Chapter 9: I'm getting married?!
Entry log: Aside from my personal fear of fire and disgust of dresses... My greatest phobia would be getting married. Did I do something to offend someone high above? Because I don't want to get married now! I'm only freaking 17! 17! Do you know how much one person can do while she's still single and 17? Then again, I think Rex has it the worse, even though he's under mind-control now... (If only I could cure him... but I have no Force powers on that.) ARGH! When I find Soltaria, I'm going to mince her to shreds!
Obi Wan: So how much exactly have I missed?
xXHiKaRu_ShIrOuXx: Hmm... let's see... Soltaria blundering a Jedi Mind-Trick...
Soltaria: Hey!
xXHiKaRu_ShIrOuXx: Cody and Ahsoka getting knocked out by a hypnotized Rex...
Cody: (Being bandaged by Ahsoka) Ahem...
xXHiKaRu_ShIrOuXx: And Claire about to get hitched with her personal zombie love slave.
Claire: Like I wanted to be a part of this! (Still trying to shake off Rex who refuses to let go in the midst of their hugging session)
Mace: I'm ashamed that she is my padawan.
Soltaria: I heard that, Macey!
(Soltaria and Mace engage in a duel with light sabers and Force powers)
xXHiKaRu_ShIrOuXx: Sheesh... where's our disclaimer of the day?
Jedi Council: xXHiKaRi_ShIrOuXx does not own anything from star wars clone wars and whatever star wars franchise that exists, except her OC in this story- Claire Aschlock. Soltaria Levin belongs to a friend of hers.
Plo Koon: She also does not own the songs and lyrics posted in this fanfic.
xXHiKaRu_ShIrOuXx: Sweet! I got the whole Jedi Council to do my disclaimer! Awesome! XD
(Soltaria emerges as victor, laughing manically)
Soltaria: Hah! I win! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Mace: I… don't believe it…
xXHiKaRu_ShIrOuXx: Face it, Mace. You just got pwned by someone high on sugar.
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2 years ago…
A girl sat quietly on the freezing sidewalk, outside the office. Snow fell from the sky as she stuck out her tongue to taste a snowflake. The burning sensation caused her to squeak. The door creaked open, revealing a purple-haired social worker with a cup of warm hot chocolate.
"Here, this should warm you up," She said, as she handed the cup to the shivering girl. The girl with black short wispy hair sniffed the warm cocoa aroma before taking a small sip. "Thank you," She mumbled in gratitude.
"Your welcome," The social worker replied. "Are you feeling better?"
The girl nodded and cast her eyes down to the cup. "Why?"
"Hm?"
"Why do you want to help me… even though you don't know anything about me?" She asked.
The purple-haired woman smiled, ruffling the girl's hair playfully.
"Hey, that's what friends are for."
On that single winter cold afternoon, a friendship between a Mortal and an Angel blossomed.
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Obi Wan stared in blank disbelief at Soltaria, Ahsoka, Artoo and a banged up Cody. He held his temple in great stress and contemplation of the matter.
"Let me get this straight. Rex kidnapped Claire to a place we have no idea of, Cody is the best man, you and Ahsoka are the bridesmaids and I'm the…"
"Priest- The guy who weds the couple together."
Obi Wan sighed in greater distress, replying in a low tone. "I suppose I'll have to help solve this problem."
Soltaria shrugged. "Pretty much."
"For a secret wedding, we sure have a lot of people knowing about it," Ahsoka whispered to Soltaria. Artoo beeped in agreement. "I know, I know. But we need Obi Wan's help in cancelling out the mind-trick."
"She's got a point," Cody agreed. "For once."
"But there are so many planets! Where do we start?" Ahsoka asked.
Obi Wan smiled. "Ahsoka, have you forgotten what we Jedi can do?"
Soltaria's eyes beamed and she leaned towards him with glee. "Have I forgotten to mention how much I admire you, Obi?"
Cody rolled his eyes as Obi Wan cleared his throat. "Now then, gather around and concentrate on the Force."
Soltaria blankly stared as Ahsoka and Obi Wan entered in full lotus positions, closing their eyes in meditation. "I don't get it, why are we sitting around for?"
"We're going to connect with the Force to locate Claire and Rex's position."
Soltaria blinked. "But how-"
"Just keep quiet and concentrate your thoughts on Claire and Rex," Obi Wan cut in. "Once you calm your mind, you should see some visions of them at least."
