This all takes place two years after the events of Rising and Falling.

POV: Ahsoka Skywalker

I groaned as I woke up. I turned over on the bed and saw my two-year old daughter, Kaimi, lying beside me instead of my husband. Where had he gone this time? "Mommy, you're awake," Kaimi yelled, sitting up and smiling. I laughed and pulled her close to me. She was adorable this early in the morning. The sun was shining through the window of the lake house, too brightly for my liking today.

"Hey, sweetie. Where's daddy?"

She shrugged and jumped off of the bed to grab some of the toys that Anakin and I had bought for her. She was such an energetic child. She never played with one toy more than twice. Anakin and I had to stay on our toes to keep her happy. "Daddy is with Uncle Obi."

What were those two up to? They always disappeared. I laughed to myself. Well, I certainly missed that. They had been so secretive about the wedding that I almost thought Anakin was leaving me for Padme. I had been so surprised to find out that Anakin got everything I'd ever dreamed of and put them together for the biggest event in our lives.

Satine and Obi-Wan offered to watch over Kaimi, allowing us to go on a honeymoon. That had definitely been a sweet experience. He cooked for me and we made love several times in all of the rooms we had. Anakin had booked a large hotel for just the two of us. We spent an entire week there. Of course, we cut it short when we both started worrying about Kaimi. We contacted Satine almost every ten minutes during the last two days of our stay. She kept telling us that Kaimi was all right and that we had nothing to worry about. "Hey, sweetheart," Anakin said, smiling, as he walked into our room. He crawled onto the bed and laid on his back next to me, staring up into my eyes.

"Where have you been, mister?"

He smirked. "I was out with Obi-Wan. You'd better be careful. It may appear that you have some competition."

"Oh? Perhaps you and I need to do something about that."

"Hey, we have a youngster in the room," he laughed, resulting in my joining in. Kaimi was too busy playing with her toys to listen to our conversation. "How long have you been up?" he asked.

"I actually just woke up not too long ago. Kaimi, too, for that matter."

"Ah," he replied. He propped himself up on his elbows. I crawled over toward him and got on top of him. My legs were at his waist and I had my arms around his neck. We kissed slowly and passionately.

"Ew!" Kaimi yelled.

We both pulled apart to burst into laughter. Kaimi ran out of the room. Within a few minutes, I heard the squeaking of Kaimi and Airi. The two had become so playful. "Where were we?" I asked, turning my attention back to Anakin.

He used the Force to close and lock the door. I smiled against his lips as I began to kiss him again. He leaned backwards onto the bed and began rubbing my back. "Anakin, Ahsoka, come out here!"

We both sighed. I looked at Anakin's face, his expression full of frustration. "No one will let me have a moment alone with my beautiful wife."

"Don't worry. We have the rest of our lives to spend together."

He smiled and I backed off of him. He sat up and kissed me one last time before we got off of the bed and walked out into the living room. The other three adults living here were crowded around something in the middle of the room, staring at it intensely. I turned to Anakin, giving him my best questioning look. He shrugged and looked very confused. "What's going on?" Obi-Wan moved out of the way, unblocking the blue hologram on the table. "Jaele," Anakin said, growling. I grabbed his arm to hold him back. Knowing how much he resented Jaele right now, he might break something. He'd smash the table and probably end up hurting himself. He broke his knuckles punching a wall once...

"Hello, Master. How have you been?"

Anakin turned away, looking at me. I could see the anger and feel it flaring up. I rested my hand on his chest. "It's okay," I whispered.

"Jaele," Obi-Wan began. "Where have you been?"

He laughed. "What would the point of hiding successfully be if I told you where I was right now? The better question is where are you?"

Anakin's eyes widened. "Shut it off! Now!"

Obi-Wan immediately turned off the hologram. He turned to Anakin. "What's wrong?"

"He's tracking us."

"How do you know that?"

"He didn't ask us where we've been. He knows we're here."

Satine and Padme gasped. "What are we going to do?"

"Get the kids," Anakin ordered. "We're leaving now. We can't stay here. No one is to take any holoprojectors or comlinks."

My heart was racing as I ran back to our room to get Kaimi. She wasn't there. I screamed. "Anakin!"

He ran into the room and looked at me. He saw my distressed expression and saw a broken window. "Stay here!" He immediately jumped out. I could hear Kaimi screaming in the distance. I ran back out of the room to see Satine in the same position. Obi-Wan wasn't inside.

"Airi... she's... gone..." Satine managed to get out, crying. Padme and Shmi came out into the room.

Padme looked at me. "What's wrong? Where are Kaimi and Airi?"

"They're gone. Ani and Obi-Wan are outside. He told me to stay here. We all need to stay together." I heard thrusters outside and several gunshots. Shmi screamed and began crying. "Everyone into the bedroom!"

