Chapter 24
Lethal Trackdown
JEDI TEMPLE
Medical Suite
Anakin and Mace Windu were not resting and recovering in the Temple's medical suite, the room was small with two beds and a window view of Coruscant, both men were dressed in light beige patient robes making their appearance identical. However the two men couldn't be further apart in how they were taking their leisure time, Windu sat on his bed looking over a holopad while Skywalker was up looking out the window, hands behind his back.
"So what are you planning to do with this son of Jango Fett?" Anakin asked.
"I'm not planning to do anything?" Master Windu replied to him.
Anakin turned around "That kid destroyed an entire cruiser to get to you, and your just going to let it go."
"Is there something I should be doing Skywalker?"
Anakin started to walk toward him "How about track him down?" Anakin asked.
"So I should act as this child did, I should seek revenge?" Windu said not showing much of a thought about the notion.
"No how is it revenge if we track him down and bring him to justice." Anakin said "If you hadn't noticed Skywalker, we've got bigger problems to deal with." Mace Windu said.
Before the two could start to but heads Ahsoka and Plo walked into one of the temple's medical room that Anakin and Mace were in "We have a situation we received a transmission from the bounty hunters." Plo informed them before walking over to the small holoprojector in the corner of the room and turning it on as Windu got off his bed.
"They apparently took hostages." he said as a hologram of a tall pale woman with an orange body suit without sleeves and a brown vest and boots with a blaster over her back, her head had a tall long ponytail flowing down her back, beside her was a boy with fair skin and almost black hair in gray with blaster pistols on his hip. Below them on their knees were Admiral Kilian, Commander Ponds and one other clone on their, with only Kilian and the other gagged.
The boy spoke then "Mace Windu you were lucky to escape, your friends here were not so fortunate." the young clone said, pointing his blaster at Ponds head.
"Until you face Boba, these men will be killed one at a time what's your name?" she asked Ponds.
When he didn't answer, she kicked him. "Name!" she demanded.
"CT-411." he answered slowly "Pathetic, Boba do it." she told the young clone, now identified as Boba.
The young clone hesitated, holding the blaster "Boba!" she said more forcefully the kid finally lowered his blaster and Aurra immediately shot the clone in the head.
"That was Ponds." Anakin said mournfully. "Only two to go, Windu come and find us, we'll be waiting." she said, giving an evil smile before the hologram ended.
"I'll go." Mace decided. "I thought you had bigger concerns?" Anakin asked him. Windu turned his head to look at the Knight.
"That was before we knew hostages were involved." he replied, getting off his bed.
"You are too injured to travel, and your presence would only aggravate the boy I shall go and take Skywalker's Padawan." Plo said, placing a hand on the shoulder of Ahsoka who gave Windu a reassuring smile. The Master gave them a nod and walked out.
When they left and started to make their way to the hanger Ahsoka looked up at "Master Plo who was the hologram the boy looked like a clone?"
"The woman is named Aurra Sing an assassin, the boy is a clone, of the original the clones were based off his name was Jango Fett, the boy is his 'son', Boba unlike other clones Boba ages normally and received no training except at the hands of Jango Fett." Plo said taking a left at a hallway with a cross section,.
Ahsoka didn't follow him "Master, the hanger is this way?" she asked "Just need to pick something up before we leave." he told her before she followed.
Elsewhere in the temple, Leo was in the training hall facing two training droids at once with his lightsaber, supervising the training session with Master Kenobi and Master Yoda. "Leo has… an unusual style?" Cin said.
"Holds nothing back he does, committed to every attack?" Yoda said as Plo and Ahsoka walked in.
Ahsoka looked over and saw Leo was enveloped in his training, not letting up on either droid ignoring the new comers "Masters, Ahsoka and I are going after Master Windu and Skywalkers assailants, it appears they took hostages."
"Troubling?" Obi-Wan said before Plo looked over at Leo who was knocked down by one of the droids who tried to stomp on him, Leo caught the droid's foot with the force and threw it at the other before engaging them again when they rose. "I request that Padawan Rock join me." he asked, to Ahsoka' surprise.