With a shrug, Soltaria sat down and did as she was told. Serenity filled the silent room; the noise from outside grew softer and softer. Creases formed on Obi Wan's fore head, deep in concentration.
"Strange… I can't sense anything."
"Same here. There's nothing on Claire. At all," Ahsoka mumbled softly.
"Mmm… Häagen-Dazs and churros…" Soltaria licked her lips in sweet delight, earning the questionable looks from everyone else. She blinked in surprise.
"Wow, I'm hungrier than I thought I was."
Obi Wan sighed. "Let's try again. Only this time, try concentrating on Captain Rex."
The trio meditated once more, joining with the Force.
"A barn… in the wetlands… Lush greenery… and mountains… deserts…"
"Master Kenobi, I can see a family and… and children!"
"Why do I hear… wedding bells? " Soltaria's eyebrows creased together in concentration. "Hold on… I'm picking up something on Cl- WOAH!"
All of a sudden, Soltaria was lifted off the ground and thrown against the wall. Jolted awake, Cody (who had fallen asleep) fell off his bed in shock, while the others whipped their heads to Sotlaria's direction. Ahsoka ran to her side, shaking her shoulder. "Soltaria? Are you alright?"
"I-I saw her! I saw Claire! But there was like… some kind of barrier, pushing me out of the Force!"
Artoo whistled, while Obi Wan placed a finger on his chin. "Judging from the scenery which just saw, I saw that they would be at Saleucami. We'll need to take a drop ship and contact Anakin and Master Windu to be on the lookout."
"That would be a problem." Everyone turned to the source of the voice: Plo Koon. "Plo Plo! Kor-Too-Ha!" Soltaria grinned.
"Actually, it's Koh-To-Ya." He corrected.
"That's what I just said!"
A huge sweat drop formed on Plo Koon's head, but he remained calm as he informed the group, "Unfortunately, I bring forth some… unfortunate news."
"What do you mean, Master Plo?" Concern was evident in Ahsoka's words.
"Due to the heavy casualties involved from Soltaria's piloting, she has been prohibited from going near any flying aircraft in the Republic territories."
Soltaria was bewildered. "What? But I have to go and save Claire-Bear!"
"I'm deeply sorry, but even Chancellor Palpatine and Admiral Yularen have agreed to this."
A long silence filled the room, until Ahsoka thought of a brilliant idea.
"Well, we could try this…" She slyly smiled.
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By the time I had woken up, Rex was shaking me by the shoulders. I yawned softly, rubbing my tired eyes to meet the sudden appearance of Rex's visor in front of my face. I yelped in surprise, falling off my seat. It was then I noticed that Rex had untied me. Instinctively, I attacked him, but Rex just held me off like I was some pint-sized kid. Then again, even if I was stronger than him I wouldn't be able to bring myself to use my full force on him. So I ran out of the drop ship, only to find beautiful scenery of lush greenery and desert colors blended together perfectly.
I was left in awe. "Where is this place?"
Sadly, the moment was cut short as Rex yanked me to a speeder bike, which I presumed he must have snuck into the ship earlier. I gave a long glance to the drop ship, wondering if I should attempt an escape. 'Not unless I want to end up like Cody and Ahsoka…'
Reluctantly, I wrapped my arms around his waist as we sat on the speeder bike. Rex ignited the engine and we sped away like the wind. Countless vegetation passed us in the amazing beauty of the lush wetlands of mountains, forests, fields and deserts. For some strange reason, I can't help but feel a sense of nostalgia. 'Where have I seen this place before?' I wondered to myself.
Caught up in my daydreaming and sightseeing, I only realized later that I had leaned very close to Rex's back. Rex on the other hand was completely comfortable with it. Blushing hysterically, I prayed that this torture would end soon. Yet, I couldn't help but find it… romantic.
The speeder bike stopped at a barn in the middle of the wetlands. Rex parked the speeder bike and helped me down. I scrutinized my eyes at the familiar-looking farm. 'Why does this place look so familiar?'
The door opened to reveal my answer. "Rex!" A man with reddish maroon hair and tanned complexion welcomed Rex, shaking his hand in a brotherly fashion. But what terrified me the most was that the man had the same face as Rex!
'Maybe I'm hallucinating.'
A pink-skinned Twi'lek Female strolled out of the house, along with two orange and blue-skinned twi'lek kids: One girl and one boy. I blinked, staring from the man to the Twi'lek family to Rex, and back to the man and the Twi'lek family.
