Crazy trouble with love part 6
Anakin and Ahsoka
Series: Star Wars
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"Okay Snips, the informant wants this done quickly, apparently he's not the most social of people." Anakin Skywalker said to his padawan as they walked through the slums of Coruscant.
"If he's hanging around this neighborhood, can ya blame him?" remarked Ahsoka.
"No, but it just means we need to be careful not to spook him or we lose our only lead, he said this was big and that we needed to come right away." he remarked while looking around.
Ahsoka looked at his face and noticed how serious it looked and cleared her throat. "Anakin, I know this might not be the best time, but I'm curious."
"What is it?"
"Well, I'm sorry, but earlier in the halls I overheard you and Padme talking, and you sounded upset about something."
"Just a little spat."
"Are you sure? Cause if there's-"
"There, that's where he wants to meet." The Jedi pointed to the upcoming bar. "Try to let me do the talking and don't provoke anyone."
She nodded and gave him a discreet look of confusion as they entered the bar which was like any other bar and filled to the brim with patrons looking for good drinks or just some place to chat with others over probably illegal deals.
"Look around for someone in a ragged hood and cowl." he whispered as they walked in with many giving them the stink eye.
Ahsoka looked across the occupants while trying not to encourage any of them into a fight, otherwise the informant might get scared and run out on them. She spotted a finicky looking figure in a booth that matched the description.
Said figure noticed the padawan moving over to his booth and gulped while his fingers twitched. "It's about time you got here, I was about ready to leave."
"Easy there, no need to make a dash for it." she spoke sitting across from him. "You're the informant?"
"Yeah, I got some news about this guy trying to get the attention of the sith. Real shady character, also… he's unlike any being I ever heard of." he spoke while looking around in fear. "Let's just get this over with so I can leave." he pulled out a device and looked around before he activated it and a holographic image of a bipedal canine with strange body armor was projected.
"Looks like he needs a groomer." she remarked before the hologram went out and she took the device.
"They call him Anubis, the guys got a good head on his shoulders and some assume he might be psychic. He knows too much then he should if you ask me."
"Like what?"
"Like he says one thing happens and it does! And I don't mean small stuff I mean like accidents, when a criminal is gonna die, the list goes on. I expect the usual payment to my private account from your order."
"I'll talk to them and see what I can for this, you can go home now." she put the device away and stood up from the booth.
"Wait! One last thing, there are whispers that he knows the true identity, of Lord Sidious." he whispered the last part with a shaky tone. "That's how he plans to earn the Dark Lord's favor."
"Woah, now this guy sounds like trouble." she frowned hearing that.
"Yes, now if you-" the doors slammed open making the informant scream and duck under the table.
Ahsoka looked and saw a figures walk in wearing a white hooded overcoat and the hood was pulled up, covering the top of their face.
"I hate when people do that!" the informant fumed quietly.
The figure looked around the bar with Anakin noticing them and had a odd feeling about them. From the their frame it was easy to tell it was a male, most likely a teenager.
He looked around before walking in further. "Excuse me, but could someone answer a few questions?" asked the male. "I need to know what planet this is, along with the exact date."
"What are ya, a wise guy?" spoke one of the people at the counter.
"No I just need to gather my bearings." he said.
"Look punk this ain't no playground." spoke another. "So beat it."
The male looked at him before walking up to him. "Okay then." he said before swiftly kicking him in the gut knocking the air out of the larger male. "I hate people with no manners." He sighed
"Hey!" one guy stood up with others as he grabbed his blaster. "Looks like someone's wanting a fight."
"Believe me, you don't want to do that." the young boy said putting his hands in his pockets.
"Oh yeah?" the man held his blaster up before firing at him. Time slowed down as the shot hurdled at the boy.
He pulled a hand from his pocket and redirected the shot harmlessly into into the wall. That made all the patron's eyes widened while he sighed. "Do it again and I'll have to actually fight back." he spoke. "Now, is someone going to answer my question?"
All of them went silent and went back to their own things.
The male sighed while shaking his head and turned before seeing Anakin blocking his way. "Uh, hello?"
"What did you just do?" Anakin asked. "With that blaster shot."
"Survive getting killed?" he stated dryly.
"No, I mean the way you did it. You used the force."
"Yeah, it was. So what?" the boy shrugged.
