Chapter 8
Blaster fire echoed through the corridors of the death star. "Well this has gone well" Han said as he killed two more Stormtroopers who were following.
"We were doing fine until you went on a dam glory hunt and chased those troopers" Anakin snapped as he deflected more blaster bolts
"Well I thought it was only four how was I supposed to know they were leading me to their friends?" Han asked as he ran.
"Umm we are in an imperial strong hold! That should have been your first clue" Luke replied as they rounded a corner, in front of them the blast doors were closing on them. The group ran through them before they closed, they had lost the large amount of troopers for now. However their hope was short lived as behind them they heard a lightsaber ignite. The group turned round and saw Leia standing behind them her hood up covering her face, the only think visible under the hood was her evil smirk. Han and Chewie opened fire only for the bolts to be deflected they were then picked up and thrown into a wall.
"Luke get Han and Chewie out of here" Anakin ordered
"No I can stay and help" Luke protested.
"No, you can't help here, not yet." Anakin said "Go" he yelled.
"Oh I don't think so" Leia said as she picked Luke up with the force and smashed him against a wall knocking him out cold. "I expected more from my own brother, but then again you probably haven't been training him. Have you Farther?" She asked getting into an attacking stance.
Anakin heard the words and it hit him hard "Wait Brother? You're Leia? My daughter." He said unable to keep the surprise out of his voice, he hoped to see his daughter again but not in a fight however he thought it might happen.
"Please don't insult me. I am not your daughter I am Princess Leia Amidalla, future ruler of the empire, Nightsister and apprentice to Mother Tano. I am also your doom" Leia said as she attacked Anakin, locking blades with her father for the first time.
Rex was helping Lux to the hanger, Rex knew he was in a bad way but Lux had tried hiding it. Rex hoped they would be out of here soon enough because he knew time was running out. As Rex Helped Lux closer to the hanger, he was stopped by a figure standing in his way, a figure in painted armour "Rest here I have something I need to deal with" he said putting Lux down behind a set of boxes.
Rex the turned to Sabine hands on above his blasters, Sabine did the same as they circled each other "So you are the traitor, the informant of Hera's rebel cell, no wonder I couldn't find you" she said coldly.
"Just another one of your failures, I'm amazed Ahsoka keeps you around, you seem to fail a lot" Rex Spat back. He knew it was a lie and that Sabine was one of the best, but he was just trying to rile her up, after all had learned when she got angry her tactics went out the window.
The standoff continued for a few minutes until both Rex and Sabine drew their blasters, they both fired and knocked each other's blasters out of each other's hands. Rex used this moment of surprise to rush Sabine and slam her into a wall before punching her in the face knocking her helmet off. Sabine countered by kneeing him in the stomach followed by a kick to the chest then a high kick knocking him to the ground and sending his helmet flying off.
Rex rolled just in time to dodge a punch by Sabin. He the kicked Sabine full pelt in the side hitting in between her striped back armour pieces before getting up "See that's why I told you stripping your armour back was a bad idea" he said before punching her and splitting her lip.
Sabine spat the blood out "Not bad for an old man. But.." she said as she said a sweeping kick knocking Rex of his feet before pinning him down and punching him in the face breaking his noise "Less armour means I can move quicker than you in your body bucket" she said as she punched him again Rex countered with a punch to the stomach but Sabine stayed on top of him. That was when he saw Sabine pull a knife out and aim it for his throat. Rex grabbed her hands and tried to stop the knife but he wasn't as strong as he used to be.
Just as the knife was about to strike its target Sabine fell down on the ground. Rex looked to see that Lux had got up and shot her with his blaster on stun. Lux helped Rex up and gave him back his blaster "You should of killed her" Rex said simply as he put his helmet back on.
Lux just shook his head "No I know someone who deserves that right" he replied as he picked up Rex's other blaster. The pair headed to the hanger it wasn't very far now.
Anakin blocked a low swipe as he started moving back away from his allies. Anakin was impressed by Leia her moves were savage but elegant and controlled at the same time. He was finding it hard to keep up. He blocked another attack and forced pushed Leia back, Leia stabbed her lightsaber into the ground to stop her before firing off force lighting, Anakin wasn't expecting that and was blasted back hard. He smashed into a wall and dropped his Saber. Leia stalked forward "I expected more form you father, the so called chosen one" she said as she went to stab him. Anakin called his lightsaber and blocked, before leaping out of the way and slicing at Leia, he managed to cut Leia's arm.
"I'm not out of tricks yet" he said as he began on the offensive forcing Leia to go defensive, but even in defence Leia was strong, she blocked his attacks and then countered with her own. As the fight continued the moves got even faster and more powerful, Anakin was tiring and he knew it. He dodged an attack which sliced a metal pole in half Anakin pulled and threw the pole at Leia who tuned to stop it, this was when Anakin acted he kicked her full pelt in the back Knocking her to the ground.
Once Leia was down Anakin ran off cutting the door controls as he went, If Leia wanted to purse she would have to get her way through. Leia recovered quickly and began to do just that cut her way through; she was not going to let her enemy get away from her.
Obi wan had successfully in taking out the power generator and even though he had a close call where he used the force to distract a couple of troopers, he had succeeded and now the ship could leave, However he had run into another big problem, he had ran into Ahsoka and so here he was fighting with a swordswomen half his age. Obi-wan knew he was out matched and he knew the others wouldn't leave as they would try to save him, the force had whispered to him his answer but he had to wait for the right moment, so he was on the defensive and buying for time. As his fight neared the hanger he saw Luke and the others heading for the ship he smiled and looked at Luke one last time before turning his lightsaber off and stepping back, he was now ready to become one with the force. Ahsoka was all too happy to oblige.
Luke, Han, Chewie and Anakin ran to the falcon turning occasionally to fire at the mass of Stormtroopers who had chased them, luckily for them something and attracted the attention of the hanger guards so getting to the falcon was easy. As they reached the Falcon Anakin noticed Lux running towards the ship a blue armoured figure on his tail, Anakin was about to act on the figure when he saw it fire at the hanger guard who had by now noticed the group, killing them with head shots. Lux reached the ship the armoured figure on his tail, once he was closer Akin immediately recognised the armour and his blood boiled but then the force told him to relax and trust Rex, he didn't know what to do so he trusted the force as Rex got on.
That was when Anakin and Luke both noticed Ahsoka fighting Obi-wan "We have to help him" Luke said but before he could do anything Ahsoka cut down Obi-wan "Noooo!" Luke yelled, drawing Ahsoka's attention and the attention of Leia and Sabine who had now reached the hanger. Anakin used the force to call Obi-wan's lightsaber to him; he would never let Ahsoka have that as a trophy.
"Get us the hell out of here" Anakin yelled Solo nodded and took off the Falcon flew out of the hanger, but as it did Sabine threw a tracker on the ship making sure it stuck.
Ahsoka was furious they had escaped and made the empire look like fools, however her mood improved when Sabine told he she had put a tracker on the ship. It was time for Ahsoka to stamp out the rebellion. At least she now knew where Leia's loyalties lay.
AN: There we are another Chapter. So they have escaped but lost Obi-wan and gained Rex. What will happen next? Find out in the next chapter. As always please review it makes me happy. If you have any suggestions or queries feel free to let me know.
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