I figured to do this as a little fun project after reading a few chapters of "Whatever happened to Captain Rex" by LongLiveTheClones. I've always loved Ahsoka and Rex as characters in the show and figured that they deserved to be together. Read and enjoy, and if you think I should continue, let me know either by commenting or sending me a PM.
Disclaimer: I do not own Lucasfilm or anything else mentioned in this story yada yada yada baseball bats
"Rex, get your men over to Ahsoka's position, she's about to be overrun." Skywalker had shouted as he was deflecting off blaster bolts
"Yes, General, you four come with me." Rex said as he gathered four of his men to reinforce Ahsoka's position. "Hang in there Commander." Rex muttered as his men began to move out.
Anakin and some of the other clones had held off the droids long enough for Rex to reach Ahsoka's position "Let's go, move it!" Rex shouted as he knew time was of the essence to reach her position. He reached her position and found bodies strewn about, both clones and droids. He heard blaster fire coming from the north and immediately sprinted to find the source.
Rex had found Ahsoka holding her side with one hand while using the other to fend off the droids blaster fire. "Set up a perimeter, I don't want anything to get through." Rex shouted as he knelt before Ahsoka while the other clones formed a defensive perimeter around her position. He checked the wounds and found a piece of shrapnel in her side, he knew that pulling it out would be equally as bad. She was still conscious but was dreary from her wound.
"Good to see you, Rex." Ahsoka said smiling as best she could
"Likewise, Commander." Rex said "We have to get you out of here."
Blaster fire and explosions were being strewn about, his men were holding the droids off for now "Sir, we can't hold them off any longer." One of the troopers said before having a blaster bolt crash into his skull killing him instantly leaving Rex with a man short.
"Commander, we have to move." Rex said as he picked up his blaster and opened fire on the droids "Can you walk ma'am?"
Ahsoka grunted as she got up from her position and unhooked her lightsaber and ignited it, "Commander, get back to Skywalker's position we'll hold the clankers off while you retreat."
As much to her disadvantage she didn't like retreating especially at the cost of her own men, she nodded and started to make her way back as Rex and his men provided suppressing fire against the droids. With each step taken backwards, the droids were advancing quickly and Rex's men could be overwhelmed easily if it wasn't for Rex's knowledge of the battlefield. As they were retreating, he motioned for the rest of his men to gather position for an ambush. Rex sprinted ahead and laid down detonators along the small corridor and waited for the droids to walk right into the trap. When they were in range, Rex made a nod and blaster fire came in from different directions at the droids and in the confusion, Rex had hit the detonators and blew the droids sky high. Walking among the strewn droids, Rex checked to make sure all the droids were disable.
"Nice job, Captain." One of the clones said
"Thanks, Fox." Rex said "Let's get back to General Skywalker's position and rendezvous to get the hell of this rock."
Rex and his remaining clones high-tailed it back to Skywalker's position only to find it with Skywalker walking over the carnage his men had inflicted on the droids. He saw Ahsoka being treated by one of the medics and rushed over to her. He was stopped and was assured that she would be fine, he was surprised that Skywalker had not shown much emotion but then again he never understood the way Jedi responded to emotion. Rex had immensely cared for Ahsoka ever since he laid eyes on her all those years ago when she was only of fourteen and a Padawan. Still a Padawan, she was much more experienced on how combat was understood over the past couple years. He always wondered how long this war would last and what Rex and his fellow clones would do once this was over. They had been created for combat and knew nothing else, he hadn't considered himself as a number that he was created with but an actual person.
Skywalker had made his way up to Rex after talking with some of the other clones to get a casualty count "Everything alright, Captain?"
"Yes, sir." Rex said looking back at the ship that was taking Ahsoka to Anakin's capital ship the Resolute "I'm just a little worried about Commander Tano is all sir."
Anakin understood Rex's concern because for one she was Anakin's Padawan and if he lost her, he would never forgive himself "Snips will be fine Captain, she's tough." He said "She'll pull through."
"I hope you're right General." Rex said looking back at Skywalker
"When have I ever let you down Rex?" He said
"I can think of a few times sir." Rex said smirking
Anakin chuckled at Rex's smart remark "Admiral Yularen, how's it looking up there?" Skywalker asked his Admiral in charge of his fleet.
