Chapter 12
A Necessary Bond
FLORRUM
Surface
With the pirates having caught up in their own speeder tank, the Jedi were now inside the tank while Ahsoka piloted. It wasn't long before the pirates got a few good shots on the engines causing them to catch fire.
"I think they're still upset that we tricked them." Katooni said, sounding a bit worried.
"They'll get over it once we're off their planet." Petro said, waving off her slight worry.
Ahsoka had taken the steering wheel from Gungi and was trying to evade the incoming fire "I wouldn't be so sure about that." Ahsoka said to him as they took another hit.
"Ganodi, we need a quick evac. Come in. Ganodi." Petro said in through the communication system built into the stolen speeder, trying to contact the Rodian girl.
"Maybe the pirates are jamming the signal." Zatt guessed as Gungi growled lightly in agreement.
"Where could she be?" Katooni wondered with worry in her tone when they were hit again.
"Ganodi Huyang. Come in." the boy tried again, once again getting no answer.
But still they persisted "Ganodi, where are you?" the human teen spoke with urgency. "I'm here. I was in the back fixing Huyang." she finally replied. "That's wonderful and all but we're all gonna need repairs if you don't get the engines running." Petro said sarcastically.
"Where are you?" she asked. "Ganodi, it's Ahsoka." the Padawan addressed her as turned on his mask's external comm.
The young Rodian girl gasped in joy upon hearing Ahsoka. "Padawan Tano! We've rescued you." she said, happiness evident in her voice. "Almost. But we need you to get us home, are you ready?" Ahsoka asked her.
"Just tell me what I need to do." the youngling replied. "Okay, fire up the engines and head to these coordinates." she told the Rodian while tapping on the small screen in front of her and sending the coordinates to the Crucible. "We'll be right there." Ganodi assured before cutting off.
Above the planets clouds in the stars above, a worse threat was looming, Leo emerged from the bacta tank his wounds sealed with soft wrappings and stitches already sealing, he whipped his clean white hair back and snatched a nearby towel from a droid who winced when he took it. A medical droid was looking at his vitals and computed out "Astonishing, your wounds have practically healed within minutes how is it a biological can repair itself this quickly Lord Primus?" It asked.
"Clearly droids don't know anything about the force." Leo said as he started to get dressed.
That's when he noticed the battle droid who had handed them the towel, it was a B1 model with a yellow circle on its chest and head showing its Captain Rank "Forto?" He asked, recognizing the droid.
"Thats me sir B1-X6742, at your service my lord it's good to see you again Lord Primus." The droid said cheerfully, happy to be recognized.
Leo fastened his mended black robes and reached for his lightsaber when he remembered Ahsoka had destroyed it in their duel. He squeezed his hand into a fist his mind drifting to what had happened to the younglings and her when he left them "Forto inform the General I'll be joining him soon." Leo said walking out of the ship.
"Are you heading directly to the bridge sir?" The droid asked him.
"In a moment, I have something I need to do." Leo said walking down the hallway toward a nearby room.
When he walked in he saw the room filled with droids working radio equipment, "Out." He ordered.
All the droids got up saying "Roger, roger."
When they were all gone Leo took one of the open chairs and slid up to the monitor sending out a signal when the connection linked he spoke "We have a problem, actually it's more of a catastrophe."
Back on the surface the Crucible flew over them before turning around and flying over the pirates tank with one the ramps lowered near the Jedi's stolen pirate tank. "Looks like our ride is here." Petro said.
"Everyone get topside and stay down." Ahsoka told them before Byph, Zatt, Gungi and Katooni jumped out. "But who's going to pilot the tank?" Petro asked her. Ahsoka looked around for a second before pointing at the mask Petro wore when the younglings went undercover earlier.
"Petro, hand me that mask." she said.
He Grabbed it and handed it to her before she put it on the steering control, causing it to lock in place. "That'll have to do." she said before the three jumped out to join the others.
The padawan activated her blades and started deflecting fire as the ship got close. Byph jumped first and barely caught Ganodi's hand before the tank started moving to the left and away from the ship. "The steering must of come loose." Ahsoka said as she deactivated their sabers.
"I hope you have a Plan B." Petro said as he used the Force to keep himself steady. Petro seemed to have an idea as he jumped back into the tank and steered it back over to the ship while the teens deflected more blaster fire aimed at them. "Hang on!" the Rodian girl said as she tried pulling both Gungi and Byph up onto the ramp. The teens, Katooni and Petro were separated from the others when the human youngling had to make a sharp right to avoid going over a cliff while the ship crossed over the canyon.
