WARNING! This is a more intense story than my other two fanfics. There is nothing too explicit but there are mentions of rape. I am rating this T, or a strong PG-13, for now. Please if anyone feels uncomfortable with reading this tell me and I will bump the rating up to M. I don't think that this is nearly as bad as some of the T rated stuff I've read but don't be afraid to tell me that I need to bump the grade.
Authors Note
I'm sorry if there are some spelling and grammatical errors. If you can point them out I'll try to fix them. Please no flames because that's just rude, but I do except constructive criticism.
My point of view jumps around quite a bit within chapters. It is usually between two characters so you get a better idea of what is going on. Like if I have do something from Rex's view then I'll usually have a secondary pov from Anakin too. Hopefully I've made it clear who's pov you are reading.
I hope everyone had a good summer. Please enjoy.
Connected
Chapter One: Kidnapped
Main View: Ashoka
Secondary View: Ace (OC clone)
Ashoka Tano was excited. Her master was letting her take a group of clones with her on a mission. She hadn't been on a mission by herself for a while. Not since the second battle of Geinosis. Anakin had become scared that she wasn't ready for missions on her own. He usually made Rex look after her. Not today though. Today Ashoka and three clones were on a mission of their own.
They were to meet a contact that had information on a gang that was working with the Separatists. Ashoka had never even heard of the gang. She had to think of what the name was. It would come to her eventually.
"This is the place." She said walking up to an open public square. There were restaurants and shops lining the triangular square. Tables and chairs were spread out around the middle of the square.
"Do you see him commander?" Ace asked. Ace was thinking that this would be easy. All they had to do was get the information that they needed and transport the informant back to the ship. They could probably get some lunch to go while escorting the informant. He figured that Commander Ashoka would allow that. She would most likely get something at eat too. His brothers, Tank and Gunner, were thinking along the same lines.
"I don't see him but I definitely sense his fear." Ashoka said leading them threw the crowd. Soon they came upon a table with two seats. One of the seats was taken up by a being Ashoka and the others were unfamiliar with. He was a short rodent like being, with brown matted fur and fangs. (Author's note: Think capybara like) He looked up at them with his beady eyes.
"I's sorries, I's would a gotten bigger table buts thisns alls I's could find." He said in a broken dialect with too many 'S's. This would not be fun to listen to and Ashoka knew it. She was also getting an uneasy feeling about the way he was looking at her. His eyes moving up and down her body. Ashoka felt herself shutter.
"It's okay, why don't you tell us what you know?" Ashoka asked as she sat down. The rodent visibly paled, if that was even possible.
"I's gets in big toubles if I's dos. I's shouldn't bes here. I's alreadys dead for speekins with a Jedi." He said as he frantically darting his eyes, looking for someone.
"All the more reason to tell us what you know." Ace said from behind Ashoka
"Wills yous have protection for mes?" He asked.
"Yes, we will protect you." Ashoka assured him.
"Okays, yous knows thisn name of the gang rights?" the rodent asked.
"Actually no, would you mind telling us what the call themselves?" Ashoka asked trying to remember the name.
"Theys calleds the Abrapio. Theys kidnaps pretty girls from theirs homes or offn the streetses. Theys makes the girls slavens. The girls are forced to dos things..theys have to preform and have sex with the Abrapio memberses ands theirs customers. Theys likes girls. Theys gives Abrapio lotsn monneys and gunsens."
"Those dogs." Ace said behind Ashoka. She was thinking the same thing.
"Thats nots the worst part. The Abrapio specialize in kidnappings Jedi girls. Theys costs lots."
"I doubt that." Ace huffed. He had worked with plenty of Jedi, a good portion of them were girls, Ace didn't think that hardly anyone could kidnap a Jedi. Kill one, sure, but capture one alive? Nearly impossible. He only thought nearly impossible because General Skywalker and General Kanobi had been captured once.
The rodent ignored him and kept talking. "Theys haves chains that makes it im-in-imposibiles for thems to usen theirs powers." He explained.
"So they are kidnapping girls and are being supplied by the Separatists?" Ashoka asked to speed things up. She was with Ace on this one, the rodent had clearly been 'in the bottle' as she had heard the men say when they thought she wasn't listening.
"Yes, liken I said." The informant answered.
"Okay that's all we need to know for now. Let's go back to the ship." Ashoka said, still sitting in her chair.
"Yes, I's thinkins thatsn good idea." The rodent said nodding. Before he could get up a gunshot went off. Ace and his brothers immediately went for their guns. Ashoka jumped up knocking her seat over. She buzzed on her lightsaber. Ashoka looked over at the contact. He had fallen out of his seat and was lying motionless on the ground. Ashoka knew that he was dead.
