Whoo! Double digit chapters! Yay! :) I am so glad that I'm getting the chance to update again today! :) :) For those of you who didn't read chapter 9 because I updated later than I normally would, sorry, I had just gotten back from this awesometasteaful Shakespeare show. (For your information, awesometasteaful is a word that comes from the book 'Luv ya Bunches' and also has a character known as Katie Rose, and that's where my name comes from. :) I lurve Katie Rose 'cause of course, she is crazy, just like me! :)) And this Shakespeare show was not dorky and old fashioned like Hamlet, (even though Hamlet is a great play) but it was kinda funny and awesome! The play was of 'The Three Musketeers and it was awesome 'cause they put little touches of today's language in it...plus, some of the musketeers were pretty cute. :) There was this one hilarious line where King Louis XVIII has to scream, "BALLS, BALLS, I LOVE BALLS!" (You know, the balls as in the parties in the 17th century.) I'm sorry if right now you are cringing at my dirty mind, and I don't usually think that way, but sometimes, (which is 85% if the time,) I can be a tad bit immature. Just a tad. :) Alright, my rambling is done! Here is chapter 10!

Chapter 10.

Cadena—

"Whoops, sorry, Master Kenobi." I said apologetically when I almost ran into him.

Obi-wan nodded and gave me a strained smile. "It's fine, Cadena. Anakin is inside if you're looking for him." He says with his usual gentleness.

I bit my lip. I wasn't really planning on seeing him…and I really just wanted to get some rest…

"Oh." I say as lightly as I could. "Thanks." Obi-wan nodded and went on his way. I shook my head to myself. "Poodoo." I muttered to myself and walked into our quarters.

"Cadena, you're here." Anakin says with a forced smile on his face. "Did you find anything at the library?" I shrugged. "Nothing much. I just read a couple of stories, that's all." I said listlessly and headed towards my dresser to find my sleeping clothes for the night. I didn't give Anakin a second glance when I stepped into the refresher.

I frowned to myself as I stepped into the shower, letting the water run down my face. Both Obi-wan and Anakin looked nervous around me, as though I had done something wrong.

'Is it because I stood up for Anakin while he was being grilled for having clones dead?' I mused to myself. That couldn't be it, could it? After all, I would think that Anakin would be grateful…right?

I sighed and began dressing myself. I didn't know. It was all complicated.

I walked out and folded my clothes neatly into my dresser.

"What's up?" I asked Anakin lightly as I sat down on my bed. Anakin fidgeted with his fingers and then says, "Oh, nothing much. What about you?" I shook my head. "Do we have another mission to attend to?" I asked. Anakin shook his head. "Alright." I mumbled and lay my head down on a pillow.

I heard Anakin sigh when I closed my eyes. I felt him walk over to me and I opened my eyes. Anakin was smiling at me sadly and then he asks, "Are you okay, Cadena?" I nodded. "I'm fine." I muttered.

"Thanks for sticking up for me today." Anakin whispered. "Sorry if I didn't mention it before." I shrugged. "The Council wasn't really being as wise as they should be." I said simply. "They shouldn't have judged you so quickly."

Anakin sat on his knees and rested his head on the mattress, staring intently at me. "You know that I care for you, right?" He asks. I raised an eyebrow and sat up straight.

"Master, are you feeling okay?" I asked curiously. Anakin nodded, not saying anything else. I frowned. "I know that you care for me, I'm just a little…you know, feeling out of place right now." I said quietly. "I'm still trying to get used to being your Padawan."

Anakin nodded again. "It's tough, right?" He asks. I grinned. "You said it." I replied and lay back down. Anakin still didn't move from his spot next to my bed.

"Erm…Master?" I ask. "Don't you wanna go to sleep or something?" Anakin blinked and nodded. "Right. Sorry, um…yeah, I'll get going." He says hesitantly and stood up.

I nodded and closed my eyes. I felt Anakin laying himself down in his bed, but I could tell that he wasn't asleep. If anything, he was feeling more alert and stressed than ever.