Then it hit me.
'Oh my GOD! Its Cut Lawquane! The clone who deserted the army to lead a normal life with his adopted family!' I was secretly hoping that he wasn't the same guy, but sure enough, the guy extended his hand to me, with a smile.
"Hi. My name is Lawquane. Cut Lawquane," He told me.
A doomed expression swallowed my inner chibi self as I shakily shook his hand.
"N-Nice to meet you," I replied with an awkward smile. If I didn't have to keep my true origins a secret, I would have told him: "You kick ass in Season 2, episode 10!"
The little Twi'lek girl walked towards me with a sweet smile, and asked, "Are you Mister Rex's girlfriend?"
I blushed hysterically, scratching the back of my head. "Er, not exactly… my name is Claire Aschlock. I'm actually-"
"She's my fiancée."
I stared at Rex in sheer horror. 'How can you say it with such a straight-forward face?' I mentally yelled. Cut looked surprised. "Congratulations."
Desperate, I tried to inform them about Rex's condition. "Erm, actually Rex isn't really feeling too well today…"
"We're planning on getting married here. Secret wedding with a few witnesses."
Cut and his wife looked impressed. "I knew you had accept my offer," The ex-clone joyfully replied, slapping Rex's shoulder.
That was it.
"No, no, no! You don't understand! Rex is under mind-control to do this! He doesn't want to really marry me!" I half-shrieked.
Everyone stared at me and then burst out laughing. I stared at them in disbelief, while Cut's wife patted my shoulder. "Sweetie, I think you are suffering from pre-wedding stress."
"What? No! I'm being serious!"
Ignoring my words, she guided me to the house. "Come now, I'll take you inside for some nice warm soup. By the way, you can call me Suu. And the children would love to have some company."
Cut chuckled in agreement. "I'm guessing you would like to stay with us?"
Rex nodded. "At least before we find a place of our own."
"Tell you what, I'll help you fix up a new home for you and your wife. In return, just let us know when the wedding starts."
Suu's children smiled at me, both quickly introducing themselves. "My name is Jekk!" The boy cheerfully introduced himself.
"And my name is Shaeeah," The little girl smiled adorably. "Hope you have a nice honeymoon in the future."
I was pretty much dreading what would happen next.
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"This armor is so damn tight!" Soltaria hissed, walking rigidly in the clone armor alongside Artoo, who beeped cheekily.
"Ssh! We can't let the clones know that you're here," Ahsoka whispered.
Obi Wan and Cody approached a clone trooper, requesting for a drop ship for departure to the Outer Rim. The clone nodded, and then tilted his head to the side, noticing the extra 'clone'.
"I've never seen you around before…" The clone noted. "What's your name?"
Soltaria stood rigid, her lips blubbering, too shocked to speak. Ahsoka elbowed her in the rib and without thinking, Soltaira blurted out loud, "Peanut!"
Everyone, including Soltaria herself, was caught by surprise at the name.
"Peanut?" The clone repeated, disturbed.
"Yes… ahem, my name is Peanut." She tried to sound as manly as possible.
"What happened to your voice? It sounds… girly."
Soltaria coughed. "Sore throat… puberty…"
Cody placed a firm hand on Soltaria's shoulder, squeezing it. "Peanut came from one of the new batches. His voice got affected from an error in the cloning process," Cody explained.
"Ah, one of the new shinies. Poor thing."
With the disguise a success, the gang quickly boarded the drop ship and departed the Resolute. Upon reaching a safe distance, Soltaria removed her helmet gasped. "Finally!"
"You know that you'll have to wear that while I'm talking with Anakin," Obi Wan said. Soltaira bluntly scoffed. "Annie isn't so much of a problem."
"Not even your Master? Mace Windu?"
Soltaria paused, casting her eyes to the side as Obi Wan drove the drop ship away. "Peanut…" Obi Wan mused. "What an interesting name."
Cody and Ahsoka burst into hysterical laughter, while Artoo clicked and whirred repeatedly. Soltaria folded her arms, pouting. "Well what do you expect? I only had like a second to come up with a name!"
"No offense, but I never knew of any trooper with a name like that," Cody chuckled.
"Pfft… Peanut…" Ahsoka giggled.
"So not funny!" Soltaria slid the clone helmet back on to hide her reddened face. 'Where's Claire when you need her? She does way better in the guy-like voice thing.'
