Unfortunately I've decided to skip Shroud of Darkness since I was unable to think of a good enough vision to give Anakin.
Space, onboard Phoenix Nest:
The rebels and Ketsu stood around a holomap Chopper projected before Hera spoke. "Thanks to Rex's Old Republic map and the map Zeb's Lasat friends made, I believe we finally have a suitable location for our base." she explained.
"The Yawst system. There's no sign of the Empire, but there's a small habitable moon, one that I think will provide everything you need." Ketsu explained as she pointed to one of the planets.
"Promising, but Yawst is several parsecs away, and our carrier does not have enough fuel to complete the journey." Sato replied. "We can't afford to leave it unguarded and immobile." Rex added.
"Well, Anakin and I have been tracking Imperial fuel shipments. There's one scheduled to arrive at the Horizon Base soon." Sabine spoke up. "Eh, it's risky. The Empire's tightened security at all its depots in the sector." Kanan said.
"If there's fuel there, what choice do we have?" his apprentice asked.
Unknown planet, Horizon Base:
Once Hera descended the Ghost onto one of the landing platforms she and the rest of the Spectres exited the ship. "All right. After we grab the fuel, we'll have to blast our way out of here fast. Chopper, be ready." the older Jedi ordered as Sabine patted the droid on the head as she and her boyfriend passed him.
"You heard her. Stay at your post and get a 'leg' up on the Empire, yeah?" Ezra joked to the droid. "Yeah, 'Shopper'" the Lasat joked too with a chuckle.
"Kanan was right. There's more security than ever." the Mandalorian girl said quietly as they took cover behind a large crate. "We can't afford to leave without getting what we came for." the Twi'lek replied before the younger woman lowered her antenna and looked around the corner.
"There's the fuel." she said before putting the antenna back in it's original position. "Let's get it." Zeb said with a smirk and punching his fist into his other hand. "Okay, but we do it quietly this time. No complications." the older Jedi replied.
"How the Hell are we supposed to do that in broad daylight and with barely any cover around?" the ex-merc asked, clearly skeptical at the 'quiet' part. "I don't know. Think of something." replied, sounding a bit exasperated before running off.
The teen rolled his eyes as the others ran in different directions before following his girlfriend. Of course it wasn't long before things quickly went south. The group then retreated back to the ship with the fuel before taking off, unfortunately no one noticed Chopper wasn't with them.
Hyperspace, en route to Phoenix Home:
Roughly ten minutes later and after jumping to hyperspace, did they finally notice the droid wasn't with them.
"We have to go back for Chopper." Ezra insisted. "I warned him not to get distracted by that leg." Hera said. "You don't even know if that's what happened." he said in the droid's defense. "Oh, I know. I know that droid. He's always thinking about himself. But we have to think about the fleet first." she replied.
"Phoenix Home to Ghost, come in." Sato said urgently over their comm before Hera pressed a button on the console. "We read you, Commander Sato. We're inbound with the fuel." she replied.
"You must hurry. We are under attack." he warned right before they dropped out of hyperspace nearby and saw a Star Destroyer, along with two light cruisers attacking them.
Anakin stayed in the cockpit with Kanan and Hera while the others left to their stations. "Looks like we're getting special attention!" the Jedi commented as a group of TIEs headed straight towards them while opening fire.
"My guns are offline. My guns are offline!" Sabine warned from the ship's roof turret before Anakin attempted to get them back online. The ex-merc sighed in relief as he sensed the pilot's death and Ketsu nearby before her voice was heard over the comm.
"Shadow Caster to Ghost. I'm on your wing." she told them as he got the turret back online. "Copy that, Ketsu. Thanks." Hera replied with a smile. "You're good to go, babe." Ahsoka's son informed his girlfriend before seeing a few red blasts heading towards the remaining TIEs.
"Zeb, two incoming at point seven." Hera warned him as the Ghost and Shadow Caster flew overhead Phoenix Nest. "They can get in line. There's more fighters than I can shoot!" he exclaimed and sounding frustrated.
"Then there's no excuse for missing." Ezra said with a smirk while shooting at the fighters from the nose turret. "Ghost to Shadow Caster, we need to land and refuel the carrier." the Twi'lek said to Ketsu.
"I'll clear a path." she replied before destroying another TIE. "Thanks for the assist, Ketsu." Sabine replied. "You owe me one." her friend said before flying away from them. "Everyone, get ready! We're coming in hot!" Hera warned as they neared the far-right hanger on the carrier.
Anakin gripped his seat right before the ship landed and slid across the hanger. "Zeb, Ezra, the fuel." she ordered after the ship stopped sliding. Right after the two delivered the fuel, Chopper's warbling suddenly came over the comm.
"C1-10P, where are you?" she asked, and judging by her use of his designation and tone of her voice, she was mad. "Really? So you didn't leave the Ghost to go after that leg?" she asked scoldingly after he warbled again.
"I'm gonna go check on Sabine." Anakin said quickly as he stood before fleeing the cockpit. The ex-merc had never admitted it out loud, but he was scared of angry women.
Space, above Atollon:
After bringing Chopper's friend to the common room, the couple started working on him and a few minutes later they managed to get droid reactivated. "What... What happened? Where am I?" the droid asked her in confusion.
"Don't worry. You're alive and well. My boyfriend and I replaced your damaged thermo sensors with the ones from the leg Chopper stole." she replied, giving him a reassuring smile before shooting a glare at the astromech who warbled.
"You sacrificed your replacement leg for me. Well, you shouldn't have. I knew you had a malfunctioning logic circuit." the protocol droid said before standing up and heading for the door as Chopper followed and warbled.
"That sort of language confirms it. You could be disintegrated in six systems for saying such things. I might just report you myself." the droid replied.
The others just watched in bemusement as the two continued bickering on their way to the cockpit. "Why do I get the feeling we've picked up another pathetic life form?" the ex-merc wondered aloud.
Chapter 25 done. Apologies again for skipping Shroud of Darkness, it's just that I didn't want to write some half-assed vision for Anakin to have.
