Anakin Skywalker jumped of hyperspace and made sure his Force-signature was completely masked as he took out his ID as Zach Stryker, he was on a rescue mission and couldn't risk anyone knowing who he was, that would be horrible.
Anakin made it past the Imperial Center guards and slowly he directed himself to the Imperial Palace stopping multiple places to show his ID careful to not raise any suspicion, this mission was very important and he couldn't fail.
Anakin set down his speeder quite far away from the Palace and began his approach on foot, as he got closer, he began bypassing the Guards by using the Force to Cloak himself.
He kept himself well hidden and whenever someone came by or he passed someone he would increase his concentration as not to slip up and make a mistake, mistakes could be fatal.
When he made it to the most important part he jumped and held himself up by the ceiling hanging onto the archways that made it look more expensive, which was perfect for Palpatine and Anakin at the moment because now people could pass right under where he was hanging and not see him.
Finally he found the room and there were two children a male and female, the male looked about 1 year old well the girl looked two, Mara Jade was the name of the Female and Galen Marek the name of the boy, they were the reason for this rescue mission.
Anakin made it out with little issue and jumped into the blue swirls of hyperspace and safely made it back to the Rebel Base.
xXx
Sidious blasted Darth Mira with Force lightening, she had failed him, Jade and Marek were gone they were going to be great assassins for him and now they were gone.
"You failed me and now Jade, and Marek have been taken, and you don't even now the person's identity, you are a fool" Sidious raged at her.
"I'm sorry, Master I won't fail again, I will learn who took them, I will kill the person who took them" Darth Mira said as she gritted her teeth in pain.
"Don't fail me again, Lady Mira" Sidious spoke, failing him was not what they were supposed to do, failure was unacceptable.
"I won't" she answered the anger in her tone greater than ever before, she would not fail him again.
"Good, very good my young apprentice, now leave" Sidious dismissed her pleased with the anger within her and her resolve not to fail again, but soon he would need a new apprentice a more powerful apprentice.
Darth Mira left, she hated her Master and when she was more powerful she would become Empress and she would be the most powerful Force user in the galaxy.
One Year Later
"We want you to go meet our first Fulcrum Agent" Bail Organa spoke in the High Command Meeting.
"Why me?" Anakin Skywalker questioned, he was tired of going on missions, he'd just gotten back from one, normally he had a break in between missions to spend time with his kids and Mara.
"Because you and Fulcrum are some of our most important Rebels in this Alliance, you as one of the top members in High Command and Fulcrum as our most important intelligence gatherer other than Angel" Mon Mothma spoke, that wasn't the only reason but she wasn't going to tell him that.
"I'll go, are my children have permission to come with me?" Anakin inquired he hated to be parted from his children which happened to much in his opinion.
"Yes, there is no danger in this mission" Bail Organa added "You'd also better take Mara she's gotten pretty attached to you."
I did rescue her from Sidious" Anakin commented, he had decided to take in Mara Jade.
"Yes, and luckily he didn't learn your identity" Garm Bel Iblis spoke.
"It was necessary, we can't just let, Sidious get away with corrupting someone from infancy!" Anakin spoke a little angry, leaving small children to men like Sidious was unacceptable, Sidious was pure evil and should never be near children.
"We didn't mean to insinuate that, it was acceptable" Admiral Ackbar said completely agreeing, leaving children with a man like Sidious was horrible and wrong.
"I know, sorry" Anakin apologized, he understood that was not what they had meant to imply, but sometimes his temper still got the better of him, he had a lot better control over it then he used to though.
xXx
Luke and Leia were now six years old and Anna and Aaron were four, little Mara Jade was three.
Anakin entered hyperspace and then let Artoo take over piloting well Threepio was getting climbed all over by the children all five of them concentrating together lifted Threepio of the floor, which much to Anakin's amusement made the poor droid panic.
"Oh dear, Oh, dear, please put me down" Threepio begged, he really did hate being levitated.
Anakin laughed before standing up and saying, "What did I say about levitating Threepio?"
"Not to" Luke and Leia answered groaning it was so fun to.
"Right" Anakin replied knowing this would not be the last time they did it.
"But, Daddy" They complained they really wanted to levitate Threepio even if they weren't supposed to.
"No buts I said no and that means no" Anakin spoke before another word could escape their little mouths.
"Thank You, Master Ani" Threepio exclaimed relief evident in his tone.
"Go, with Artoo before you annoy me into levitating you myself" Anakin said laughing at Threepio's expense.
Threepio not understanding that Anakin was joking quickly left to join Artoo, who let out an electronic twitter.
Anakin sat down and was soon playing with his children as he wondered why High Command had really sent him to meet this Fulcrum agent, he already was the one that met with Angel, but of course he did that on purpose, there was no way he wasn't going to be the one meeting up with Padme`.
xXx
Bail Organa sat with Mon Mothma.
