Knight Hawk

Jarik POV...

After our discussion with Bail about how we would be operating for the Rebellion, Ahsoka and I returned to my ship to separate. I promised him that I would contact them when we were ready to set up the intelligence network, although right now me and Ahsoka had some serious catching up to do. And R5 as well apparently, since the moment the ship entered hyperspace he came squeaking out of the cockpit to Ahsoka's side happily.

"Hey there little guy!" she greets happily, rubbing the top of his dome. "How have you been?"

He beeps excitedly, shaking on his axels a little bit and I roll my eyes at his response.

"No you weren't," I say knowingly.

R5 swivels his dome around to glare in my direction, beeping angrily and I merely grin back at him.

"Oh stop it Jarik, he couldn't have been that bad," Ahsoka says.

"'He couldn't have been that bad she says,'" I mutter sarcastically. "For you maybe. Whenever it's just me and him, he's a nightmare."

He beeps again at me and Ahsoka laughs.

"Well, have you two stayed out of trouble? You better have," she threatens with no bite.

R5 grumbles a little bit but responds, saying it was tough but manageable, although he left out his secret enjoyment of making my arm checkups as uncomfortable as possible. He has a morbid sense of humor. Eventually he lets out a long beep, rolling out of the room now, back to his usual 'I-don't-care' self once the hype of seeing Ahsoka again died down.

"Well he certainly hasn't changed," Ahsoka observes.

"No kidding," I reply in agreement. "So, how was Raada?"

I sat down in a chair in the ship's main common room, which R5 and I had converted into a living space. Ahsoka sat down across from me.

"Eh, a little rough but I guess I was fairly set. At least until the Empire showed up," she says.

"Is that because you did some Force stuff on accident? Senator Organa did uncover a report about confirmed Jedi on Raada," I tell her.

She shakes her head in response.

"No, that was after the Empire arrived. We were in a resistance operation against them, but things went south, forcing me to reveal my powers in order to escape," she explains.

"That's sounds exciting," I comment.

"What about you? What have you been doing on your search to find me?" she asks.

"Well, it wasn't easy trying to track you down, that's for sure. There wasn't really any sort of trail for me to follow," I start off, thinking back. "So instead I started looking into other clues that could help, like the people who were present at the Siege of Mandalore for example. I interrogated a Mandalorian that used to be a part of Maul's syndicate, which is what led me to Mandalore, where I encountered the Grand Inquisitor. After that I had to lay low for a little while, up until a few days ago when I met Rex."

"You found Rex?" she asks in pleasant surprise. "Is he doing alright?"

"Yeah he's fine," I say, nodding my head. "Commander Wolffe, Boil, as well as the clone Commando Gregor are all with him as well. They all had their inhibitor chips removed before the Order came."

"That's wonderful," she says in relief. "I was worried he wouldn't make it by himself. It's good to know he isn't alone."

"Uh huh... he told me to let you know he's alright," I tell her, and she nods with a small smile on my face.

I subconsciously roll my left shoulder before cringing as the prosthetic creaks, letting off a couple of sparks on the upper arm. I haven't gotten it fixed recently... oh that sucks. Hurts too. I grab my arm with my right hand in an attempt to soothe the pain.

"Oh this hurts," I hiss between clenched teeth.

"You alright?" she asks me in concern.

"Yeah I'm fine, just haven't gotten my arm checked up in a while," I tell her, grumbling to myself in resignation. "I better go get R5."

"No, you don't have to. I can help you with that," she says, standing up after me.

"You sure?" I ask with a raised eyebrow.

She gives me a look, and I immediately feel a bit embarrassed.

"Of course I can you dimwit! I've always been more of a mechanic than you!" she says, slugging my right shoulder. "Besides, a girl has a right to worry about her boyfriend."

"Is that what we are now?" I ask, admittedly taken aback.

"Is there a problem?" she demands, propping her hands on her hips.

"No, no problem!" I respond quickly. "Just surprised is all."

She beams up at me cheerily.

"Good! Now where are the tools I need to fix your arm?" she asks.

"In my room," I told her.

I led Ahsoka through the ship to my room, and opened the door for entry. Inside I had a simple bed, with a storage cabinet on the wall and a small desk nearby. On it was the holocron I retrieved from the temple when Master Yoda, Obi-Wan and I infiltrated it, as well as a datapad with a list of different things relating to secret locations, hidden intel, or some other crap I'm not going to bother with right now. She sat me down on the bed and opens the cabinet, pulling out the tool kit before sitting beside me. I took off the cloak I was wearing that conceals my identity, revealing the entirety of my metal arm. Small wisps of smoke were coming from it.

"Looks pretty bad," she observed, carefully taking of the arm's outer covering to reveal the wires underneath.

I tense up slightly before forcing myself to relax. She noticed however and stops what she was doing.

"Am I doing something wrong?" she questions.

"No, R5 is the one to blame for that. He has a morbid enjoyment of making the checkups irritatingly uncomfortable," I explain bitterly.

"Are you kidding me? Why does he do that?" she demands incredulously.

I shrugged casually, a little stiff in the left shoulder.

"It's just the kind of droid he is," I tell her. "If my arm has a serious problem, then he goes carefully, but if it's just a regular maintenance check then he's brutal."

Ahsoka shakes her head with an exasperated sigh, getting back to work again in the wires.

"Sometimes I question the sanity of you two," she scoffs.

"Well, that's R5 for you," I respond.

We don't talk in comfortable silence for a little while as she fixes the problems my arm has before Ahsoka speaks up again.

