A/N Since the first part was given a good review, let's proceed to the sequel!
Part Two of my SWR Family AU!
Btw, this takes place at Season 3 (late), but Darth Maul ain't here, and Kanan ain't blind since the Ghost never encountered him in Malachor. Enjoy! XD
X
"Agent Kallus!" Agent Alexsandr Kallus turned to see Lieutenant Lyste run to him across the bridge of the Starship. "There's an incoming rogue shuttle with a wild pilot. He won't respond to the warnings and is firing at will!"
"Release the Tie Fighters and aim for the guns." Kallus ordered. "Make sure they can't shoot then bring them in for interrogation,"
"Of course," Lyste ran off to the port tiger in contact with the Tie Fighters and their pilots. "All Ties take down that shuttle! Aim for the guns!"
"Copy that." One pilot responded before the Ties all flew out to take down the shuttle.
Kallus watched as the Ties battled the shuttle. He hid his worry and kept a straight face, his posture straight with his arms behind him. He narrowed his eyes as one Tie gave a direct hit to the guns before another Tie hit the engine, making the shuttle stop moving. It was then caught in the Starship's hold.
"We got it, thank god!" Lyste gave a gasp of relief.
"I'll head down to secure and interrogate the prisoners," Kallus turned and walked to the elevator.
He went down to the docking bay to see the Stormtroopers already searching the shuttle. They came out with two creatures; one male in a stormtrooper uniform and the other female in a mix-matched battle suit.
"Remove their helmets." Kallus ordered, and the troopers obliged, revealing the male to be the old clone Rex and the female to be Ashoka Tano.
"Let us go, bucketheads!" Rex snarled.
Kallus recognized them, but he didn't say a word about it. He gave a cough and turned around from the troopers.
"Take them to cell G-2." he said.
"Yes, sir," the stormtroopers dragged the two out, leaving Kallus to sigh before following.
The troopers cuffed both Rex and Ashoka then they tossed them into the cell, throwing their helmets afterwards. Kallus groaned and shook his head.
"Leave us." He told the troopers.
The stormtroopers nodded and left. Kallus entered the cell and locked it shut before facing the two.
"What are you two doing here?!" He demanded.
"Hey, take it easy, 'Fulcrum', this is our mission," Rex rolled his eyes.
"Alex, the Empire's been monitoring your latest Fulcrum transmissions," Ashoka reporter sternly. "They're getting close to figuring out who you are,"
"So you got captured to warn me?!" Kallus was internally touched but externally worried and frustrated.
"Nah, that would be stupid," Rex chuckled.
"We got captured to SAVE you before the Empire finds out," Ashoka clarified. "And we haven't got much time,"
"Of course we don't!" Kallus clawed the back of his head, gritting his teeth. "Do you have any idea how much danger you two are putting yourselves in along with me?!"
"A simple 'thank you' wouldn't be harsh, now," Rex grumbled.
Kallus sighed, but before he could respond, the cell door slid open, and Lyste appeared, looking worried and nervous.
"Agent Kallus, we are approaching Grand Admiral Thrawn's Star Destroyer!" He told the Agent. "He's called us for meeting in his office right away!"
"Fine…" Kallus hissed then he exited the cell and turned to the troopers beside Lyste. "Transport the prisoners to Grand Admiral Thrawn's Star Destroyer, in Detention Cell B-17,"
"Right away, sir," the troopers grabbed the two and followed behind as Lyste and Kallus walked off.
Soon, they exited the Starship, which had docked inside the Star Destroyer's lower hanger earlier, and the troopers led Rex and Ashoka to the Detention Cells whilst Kallus and Lyste went the other to the other way to head to Grand Admiral Thrawn's Office. They gave their cylinders as access ports to the trooper guarding the office then they entered the office.
X
"How long do you think this 'meeting' will take?" Rex questioned his companion was they were left alone in the detention cell.
"Hopefully not too long," Ashoka replied with a sigh. "Alex will be discovered soon. It's important that we get him out of here,"
"I won't be the only one discovered," the duo turned to see the door of the cell open, and Kallus walk in with his eyebrows furrowed. "I believe that there is a slight… complication…"
"What is it?" Ashoka questioned as the agent unlocks Rex's cuffs.
"It appears that Thrawn is very close to finding one of your Rebel Bases," Kallus reported, moving towards the Jedi to unlock her cuffs. "He's been using the range of my Fulcrum transmissions and your ships' hyperspace frequency to pinpoint the direct location,"
"We need to remove that information from his database before he succeeds then," Rex growled while rubbing his side wrist.
"That's… the difficult part," Kallus sighed, finally unlocking the cuffs. "The database is in Thrawn's Office, and, unfortunately, it is heavily guarded. We need my cylinder pass to get in, but we need still need to convince the guard to let us in,"
"We can always knock out that guard and replace it with me," Rex suggested.