Yoda hummed "Seek him as an apprentice do you Master Plo, in need of a teacher he is?" Master Plo looked at Obi-Wan then at Master Yoda "That is a matter for the Council, of which you know my standing on the subject." Plo said as Leo cut down the droids where they stood deactivating his lightsaber.
"Go with you he may, may the force be with you Master Plo." Yoda told them before Leo walked over to them.
Ahsoka and her locked eyes, Leo looked away immediately to Master Plo, he gave a robotic bow and rose "Master Plo, I am at your service."
Later the three Jedi made their way to the hanger and slipped ponchos on before getting into a Praxis Mk. I turbo speeder and take off across Coruscant. Ahsoka's was a light beige with a pattern around the fringe, Leo's was dark brown with a fringe stitching on the end, Master Plo Koon was wearing a dark cloak with its own Kel Dor pattern. The ride was silent as Leo sat in the back looking out across the city ignoring Ahsoka's looks as he ignored her.
"Master Plo, I don't understand, shouldn't we be heading for the last place we knew Boba Fett was spotted?" Ahsoka asked him.
"Why head to the one place we know he is not." Plo said as he lowered the speeder into one of Coruscant's Underworld portals, a massive ventilation shaft and shipping portal.
"Whoa." she said quietly in awe at the size of the portal. "The second bounty hunter in the hologram is, Aurra Sing." he explained.
"Another bounty hunter like his father, Jango Fett." she realized with a frown, Leo's ears perked up when he heard Ahsoka say the word 'father'.
"Yes. It seems this boy found himself in the care of at least one of Jango's associates." he said.
"So we're looking for friends of Jango Fett or places where they hang out." she realized.
"And to do that, we must go to the lower levels. The underworld." he replied as he lowered the speeder toward one of the docking ramps.
As they started to land Leo finally spoke "What happened to Boba's father?" Leo asked.
"He was killed in the first battle of Geonosis by Master Windu no less." Plo told him, Leo frowned hearing it before they landed.
The three Jedi exited the speeder and made their way towards a visitor processing area where customs droids were asking people for their passes. Plo unlocked a Force-activated lock and the ray shield went down, allowing them to walk through. "The data on Jango Fett suggested he frequented this area; we must be cautious." he warned the two of them. The Jedi made their way towards another landing pad with three hover taxis on it. They stepped onto the middle one and Plo pressed a few buttons before they flew away from the area across the city streets. Leo looked at the under city below and up above.
When he felt Ahsoka watching him Leo looked back at her "What?"
"You've been quiet?" Ahsoka said to him "I don't have anything to say." Leo grumbled looking away again.
JEDI TEMPLE
The Jedi Council had assembled once more to discuss an unusual matter for them, Mace Windu was there in his usual attire more fitting of the Jedi Master, the only members not there is physical form but hologram was Masters Mundi, Luminara, Galli, Ti, and Fitso sitting in their own seats as Master Yoda spoke. "The fate of Padawan Leo Rock to be decided this is, aware we are of the Siths interest in the boy know also his true identity and how this affects our decision."
"Master Yoda, I believe we are a member short, Master Plo is not here?" Fitso asked, gesturing to the only empty seat.
"Master Plo is supervising Padawan Rock as we speak." Obi-Wan told him "I see, but why would such a decision be decided by the Council, surely we have plenty of Jedi in need of a new apprentice?" He asked.
"The situation is more complicated, you do recall how the Stark Hyperspace war ended?" Obi-Wan asked as Kit gapped "Ah…. I see."
The next Master to speak was Windu "Do any of us here have candidates they would suggest for a new Master?"
"What about Master Billaba, she's quite capable?" Master Luminara suggested "Another Padawan already decided for her, there has been." Master Yoda said.
With that option out of the window "Master Mundi, what of you?" Gali asked him.
"I'm afraid the death of my former Padawan is still too recent, I do not think I am ready for another apprentice." Master Mundi said solemnly.
The jedi continued "Master Ti, perhaps if he learned under you he could better learn patience?" Master Fitso suggested looking at the torgurtan woman "I disagree, in all respect to Shaak the boy is more useful in the field as a Commander then on Kamino." Master Windu suddenly said.
"Then it is clear." Kit said smiling "We are all aware of the boy's skill with a lightsaber from Pongs own training, what he needs now is discipline Master Windu. I put forth the notion you become Padawan Rocks new master?" Kit said said to the council.
