retreat mode and that they were losing ground and men by the second. The strange thing was though, the droids weren't aiming to kill. They were shooting the clones in the arms and legs, slowing them down and incapacitating them, not killing them. It was killing the medics though; they were down men, supplies, and sleep. The entire legion was down to about 25 healthy guys.

The fight they were currently losing was in a clearing in the middle of a wooded area. It would've been beautiful had a fight not been going on there. They hadn't eaten since a breakfast of frozen ration before leaving the emergency med bay the medics had erected to care for the wounded.

"This is so unfair!" Jesse yelled. "We missed lunch, we missed dinner, now we're missing not-really-midnight-snacks."

"Not-really-midnight-snacks!?" Exclaimed Rex. "Have you all been sneaking into the mess hall again?"

"I don't want to answer that." Said Echo.

"Well there's your answer Rex." Laughed Anakin.

"Master we can't lose any more ground" Ahsoka panted as she got back on her feet as she finished of another round of battle droids.

"We have to push forward now" Anakin agreed, "Rally the men"

"Sir with all due respect-there's almost no one to rally" Fives screamed. "Everyone's either back at the med bay or is MIA"

"He's right sir" Echo called out. "The medics couldn't get to all the wounded, we have no idea where half of the men are or if they're alive"

"Sir the air strike is coming in" Jesse cried.

"I haven't called it in yet, It's one of theirs" Rex added.

Anakin stopped slicing droids for a moment. "I want everyone to scatter, find cover, now move-go"

The troopers nodded and began sprinting madly in different directions. Rex took off North with Jesse and a few other clones right on his heels. Fives and Echo fist bumped before charging West and scaling a 12-foot tree. Ahsoka and Anakin ducked under a outcropping of large fallen timbers so as not to be seen by air.

"At the risk of sounding like Obi-wan, I'm not going to tell you to mediate right now Ahsoka. So instead I'm just going to advise you as your very experienced master that mediating would probably be a good thing right now."

"I would master, I really would, but we could be dead in the next few moments so…"Ahsoka trailed off. The fear in her eyes was unmistakable. She was only 14, but she knew what would happen if the droids placed their missiles well. She knew what would happen to her or to any of her men if they were captured.

"Ahsoka, breathe." Anakin ordered. "The trees above our heads are structurally sound; I had Rex scan them this morning."

"When did either of you have time for that?"

"It's an inside joke. In the early years of the war, I just used to have Rex conduct scans of random things. Trees, ships, the inside of bars…it was just something we used to do."

The tree trunks began shaking violently as the missiles rained down on them. Anakin pressed himself into the wall and tried to watch Ahsoka out of the corner of his eye. She could almost predict the way the cavern would shake and move her body with it to prevent being tossed to the floor. It was a skill that would serve her well.

The shaking stopped suddenly.

"That wasn't so bad" Ahsoka said with a smile. "You looked a little shaky though-pun intended"

"Ha-ha" retorted Anakin. "I'm going to call Kix at the med-bay. I want to find what their overall status is"

"Have fun, I sincerely doubt Kix got his morning cup of caf"'

"May the force be with me" Anakin agreed. " I want you to call Rex and the rest of the men. Let's find out who's ready for round two."

"This is Commander Tano to. Anyone really. Is everyone good?"

"All fine here Commander." Came Rex's voice over her comm. "Jesse and some others are with me. I've been trying to contact Fives and Echo neither of whom are responding and I don't think there are any bars in the area so that rules that option out."

Ahsoka chuckled. " I'll see if I can raise them on any of the channels. Have you heard from Kix or any of the medics by any chance? Master Skywalker's trying to contact them now and judging by how he's taking apart his comm I'd say he's not having that much luck"

Now it was Rex's turn to chuckle.

"I haven't heard anything since this morning. I'm sure they're fine. Kix is probably holding them all hostage until he gets some caf. Don't worry little'un."

She nodded. "Ahsoka out" She mentally imagined Rex would be doing the same.

"Rex out"

Ahsoka casually strolled over to Anakin.

"Rex and all the others are good, except for Fives and Echo. He hasn't heard from them. He also said he'd try to get into contact with anyone at the med bay."

Anakin frowned. "Are there any bars in the area? Normally Echo's pretty good but Fives can drive anyone to drink."

"Why does everyone keep saying that about them?" Pondered Ahsoka.

"I'll tell you when your older. C'mon, we got to hustle before the droids start sweeping this place to look for our bodies."

"Master please tell me you actually have a plan this time."

