Naboo

There had been a melodious creak that enruptered about as the infamous pair kept pace into the region of the hall...Anakin had turnt his saber to launch into the right as one brave soul sized up to take a single, stealth holdout blaster aimed hit towards the back right shoulder of Skywalker in what was to be a surprise takedown of his opponent only for a Sun Djem, weapon disarm, to be maneuvered as a team of red robes had cantored into position with their illuminated blue electrically charged staves.

'I thought age tempered a being over time...not made them worse...'

Ahsoka had mocked with fiested gleam steadfastly plastered in her eyes as they glared flat on the scene with one of the guards pulsating towards her lower left extremities in her shin to try and trip her off for a fake out ploy. 'You know me Snips, never half done a thing...' Anakin was trying to keep his calm in the midst of the storm as he could sense the impending presence of his wife as well as knew full well that her oppressors had tabs on the exact whereabouts she possessed. He hadn't wanted his anger to get the best of him, especially with his kids on world...Ahsoka included; but this was a tough inner battle for the elder Skywalker indeed.

Seeping along their bond were the reciprocated emotions that dwelt within her Master, and Ahsoka knew that the sooner they finished this mess...the closer they got to saving her friend and mentor in Padmé. Ahsoka offered herself as an anchor to allow Anakin an outlet and meld through the force just as they always did in times past...to which he brushed against her mind with the equivalent of a relieved sigh as though a soul panting for a sip of cool water in a parched desert waste on Molavar. The Padawan had taken one large leap overhead as soon the path of action was applied her way via precognition and reached down in a searing Sai Chok for the soul's potential decapitation with her left handed shoto blade. Her right had been aimed to come in once she nimbly landed to sweep in for the man's legs and grant him with a pushback to 'trip up' and fall upon ducking for cover from the first hit towards his head. The guard had let out a furious grunt of aggravation and turnt in a one hundred-eighty degree manner before giving room from Ahsoka's leg sweep. She had both blades come in for twin slash in a diagonal right, adding a force augmentation boost to the mix. A second was closing in on her from behind as the protocol to get to Padme required that all hands be on deck to ensure this heinous secret of a plot was kept only for imperial high classified eyes alone.

A telekinetic wave had sauntered onto the ground as Anakin came roaring in with two bodies on the ground in a maimed but not dead manner...he had utilized a swift form five fluid riposte as well as a draw close maneuver, which pulled in via a Telekinetic 'yank' the red robe that tried to team up on himself from adjacent right behind his current location, just southeast of the narrowed hall that the pair were in. Ahsoka was only ten feet ahead of himself when the burst rippled off and he had a deadly sense of apprehension creep upon the back of his neck in a tinge. A commandeering tone that was known as clear as a day on Mon Cala was uttered thereafter...

"Let's go! Down the lift...more are coming..."

Ahsoka knew not to question and did as told with her blades in hand as several auto torrents appeared to pop along the walls to strike their way. The lift stood about 20 feet away and yet both blades in sync had whirled with Snips vying for cover to allow a pathway drawn for herself and Anakin, though he had harnessed the force to force crush the cannons along the heads of the turrets...Ahsoka managed to redirect the bolts at several security camera locations as her force sense gave way to direct herself towards the 'eyes in their path.'

'The things we get into...' With that thought from Ahsoka, a large blast had sounded to emit a translucent gas into the halls next. Anakin had taken a breath in with his padawan already following suite. They had a limited amount of time to prevail but the odds weren't completely gone...just yet. The two had sauntered off in the thick of things as they started to cut through hacking at the stray bolts carried from the duo of human guards that journeyed from the opposite angle adding heat to the fire. Anakin huffed out as he thought of an angle to go through ahead on.

An imminent burst of force speed had boosted both along until they reached the lift where the pair had cut into the lockdown procedure and aimed to drop onto the next level..

'I hope Luke and Leia are doing ok.' Anakin had breathed out and relayed to his student as she figured they had a better shot of taking the distraction detail to heart.

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