"Seconded." Master Piell said.
Master Yoda looked at Obi-Wan who'd been silent during the whole debate "To a vote it shall be put." Master Yoda said.
UNDERWORLD
Back with the Jedi in the underworld, Master Plo, Ahsoka and Leo walked into their fourth bar the interior was filled with smugglers, bounty hunters and Under city patrons getting drinks. As they walked in the sight of a hooded man with two children coming in gave everyone pause as Master Plo walked up to the bar. Ahsoka looked at a couple of gang members by a jukebox and Leo's eyes were drawn to a dimly lit Pazaak table, the dealers were either armored bounty hunters or hooded figures, one among them was wearing a faded yellow duster with a wide brimmed hat that covered his face as he shuffled the cards.
"I'm looking for information." Master Plo said to the bartender who was a devaronian man scrubbing a cup "Information will cost you." he said to Plo.
Plo placed his lightsaber not he bar "It had better be worth it." Plo said.
The second the bartender saw the lightsaber he scoffed putting the glass away "Ah no, I'm not talking to no Jedi get out of my place." he snapped
Ahsoka gritted her teeth and walked up to the bar "Listen Sleemo tell us what we want to know now!" she snapped slamming her hand on the bar. In a second every person in the bar drew blaster pistols at the jedi everyone except the man shuffling the cards who just kept at it. "I believe we should leave." Master Plo said to Ahsoka who almost drew her lightsaber but stopped.
The three jedi backed out of the bar slowly, their fourth failed attempts at other bars, as they walked out Leo felt eyes on them and blaster sights too. "Well that could have gone better." Leo said.
"Yeah cause you've been such a huge help." Ahsoka said annoyed as they walked on to another cantina in a seedier part of town. "Well, I hope we have better luck here this is the fifth scum bucket drinking hole we've been to." Ahsoka complained lightly as they made their way towards the bar.
Leo trailed behind them and looked over his shoulder sensing something but when he looked back he saw nothing there. "Yes. And this time try to be more… subtle." Plo stressed.
"What do you mean?" she asked, sounding genuinely confused after she turned around to face him when they stopped moving.
Plo looked at her sternly "You've adopted many of your master's ways, including a lack of… subtlety." he explained before walking past her.
"Sorry, Master Plo." she apologized quietly, with her head down, Leo didn't say anything comforting as he usually did the events during the storm when he accident years attacked her still fresh in his mind.
Soon they found themselves in front of the door to the next bar. "Just try to blend in. Listen, you may be surprised what people reveal when they have been drinking." Plo assured as he opened the door before they walked in. Leo hesitated to enter when he thought he saw someone peeking out of a corner before disappearing again and walked in. The first thing Leo noticed was the Twi'lek dancer and couldn't fight the grin that spread onto his face, he was broken out of 'certain' thoughts by Master Plo's voice.
"Have a look around." he told them, quietly.
Leo adopted a serious look and refocused back on the task as he parted from Ahsoka as they walked through the bar, she took an open wall by a table and Leo pretended to look at bounty marks as other people came in. "Alright, try to relax." she said, taking a deep breath and closing her eyes.
"Like Master Plo says. I'm listening, i'm listening…" she trailed off quietly as she listened to the sounds of the bar afew seconds later her eyes snapped open. "Murdered?" she said suddenly.
The padawan walked near a booth and turned her back towards two patrons in it and started eavesdropping. "He was working a big job at least that is what he said Castus was telling me he had some valuable information on a holotransmitter and then boom she shot him it must have been some good dirt." the guy chuckled.
"What's her name? I hope it's not who I think it is." the second patron inquired.
"He was working with Aurra Sing. She's bad news." The first guy replied, the second one squirmed as Leo looked over his shoulder to see them, he recognized the second one was one of Hondo Ohnaka crew from Felucia "Ah, that's her alright she's the boss' ex there's always trouble when she shows up." the second guy quipped.
"Yeah that's the one." he confirmed.
Leo sensed it too late and the first guy, a Nautolan, grabbed Ahsoka and held her with his arm wrapped around her shoulders. Leo gritted his teeth in frustration as the second one, a Weequay questioned her, "Find something interesting kid?" he asked sarcastically.