"They're coming back!" Katooni said as the ship flew back over to them before she grabbed Gungi's ankles and was lifted into the air followed by Zatt grabbing hers. "Oh no" she swore as the pirates fired a shot from the tank's blaster cannon, hitting the ship's middle engine. "Artoo, get out of there now!" Ahsoka ordered over her comm before the ship started to explode.
"Everyone, let go! Jump down now!" she said urgently. Ganodi let go of Byph as he and the other four holding on fell onto the tank, followed by the young Rodian and finally Huyang and Artoo.
The Crucible hit the side of the tank as it crashed, causing it to be pushed away and crash, while throwing those on top of the tank off. When the dust settled the tank had turned over sending the padawan and young jedi onto the dirt for Hondo and his men to surround them "Nice try, little Jedi. But it looks like you're coming with us." one of the pirates said as he picked the teens' sabers up while the other pirates laughed.
With the Jedi now in Force-inhibiting binders, the pirates flew them back to Hondo's stronghold, reaching the place just as dawn had come.
Meanwhile inside the hanger of the Invisible Hand, General Grievous's flagship, droids marching up onto landing crafts with tanks in between battalions. Leo walked into the hanger where he saw Grievous inspecting the loading of troops when he noticed the apprentice. He turned slowly, arms behind his back "Primus, at last you join us." The cyborg told him.
"General, is all this necessary for a couple of pirates?" Leo asked watching the armaments being loaded.
"The Count has plans for Florrum once the pirates are removed, we will establish a base here one that will send out our ships and armies to crush the Republic." General Grievous told him.
Leo put his hands behind his back "Allow me to lead the ground forces, Captain Hondo is known for cutting deals with the Republic he could contact the Jedi and bring them down on our flank we'll need you to command the fleet if that happens." Leo urged him.
"Unlike you former Jedi I succeed when the Count gives me a task, we routed General Kenobi's fleet some time ago this entire sector now belongs to the Separatist Alliance." Grievous aid towering over him, that's when the yellow eyed cyborg and the golden eyed Sith saw Grievous's eyes go to his hip.
"Hmmm you seem to have misplaced your weapon Primus?" Grievous asked him.
Leo gave a smile "A warrior is more than his sword, or his armor." Leo said reaching up and plucking off some dirt from the cyborg's chassis. "Shall we." Leo said walking past him toward the landing craft.
In a short while the droids had landed outside the stronghold already marching toward the fortress, when some of the pirates saw them they didn't even dare to shoot at the droids. The pirates tuck tailed and ran at the sight of the army, one of the pirates fled into the main hall "Boss, boss we're in trouble-" before he could even tell them he was shot in the back by commando droids bursting into the room followed by Leo, Grievous and some Magna guards.
Any pirates who raised their guns were shot dead by the commando droids while Leo and Grievous approached the pirate leader "Hondo." Grievous said.
"General… Grievous, what a surprise?" I presume Hondo asked legs propped up on the table holding a glass to greet him.
"What may I ask? Do we owe pleasure?" Hondo asked.
Grievous stomped onto the table with all the pirates to see "You may dispense with the pleasantries pirate, this planet is now under Separatist control." The cyborg thundered, picking up Hondo by his coat.
"And what do you suppose that means?" Hondo asked, a bit drunk.
"It means you have a new Master." The cyborg told him before Hondo was thrown like a rag doll over his own table to the floor in front of his men. Grievous tossed out something in front of the weequay and he flinched when out of it instead of an explosion came a more terrifying site.
A hologram of Count Dooku "As I recall the last time we met face to face I was your prisoner and you attempted to barter me off to the highest bidder?"
Hondo dusted himself off "But can you blame me, I mean a Sith Lord what a handsome price?"
The count didn't seem to care for the banter "You're going to pay the price for your treachery, we shall be reliving you of your fortress and your arsenal." The Count ordered.
Hondo snarled "I will not stand for this." he boomed.
"No you will not, Grievous throw him into a cell." on the Counts orders the hall filled with battle droids who quickly took the surrendering pirates into custody as the magna guards dragged Hondo away. Leo watched Hondo look at him and the boy couldn't even bear to look the pirate in the eye. Such emotions Dooku noticed "General oversee the disbanding of the pirates weapons, I will speak with my apprentice alone."