"The only ones who can use it are Jedi, or Sith." he frowned with a hand on his lightsaber.
Ahsoka grabbed her own saber and advanced.
"Jedi? Sith?...oh boy." the boy said putting a hand on his head. "I think I'm starting to get an idea of where I am."
"Yeah, Coruscant." spoke Ahsoka walking over, blocking him from the door.
He looked back at her huffed and nodded. "Okay that clears things up. later!" he spoke before flipping over the padawan and sprinted for the door.
"Stop him!" called Anakin as they pulled out their lightsabers and sprinted after him. They followed him through the streets as they dodged the pedestrians.
"Stay away!" he called back while ducking and dodging people.
"This guy's got some agility." Anakin said.
"But what how could he not know where he is or what the date was?" asked Ahsoka.
"We'll ask him when we catch him." replied her master before bending his legs and using the force to propel him as he jumped up into the air and landed closer to him before holding his hand out and grabbed him with the force. "Gotcha!" said Anakin pulling him back.
The male growled before holding his hands out, slamming Anakin with the force back. "Don't mess with me!" he yelled putting his hands together and slammed them in Anakin's face.
"AHH!" he stumbled back and held his nose before the teen took off running.
"I'll get him master." Ahsoka said as she ran by Anakin who was holding his busted nose. She held her hand out and moved a vendor's cart in the way making him stop. "Nowhere to run now Sith."
"I'm not a Sith, and you don't know what you're messing with." he stated before turning to her. "I'm something more far more powerful." he spoke before floating off the ground with electricity coursing between his fingers.
Her eyes widened just before he sent it out at her and knocked her back making her crash into a wall. She fell to the ground dizzy with the sounds around her being muffled before blacking out.
"I'm sorry, but I have to go." he said and ran off.
"Ahsoka!"Anakin called and kneeled next to her and put his fingers on her neck waiting for a pulse. "Oh good, she's still alive." he turned and glared where the teen was going. "I'll get you, later." he picked her up and ran off.
Later at the temple Ahsoka regained consciousness with her master at her bedside. "Ugh….master?"
"Well, morning Snips. Welcome back." he smiled in a joking way as Ahsoka carefully sat up. "How you feeling?"
"I… I'm okay." she said staring at her master. "Um, what happened after I blacked out?"
"I had to carry you back to the temple. After you got hit."
"Wait, I remember that guy, he… he hit me with a blast of Force Lightning." she groaned.
"Force Lightning?" he frowned. "Count Dooku has that ability. Which meaning I was right, the punk is a Sith. A very skilled one."
"No, he said that he was something far more powerful." she said. "And from the way he was floating...I think he might have been serious."
"I'm not surprised, if he's anything like Dooku he's full of himself and thinks he's superior to the Jedi."
"Oh! Master, the informant, I have information the other masters must hear at once." Ahsoka spoke getting up from the bed before swaying a little. "Woah, I think my legs are still tingling from that sneak attack."
"Don't worry, I got you." Anakin helped her stand. "Just lean on me and let me know if you need help."
"Y-Yeah, of course." she stuttered a little with a light blush as she let her master help her out of the room.
The masters of the Jedi council were gathered in the meeting room. They were waiting for the update on Anakin and Ahsoka's mission when said jedi and padawan entered the room.
"Skywalker, Tano, report." Master Windu spoke.
"We reached the the informant and were ready to leave without any trouble, but we hit a snag." spoke Anakin. "We encountered a Sith."
"We have news of a new enemy, one who may know who Sith Lord Sidious truly is." Ahsoka added.
The masters looked at one another in a silent conversation.
"This might be our only chance to find out who he is and take him down." spoke Anakin. "If not, more and more Sith could be recruited and who knows what they might try."
"Indeed Skywalker." Yoda spoke. "But find this new Sith and defeat him, you must first do "
"Well that might be hard. The guy knocked me out in one shot" admitted Ahsoka looking away. "But it can't be that hard to find him, dressed as he was he sticks out like a sore thumb."
"Then go out and take as many men as you can to find and capture him." spoke Windu.
Later Ahsoka and Anakin rode in a dropship with Rex and a group of clones. Each one making sure they were fully armed and loaded in the event of a fight.
"Alright troops remember this is a dangerous enemy, watch each others backs, and don't get yourselves killed." Rex spoke as the dropship opened and they looked out for their targets.