Instead of answering she elbowed the Nautolan in the gut and escaped his grasp when he let go before pushing him into his partner. Leo quickly stepped protectively in front of Ahsoka as the Nautolan recovered fast and turned around to face them with knives in his hands.
"Hey, whats this? What are reaching for?" he demanded as they had their hands underneath the ponchos, ready to grab their sabers.
The Weequay and some other patrons immediately aimed their blasters at the two padawans. A lightsaber being activated was heard and they all turned to look at a Plo with his saber ready. "Stand down." he ordered the patrons.
"You can't take us all, Jedi." the Nautolan declared arrogantly and waved his knives threateningly. The padawans and Master formed a small circle to keep their attention on the patrons. "Would you like to try and prove your theory?" he asked the patrons as the two padawans ignited their blades. The three started to back up slowly towards the exit. "Hey nobody's shootin' up my place today!" the bar owner snapped.
Ahsoka looked over at Leo. "Got any credits?" she asked him, Leo reached under his poncho and tossed her a bag "Yeah, why?"
"He's right to drink in the house." Ahsoka said, tossing some money into the air.
The patrons turned their attention to the money on the ground and the Jedi quickly exited the bar. "Not very subtle." Plo pointed out as they sheathed their sabers.
"Well, I was being subtle." she defended as they made their way back to the taxi "You cost me my entire allowance." Leo said behind her "You'll get over it Rusty." she rudely said.
"Interesting result." he quipped humorously "But Master, you were right we heard about a murder a murder Aurra Sing recently committed." she explained.
Plo placed a hand on her shoulder. "Where?" he asked.
"Florrum." she replied. "Well done, little 'Soka." he complimented before they stepped onto the speeder. "We're off to Florrum." he said, starting the taxi up.
It began to take off back to the temple, as they did Leo looked over his shoulder at sky taxis and speeders were in the roar "Padawan Rock, I sense you are distracted what is it?"
"I think we're being followed?" he said "We are, he's been tailing us from the first two bars." Plo Koon said.
Ahsoka snapped her head over to them "First two?"
"He moved to another to throw us off, but he's there but he's no threat best to ignore him." Master Plo said.
"Ignore him?" Leo asked looking around them when he spotted there tail. It was the man shuffling the cards at the fourth bar in the wide brimmed hat and faded yellow duster, he was driving in a dark speeder bike a good distance away. "There!" Leo pointed, as soon as he pointed the man vered off.
"Leave it, we have our mission." Master Plo said "What if he's working with the Bounty Hunters?" Leo asked.
Ahsoka's eyes widened hearing it "He may be right, Master Plo."
"I assure you, he's not." Master Plo said and that was the end of it as they returned to the temple.
FLORRUM
Meanwhile across the galaxy on the planet Florrum, Aurra Sing and Boba Fetter were in Hondo's private quarters surrounded by the pirate captains' loot. Boba was staring out the window over the planet "Well my dear, you've gotten yourself into an interesting predicament, again?" Hondo said sitting behind his desk with a cup of wine.
"Getting involved with the Jedi is never a good idea." Hondo said.
Suddenly Aurra's comlink started to blink with another's voice "Auura, we've got a ship incoming Jedi by the look of it."
"Windu." Boba hissed.
Aurra smiled maliciously, hungry for blood "Finally, take them long enough, move Slave I to the outskirts and get the hostages ready?"
"Right." Their partner said, Aurra looked up at Hondo who downed the rest of his drink "So are you in or out?"
Hondo slammed his drink on his desk "I will not help you, but I will not hinder you if this is your fight not mine."
"My days of fighting Jedi are long over, I thought you wouldn't have forgotten the last time we tried it" Hondo asked.
Boba looked at the two adults curiously "What's he talking about?"
"Ancient history?" Aurra said "Oh come, come now my sweet surely you or at least his dear old father told him of the adventures our old crew used to have?"
"I wouldn't exactly call the war the Captain got us dragged into an adventure." Aurra said getting up "Do you know where he is by the way, he's someone I'd kill for free?" She asked him.
"You and the entire outer rim, but last I heard he was drinking and gambling his fortune away on Coruscant, surrounded by his own private army of security?" Hondo said smiling at her.