Admiral Yularen was one of the best there was and Skywalker was glad to have the best commanding his fleet, he had been personally called upon by Chancellor Palpatine himself to throw a uniform back on and serve the Republic. Yularen reluctantly agreed and was now serving under General Skywalker "The Separatist fleet is retreating and General Kenobi's fleet is coming out of hyperspace now to relieve you sir."
"Very good, Admiral. Commander Tano was injured during the fighting, make sure she gets the she needs right away." Anakin said
"Of course, sir. The medical droids are already prepped and waiting for Commander Tano." Yularen said
"Very good, Admiral. We'll be on our way back once Obi-Wan lands and takes over from here." Anakin said hanging up
The Separatist forces had been all but routed from the planet and Obi-Wan's fleet had been tasked with mopping up the remaining droid forces, Kenobi's gunship had landed and was followed by the rest of his gunships landing on the surface. Obi-Wan had gotten out followed by his second in command, Commander Cody, who Rex had done a couple missions with.
"Good to see you, Obi-Wan." Anakin said walking up to greet his master
"Likewise, Anakin." He replied "Captain Rex." He said greeting the Captain as well as Rex greeting Cody with orderly fashion
Cody ordered his men to fan out and set up a perimeter while Rex's men were wrapping things up and getting ready to head back to the Resolute "Where's Ahsoka?" Obi-Wan asked
Anakin had walked away to re-organize his men to get loaded up onto the gunships leaving Rex with Kenobi and Cody, Rex was hesitant to answer but gathered his composure "She was hit with a piece of shrapnel and was wounded, she had enough strength to make it back to General Skywalker's position but passed out soon after." Rex said "She was evacuated not too long ago and was taken up to the Resolute."
"Ahsoka is a very wise and headstrong Padawan, much like her master." Obi-Wan said "She'll be fine Captain." He said reassuring Rex
Anakin had summoned Rex over to take over loading everything else into the gunships for departure. After an hour or so of loading everything, Anakin's battalion had finished and shuttled back to the Resolute
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Rex took off his armor and got into his fatigues as he sat down on his bunk to rethink on the day's events. He had feelings for the young Jedi Padawan but had no idea how to act on them. He was a clone trooper that was built and bred for combat, he got along with Commander Tano and the two trusted each other with their lives, telling her how he felt, well that was a different story. He respected the Jedi immensely but believed that their code was too strict with not just feelings but for combat as well. If they were peacekeepers, why were they leading the assault against the Separatists? He had overheard General Skywalker talk to Commander Tano about the Jedi code, if a Jedi can control and mask their emotions so well, why weren't they allowed to form relationships? That whole concept of clouding your vision with love is stupid, he thought. Love is something that is human nature and should not be tucked away because a code tells you too. He got up and began pacing back and forth in the barracks, luckily no one was in the barracks to see him talk to himself.
After about an hour or two of talking to himself and contemplating the situation, he decided to go ahead and check up on Ahsoka to see how she was doing. He touched the keypad and the door opened to find Ahsoka resting and a medical droid taking care of her wounds. He nodded at the droid and it finished up what it was doing and left the room leaving the two of them alone. He sat there for almost twenty to thirty minutes before actually making any movements, he still wasn't clear on how to act on his emotions. He was about to speak but not before Ahsoka had woke up to greet the clone captain.
"Hey there, Rex." Ahsoka said softly as she had not recovered all her strength.
"Good to see you, Commander." Rex said
Ahsoka could sense that something was wrong but couldn't figure out what it was exactly "Is something wrong?"
"No," Rex said "I'm fine, it's just good to see that you're doing well." He said getting up and heading towards the doorway
Still persistent as always, Ahsoka asked again "Are you sure you're alright?"
He stopped in the doorway and lowered his head and shut his eyes before turning back around "I'm fine, Commander."
That was all he said before he exited the room and shut the door, leaving young Ahsoka confused in the room by herself and the medical droid that had appeared I care about him, he doesn't have to shrug me off she thought to herself, before drifting back off into sleep to get some much needed sleep.
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Ahsoka had been recovering better than expected but she still wasn't battle ready, she learned from her master that you don't get things done by sitting around. She was sitting in her quarters meditating and using the force to lift the meticulous objects around her, all the meanwhile thinking about Rex. I care about him, if he needed anything he would say something right? She thought to herself Sure the Code didn't permit this but when was I ever one to follow the code anyway, I mean my master is Anakin Skywalker. When was he ever to follow the rules? She continued to think, the objects that she was lifting around her started to shake All he needs to do is open his mouth and I'll give him an honest answer. It just bugs me that he keeps everything bottled up inside and he's not saying anything. The objects started to shake even more and within minutes they were on the floor.