"Of course I have a plan Snips. It's a brilliant plan and that brilliant plan is we make up an even more brilliant plan while we're finding Rex and the others. It's totally fool-proof"

" I was afraid you'd say that"

''Let's ride Ahsoka, let's ride"

Fives knew every type of pain there was. He knew the emotional pain of watching those you loved be harmed and die. He knew the physical pain of a blaster shot wound or of a morning live fire exercises with Rex. He also knew the pain of a really bad hangover but we won't go into that. This was a whole new pain though.

Fives groaned as he opened his eyes. "Where am I and why do I feel like I've been hit with a truck?"

"You kind of were" Said a familiar voice.

"Kix!" Fives sat up quickly, and promptly banged his head on the low metal roof of his….cage. He was in a fucking cage. He looked at Kix, who stood directly outside his new dwelling. Other empty cages lined the cell walls.

"What happened?" He mouthed.

"Capture" Kix mouthed back. "They raided the med-bay 5 minutes after you guys left this morning. We never stood a chance. They gave anyone who could still fight minor wounds except the medics. Now they've got us running around trying to patch you all up."

"Droids stormed the med-bay? You guys got overwhelmed by droids?"

"There were some humanoid looking people also. But yeah droids. The human seppies are the ones having all the medics still working. They said they wanted everyone in decent condition by morning."

"How the hell are you guys preforming first aid in these conditions?"

"We're passing bacta patches through the bars. It's sort of working." Kix replied.

"Who else do they have?" Fives whispered, almost afraid to know the answer.

"Not Echo, you're the only one they have right now from the group that left this morning. The men who've been MIA for the past few days are here too. They've literally got everyone."

"And you haven't fought back yet because…"

Kix shot him a look. "We all don't just have matching faces anymore, now we're all sporting matching friendship necklaces."

"Friendship necklaces?"

"Shock collars you moron, if any of us try anything everyone in the immediate vicinity gets fried. "

"Ahh, so do we know why we're all being kept alive?" Fives asked with uncertainty.

"Nope. There are theories of course, the most prominate being we're all bound for a prisoner of war camp. But then they wouldn't be having the medics try to patch you all up, so I'm leaning towards the Seppies either need new test subjects or, they need money so they're going to sell us all to slavers."

"Wonderful." Muttered Fives.

"I know, be strong brother. I'll come check on you next chance I get. You're lucky, you get some peace and quiet all alone."

"What everyone else gets cellmates? That's so not fair!"

Kix laughed. Fives could tell it was the first time he'd smiled all day.

"Get some rest. I'll be back soon."

"Sir yes Sir" Fives said before curling into a tiny ball.

"Master, we need to slow down. It's getting to dark to see anything." Ahsoka panted as the dynamic duo vaulted over yet another fallen tree.

"I know you're tired Snips, I am too. We'll make camp as soon as we find Rex and the others."

Anakin's comm crackled.

"Sir… Rex… found Echo. ….He's alright…..No luck reaching med bay….."

Anakin tapped his comm.

"Rex, come in Rex, All I'm getting from you is static. Our comms are being jammed."

"That's not good." Ahsoka stated.

"No it's very good." said a commando droid. "You've all walked straight into our traps. Every single one of you." Commando droids began coming out from fallen trees, jumping down from tall heights, and emerging from the dark.

Ahsoka and Anakin quickly moved back to back.

"Any of you want to surrender now and make it easier for yourselves?" Ahsoka sneered.

If droids laughed Ahsoka suspected that's what they were doing. Two Jedi verses a horde of commando droids. She and Anakin were both exhausted, the droids were fresh and strong. This was not a fight they could win. This was a fight they could survive, but they could not win.

"Surrender" Said one of the droids.

"Never" replied Anakin. "Ahsoka, you ready, we can go down fighting."

"I wasn't really planning on going down at all Master."

"That's the spirit my young padawan."

"If you will not surrender, you will be forcefully captured." Interrupted the droid who appeared to be in charge.

"Guess so" Muttered Ahsoka before igniting her lightsaber.

"Ahsoka du-" Anakin didn't have time to finish his sentence. Padawan and master had been distracted by the odd, and now they paid the price. A electra-net enveloped the two as they collapsed to the ground unconscious. The droids affixed shock collars around their necks and began dragging them back to the point where the pick up point.

A/N: Wow, I didn't actually think anyone would read this far. Anyone who reviews gets a shout out next chapter. This is my first fan fic so anything (even flames) are appreciated. Love. Rokawk