We all ran into Padme's room and locked the door. I pulled my lightsaber from my belt and held it, ready to fight whatever came at us.

Padme and Satine rummaged through some of the drawers in the room until they both carried blasters. Shmi stood behind Padme and Satine. I was at the head of the group. I heard several footsteps running around the lake house.

There was a bang on the door, causing each of us to jump slightly. I ignited my lightsaber and the other two women held their blasters with shots ready. "Ladies, it's me!" Obi-Wan whispered into the door. "Come outside. Anakin's down. We can't help him, but we need to get out of here." I felt my heart beginning to break. Anakin's down. The door unlocked and Obi-Wan charged in. "Come on, let's get out of here. There's a hidden ship in the back."

We all ran out of the room and headed to the back of the lake house. Obi-Wan pulled out a control of some sort and hit a button. A cruiser appeared directly ahead of us.

Obi-Wan lowered the ramp and we all boarded the ship. I helped Satine get buckled in as Padme helped Shmi. Padme and I were the last two to buckle in as the ship began to takeoff. Obi-Wan wasted no time in leaving.

I looked out of a window as we were flying over the spot Anakin and Obi-Wan had been fighting in. I could see them taking his unconscious body onto the ship. I saw Kaimi and Airi crying and screaming, begging to be released.

I only saw three men, but then several more came off of the ship. There were too many. I couldn't even count them. I began to silently cry, looking down. Both of the people I loved were taken away from me. My heart was beginning to break. Padme unbuckled herself and knelt in front of me. "I'm sorry, but know this, Ahsoka. We will get them back. None of us are going to stop trying until they're safe again."

I heard Satine crying, also. Both of us got up and walked over to her. We both pulled her into a hug.

We all relaxed and went into one of the small rooms to relax while Obi-Wan flew us somewhere. Hours went by and the ship made its last shaking motion before it stopped. Obi-Wan knocked on the door. "We're on Kashyyyk."

"Why are we here?" I asked.

"Master Yoda informed me about a year ago that he had left Naboo to remain here with the Wookiees. He's very close in alliances with them. They offered to have him stay and he passed that along to us."

Padme picked Shmi up and we all exited the ship. The planet wasn't as beautiful as Naboo, but it still looked pretty good. It was like a jungle and a swamp mixed together. "Good to see you all, it is," Yoda greeted. We all said hello to him and he looked very confused. "Two children and Skywalker, missing they are?"

"Airi and Kaimi were taken from us. Ani... tried to save them..." I whispered, holding back tears that wanted to be free.

"Gone with the Force, he is?"

"No," Obi-Wan responded quickly. "He was captured after falling unconscious. He was..." Obi-Wan turned to look at me sadly, "shot... in the chest. He is not dead. I can still feel that he's alive. The blast didn't hit his heart."

I hadn't known this before we got here. I began to sob uncontrollably. The tears flowed like a river. I felt Satine and Padme hugging me and trying to calm me down. Obi-Wan's emotions were in a mass amount of turmoil. He hated to see us this way. Two children and my husband were all missing. They needed to be brought back.

POV: Anakin Skywalker

I groaned and slowly opened my eyes. All I saw were stone walls and darkness. I tried to get up off of the ground, failing miserably and falling back down. I sighed in frustration. I was chained to a wall with my arms above me. "Daddy!"

My head turned too quickly to the right. My daughter was sitting there in a corner, face tear-stained. "Kaimi," I gasped. "Come here." I felt Kaimi grab onto my leg and then another being grab my other one. Airi. I didn't know she had been taken. "Girls, are you all right? Did anyone hurt you?"

"A mean man said that he was going to kill us. Daddy, what does that mean?"

I growled in fury. No one, and I mean no one, was going to take my daughter away from me. I was responsible for both of these little girls. "They aren't going to hurt you, Kaimi, don't worry. I'm sure mommy and Uncle Obi-Wan are planning something by now..." I looked down at both girls who were clinging to my legs for dear life. My lightsaber. I looked at my belt. It was still there. "Kaimi, can you reach a little higher and grab my..." She wouldn't know what a lightsaber was. "The stick that glows." Kaimi reached up, not being able to grab it. I sighed and closed my eyes, slamming my head on the wall behind me. I looked back down at her to see her climbing onto my boot. She grabbed the lightsaber. "Wow," I sighed in amazement. "Smart girl. Kaimi, throw it up here, please."

She groaned as she threw the saber into the air. I closed my eyes and grabbed it with my mind. Just a little bit further... "What do we have here?"

I lost my concentration and dropped the lightsaber. Kaimi and Airi screamed in unison. I stared at the figure before me, glaring. "Jaele."