Little did Ahsoka know, Anakin was watching her from the doorway to check up on her recovery "Everything alright, Snips?" She had apparently been startled by her master's appearance.
"I'm fine master, I was just meditating and trying to recover." She said stumbling over her words
"How are you feeling?"
"Better, I think I'm ready and can go back to doing missions again." She said confidently
Anakin was hesitant but she was his padawan and knew she took after her master in stubbornness and knew that she was never going to quit bugging him if he said no "If you're feeling up to it then alright, let's head up to the bridge."
She threw her normal clothing on and followed her master up to the bridge to find Captain Rex and Admiral Yularen discussing the upcoming mission, she caught some of the conversation before they stopped after Anakin had walked into the room.
"I'm telling you, Admiral it just isn't possible. Intel says that the warehouse is crawling with clankers, there is no way we can maneuver through without getting detected. A frontal assault will have too many casualties." Rex said
Yularen had his head down in disagreement "That's why we're going to have a diversion, General Kenobi's forces along with Commander Cody will draw the forces away from the facility while we send a small squad in with the explosives."
"What about the blockade around the planet?" Rex asked
"General Skywalker is going to break through the blockade with our fighters." Yularen said
Rex still wasn't sure how well this plan was going to work out "Alright, suppose we get everyone down to the surface intact, how small is the squad going to have to be?"
"At most, five or six men." Yularen said but stopped when he saw Skywalker and Ahsoka enter the room and both of them had snapped to attention.
Rex and Ahsoka had exchanged glances, nothing more as of the moment "Is everyone clear on the plan?" Skywalker said
"Not entirely sir," Rex said as he brought up a three-dimensional image of the base they were going to be taking out "With all due respect, I don't think General Kenobi's and Commander Cody's forces can hold off the Seps that long for us to destroy the facility. There are bound to be droids that are still in and around the facility once they are drawn away." Rex said
Anakin studied the map carefully and realized that way to get to the central core would take too long, "You're right, Rex, you will have your men stationed at each of these junctions while you and another burn a hole in the wall here." He said pointing at an access panel that leads right through to core.
"How exactly are we going to be able to burn a hole through the wall?" Rex asked "It's like any of us are Jedi."
Anakin glanced back at Ahsoka who was waiting patiently "That's Commander Tano will be assisting you and your men Captain."
Rex and Yularen exchanged looks and shrugged "Alright, then sounds like a plan."
"Good, I want you and troops outfitted within the hour." Anakin said leaving the bridge with Ahsoka
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Rex had his men geared up and ready to go just as Skywalker asked them to be, the squad was going to consist of six men: himself, Commander Tano, Fox, Grunt, Joker, and Delta. Each of them had proved themselves time and time again on the battlefield, and that's why he chose those six specifically. He still wasn't too sure of having Commander Tano go along with them For one thing, she wears close to no armor, one shot and she'll go down like a sack of womprats, and another is that she still needs time to recover. He thought but it wasn't up to him, General Skywalker had made the plans and he trusted him that it would be the right choice.
Everyone had been loaded into the gunship and were ready to come out of hyperspace. The call had come in over the comm from Admiral Yularen that they had just left hyperspace and that the Separatist fleet is holding steady.
"Roger that, Admiral." Skywalker said as the doors to the hanger opened and each of the fighters including Rex's gunship had flown out of "Red Squadron form up on me." He said "How you holding up Ironside?"
"Never felt better sir, time to blow those clankers to smithereens." Ironside replied with a few cheers from the other fighters
"We're going to make a hole for Obi-Wan's, Rex's, and Cody's men to get through." Anakin said "And no heroics."
After all the fighters we're done reporting in Anakin flew his fighters straight through the blockade and blew any droids that stood between them to pieces. He had lost one or two fighters on the initial run through but for the most part all the fighters and escorts made it through. "We'll draw their fire away from you guys. Good luck." Anakin said as he and his fighter squadron turned around and headed back to the space battle above the planet.
