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Chapter 12

Obi-Wan moved slowly through the sewers, thankful for the darkness that shrouded them – he wasn't sure he wanted to know what he was walking in, or more like wading in. In fact, scratch that…he definitely didn't want to know what he was walking through, the slushiness of it made him want to gag already, and then there was the smell.

"Cody" Obi-Wan pointed over to a gate that blocked any further passage down the sewers. "Set the charges."

Cody and another clone quickly jogged – more like sloshed – through the viscous mush of sewage. Splashing it about around them, Obi-Wan turned his head away as the foul smelling gloop made a go at his face.

Cody stuck several small cylindrical objects to the gate, one in each corner and then a larger one in the middle. The other clone went about inputting security codes in them, necessary things to have. The Republic would have to be rather stupid if they didn't put certain measures into places, then anyone could use the bombs. The 3 men retreated to a safe distance before activating the small explosives.

The ground rocked as the detonation blew the gate apart, sending large parts of shrapnel flying towards them. Obi-Wan quickly held up his hands and halted their trajectory, causing them to deflect against his force energy and fall to the ground, sinking into the mucky water – if it could be called that.

Obi-Wan made to go forwards through the sewage in their now unblocked path but he halted as he felt a backlash from the force. Something was terribly wrong. All his mind could think of was Ahsoka, something had happened to her. His bond was nothing compared to the one Anakin shared with her – although he suspected that was the strongest Master/Student bond in the order – but he could tell from the relatively small bond he shared with the child that something had happened to her. He could feel her fear.

His eyes widened as his head began to pound as emotions that weren't his flew at him, coming from his own bond with his former Padawan. Anakin was suffering, something had gone wrong. He felt a massive wave of fear and anxiety hit him – Anakin never got this scared – something was indeed very wrong. He only hoped that the threat that Ahsoka had sense was not coming true, for they had a chance to change things and they didn't. He hoped their moment of poor judgment was not at Ahsoka's expense.

"Cody." The Clone stopped his trek through the sewage. "Contact Anakin, something is wrong."

Cody saluted before turning to his wrist commlink and dialling in Anakin's code, it took a few worrying and anxious minutes for the young General to pick up – all the while Obi-Wan was pondering over all the terrible fates that could have befallen Anakin and Ahsoka.

"Commander Cody." Anakin greeted but something about his voice sounded off.

"Anakin" Obi-Wan sloshed over to Cody, not caring how ridiculous he looked as he waded and stumbled through the sewage. "What is wrong? What has happened?"

"They got Ahsoka." Those 3 words inspired worry and fear in the 3 men in the sewers, each one knowing Ahsoka well. "Bane and Dooku…they have my Padawan."

Obi-Wan opened his mouth for a few seconds before closing it, not sure what to say and how to say it. His mind whirred as he logically began formulating a plan for what to do next, of course they needed to find Ahsoka but how would they do that? The Jedi Master was – for once – completely stumped at what to say or do.

"How did this happen?" Obi-Wan was quite pleased with how even his tone came out.

"They invaded the city, they damaged it pretty bad and there have been a load of losses." Obi-Wan closed his eyes as images of the destruction flew to his mind. "I don't know how but they took her." Anakin put his hand to his forehead wearily. "Buts that's not all."

Of course there was more Obi-Wan thought miserably; bad news always seemed to come in threes.

"My bond…" Anakin's voice went even quieter. "…it's gone, she's not there Obi-Wan. I've tried reaching out for her but…there's just silence."

"Right" Obi-Wan summed up his options but all seemed to result in a bad consequence, however, one did stand out in his mind. "I'm coming back."

"No! I think Ahsoka's in the Palace, that'll be where Dooku is so she won't be far." Anakin pleaded. "If you come back we'll never infiltrate it and I'll never get her back. If Dooku gets off this planet, we'll never find her."