I sighed and stood up, walking over to his bed. Anakin's eyes opened and he looked up at me. I sat down on his bed and poked him. "Scooch." I say and Anakin obediently shifted his position so there was some space for me. I sighed and grabbed a pillow and put it next to his head.

Anakin raised an eyebrow at me as I lay myself down next to him. "Relax, okay?" I say comfortingly. Anakin nodded and he closed his eyes. I smirked when I realized that his body was still stiff and not moving. I hesitated for a second and then I squeezed his hand. "You're not relaxing…" I say in a sing-song voice.

Anakin's eyes opened and he gave me a strained smile. "Sorry." He says quietly. "I just have a lot on my mind." I grinned. "You think?" I ask, laughing and then my expression returned to being serious.

"Nothing bad is going to happen." I said in a reassuring tone. "Just think about all of the good things." Anakin sounded like a little boy when he replied, "Okay." I smiled and closed my eyes. Gradually, I felt Anakin taking deeper breaths and when I reopened my eyes, I was glad to find out that he was asleep.

"Good night, Skyguy." I whispered and closed my own eyes.

•◊•

I let out a soft moan when daylight hit from under my eyelids.

I rolled over and let out a small shriek when I landed on the ground with a THUMP.

"Cadena? Are you okay?" Anakin asks, alarmed. I sat up and stretched. "Yeah, I'm fine, Master. I just fell." I said, wincing in embarrassment.

"Alright." Anakin says and climbed out of bed. He helped me stand up and grinned. "You have bed head." He says teasingly. I rolled my eyes. "You have more of a bed head." I shot back, and it was true. His brown hair really was sticking up in every direction and Anakin scowled at me.

I laughed as Anakin walked into the refresher. I was about to yell at Anakin to hurry up with the shower when a knock sounded throughout the room from the door. I winced and looked around, hoping that I would appear to be presentable.

'No matter.' I thought, annoyed with myself and opened the door.

Obi-wan was waiting and his eyes widened slightly when he saw me. "Master Kenobi." I greet, and gave him a small bow.

"Would you like to come in?" I ask with a forced smile on my face. Obi-wan nodded and walked into the room. "Sorry that I'm not looking exactly…official." I said apologetically. "I just awoke." Obi-wan smiled. "It's quite alright. I was looking for Anakin and you, there has been some sort of disturbance in the information that you two gathered yesterday…and you're both needed right away." He says.

I nodded and groaned inwardly. Was it normal to have missions right away like this?

I walked over to the refresher and knocked on the door. "Master, hurry up, Obi-wan is here." I say. I heard Anakin mumble a curse and then he responds, "Sure, I'll be out in a minute."

I turned back to Master Kenobi and we both waited patiently as Anakin walked out, his hair still wet from the shower. I smirked as he tried to dry his hair with a towel. "This better be a good excuse." He says to Obi-wan when he sits down.

Master Kenobi raised an eyebrow. "Anakin, we've found out that the Separatist has already begun to kidnap Jedi." He says sorrowfully and my mouth dropped. "Who did they kidnap?" I asked. Obi-wan rubbed his temples. "It was all in the list in the computer data that you gave us. They've attempted to kidnap Master Ti, but she fought them off, thankfully. Aayla Secura has been missing, as well as Luminara." He said sadly.

My eyes widened and I stuttered out, "Has anyone else been captured?" Obi-wan shook his head. "We don't think so, but we're still looking. There are a couple of more names on the list, saying that the Separatist are still aiming to capture more Jedi." He says. Anakin stood up and asks, "What else is in the plans? Maybe we can somehow do something with it, like, I don't know, take away the Sith's powers?"

I nodded in agreement but Obi-wan shook his head again. "It turns out that the machine that the Separatist had built is specifically made for Jedi. After all, Sith and Jedi are two different figures." I sighed. Of course.

"So what are we supposed to do?" Anakin asks. Obi-wan placed a holo-map in front of us and says, "We've located Aayla and Luminara's existence on Mustafar." My heart dropped and then I asked, "Wait, but isn't that place basically all lava and fire?" Anakin nodded. "It's the perfect place for the Separatist and Sith to prepare." He says bitterly.

