Hi everyone! Sorry about the long wait, I've been getting terrible writers block lol, I wrote this chapter in college after getting some inspiration from my friend, I got my pad and jotted down the ideas. I've been fiddling about with this chapter so much, it nearly doesn't have any of the content that my original idea had. So here we go, thanks for the reviews and enjoy
Chapter 4
The first thing Ahsoka noticed when she woke up (except for her sore neck) was that her hands were cuffed. Noticing this, she tried to release them using Force, but all she got back was an electric shock, she gasped in pain when the shocks went coursing through her body, she withdrew her power with a grimace and sat there panting for breath.
She heard a low chuckle from the doorway and she looked up to see General Grievous standing there, watching her struggle.
"Force activated handcuffs, you're not going anywhere anytime soon. In fact, you're not going anywhere at all" he smirked at her "Let's go, there's someone who wants to see you"
They started walking down a long corridor, whilst walking; Ahsoka noticed her lightsaber hanging from Grievous' belt and she thought about the force to get it back to her, but as soon as she thought about it, she remembered her handcuffs and she realised that it would be noticed Wait till master Anakin gets here, then you'll regret this she thought to herself. Grievous led her past many battalions of droids, she worried about the numbers she saw, but felt confident in Anakin.
He led her through a door into a darkened room in which Ahsoka couldn't see a thing, she felt him push her forward and, without her hands free to steady herself, she fell on the floor making her lose her breath. She tried to get up and she only managed to get to her knees as Grievous put his hands on her shoulders, keeping her down. She heard some low laughter from in front of her, and she looked up into the eyes of count Dooku.
"Anakin, Anakin! Wake up, we need you!"
Anakin woke up groggily upon hearing a voice he recognized, that's when he remembered that Grievous had Ahsoka. He sat up suddenly then had to lie down with a moan as the room spun around him from being hit in the head.
"You need to lie down Anakin, you need to rest to heal" Anakin turned his head and focused his eyes on the face of Obi-wan.
"Ahsoka...... " He managed to say before Obi-wan silenced him with a look
"Yes, Grievous still has her, at this moment in time; we are in hyperspace following the pattern of his ships engines. You're in the medical bay at the moment; you will have to stay until the medical droid says you're able to go"
But Anakin wouldn't hear it; he got up, slowly this time, and pushed the med-droid backwards and walked purposely out the room, wincing as his headache seemed to grow worse.
"Where are we heading anyway?" He asked "and how did I get here anyway?" looking towards obi-wan who was forced to admit defeat by making Anakin stay in bed.
"Captain Rex found you on the floor after he came looking for you because he heard the fight, he saw grievous take your ship and leave the dock but he was too late to be able to clock its known projectionaries so he scanned the engine wave-lengths and programmed them into the navi-computer, then he called a ship down from the nearest star destroyer, which happened to be the one I was on as I was sent to see how your mission was going, at this present moment in time, we are following the wave-lengths through hyperspace."
They had entered the bridge and they saw admiral Yularen looking over the navi-computer "Good timing Jedi, I'm glad to see you well General Skywalker. We're coming out of hyperspace now" he looked at the navi-computer again "Hoth! Why would he go to the Hoth system! There's not enough life on that ice cube to fill a space cruiser!"
"Smugglers and pirates use it as a base sometimes, being in the outer rim territories, it's not well known and very secretive, but I agree with you Admiral. Why would he go there?" Obi-Wan mused
"I don't care why he's there, we should be as well! For all we know, Ahsoka could be badly hurt, I'm not letting my padawan getting the brunt of my stupidity" Anakin turned angrily, towards the doors, ready to get into his speeder straight away, but he felt a hand on his shoulder restraining him
"We will in time Anakin, we need to formulate a plan and not dive in head first! We could be heading into a trap" Obi-Wan took on a softer tone "I'm worried about Ahsoka as well, but getting caught isn't going to help her. And this isn't any of your fault Anakin; Grievous just surprised you, that's all." He led Anakin away from the doors towards the controls and they started to formulate a plan
Don't worry Ahsoka, we're coming
"So this is the padawan of the chosen one" said Dooku, running his eyes over her, calculating her powers "a bit young, to be a padawan"
"For your information! Master Yoda himself chose me to be with Anakin, he obviously saw how good I am and thought I deserved a strong master!" Ahsoka retorted back angrily then gasping for breath as Grievous kicked her forward onto the floor
"No insolence, youngling, you're lucky Dooku wants you kept alive" he said to her, pulling her back up using one of her head tails
"yes, and unharmed!" Dooku said, silencing him "if we are to bargain with the Jedi for her life, then we need to make sure she hasn't been...spoiled"
"Bargain?" Ahsoka queried, she hoped Anakin wouldn't fall into the obvious trap, just for her "what kind of bargain?"