"We have ground forces searching the city. We'll find him." Anakin assured.
"We better, I need to give that guy a piece of mind about that dirty move." spoke Ahsoka.
"There!" a clone shouted and pointed down.
They looked to see the guy jumping along the rooftops.
"Perfect, we'll go after him on foot, keep an eye on him from the air." ordered Anakin walking to the edge of the opening and jumped out with Ahsoka behind him.
On the rooftops, the figure spotted the dropship and saw the same Jedi land on the rooftops before chasing after him. "Can't these guys just leave me alone?" he questioned as the two jumped over him and landed on the roof bringing out their lightsabers.
"Running won't work this time." Ahsoka called with her lightsabers at the ready.
"You two are gonna mess things up if you don't stop, and it'll affect everything you love."
"We're not going to step aside just because you threaten us." Anakin spoke.
"Ugh Jedi, to think I too restricted myself to the light." the boy said taking out a lightsaber of his own with a trigger on the side. "How naive I was."
"Get ready Ahsoka."
The boy held up the weapon which produced a white energy blade. "Come at me."
"Okay, White blade, that's new." Ahsoka stated.
"Don't let it distract you." said Anakin before the clones jumped out.
"Clones? Oh great, it really is that time." he muttered looking around. "Well maybe I can bring back some pics of Alderon."
"Give up or we'll use force." ordered Anakin.
"You wanna see force? I'll show you force!" he shouted swiping his saber in a circle and making the wind slam against them. The clones were knocked off their feet while the Jedi remained steadfast.
"Woah! How'd he do that?!" asked Ahsoka as the wind died down.
"I don't know." Anakin replied just as surprised
"Now get away from me." he spoke while lowering his saber. "You can't beat me."
"It doesn't matter how strong you are, you still won't get away." spoke Anakin.
"Ugh, you Jedi are as stubborn as my wife."
'Wait, wife?' thought Ahsoka in confusion before she and Anakin looked at each other.
The teen saw the opening and charged before swinging near their legs before they both blocked it. He then used the force to knock them back before running off again.
"I'm really starting to hate this guy!" Ahsoka growled.
"You took the words out of my mouth."
They watched the teen head for the edge and jump up into the air and actually fly.
"Oh you've gotta be kidding me, the Sith fly now!? When did they learn to do that!?" Ahsoka questioned her master.
"Back to the ship!" ordered Anakin. He helped Ahsoka up as they ran to the dropship while any clones still alright got in before it took off.
"Sir, what's going on? Who is this guy?" questioned the pilot.
"A Sith, but a new kind apparently. Don't lose sight of him and tell the others to try and shoot him down when they get a clear shot."
"Yes sir." the pilot nodded and took off after the teen.
Said teen saw the ships coming at him before he tried flying off farther ahead. "Unbelievable, they just don't know how to take a hint." he saw the ships take aim before he lashed his hand out and fired electricity which hit them.
"This guy's good." said Rex. "For an evil Sith warrior."
"We need a new strategy." spoke Ahsoka
Anakin thought for a moment before it came to him. "Corral him towards the temple, I'll call the masters, be ready."
"Yes sir." the pilot nodded before hitting the com button. "Guys, we're gonna corral this kid to the Jedi temple, don't break formation and keep on his tail."
The boy looked back and saw the ships were still on him. He groaned before shaking his head and pulled out his weapon. "Fine, I'll have to shake them up a little." the weapon opened up and he reconfigured it into a blaster, then turned, and fired multiple shots at them.
"Hey! Ours can't do that." Ahsoka said complacently as the ships took evasive action and swerved to avoid the shots.
"Try to move in and keep him on route." Rex ordered his men. "Weapons to stun only. We wanna bring him in alive boys."
"Yes sir." they said before two ships increased speed tried flying beside the him. The doors on the dropship opened and the clones took aim.
"Just try it!" he challenged firing at them and hitting a few clones before the others fired at him. He tried avoiding their fire and unknowingly flew where they were leading him.
Out on the landing pad was Yoda and the other Jedi Masters who spotted the ships and teen.
"Here we go." said Windu. "Ready… grab him!"
They all held their hands out and focused together as they were several feet away before the teen was held.
"No!" he yelled and tried to break free.
The masters even themselves found themselves struggling a little with their combined might.