"Now I'll just need to hold a hologram conference with Anakin and Mace, so Soltaria, whatever you do…" Obi Wan's voice went low and serious. "Don't speak. At all."
Before she could retort, the hologram of Mace appeared, prompting her to keep her mouth screwed shut.
[Master Kenobi, what seems to be the problem?] Mace inquired.
"Master Windu, where's Anakin?"
Mace looked confused. [Wasn't he supposed to be with you in the Resolute?]
Soltaria, Ahsoka and Cody shrunk in their seats as Obi Wan shot a quizzical look. "No, we were just looking for him, along with Claire and clone Captain Rex."
Mace and Obi Wan stared at each other silently, realizing that they had been tricked. [That Skywalker was always the sneaky one…] Mace muttered grudgingly.
"Agreed. Do inform us if you spot him, Claire or Captain Rex around the area."
Mace nodded, ending the transmission. "Oh well, let's just get going then!" Soltaria said cheerfully. Obi Wan folded his arms, eyeing her suspiciously. "You don't happen to know where Anakin is… do you?"
With the combined stares of Cody and Ahsoka, Soltaria's last shred of hope crumpled. "Yeah… About Anakin…"
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"Missy Claire! Missy Claire! Show us that mind-reading trick you did before!"
I sighed as Jekk and Shaeeah tugged my arms, wanting me to play with them again. "But this is the seventh time…" I whined.
"Pleeeeaaaassee?" They pleaded, with their cutest puppy eyes and pouts. Unable to ignore to the max level of cuteness, I gave in. "Fine. But only because you asked nicely."
"Ooh! Me first! Me first!" Jekk exclaimed in excitement. I read his mind, and with a smirk I told him, "I'm guessing… tag!"
Suu watched with a smile as I chased the kids around the house. "You seem to like kids."
I shrugged. "Yeah, they're okay. Especially when they laugh at the Tickle Monster!" My fingers shot out to tickle Jekk and Shaeeah's sides, causing them to laugh gleefully. Suu smiled warmly at the various antics we came up with: Playing tag, talking, doodling and charades. I suddenly remembered how long it was since I last got involved in a family like this.
"Missy Claire! Look!" Shaeeah brought out a colorful doodle of two stick figures surrounded by messy pink, red and blue flowers. "Who's that?" I pointed to the stick figure wearing a white long dress.
"That's you!" She giggled. "And the other one's your future hubby: Mister Rex."
My face paled, suddenly remembering why I was here. "T-T-That's great…" A trembling nervous smile appeared on my face. 'If there's anything that beats my fire phobia, it's wedding phobia.'
"And look! Mum and I got a dress for you!" Shaeeah pulled me by the hand, dragging upstairs. Upon the reaching the room, a dazzling white strapless dress laid on the bed, along with the headdress decorated with white alien flowers. Shaeeah beamed at me with a wide smile. "What do you think?"
If Rex and Cut were still outside busy fixing a house, they would have heard me screaming my lungs off.
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Exiting out of hyperspace, Anakin drove his star fighter through the wide space. "Dang it. Master Windu and Obi Wan are going to kill me if I don't make it to the Twilight!" Anakin muttered. "And worse, Artoo's probably with that crazy purple destroyer."
Suddenly, his ship rocked from the impact of laser fire from behind. A sleek green Porax-38 starfighter zoomed past Anakin, who growled. "Bane… What's he doing here?"
Impulsively, Anakin fired laser at Bane, but the clever bounty hunter dodged it with ease. "Oh it's on!" Anakin chased after Bane in a light speed chase down the endless galaxy.
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"Why the Force did you dive for the wheel, Soltaria? You almost got us killed!"
"I got bored! And I wanted to drive something," Soltaria replied casually, as she climbed out of the wrecked drop ship. Cody lifted Ahsoka and Obi Wan out while Artoo used his mini rocket boosters to escape the ruined pile of metal. The group was now stranded in a wide field of vegetation and mountains.
"Well this does prove the fact that you're ineligible for driving any vehicle in the world," Obi Wan coughed.
"Aw come on! It wasn't that bad!"
Ahsoka shot a glare in her direction. "Bad? BAD? You drove us straight into an asteroid zone!" Ahsoka almost yelled.
"Wow, you sure have Annie's temper," Soltaria remarked, and then grinned goofily. "Like Master, like Padawan!"