"Well, that's…fitting." I muttered. Anakin grimaced. "There is a prison over here, and we believe that as long as you two are stealthy and quick, the rescue will be easy and simple." Obi-wan explained. I frowned. "Wouldn't there be, oh, I don't know, traps and guards basically in every corner?" I asked. Obi-wan nodded grimly. "That is why I am coming with you." He says pleasantly.

Anakin slapped his forehead with a hand and I raised an eyebrow at him. "What's the matter? We could use all the help we can get." I say. Anakin shook his head and muttered, "Never mind." Obi-wan smirked and says lightly, "Anakin is not always pleased to have his former mentor along missions." I grinned. "I can see that." I replied and Anakin glared at me.

"Get ready, and be at the ship docks in a half of an hour." Obi-wan says and stood up. We nodded and Obi-wan walked out of the room.

"I'm gonna take a shower." I said and Anakin nodded, closing his eyes. I smirked and walked into the refresher.

When I came back out, Anakin was packing his things. "Come on, hurry up." Anakin says gruffly and I nodded. I tossed together a couple of necessities and we walked out the door.

"Are we late?" I asked Anakin. He smiled and nodded. "As always." He says cheerfully and I rolled my eyes. "Do you take pleasure in being late?" I asked as we ran down the Temple steps. Anakin shrugged and I sighed.

"Anakin, Cadena. How nice of you to be on time." Obi-wan says flatly when we boarded the cruiser.

"Thank you, Master." Anakin says with a smirk on his face and we walked for the bridge. Anakin began talking to a trooper to punch in some coordinates while Obi-wan and Captain Rex began talking battle strategies. I looked around, wondering what I should do to keep myself busy and I walked up to Anakin reluctantly.

He straightened himself up and then asks, "What's up?" I shrugged and leaned against the wall. "I'm bored." I said, twisting my mouth into a scowl. Anakin grins and says, "Go clean up R2. He'll want to feel fresh when we go out." I narrowed my eyes at him and said, "He's your droid." Anakin shrugged. "Welcome to the family, Cadena." With that, he walked off to join Obi-wan and Rex.

I glared at Anakin's retreating back and sighed. I walked down to the fighter ship section of the cruiser and found R2 roaming around Anakin's fighter.

"Hey, little guy." I say and took out a cloth, wiping him up with oil. R2 made a little squealing noise and I grinned. "Yeah, I'm having an okay day." I said. R2 whirred and made curious and skeptical beeping sounds. I sighed and put the cloth down. "Alright, maybe I'm not having a great day. But it'll have to get better. Besides, I'm pretty nervous for our mission today." I said tiredly.

R2 made what I would call a sympathetic sound and I patted its head. "Thanks, R2." I said and walked back up to the bridge.

"No, we are NOT doing that, Anakin!" Obi-wan says sharply when I entered the room. Anakin scowled and glared at the floor. "We have a better chance being split up." He said sullenly. "Speed will be our best option." Obi-wan shook his head. "Anakin, are you really willing to risk all of the other's lives?" He hisses.

Anakin raised his head and said furiously, "What's your deal?! You always tell me that the lives of many are more important than the lives of the few! Why do you even care?" Before Obi-wan answered, I asked, "What's going on?"

Anakin and Obi-wan startled and turned to me. I crossed my arms and asked sharply, "Is there something wrong with the plan? What's with splitting up? If we all have to split up into three groups, I'm fine with that. Just give me the signal."

Obi-wan sighed as Anakin muttered, "It's nothing." I felt my heart drop. There he goes again, Anakin with all of his split personalities. One second he's cheerful and laughing and then next, he's closed up and he won't tell me a damn thing about the task at hand.

"Tell me now." I growled and Obi-wan exchanged dark looks with Anakin.