"Back on Mandalore... you said you figured out why they hated you so much?" she asks curiously.

I blink in confusion, before remembering what I said back then. Wow, already about a year since that happened, geez.

"Oh yeah, I did..." I say, hesitating slightly on how she would react.

"So, you gonna spill it or what?" she asks curiously.

"A few months after you left... Master Yoda and I both went on two separate 'Force' journey's, I guess you could say, and I figured out that I'm..." I stop nervously, but continue at her gesture. "I'm... the last living descendant of Revan."

Ahsoka pauses in her work upon hearing that, looking up at me in surprise. She stares intently at me for several long moments, and I fidget uncomfortably, afraid of what she might possibly be thinking.

"You're not joking, are you?" she asks softly.

"No, I'm not. I really am a direct descendant of Revan. He was married to the Jedi Knight, Bastila Shan, and they had a son together," I explain anxiously, unable to meet her eyes. "The Jedi Grand Master Satele, from the Old Republic, was also one of his descendants. She's my ancestor too."

Ahsoka remains silent, her expression almost unreadable, though the surprise was there. I watched her nervously, fearful of what she might think. Why did I even say this? Everyone who knows about it hates me!

"So... are you okay with that?" I ask her meekly.

"Am I okay with that?" she questions, staring at me like I had two heads. "What kind of a question is that? Of course I'm fine with it!"

"You are?" I ask with wide eyes, startled. "I just thought... since Revan was a Sith Lord, that..."

"Oh my gosh, Jarik, don't be ridiculous!" she exclaims, scoffing in disbelief. "Even if I was mad about that, he died over three thousand years ago, so being mad at you is just stupid. Were you alive back then? Of course not! I still like you just the way you are!"

It felt like a huge weight was lifted from my shoulders, and I let out a deep breath, sighing in relief upon hearing that.

"Thank you, Ahsoka," I say gratefully, smiling at her. "You have no idea how relieving that is to hear."

Ahsoka smacks me on the shoulder with her hand as if annoyed, but the smile on her face was still clear.

"Don't be so stupid next time!" she scolds, giving me a threatening look. "Or else I'll have R5 fix your arm."

"Yes ma'am!" I say immediately, uncomfortable at the idea of R5 messing with my arm again.


After Ahsoka finished fixing up my arm, she put the tools away and I got up from the bed as we headed back to the main room. I opened the small fridge I managed to place on board and pulled out a couple of food bars, tossing one to Ahsoka. I felt like we hadn't eaten in days.

"I have to admit, it's a pretty nice set up you managed to snag here," she remarked, taking a bite out of the bar.

"Could be better, but I'm happy with it. Allows me to move around a bunch yet have a decent living space." I tell her.

"Yeah," she replies slowly, a question forming in her mind. "Do you know if... any of the others survived?"

I tense up immediately as she says that, anxious and uneasy in how to respond.

"Well... Obi-Wan and Yoda both survived with me," I reply slowly. "Shortly before parting they granted me the rank of Jedi Knight."

"Well good for you!" she says, genuinely happy at my accomplishment before getting serious again. "And... Anakin? Is he alright?"

There it was, the question I've been dreading to hear from Ahsoka ever since I first set out to find her. How do I tell her that her former master, the man she saw as an older brother to her, was responsible for wiping out the Jedi Temple and ended up becoming one of the most evil beings in the galaxy?

"Jarik, do you know what happened to him?" she asks again, a pleading expression on her face. "Please, tell me!"

"I... I don't know what happened to him Ahsoka," I finally respond, unable to meet her gaze. "I honestly don't know."

In a way that is the truth... from a certain point of view. However it absolutely pains me to say it, and I feel guilty about it as well. I make sure to keep those feelings hidden from Ahsoka, although she still eyes me suspiciously.

"The last time I saw him was at the Jedi Temple... before it was attacked," I say, once again a version of the truth.

I met Anakin Skywalker before the assault, and didn't meet him ever again. Only Darth Vader.

"I'm sorry Ahsoka," I say softly, guilt-ridden.

She's silent, and I can't tell what she's thinking before she moves over to give me a hug.

"It wasn't your fault... but I'm glad you told me this," she replies quietly.

'No I didn't,' I think to myself bitterly.

Nevertheless I accept her embrace, returning it as well.


Later that night, I showed Ahsoka to another room next to mine which she could use for whatever she wished. It had a bed like mine, with some storage cabinets, and she thanked me for it gratefully. R5 was doing some crap elsewhere in the ship, I don't know, but I know he wouldn't damage the ship, taking some pride in it himself, so I don't care. I was currently wearing my night clothes, more comfortable to sleep in and lying in my bed, staring up at the ceiling when the door opened. I looked over to see Ahsoka enter the room quietly, dressed in her night clothes as well.

"You alright?" I ask her.

"Yeah I'm ok," she responded. "To be honest, after being alone for so long, I'd rather sleep with you as well if that's okay with you."

I smile in reply and nod, shifting over to one side of my bed.

"Sure, I'm fine with that," I say.

She smiles as well, laying down on the bed beside me and pulling the covers up. Then she snuggles closer to me and wraps her arms around me, laying her head on my shoulder. I tense up in surprise for a moment before relaxing, wrapping my right arm around her as well in response with a small smile on my face. We drifted off to sleep comfortably, and I wouldn't trade this moment for a thing.


Some more cute scenes with Jarik and Ahsoka, and now they open up more to each other completely! So happy! Also R5 is the little repair bully with Jarik's arm. :O

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Thank you for all the support you've been giving my series! :)