For the first time, Ahsoka had the sudden urge to claw Soltaria's eyes out. Cody placed a firm hand on her shoulder. "Easy there, kid. Just take it easy."
Obi Wan stared at the long stretch of land before them. "It looks like we're going to have to walk from here," He said. Then he froze, knitting his brows together briefly, detecting something amiss the deep silence. "Aw maaaaan… do we really have to-"
Obi Wan cut Soltaria off by raising his hand, and igniting his light saber. Ahsoka soon felt it too, readying her light saber while Cody got his blaster ready. The trees swished with the wind, and shadows of rocks and mountains lied ominously on the grass. Not understanding the situation, Soltaria was about to ask until she felt a tingling sensation at the back of her mind. The hair on her neck stood straight as if something was warning danger. "Wow, I have some kind of Spidey sense now?" She wondered out loud.
Soon, assassin droids popped up like daisy and charged towards the group with shiny blades. Droids clashed with living beings, as they battled in terrains of vegetation. Laser clashed with blades and light sabers. Out of nowhere, Ventress joined the fray, jumped from a rock and clashed light sabers with Obi Wan.
"Kenobi… I should have known," She snarled, licking her lips.
"Ventress… Here to do Dooku's dirty work I suppose?"
"My master is ill and helped Aschlock escape in a moment of insanity," She replied dryly. Everyone gave quizzical looks whereas Soltaria, after sending an assassin droid flying in the opposite direction, exclaimed, "For the first time, I'm glad to hear about Random Dooku!"
"If it's Claire you're after, we won't let you lay a finger on her," Obi Wan said in a low tone. Ventress simply laughed. "Fine! Try and stop me if you can!"
With a violent swing, she brought her red light saber down to clash with Obi Wan's blue light saber. Artoo zoomed pass the assassin droids, electrocuting those that got too near Cody. Ahsoka and Soltaria moved back to back, surrounded by droids ready to stick their evil blades into their guts.
"On the count of three, we duck and slice their legs," She whispered.
"What?"
"Duck!" Ahsoka swiftly bent down and slashed the droids legs while Soltaria yelped, dodging to the side instead. The act however caused her to drop her light saber, which bounced across the grass. She scrambled to her light saber as the assassin droid approached her with lightning speed. In panicked reflex, she thrust her hands at the direction of the droid, squeezing her eyes shut as she mumbling desperately, "Almighty God above… Please give me strength!"
Just as the droid raised its sickening blade of death, Soltaria screamed out randomly.
"HADOKEN!"
Miraculously, a ball of Force energy glowed in her hands, flying towards the assassin droid in fierce speed. The Force Ball sent the assassin droid flying across the plain meadow, frying its circuits to crisp. Soltaria stared down at her hands in amazement.
"I can do that?" Her lips formed a grin. "Wow! As how Claire-Bear would say… Thanks for the level up, God!" Grabbing her light saber and thrusting it onto her belt, Soltaria flexed her fingers and charged towards the assassin droids surrounded Ahsoka, Cody and Artoo. "Eat this! Hadoken V2!" She yelled, firing Force balls at the assassin droids like a machine gun on the loose. Ahsoka gaped at Soltaria destroying the droids as if they were flies.
"Impossible!" With a final clash, Obi Wan pushed Ventress down to the ground with his light saber connected to hers. "It's over, Ventress."
Ventress hissed and kicked Obi Wan in the gut, running off down to the thick forest ahead. "Hurry! We have to reach Claire and Rex before she does!" Obi Wan said. Ahsoka gave a reluctant nod, while Cody went ahead to follow his orders. But as they walked forward, he noticed that someone else was not following. Turning around, he noticed Soltaria, standing along side Artoo. "What's wrong Soltaria?"
"Do we really have to go in there?"
"Now isn't the best time to complain, kid," Cody replied sternly.
Soltaria shuffled her feet, unease filled her voice, "Yeah, but I don't do so well in dark spooky places… especially dark spooky forests crammed with trees, bugs and…" She gulped. "… Small spaces haunted by ghosts?"
Cody sighed; mumbling something about women while Obi Wan chuckled. "Relax Soltaria, you are a Jedi Padawan for a reason. Besides, there's no such thing as a ghost."
"That's right. And just think about it," Ahsoka smiled. "Once we get across the spooky dark forest, you can see Claire again."
