AN: Hi Dear Readers! Surprise! A chapter in the middle of the semester! It's my fall break and I had some spare time so I thought I'd crank out a chapter. I felt bad that I wasn't able to get as many chapters done over the summer because of work and my hand, but my hand is getting better so I can write for longer periods of time now. But I unfortunately won't be able to update for a while after this.
Also I know this is old news but, Clone Wars Saved! I'm so excited! When I first saw the trailer I scared my sister by how loud I was freaking out. I'm hoping to get some writing ideas from the new episodes!
This chapter is to see what it would be like for Rex and Ahsoka in their newly married life.
Rex inhaled deeply as he woke up slowly. His arms were wrapped around his wife's waist, pulling her back against his chest. Slipping out from under her and out of their bed, he pulled his fatigue shirt on as he walked to the kitchen. Starting the caff machine, he set out two mugs and pulled a couple of slices of bread out of the package, and half a dozen eggs from the conservator.
Ahsoka blinked open her bleary eyes. Throwing one arm behind her, she found the bed to be empty but still warm, her husband must have gotten up just a few minutes ago. She stayed under the warm covers until she smelled hot coffee and nuna eggs cooking. Then she slipped out of bed and headed to the kitchen where a steaming plate of nuna eggs, toast, and a cup of caff was waiting for her.
"Mmm… Smells good." Ahsoka pressed her lips against Rex's before sliding into her seat.
Rex slid into the opposite seat and dug into his messy eggs. "I don't think I got any shells in them this time."
Ahsoka laughed "Mine are much better than last time; you're a fast learner."
"It's in the genes." He smiled back
The rest of breakfast was passed in content silence as they woke up in each other's company and to the caff in their cups.
They both returned to the bedroom to change into their armor and gear. Ahsoka had changed her daily look sice the wedding, a more mature, protective outfit; today would be the first day to test it in the field. And it was the first time the married couple would leave for possible combat engagement; two weeks after their honeymoon.
"Are you ready for today?" Rex asked as he watched his wife adjust her headdress.
She turned to face him while he finished strapping on his armor. "Ready if you are."
"We can do this. We don't have to treat each other different, the boys aren't going to treat us any differently." Ahsoka reassured him as she picked up his helmet from the end of the bed.
She handed him the well worn helmet and he kissed her before sliding it onto his head. The two left the small apartment, Ahsoka pocketing the key card on their way out.
20 minutes later the two were standing in the command room with the others on the mission. A couple of brows were raised when the two came in with their hands intertwined. The pre-mission planning proceeded as normal and within a few hours, the 501st was ready to ship off; this time to act as guards for humanitarian supply drops. It was an easy mission but they would be going through dangerous space that was known for unprovoked attacks on supply vessels. When the Captain and Commander walked onto the Resolute, the entire 501st clapped and cheered for the newly weds; Torrent company was the loudest of the troops. Ahsoka took it in stride and bowed while Rex looked mildly amused.
"All right! All right! Let's get moving! We're pulling out in an hour!" Rex shouted and the men scattered to their stations. And within an hour, the flag ship was loaded and pulling away from Coruscant, ahead of the supply ships and support ships. The 501st had be briefed on the mission and everything was starting off smoothly.
The trouble started when they dropped out of hyperspace at their first supply drop destination. An ambush was waiting for them and started firing on them as soon as they dropped. The Resolute raised shields and provided covering fire while the support ships fell into defense positions around the supply ships. Alarms sounded off and troopers rushed for their stations. Ahsoka and Rex were in the command center with Anakin and the admiral to scramble an action plan.
"We need to scramble fighters and get into the air now!" Anakin shouted
The admiral shook his head in disagreement "With all due respect sir, we can use the Resolute to punch through their defenses and save our fighters."
"I agree with the admiral. This isn't the biggest threat that has been reported on this route; we need to save our fighters if we can." Rex added
Ahsoka crossed her arms "I agree with Anakin, if we scramble fighters now and take them out fast then there's less chance they'll slip buy us and get to the supply ships."
"I don't think this is the right time to scramble fighters."Rex pressed
Ahsoka huffed slightly "Well we need to get the supplies down quickly, we don't have time to sit here and wait for the flagship to break through when we could use the fighters and break through quickly." She slammed a hand down on the holo-table.