Obi-Wan sighed, Anakin did have a point but the city could need their help if it was under attack. As a Jedi he had to take the well beings of hundreds over one girl…but this was Ahsoka. Increasingly often he was beginning to question the code, how could he not be expected to get attached?

"The Citadel might need our help."

"My people can take care of themselves." Alexander walked into the hologram, a confident look on his face. "Our priority at the moment should be rescuing Ahsoka."

Obi-Wan groaned slightly, he had already made more mistakes than he wanted to remember on this mission, he did not want to add the destruction of the Seraphian City to that, they had been so kind to them, he needed to help. But Ahsoka needed him as well? Sometimes he hated being in command, he had to make the big decisions that could make or break lives, and he had to choose what was best for the majority. It wasn't simple anymore.

"They will be fine Master Obi-Wan, our army is prepared for battle." Alexander sensed that Obi-Wan needed his reassurance and was all too happy to give it to him, Ahsoka was his friend and they needed to get to helping her soon.

"Alright…we will continue with the operation, I shall meet you both at the rendezvous point."

"Thankyou Master." Anakin replied with relief.

"May the force be with you, my friend"

"And with you, Master." Anakin's image shimmered out of focus before disappearing completely.

Obi-Wan pinched the bridge of his nose in anticipation of the headache which was sure to start its tap dance on his brain soon. How had things got this bad? They had been warned by the force – that's what made things so difficult – because they had gone against the force's warnings and put Ahsoka in jeopardy. This was their entire fault.

"General" Cody had his gun pointed straight ahead. "It looks like we have another problem."

Droids sloshed around the corner of the dank sewer, splashing up water as they marched towards their destination. There were at least 40 of them in this single group, a fair challenge that would take most of their strength to defeat but they had to hurry. They did not have any time to waste.

Obi-Wan had his lightsaber out in a flash, it was second nature to him by now, and tensed preparing himself for a difficult fight.

Another squadron of droids marched around the corner. Yes, this was going to be a very difficult fight indeed.


Ahsoka was unconscious…again. When Dooku and bane had re-entered the room, Dooku had immediately sensed her deeply in tuned to the bond she had with her Master so his solution to that was to knock her out, which would only stop her communing with him.

However, the Sith had brought in a syringe filled with a bright red liquid - he had tested it on several Jedi before and had success – so he assumed it would work with the Padawan, although he had never tested it on Togruta before but she would be an ideal test subject. It was Ysalamir blood. Ysalamir's were small creatures that had natural immunity to the force and dimmed it completely within a small radius of them; it was quite effective for Jedi brats. It instantly got to work and blocked her connection with the force, effectively cutting her off from her Master. Unfortunately it was only a temporary solution to a much more permanent problem.

"Take her to my ship." Dooku commanded.

Bane suppressed a groan, since when did he become this man's slave? He'd better get paid more for this, he was no droid – it was not his job to lift things and people – he was a bounty hunter not a forklift. The Duros stepped towards a control panel, slamming his finger into an orange button which instantly lowered the Togruta's cage.

The small Togruta teen was sprawled in an uncomfortable position on the floor of the cage, even in her sleep she looked fearful and tense – as if waiting to be attacked. Bane pressed another button which caused the door to unlock with a clattering bang, one that would have woken the teen hadn't she of been forcibly rendered unconscious.

Bane walked over to the door, lazily pulling it open, taking a few moments to regard the teen before him. His eyes flittering about her body. He stepped forwards, leaning down so to wrap his hands around her arms and then heaving her up quickly, tossing her over his shoulder.

Perhaps bringing the youngling along would make things more…interesting. Bane let his imagination run wild, his thoughts focused on how the young girl wasn't quite so young anymore. The bounty hunter cracked a smile, he would have his fun. This could be his payment, eventually the Sith would become bored with the girl and then he could have his own fun with her before selling her…she would never see those kriffing Jedi again. She would be his.


