AN: Hello Dear Readers! Back again with another chapter for you guys!
Disclaimer: Since I am writing Fanfiction and not scripts it is apparent I don't own the rights to Star Wars.
Rex and Ahsoka were both confused on how they ended up in this situation. It wasn't completely unusual for the 501st to end up in unusual situations and for the Captain and Commander to find themselves in the middle of the chaos. However, this time they were pretty sure not even their brothers would believe the situation they were in.
"How the haran did we end up like this?" Rex vocalized in wonderment
"I don't even think Fives, Hardcase, and Jesse's worst luck combined could end them up in this situation." Ahsoka grumbled
"I think their luck has rubbed off on us." Rex sighed
"What are we going to do now?" The commander asked
"Get the RV point and wait for Hawk to come pick us up." The captain responded
"Let's get going then." the togruta allowed the man next to her to pull her up and support her as the two slowly started climbing out of the ravine.
FLASHBACK:
"Captain Rex and Ahsoka, you two each take a pack of explosives and take the Northern wall. You need to cause a big enough distraction for the rest of us to get through the main gates. Then you will meet back up with us to finish taking the compound." Anakin assigned the two
"Copy that Skyguy! See you on the other side!" Ahsoka chirped slinging the pack onto her back.
Anakin rolled his eyes in exasperation at his padawan.
Rex saluted "I'll make sure she stays safe, Sir. You have my word."
Anakin nodded assured that his Captain would do just that, and watched as the two took off jogging together towards their assignment.
Rex and Ahsoka made quick work of setting the explosives on the Northern wall and ducked behind a tree a safe distance away while the charges detonated. Then they rushed the gaping hole in the wall, weapons drawn and primed. Ten minutes later and they were still fight swarm after swarm of droids.
"I sure hope this is a big enough distraction for Skyguy!" Ahsoka grunted, swinging her dual blades with ferocity.
"If it isn't, I don't know what would be a big enough one." Rex breathlessly replied
"Next time I vote we let our three thickheaded ARC trooper vode take this assignment!" Ahsoka muttered as the two veteran fighters backed up against each other to keep fighting.
"I think now is a good time to draw the droids into the woods to help even out our chances. We're going to get overrun at this rate." Rex suggested tactfully
"1,2,3 RUN!" Ahsoka yelled and the two dashed off through the woods, splitting up so the droids had to spread out.
The tactic worked for a little while, but for some reason the droids just kept spilling from the hole in the wall and Rex and Ahsoka kept getting pushed back.
"This isn't working and I'm pretty sure I saw some droidekas come out of that wall!" Ahsoka yelled, her swings getting slower at time went on.
"There's no way we're going to be able to get to the others. We need another plan!" Rex responded, reloading his weapons.
Ahsoka nodded in silent agreement before flipping on her comlink "Master we're being overrun here! Sorry but we're not going to be able to assist you!"
"We've got it covered here Ahsoka, you two get yourselves out of there!" Anakin yelled back
"Copy that Master! See you on the other side!" Ahsoka flipped her com off
"Rex! They don't need our help but we're on our own to get out of this!" She shouted, deflecting another volley of shots.
"Then I suggest we bottleneck them through the caves and try to get to some high ground on the other side for an easy pick up!" Rex covered his commander as the two entered the system of caves.
The two kept running through the tunnels, Rex leading them while trying to navigate using his wrist holo and Ahsoka lighting the way with her lightsabers.
"We're almost there. Hopefully we've lost most of the droids by now." Rex announced
When the two finally made it out of the caves, they realized that there was no higher ground like they originally thought but a deep ravine instead.
"Well this is great! We have a hoard of droids coming at us and a cliff at our backs!" Ahsoka groaned in frustration
"Do we have anymore explosives? We could blow the tunnel's entrance to try and stop them." Rex checked his belt and Ahsoka shook her head when her search came up negative.
"Looks like we have to stand and fight. Or jump." Ahsoka muttered tiredly
"Only as a last resort will we jump." Rex grumbled, already prepping his pistols for the next round of droids.
The clinking and clunking of metal signalled the arrival of the enemy army.
"You think they would be too busy trying to fight Anakin's forces. I'm not sure why they keep pursuing us." the Commander sighed
"Too stupid to realize they are being overrun in another direction." the Captain sighed back
"Wish they were so stupid they would get lost in the tunnels." Ahsoka muttered wishfully
"We couldn't get that lucky." Rex patted her shoulder gently
"Too bad Hardcase and a rotary cannon couldn't be here." Ahsoka commented
"Or Fives and some explosives." Rex agreed as the sun glinted off the first battle droid
The Captain and Commander continued to pick off droids as they came through the entrance of the cave and were doing pretty well until three droidekas rolled out followed by a squad of super battle droids.
"They just won't stop!" Ahsoka grunted, struggling to deflect the powerful bolts emanating from the rolling death balls while Rex picked off the super battle droids. "We're running out of time and options! Did anyone say when they could come help us?"
"Jesse said they are still cleaning out the compound and can't send anyone for at least half an hour." Rex replied tightly
"Wonderful. Jumping is starting to look good." The commander replied just as tightly as the two kept being pushed further and further back towards the edge of the cliff.
Ahsoka glanced over when Rex grunted as he narrowly avoided another laser bolt headed in his direction. She could tell he was struggling to keep up but wasn't letting it show. The split second she took to glance in her boyfriend's direction was enough for laser bolt to slip past her defenses and clip her shoulder. Rex glanced over worriedly when he heard his girlfriend hiss and flinch when the bolt clipped her shoulder. While both of them were distracted they failed to notice the droidekas firing at them. The bolts hit the ground where the two had been standing as they jumped away. However, the ground cracked beneath them and they finally realized they had been standing on the edge of the cliff. Ahsoka retracted her green blades and Rex wrapped his arms around her protectively as the two of them free fell down into the ravine. As the two raced towards the bottom of the ravine, Ahsoka reached out and called upon the Force to slow their decent enough so they only tumbled around instead of crashing into the ground.
A few minutes after the rough landing, Rex groaned and pushed himself up onto his forearms, mentally checking himself for injuries. His head throbbed, maybe a mild concussion, nothing serious for sure, and maybe a few bumps and bruises, but again nothing serious. Once he got his bearings and was confident he was uninjured he started looking around for his girlfriend. Ahsoka was laying unmoving about 20ft away. Rex ripped his helmet off, scrambled over to her and turned her over as she groaned and blinked her eyes open to stare up at him.
"Rex. Are you okay?" She murmured, gathering her senses.
"Yeah I'm fine. You okay? That was quite a tumble we took." Rex helped her sit up.
Ahsoka placed a hand to her pounding montrals and looked over herself.
"My ankle hurts a little, I think it's mildly sprained, and I'm a little dizzy but other than that I think I'm fine." Ahsoka announced after a second.
"Okay. I'm going to try and reach someone so they can send us an evac." The captain slipped her helmet back on and activating a com.
A minute later Rex announced that Hawk would be able to pick them if they could reach the RV point. The two of them looked around the ravine where they had fallen and looked back at each other.
"How the haran did we end up like this?"
AN: Hope you guys liked the chapter! Still taking suggestions for other chapters! Please R&R!
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