When Even the Closest Turn Away

Here is my new Fanfic! I've had this idea for a while, I just wasn't sure of how to start it. One sleepless night, I was like,"I'm gonna start this now!" Not the greatest start, but still a start. Remember to leave a review and any ideas or suggestions you might have!

Thank you,

~Zoe Maddox

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Chapter 1: Focus

The gunship's flight isn't exactly steady, and all four of the clones I just finished debriefing are grasping the drop down handles tightly. Cato Neimoidia has been overrun by the Separatists again. We are here to stop them. Sepi scum. They don't know when to stop biting even after you'd smacked them.

Anakin's voice suddenly comes out of my comlink, "Captain Rex, Ahsoka and I need a little help." One of the smart-alec clones murmur, "Don't we know it." A few chuckles go around before I silence them.

"Right away, sir."

I signal to the pilot that we need to pick up General Skywalker. The gunship shifts in flight. Ahsoka and Anakin make a great pair. Not enough discipline, but they have taught me more than the clone instructors ever can.

They stand waiting for us on a large rock, neither of their fighters to be seen. When we land, something is different. Something had happened in the last minute that I hadn't spoken to the General. Ahsoka looks worried and confused. General Skywalker looks angry and in deep thought. He signals to the pilot to take Ahsoka and him back to the cruiser.

I don't ask and the General doesn't talk. Ahsoka can feel my confusion. She looks to me and tells me that the Jedi Temple had been bombed and that Master Yoda was summoning them back to Coruscant. Ahsoka, my Soka, is terrified. She gazes up into my helmet, into my eyes, the way she did when we first met on Christophsis. I want nothing more but to comfort her. But she steps off the ship, leaving to the Jedi Temple.

I saw the way she looked at the Bonteri boy. I stood back and watched her fight over him. It made me angry. It sounds so childish, almost as bad as Ahsoka fighting over him. I tried not to let it bother me. But I worked those rebels hard. I was happy when we left the job to Ahsoka. But no one's going to ask about that pang of jealously I felt as she stared at him.

War needs focus, not distractions.

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~Zoe Madddox