With night drawing close, Artoo beeped shakily at the dark spooky forest that reminded Soltaria of the creepy ghostly trees from Snow White. The lightning and thunder sound effect in her head sent shivers down her spine.
'Of all the places that Claire and Rex may be hiding, why can't it be a meadow with rainbow unicorns and happy leprechauns?'
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At the table, everyone sat down for dinner. To avoid Rex's unflinching stare, I kept my gaze down to my plate of baked alien meat. Secretly, I glanced to the kids who ate their fill. 'How is it that they can stomach something that looks like some weird hybrid of a chameleon and armadillo?'
"Aren't you hungry?" Cut asked in concern that I had not eaten my fill of the questionably edible meat. I shook my head, but my stomach growled louder in protest. 'Whose side are you on?' I mentally scolded my stomach.
"Missy Claire, it's really good!" Jekk said, at the same time gobbling down more of the alien meat. I stared at the meat and its alien source. With a reluctant gulp, I stabbed a piece of it with my fork and took a bite. Noticing the others (Rex included) still staring at me, I chewed it quickly, swallowing my repulsive looking dinner. To my surprise, it tasted like chicken.
"Told you, told you!" Jekk cheerfully added. Shaeeah was awfully quiet, eyeing the light saber attached to my belt. "What's that, Missy Claire?" She finally asked, pointing to my weapon.
I grinned. "That? That's my light saber. I got it when I was captured by a certain cyborg general who tried to make me join the Dark Side."
"You're a Jedi?" Cut asked. I shook my head. "Nah. And I'm not a Sith either. So I'm in-between… sort of."
"What's a cyborg?" Jekk asked. I smiled at the innocent little kids. "Tell you what, if you finish up your dinner and clean up quickly, I'll tell you a little interesting story about him."
"Really?" The two kids beamed with excitement.
"Absolutely."
The two kids cheered, and quickly finished their dinner before speeding to wash their dishes. Cut and Suu smiled at me. "What?"
"Nothing, just happy that Jekk and Shaeeah have some good company once in awhile," Cut replied with a satisfied smile. I smiled back. "Yeah, they're a wonderful bunch."
"Do you plan on having kids of your own after your marriage?"
My eyes bulged at Suu's words, my stomach turning upside down. Eyeing Rex nervously, I began to imagine what a life of us, as a family would be like. The visions of a little black haired boy and a blonde girl, running into our arms took the cake, their laughing faces bringing joy to our 'home'. Crimson shades plastered all over my cheek, while my heart thumped loudly at the sheer thought of it. Dreadfully, I felt ill.
"Erm… I'm going for a walk," Awkwardness filled my voice as I stood up and dashed out of the house. As soon as I reached a distance from the house, I stopped outside the field of crops, heaving a sigh of relief.
'OH. MY. GOD! For a second I thought she might go on about the sex talk!"
Then I noticed a barn house identical to the one that Cut's family live in. It was still under construction, but the effort put in to build it could be seen.
'If Rex and I got married and have a family here… would we be living happily like Cut and his own?' I wondered. 'Now that I thought about it, was this something that Rex secretly wanted?'
My eyes widened. 'No way! He wouldn't think about actually doing this for real…'
I stared at our 'home' for a long time, pondering.
'… Would he?'
"Claire." I squeaked, whipping around to find Rex standing right behind me.
"Oh- Ah- Hi, Rex," I flustered, smiling nervously. "Nice night today isn't it?"
Rex stared at me even more intensely, his hazel eyes boring into mine.
'Oh God… Is so hard to look at him in the eyes now!'
My limps went rigid still as Rex wrapped his arms around my waist.
"Mhi solus tome."
"Mhi solus dhar'tome."
I almost melted at the touch of his lips on my cheek. Rex gazed at me 'lovingly'.
"Mhi me'dinui an."
"Mhi ba'juri verde."
I stared at Rex, left speechless by his gaze and voice. 'I know that was beautiful and all, but... Rex! English please!'
"Rex… what are you saying?"
When Rex leaned towards me, I instantly regretted my words. Believing that he was going to land a mushy wet kiss, I squeezed my eyes tight. But instead, Rex had leaned to my ear. His breath tickled my skin.
"We are one together," He whispered huskily, sending shivers down my spine.
"We are one when parted."
One of his large hands found mine, and clasped over it warmly. I never knew how comforting his warmth was.
"We share all."
As if hypnotized by his words, I absentmindedly accepted his warm embrace, hugging back. My fingers were still fidgeting though.