Grievous looked at the Count then at Leo before he started to snicker "As you command."
Count Dooku fiddled with the controls of his own desk before the towering hologram grew to normal height in front of Leo "Speak my friend, I sense you are troubled and have the loss of your weapon done this?"
Leo looked at his empty clip "No."
The Count closed his eyes for a few seconds "Yes, bit sense the imbalance within you my apprentice, the darkness is in you but I have a yearning for… the light."
"Do you have second thoughts on the path you have taken, do you no long wish to face Darth Sidious at my side?" he asked Leo.
"Will I?" Leo asked him.
The Count stared at him glaringly "When I destroyed the Nightsisters of Dathomir, Ventress warned me the Sith always betray one another, so tell me who betrayed you Sidious or did you betray him, or will you betray me Master?" Leo asked.
The Count's glare grew more venomous with every word "I wonder, would you speak this way if I were there in person apprentice?" Leo and the Count stared at one another for a long time "Shall I return to Serenno to ask you again?" Leo prodded.
"Do not test me Primus, you may not like the end result." the Count snarled, "Of course, my lord." Leo said bowing but still sour.
Meanwhile outside the fortress the pirates who had recaptured the Jedi had recently returned on the outskirts of the fortress "What the? Droids?" the pirate who taunted them earlier said in disbelief as he scanned ahead with his macrobinoculars. "It's an invasion." he growled as everyone else now noticed the Separatist ships.
"This isn't good, those scrappin' droids are looting the place! They're dismantling our ships!" the lead pirate said in outrage as he watched through the macrobinoculars after they found out who was leading this attack the cyborg Separatist himself: General Grievous. "The fact that Grievous is here with his entire fleet means that Master Kenobi must have been overrun this entire system is now in Separatist controlled space." Ahsoka said.
"What should we do? There's nowhere to run." Katooni said in worry.
"You're not running anywhere, skug you're still my prisoner maybe I can trade you to the Separatists in exchange for my freedom." the leader said with a confident smirk.
"Not likely. Grievous didn't come here to make deals. He already controls the planet and the system, if you hand us over to him, he'll kill us and then you we have a common enemy in Grievous together, we can get out of this. You must have some other ships somewhere. You are pirates." the Padawan said up to the pirate.
"Hondo's got a private fleet, but only he knows where the ships are." the pirate told her and the younglings.
"Then we'll have to rescue him. We know Grievous, we know droids. With our help, you stand a better chance." she said, gesturing to herself and the younglings. The pirates seemed to consider it for a moment before the leader walked behind Ahsoka and blasted the cuffs off. "You got yourself a deal, Jedi." he said before the other pirates released the rest.
With the two groups working together Artoo flew the tank over and stood on the top of the ladder with most of his upper body sticking out. "Halt!" a Captain Forto ordered as Artoo beeped and stopped the tank.
"You captured this tank? Not bad for an astromech." the Forto said, sounding impressed. Artoo beeped a reply.
"What's your I.D number?" the Forto asked 'What do you mean you don't have to tell me why you stupid astromech! Do not get smart with me! I outrank you." the droid said, walking up to the tank as the others snuck behind some crates.
Thanks to the pirates' knowledge of the base, the group managed to sneak in undetected moving in through a hidden passage way before going toward the prison cells.
While they snuck through the hallways unnoticed Katooni spoke up "um, Padawan Tano seeing as we may uh- die I had a question?"
"And you think now is the best time to ask?" Ahsoka asked.
"Um yeah?" she added.
"Alright what is it?" Ahsoka asked "Was Leo Rock your boyfriend like the pirate leader called him?"
Ahsoka spun around face flushed "He's not-" She started to snap but regained control of herself
"Padawan Rock and I were close, yes, no more as any other padawans but you know what he's become." she reminded her.
"But maybe he could help us again?" Petro suggested behind Katooni "With Grievous and his droids around, I wouldn't count on it."
Once they reached the room Hondo was locked in, the teens took out the two droids guarding the room before the Jedi entered the room followed by the pirates. "Jedi. And here I thought you made your escape, no?" Hondo asked as they deactivated their blades.
"No. There were complications. Now, we have to put our differences aside and be friends, or else we're all gonna die here." she replied. "Ah, very diplomatic. Ha! I knew you did not come back to rescue Hondo, how do you say it? Out of the goodness of your hearts No, no, no, no. You need something from me." he said with a knowing smirk.