Aurra gave him a disgusted look "Still his friend after everything, your heart is black."
"I still beat for you my love now you better hurry the jedi will be here soon." Hondo said before they started to leave "By the way did you know our olds Captains son is a jedi." Hondo said.
Aurra smiled "Really…"
An hour later the Jedi exited hyperspace in a T-6 shuttle above Florrum before they began to fly down to the world. Leo sat in the back as Ahsoka was the copilot, Leo was still sulking in the back arms crossed. "What will happen to Boba if we find him?" He asked.
"Tried for his crimes." Plo stated "Why do you care?" Ahsoka asked Leo.
"I don't, I was just curious." He snapped, Ahsoka glared at him "Whatever."
When the shuttle landed and Upon exiting said shuttle they were greeted by none other than Hondo Ohnaka as he walked up to them, Ahsoka glared at him as Leo looked at the pirate curiously. "Hello, hello and welcome to Florrum." he greeted before gesturing to them to follow.
"I should assume you are walking us into a trap." Plo asked.
"Yes you should, they're waiting inside the bar have no idea what she has planned for you." the pirate leader explained glancing at Leo and smiling.
"And the reason you're telling us is?" Plo asked.
Hondo stopped and smiled "So you know that I am not involved in this." he replied.
"Remember: Patience." Plo reminded the padawans gently they nodded and waited a few seconds before sneaking in and hiding behind a corner with Aurra's back facing them.
Ahsoka looked up at Leo who was watching Hondo leave the room "Psst, Rusty."
"Rusty!" She whispered a bit louder as Plo walked in with the room Aurra was sitting in.
Leo snapped his head to her "What's with you, doesn't matter right now we need to work together okay?"
He knew she was right and nodded grabbing his lightsaber at the ready, Plo walked around Sings table and sat down across from her and sat down.
"Bad move, Jedi this will cost you." she warned as a gun was cocked behind Plo's head, it was Boba holding the gun.
"I wanted, Windu what are you doing here?" Boba demanded his voice furious with disappointment.
"We can do this the difficult way or the simple way the choice is yours" Plo offered.
Aurra raised her fingers to an earpiece when Leo noticed the antenna sticking out of her head, he made a few hand signs to Ahsoka and then pointed to his own head then hers. Ahsoka nodded as the two of them reading each other's mind to go after the antenna.
"Bossk, can you hear me?" she asked over her com "Yesss." Book said on the other end.
"Execute the hostages if I give the word." she said to him.
"Unwise you have already lost and you don't even know it." Plo said.
"I am prepared to kill you, the hostages, whatever it takes to get what Boba wants!" she snarled "Sounds more like what you want." Plo mused, Leo and Ahsoka knodded and ran out lightsabers drawn.
Ahsoka quickly cut Aurra's antenna off before grabbing her and holding the saber close to her neck. Boba moved the gun closer to Plo's head. "Don't!" Ahsoka warne as Leo came out, lightsaber pointed at Boba.
Let her go!" the young clone demanded his voice trembling like his blaster grip.
"No chance." Ahsoka shot back.
"She won't do it, Boba. She's not like you." Aurra said calmly.
"She's right. I'm not a murderer." Ahsoka agreed.
Boba only snapped at them all "I'm not a murderer! But I want justice!"
"We are justice." Plo said locking eyes with Sing, Leo's own eyes were darting back and forth through the conversation. He then noticed Aurra was looking right at him with shock despite being calm the whole time "Well well well, Hondo was right…" she said.
Leo looked at her "What are you on about?" He asked.
"No one will be harmed if you come quietly." the older Jedi assured.
Boba seemed to be considering it. "I can't let you die." he said to Aurra with a remorseful look. "You won't have too." Aurra said as she moved her boot upward to Boba and winked.
"Aurra!" Boba snapped and shot at Ahsoka, who deflected it in time Aurra quickly punched her in the face and elbowing Ahsoka in the chest, causing her to back up Aurra stomped her heel to the ground, sending two spikes towards Plo who slammed the table, causing it to flip in time to catch the spikes before Force-pushing Boba back. Leo tried to attack Aurra from behind but she dodged his strike and kicked him in the gut throwing him right into Ahsoka before she took out two dual blaster pistols. shooting at the two padawans, who managed to deflect the bolts. Plo used the Force to throw the table in between them. The table exploded into chunks from her blaster fire and Leo took this brief distraction to cut Aurra's blasters in half before pointing the tip of his saber at her neck. Sing raised her hands in surrender. "It's over. Surrender!" Plo ordered her, walking over to them.