"Strong with the force, this one is." Yoda grunted. "Into the temple we must bring him.
"Woah." Ahsoka said watching the spectacle.
"Let go! Let go!"
"Let's give em a hand solders. Fire at will!"
The clones started shooting stun blasts which all hit their mark and made the teen start growing limp. It took more shots then anticipated but the boy soon lost consciousness.
"Finally." sighed in Ahsoka with relief.
"Whew. That's one tough kid." said Rex taking off his helmet.
After landing the clones used their grapple cables to tie him up before they took him inside and made sure to shackle his legs to the floor too in the council room.
Later the boy came to, but said nothing as he faced them.
"So this is the Sith you encountered." Obi-Wan spoke to Anakin and Ahsoka as he looked at the boy.
"I'm not a Sith" spoke the boy. "Now I'm gonna put it this way, the sooner you let me go the sooner everything you know won't disappear."
"A bold threat coming from someone who's bound." stated Kit Fisto.
"It's not a threat, it's a warning." he frowned. "I'm not sith, but I'll say this, what I can use is the force, just don't call me a youngling either. I happen to be an Expert Rank of my group."
"And what group would that be?" Questioned Windu.
"Well seeing as though I have no choice I might as well tell you." He said taking a deep breath. "I am a member of a group known as the the Twilight Organization."
"Never heard of it."
"Well obviously, we're a group that does something Jedi and Sith can't, where as you reserve yourselves to ether the dark or the light we are the ones in the middle and channel both sides."
The council were surprised while Anakin though still looked doubtful as he kept his gaze on him.
"We are the ones who walk twilit road, to defend the Galaxy." he replied. "And it is possible, but only if you open your mind to both sides and can maintain balance to keep both from taking you over."
"How is it we have never heard of such a group?" asked Obi-Wan.
"Because, it won't be founded for another hundred years, give or take."
"Pardon? An explanation, we need." spoke Yoda.
"Okay, but try to keep up." he said taking of his hood revealing his face. He had blonde spiky hair and green eyes. "My name is Rova and I have traveled Five hundred years from the future to save the galaxy."
It all went silent while the Jedi let that sink in before Kit spoke.
"That's quite the tale young one, but that's hard to swallow."
"Which is why I wanted to have as little interaction with your order as possible. Your era doesn't exactly have the best moments in history and I didn't want to screw it up any more than it already is." he remarked while looking at Anakin and quickly looked away with a deeper frown. "Especially considering one of you will be responsible for your orders downfall by betraying you all."
"Now hold on, that's hard to really believe." spoke Plo Koon. "Who among us would betray the order? Every jedi here has a strong belief in what we do, that's why they became jedi or younglings in training."
"But one among you doesn't follow all your teachings. Isn't that right, Anakin Skywalker?"
Said jedi's eyes widened as the council looked at him and he looked at Rova with a frown. "What are you saying?"
Rova took a deep breath. "I shouldn't even be telling you this but with how much hate I have for you I can't stay silent. Your reckless attitude is what's going to lead you straight into darkness and make you slaughter almost everyone here, from the younglings to your own padawan."
"LIAR!" he shouted in anger while making a fist. "I would never betray the council and would NEVER do something like that!"
"Not now, but one day, during the end of this pointless war, before the rise of the Empire."
"Can you prove this?" asked Windu. "Do you have proof that this isn't merely some lie?"
"Only my words. Although if Ximi was here her mouth would be running a thousand miles a minute going over historical facts." he admitted.
"So then all of this could just be fabrication." spoke Windu.
"Perhaps, although...you might be singing a different tune after Skywalker cuts off your right hand, and you're sent plummeting out a window to your death." Rova added.
Windu blinked and glanced down at his hand for a moment and clenched his fist.
"Look the longer we wait here twiddling our thumbs the more Anubis is causing problems"
"Anubis?" asked Ahsoka before taking out the device she got from the informant and projected the small hologram. "Is this him?"
"Yeah, that's him alright. I could never forget that dog face." Rova replied "The Organization's been after him for years."
"I was told he's been able to pull off some stuff like predicting when criminals die, I'm guessing he time traveled from your era right?"
"Yeah, they sent me after him. Obviously he's using knowledge of historical records to build up his reputation. Most of it's actually stuff any normal person could learn in college textbooks."