"Anakin has the brilliant idea of us just splitting into two groups, one to save Aayla, and the other to save Luminara." Obi-wan started and I shrugged. "That's fine. Speed is a good option, right?" I say. Obi-wan nodded grimly. "That's where the logic stops." He muttered and added, "He thinks that he can go by HIMSELF, and find the weapon that's going to destroy the Jedi."

My mouth dropped open and I shook my head. "Master, you are NOT going by yourself." I said firmly and Anakin glared at me. "It'll be perfectly reasonable." He snapped. "While the rest of the prison is looking for you two, I'll be disabling and hopefully destroying the weapon." I sighed and said, "There probably are other plans hidden away for this weapon in case someone DOES destroy it."

Anakin shook his head. "We have the plans, remember?" He says triumphantly and I chewed on my lip. "Master, this is a bad idea." I said. "What if you get hurt? Or captured? What then?" I asked. Anakin shrugged. "I'll find a way out." He says easily.

I clenched my hands into fists. "You're not going to be safe!" I protested and Anakin shook his head. "I've faced more dangerous situations." He said calmly and Obi-wan cut him off, "Anakin, I agree with your Padawan. This is a rash and reckless decision." Anakin glowered at Obi-wan and says quietly, "Master, can I speak with you for a minute?"

Obi-wan looked over at me and gave me an apologetic smile. "Please excuse us, Cadena." He says, grimacing and they stepped out of the room. I moaned and banged my forehead on the wall, frustrated with Anakin.

"Don't worry, kid, they argue all the time." I heard Rex say behind me and I turned around to face him. "I hate it sometimes." I mumbled. "I'm not a little kid!" Rex smiled sadly. "Yeah, well, sometimes, the General needs to say a couple of things that are a little too…personal." He replied and walked back to his station.

I sighed and faced the wall again, already having the uneasy feeling of failure coming up my throat.

•◊•

"I still cannot believe that you're actually letting Anakin do this." I hissed to Obi-wan when we went down to mount our fighter ships. "Cadena, I don't like it either, but please, try to understand." Obi-wan says calmly.

Before I got to say anything else, Anakin calls, "Cadena, come look at your own ship!" I jumped up and in a flash; I was standing next to him, looking over at my very own fighter.

I leapt into the cockpit and marveled over the controls and the very being of the thing. I was so happy and excited; I almost forgave Anakin for being a pinhead with his plan.

Almost.

"Thanks, Master!" I call down and the cockpit glass closed around me. I smiled, feeling giddy but all the same nervous over the fate of Anakin.

'Please let him be safe.' I thought keenly to myself. 'Please, let us all get out alive.'

I looked down slowly and we began to head out of the cruiser, and into space.

"Cadena, come in." Anakin's voice fills my ship and I am temporarily relaxed. "I'm here, Master." I said, trying to control the nervousness that was causing my heart to pound faster.

"Just follow Obi-wan and me and you'll be okay, alright?" Anakin says and I managed to stutter, "Okay."

I heard Anakin chuckling and we headed down to the planet's surface. I got out, and ran over to Obi-wan, where he was already being accompanied by a team of troopers. "Men, you will be under Commander Cadena's control for now when you rescue Master Secura." Anakin says to a group of clones. I let my mouth drop open and quickly shut it.

"Yes, sir!" The soldiers respond and I looked around for a familiar face and with a sigh of relief, I spotted Rex's helmet in my group. "Come on, boys!" I say and we ran towards the prison.

"Good luck, Cadena." Anakin says softly in my ear and when I looked up to respond, he was already running in the opposite direction. I swallowed down my fear and turned my attention back to getting in the prison.

•◊•

"Take 'em down!" I shouted as droids continued to fire us from above. I deflected a couple of bullets while cutting a hole through the wall.

"Commander!" Rex tossed me a couple of droid poppers and I grinned. I threw a couple of the circular objects towards the droids and I watched, satisfied as they dropped to the ground. We ran through the wall and were almost immediately assaulted by more droids.

I cut down a couple of the clankers while I heard the clones' bullets hit the others down. "Do you have the location of the Jedi?" Rex asks me as we ran forward. I nodded. Rex let out a relieved breath and he handed me another droid popper as another wave came after us.