Each of the transports had landed and all the clones and their comrades had gotten out and engaged the droids. Obi-Wan and Cody had engaged the droids, and helped draw the fire away from Rex and Ahsoka, "Rex, we're going to draw their fire away from the facility. It's all yours." Obi-Wan said
"Roger that, General. Move out." He said as his small six man team began to move towards the facility, Ahsoka had sensed something and stopped for a minute "Commander, is everything okay?" Fox asked
She hesitated for a few moments before answering "I sense something…" She trailed off
"It's probably nothing, Commander." Grunt said as he took a step and a beast had grabbed his foot and tore him off into the brush where the screams had stopped.
Everyone was silent and Ahsoka just looked off into the brush "There's nothing we can do now." Rex said much to his dismay as he, like most commanders, did not like losing men in the field "We have to keep moving."
None of them like leaving a fallen man behind but they needed to finish their mission, Ahsoka wished she had acted earlier but no one could have predicted it.
"Note to self, do not mess with the local wildlife." Joker said
"Oh shut up for once, will you Joker?" Delta scolded back.
"Both of you quiet." Rex said in a commanding tone as they got closer to the droid facility.
Rex and Ahsoka had slowly crawled up to a ledge and took out a pair of binoculars to observe the surroundings, he saw multiple droid parts and much to his displeasure a few clone bodies but for the most part, the facility entrance was clear, minus a few droids that had been ordered to stay behind. He gave the binoculars to Ahsoka so she can have glance at the facility. "Looks like a few clankers are still around, Commander."
She was silent for a few minutes before responding "Shouldn't be a problem you and your men can't handle." She said giving the binocs back to Rex and moving back off the ledge to the rest of Rex's men.
"There's a few clankers around the entrance, we need to take them out fast before they call for reinforcements." Rex said "Time your shots carefully. Now let's move out." Rex said
He motioned for Delta and Fox to reach the other side of the facility that was coincidently covered by brush, carefully not making any sudden movements that would alert the droids. He saw Joker take up position on the far side away from Fox and Delta as he and Ahsoka had gotten into position on the opposite side of Fox and Delta.
After the five of them were in position, Rex took aim and motioned for the rest to open fire, it too less than three seconds before all the droids were taken care of. Ahsoka had stayed back behind Rex, since this was mainly his battle, the five of them had each gotten up and headed toward the entrance to regroup. "Fox and Delta, I want you two to stay here and hold this position while Commander Tano and I head inside to plant the explosives. Joker, you'll come with us and you'll hold one of the junction's from the north of our position." Rex said "Sound good."
"Yes sir." Delta and Fox said simultaneously
"Roger that, boss man." Joker said
"Good, let's move out." Rex said as Fox and Delta took up position around the entrance to the facility.
Rex, Ahsoka, and Joker made their way quietly through the base to the point where Ahsoka was to burn a hole straight through the wall to get down to the central core. Ahsoka ignited her lightsaber and began to cut her hole through the bulkhead while Rex and Joker took positions around her. After a few minutes of smelling the burnt steel, the slab had dropped straight to the floor. Rex and Ahsoka had hopped through the hole while Joker held position at the hole in the wall.
Knowing time was of the essence, Rex and Ahsoka sprinted down the passageway to the central core. Ahsoka sensed something again but this time it wasn't organic, "Down!" She yelled as she through Rex to the ground while on top of him.
Oomph Rex had hit the ground, hard. After he regained his composure after being thrown to the ground, Rex unhooked his duel blasters and fired two shots at the droids and took them down. One of these days, I need to teach her not to throw me to the ground. He got off two more shots and nailed the final droids at the end of the passageway, getting up he rolled his neck to crack it after being thrown to the ground. "Can you tell me next time you're going to throw me to the ground?"
She smirked at Rex's comment "You should be used to it by know." She added
"You know it was bad enough when you and General Skywalker through me off a wall on Geonosis." Rex said, clearly not amused since he was terrified for his life, even back on Kamino, during the simulations he never experienced terror such as being thrown off a twenty story wall. After exchanging smart remarks towards each other and encountering a few droid patrols but easily bypassing them they made their way to the central core unscathed.
Kneeling down and getting out the detonators from his pack, he carefully dissembled them at placed them at different intervals along the wall.
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Fox and Delta patrolled around the entrance and kept on the lookout for the droids that could have been sidetracked from Obi-Wan's and Cody's diversion.