"That would be too obvious," Ashoka shook her head. "I have another idea…"
X
The three approached Thrawn's Office, with Rex in the front as their 'stormtrooper'. Ashoka had only a hoodie on to partly cover her face while Kallus was behind them, his hands quivering behind him, yet he managed to keep a straight face on.
"Cylinder pass," the stormtrooper guard demanded. "And state your business,"
"We are new Imperial officers called in by the Emperor," Ashoka said, waving her hand in front of the guard. "Grand Admiral Thrawn is expecting us,"
To her relief, the mind trick worked.
"Ah, yes, the new Imperial officers," the guard nodded. "Grand Admiral Thrawn is expecting you. Please, present your cylinder pass,"
Kallus gave his pass then the three entered, the door sliding behind them as they found themselves in a huge, dimly-lit hallway. They went forward to one of the rooms and found Thrawn's Office.
"The database is in his desk," Kallus said as they entered the office.
Ashoka nodded and went to the desk. She turned on the database, a holographic map full of planets glowing red appearing in a second. She and Rex gasped.
"You're right," Rex muttered with a low growl. "Thrawn IS close to finding one of our bases,"
"We need to mislead him," Ashoka leaned closer and fiddled around with the hologram on the desk. "Rex, Alex, help me,"
The males nodded and rushed to help, with Rex holding a flashlight as the trio messed around with the database. Soon, the glowing planets changed and were all mixed up with different planets and moons.
"There," Kallus sighed in relief, wiping the sweat of his forehead. "At least that's taken care of. Now, we need to leave and make it look… convincing that we didn't do anything,"
He backed up and started to go to the halls when he saw the front door slide open to reveal Thrawn and two stormtroopers beside him. Kallus stopped in his tracks and retracted back inside before Thrawn could see him.
"Thrawn's coming! Hide!" He whispered/yelled to the two then he hid in the darkness.
Rex turned off his flashlight then he and Ashoka joined Kallus in hiding, blending themselves in the dark office as Thrawn entered.
As soon as the door opened, Kallus rushed out and entered the grand admiral's training room. He found the Assassin-Bots Thrawn was training with earlier and got an idea to help his allies escape.
Meanwhile, Thrawn had approached his desk and turned on the holo-map database. He looked at the glowing red marks and narrowed his eyes, studying them closely with his hand on his chin.
As he did, Rex slowly shuffled closer to the door, quietly but quickly to be ready to run and leave. Ashoka, on the other hand, had her back turned to Thrawn, letting her hood cover her back and head as she peeked a little to observe the grand admiral.
"Is there something wrong, sir?" One of the stormtroopers questioned as Thrawn turned off the database.
"No, no," Thrawn replied, turning to them with an unreadable expression and with his hands behind him. "everything is just fine."
All of a sudden, the door opened, and the two Assassin-Bots came, crashing and thrashing about. The stormtroopers were alert and tried to shoot, but the robots knocked them down.
"Override code: Rukh." Thrawn ordered, but the Assassin-Bots didn't listen and moved closer threateningly, continuing their attack.
Thrawn took out his blaster, but the robots' metal bodies were too strong as they tried to knock him out. As the battle continued, Ashoka and Rex found the door wide open with Kallus at the opening.
"Come on!" He called them before running, and the two followed behind.
"Assassin-bots?" Ashoka questioned with a slight grin, clearly impressed.
"You're welcome," Kallus rolled his eyes, returning the grin.
Thrawn had, unfortunately, spotted him as he wrestled the Assassin Bots.
"KALLUS!" He roared out, which reached the ears of the agent, who flinched at the angry tone as he and his accomplices ran.
"That's not good…" he shuddered.
"Now we REALLY need to leave!" Rex pointed out.
Ashoka looked around and came to a stop. "Wait! They'll be waiting for us in the lower hanger. We need to hide and call for help,"
Rex was bewildered, but, knowing that she was right, he didn't protest. Instead, he turned to the agent.
"Any place we could hide?" He asked in a gruff voice.
"My quarters," Kallus suggested. "but we must hurry. Who knows how long they'll underestimate our decision,"
The three ran through the halls then Kallus opened a room and let them in, running inside last before locking it.
"There," He panted, exhaustion finally catching up to him. "We'll be safe, but I don't know for how long,"
"We need to call for help," Ashoka took out a metal box. "I can get a distress signal to the nearest freighter in this side of the galaxy,"
"But what if it's an Imperial Freighter?" Rex worriedly questioned.
"Let us have hope," Ashoka merely said before activating the box, sending a vibrating, distressing signal out of the room and into the vortex of space…