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Hey folks, here's part 6 of this retelling of Revenge of the Sith, with an Ahsoka/Mandalore side-plot.
This story is rated a strong T for slight sexual content. You've been warned.
Please, read, enjoy, and review.
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Sun'dari. Nightfall. End of Day 1 of the siege of Mandalore. Republic/Night Owl base camp near Savage Oppress (formerly 'Peace') memorial park.
The first day of the battle for Sun'dari was successful. The Republic had secured the docks and have established a foothold in the city's outer suburbs.
And all across the planet, people who've heard Bo-Katan's speech began to rise up and take up arms against Maul's regime. His regime was falling apart at the seams as his forces struggled to maintain order in the other cities across Mandalore. Now the Republic and Mandalorian free forces were camped out for the night after a hard first day of fighting.
Ahsoka was sitting in her room in an abandoned building, that also served as the command center for the allied forces, near the park where they were set up. But even though she wasn't fighting, the sounds of battle still thundered across the city, as artillery fire from both sides was exchanged. Small scale patrols also went out to make sure that the perimeter was secure. Sometimes a clone squad would go out on patrol, and not have been walking for 50 yards when they ran into a shadow collective patrol.
The frontline was that close.
But it didn't bother Ahsoka. She had complete confidence that the outpost was secure. She sat in her reasonably comfortable room. It had a cozy bed (which she tested out) and a desk, which she was currently using to write a letter. The letter was to her boyfriend, Lux Bonteri, the junior Republic senator from Onderon. She hadn't heard from him since she spoke to him over the comm while on Nessem several days ago. He had been on Coruscant at the time of the Separatist invasion and she hoped that he was Okay.
Just when I thought the war was going to be over, and I could visit my boyfriend again, I find out that his current residence just became a war-zone.
Ahsoka shook those negative thoughts out of her head and she continued writing. She continued to write the letter. Normally, unlike most people, she would write using a pen and paper, because se was old-fashioned like that. But since she didn't want to burden some clone with hand delivering her message to a ship, that should've been used for the battle, to be taken all the way across the galaxy to Lux's office on Coruscant, she decided to write a message on her data pad with a stylist.
As she wrote, her stylist left behind digital ink on her screen.
'Dear Lux.'
I hope that you're all right, and I hope that you get this message. I'm sorry that I haven't been able to reach you lately, and I'm sorry that you haven't heard about my current whereabouts. I was on Nessem, but now I'm on Mandalore (Don't freak out). Long story short, I got chased by pirates all the way to Mandalore's moon, where I landed in the middle of a war-zone (Please don't freak out). By the way, you're not gonna believe who I ran into ... Bo-Katan Kryze, Pre Visla's former right hand. We met, she told me to contact the Republic for help, and now I'm apart of the invasion (You're probably freaking out now, right?). Anyway, we were just about to attack Mandalore when we heard about what happened on Coruscant. My masters had to rush back there to help out. That left me to lead the Republic invasion. Can you believe it? My master finally trusts me with an operation. He gave me my old lightsabers back, and command of two clone regiments from my old unit. The troopers...
Ahsoka stopped writing when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," Ahsoka said.
The door slid open with a hiss to reveal Captain Rex.
"Hey kid. I-," Rex said.
"Rex, I'm not a kid anymore. You don't have to call me that," Ahsoka complained.
"Right, sorry," he corrected himself before he cleared his throat. "The boys are gathered outside. Would you care to join us, Ma'am?" Rex asked using a more formal title to address her.
The two of them have come along way. When she first became Anakin's padawan, Rex was her superior, in his more experienced eyes at least. She had asked him back then if she outranked him as a jedi. To which he replied "In my book, experience outranks everything". Now she was leading Rex and his men into battle. It meant that she'd grown as both a person, a warrior, and a leader.
She thought about what he asked. It's been a while since she sat down with the men outside.
But then she smiled.
"I'd be happy to, Rex," Ahsoka said as she got up from the desk. She grabbed her data pad and stylist, so that she could continue her better to Lux.
The two of them walked back outside the hotel and to the park outside.
The park was renamed Savage Oppress memorial park, after Maul's late brother, who died while conquering the planet with him. A statue had been erected in his honor on Maul's orders. Only the legs remained standing, while the rest lay in pieces. A victim of explosive happy Nite Owls.