Just outside the cell, Leo was inspecting the prisoners when he heard all the commotion. Slinking to the wall he snuck up to the edge of the door and started to listen in on the conversation between Pirate and Padawan.
"A ship, to be specific." Katooni said, stepping up to the containment field he was in.
"Ah, yes a ship, a ship Ah, but where would we find one of those? My new friend General Grievous has destroyed my ships." the Pirate captain told them.
"We know you have one, a whole pirate fleet." Petro said. "And one of my old friends, apparently has been talking to much." he said with with a glare aimed at the lead pirate who captured them earlier. "Ah, what does it matter? We'll never reach the vault anyway Grievous' army is way too big and your paramour is with them my dear." he said in apparent defeat looking at Ahsoka.
The padawan felt her cheeks flush and her teeth clench in anger "What's a para-more?" Zatt asked, unfamiliar with the word.
But Petro cut him off before he could get an answer "Don't give up we can fight." Petro said confidently, Leo could hear the courage in his voice even if he was afraid like the rest of them.
"If I may, sir I have instructed younglings for over a thousand generations, and these are among the best I have ever seen." Huyang said vouching for them.
"Well, then, show me show me your swords, tiny Jedi show Hondo you are ready to fight." Hondo said as the younglings minus Katooni activated their sabers, since she hadn't managed to finish hers yet.
All the younglings showed their blades except for Katooni "And you, child. Where is your saber?" the pirate leader asked as the other five deactivated theirs while she took the pieces of hers off her belt and held them in front of her.
"It's not finished. I never finished it. I've done everything right, but it won't work." she explained looking a bit crestfallen as Huyang stepped next to her.
"You must trust that the components that form your lightsaber are meant to be together. There is no other way it is the Force that binds them." the old droid told her, offering her the components again and a bit of faith even for a droid.
"Yes, I was just going to say that finish it now, finish, finish! This is worth the price of a ship. To see the construction of a Jedi lightsaber, this… this is priceless! Finish it, and together we can defeat Grievous." Hondo said with a grin as the youngling sat cross-legged and placed the pieces of her saber on the ground. Katooni closed her eyes and used the Force to make the pieces float in front of her.
"Oh. Amazing. That is truly amazing!" the pirate said in awe before laughing as the young girl took her crystal out and made it float in the middle of the other pieces before combining them together and finally constructing her lightsaber.
Leo could hear the joy in the other room as the younglings crowded around Katooni celebrating in her success, even if he was trying to hide his presence Ahsoka sensed something outside the door. She rushed to the edge and peeked out but saw nothing. "What is it?" Petro asked.
"I'm not sure, we need to go- now." She ordered.
Katooni smiled and activated her blue blade as she stood. "Well, cut me down, little Jedi. It's time to leave." Hondo said before she cut the bottom of the containment field, deactivating it and freeing the pirate. The other younglings cheered at their friend's success before Ahsoka addressed Hondo. "So why the big show? You didn't really have a choice. You know we have to work together." she reminded him.
"Because, Jedi, you know what we are about to attempt is very dangerous and I may be a pirate, but I do not like taking children into battle." he replied with a serious tone before taking a few steps towards the door.
"That didn't seem to bother you when you attacked us." she said with his back towards them before he laughed for a moment. "Well, today is a new day, and lucky for you, today, I like children now, let's free the rest of my men." he replied before he ran out the door, followed by his men.
The pirates and Jedi fled the prison cells when a droid saw them "Uh oh." one of the droids said running away "General Grievous, General there are Jedi here!" the droid shouted into the comlink before Ahsoka cut its head off.
Leo and Grievous heard the droid before it was cut off, "A wonderful takeover Grievous." Leo said "The Jedi are here to save Hondo, like I told you." Leo said.
Grievous growled "Destroy the prison section."
"But the prisoners have already escaped General." one of the droids said after the Jedi and pirates freed the remaining prisoners, they headed towards the main entrance just as the tank was attempting to destroy and were immediately greeted by a battalion of droids opening fire on them. With their sabers ignited the padawan and younglings jumped into the fray head-on and took down two B2s while the pirates decimated droids with theirs blasters, the younglings taking out droid's while covering a few of the pirates and Hondo apparently having fun cutting droids down with his scimitar. The group soon split up with the pirates and Katooni getting onto a few speeder bikes while the others boarded a pirate tank. The pirates on the bike zoomed towards the rest of the droid army with the tank right behind them as they made their way past and headed into a narrow canyon.
