Chapter 28

Laetitia was on her way to Mandalore. Anakin had left her some cryptic message, saying to get there as soon as possible. Whatever it was, it was important enough that he didn't say it through transmissions.

Leah whispered to her commander "Raven, did you do what I asked?"

"Yes, general. Every clone trooper in 502nd is officially chipped and unofficially not chipped. You were right. There is something wrong with them."

"And I'll figure out what it is."

They entered. Anakin, Obi-wan and Rex were at the bridge. They all turned to face her.

"Hi, Little. Glad you could get here so quickly." Anakin said smiling. He was happy, happier than she had seen him in a while. This was not how she expected things to be.

"Uh, yeah. You said it was important. So what is it? Grievous here? Dooku took over? Don't tell me Maul is still making troubles?"

Anakin and Obi-wan exchanged a look.

Oh god. "What could possibly be worse than all the above?"

"Me." Said a girl, hiding in the shadows.

Laetitia knew that voice very well. She just couldn't believe she was there right now.

She turned around and saw a Togruta standing in front of her.

"Good to see you haven't gotten any bigger since the last time I saw you."

"Ahsoka?"

"Hey, Tiny Ti."

Laetitia just stood there, not moving.

"What, you lost your ability to move, general?"

They all laughed.

"What are you … what are you doing here? Are you back?"

Ahsoka sighed "For now. I made some friends …"

"No way."

"Nice. As I was saying, I made some friends from Mandalore and I saw what had happened there. I just couldn't stand there and let Maul destroy it. So I contacted master Skywalker and asked him for help."

Leah nodded. It was good to see her friend again. She had missed her so much but was afraid to show it. What if she left again as soon as she was done? Then Laetitia would be broken again.

"Aren't you gonna show me your Starfighter and droid? I heard you have those now."

Leah smiled. "Come on."

They entered Laetitia's room in her ship. Ahsoka saw a ball-like droid moving around.

"Beeb, meet Ahsoka Tano. She is my … was my dad's Padawan."

Ahsoka sat on the ground. "Wow. This is really impressive. What's his model? 'Beeb'?"

"Oh no. It's BB-8. I just call him 'Beeb'. It's easier."

"How's R2 taking it?"

"They're actually getting along well, when they're not pushing or attacking each other."

"Well, he's your droid. He's supposed to be feisty and hard to get along with."

"Pot, meet kettle."

Ahsoka laughed. She pulled Laetitia into a hug.

"I missed you, Tiny Ti."

"I really wish I could say the same but …"

"Nice try. I know you missed me too."

They held still for a moment. Ahsoka gently broke the hug and looked at Laetitia's face.

"Ooh, what happened there?" She asked touching the scar on her friend's face.

"Oh that? It's nothing. Just one of Hideous' apprentices decided to pay me a visit."

"Ah. You sure you're okay with it?"

"Are you kidding me? This scar got me my knighthood."

Ahsoka smiled. "Yeah, I heard about that. How exactly were the Jedi council convinced to rank you a knight?"

"I almost died."

"Right."

Anakin came in.

"You guys killing each other yet?"

"We still have time." She turned to face her father "Why didn't you tell me Ahsoka was the emergency, dad? I was really worried."

"I'm sorry, Little. I just wanted to " He stopped when he realized that Laetitia had just called him 'dad' in front of Ahsoka, who didn't know about their true relationship.

He laughed helplessly "What … what … what are you … what are you talking about, kid?" He said looking at Ahsoka "This is what I get for being too good to her. She's just confused."

Ahsoka shook her head "I don't know what's worse. You not telling me about your daughter or calling her 'crazy' in front of her."

"I didn't say … wait. You know?!"

"Yep, I told her."

Anakin's jaw dropped.

"Well, why didn't you tell me?!"

"I really wanted to see the look on your face when you found out. It was priceless. Wasn't it?"

"Totally. It was completely worth it."

The girls giggled.

"Yeah, yeah. Keep laughing all you want."

"I'm gonna go check on Raven and Rex. Come one, Beeb. I'll need your help." Laetitia said as she walked out of the door.

Ahsoka turned to face her former master one they were alone.

"Well, thank you for telling me."

"I'm sorry, Snips. I just …"

"Couldn't risk it." She completed for him. "I know."

After a minute, she said "I just can't believe I didn't figure it out sooner. I mean, I knew you guys were close and she's basically your female version, but …"

"Wait, wait. She's my what?"

"Your female version. Come one, master, she is. She loves flying, fixing things, building things. She's sarcastic, stubborn, strong, caring …"

"Attractive and oddly beautiful?"

"She got those from her mother. You had nothing to do with it. Besides, I'm not sure a father should say that. That can create problems in the future." Ahsoka said, raising her eyebrow.

"Oh, no. She's gonna have tons of boys chasing after her."

"You're okay with that, why exactly?"

"So I can chase after them."

They both laughed at Anakin's response.

"Well, remind me to take away your lightsaber when that happens."

"Oh, that reminds me." He said bring two lightsabers out of his cloak.

Ahsoka activated them and two blue lasers were seen.

"They're good as new." Ahsoka gave him a look. "Maybe a little better. You're gonna need them to go up against Maul."

"Thank you, master."

Laetitia came running to the room.

"Dad! The … chancellor. He's been kidnapped!"

Done :)

Okay, this was chapter 28. Hoped you liked it. The next chapter will be going into the Revenge of the Sith. Also, this chapter, I got some things from the clone wars trailer. I can't believe they're coming back!