"How long do you think this war is going to last?" Fox asked
Delta took out his binoculars and observed the brush around them "Beats me, Fox. I honestly don't know what we're going to do when this war ends."
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that we were created and bred for combat, there is going to be nothing for us if the war ends."
Fox thought about the words Delta had presented him when his communicator rang.
"Fox, Delta, how's it going up there?" Rex asked
"All good up here sir." Fox responded as he turned around and didn't find Delta
He walked up to the brush and saw movement and raised his blaster towards the sound but before he knew what him, his neck was broken and was on the ground of the brush, dead. Commando droids had apparently infiltrated their position and hit Fox and Delta before they knew what happened.
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Rex was still placing the detonators around the bottom of the wall. He was carefully connecting the wires together before Ahsoka had walked up behind him and whispered "How's it coming along?"
Thought about giving a sarcastic remark, he realized it wasn't in the best interest "Almost there." He said as he was almost finished priming the charges, he hooked up the detonator to the charges to make sure they were in sync. Luckily they were, he didn't want what happened on the Rishii Moon, to happen now. Having one man to stay behind to set off the detonators, was a suicide mission, a mission that a commanding officer dreaded giving.
"Good to go." Rex said as he slid the detonator in his pack and radioed up Cody and General Kenobi "General Kenobi, we have the charges armed and set, heading back to the rendezvous now."
"Roger that Captain, Cody let's give them a going away present." Obi-Wan said "See you on the other side, Captain."
"Likewise, sir." Rex said ending with Kenobi and keying up Joker "Joker come in."
There was nothing but silence, Ahsoka and Rex had made their way back up through the hole and found Joker's body limp against the wall. Rex trotted over to him to check his pulse, Nothing he whispered. He feared that it would come to this. He quickly assumed the worst had become of Fox and Delta as they didn't respond either to his transmission.
They made their way back to the entrance only to find Fox and Delta's bodies lain out onto the brush, he knelt down to see how they died, and then it came to him. Commando Droids, he thought as they were the same type of droids that he and Cody encountered back on the Rishii Moon.
"We have to make it to the rendezvous." Ahsoka said, as much as Rex didn't like the bodies of his men being left to the droids, She was right, I'm sorry he thought as he picked up his duel blasters and sprinted with Ahsoka towards the rendezvous point.
Sprinting towards the RZ, Rex had covered Ahsoka from the behind in case any of the droids came back. While he was watching her back, he noticed what tremendous form she had been in, his eyes gazed from her montrails down to her rear before she spoke up and caught Rex off guard.
"Everything alright, Rex?" She asked as she caught sight of stumbling on the rocky terrain and just smirked, she figured that he had a thing for her but he never said or acted on anything.
After regaining his footing, he stood back up "I'm fine, Commander, I was just…you know what never mind." Rex said Telling her what I was staring would not be good he thought to himself.
"Alright." Ahsoka said and sensed something again
"What is it?" Rex asked as they had stopped
Still continuing observing her surroundings she noticed a flash of armor in the distance "Down!" she yelled and through Rex to the ground with her on top of him again.
Oomph Rex grunted from being thrown to the ground to the second time in the past twenty minutes Alright, seriously again? I'm going to end up having chest problems if she keeps pulling this on me. He unhooked his blasters again and immediately fired shots in the general direction of the droids blaster fire. He regained his composure and rolled to cover around the nearest rock, taking pot shots at the droids that came into view. Ahsoka was deflecting the droids blaster shots from both her lightsabers. You know I have to give her credit, what she lacks in armor, she makes up for in skill and precision. She was expertly deflecting blaster bolts from the incoming droids while Rex was still taking pot shots at the droids. He unclipped a droid popper from his belt and hurled at a group of droids and went down with ease.
The droids looked like there was no end, "Commander, get back to the rendezvous!" Rex shouted as he rolled out of cover as he was standing back to back with Ahsoka "I'll hold them off!"
"Not on your life!" She shouted back as Rex was still firing at the droids and quickly checked his belt to see if the detonator was still there, luckily it was still there.
One of the droids had lobbed a grenade towards them "Move!" Rex bellowed as he pushed Ahsoka to the nearest cover and dove away just in time before the grenade went off. The shockwave however knocked him few meters south of where Ahsoka was.