"Wait, if that were true, then could he pose a threat to the upcoming battles in the war?" asked Kit Fisto.
"If he had the authority from the Sith Lord himself. In my time we call this the Star Wars era." he answered. "If those two meet up your battle plans won't mean anything because your enemies will be five steps ahead of you."
"Can you tell us anything else?" Asked Aayla.
"Might as well. First it starts with the clone wars, where we are now." he started. "In the history books Ahsoka Tano leaves the order just before Anakin joined the dark side and an order was sent that would make all clones turn on the jedi, Order 66. After that the senate is disbanded and the empire takes its place. Fifteen years later there is a rebellion."
"Hold on, how could every clone troop do that? You make it sound like all of them are planning our deaths right now."
"They were made to be soldiers, cloned from a bounty hunter. If they get an order they follow it. Added to the fact they made it look like the Jedi were trying to take over, well that made it easier." he replied. "They'll be used as the empire's new soldiers and Skywalker here is gonna lead them, but as Darth Vader. Red Lightsaber and all. And it is during the rebellion over a decade and a half later that he slays his former padawan in a Sith Temple."
Ahsoka was taken aback by that.
"Stop!" Anakin marched over and grabbed Rova to make him look him in the eye. "That's not true! I would never lay a hand on Ahsoka! I would rather end myself then do that, especially if it meant me causing a massacre!"
"Say what you will, but history doesn't lie, and what are you going to do about it, gut me like you did the younglings?" he asked. "I wouldn't hesitate to kill you, if only to save Alderon from destruction and the millions of people who lost their lives when YOU gave the order!"
"SHUT UP!" he snapped moving his hands towards his neck, but stopped as he noticed the council looking at him with Ahsoka letting out a gasp. He clneched his hands and stood up before leaving the room with his eyes shut.
"Tch. You got the wrong guy you know." Rova said to them. "He's not the chosen one."
"Chosen one?" asked Ahsoka confused. "What chosen one?"
"The one who will bring peace to the galaxy." Rova said. "Didn't they tell you?"
"We didn't tell anyone outside of the council since we weren't quite aware if we were correct or if there was one." spoke Aayla.
"It's actually a funny story, Anakin isn't the chosen one but his son will be."
That really surprised them while Rova chuckled. "Yup, he has a son, he gets with someone and has kids. Twins, a son who will be trained briefly by Obi-Wan and daughter who will take the throne of Alderon and becomes its princess."
"If that's true, then he's broken one of the jedi's rule of maintaining a relationship." frowned Windu.
"A lot of people found it to be a romantic tale." Rova added. "The forbidden loved between a Jedi Knight... and a Senator."
Hearing that instantly made Ahsoka and Obi-Wan's eyes widened in realization. "You don't mean-" the master spoke
"Padme Amidala." Rova cut in with a soft tone.
"A shocking yet not surprising reveal, this is." spoke Yoda.
"I believe I've said enough." stated Rova before tugging on his bindings. "Now release me, I have a warlord to catch."
"You're not going anywhere until the council has reached a decision young man." Windu replied with a stern look.
"And how long's that gonna take? A week? Cause in that time Anubis is gonna mess up so much stuff your whole temple might start crumbling away. If he and Sidious meet its going to be worse than you can ever imagine. There are still darker things I haven't told you about. But for the moment I don't think you would be able to handle it."
"Then you will wait until we've decided in one of the holding cells."
Rova was unchained from the floor and put in a cell where Ahsoka was put in charge of watching him. "Ahsoka Tano...I'm guessing this wouldn't be the best time to ask you for an autograph."
"Not a chance." she said.
"It was worth a shot to ask at least." the boy shrugged. "You were quite the hero in The war against the empire."
"Yeah, that has me curious. I'm not saying I'm completely believing all this, but what did happen to me?"
"Like I said, some time before order 66 you left the Jedi order, but I'm guessing you wanna know why."
"Yeah."
"Then I hope you have a strong resolve." he said grabbing the bars and looked at her. "You were framed for murder, and the order nearly put you to death."
Her eyes looked at him in shock and stepped back. "W-What?"
"Oh yeah, this war. It's wearing down on many people, Especially for someone close to you it's wearing on everyone's tempers, so much so that one will be pushed to the darkside before you leave."
"Wait, are you talking about Anakin?"
