POV: Ahsoka Skywalker

Despite the heaviness in my heart, I was able to carefully drag Anakin's body back towards the area we'd landed the Twilight on. I lifted his body into the air and jumped down into the small freighter. I lowered him in after me and laid him onto the ceiling gently – since we were still upside down.

Shmi hopped down, landing with ease. She was her father's daughter. I watched her skip happily into the cockpit and disappear behind the doors.

I looked down at my husband and ran my fingers over his cold lips. I lowered my face to his and kissed his lips slowly. After a few moments of killing myself this way, I laid my head on his chest and held his hand, silently crying. I curled up against him and closed my eyes. "I'm so sorry, Anakin…" I whispered. "I failed you…"

I lay there for Force knows how long, but I began to feel a small amount of vibration. I thought that maybe the Twilight was detaching itself from the cruiser.

I sat up and wiped my eyes again.

I jumped when Anakin lurched forward and gasped very audibly. I sat there, gaping, as he coughed up blood. His shoulders rose and fell violently as he shook with each cough. "Ahsoka?" he managed to gasp, wiping his mouth.

I wrapped my arms around his neck, feeling his warmth again. His beautiful color was coming back as well. "I'm right here," I whispered. His shaking mechanical hand lifted to touch my arm.

"What happened?" he asked, leaning his head back against my left lek. He groped for my hand with his flesh one and held it tightly once he found it.

I kissed his hair several times before he got a little nervous. "Ahsoka, what happened?"

My joy must have worried him. There was still a pretty bad situation at hand and I didn't think he remembered what had just happened. I moved to poke my head over his shoulder, kissing his jaw. "How much do you remember?"

"Everything up until we were sitting in the hallway together. Everything was blurry and dark. I couldn't hear anything either of us said."

"I love you, Anakin," I whispered, kissing his skin over and over again. "I love you so much."

He turned to look at me with a shocked expression. "I love you, too, but I don't understand why you're acting like this. You still haven't answered my question, Soka."

"Ani, something horrible happened when we were up there. I'm so sorry that I hurt you. It's all my fault!"

His eyes widened and he spun around to hold me. "Hey, hey, hey," he whispered, grabbing my face. "Shh, don't say that. I'm not sure what happened, but I'm sure it wasn't your fault. I'm fine. Nothing bad happened to me."

"Anakin, you died."

The amount of shock he felt overwhelmed me. "What?" he croaked, falling back away from me a little. "Ahsoka, that's not possible. How am I alive then?"

He bent his knees and rested his elbows on the tops of them, holding his head like he was going crazy. "That's not possible," he repeated, his voice barely above a whisper.

I crawled between his legs and he wrapped his arms around me. I wound my arms around his waist and laid my head on his chest. "I don't know how you're alive, but I'm glad you are, Ani."

"I'm sorry," he whispered.

"You're sorry?" I asked, lifting my head to look at him like he was crazy. "Why are you sorry?"

"I can only imagine what my death did to you. Ahsoka, whatever happened wasn't your fault. I don't remember anything, so I'm not even sure why it happened."

Tears began to flow down my cheeks. "Ani, it was my fault. I killed you…"

"Don't you ever say that again," he whispered fiercely, kissing my montral. "I honestly can't believe you killed me, so stop it. You're only hurting yourself by saying that because I know that's not true."

He held my head against his chest, stroking my right lek. "Ani, there was too much stress on your body. I should have known that –"

"I said stop it."

I nodded and closed my eyes, silently crying. He held me tightly, rocking slowly. "I love you, Ahsoka. I will always love you. I don't care if you think you killed me because you didn't. If you killed me, I wouldn't be here right now. Maybe my body froze in time or something. I don't know how to explain it to you, but stop hurting yourself. There's nothing I can do if you keep thinking it was your fault."

"You were so cold…" I whispered.

His chest heaved a little and I felt tears drip onto my face. I opened my eyes and looked up at him. He was hurting and I hadn't even realized it. "Ani –"

He shook his head and lifted his flesh hand to his face, wiping his tears away. "I'm fine," he whispered, trying to laugh over it.

"Why are you crying?" I asked as he replaced his hand to its original position.

"Because of what you're saying. I don't want to hear this from you. I don't want to feel this from you. You're my Ahsoka no matter what happens. I'm alive and well now, so I want you to stop worrying. Don't think I'm going to stop loving you just because you claim to have killed me. You're mine until the end."

I nodded quickly and rubbed my face against his chest, taking in his warmth. "I love you, Ahsoka Skywalker, always and forever."

"Those were your last words before you died in my arms…" I whispered.

I felt his guilt build up and I felt bad for saying anything at all. I hugged him tighter and kissed his chest. "I love you, too, Anakin, always and forever."

We both lifted our heads towards the opening of the Twilight that led to the cruiser. "Do you sense that?" he whispered.

I could feel the overwhelming dark side from above. I nodded and pushed myself up, pulling him with me. He stumbled a little bit, but I managed to help him stay on his feet. I put my hand on his chest and stared into his eyes. "I love you."

