Hello again! First off, thank you McAwsome and MR. HELPER for your reviews! Both made me smile (seriously!). I just wanted to let you know, my chapters have been much longer than I had expected, so I decided I will break these one shots into multi-shots when they go over a certain word limit. The second half of this chapter should be up within the next day or two:)

Once again, they were back on Felucia. Because it was in an important hyperspace lane location for control of the Perlemian Trade Route, the Republic was determined to maintain control of the system. Unfortunately, Separatist forces were equally determined to seize that control for themselves.

For the past several days, Anakin, Ahsoka, and the 501st had been defending the planet from the ground. Obi-wan and his men led the battles in the atmosphere above. After half a dozen ground battles, all but one of which were won by the Republic, the remaining Separatist forces had all but retreated into their last stronghold, a small city called Pylon. Really, it was more of a settlement by Ahsoka's standards and all of its residents had long since fled, leaving it to the droids. Anakin was attempting one final push to get the Separatists off of the planet for good (or at least for a while) by driving them out of Pylon. If he could do that, and Obi-wan could hold off the last of the Separatist reinforcements, the planet would be secure.

Unfortunately, this was easier said than done. Even with the low remaining number of droids, Pylon was much better fortified than had been anticipated. The main cause this problem was that the separatists had somehow managed to install a well-armed 20 foot wall all around the perimeter of the city almost over-night. Said wall was currently doing a very good job at keeping the troopers and Jedi alike outside of the stronghold/city. None of the soldiers had gotten any closer than 15 meters from the base of the wall before they were shot down. Most of the troops had resorted to taking cover behind the surrounding rock formations and large jungle flora as they continued to try to create an opening.

Troopers determinedly dodged and fired at the battle droids on top of and at the bottom of the city's wall. It was a seemingly consistent pattern. Dodge. Fire. Duck.

"Take cover!" yelled Captain Rex as a couple of grenades came flying towards him and four of his men. They all dodged to various directions, although only three of them, including Rex, were able to move out of the way in time to reach safety. Ahsoka did her best to deflect blaster fire away from both herself and men. Anakin was several meters ahead taking out an advancing pair of battle droids. Several more men were taken out as Vulture droids began to fire at them from above.

"Blast! Obi-wan was supposed to keep those from breaking through!" shouted Anakin in frustration. He flipped over several fallen droids to take cover behind a rock formation from the oncoming fire. To his side, Ahsoka sprinted over to take cover beside her master. She was getting really fed up with their lack of progress and increasing number of losses. "Master! We are losing too many men! We need to fall back! Or at least come up with a better strategy than barging right into the city like we planned. Their forces are stronger than we anticipated!"

Anakin scowled in irritation at this. She was right. He had foolishly expected any remaining Separatist forces to be weaker in ammo and strategy. Not to mention the now hovering vulture droids and sudden appearance of that blasted wall.

Anakin didn't respond right away. There had to be a way for them to still win! If they lost this battle, the Separatists would take the chance to regroup and fortify while the 501st would have to take the time to develop a new strategy. He would be back at square one. Thinking it over quickly, Anakin came up with a new plan.

"Snips, you're with me. Rex!" The clone captain rushed over and ducked down besides them. Anakin then turned towards him and continued, "Rex, I need you to lead the men. Keep everybody here for as long as possible but hold off on any direct advances until I give the word. Ahsoka and I have some work to do!"

"Yes Sir!" Rex scampered back off to aid his men.

"What's the plan master?" asked Ahsoka.

Anakin grinned mischievously. "You and I are going to leap over the wall. They will be less likely to notice and bother with two people than a whole squad of troops. It's not so heavily guarded farther down because all of their forces are concentrated on the troops in this area, so we'll make the jump over there." He ducked as nearby explosion went off before continuing. "Then, we'll take as many of their droids and gunners out from behind, and clear a path for Rex and the men to get through."

"And by clear a path I assume you mean cut a doorway through the wall?"

"Well, I was thinking we could blow it sky-high like we did on Geonosis, but your way saves time."

"Sounds like a plan. Lead the way Master!"

The master-padawan team set off, being careful to stay concealed behind the terrain's thick foliage. Sweat form the jungle humidity clung to their skin, but neither noticed at the moment. A couple hundred yards down, they reached a lowly guarded section of the wall. They made quick work of disabling the few droids that were present. Leaping to the ground, the pair scurried off to a nearby house.

