Anakin ready himself for another mission, however unlike the ones where he simply goes in and 'take care' of those threats one way or the other, this was a serious case where the Chancellor have been captured by General Grievous a few hours ago.
This one have raised outcries across the Grand Army of the Republic. The Jedi knew they would have to send a couple of Jedi to get their Chancellor back into office and possibly bringing Count Dooku to justice to end one of the founders of this war.
Anakin knew he had to stopped Dooku, but there is someone way worse then Dooku, who have been influencing this endless war from the shadows, someone who continues to lie and somehow the Jedi haven't sense them.
How couldn't the Jedi sense him? Already, Anakin senses the Dark Side within Palpatine rising each day. It seems like Palpatine wants to act like a friend whenever Anakin's around, even when they're in silence.
He knew Palpatine would find a way to end this war but yet at the same time construct a new war where the Jedi are labored as traitors and would likely turn on them. What's sad is that Anakin couldn't proved that he is a Sith Lord unfortunately, because he's love by many politicians.
Palpatine would likely framed him and call him out on treason, should it come to that, and many would believe him because despite being the 'Hero with no Fear' throughout the Clone Wars Palpatine would remind them of Anakin's past ans make many turn against him.
And what about his precious wife... and his mother? Anakin knew he couldn't be around them forever and Palpatine may hurt them. Just like his final days as a Sith, Anakin is trapped to someone's will.
But Anakin will find a way to destroy Sidious once and for all and keep his mother and wife in his protected hands without hesitation and would in reality do anything for them, despite not seeing them for months.
He wondered how they are now, since it been long. The Jedi Knight decided to find that out by his power of the force. Due to being so strong and having attachments to both of them, he can reached across the planet for them. While he may not be able to communicate with them, he can see how they're doing.
Closing his eyes, Anakin allowed the power of the force to run through his veins and reached out his glove robotic hand across the planet. He miss them both so much and just want to see an image of them.
The force seems to take him to the 500 Republica, where at last he saw Padme sitting on the couch with Shmi sitting up on her bed in her room. Both had their longing for Anakin and he can sense his mother's worried with Padme's longing.
"I will be home today."
Just then, he heard an knock to his door and looked to it. "Anakin!" Master Kenobi's voiced ringed out. "You have one more chance to open this door! I been knocking for twenty minutes and we have to get on our mission!"
He banged on the doors again. Anakin swallowed his lump and knew he would get a scolding, which he have experienced throughout the three years. He and Kenobi is like brothers.
Obi-Wan is the one who wants to get things done and not delay further. Sighing, Anakin went to the door and opened it, holding back an laugh due to Kenobi's reaction. "Hello, Obi-Wan." Anakin said once he opened the door.
"Anakin! We were suppose to leave twenty minutes ago!" Obi-Wan scolded. "How many times do I have to tell you to get rested up before the next mission?! Yet, you fallen asleep on me! The more we waste time the more the Chancellor may die and Jedi may have hell with the Republic."
Anakin smiled playfully. "Sorry, Obi-Wan," he couldn't hold back an chuckle in his voice. "I have been meditating. Plus you always say to meditate to clear your thoughts."
Obi-Wan opened his mouth to respond but nothing came out. Anakin knew he had Obi-Wan where he wanted him, which made the young Jedi Knight laughed even harder.
"Let's go," Anakin says smugly as he walked out of the room. Grumbling some words underneath his breath, Obi-Wan followed from beside Anakin. Anakin knew Ahsoka would give him some sort of lecture due to her wanting to complete this mission as well.
Making to the hanger of the Jedi Temple, Anakin and Obi-Wan walked in with their faces held high, and determination and leadership on their face. The two have been through many battles together in the Clone Wars.
Anakin and Obi-Wan knows how to work together and would combined their efforts and strengths and mindsets to win a battle. Whereas Obi-Wan is the negotiator and peacemaker of the two, Anakin is usually the cautious one and always love to run into a good battle.
Obi-Wan and Anakin do treat each other like brothers and one cannot outmatched them easily when they're together. Kenobi is usually the troll one, while Skywalker is the one getting caught... at least very early in the Clone Wars, but Kenobi never allow him to live it down.
Many clones were scattering around, getting ready for another mission with the Generals. Deciding to collect his bearings, Anakin leaned against the nearby wall and clutched his head.
Being interrupted by a voice, "General Skywalker," Anakin turned to see a clone with blue and white armor staring at him, however he's holding an head in both hands. "CT-7567, reporting back to duty, sir."
Narrowing his eyes at the scar across Rex's head, Anakin scanned the captain for a second. "Are you sure you want to do this, Rex?" Anakin questioned. "I mean you're still recovering to what happen to Fives."
"I know what happen to him," the Captain of the 501st told him. "But he would be respected by all of his brothers... or most of them."
What Anakin had noticed was Rex staring pass him and glaring at a trooper with red and white armor talking with another few troops. Anakin felt great anger and hatred boiling up at the form of Commander Fox.
Anakin had always respected every Clone Trooper, but there are a few exceptions such as the Shock Troopers and Admiral Tarkin. Deep down he had wanted to use the force and kill Fox and Tarkin but knew he couldn't.
"Don't waste your time with him, Rex," Anakin said, his eyes still glaring out at the Shock Troopers who just dissembled and Commander Fox begin to approached him.