"After the pirates, the Jedi is mine." Grievous barked Leo getting on a speeder bike, Leo watched Ahsoka help the other younglings on board sharing a brief glance before she took off.
"What are you waiting for Primus, they're getting away, after them!" Grievous barked taking off on his speeder with Leo following.
Artoo manoeuvred the tank through the canyon with relative ease as Grievous and three commando droids were flying about 20 metres behind them on STAPs. As the General and droids opened fire, the pirates fired back around the tank before a droid got a lucky shot on one of the pirates. The pirates and youngling separated from the rest as they turned left when the canyon split while the others kept going forward with Grievous still on their tails while Leo followed Hondo and Katooni. But they were already ahead of the apprentice ducking into a secret passage that Leo flew right past.
Just as Grievous flew up beside the tank he activated two of his blue sabers and jumped onto the top of the tank before exchanging blows with Ahsoka. Grievous and her dueled twin swords to twin swords as Leo drove up on a speeder bike getting off, he ran up the hill where to the edge of the cliff that Ahsoka was pushed back on.
Grievous delivered an iron legged kick into Ahsoka knocking her back, turning off his lightsabers the cyborg brought back his fist and smashed it across Ahsoka's face "Again the Jedi send children to face me, they must be running out of Knights because I kill them all." Grievous laughed when Ahsoka came back at him swinging. The cyborg took advantage of her weekend state to dodge and cackle before he grabbed her face with one of his foot claws and smashed her down onto the rock before picking her up and throwing her down again.
Ahsoka saw the cyborg's massive clawed fists heading for her before she rolled out of the way so as not to be crushed. She reached for her lightsabers but Grievous grabbed onto her neck choking her "All too easy, but I'm not done with you yet." Grievous hurled her back into the younglings who caught her before she could go off the cliff edge helping her to her feet.
Just as the dust was settling, Grievous stepped out of it while reactivating his sabers. Ahsoka stood protectively in front of the younglings as they stood behind her sabers drawn "Hahaha, so many lightsabers to add to my collection." looked between them before stepping in front of Ahsoka and sizing up the Jedi Killer approaching them laughing menacingly.
Ahsoka could barely stand, let alone have a chance of holding him off anymore, she was going to die, the younglings were going to die. Grievous held up one blue lightsaber and drew back his arm but when he tried to pull it forward his arm froze "What?" Grievous asked, seeing his arm malfunction.
Grievous was trying to move forward but his whole body was frozen to the spot "Is he malfunctioning?" Zatt asked "No look." Petro said pointing to the only person behind Grievous, Leo arms outstretched holding him with the force "Go- I can't hold him for long!" Leo barked.
"There's nowhere to go too?" Petro said looking on the other side of the cliff, Grievous took a step then before Leo lifted him off the ground unwrenching his taloned feet and throwing him over him. Grievous dropped his lightsaber when he was over Leo and he reached out his hand catching it holding the blue lightsaber over his head before lowering it when Grievous got up.
"TRAITOR, You fight for the Separatists or have you forgotten Primus!" Grievous roared, taking out an extra lightsaber so he held two of them, one green and one blue.
The white haired man looked at the lightsaber in his hand, the blue blade hummed in his hand, the warm light radiating off his face, he looked up at Ahsoka and the younglings smiling smiled "My name is Leo Rock and I fight…." Leo turned around leaping at Grievous "FOR THE JEDI!"
The cyborg barely had time to catch Leo's attack and counter before Leo dodged and struck again. "I knew you could never be trusted, I knew you would turn on us." Grievous barked at him.
"I was never with you to begin with cyborg." Leo said matching him lightsaber for lightsaber before they locked swords, despite the mechanical strength of the General Leo held his ground "I will bring your head to the Count and then he'll finally see Jedi even those claiming to be traitors, can never be trusted."
Leo broke off the block and lifted up a nearby boulder throwing it at Grievous knocking him back "All this talk about your hatred of the Jedi, what has it brought you Grievous a twisted body, a hunger for revenge that you'll never fill?"
"Save the speech whelp, I've heard it before from Kenobi." Grievous said getting up and taking out his four arms to wield four lightsabers at once.
