CHAPTER 8

Anakin walked out of the Shower feeling ten billion times better although he was still very on edge about their entire situation. At the police base, Captain Halls and Sergeant Tris gave him, Obi-wan, and Ahsoka a basic rundown about Sagittaria. And it blew his mind.

First of all, the Sagittarian System is where the human race came from. Not only that humans were the ones who developed space travel. They traveled far and wide and gave the people of certain planets this technology. Eventually, Sagittaria united these planets and formed the Intergalactic Republic and Sagittaria was the capital. However, Sagattira had many things wrong with it such as racism, overuse of resources, and war, feeling as though they were spreading these ways to the rest of the planets they made the decision, about 500 years ago, to leave. They wiped their existence away from all records and named Corosunt as the new capital. Sagittaria felt as though they had to fix their issues. They would still space travel and explore but they stayed very far away from the republic. Then what happened next was what Piper had already told them, a disease broke out and all the nations began fighting again, someone pushed the button and bombed the planet to bits. However, because the planet was left in shambles that is when radical groups such as the Calvary began to rise up. The police have been trying to withhold the law, but the Cavalry has made it very difficult as they began targeting cops and they have just been getting bigger and bigger. The Cavalry believe that they know how to bring peace through the galaxy and have been trying to leave, and the police are trying their absolute hardest for this not to happen. After a run down and a realization that it was near to impossible for the Seppartist to get a hold of this horrible bomb, the Captain told the Jedi that they should really get back to Corosunt, once they find their men. The Captain then agreed to help them find their men and told them that he would discuss it in the briefing tomorrow morning. Tris then offered her house for them, because she had a few guest rooms. And now here they were.

Anakin got dressed in some more comfortable clothes. That was another thing. The police provided them with some radiation hindering clothes and masks. He walked out of the bathroom to a small blue skin toddler staring up at him smiling. Tris's husband was a Pantornan, he was extremely nice as he cooked all three of them dinner, however, Tris had three kids, the oldest was ten and the youngest was this child in front of him.

"Hi...kid," Anakin stated.

A big smile crept on the toddler's face. "HI!" Then he pointed up at him. "You're funny looking!"

"Ahhh. Thanks." Anakin states. He looked down at the little boy.

"Tee hee!" The kid then grabbed Anakin's leg. "Well, you play pony ride with me!"

Anakin sighed and looked up. Where in the force is Snips! He thought to himself she likes kids so maybe she would play with this kid. "Ahh listen, kid, I am not very good at playing..soooo… No pony play!"

The Toddler's eyes then immediately sadden and his lip began quivering. "Hmmm." He began making a little whimpering noise.

"Oh no," Anakin said as he looked at the child's puppy dog eyes, then he sighed in defeat. "Fine."

The toddler immediately began smiling. "YAY!" He yelled.

Anakin turned around and the toddler jumped onto his back. "Yayyy!" Anakin said unamused. "Okay, you done now kid?"

"Booo! You stink at playing!" The toddler cried.

This actually slightly insulted Anakin. "What…. Well then." Anakin anxiously began thinking of what to do until an idea popped in his head.

"Okay you are the Captain of a Republic Star Fighter," Anakin stated.

"YAY!" The toddler began giggling. "Space travel!"

"The separatist or the bad guys are gonna get us so you have to command us out of the way of danger! Ready Captain!"

"READY!" The toddler yelled.

Anakin then began walking down the hallway. "Ooooooooo." He began sawing back and forth to mimic a starfighter. "Smooth and steady Captain!" He stated.

"Weeeee!" The toddler began yelling.

"Oh no here comes separatist forces!" He yelled and immediately turned around as sharply as he could and began walking faster. The house was quite large so there were a lot of places to go.

"Weee! Bad guys, we get um!" The toddler started. "Faster!"

"Faster?" Anakin asked.

"They're getting us!" The toddler yelled.

"Oh no!" Anakin yelled as he began speed walking with swaying motion. "Shoot them!"

"Pew Pew Pew!" The toddler stated. "Wait!"