Rex and Ahsoka starred each other down for a few moments when Anakin interrupted.
"Well then, I guess it's decided. We'll scramble fighters and head out there." With that they left the bridge and headed for the fighter bay.
In the hall Rex grabbed Ahsoka's arm and stopped her. "Look Ahsoka…"
Ahsoka stopped and turned toward him, arms crossed. "I'm sorry Rex. I know you were just voicing your tactical opinion and I assumed something else."
"I know. I'm sorry if I was too short with you too."
"Lets go and get this done, huh?" Ahsoka half laughed and Rex followed her down the hall.
Rex stayed on the command bridge with the admiral while Anakin and Ahsoka lead the fighters to intercept the ambushing ships.
They sounded off as they left the hanger and sped off towards the fight. Ahsoka and Anakin split off and easily surrounded the enemy ships and start blasting them apart until they surrendered and jumped away into her hyperspace. The fighter squadron did a victory lap around the flag ship, shaking the windows as they passed by.
When the fighters landed in the hanger, Rex was waiting for his commanding officers, or at least that's what he wanted the other troops to believe. Everyone knew he was waiting to make sure his wife had made it out of the fire fight unharmed.
Anakin was the first to exit his fighter and passed Rex on the way to the command center and patted him on the shoulder as he did so.
"Glad your plan was a success, Sir." Rex nodded respectfully
"She had fun out there, Rex. She's perfectly fine." Anakin responded
Ahsoka exited her fighter seconds after it touched down and Rex moved towards it, even before the mechanics had a chance to reach it and begin post-flight checks.
"Sounds like it was a fairly easy plan after all." Rex congratulated her as she hopped down off the wing of her fighter.
"I knew you were waiting for me." Ahsoka pecked him gently on the lips
A couple of the nearby pilots and other troopers began whooping and cheering when they saw the kiss. One of them, unconfirmed but sources says Fives, started making his own kissing noises.
"I'm going to kill them." Rex muttered against her lips
"Mmm, the floors are looking a little scuffed up, it might be time for a good scrub and buff." Ahsoka kissed him again and threw a purposeful look at the other troopers who quickly dispersed.
Luckily for the couple, or luckily for the trouble making Torrent company, the rest of the day seemed to go smoothly with no jokes or jabs made to or about them. The supplies were dropped off with no further issues and the started off towards their next location. They gathered with the usual brothers for mess hall food and joking around and played a couple of hands of sabacc, in which Ahsoka creamed Jesse and Dogma in the final round. At the end of the night, when most of the others had turned in for the night cycle, the Tano's sat in Rex's quarters working on reports.
Ahsoka nudged her husband's knee with her own. "This isn't as bad as I expected."
"What? Reports?" Rex snorted
Ahsoka lightly kicked him. "No, this whole married at work thing. All the holo-dramas make it seem so much harder to work together after people get married."
"We were a team before we got married, that won't change now that we are." Rex intertwined their fingers and kissed her hand.
"Married. That's still so weird to hear." Ahsoka laughed as she rested her head on his shoulder.
All was quiet, most of the other soldiers were still in their own bunks sleeping or a few early risers were milling about in the common places. Rex and Ahsoka were asleep in his bunk, his arms wrapped around her to keep her in the bunk. Then the alarms sounded again and the ship shuttered, nearly sending the sleeping couple tumbling to the floor.
"Are you kidding me!" Ahsoka shouted as she dropped from the bunk and pulled on her boots.
"Just another day in the military." Rex grumbled already reaching for his armor.
The two hustled down the halls for another interesting adventure.
AN: I hope you guys liked this little fall break surprise! The change to Ahsoka's outfit is what is suggested for the new Clone Wars episodes, just in case you were wondering.
I wanted you guys to know that I am probably about 5-10 chapters away from finishing this story. I'm running out of ideas to write and I feel like it would be forcing it to continue for much longer. Also college is getting very busy and difficult and when you add a job in there, then my time for writing is very slim. If I get the chance and inspiration strikes at some point, then I might come back and post a chapter here or there. To the people who have generously given me ideas for chapters; don't worry, I have a list and will write those chapters for sure!