The park grounds served as a staging area for the Republic and its Mandalorian allies. It was full of Republic speeders, walkers, and tents. It had a field hospital, and even a mess tent. The perimeter was well protected and far out from the main camp. The area was constantly being patrolled by Clone troopers.
Rex led Ahsoka to a small area where Jesse, Echo, Kix, and Hardcase, along with some troopers from Boomer, Kano, and Coric's squads, were all seated around a medium sized heating unit, which also served as a lantern.
Echo was reading a holo-pad. The screen had several news articles in it. It mostly concerned the War.
Jesse noticed Ahsoka and Rex walking over. "Commander Tano. Glad you could join us. Please, sit down".
"Yeah, come sit with us regular ol' grunts. Ha Ha," Hardcase said.
"Hey, boys," Ahsoka said with a smile before she sat down with the troopers. 'Her' troopers. "I see that you've taken my mark," Ahsoka said, referring to the orange markings on there plain white sets of clone armor.
"Yeah," Jesse said, as he tapped his own armor. "We wanted to let ya' know that we're with you commander".
"And show you how much we missed you," Hardcase said.
Ahsoka looked at the upside-down orange triangle that Hardcase painted on his chest-plate, causing her to smirk. "Well, based on your artwork, I can tell that you definitely missed part of me".
Everyone nearly busted a gut when they started laughing.
"So Commander? What've you been up to since you left? Kix asked.
She shrugged her shoulders.
"Oh, not much. I did a little vigilante work down in the underworld, discovered an ancient Sith Temple beneath Coruscant's surface, fought some crime syndicates, ran away from some pirates. Nothing much," Ahsoka said, very casually.
The clones all stared at her with shocked looks.
"I see your life didn't get boring without us," Boomer said.
"Boring!? My life!? Never,' Ahsoka said.
Her men chuckled.
"Hey guys, check it out," Echo said while reading his holo-pad. "It says here that the Siege of Coruscant has been lifted...and Count Dooku is said to have been killed when our generals went to rescue Palpatine".
"Wait, What?!" Coric exclaimed before he nearly fell out of his seat.
"When you said 'our generals', did you actually mean 'our' generals? Rex asked.
"Yup," Echo said.
"Hm. Skyguy and Kenobi've done it again," Ahsoka said as she pulled her data pad to continue writing her message to Lux.
"Huh, I guess that mean's the war is nearly over. What are we clones gonna go afterward?" one of Kano's men asked.
It was a touchy question. Clones were bread for war. But with the war almost over, then what was next for them?
"Well, after this, the Republic is gonna need the Clone army to keep the peace. So I'm sure you'll still be needed," Ahsoka reassured. "And maybe you can all find something to do outside of the Grand Army, like ... to settle down and build a family".
They all looked at her. "Thanks for the uplifting words, commander," Kix said before he stood and saluted her. "And it's good to have you back". They all stood up and saluted her.
"Don't mention it," she said with a smile before she continued to write in her letter where she left off.
"-The troopers have come to trust me. They all depend on me now. I'm gonna do my best to lead them through this mission in one piece. And then when it's all over, I'm going to come find you. I hope to see you soon Luxie. I've missed you so very much and I can't wait to spend time with you. Shore leave is going to be so much more interesting with you, *wink wink*. Until then, know that I love you deeply, now and forever.
Sincerely, your little Soka. XOXO."
The letter was finished. She tapped the send button and her letter was transmitted across the galaxy to Lux's comm-pad. This time, the message should go through. She heard that their were so many ships battling above Coruscant, that the comm chatter between them overwhelmed the civilian comm chatter. It's why she couldn't speak to Lux earlier.
"What'cha writing over there ma'am?" Jesse asked. Everyone looked at her again.
"Oh, uh, it's..." Ahsoka cleared her throat. "It's a letter to my boyfriend".
"Oh really?" Jesse said as the others started to chuckle.
"All right, knock it off," Rex said, but while smiling.
She smiled and blushed while rapidly tapping her stylist against the pad.
"It's all right Rex," Ahsoka reassured.
"Awh, great! The commander turned around for a few months and has already forgotten about us for another man," one of Boomer's men joked.
"So tell us, who is it?" Kix asked
"Anyone we know?" someone else asked.
"Rex might know him. It's the senator from Onderon," Ahsoka explained as she took out her holo-projector and showed them a holo-pic of her and Lux, who had his arms coiled around her waist, pulling her close.