"What?" Anakin asked,

"We have to rescue the princess!" The toddler stated. "In here!" He then pushed the door next to them open to reveal his sister, who was the middle child playing with dolls on the ground. Anakin then walked in.

"Pew Wwww…... Oh no the Droids have the Princess!" Anakin stated.

"Pew! Pew!" The toddler stated. "Pew! Don't worry Princess we've come to rescue you!"

The girl then looked at them with a smirk. "Nuh-uh! I am an independent Princess!" She then made a gun with her hand. "Pew Pew Pew! I am saving you!"

Anakin felt himself chuckling, he actually found himself enjoying this. "Oh no, the droids have us!"

"Ahh! Save us, Princess!" The Toddler Captain cried.

"Pew Pew Pew!" The Princess started pointing her fingers around Anakin. "You're free from the droids!"

"Yay!" The toddler Captain rejoiced. "Let's get out of here!" "Hop on Princess!"

Before Anakin could protest he felt the weight of another child jump on his back. "Ahhhh okay! You ready Captain and Princess?"

"Yes!" The Toddler Captain yelled. "3… 2…"

"Go!" The Princess yelled and Anakin then began speed walking down the hallway.

"Pew Pew Pew! Faster their gaining on us!" The Princess stated.

"Hurry, blow up their ship!" Anakin started smiling.

"PEWWW! I BLEW IT UP!" The Toddler Captain cried.

"Oh no here comes debris" Anakin smiled as he began shaking.

"Yeah hehehehe!" The siblings began laughing.

"Okay, we have to make the jump to lightspeed to get away!" Anakin stated as he stopped at the top of the stairs.

"3...2….1!" Both kids started and then Anakin began walking as fast and safely as he could down the stairs.

"We have made the jump!" Anakin stated as he began turning around the corner. "Now….."

Anakin, however, stopped when he saw Obi-wan, Tris, and her husband Micheal all talking with drinks in their hands. The three then turned to them.

"Anakin?" Obi-wan asked, utterly confused. Never in his life did he EVER imagine Anakin to be playing with children.

Tris and Micheal, however, had smiles on their face. They were happy that their kids were bothering someone other than them.

"Ahhhh." Anakin's face blushed with embarrassment, but then he had an idea. "Alright! Captain and Princess, we have found the man behind all the bad guys! THE EVIL UGLY BEARDED COUNT!" Anakin pointed to Obi-wan.

"BOOOOOOOO!" Both siblings stated.

"And his minions!" Micheal stated.

"Alright! ATTACK!" Anakin shouted and then the siblings jumped off Anakin's back and began running to Obi-wan.

"Anakin!" Obi-wan shouted but the two began running to Obi-wan pointing their fingers at him. "Pew Pew Pew!"

"Don't forget his minions!" Anakin shouted.

"We will ahh!" Tris pretended to get shot and fell to the ground.

"No, you got us!" Micheal followed.

"Pew!" "We have you surrounded!" The Boy stated.

"Finish him!" Anakin smirked.

"Pew Pew Pew!" "You're dead!" The girl stated. And it grew silent as Obi-wan just stood there.

"What?" Obi-wan asked.

"You're dead!" Anakin stated.

"You have to die now." Micheal started from the ground.

"Dramatically!" Tris added.

Obi-wan looked at Anakin and smiled. He put his drink down and then lifted his arms up. "Oh no! You have defeated me!" He shouted as he began to fall dramatically to the floor.

"YAY!" Anakin shouted, "The ugly bearded man is no more!"

"Yay!" The kids shouted together.

"Alright. Cami, Harry, it's time for bed now!" Tris said getting up.

"Awwww!" The kids both stated.

"Say goodnight to Anakin and Obi-wan and go to bed," Micheal stated. "We will be up to tuck you in soon."

"Good night Beard Man!" They both stated, helping Obi-wan up.

"Good night young ones." Obi-wan smiled.

The kids then walked up to Anakin and both wrapped their arms around him.

"Ugh!" Anakin moaned, not expecting them to hug him.

"Goodnight!" They stated.

"Goodnight," Anakin smiled. He watched as they ran upstairs. He was surprised he actually found himself enjoying their playtime.