"Aurra, now!" Boba barked tossing a small round device at their feet.
The Jedi looked at it before realizing what it was. "Bomb!" Ahsoka warned before the three jumped out of the way and Aurra ran.
The Jedi landed on the ground in a mild daze. "Boba, hurry!" Sing urged as she started running to the exit on her feet. The young clone started to run just as Plo picked his saber up before using the Force to pull the kid towards him. "Aurra, help! Help me!" he pleaded as the older Jedi gripped him by the shoulders.
Sing stopped at the door and turned to look at him she turned her attention to Leo and Ahsoka as he helped her up. They started chasing her when she took off. "Don't leave me! No!" he begged as she ran out the door, as Ahsoka and Leo took off but when Leo heard the boy cry out he stopped frozen.
Plo turned Boba around to face him and knelt down "Boba where are the hostages?" He demanded.
"I can't believe it she left me…" Boba said "Boba if you don't tell me where they are the hostages will die, innocent men!?" Plo said, trying to get him to give up the location.
"Leo go, help Ahsoka." Plo ordered "Yes Master." Leo replied running out to see Hondo and his crew enjoying the afternoon.
Leo was about to get on a speeder "Better hurry boy, the ladies got a head start on you." Leo got on the speeder "Don't you want to hear what Uncle Hondo promised you?" Leo looked at him knowing that the pirate knew who his father was.
His instincts took over and he kicked off the dirt on his speeder bike heading out after Ahsoka. She had exited the structure earlier and was chasing the bounty hunter through the canyons. They soon ended up in a narrow canyon as she started catching up to Sing. Ahsoka activated her blade as he managed to get beside Sing. The bounty hunter bashed into them, forcing the bike to lose some speed and fall back before the padawan could take a slash.
Later, back at the pirate harbor Plo was taking Boba out of the room "He won't tell me where the hostages are, perhaps he'll listen to you?"
Boba refused to even look at anyone he just kept his eyes on the ground "Tell the Jedi what he wants to know Boba." Hondo said in a kind soft voice.
"Why should I, I've got no one else?" Boba snapped.
"Because it is the honorable thing to do, it's what your father would want." Hondo said trying to give him some good advice.
Boba sighed "Coordinates 1-5-7-9, Aurra's probably leading the other Jedi away."
"Ahsoka, Leo, she is trying to lead you away from the hostages. Go to coordinates 1-5-7-9." Plo informed them over Ahsoka's corner Leo was closing in on them when he heard and followed Ahsoka.
Back at the pirate harbor, Hondo looked up at Plo Koon "Ah I thought I recognized you, you were one of the Jedi at Qotile." Hondo said.
"Indeed I was." Plo said as he put binders on Boba "A true shame, Boba and the other boy might have been friends?" Hondo said, rising as his men started to return inside.
"What do you mean?" Boba asked him "Nothing that concerns you young man." Plo said.
Back with the padawans, the two quickly took a left as Aurra kept going forward afew seconds later they reached an open area with the bounty hunter, Bossk about to execute Kilian and the clone. Using the speeders' guns, she managed to get Bossk away from them in time. The Jedi jumped off the bike and let it zoom off to the side and as soon as they landed Ahsoka cut the binders off them. After pulling his gag off his mouth, Kilian grabbed Bossk's rifle and aimed it at the prone bounty hunter who was about to stand back up. "Don't move." he ordered the Trandoshan as Leo pointed his lightsaber at Bossk.
The trandoshan was in a daze when he saw Leo gasping, "...Captain?"