"OH NOO!" Someone cried out when they saw the picture of the senator holding her.
Everyone burst out laughing.
"You're dating a senator?" Someone asked.
"Awh jeez. If that pretty boy could pull it off, then one us could've taken a shot at it long ago," Hardcase joked.
The others made an 'oooohh' sound. Except the very professional Rex and the squad leaders. But a couple of them did smirk.
Ahsoka arched one brow over the other at Hardcase's comment.
She then got up and walked a few feet away, so that the squad could see her clearly.
The clones looked on in interest.
Ahsoka closed her eyes, crossed one leg over the other, squeezing her thighs together, and placed her hands on her hips before slowly sliding them up her body. She ran them up the side of her head, and clasped her hands her head and struck a sexy pose. She arched her back and pushed her D-cup breasts out. The clones noticed that her nipples poked through the material of her new bodysuit, and her large, soft breasts looked like they were about to tear apart the zipper fastener over her voluptuous chest, which had gotten a wider by quite a bit since she last wore it, her breasts growing significantly since then.
"You boys couldn't handle this," she said in a seductive tone, as she gently swung her hips.
All of the clones burst out laughing before they started hooting and hollering for their sexy commanding officer. Ever since she became Skyguy's padawan, she got some risqué glances from some of her troopers. As she grew older, her body maturing in all its womanly glory, the troopers became a bit more bold. And since she wasn't a Jedi anymore, she didn't mind showing off a little.
It kept the boys inspired.
Ahsoka sat back down for a while and spent time with her men. They shared stories and joked around with each other for some time.
Then she went back to her room, slipped her clothes off, and went to bed.
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Royal palace. Darth Maul's HQ, Sun'dari, Mandalore.
Darth Maul looked at a hologram of the planet. There were blue and yellow triangles that, respectively, represented the Republic and Nite Owl warships in orbit. The blue and yellow boxes in and around Sun'dari represented ground forces. Right on his front door step.
There were also orange dots that represented the cities that were rebelling against him. Pretty much all of them.
"Lord Maul. The bombers are ready," Rook Kast said over the comm system.
"Good. Send them in". He ordered. "They will regret defying my rule". Maul said under his breath as small red triangles began to move in the direction of the disloyal cities. A holographic simulation showed several of the orange dot cities flickering and disappearing from the map.
He cracked a demonic looking smile while deep in thought.
This is just the beginning.
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RSV Indomitable, in lower atmosphere of Mandalore, near Sun'dari's airspace, before dawn, day 2 of invasion.
The dawn skies of Mandalore were beautiful.
As the sun started to rise, an orange line ran along the horizon, separating the dark deserts and the dark blue skies over the planet.
On a normal day it would've been beautiful. But this was anything but.
The Shadow Collective forces harassed the Republic naval task force. But it was nothing that they couldn't handle. Republic Frigates and Star-fighters formed a strong net of AA-defenses around the 4 Star Destroyers, the Assault ships, and the supply transports. Blue laser bolts flew in every direction as they fought to hold off Maul's navy. Small frigates, star-fighters, and even suicide freighters flew towards the Republic task force.
Utter gibberish was being spewed from the comm system.
"There's too many captain!"
"Watch your stabilizer Gold six!"
"Don't let those spike-heads through!"
"Watch your left!"
"Enemy reinforcements, incoming fast from the south!"
"I can't shake 'em. I'm Hit! I'm Hit!"
"Indomitable come in. We could really use your guns!"
The Indomitable's gun crews also handled the oncoming enemy fighters with ease.
"Sir! Enemy freighter off our starboard bow," the clone scanning technician exclaimed.
"Fire all main batteries!" Captain Autem ordered.
The starboard cannons at the base of the bridge superstructure turned towards this new threat. It was a heavily armed freighter. It barreled towards the Indomitable's bridge, with the intent to crash into the ship as a suicide ship. But the Republic had taken precautions. They fired on anything that entered their airspace without any prior knowledge.
The Dual turrets on the starboard side turned towards the oncoming ship. Their barrels exploded with a blue flash. The deck rumbled as the powerful cannons cut loose with their ordnance. The blue lances of energy streaked into the dark, early dawn skies above Mandalore's deserts. They blasted holes into the Shadow Collective freighter. Its main reactor was hit, causing a powerful explosion that ripped through the ship's hull from the outside. It started to trail smoke as it started to lose altitude. It crashed into the vast ocean of sand, and debris field of other Shadow collective ships, on the outskirts of Sun'dari.