Ahsoka then walked into the living room with their eldest daughter. "I heard shouting?" She asked, "What did we miss?"

"The most epic duel of fates," Obi-wan smirked looking at Anakin.

Ahsoka gave him a look.

"Anakin over here was playing starship destroyers with the kids," Tris said nodding to Anakin.

Ashoka then gave Anakin a surprised look. "Wait! Really!" Surprise washed over her.

Anakin just smiled and gave a little nod.

"No way! I missed it!" Ahsoka cried.

"Yeah, where were you?" Anakin stated.

"Marie here was showing me the library." Ahsoka gestured to Marie.

Marie just smiled. "It's good to know certain things from history if you are all staying on this planet for a little bit."

Anakin was surprised by Marie's maturity. She couldn't have been more than eleven and she sounded very intelligent.

After a few more moments of conversation with Tris and Micheal Obi-wan and Anakin made their way upstairs, back to their rooms.

"Well I am going to get some rest Anakin," Obi-wan smirked. "I suggest you do the same."

"Well try Master, make sure to not snore too loudly. You don't want to startle the entire house!"

"Oh I will try not to," Obi-wan said before leaving for the guest room.

Anakin began walking to his guest room, but he stopped in front of Ahsoka's. Anakin shuddered. He heard the sick twisted voice of the Calvary echo in his mind. Don't be so paranoid Jedi, be happy! Today you get to witness your apprentice become a woman. Anakin shuddered. He knew that when bad things happened to them, they usually didn't discuss it. After Mortis, for example, he and Ahsoka never talked about what happened, about how she died, how she was possessed, or how he turned to the dark side for a moment. They just never discussed their problems. But, this was a little different. Neither of them had been in that kind of position before. A position where someone threatened to hurt her in an emotional way.

Anakin walked into the open guest room, "Hiya snips."

Ahsoka looked up from her holopad that she was reading. "Hi, Master." She said with a reassuring smile.

"What are you reading?" Anakin asked.

"Nothing, really Just looking threw old news articles." She stated.

"Anything good," Anakin asked as he sat on the end of the bed.

"Actually yeah," Ahsoka stated. "Apparently, there were some weird sightings."

Anakin gave her a look.

"Like they were sightings of dark hooded warriors," Ahsoka stated.

"What, how?"

"Well listen to this article that was dated a few years before the war." Ahsoka began. "Local store owner claims that a hooded figure stopped robbery by using magic to push him away."

"Hahahaha." Anakin laughed. "That's pretty funny."

"Well there are tons of these articles dating over many different times and all over the world, someone is in trouble and a hooded figure comes to their aid."

"So like a vigilante?" Anakin asked.

"I guess, but doesn't it kinda sound a little strange."

"This whole planet has been strange," Anakin states.

"I know what you mean," Ahsoka stated. "I did not expect this adventure when we got sent here."

"I know, what were Master Yoda and Master Windu thinking?" Anakin asked.

"You mean the council." Ahsoka giggled.

"Yes, the council." Anakin laughed. "Did I not say that?"

"No!" Ahsoka laughed.

"Well, what did the 'council' which is definitely composed of more than two Masters think when they sent us here?" Anakin corrected himself.

"No, the council has only two members!" Ahsoka laughed.

"Oh, I see what you did there!" Anakin laughed.

"Master Windu is the council and then for you, it is Master Windu and Master Kenobi!" Ahsoka laughed.

"Ha. Ha. Very funny Snips." Anakin said laughing.

Anakin then paused in laughter and looked at Ahsoka, he didn't have the force but he could still tell something was truly wrong. "Are you okay Ahsoka?"

"No," Ahsoka stated. "But I will be. I will have to be." She got up and stretched. "Now I am gonna go freshen up, I am really hoping you didn't take all the hot water."

"Nah I left about two minutes for you," Anakin smirked.

"Well, that's all I need unlike you who takes FOREVER!" She stated.

"Hey at least I don't take four hours to decide what I'm gonna wear only to wear the same thing every day," Anakin called.

"Ugh!" Ahsoka called and then threw a wet towel back at him. "You left this!"

The towel slammed into Anakin's face as he heard the close of the bathroom door.