"As I love you, my darling," he whispered, leaning forward to kiss me. He kissed me slowly with his warm lips and I enjoyed every moment of it. Once we separated, we informed Shmi of the situation and told her to stay put.

Anakin lifted me up and jumped up after me. "What do you think is going on? I've never felt this much dark power in one place."

He shrugged. "By the amount of anger, I'd assume someone's been betrayed. I'm hoping it's Dooku."

POV: Obi-Wan Kenobi

All the blood rushed to my head. The last thing I remembered was Anakin telling me that he and the ladies had come to my rescue. I realized that that meant Satine was here. As happy as I was for that, I was worried. I was hoping that she was taking care of herself and the baby.

Aside from the body aches and dizziness, I felt fine. I wondered where the three of them were now…

I opened my eyes to an upside down view of a rolling belt dragging me towards a fiery pit. "Not good," was the first thing I mumbled.

I was suspended in a Force-field by Force-binders. "How lovely."

I couldn't even move a fraction of an inch. I was practically paralyzed.

All of a sudden, a door slid open. I heard heeled boots clattering across the floor. I moved my eyes to see Satine hop over the unmoving belts. "Well, it certainly took you long enough!"

She looked distressed as she climbed a ladder up to the control panel. "You know, I haven't saved you yet!"

"Yes," I sighed. "No need to remind me of that!"

She rolled her eyes before reaching a platform. She began to press buttons nervously. Whatever she hit accelerated my imminent doom. "Satine!"

"Hang on, Obi!"

The door slid open and a large gust of air blew over me. Anakin was now standing beside her. "Let me take care of this," he whispered, gently shifting her out of the way.

I sighed in relief as the belt stopped moving before I toppled over the ledge. "Thank you, Anakin."

Satine huffed and Anakin pulled her into his arms. He hopped down with her and set her down on her feet.

"Anakin," I sighed.

"I'm making sure your wife is safe. Sheesh, old man." He stepped closer to me and ignited his lightsaber, quickly slashing at the binders. He let me fall flat on my face.

"Soka, can you get Satine back on the Twilight and prep the ship? Obi-Wan and I will see what's going on."

"Ani –"

"Don't…" he trailed off, looking at her with a pleading expression. "Don't fight me, please."

I saw them share a look and just stare at each other for a few moments. That look always meant they were talking through their bond.

He quickly crossed the room and wrapped his arms around her. I could see that it was a very, very tight embrace.

Satine came over to me and we shared a look. "Did something happen?" I whispered.

She shrugged, looking worried. "I'm not sure."

POV: Anakin Skywalker

I kissed her forehead and rested my hand on her rear lek. "I love you, Snips," I whispered, attempting to lighten her mood. "Or should I call you Skygirl?"

She giggled. "Skyguy and Skygirl." Those words brought a smile to her lips.

I kissed her quickly and she pulled me back for more. We had several short kisses before falling into one deep kiss. "Love you, Snippy Skygirl."

"I'm not snippy," she sighed. "I'm just worried about you."

"Don't be. You won't lose me again. I love you."

We shared two more short kisses before she whispered, "Love you, Skyguy."

We separated and she poked her head around me. "Are you ready to go, Satine?"

Satine nodded and walked towards Ahsoka. "You will not lose me, Ahsoka," I whispered, kissing her forehead again.

She gave me a very sad, regretful look before turning away. I watched her and Satine leave.

I turned back towards Obi-Wan. "Heads up," I called out before tossing his saber through the air. He quickly caught it and gave me a curious look. "Ahsoka and I found it lying in a hallway."

"Is everything all right?"

"No. There's a bunch of Sith –"

"With you and Ahsoka, Anakin." I stared at him, not completely understanding what he was getting at. "You two are acting a bit off."

"We're fine. I'm fine. I had an… accident, but everything's all right. I'm just trying to make sure she's okay…" I trailed off. "We're fine," I repeated.

"Do you need to talk about it?"

Again, I shook my head. "Not now, but maybe later. I can't hurt her anymore. Let's just say that I married my mirror image. She's taking blame for something she didn't do."

He nodded and put his hand on my shoulder. His hand felt heavy and he looked at me with widened eyes. A sudden burst of light sent us both flying backwards, away from each other.

He pushed himself up and stared at me. "All right, what happened to you? The Force is stronger in you."

I shrugged. "I honestly don't know why that is."

"We are definitely talking later."

I nodded. "We've got a Sith issue."

"I can feel it. Let's go."

We got up and dashed out of the room, running down a few corridors. There was a lot of thrashing and banging in one room. The corridor was also lined with pirates – dead ones.

After a few moments, there was silence. We ignited our sabers as we stepped through the threshold. A hulking Zabrak stood in the center of the room breathing heavily towards his double-sided red saber.

"We'll take him together." That instantly reminded me of our first encounter with Dooku. I came out one arm short…

"Right," I muttered as I swung my blade backwards, holding the hilt between both hands.

The Zabrak turned towards us and grunted in anger, charging at us.