Maul's ships withdrew from the battle. It was another victory for the Republic.
It was short lived however.
As the Republic fleet inched closer to the city and launched their gunships, the cannons defending the city unleashed Hell upon the Republic fleet.
Several of the gunships were shot down on their way to the surface. They eventually got below the fire and headed for the Republic held docks on the edges of Sun'dari, but the larger ships weren't so lucky.
"Captain," a clone officer yelled. He pointed at a star destroyer that was just hit in it's starboard hanger bay. There was a powerful explosion. "The Pioneer's been hit".
"Sir! One of the supply ships has been hit. It's going down," another clone shouted, as a supply ship was blasted in the bow. The shot went straight through the ship, causing flames to shoot out of the port and starboard sides before the engine section exploded, and the corvette-sized ship lost altitude before crashing into the desert, causing an even bigger explosion that cratered into the sandy surface.
"Get us out of range!" The captain ordered. The ship suddenly lurched hard to port, trying to get away from the city's heavy cannons.
This was a recurring episode. The Republic fleet gets attacked by Maul's Mandalorians. Their inferior ships are then driven back, which coaxes the Republic to move towards the city to resupply their ground forces. Then they're driven away by the city's defenses. It was an epic stalemate, and the Republic Navy was paying for it. Fighters were being shot down, Republic warships were taking damage, and supply ships were being shot down.
As the Republic withdrew, a flight of Shadow Collective bombers flew by, just out of range of the Republic cannons.
They fired their missiles before breaking off sharply.
"What are they firing at? We don't have any forces in that direction!" Autem exclaimed.
"I don't know sir, but..." A clone said before he froze and looked at the screen in front of him. "...Ah stang! Brace for impact!" He barked out as he hit the alarm. It wailed throughout the ship, telling crew members to brace for impact.
That's when a blinding white light appeared on the horizon. Everyone on the bridge turned away and threw their arms over the faces, shielding their eyes from the blinding flash. Several powerful explosions blossomed like flowers on the horizon. They sent shockwaves in every direction. Then many of the instruments on the bridge acted up before they started functioning properly again.
"What was that? Were we hit?" Autem demanded.
"No sir. They didn't hit us. They bombed the city! I-It... It's just... gone!" The clone stuttered.
Autem had a look of horror on his face as his ships passed through the clouds.
They saw a city off in the distance.
Or what was left of it.
It was burning. A mushroom cloud of smoke rose from the epicenter, casting an ugly shadow on the desert floor. The wind must've shifted because wild fires began to move through the city in a different direction. They stopped at the sand.
"Get me Commander Tano. Things just got a whole lot more complicated," Autem said as he continued to watch the glowing horizon in horror.
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Ahsoka's quarters, Republic base-camp.
It was early dawn and Ahsoka couldn't sleep.
Not because of the artillery that continued to boom in the distance, but because all she could think of was Lux.
All she wanted was to share a bed with her human lover. She forgot about the operation, the Coruscant invasion, the war, and even her own betrayal, and just started thinking of Lux and the love they shared for each other... and the wonderfully naughty games they played with each other.
She then remembered that there was still a war to fight, and that she was going to be busy for the next few days.
'Well, I can still dream,' she thought to herself as she drifted off to sleep, hoping that the wonderfully naughty games she played with Lux on Coruscant would bring on a very, very wonderful dream, she thought to herself with a grin.
On the inner rim planet of Onderon, in the gardens of the Bonteri estate, Ahsoka Tano and Lux Bonteri were laying on a picnic blanket, which was sprawled out on the lawn in the backyard.
The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the bugs were chirping. The sounds of nature could be deafening sometimes.
With her stomach full of food, Ahsoka laid back down and stretched, enjoying the feeling of the sunlight and the warm grass on her body.
She wore her usual post-Jedi outfit, which consisted of a dark blue leotard, with a matching skirt. It was a comfortable outfit, and it very effectively accentuated her body in all its womanly glory. A close observer could even make out the nipples on her well formed breasts... something that allured Ahsoka's lover to her, and the wandering eyes of many strangers.
But she wasn't wearing her black leggings.
She rolled around, laying on her stomach, pressing her chest against the warm grass. Her beautiful shining legs was on display under the sunlight. People would also be able to look up her skirt if they were at the right angle. But she didn't care.
