AN: Hello Dear Readers! Thank You to legoryan4579 for the suggestion for this chapter! I have been trying to write as much as possible but things are so busy right now. I have a bunch of essays to write for school and stupid classes with stupid work and I just had ankle surgery on top of it all. So I do apologize for the late update and I have another chapter I'll be posting really soon too.
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It was not unusual, for Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano anyway, for something to go wrong and one or both of them to end up in enemy hands; usually escaping without too much trouble. Unless force inhibitors are used in excess, then the loopy and disoriented Jedi found escaping a bit more challenging without the power normally coursing through their veins.
Thus Padawan Ahsoka Tano found herself. Without weapons, no comms, hands bound by thick binders, and neck encased by a force-inhibiting, shock collar; Ahsoka groaned and slowly sat up.
"Ah crap." She murmured under her breath as she placed a steadying hand to her head. Once the pounded had faded to a dull throb the young Padawan catalogued her surroundings. Currently she sat on the floor of a cold, gray, dirty and dimly lit holding cell. The cold air being pumped into the room sent shivers up and down Ahsoka's slender frame; she knew the cold air was a tactic used against her since her body temperature as a togurtan was lower than humans.
Once Ahsoka was aware of her surroundings, her attention turned to her physical injuries. The intense throbbing in her montrals and lekku told Ahsoka she probably had a concussion. Her knee was swollen and painful to move and her wrist were chafed and raw from the bindings.
The cell door opened and Ahsoka's blue eyes narrowed his disdain towards the torture droid and droid General that entered the room.
"Grevious" she vehemently spat
The door closed but not before the halls echoed with they cyborg's raspy chuckles.
On the other end of the outer rim, two men bent over a star chart and running tracking systems.
"No luck sir. Ahs-Commander Tano's tracker can't be traced. It's either offline or..."
"Destroyed. I know Rex." A sigh from the General "We've at least narrowed Grevious location down to these two systems. Now we wait for the scouts to report in."
This time Rex signed and his brow furrowed as his thoughts turned back to his missing girlfriend.
"Be okay Ahsoka, please be okay."
"Alright men here's the plan. General Skywalker, Echo, and Fives are going to distract Grevious while myself, Kix, Jesse, Hardcase, Dogma, And Tub will go rescue the commander. We have to move fast while the fighters distract the bridge. Is that understood?"
"Sir, YES SIR!"
Ahsoka drifted in and out of consciousness in a haze. She thought she heard shouting and the ring of blaster fire but she couldn't be sure. The pounded in her head prevented her from hearing the hiss of the door opening or the quick footfalls of armored boots. It wasn't until a gentle hand rested on her shoulder that she blinked and looked up.
"Ahsoka."
"Mmm... Rex?"
"Yeah it's me Cyar'ika. We're here to rescue you."
The ship rocked with a large explosion
"Captain we need to leave!" Fives yelled into the room
"Can you stand?" Rex asked gently helping Ahsoka sit up and releasing her from her binders and inhibitor collar.
She tried to stand she groaned and would've fallen if Rex hadn't caught her.
"Okay that's not going to work." And with a swift, fluid movement Rex picked his girlfriend up bridal style and carried her out of the room.
Ahsoka wrapped her arms around her boyfriend's neck and pressed her head against his shoulder and helmet. As she drifted off once more to the rhythm of his jogging she heard him whisper:
"It's okay, I've got you Cyar'ika."
When Rex and the others stormed Grevious's flagship, the only thought running through his head was getting to his girlfriend in the fasted way.
"Vode, if you run any faster, you'll break land speed records." Fives huffed jokingly running alongside the captain.
"Fives…" Rex growled.
"It's alright brother. We know how important your girl is to you. We're going to get her back." Jesse promised
Rex continued to shoot and run down to the detention level. He finally slowed when he reached the cell where his girlfriend lay trapped. Once the droids were dispatched he slammed a fist down on the door panel and stopped when the breath was knocked out of him at the sight of her. Ahsoka was laying on her side, eyes open but unfocused. Bruised and cuts littered her body, with the worst of them still oozing blood, and one of her legs was swollen. Rex quickly came to her side and knelt calling her name gently.
"Ahsoka. Ahsoka. Ahsoka can you hear me?"
Up close he could see how unfocused and dilated her eyes where and how bad the cuts were on her lekku and he grimaced. Gently he placed his gloved hand on her shoulder and watched in relief as she seemed to focus at his touch and the sound of his voice.
"Ahsoka."
"Mmm… Rex?"
The corner of his mouth twitched ever so slightly as he replied "Yeah it's me. We're here to rescue you."
He heard an explosion and felt the ship rock as Fives stuck his head in and told him they needed to leave right away. Rex heard his brother but was too focussed on the binders and inhibitor collar as well as Ahsoka's condition to reply.
After he removed her bonds and helped his girlfriend sit up he asked her tentatively "Can you stand?"
As soon as she put weight on her swollen leg, however, she collapsed against him.
"Okay that's not going to work" Rex muttered mostly to himself. Thinking fast he scooped Ahsoka up in his arms, bridal style, and carried her swiftly out of the room and down the hall. He felt her wrap her arms tightly around his neck and press her head against his shoulder and helmet. In response he tightened his grip on her and whispered, despite all the brothers around them, words of comfort for them both.
"It's okay Cyar'ika, I've got you."
Rex refused to relinquish his precious load until they reached the med bay and Kix and Coric practically pried her from his arms and ordered him out. With a sigh he collapsed against the opposite wall to wait.
A few hours later Rex watched as the medics drained the bacta tank and moved Ahsoka to a recovery room.
"How's she holding up Rex?" Anakin asked as he came up.
"Better sir. The medics just removed her from the bacta tank. They say she'll make a full recovery in a few days."
"That's good. I have to report to the council but I trust I can leave her in your care." Anakin smirked slightly
"Yes sir. Absolutely."
"Good man."
Once the medics allowed Rex to see her, he entered her room and quickly checked her condition for himself. The bruises and cuts which littered her battered body had faded or disappeared entirely and the more serious cuts were cleaned and wrapped.
Rex grimaced when he saw the bandages wound tightly around Ahsoka's knee and lekku but the steady rise and fall of her chest eased his unease at her condition. He sat in the chair next to her bed, grabbed her hand and squeezed it gently.
"Rex?"
The weak voice brought the Captain out of his doze an hour or two later.
"Ahsoka." He breathed with a sigh of relief and he leaned forward to kiss her.
"How are you feeling?" He asked once they parted.
"Better now that my knight in shining armor is here." Ahsoka grinned
"I think you mean your knight in plastoid armor." Rex grinned back and Ahsoka laughed.
AN: Hope this is everything you were looking for legoryan4579! So this is one of my longer chapters. Hope it makes up for it being so late! I have another chapter that is almost finished and I will post that tonight or tomorrow probably. Thank you to all the new followers, favorites, and people who reviewed! You guys rock!