"General Skywalker, there you are," Fox says with the same stiffness and coldness in his voice. "Admiral Tarkin demands to see you."
"Tell him he can wait until after the mission," Anakin retorted stiffly. "I've much more to focus on." He wielded pure hatred and anger for both Tarkin and Fox and if given an choice he would likely kill them. Despite being an Jedi now basically, he had emotions and feelings and weren't going to denied them.
"He demands to see you immediately," Fox states.
"I already told you it can wait until after the mission," Abruptly, Anakin turned to walk to his starfighter, noticing Obi-Wan and Ahsoka were already in theres with their respected droids.
Ahsoka had her droid unit, R7-A7, and Obi-Wan have his droid unit, R4-P17.
Rex leaded some Squadrons of the 501st to one craft. Anakin smiled at that. He have grown the loyalty of so many men in the Clone Wars and so many had trusted and believe in him.
He was so in his thoughts he haven't noticed R2-D2 coming to his ships and giving an few beeps. "Opps, sorry buddy," Anakin apologizes, loading R2 on board and beginning to punch into the controls.
"Losing your mind, Master?" Ahsoka teased over the communication system.
Anakin cracked an small smile. "Yeah, with you, I'm always losing your mine." He clicked his button and the ship begin to hovered over the ground. "Let's get this mission ovsr. Keep up, Master Kenobi."
"Ugh!" Obi-Wan pouted. "This Jedi is getting on my nerves!"
Anakin's small smile brightened into an huge smile and he couldn't help but hold back an chuckle, and he felt the ship taking off. Despite the Jedi's always lecturing to Knights and Padawans, that they mustn't act on his emotions, Anakin always cared for his compainions and allies and friends.
Rex was like Anakin's brother from another mother... which was actually ironic considering Rex and every clone don't have a mother, but the ones who actually love their compainions are the ones that should be allied with. Anakin have grown sources of respect for the clones and to them they only answer to him... beside the Chancellor.
"Locked onto them, R2," Anakin ordered as he flew his starfighter into space. He was immediately glad that Rex would be helping from the other side and be dealing with the clankers onto other ships and get off while he, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka have to face the Invisible hand. "Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, General Grievous ship is up ahead. The one crawling with vulture droids."
"Oh I see it," Obi-Wan says.
"This is going to be easy." Ahsoka said sarcastically.
The attack of the Invisible Hand procceded violently, but yet for Anakin this is merely the fun. As Obi-Wan gave orders to his men and Ahsoka hers, Anakin simply watched as these vultures droids and ships alike assembled to attack their droids.
"They're all over me-!" one of Kenobi's men, Red Leader, said.
"I'm going to go help them out!" Anakin didn't want to lose good men in this assault but yet they may have no choice.
"No! No! They have their missions and we have ours!" Obi-Wan retorted.
After much focusing with the force, he managed to take a few ships down, with Ahsoka flying ahead determined to finished this mission and get to those corwards as much as Ahsoka is.
"Be careful, Ahsoka," Anakin warned.
Ahsoka had replied with "I will, Master." before flying ahead along with the two Jedi.
With that, Anakin, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan flewed ahead, each having their own conflict though spider droids crawled onto Kenobi's ship and beheaded him R4-P17, making him slightly grief.
Though Anakin kind of saved his life and when they tried to do the same, R2 got them. To Ahsoka's luck, she didn't had to face that, but her ship begin heading down.
"R7! Try to rebuild the ship!" Ahsoka shouted as the ship begin to fire. Luckily, R7 begin rebuilding atleast for her ship to be stabled enough for the minute at the very least.
"Master, my guns are down! I don't think I can rebuild it!" Ahsoka yelled.
"Fear not, Ahsoka, we're almost there!" Anakin try to soo her discomfort as he and Kenobi shot the systems that controlled the shields down. "Ok! Let's get inside!"
As Anakin and Obi-Wan landed inside, the two managed to jumped out of their ships with their lightsabers activated in their grip. Anakin's purple with Obi-Wan's blue. However, Ahsoka got out of the last minute as her ship crashed against the wall, blowing up.
'My droid,' Ahsoka thought to herself as she manage to glid herself with the force beside Anakin and Obi-Wan who were already cutting across the droids. Producing her two lightsabers, she activated them revealing emerald green and bright yellow from both of her weapons.
She notice her Master simply cutting through them all to easy. Obi-Wan was joining him but using the force as well. Obi-Wan gave orders to R2 to locate the Chancellor as he blocked the many blaster shots from the droids. Ahsoka had to handle her own bunched. But yet they had faced this for a long time and it was simply a test for them.
Slaughtering the last droid, Anakin deactivated his purple lightsaber and place it in his robe. "All too easy," Anakin remarked.
Ahsoka and Obi-Wan deactivated their weapons after Anakin and holster them onto their belts. The two Jedi went over and check out the hologram. "The Chancellor's signal is coming from right there; the observation platform from on top of that spire." Obi-Wan says to both of the young Jedi.
"I sense Count Dooku." Anakin said dryly to Obi-Wan, reaching out with his senses for the old man.
"I sense an trap." Obi-Wan states.
"Next move?" Anakin questioned, giving Obi-Wan an wondering look.
Before Obi-Wan could have gotten involved, Ahsoka smiled playfully at her Master. She crossed her arms around her chest. "Why, Master, sprang the trap." Ahsoka giggled playfully.