Ahsoka was just glad to be alone with Lux in a nice quiet setting.
She sighed, enjoying the absolute bliss that this moment provided.
Then she felt Lux straddle her backside, and start running his hands up and down her back. He even started massaging her back like a true gentlemen should for his woman. Ahsoka crossed her arms underneath her face and buried her face in them, moaning in pleasure.
Ahsoka rolled over underneath him, so that her back was on the ground. They smiled at each other, with not a single word exchanged between them.
She leaned up, running her palms up his tight, royal blue collared shirt, and pulled him down with her, their lips locked together in a passionate, wet kiss. Their hands roamed each others bodies again as they continued to make out, before rolling around their picnic blanket.
After a few minutes, their clothes disappeared in a puff of smoke, allowing their soft warm flash to rub together, before tossing and tumbling, their limbs becoming entangled.
Soon, the world became nothing but a veil of blinding white pleasure, as Ahsoka got lost in the moment.
And then, all she could here was Lux's voice moaning the same word over and over again. Only it wasn't her name he was moaning.
It was her rank.
"COMMANDER! COMMANDER! COMMANDER! COMMANDER!"
But then they were followed by different words.
"Wake Up."
About an hour after Ahsoka fell asleep, and began to experience some sweat, sweat dreams, she heard someone knocking on her door.
The nude togrutan groaned in frustration. She wasn't ready to get up. She was about to pull a pillow over her head. But then she heard a familiar voice coming from the other side of the door.
"Commander, wake up." Rex urged, uttering same words that she heard at the end of her dream.
With a small groan, Ahsoka sat up and stretched. The covers fell away from her, exposing her breasts and stomach. After stretching she pressed her palms against the bed, using them to hold herself up.
"What is it, Rex?" She asked calmly, with a scowl stretched across her face.
For a few seconds, she didn't get a reply. But then it came.
"Something has happened".
"They did what?" Ahsoka asked, stunned.
A holographic figure of Captain Autem was being broadcast from the RSV Indomitable, into the headquarters of the Republic/Nite Owl base.
"Maul sent a flight of bombers to a nearby city. They apparently used some form of low yield nuclear weaponry on the city. But they must have used several of them on the city," Autem said. "It-It's gone".
"They're using nukes. Those haven't been used for years," Jesse commented.
"I can't believe they're using WMD's on their own people," Rex said. "Why didn't they target you Captain?"
"I guess they didn't want to risk being shot down and losing WMD's like that," Autem assumed.
"What kind of person would do that to their own people?" Ahsoka asked, shaking her head back and forth.
A fist was slammed on the holo-table. It got everyone's attention. It was Bo-Katan, who was holding her helmet in her arm, letting her red hair hang free.
"Maul isn't a person. Neither are his followers. They're psychopathic monsters. Tano, mobilize your forces. Autem, use your fighters to stop those bombers. Those animals will pay dearly for what they've done to our people!" Bo-katan said as she stormed out of the tent.
Autem was talking to someone who was out of the view of the people in the tent.
Getting back to the meeting, Autem turned to Ahsoka.
"Commander. We're getting reports that before Maul bombed his targets, his forces evacuate the city and head in your direction. They're regrouping for a final stand at Sun'dari. If they get there, well, then you'll be driven out of the city. And those guns are still online. We won't be able to support you," Autem warned.
Ahsoka pondered that for a moment.
"Well, until we take out those guns, you can't help us here. Directly at least. Can you and your task force intercept Maul's forces and keep them from entering the city?" She asked.
"They're coming from more than one direction. We'd have to divide our forces. And then there's the matter of those bombers that we need to worry about," Autem said.
"Then use all of your available fighters to intercept as many of Maul's bombers as possible. And maybe try and see if you can get some Nite Owls from orbit to help you out," Ahsoka suggested to the Captain.
"We'll see what we can do from up here, Commander. In the mean time, good luck down there," Autem bowed before his hologram disappeared.
Ahsoka turned to Rex.
"Come on Rex. Let's gather the troops. We have a planet to save," Ahsoka said as she walked out of the tent.
"Yes Ma'am," Rex said as he followed her.
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Well folks, that was part 6.
I hope that you enjoyed.
Part 7 will be write around the corner. So I hope that you'll stick around for it.
until next time, this is Grubkiller, over and out.