Behind Leo, the younglings saw Leo standing alone against Grievous "We have to help him." Petro said taking out his lightsaber "No, this is Leo's fight we find a way out of here." Ahsoka said looking over the ledge seeing nothing but a clear drop into pitch black darkness.
"Padawan Tano." Zatt said getting her to look back around, Leo and Grievous were still locked in epic combat but amassing behind Grievous was the droid army he brought with him.
Back with the duel, Leo caught the two blades on Grievous top with his own and held back the four other limbs with the force, Grievous snarled and yelled insults at him "I've decided I won't kill you, I'll just take your arms so I can make you watch as I kill these jedi younglings one by one."
Leo squeezed the fallen knight's sword tightly hearing that, his anger rose to a boiling point his free hand drew back "You'll not hurt another soul, I VOW IT!" He stabbed his hand forward force lighting bursting from the tips of his fingers like Dooku, Grievous held ups his four lightsabers to catch the blade and drew back before he drew back "No-" Leo's sudden reluctance to tap into the darkness took everyone by surprise.
"What's the matter Primus, losing your nerve." Grievous asked, marching toward him.
"I defeated you once, I used the dark side to do it… Never again." Leo said, taking the sword hilt in both hands, "Then you'll die."
"I'll die a Jedi then." Leo said holding his ground "Either way suits me." Grievous said maliciously before attacking again.
Leo welcomed his attacks, blocking and parrying them where he could, but without the power of the dark side to aid him the younglings and Ahsoka could see Leo wouldn't last long. He blocked one attack but one of the cyborgs multi arms struck him from his flank making him swing freely in every direction to try and push Grievous back, Grievous backed away briefly but hunched over the two arms on top starting to rotate in a helicopter fashion pushing forward.
Leo backed up three steps before stabbing straight for Grievous's head, the General responded locking all four lightsabers on his one "Hahaha fool, second to Count Dooku I am the greatest warrior in the galaxy."
"You're no warrior, you're a monster consumed by hatred, a hatred that will only destroy you." Leo told him "My hatred has made me strong unlike you I regret nothing for I have nothing to regret for." Grievous howled unlocking the swords and driving his foot to strike Leo in the chest knocking him back with the wind flying out of his lungs when he hit the rocks in front of the other Jedi.
"You Jedi took everything from me and I will repay your transgression in blood vengeance will be mine!" Grievous said knowing his victory was soon at hand.
Just then the Slave I appeared from the cliff behind them shooting at Grievous, the cannon fire destroyed the rock between the jedi and Grievous forcing him to retreat while the ramp lowered. "Hurry! come on!" Katooni yelled from the ship's ramp.
"All of you on board. Now." Hondo ordered as the younglings and droids did so.
"You too." Ahsoka said picking up Leo "No, go-" "Not without you Leo, not ever again." She said picking him up and throwing his arm around her shoulder to help him on board.
The ship turned around then Grievous waving his lightsabers in a fury at his preys escape "No one escaped Grievous NO ONE!"
"Not this time." Hondo said aiming at the cyborg and unleashing the full payload of the Slave 1 on him before blasting off into space.
The shuttle was already heading into hyperspace position as Ahsoka dropped Leo on the floor "Why, why now what about your mission?" She asked as the two of them got their barring's.
Leo was quiet for a few moments "I thought I was willing to risk everything for it." He said looking at the younglings who were all breathing easier talking to Katooni who pointed back to Hondo. She being their true savior in convincing the pirate to come back for them "But not everything." He said.
She felt something on her, and Leo had taken it. "There's so much I need to say to you Ahsoka, so much I need to explain."
"Leo I-" "Uh Jedi we've got a problem here!" Hondo shouted from the bridge.
Both padawans were on their feet and came in to see dropping out of hyperspace was the largest warship they'd ever seen, a Subjugator Class Cruiser Crusher had dropped out of hyperspace cutting off any chance of escape they had. "What in the galaxy is that." Zatt gasped.
"It's the Malevolence but my Master and I destroyed it?" Ahsoka gasped "You destroyed one, they made three." Leo said to her when the whole ship lurched "They've got us in a tractor beam." Hondo said while the ship was being dragged into the cruisers hanger.
"But Grievous didn't arrive with this, so who…" Leo started to say when he and Ahsoka both sensed who was aboard that ship.
They turned white like Leo's hair "Dooku." Ahsoka said looking at him "I'm sorry, I failed." Leo said knowing what awaited them and the younglings as soon as they were brought on board the Sith Lord's ship.