Ch2: accidentally in love. Enjoy everybody.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Anakin woke up the next day. He lied there remembering the previous night. But he knew that it was over, there was no going back. He got up and got out of his room. Ashoka did as well and they met in the hall way. They walked along, until Ashoka stopped him.
"You still need to explain why we left early yesterday." She said a little mad. He sighed knowing that he couldn't keep it secret any longer.
"Well, me and senator Amidala have, I mean had...relations." He said professionally. She was shocked, but not surprised. He did spend every minute he could with her. But she was still sad for him."I guess it just gets a load off my chest now that someone knows, last night I saw her with...someone else. So we...got divorced. But I'm glad I don't have to keep a secret anymore." He said. Ashoka felt sorry for him, so she wanted to cheer him up.
"Well, I've got something that might cheer you up. The council gave us the day off on missions, so i know how much you like pod races." She said pulling out to tickets to a pod race that Anakin knew very well. The Boonta eve race on Tattooine. He hated going to the planet, but he loved watching the races.
"Thanks, snips. This should make me forget about Padme." He said hugging her. She hugged back.
"Well, we've got an hour. What do you want to do until we have to leave?" She asked. He thought for a moment.
"How about I buy lunch. You got these tickets, so it's the least I can do." He said. She nodded thankfully.
"Thanks master." She said as they walked to the mess. Ashoka ordered ordered a club sandwich and Anakin ordered a burger. They sat and ate. When they finished they took the twilight to Tattooine.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
They arrived on schedule. They heard the announcer starting the countdown as they entered the bleachers filled with hundreds of cheering fans. They took their seats as the pods took off. They cheered as they saw the pods race down the track. The announcer brought down a screen to watch the race. Pods were already getting thrashed. Everybody cheered or booed every time something happened. There was one lap left and it was down to three racers. A Twilek named Pondo, a gungun named tooto. And a toydarian named koro. They smashed into each other every chance they got. Pondo ended up crossing the finish line first, but his pod was busted. The crowd cheered as he was awarded his trophy. Everyone went to get autographs as others left. Anakin and Ashoka left and went to get dinner. That's when Ashoka's comm went off.
"Who is it, snips?" Anakin said eating.
"It's Obi-wan. He needs us at geonosis. Looks like our day offs over." She said a little sad that their fun had to end. Like child going back to school after the summer. They finished and left for the bug infested planet.
They arrived. Obi-wan met them at the out post they set up.
"Glad that you two made it we need some help." He said going over to a map of the terrain."I seems that a squad of troopers were ambushed by geonosians. They ended up getting sealed up in a cave. We need you two to take a few troopers and go down to that cave to rescue those men." He said.
"We understand, Obi-Wan. We'll leave at once." He said. They assembled a group being led by Rex and they took off to rescue the trapped clones.
They got to the cave. Rocks were blocking the entrance. There was a few out side of the cave as well. Laying at the side the cave was the commander. The med went over and checked him.
"This ones alive, but he's in critical state." He said.
"Take a trooper back to base and get that man to a med bay." Anakin said as the med nodded and carried the man to the spreader and took off. They starred back at the cave.
"Get the excavating equipment." He said as two troopers went to the speeders to grab the gear. The came back with laser drills and handed one to each clone. They started drilling rocks until they were rubble. Anakin ordered the clones to stop. He concentrated and rocks started to lift. He focused and pushed the rocks aside. The troopers were sitting there. They were all wounded and one was dead. The second in command walked up to Anakin and Ashoka.
"We got a distress call from this area. So we went to check it out. When we got here we didn't see anyone for miles. That's when we were ambushed by the bugs and the clankers. They managed to back us into the cave, but the commander didn't make it in time. Where is he, shouldn't his body be out here?" He asked.
"We took him back to the base. He's in pretty bad shape, but he'll pull through." He said. The clone sighed in relief. They started to walk to the spreaders when they heard something coming from the top of the cave. The bugs were back. They started firing at them. Anakin and Ashoka activated their lightsabers and fought back. Anakin handled one hoard and Ashoka took another. Ashoka was taking them out one by one, suddenly she was pushed back by a blast. It pushed her back into the cave. The bug sealed her in and twice as many rocks fell. Anakin turned and witnessed his padawan being trapped. He charged angrily at the geonosians and forced them all into the air and through them into the casm next to the cave. He ran to the once again sealed entrance and started scooping rock after rock. He turned to the clones terrified.
"Are there any life signs?!" He yelled. The clones scanned the cave.
"...No, sir. We aren't reading any signs of life inside." He said. That was Anakin's trigger. He could sense Ashoka dying in there. He saw her in his thoughts and he snapped. With all of the force and anger he had in his heart at the moment, the rocks started to move. And suddenly."AHHHH!" He yelled destroying the rocks in an instant. Rubble was everywhere. The clones were speachless.
"I-incredible! I've got a clear signal coming from the entrance! She's weak but alive." He said as Anakin ran in and saw her laying on the ground. He pick her up and carried her out. He lied her down on the ground and sat next to her. He stroked her cheek.
"Snips...snips?" He asked with a quivering breath. She opened her eyes slowly and looked up.
"M-master?" She asked weakly. He looked down at her and smiled. He brought her to her feet and carried her over to a speeder. He sat her down.
"So, did we beat 'Em?" She asked. He smiled and chuckled a little.
"Yeah, we beat 'em." He said. They returned to the base and got the clones and Ashoka to med bay. Anakin sat down in his quarters and thought to himself. He had a strange feeling about Ashoka at the moment. He couldn't get her out of his head and then he realized something. Something that he feels he knew ever since he met her. He decided that as soon as Ashoka was better she was going to talk to her about this strange feeling.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Two weeks have past and Ashoka was completely healed. And they were on temporary leave from the front lines. He thought this was the time to talk. So he asked Rex to ask Ashoka to come to his quarters.
In her room, Ashoka was meditating and sensed the future. She saw her with someone. They were dancing. And she saw her kiss him. Her vision ended and she thought for a moment and then she realized who it was. She got up to go to the door, but she was stopped by Rex who was right outside.
"The General wants to see you." He said. She nodded and went with him to Anakin's quarters. They arrived and Rex left. Anakin walked over to Ashoka.
"We need to talk Ashoka." He said. She looked at seriously, and nodded.
"I've been have these feelings about you every day since I got you out of that cave, and I want to tell you the truth." He said as Ashoka stopped him.
"I have something to tell you too, Anakin." She said.
"I'm listening." He said. She sat down.
"I had a vision that I was dancing with a man and I...kissed him." She said. He kept listening getting curious.
"And I realized that man...was you." She said. He looked at her surprised. She knew this to be true. Anakin suddenly walked over to her. He suddenly kissed her strait on the lips. She was surprised by this but welcomed and gave into the kiss. They parted and Anakin spoke.
"That's what I was trying to tell you. The feeling I had...was love." He said. Her eyes widened and she smiled.
"And I think that's what my vision meant too. I think that it was a vision of us together." She said grabbing his hand."What I'm trying to say is the feeling I had after was love too." She said. He simply smiled and leaned in for another kiss. It was full of passion from their new found love. They parted and hugged.