Upon hearing a noise of an incoming speeder, they looked up to see Aurra zoom off the cliff and ditch the speeder. Causing it to crash into the other one and making both explode knocking the Jedi, admiral and clone onto the ground. They looked up in time just to see Sing running up the Slave I ramp and into it. The padawan quickly got up and managed to jump onto the wing as it started taking off. Unfortunately the ship started to shift forward. Ahsoka however wasn't so lucky she cried out in surprise as she lost her footing, luckily she managed to get a good grip on the corner of the bottom of the wing. Leo was having a difficult time at reaching her from where he was and lost his grip falling back onto the ground. Ahsoka held her grip and reignited her blade and sliced the part where the wing connected with the ship, causing it to fall to the ground. The ship started to lean towards the right now that its left wing was gone, she jumped onto the top of the glass where the cockpit was and stabbed their sabers through it as Sing tried blasting them. She removed their sabers from the glass and started deflecting her bolts. Ahsoka backflipped off first and started to fall, Leo reached out with the force and grabbed her before she could hit the ground.
"Huh… thanks Rusty." she said as he dropped her onto her feet they looked up to see the ship start descending to the ground before crashing and exploding not too far away.
Ahsoka closed her eyes knowing no one could have survived the crash, Leo reached out and took her hand "Leo… did I kill that woman?"
"No, her choices did." Leo said "She chose not to count on her friends, especially when she needed them most." he said squeezing her hand.
Later Master Plo had flown down to the outskirts they were at with Boba in binders, when the ramp lowered the Jedi, Killian and Clone officers began to board the ship. "Boba was sitting defeated in one of the chairs shoulders slumped as Leo and the clone officer shoved Bossk in abroad "If you think I'm going quietly Jedi you got another thin-" Bossk was suddenly shot with a stun blast and knocked out on the floor.
"That was for Commander Ponds you Bounty Hunter scum." Killian growled holding the blaster rifle before handing it to the clone officer.
"Sing?" Plo asked Ahsoka and Leo, "She went down in the ship." Ahsoka reported looking over at Boba "She's dead."
"Ahsoka." Leo said stopping her from pushing it anymore "Time to go home." Plo said taking them up into the sky and back to Coruscant.
Leo looked down at Boba who started to glare at him "Maybe they'll go easy on you." Leo said suddenly "Don't count on it." Ahsoka said, taking the copilot seat.
CORUSCANT
Prison
A few hours later they were back on Coruscant, with Boba and Bossk in binders with eight clones helped escort them as they met up with Anakin, Mace and Obi-Wan waiting for them. As soon as they stopped, Mace walked up to Boba and kneeled in front of him. "I see now i've done terrible things." the young clone admitted. "But you started it when you murdered my father! I'll never forgive you." he swore before Windu stood back up.
"Well, you're going to have to." the Master replied before looking at the clones. "Take him away." he said as Plo placed a hand on the kid's shoulder and led him away while the others looked on.
Boba turned around stopping and looking at Leo "Wait, before I go Captain Hondo told me to tell you something red." Boba said as nobody knew who 'red' was but Leo could only assume it was him.
"Take him away." Master Windu ordered again as the clones pushed him on, Leo watched Boba vanish behind the doors of the prison "What do you think will happen to him?" Leo asked her.
"I don't know, he's a murderer he deserves to be in jail." she said coldly as Leo looked at her "So am I."
"That was different, you're different, we're Jedi." she said "I'm trying to be…. AHsoka I'm sorry about what happened the other night, you know I'd never hurt you."
She nodded at him "I know, you couldn't even if you tried." she teased as the Jedi Masters and Anakin approached Leo.
"Well done in bringing the boy to justice Snips, Rusty." Anakin praised "Thank you Master." Ahsoka said smiling Leo looked back at the prison.
"What about Boba's justice, for his father?" Leo asked them "What indeed, but more specially what will become of you the Council has decided on who your new Master is to be." Obi-Wan said before he walked back to the shuttle with the other jedi.
Leo and Ahsoka looked at one another "... who?" Leo asked.
Obi-Wan turned around "Me of course, now come my young Padawan I'm sure you'll be much better than my last Padawan he was quite a headache that came and went." Obi-Wan said as Anakin glared at him "Heyyy."
"Ah there it is." Obi-Wan said, taking Leo by the shoulder.
Okay, Obi-Wan's the master, but I decided to skip the Mandalore Arc because I thought it wasn't entirely necessary. If enough people ask for one where Leo and Obi-Wan go to Mandalore and Leo meets Satine I'll write it, but I may just skip ahead into the first half of season 3 and move onto the finale of Leo and the Dark Acolytes.