"When are these clankers finished?" A clone trooper yells as he shoots a droid down. I flashed him a smile. "We'll just have to hurry." I say reassuringly and we ran a little faster in the next hallway.

My eyes scanned the prison cells in the corridor and I closed my eyes, focusing on the Force around me. "She's in there." I said when I reopened my eyes. I pointed to a door and cut it through. "Master Secura!" I cried as she stood up. "We're here to rescue you." The Twi'lek smiled gratefully and stood up. "We must hurry." She says and we headed out of the ship.

I pressed my comlink and said, "Master Kenobi, we have Master Secura. Do you have Master Unduli yet?" I heard a couple of muffles until Obi-wan replies, "Yes, she is with us." I nodded and we turned back towards the exit.

"Are we almost there?" Master Secura asks me as we ran. "Yes." I replied shortly. I took a sharp turn and we leapt through the cut hole that still remained in the prison walls.

There, Obi-wan was already waiting for us. "Come, Cadena. Quickly." He says as a shuttle landed in front of us. We helped Luminara and Aayla get on and I turned back to the prison.

"Where's Master Skywalker?" I asked Obi-wan nervously. "He should be here!"

Obi-wan closed his eyes but did not respond. I paced around nervously and then looked back up. "Where is—"

I was cut off as a loud BOOM sounded throughout the prison and when my eyes scanned the building, I found a large hole blown in the middle of the prison. My eyes widened and I stepped forward. "Master!" I shouted. It had to be him…it had to!

"Cadena, stand back!" Obi-wan yelled but I ran forward, feeling numb all over. "Master!" I shouted again.

Then, I saw it. I saw a flash of brown hair in the mess of the metal scraps and let out a scream. "Anakin!" I yelled and surged forward but Obi-wan held me back. "Cadena! No!" He says gruffly and I struggled against him. "Master! Are you there? Please!" I screamed.

I felt Rex take me to the shuttle and I felt tears stream down my face. "We can't leave him! We have to get him!" I yelled, but it was no use. The shuttle lifted and Rex held me down to the floor. I felt more tears drop and I began to sob.

He had to be alive, he had to…

A/N: *cues dramatic music* I know, slight cliffhanger, but eh, I'll probably be updating tomorrow.

Anakin: If you kill me off in this story, I will come back from the dead and haunt you forever!

Me: *furrows eyebrows* Why would I kill you? You kind of die in the movies, anyways.

Anakin: *slaps hand on forehead as I continue rambling about the logic of the entire thing*

Me:...And if I kill you off, the entire story of Star Wars will be off balance, and therefore, a new plot may be written, and it may not even regain the same-

Cadena: *slaps me* Shut up! We get it!

Me: *whimpers* Ow...

Cadena: *narrows eyes* You were being a dork again, I had to do SOMETHING!

Me: Bully...

Cadena: Geek...

Me: Brat...

Cadena: Nerd...

Me: Idiot...

Anakin: SHUT UP! Hey, now I know how fun it is! XD

Cadena and Me: *raises eyebrow*

Anakin: *shrugs* You always tell me to shut up.

Me: That's because we have a good reason to.

Anakin: *narrows eyes*

Me: Right...um, Rex!

Rex: Aw, no...

Me: Yuppers, you're gonna be doing the review notice today!

Rex: You really...I'm gonna...GAH!

Me: Heehee...do it now, Rexter~! ;P

Rex: Please review, give feedback, but do not give ANY hater comments.

Me: Thank you. :) That was quick and painless, like ripping off a bandage!

Rex: *narrows eyes* In your world, ripping off a bandage might be painless, but in war kid...to RIP off a bandage...well, it stings. And hurts. BADLY!

Anakin: No it doesn't.

Rex: Yes it does!

Anakin: No it doesn't.

Rex: Yes, it does!

Anakin: No, IT DOESN'T!

Rex: YES, IT DOES!

Me: -_- Oh great, here we go again...both of you, be quiet! Bye, everyone! 'Till next time! XOXO