Reaching into the pack he carried, Anakin handed two droid poppers to his apprentice. "Alright, here's the plan Ahsoka. We're going to sneak up as close as we can get to those droids. You are going to take out as many as you can with the droid poppers on this side of the wall. Then I am going to keep the ones on top of the wall distracted, while Rex keeps the others on his side occupied."

"What about the vulture droids?"

"Hopefully Obi-wan will break through to take those out. Now let's go!"

The two made their way stealthily from building to building, occasionally slicing through any battle droids they came across. Thankfully, when they were half way to their destination, Obi-wan came through as hoped for and began drawing the attention of the vulture droids back to the battle in the sky and away from the soldiers on the ground.

They arrived to the battle's hotspot. Anakin force leapt to the top of the wall and drew the enemy fire. Meanwhile Ahsoka threw the two droid poppers at the droids on the city side. Finishing off the last dozen with her lightsaber, she set to work cutting a large circle in the wall. When it was complete, she jumped up to join her master to help draw as much fire as they could in order to give the clones time to get through.

When this was accomplished, Anakin gave his signal to Rex. Rex turned to his squad. "Go men! Go! Go! Go" They charged through the newly made entry point and made quick work finishing off the remaining droids in the city. At this point, things seemed promising, as the battle was clearly almost won. All they had to do now was capture the enemy commander in the city and neutralize the last few droids. Unfortunately, things were about to take a near tragic turn.

Ahsoka leapt down to join the clones in sweeping the perimeter. Anakin followed suit. As they hurried past a pair of houses, Anakin felt a flash of a warning that turned his stomach cold. "Ahsoka get down!"

Using the force to boost his speed, Anakin reached his padawan at the very moment a way ward bomb went off. Using his body, Anakin shielded the girl from the brunt of the blast. Still, the force of the explosion threw them into the remains of a partially collapsed building and the world went dark for the two Jedi.

There were three things that registered in the mind of the young Togruta. The first was a fog which was accompanied by the sensation of someone hammering her skull. The second was an obnoxiously loud ringing sound. The third was the most confusing. It was the feeling of a warm and sticky substance that seemed to be coating her head. Her arm. Her side.

Slowly, Ahsoka managed to pry open her eyes. After being momentarily blinded by a bright light, she registered a heavy weight on top of her. Post brief confusion, she came to the realization that the weight was her master. "Master?" No response. She quickly managed to worm her way out from under him and sat up, finding herself in a pile of building remains.

There, in the full light, Ahsoka was startled to see that the substance was in fact blood. But it was not hers. Looking back to the still unconscious Anakin, her stomach flipped and her head spun. There, lay Anakin with blood practically pouring from his neck, quickly coating the upper half of his body. An overbearing metallic smell hit her nose. Stumbling to her knees, Ahsoka applied pressure to the wound with shaking hands. The world began to spin faster and everything became distorted. She could hear someone screaming and vaguely registered it might be her. Who could tell for sure? The ringing was too loud.

No no no no no, was the only thing her mind could process. He couldn't die! She couldn't lose him! Not yet! Not like this! Help! She needed help!

Suddenly, she felt someone pry her arms away. Anakin was moving further away. Wait, she was the one moving further away. Floating. No, not floating, someone had picked her up from behind and was moving her several paces back so that the field medics could start to work on Anakin.

The ringing finally began to subside. "Commander? Kid? Ahsoka!" Ahsoka's head whipped to the side as Rex's familiar and concerned face filled her view. Kneeling next to her, he had one hand placed on her shoulder. His helmet was secured under his other arm. Ahsoka comprehended he was addressing her. "What?" Frown deepening, Rex spoke again.

"I asked where you are injured. You're bleeding."

Ahsoka looked down once again to the red smeared on her arm, chest, and side. "That's not mine. It's not mine." Her voice was starting to give way to panic. Rex tried to calm her, but comforting his commanding officers was not exactly something he was well rehearsed in. Especially when said officer was a teenage padawan. "Hey, hey. It's okay. Kix and the others are gonna fix him up. He's in good hands." Rex said, nodding his head towards Anakin.

A medical evacuation crew arrived within a few brief minutes. By then, Kix and the others had managed to slow Anakin's bleeding with a clotting agent. During that time, Ahsoka had just sat in a wide-eyed daze, watching as the clones tended to Anakin. Rex had remained faithfully at her side, awkwardly patting her back. However, as soon as the ship landed to take Anakin and the other injured to the Medical bay back aboard the Resolute, Ahsoka jumped up to follow with a renewed vigor. She did her best to keep her master within her direct eyesight, but still stay out of the med team's way.

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