Obi Wan's POV

I watched her smirk as she walked out of the bridge. She walked with a sophisticated stealth and an elegant grace, one that I only saw in senators and royalty.

"She is a feisty one, isn't she?" the admiral asked.

"So far, admiral, feisty is one way to put it."

I did enjoy her company. Ravenna gave a very good conversation without and never bothered speaking about politics. I did have many questions about her, about her motives and reasons. She was a very deadly assassin after all.

She was quite strong, in will and physical strength. She spoke with high intelligence and sophistication. And dare I say, she was very beautiful. Ravenna Vanderbuild was definitely something unexpected. But, as I continued to think about it, I came to the conclusion that she could in fact be a good thing, for the war, of course. I continued to think, unexpected, different, maybe that was something the Republic needed to survive.

I scoffed to myself which then turned into a laugh. Then I turned and left the bridge, trying to find Ravenna before she got utterly lost. But when I reached the hangar I saw Ravenna, who wore the biggest smile, she was looking intently at the ships, taking in the technology. She talked to the ship's pilots before talking to her robot.

I did find her relationship with the robot quite interesting. She treated it like it was a human. Talked to it like it was supposed to show real human emotion. But my chain of thought was broken when she turned her attention from the clone pilot and her robot, to me. She smirked and sent an elegant wave my way. She must have said goodbye to the pilot because she turned from him and began walking towards me.

"General," she greeted happily.

"Well I see you definitely found your way around the ship."

"Well It does help that I have been on a ship like this before. And it also helps that it is the exact same layout as it had been before."

"You have been on this kind of ship before?" I repeated, cursing myself afterwards for sounding so stupid.

"Oh, darling, I have been a lot of places." She winked at me before looking at the aircrafts.

"So what ship are we taking?" She asked, with an excited tone, standing on the ball of one foot, almost like she was about to dance. She spun around in a child like excitement.


I watched Ravenna sit next to me and pull out a leather bound journal and a pen. She began to write in it with a special care and confidence.

"What is that?" I asked.

"It's a diary basically, but I write it for Izzy. I want her to remember all of the good things I do, not just the bad things. It just seems like people only remember the bad things. And after all the shit I've done, it seems like there is nothing good to remember me by. So I try to write my good adventures so even I remember them."

She looked down at the journal.

"I've been doing this since Isadora was six months old."

Ravenna looked like she could cry, but she shook her head, smiled, and rolled her shoulders. I don't even think she noticed how raw her emotions just were. Though it didn't last long. It was almost like a switch flipping. She smirked again and it was like it never happened. She finished what she was writing before she handed the journal to her robot.

"There is probably something you should know," she said in a hushed voice.

"I'm not normal. I do not know how much the Council told you, but I am, and I am not narcissistic or anything, but I have been told I am extremely powerful. And not in any mundane sort of way. I don't want the Separatist Alliance to know this because they can pursue me. I've been told before, but Master Kenobi, I am not human."

I stared at her with wide-eyes.

She turned the seat to face me and held out her hands. A ball of blue fire appeared and danced in her hands. It accentuated her features with blue light. A few turquoise streaks appeared in her hair and her iris turned the same colour.

"It's my secret weapon. I'm great with knives and explosives, but the element of fire gives the element of surprise."

"Exquisite! Is there anything else I should know?"

She nodded slowly and turned to show me her back. She took of her jacket and showed me. There were incredibly intricate designed tattoos of very dark blue and black wings.

"Little secret," she continued in the hushed voice, "they're not just tattoos."

"It's not possible."

"Just you wait. I might as well say screw the Separatists and give the universe quite the show."

"The Council put me in charge of you, for whatever reason that may be. I know you do not need it, but I will protect you from the Separatists. If you let me."

She stuck her hand out to me.

"Just promise me just a little bit of freedom to do what I do best."

I gently took her hand.

"Just do not get anyone hurt."

She smiled and nodded.

"Ei Parde."

"What does that mean?"

"I will often speak in my own language of Mondorian. That means 'I promise.'"

I shook her hand and smiled. We were about to break through the Christophsis atmosphere and I couldn't believe my eyes. The Separatist force was so much stronger than the first time.

"Well, we might just need you to pull out all the secret abilities."

Any woman would have gone running from that many droids, tanks, and speeders, but oddly Ravenna Vanderbuild looked quite at ease with a smirk that I now pinned as her classic smirk.

She tied her boot strings and cracked her knuckles and her neck.

"I am going to hopefully be very helpful," she commented out loud, then spoke in more of a whisper, "for you my Isadora."


Ravenna followed me out of the ship when we reached the surface of the planet and were safe within Republican lines. Commander Cody greeted us and we followed him to Anakin and Ahsoka who were already waiting for us.

"Master Kenobi," Ahsoka greeted me with a nod, then she stared from Ravenna to Choal. She armed herself with her lightsaber. Ravenna just stood in front of her droid and crossed her arms.

"I would not do that if I were you, I'm not here for trouble. Yet."

"She's our new weapon. The Council hired her."

"Really now? Well then, Anakin Skywalker, pleasure to meet you." Anakin stuck out his hand to her and she smiled and shook it.

"Snips, be polite."

Ahsoka lowered her lightsaber but her body language never changed.

"This is my apprentice Ahsoka Tano, and you might be."