"As I'm being nice today and you'll know soon enough anyway, I might as well tell you. Grievous was on Manaan for what I suspect was the same reason you are; Bacta is becoming scarcer in this war. And though droids obviously do not need it, we can sell it to our allies to pay for more supplies, as I thought, your Master Skywalker took it from the stores, and rest assured we will be back there again to clean it out but you have a rather significant amount. Though we did not actually anticipate you being there, you arrived at a good time. We shall see how strong your Jedi are when threatened with your life for the liquid"
Ahsoka was feeling annoyed, and scared at the same time, she hoped that Anakin wouldn't try to rescue her; we need that Kolto for the troopers. So she had to figure a way out of this. "Are we actually going to land anywhere?" she asked
"We already have, whilst you were unconscious, we landed on the planet Hoth. It isn't a well known planet" he said, seeing her confused face "and is a pit stop for pirates and smugglers, we are here just in case our plan doesn't exactly go to, well, plan" he smiled menacingly "If the Jedi decide to act noble, we can always use the funds from the sale of you, I'm sure slaves are not uncommon in the outer-ring territories and you would fetch a handsome price"
Those words scared Ahsoka more than anything
-Count? - came a voice from his communicator
"Yes?"
-We are planning to use one of the abandoned caves to unload the supplies-
"Very good commander. I think I'll need a warmer cloak" Dooku said
"Why?" Ahsoka asked "what kind of planet is this?"
"One you would be wise not to go outside in. You won't need a cloak. Use your Jedi powers to keep you warm" he smiled at her, though not in the nice way, and she wondered why he didn't use his powers as well.
They walked through the ship to the outside where Ahsoka gasped. She had never seen a world like the one she saw in front of her. Ice. It covered the planet completely; the horizon was not flat though, punctuated with a few mountains. But it was lifeless and Ahsoka knew she could not be able to escape from here; she wouldn't survive a minute out there.
Ahsoka grew cold as soon as she stepped outside, the wind was blowing a gale and snow hit her in all directions causing her to freeze to the bone.
She hoped that the droids would freeze in this weather and not be able to move, she tried to smile at this thought but found she couldn't make her face move properly as she was so cold. The group moved into the cave, Ahsoka, glad of some shelter, walked quicker but she couldn't rub her arms as her hands were still handcuffed.
"Take her to one of the holding cells" Dooku commanded then turned away towards one of the ante-chambers, Grievous following on behind. Two droids flanked her either side and led her down into one of the tunnels.
She wondered about the place and remembered that Dooku said it was abandoned so it must have been a smugglers cave at one point, with dungeons she noticed with a grimace as the droids led her to the first one and pushed her roughly inside, not bothering to undo her handcuffs. Though she was inside, it was still freezing and she tried to curl up as small as she could to keep warm.
Hurry master! Please, hurry! She sent a wave of emotion through the force, trying to link with Anakin, but this caused her to weaken and have fatigue from the cold she had been trying to keep at bay Hurry.......... she thought before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
Hurry.....
"Ahsoka!?" Anakin looked round widely, trying to find the source of her voice
"What is it Anakin?" asked Obi-Wan "what's the matter?"
"I swear I could hear Ahsoka's voice in my mind. Like she was calling to me, asking for help" Anakin said, trying to understand "I think she was calling me through the force. I think I can find her!" He said excitedly running towards the scanner.
They had landed on the planet and set up a small camp close to where they think Grievous had landed. They had sent out scouts to monitor the area and search for clue. Anakin stood by the scanner; they also had screens, showing them what the scouts could see.
"Rex! Can you see anything?" Anakin asked through his comm. link "can you see any shelters or ships? Caves? anything?"
" no sir, not yet" replied Rex, leader of one of the scouting teams "wait! I can see something I think, check your screens sir, you might be able to make it out better than I can"
The Jedi and admiral looked towards Rex's screen which showed what appeared to be a large, dark hole in the middle of the cliff. They could see various shapes flitting around the entrance.
"That's it! Rex, stay there and don't make a move until we arrive, keep your homing device on and we'll be there soon" Obi-Wan said, before moving to collect their cold weather gear from the ship. He threw Anakin's pack to him before shouldering his own, also collecting a box of medical supplies. Anakin, noticing this, grew more worried about what kind of condition Ahsoka might be in.
"Lets go"
A/N-in my previous chapter, I don't know if anyone noticed, but I said that Grievous ignited a red lightsaber when in actual fact he only has Jedi sabres, green and blue. Sorry if anyone noticed! I'll be updating soon as I already have a plot in my mind and that is where it shall stay until I show it to the public! Thank you very much for reading