"Well at least we finally have him going to meet the Fulcrum Agent" Bail nodded and Mon's statement.
"He'll be glad we chose him when he realizes who it is" Bail added "They alway had a very close relationship."
"Yes, it was the right decision to send him" Mon Mothma said he deserves to see her again after all he did for her and with how much they cared for each other.
"Breha is waiting for me on Alderaan with the girls and Galen, I must be going" Bail nodded towards Mon as he left.
"You and Breha should really consider relocating to the base, you're not getting any new information from the Senate and we don't want anything to happen to you or Breha" Mon told him.
"Soon, I think" Bail said then added, "Goodbye, I'll see you in a couple days."
xXx
"I'm meeting the Fleet Commander today" Ahsoka said wondering who the mysterious person behind the title was.
"I am to, you're not meeting him alone" Rex added, no way his wife was going to meet someone they new practically nothing about without him.
"Thank you, Rex" Ahsoka nodded at her husband, he always cared for her in everyway.
xXx
"You all better be very careful with Lexi and Alex, otherwise your dead" Ahsoka said looking at the babies of their family, Lexi had Brown hair and Hazel Eyes with white Togrutan Face markings well Alex had blue striped Lekku and Hazel eyes and he did not have white Togrutan markings.
"We'll be fine" Obi-Wan said at the exact same time Cody said it.
"I'm not sure I trust you with my babies, but I don't have much of a choice" Rex spoke up, he didn't trust anyone with his babies, he never would.
"Come on Vod, you got to trust your brothers" Wolffe said loudly, knowing that Rex was extremely protective of his kids.
"I may love you all, but that doesn't mean I trust you with my kids" Rex answered, trusting someone with his kids, just wasn't in him.
xXx
Anakin pulled up his hood "Artoo, Threepio make sure the kids don't get into trouble."
Stupid expectations Anakin thought to himself, as he made sure his hood was adjusted and entered the room, Fulcrum was most certainly introducing his or herself first.
He walked in and saw to backs turned to him, one he could tell was a human male and the other a Togrutan Female.
"Hello, I'm Ahsok" Ahsoka was interrupted as she turned towards the Fleet Commander.
"Snips?!" came the incredulous reply, his Padawan was alive, he'd thought she was dead for so long, many thoughts flew through his mind.
Ahsoka grabbed her sabers and held them at the ready well Rex whirled and grabbed his blasters, only one person could call his Soka, Snips, Rex thought.
Ahsoka would only ever allow one person to call her that, her fingers lingered over the ignite button on her lightsabers.
Anakin looked at her and realized they would not know he was alive, so he quickly pulled his hood back and said "Snips" his voice expressing his happiness.
Ahsoka looked at him for one second it was the same blue eyes, and sandy blonde hair and that same smile he gave her, she returned her lightsabers to her belt and moved across the small space in a second and found herself engulfed in his hug.
Anakin smiled, his Snips was all grown up, she was not a teenager any more she was an adult, her Lekku swung down at her hip and her Montrals stood taller and her face markings had also changed, her outfit to it was grey instead of the blue he'd last seen her in and her light sabers were new they were flatter and curved, Rex hadn't changed at all except he was a few years older, they must have removed the component that makes them age faster he thought.
"Skyguy" She spoke into his robes her Master looked the same as he always had, his hair was slightly longer but other than that he looked the same as when she'd seen him over six years ago right before the siege of mandalore.
"Hi, Rex" Anakin said as he looked past Ahsoka, Rex by this time already had his blasters back in their holsters and had walked up to them, his general was alive.
"Hello, General Skywalker" Rex said as he shook Anakin's hand, his general was the same as before.
"It's Anakin to you Rex."
"I have some people you'll want to see" Ahsoka interrupted their conversation, Obi-Wan would be very happy when he saw Anakin.
Ahsoka led them out to were Obi-Wan the clones were keeping the children happy.
Obi-Wan was standing watching the others making sure nothing bad happened.
"Master" Anakin spoke quietly as he broke away from the other two and started to walk towards Obi-Wan his face showing his happiness and relief that his Master and basically brother was alive.
Obi-Wan turned and saw him "Anakin" he said in surprise, Anakin pulled him into a hug which Obi-Wan happily accepted.
I'm not your Master anymore" Obi-Wan said as they pulled away and he looked over his former Padawan.
"I know that Obi-Wan" Anakin said as he pretended to punch Obi-Wan, his joy evident in the broad smile and his twinkling eyes.
"Hello, Echo, Jesse, Kix, Wolffe, Gregor, Cody, Hunter, Crosshair, Wrecker and Tech, it's good to see you" Anakin individually addressed each clone, Force he had missed his men and all other clones, they were important to him and some so close he even considered them like brothers.
"Gener" His hand thrown up stopped them.
"It's Anakin" he said, were the clones every going to quite calling him General, he wasn't their general anymore.