"Ravenna Rose Vanderbuild, and this is my droid companion Choal."

"So are you supposed to be some sort of apprentice?" Ahsoka asked.

"No Ahsoka, she's our new asset and our new…" I looked at her for a new word.

"Almost-human weapon?"

I scoffed a laugh. "Almost-human weapon," I said in agreement.

There was a large explosion from the direction of the front lines. Ravenna looked toward the direction of the sound. She looked back at me and then pulled me away from the group.

"How much freedom are you giving me?"

"Don't hurt the Clones, and you have as much as you desire."

"Tell me what you want me to do. And I am all yours."

Her tone of voice was different, darker. Her eyes darkened as well. I watched her posture change, she stood up straighter, and her hands never left a weapon of choice on her body.


"Ahsoka, you stay on the ground with the Clones. I will take Anakin and Ravenna to a higher point to try and see exactly what we're dealing with."

She looked at me with a dejected look, then at Ravenna with a look of distrust.

I watched Ravenna talk to Commander Cody. He agreed to keep her robot near him.

"He'll protect you. Just give him the chance."

"Yes ma'am, he's a pretty powerful clanker."

"That he is."

My listening was broken by Anakin.

"Are you really sure she is up for this, Master?"

"From the stories I have heard, the separatists are the ones we should ask that question."

Anakin smiled at her.

"I'm excited to get to know her."


The three of us went away from the main Street, where the army of droids were. We stood at the base of one of the tallest buildings in the city.

"It's the perfect lookout position to see deep into their lines as well as ours." Ravenna explained.

She stepped behind us and Anakin and I watched in marvel as two black wings appeared from her back. It was a beautiful thing to watch.

She walked back, touched the building, and was off the ground. She had a childlike excitement.

"Okay, now I really like her. She's fun!" Anakin exclaimed before grappling after her. I rolled my eyes, scoffed a laugh and followed.

When Anakin and I reached the top of the building, Ravenna had already set up her own little sniper's nest. She was watching deep into enemy lines through the scope of her gun.

"Well what do you see?" Anakin asked.

"Cannons, huge, long-ranged cannons. I would say those are the biggest issue, but then there are at least three thousand droids to deal with. I'd say we've got our work cut out for us."

She sighed deeply, resting her head on her hand.

Anakin nodded.

"Well, Rex," Anakin spoke into his communicator, "Are you ready?"

"As we can be sir."

"Well then, move out."

Ravenna looked at me for a little support, all I could do was nod. She stood up on the roof, put her sniper away, and pulled out two long dark sword like weapons.

"Well what are we waiting for? We don't want them to have all the fun do we?" Ravenna asked, smirking again.

"Ravenna, before I forget, you need this just in case someone from the council needs you."

I handed her a new communicator. She took it happily.

"Thank you."

She looked a little fearful for a moment, only a moment.

"I'm going to prove that I'm not a danger to you or anyone else. Ei parde," she said, her voice trembled a little.

"I know you will."

Anakin was already scaling down the building, lightsaber in hand, and a chaotic look on his face. The Clones we're moving is a wall formation, shooting droids, and trying to avoid getting shot.

Ravenna smiled at me before turning her back to the Battle, and falling down the building, facing away from the ground. I rushed to the side of the building to see her wings catch her, before leading her to the ground. I laughed and followed, arming myself.

She stayed close by me, cutting away droids. I couldn't help but watch her. She had an elegance with every strike, a sense of grace as she used droids as a footpath, cutting away they're heads.

She looked around before looking at me. Then she put both swords in one hand before reaching out to me. I was surrounded by droids but I still reached out to her. Her hand was cold when I grabbed it, pulling her close to me.

"Some party you dragged me to," she commented as we stood back to back destroying droids.

"Well I needed someone to suffer with me."

I watched the sea of droids part so large cannons could crawl towards us.

"Well this is a sticky situation," I muttered.

"Are you kidding, I call this fun."

She smirked and winked.

"Cover me from the ground droids. I've got the big guys."

I did as she told me. As I watched her dart towards the middle tank I realized, she wasn't showing off. She had a style to her, a sense of art.

I cut away a battle droid as the middle tank erupted into blue flame, sending a wave of droids flying, and the other two tanks crashed on the sides of the road. I looked for her, until I heard her call my name. I hadn't even seen the Droideka rolling towards me.

It was all in slow motion, I just saw her wings carry her in front of the lasers of the Droideka. One hit her side the other, her left shoulder. But she didn't seem phased by them, she just whipped a knife from her bun, which caused her hair to fall in long dark ringlets. She flung it towards the droid, and watched as it passed through the sheild, and right into the center of the droid. It exploded almost instantly. I grabbed her right arm, pulling her back towards me, as my communication device began to beep. I answered.

"The Barricade is destroyed, we just have to deal with what's on the ground, come back so we can talk strategy quicky, let the clones move up," Anakin spoke quickly.

"We're on our way."

The communication ended, as a line of clones ran up. Cody was up front.

"Go we have this."

Ravenna looked a little relieved as she held her side with her injured right arm.

"It looks worse than it is. I'm okay."

"It doesn't matter, we'll take a minute to patch you up. That's an order," I smirked at her, she rolled her eyes and cocked her head towards our safe zone.