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"It's not like Rex to be late." Cody said
"I'm sure if something went wrong, Ahsoka would have called it in." Obi-Wan said
"I hope you're right." Cody stated as he was helping load the wounded on the gunships.
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This bad if feeling like this was getting to familiar to me. Rex thought as he propped himself up against a nearby piece of debris as blaster bolts were flying overhead.
He heard Ahsoka sprinting toward him "Rexie, are you okay?" She asked with a hint of concern in her voice
"I'll live." Rex grunted as he took more pot shots at the droids from over the piece of rock. "I told you to get to the rendezvous point, I'll hold them off."
After making sure nothing major was wrong with him, she ignited her lightsabers and went back to deflecting the droids blaster fire "No, if I leave you'll be overwhelmed."
"That's the point, I'll draw their fire while you retreat." Rex said still taking shots, this time throwing another droid popper over the rock
"I'm not leaving you here, while I run." Ahsoka said "I care about you, I'm not leaving you behind to become captured."
He paused at the statement, I care about you… went over and over in his head "I'm not letting those clankers capture me. I'll go down fighting." He said then an idea popped into his head, if he blew the facility, it should distract them long enough to get back to the rendezvous.
"Get to cover, Commander. I'm gonna blow the droid place." Rex said as he saw her nod and dive towards a piece of cover. He rolled out of his piece of debris and hurled a thermal detonator long enough to distract them then pulled out his detonator. Before he reached back into cover though, a droid had taken a shot and clipped off his communicator and burnt part of his hand. He ignored the pain and pressed the detonator that had the droid facility in pieces as the shockwave was felt from as far as they were.
The shockwave had knocked most of the droids in the area offline and those that weren't were quickly dispatched of. All except one, which had snuck up on Ahsoka, Rex took aim but had no ammo and sprinted toward to tackle the droid to the ground. The scuffle had knocked Ahsoka to the ground causing her head to hit a rock and knocking her unconscious. Rex began pummeling the droid into the ground and took one final stomp to the mechanical head. He loaded up his blaster and fired one shot to make sure that the droid wouldn't be getting back up.
"Commander, are you alright?" Rex asked as he woke up the young Jedi Padawan
"No worse, than ever." She replied as more droids came over the horizon
These clankers don't want to quit do they? Rex thought as he tossed more droid poppers in the general direction as the two of them had rolled behind separate covers.
After taking a few pot shots, Rex had no idea what had hit him when his chest was starting to feel warm. He looked down and saw blood pooling out of his chest plate, Son of a… he thought as his vision was going blurry but was still clear enough to take down more droids.
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"What was that?" Cody asked as the ground started to rumble
Obi-Wan looked towards the horizon and saw smoke rising and knew if they blew the factory this early, something had gone wrong. He quickly ignited his lightsaber and sprinted off towards the direction of the smoke which caused Cody to grab his helmet and trot after General Kenobi.
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Despite being easily overwhelmed Ahsoka had pushed the droids back by herself wondering why Rex was firing. "Rex?" She yelled to try and get a response then tried her communicator but still got no response. She heard grunting come from a nearby piece of debris. She rushed over to find Rex trying to position himself to get more comfortable but to no avail.
"Rex!" She yelled as she dropped her gear and sprinted over and knelt beside him. She felt what seemed like blood on her leggings and saw blood pooling below him, took off his helmet and saw that he was pale from the blood loss. She always admired his bleached blonde hair and crystal blue eyes that stood out from the other clones in the army. She normally wouldn't react this way but Rex was someone different, she cared about him and admired over the fact of him doing whatever he could to protect her. She felt that he cared for her but never said anything to uphold his feelings.
He grunted another time as he coughed up blood this time, and she caught some of his but disregarded it "Leave me, get to the rendezvous." He ordered
"No, I'm not leaving you." She said
"Screw the chain of command. I told you to go." He ordered
She ignored him once more and tried to lift him up to get him to safety but all she heard were screams of agony which made her tear up "I'm not leaving you, I can't, not when I care for you." She said
Still writhing in pain, he thought about those very words, he was quickly losing blood and there was no way for Ahsoka to stop the bleeding "I know." Was all she managed to say before he had been unconscious from the blood loss.
"Rex?!" She shouted "Stay with me Rex!" she shouted again as droids had appeared over the ridge and were quickly closing in on the wounded clone and her Jedi Commander.