Reinforcements

Ahsoka POV

My room in the Jedi Temple was very boring. It had some books, a sleeping mat, a pillow, some mechanics that Skyguy wanted me to learn to pull apart and put back together, but that was it. So I closed my eyes when I meditated. When I cleared my mind, it took me to my homeworld of Shili. I saw the colorful blue and the greens and it would give me a sense of peace. As I meditated, I felt myself lift off the ground a few inches. It was always so much fun to be this one with the force. I wondered if Skyguy had this much fun, since he was so strong in the force being the Chosen One and all.

My comms beeped. I put myself back down on the ground before I answered. "Tano here."

"Ashoka," came Obi-Wan, "I need to speak to you and Rex immediately. Can you meet me at the South Entrance of the Temple?"

"Sure," I said. I grabbed my lightsaber and headed out.

I met Rex at the South Entrance. He stuck out like a sore thumb wearing his armor with his helmet off, around all of the flowing Jedi robes. I smiled and walked over to him.

"Hey, baby," I said to him as I wrapped my arms around his neck.

"Hi."

We shared a quick kiss.

"You know what this is about?" he asked.

I shook my head. "Not a clue."

"Maybe its a mission," he said.

Suddenly, Obi-Wan appeared from around the corner. "Good, you're both here," he said.

"What's up?" I asked.

"Padme contacted me from Naboo."

"How are the honeymooners?" asked Rex.

"Not good. Well, there is no good way to say this, but Anakin had a horrible dream, he was sleepwalking, and he tried to kill himself."

"What?!" I asked.

"Not the General!" said Rex.

"You both know that he has tried suicide before, when he was Darth Vader. But when he and Padme got back together, he was happy, and I thought we were out of the woods," Obi-Wan ran his fingers through his hair. He was trying to calculate how this could have happened to Anakin.

"Is he hurt?" I asked. I could not imagine Skyguy hurting himself like that.

"No. Padme said they were both safe. But we are all thinking about what to do. Depa has talked to him, and said he does not need a hospital, but maybe someone to watch out for him. We are trying to keep him safe without ruining the honeymoon, and I was wondering if you two could invite yourselves up there…"

Rex and I looked at each other. It would be really awkward to eavesdrop on someone else's honeymoon, but this was Skyguy. "Say no more. We are on it," I said.

"Thank you," he said. "I can get a transport ready for you to leave at the senate in an hour."

"Wait, why don't we take the Twilight?" I asked. "Its faster than a registered transport."

"Okay," said Obi-Wan.

"I'll get packed and meet you at Hangar 9 in an hour," I asked Rex. He nodded and we kissed again. Then we split up on our separate assignments.

Rex and I took the Twilight to Naboo. Padme had given us the location of the Lake Palace where she and Anakin were staying. In a short while, we broke through the atmosphere and found the beautiful palace. If we were here for a different reason, I would not be at all jealous I thought. We landed on the landing platform, and Padme and Anakin were there to greet us. Anakin seemed okay, he had an arm around Padme, and waved at us while we landed.

So that is how he is going to play it? All nonchalant and happy. Not at all worried he scared me to death!

"Hey Snips," said Anakin coming towards me for a hug.

"Don't you dare act like this is okay," I growled at him, but hugged him anyway.

"Hey Padme. You okay?" I asked giving her a hug.

"Yeah, come inside we'll talk," she said.

The palace was beautiful, and I could tell how easy it would be for two people to fall in love here. The droid took the bags into our rooms, and we all went into the living room. It was a big room, that had a large fireplace, and two couches. There were intricate wall decorations all over the room that added an unrealistic fairytale feel. Rex and I sat on one of the couches, and Padme and Anakin sat down on the other.

"Thank you for coming all this way," Anakin said.

"Anytime," Rex said.

"What happened?" I asked.

"I had a nightmare. About the night I killed Padme-"

"Well, you hurt me. I died in childbirth," Padme said. "Remember it wasn't your fault."

"Anyway, I had a nightmare, and in the nightmare she died and I thought I killed her. So in the dream I grabbed my lightsaber and stab myself through the stomach, and apparently I was sleepwalking and actually grabbed my lightsaber to, well you know."

"So was it a conscious suicide attempt?" Rex asked.

"No. It was not. I'm fine," Anakin said.

"Conscious or not," I said, "you hardly qualify as fine, Skyguy."

"Well," said Padme. "We're worried because this might be a subconscious attempt, but it is not the first. Is it Ani?" She grabbed his hand and frowned.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I kind of used the force to bring down a building to kill myself when I was Vader. Well, it was after I had seen Padme in a vision and I was angry and…"

"You never said anything about that," I said.

"Depa knows."

"Whose Depa?" asked Rex.

"A Master of the Jedi Council who is helping Skyguy. You met her at the wedding," I said.

"She is a Chalactan, brown hair, brown eyes, about 1.7 meters tall," said Anakin.

"Oh yeah," said Rex. "She was nice. Asked me about growing up on Kamino. So she is helping you like a shrink. That's good. Is it helping?"

"I thought it was, but now I don't know," said Anakin.

"Well what do you need from us?" he asked.

"Right now Rex I need someone to make sure I am not going to do something stupid. You and Ashoka are good at doing that just by being here and bouncing ideas off of each other. Could you just stay here and keep Padme safe, from me if necessary."

"I don't think that will happen Ani. You don't seem to be dissociating. I am safe. I am worried about you," said Padme.

"What is dissociating?" said Rex.

"The best way to explain it is that I can become detached from reality in such a way that I lose a sense of who I am. It is not a huge deal when we are on the battlefield and I am just knocking out droids, but if it happens during peacetime, bad things can happen."

"It's your mode, isn't it sir?" asked Rex.

Confused, we all looked at him.

"During the Wars, you would get into a mode before we got into battle. I could not explain it. I just told the boys to stay out of your way. It was not strategy. It was more of an animalistic meets robotic rage that you would step into, and hardly anything would snap you out of it. There was nothing like it."

"I was like that?"

"Yeah," said Ashoka. "We all thought that was just how you fought."

"I don't remember fighting much," said Anakin. "Well, the act of fighting. I remember feeling angry when it started and numb when it ended. I don't remember much in between."

"We need to tell Depa that," said Padme.

"Not that we are going to need it, but where is the nearest medical unit?" asked Rex.

"Four clicks south from here," said Anakin.

Padme gave him a weird look.

"What?" he said smiling. "I had to know in case you got hurt when we were here before the clone wars."

"Alright, but nothing is gonna happen. Right, Skyguy?" I asked.

"Right. I'm fine."

"Well then. Let's pack it in for the night. Call us if you need us," said Rex. He and I went off to unpack, leaving the newlyweds to themselves.