She looked suddenly at the balcony of a building across the street. There was someone there, she could sense that this person was a male. As she strained her eyes she saw him. He was wearing a black shirt and brown pants. He also had dark gray armor on over his outfit. The man also had a sniper's rifle and he was looking down the scope. When he noticed Ashoka looking at him he slung his rifle over his back and ran.
"After him!" Ashoka shouted, pointing at the man. She turned off her light saber and threw off her jedi cloak. Ashoka then started running after the assailant. She jumped on a waiting speeder bike and flew off after him. Ace did the same. His two brothers commandeered a car but got caught by a sudden influx of traffic.
Ashoka and Ace watched as the man stole a speeder bike. He then sped off down a couple of levels. They followed trying to catch up. Ashoka lost track of how many times they had turned or descended a level.
"Hay, we lost you guys. Where are you and how can we help?" One of Ace's brothers said over their COM system.
"We're on East Lane and 2561862 Avenue, level four. Go three streets over and corner him." Ashoka ordered.
"Yes ma'am." Tank and Gunner barked back. Ashoka and Ace had almost caught up to the assassin. Then the man sent his hover cycle into a nose dive. Ashoka and Ace followed him.
"Tank, Gunner, he's plunged. Start descending levels and wait for further instructions." Ace said over the COM. Ashoka smiled and nodded in approval.
The assailant leveled out right before he hit the ground. Ashoka and Ace leveled out too. They were catching up to that assassin again. Realizing this the man turned around and aimed a pistol at them. They saw the gun, but it was too late. He fired, hitting Ace square in the chest. Ace fell off the bike and landed on the ground. Ashoka looked back at her injured comrade.
It was a mistake that would cause her more physical and emotional pain then she could have ever imagined right then. The assassin turned around and threw a small EMP at her. The bike crashed to the ground and sent Ashoka flying.
When she stopped tumbling on the ground her whole body ached. She could feel blood leave her body in a steady trickle from her cuts and scrapes. Ashoka could already feel the sore bruises start to form all over her body. She groaned as she tried to sit up. The ground cut into her hands as she tried to push herself back up. The man was standing beside her now. He reached down and cuffed one of her hands. She struggled against him and looked wildly for her light saber. The man reached for the other hand when a long, black hover-car pulled up.
The door slid open to reveal an older man in a white suite. There were two more men in the car who were dressed in baggy pants and tshirts. The man in the white suit smiled evilly.
"Good job Brutus. Not only have you done your job by killing that rodent, Sqeebs, you have also managed to capture a jedi. An attractive female jedi at that!" The man in the white suit laughed. Brutus began forcing Ashoka up so he could finish handcuffing her.
Ashoka took her chance and elbowed the man named Brutus. He grunted and let go of her. When she was free of him she saw her lightsaber on the other side of the car. Ashoka started running towards the ship, fully intending to jump over it and retrieve her weapon. The two men in the vehicle jumped out at her. Ashoka Force pushed them away. They were thrown into the walls of the alley. Ashoka fell back down to the ground after the Force push.
She was just about to jump again when someone grabbed her arm. Ashoka was forced back down to the ground where she was handcuffed. She didn't even have to look at her captor to know that it was Brutus. He held his right hand firmly on Ashoka's shoulder. His other hand held Ashoka's cuffed hands.
"Nicely done Brutus. Maybe you should work on capturing girls instead of assassinating small fries?" The man in the white suit said sounding pleased. The other two men came back to the car rubbing their heads. Their boss glared at them. Then he looked at Brutus with a sickening gleam in his eye.
"Since you have done so well today, Brutus, why don't you...enjoy her first?" He looked at the man behind Ashoka
Ashoka turned her head to see Brutus leering at her. She saw a gleam of something in his blue eyes. Ashoka had never seen that kind of look in a man's eye. She had only ever been either around jedi or clones and none of the men had this look. Then Ashoka realized what that look was. It was lust.
This was one of the only times Ashoka had ever truly been scared. She remembered what the informant had told her. What had the man in the suite called him? Sqeebs? Yes, that must have been the informant's name. Ashoka could clearly remember the things that Squeebs had told her and the others. She wished that her com hadn't fallen out when she crashed.
Suddenly Brutus let go of her. Before Ashoka could register this though she felt something hit the back of her head. Brutus must have used the butt of his gun to knock her out. She crumpled to the ground, unconscious.
Brutus hauled Ashoka's motionless body into the vehicle and the two men jumped in after him. Then the car lifted up, and sped away.
Next time on Connected:
"Tank stay where you are we're coming to help."
"That's the insignia of the Arapido."
I've got to find her.
"I found this Sir, it's Ashoka's."
"Where are you Ashoka?"
Chapter Two: Where Is She?
Authors End Note
I've got all but my last two or three chapters done so I should be updating this story regularly. Every Friday, Texas time, expect a new chapter. I hope everyone enjoyed the first chapter.