Anakin waited impatiently in the shadows, his eyes glued to the sky high building in front of him – the building that had Dooku, and most likely Ahsoka. He was prepared to go charge it down in search of her but there was one little, miniscule problems: it was surrounded by a fence. Not just any fence, but rather an energy based one – composed of a similar energy that lightsabers were made from. Even he wasn't foolish enough to go running into it. So…there he was…waiting for Obi-Wan to open it up from the inside. By force he was taking his time. Time that neither he nor his Padawan had. It infuriated him to no end – did Obi-Wan not care that the Sith could be making a spit roast out of the girl right now?

Anakin grunted a sigh of relief when he saw the figure of Obi-Wan clamber out of a sewage tunnel, covered in a layer of brown gloop and he had no desire to be enlightened on to what it was, he had his suspicions. Anakin scrunched his nose, how they were going to sneak into the building, he did not know. Especially with the way Obi-Wan was at the moment, he could smell his former Master from here.

A small rectangle in the shield opened, leaving a shield-less entrance for the infiltrators to…well…infiltrate. Anakin was the first to dash through stealthily, although there was no need as if someone was watching that particular area they would have seen him regardless of how fast he thought he could go. Behind him his troops followed, all 18 that remained from the battle, and then behind them several angels tagged along, considerably less organised - more of a clutter of them.

"Could you be any more obvious?" Anakin hissed to Alexander

"Well considering that we are entering the facility through a blatantly obvious hole in the red wall and your just stood in plain sight on the other side of it, I'd have to conclude that no there is no way we could be more obvious."

Anakin looked around, suddenly realising that he was in fact simply stood on the other side of the wall…not at all inconspicuous.

"Touché" The Jedi muttered before leading his troops into a more secluded area.

"Right so…" Alexander held out a datapad for his comrades to view. "…we are here, and we are guessing that Dooku will be on the top level – Ahsoka's probably with him – the building structure hasn't changed much since we last entered here so these…" Alexander pointed to a series of ventilation tunnels "..stood still be there, unfortunately Seraphians are too big to crawl through them, our wings won't allow it."

"Alexander" Another Seraphian – his brown curly hair easily distinguishable anywhere; Sophocles - pointed at the roof of the complex. "This building used to have a rain harvester for water supplies, we could climb through them and drop into the collection pool which I estimate is about 5 metres deep."

"Our wings would get wet; we wouldn't be able to fly." Another pointed out.

"Welcome to our world." Anakin mumbled sarcastically. "But if we can manage, so can you."

"I agree with General Skywalker…it's a plan." Alexander put away the datapad. "It's dark; we should be able to fly in somewhat undetected."

"The rendezvous point still stands." Obi-Wan instructed. "And be ware, I sense Grievous sulking about somewhere. Do not engage him."

"Our priority is rescuing Ahsoka, that exceeds all others orders and mandates." Anakin's tone dared someone to contradict him. "We can bring down the Separatists anytime but this may be our only shot at rescuing Ahsoka."

"Understood." Anakin frowned slightly at Alexander, the boy was so eager to rescue his Padawan – not that it was a bad thing – but why?

They'd better be just friends or he'd be having words.

"Move out, men." Obi-Wan instructed

"We take to the sky." Alexander instructed

The Seraphians spread their massive eagle-like wings – with the exception of Alexander whose where more like pigeon wings due to his young age – and swooped into the sky, their black clothes blending in amongst the night sky – again with Alexander as an exception, his white wings stood out like a sore thumb – climbing higher and higher in altitude as they flew towards their destination, the rooftop.

Anakin raced after Obi-Wan and the clone troops, his mind set on finding his Padawan. He wouldn't believe she was dead. He was coming for her.


AN: BTW, DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND I AM NOT GOING TO HAVE AHSOKA AND ALEXANDER AS ANYTHING MORE THAN FRIENDS…AND ALSO I'M GOING TO HAVE TWO ENDINGS TO THE STORY BECAUSE I WANT AHSOKA TO SURVIVE BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO ATTEMPT TO WRITE HER DEATH – TEST MY SKILLS (- a term I use lightly)

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