"We will raise warriors."
Rex ended it with a small kiss on my fore head. I blushed madly, now understanding why he said those words.
'And according to my Star Wars knowledge base… Those are marriage vows! He was freakin' proposing to me then!' My inner chibi ran around in circles, shooting confetti out of nowhere.
"Marry me," He pleaded softly. Desperate to escape, I was really hoping on running away and screaming for help like a banshee. But this was Rex. The guy who was always there for me when I needed someone to talk to; the guy who risked his life for all; the guy who can solve any problem and argument faster than you can say "Suck Laser!"
And Rex… was the guy whom I had always loved.
'Seriously, I can't bear to even point my light saber at him or smash his head against the wall!' Remembering those memories just wanted to make me cry. Rex gave a small hush, wiping away my tears as he asked me again.
"Will you marry me?"
I was about to say yes, but then stopped. If I really loved him, I must say…
"No." Rex stared at me in shock as I smiled warmly. I clasped my hands onto both sides of his face. "Not yet."
Crestfallen, Rex shot a look of hurt. "Why?"
"You're not ready. You're still under Soltaria's mind trick. I don't want to force you into making a decision that you'll regret later."
Rex grabbed my shoulders roughly, his angry eyes of disbelief burned into mine. "But I am ready."
I stood my ground firmly, despite knowing how hurt he was. "Now isn't the right time. I'll wait until you're ready to leave the Order and everything. Hell, when you say go, then I'll go. So when the time comes…" I leaned towards his face until the tip of our noses touched, black staring back at hazel.
"I'll be there waiting for you."
And I sealed my words with a kiss on his lips. Rex stiffened for a moment, his grip on me loosened, only to let his arms wrap around my waist, pulling us together in a tight embrace. We showered each other with kisses. I gasped when Rex kissed me harder. Passion convulsed through my veins as his body pressed tightly against mine. The touch of his skin was enough to make me go insane. But when we pulled apart, the most miraculous thing happened.
Rex blinked. "… C-Claire?"
I gasped as he looked around his surroundings in confusion. "Where the heck are we? What are we doing here? And why are you smiling and crying at the same time?"
I laughed and threw my arms around him. "Rex! You're cured!"
"What are you talking about? Since when was I ever sick?"
I laughed, hugging Rex in joy. "I'm sorry for everything! I'm sorry for not trusting you back then! I'm sorry about Soltaria doing her mind-trick on you!"
Rex felt overwhelmed. "Erm, it's okay really, I wanted to apologize too for- Wait a second!" He wrenched me away from the hugging moment, his face reflected epic horror. "I was under mind-control?" He almost yelled. "By Soltaria?"
"Yup."
All of a sudden, shrill screaming from the cornfield was heard and Jekk and Shaeeah came running out of the field, towards me. "Jekk! Shaeeah! What happened?"
"M-Monsters! Monsters heading this way!" Shaeeah shrieked.
"Yeah! And one of them had purple hair sticking out!" Jekk cried, clutching onto my leg in fear.
On cue, the crops rustled and shadowy murky figures rose from the field. Rex readied his blasters and fired at the one in the front.
"Ow! My butt! It burns!"
A mud-covered Anakin appeared, followed by a mud-covered Soltaria and Obi Wan. The only ones clean or with few specks of dirt were Ahsoka, Cody and Artoo. Anakin was beyond pissed off, rubbing his burnt ass.
"Who was the idiot who shot my ass?" He demanded. Rex gulped, quickly hiding his gun behind his back. Looking at the scene, I guffawed, slapping my knees while everyone stared back as if to question my sanity.
"Claire? Is that you?" Soltaria asked.
And that was how the whole gang got reunited. For now.
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xXHiKaRu_ShIrOuXx: With the whole gang regrouped, there are still so many questions left unanswered! How did Anakin met up with Soltaria, Obi Wan and the others? What is going on with Ventress and Cad Bane? And will Rex ever forgive Soltaria for what she had done to him?
Anakin: (Applying medicated burn oil on his poor butt) You know instead of giving questions, why not answer them for us?
xXHiKaRu_ShIrOuXx: Oh I will.
Anakin: Really?
xXHiKaRu_ShIrOuXx: (Smirks evilly) In the next chapter.
Anakin: (PWNED) WHAT?!
xXHiKaRu_ShIrOuXx Please review to continue this story and no flames! XD
