Chapter 7: Onto Coruscant!

Angel was wide awake by the time her master came to see her; she smiled up at him and giggled.

"Good morning master Soo," she beamed.

"How are you feeling today?" Soo asked.

"I'm okay, the headache is gone, and how is the captain?" she asked.

"He's recovering, but it will be a long time before he could get out," Soo replied, he saw the frown on his padawan's face. "He is lucky though, you got to him right on time."

Angel nodded her head then slid from the bed, "So what will we do today?" she asked.

"We are going to the jedi temple, well, I am, you will see to the troopers who are joining this ship," Soo explained.

"Oh, alright then master," She said trying to hide her disappointment. She had wanted to see the jedi temple herself, and she knew other people would be more suited to seeing the new members, but she trusted her master knew best and didn't argue. "I'll see you soon then," she added.

Soo watched as his young padawan make her way out of the room; he couldn't help but feel a little scared. He didn't know if she was going to be okay, and the thought of her fainting because of her illness worried him even more. Angel looked well enough though, and he trusted the force to protect her and keep her well.

"Ah, Angel…"

"Yes master?"

"Be careful," Soo smiled.

"I will, I promise I won't trip over my own two feet," she chuckled.

Soo nodded his head and pulled his cloak closer together. He walked out of the med bay and headed to the shuttles with his young padawan by his side. He could feel that Angel wasn't happy with the arrangements, and he couldn't blame her. She wanted to go see the temple, to go out and do more. He didn't have the heart to tell her that she wasn't his padawan that she wasn't a padawan at all. He had lied to her, to keep himself from falling closer to the dark side then what was acceptable in his standards. All because he wanted to keep a promise to his old master, a promise he made the day before master Sada died.

"Angel remember, be on your best behavior, and no sneaking out," he said looking down at the Miriluka.

Angel turned her head towards him. "Yes master, I know," she replied puffing out her cheeks to express her irritation of being told the same thing over and over.

"I just want to be sure Angel; last time you said you would behave I ended up apologizing to the doctor, and paying for his replacement droid."

"Are you taking me to the doctors?" Angel asked crossing her arms.

"Well, no, but…"

"Then you have nothing to worry about master," she said rather proud of herself.

Soo sighed, it didn't put his mind at ease, but at least he could go on to the jedi temple without much worry. He got on the shuttle, looking back at Angel as the doors closed in front of him. Angel stood there, just watching as her master's ship took off, as soon as it was out of the cruiser she spun around on her heals and skipped off to the med bay where she would converse with Alex until the shuttle with the soldiers who would merge in with the rest of the 130th would arrive.

The tank was void of the clone captain, and a pang of fear rushed through her. She ran to the tank, and then looked around behind her, surly her new-found friend was okay and resting somewhere nearby.

Doc walked in from his makeshift office his hand in his pockets. He saw Angel frantically looking everywhere for Alex. He cleared his throat to get her attention, when her head popped up from under one of the beds, he pointed to the curtain enclosed area.

"Be careful, and quite, he'll be put back in soon, but right now, we are letting his skin breath," Doc explained.

Angel tilted her head to the side, unsure of what to say, she settled on a soft smile and quiet thank you.

"He is lucky you know, I'm surprised he's still alive, that shot to the head should have killed him instantly," Doc said. "Thank you for saving him commander."

Angel smiled at him, "I haven't saved him yet, I just kept him alive until you could do all the real work, and you're really good at it," she said laying a hand on his shoulder.

Doc looked down at the child, his hand went to her arm, defensively, his mind had registered her action as an attack. Luckly he caught it in time before he did something he would later regret.

"Thank you Commander, but like I said, if it wasn't for you and your force abilities, nothing i do would have saved him."

She nodded her head, "I'll...I'll be seeing him now," she said awkwardly as she wasn't used to talk to people for anything longer than a simple greeting.

Doc gave a salute then walked off to the mess, he needed something to eat before he went back to his medbay.

Angel pushed past the curtain that separated Alex from everyone else. She found a chair and happily took it, sitting on it and giving herself one spin before she leaned on the bed. She was sure not to cause any harm to the clone captain in the process.

"Hey, it's been a while huh? hmm, so I should probably tell you whats going on," She started her head turned towards his face.

Alex didn't respond to her, but he didn't need to physically, she could feel that he was responsive, that he knew she was there.

"Well, we are getting replacement troops, and Master Soo decided to leave me here while he's off doing his errands at the jedi temple," her disappointment at the situation was clear in her voice. "I really want to see the temple, I haven't seen it since it was..." she paused for a moment. "I've never seen the temple."

There was a long pause and she frowned. "I wasn't a youngling like the rest of them, I was taught by my father, and he let master Soo take over my training after...after he disappeared."

Angel sighed deeply and rested her head on what little space there was on the bed.

"maybe you'll take me places when your well...of course after the war."

To anyone else who was just passing by it seemed like she was speaking to herself. However that was not the case, the link she formed between Alex and her self-made it possible to talk to him without really speaking...she just didn't like the silence, silence was always bad.

She sighed again, seeing as it was probably time to head back down to the docking bay to greet the new comers. Angel pushed herself away from the bed and headed down to the lift to take her to her destination.