"We're glad you're alive Anakin" Echo said speaking for everyone.
"It's going to take more than one hideous Sith Lord to kill me" Anakin said humor in his tone.
"Of course it is Master" Ahsoka said teasing him joyfully.
Anakin then saw the children "Ahsoka, Rex you got busy."
"You caught us their Master" Ahsoka admitted How had he figured that out so quickly?
"Of course, I did, Snips" Anakin spoke up then asked, "What are their names?"
"This is Arexa and Skylar they're four, Anakin is three" Ahsoka was not able to continue as Anakin interrupted her.
"You named him after me Snips?" Anakin inquired incredulously, his Padawan who was like a younger sister had named one of her kids after him, he smiled in joy.
"Of course, Skyguy, your, like my older brother" Ahsoka said and then finished her introductions "this is Lexi, and this is Alex Tano."
"They are so cute" Anakin said before realizing something "Kriff" he said as he bolted out of the room and back towards where his ship was docked.
Everyone ran after him wanting to see what set him off.
What they saw when they opened the door stunned them all except Anakin, small children were climbing all over Threepio and Artoo was trying to make them stop.
When they saw Anakin, they all froze and looked up at him and immediately chorused "Sorry."
"You all know what I said" as he said those words the children immediately climbed off Threepio and onto the floor "Thank the Maker" Threepio spoke relieved.
"You can go Threepio" Anakin said, Threepio was always the one getting levitated and climbed all over.
Anakin then grabbed Mara and held her and Anna well Aaron, Luke and Leia scurried to by his legs when they saw all the newcomers.
"What have you done now, Anakin?" Obi-Wan grumbled, his former Padawan was always doing something stupid.
"Well Everyone this is Mara Jade, she is three" Anakin said as he looked at the Redhead.
"And this is Luke and Leia they are six and this is Anna and Aaron they are four" Anakin said looking lovingly at his kids.
Luke and Leia looked at the newcomers curiously "That's your Auntie Soka and your Uncle Ben and that's your Uncle Rex" Anakin said to encourage them."
Leia looked out and ran to Ahsoka "Daddy's told us all about you Auntie Soka" Leia said as she reached up and Ahsoka picked her up.
"Your Uncle Echo?" Luke asked Echo always being good at figuring out who people are.
"I guess" he shrugged as he picked up the small child.
"He always liked it when I told him how Echo saved the day" Anakin said looking at his kids.
He shifted Mara onto his shoulder and grabbed Aaron and he said "Why don't you go to your Uncle Ben, you always like how I talk about saving him and about how Cato Neiomoda does count" Aaron hearing those words reached out and Obi-Wan grabbed him laughing at his former Padawan's teasing.
Then he took Mara and said, "do you want to say hi to your Uncle Rex?"
"Rexie" Mara reached out and for him and he accepted her.
"Wait where are the kids?" Ahsoka asked Rex.
"I've got them" Cody said.
"That's a relief" Rex answered.
"Anakin care to explain what's going on here?" Obi-Wan questioned.
"Uh, well I married Padme` after Geonosis and you know she was pregnant at the end of the clone wars well, we had Luke and Leia and when Anna and Aaron turned one, she went back to the Empire to become a Rebellion informant" Anakin explained thinking about their wedding.
"Well that explains so many missions, like the blue-shadow virus and the Malevolence and all the others" Ahsoka spoke up thinking about her Masters reaction every time Senator Amidala was in danger and it made perfect sense.
"And Mara is a force-sensitive I rescued from Sidious along with Galen Marek who Bail Organa took in" Anakin informed them thinking about how he'd rescued Galen and Mara.
Then they all moved to a bigger room on Ahsoka's ship and they began talking and the kids playing together.
"Anna and Luke really look like you" Ahsoka commented looking at the small children that looked practically the same as her Master.
"They do don't they, but Leia looks more like Padme` and Aaron got his hair from his mother, but looks like me other wise" Anakin commented as he looked at his children, Leia was basically a child Padme` except her attitude was much more similar to her fathers and Luke looked exactly like him but had the attitude of his mother, Anna was basically the female version of himself, well Aaron looked like him except his hair he was more like his mother in attitude.
"That is very true" Obi-Wan said looking over the children seeing the similarities to Anakin and Padme` in each child.
Hi Everyone, sorry about the italics, I've tried to fix it but it keeps doing it so I guess you'll have to deal with it! I hope you enjoyed the chapter and thank you for all the reviews and follows and favorites, you have no idea how happy they make me! I couldn't resist naming the chapter Old Friends Not Forgotten, it just fit the chapter so perfectly! So I introduced Mara Jade to the story and Galen Marek to! I hope you like that! This chapter had a lot of fluff, but it also had some serious Sith moments! I hope you enjoyed how I had Anakin, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan and the clones reunited, I thought it was pretty good! Thanks so much for reading, please Review/Follow/Favorite or P.M me!
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