"Oh no, he won't kill you for another fifteen or so years remember? I'm talking about someone else. Someone you'd never suspect."
"Who?"
"...Barriss Offee."
"What?" she responded in a small whisper in more shock as her pupils shrink.
"This war pushes her over the edge with time, and frames you for her crime. But she's apprehended and….well you can guess the rest."
"Oh god." she covered her mouth. "But...she's my friend, she couldn't do something like that."
"Yet, eventually she'll come to think the jedi order only understands violence and turns."
Ahsoka looked away and imagined her friend with the aura of a Sith and shook her head. "No, I don't believe that."
"Whatever you say," he said and turned to rest his back on the bars "It's your head not mine, this is all history to me."
"I'm still not sure whether you're desperate to make us believe that, or you're serious."
"Hey I have just as much to lose as the rest of you. Not only could I be wiped out from history being altered, but also my Friends, my home, even my wife." he frowned. "That's why I wanted to be left alone, because I knew no one would ever believe me."
"You mentioned before that you had a wife, but you look younger than me."
"My organization is more liberal than you order." he replied. "We're allowed to wed at a younger age since it's seen as a way for us to see if we can accept responsibility sooner in life and if it works it helps build a strong sense of trust between us. Also it gives us a reason to stay strong. My wife, Ximi, she's a real Star Wars buff. She'd love to meet you." he chuckled.
"Really? Imagining someone a fan of us is hard. Sure people are grateful and cheer us on, but others just avoid us."
"Hero's are remembered but legends never die." he spoke with wisdom before it went silent.
"Mind if I ask you a few more things?" she questioned.
"Go right ahead."
"How is it that you can use darkness and light, what's it like? And how can you fly?"
"Flight is an added ability to embracing both sides, and to do that you need to be exposed to both sides and attempt to contain the balance in you for both of them. You jedi see the universe as black and white, when in truth it's grey. All creatures have as much capacity for good as they do evil, it's all about what you choose to do."
"But how is that possible? I've seen what Count Dooku is like and what the dark side is used for, so how is it possible to even come close to balance?"
"Think about it like this, men need women, but they don't always get along just as darkness needs light, they may be opposing forces, but they need each other. Darkness brings power and light brings focus."
"Huh, I never imagined it like that."
"You have much to learn young padawan." he said with a smirk.
"Ok now you're just imitating Master Yoda." she smiled.
"I could teach Yoda skills he never thought possible. I could teach you as well." he offered holding out a hand. "You could be the first padawan in this timeline to harness light AND darkness. All you need to do is help me."
She looked at him and then at his hand. "Wouldn't that be against your mission of not altering the timeline?"
"The fact that I'm still here most likely means my era still exists, so I've decided to roll the dice and play it by ear." he shrugged. "Besides, if you can get the hang of it, you can even teach Anakin, and that means he'd be more proud of you and a chance of him not getting consumed by the dark side. What will it be? Remain in the blissful ignorance of light, or take flight into the truth?"
"Well….it does sound interesting, but the council still hasn't decided yet."
"Hm." He let out and put his hands in his pocket. "So be it, but if you change your mind all you need do is open this cell door."
She nodded before noticing her master walking over. "Master!" She blurted and cleared her throat. "So, has the council decided yet?" she asked him.
"Yes, and I'm here to bring him there." he said narrowing his eyes at Rova.
"Go ahead chief, I'm not gonna make a prison break. I'm actually enjoying it, I normally get a few vacation days a month, if I'm lucky." he remarked as the cell door opened and Anakin put some cuffs on him before leading him out. "I enjoyed our little talk Ahsoka, but remember, my offer still stands." he whispered with a smile.
She nodded and followed them while looking at the back of Anakin's head and pondered that over. 'Remain in the blissful ignorance of light or take flight in the truth.'
Anakin and Rova walked in silence with the jedi looking at Rova with a frown. "I don't know what you might have said to Ahsoka, but she's not going to fall for any tricks."
"No tricks, just an offering to teach her more than she ever believed possible." he replied in a cool tone as they reached the chambers again and walked to the center. "So you wanted to see me?"
"Yes, after some deliberation, we've decided to let you have a chance to prove your claim. "Spoke Ki-Adi Mundi.
"So you still don't trust me?"
"Let's just say you do hold the truth when it comes to the force, but being from the future is another thing. That's why if you're open to our offer, you can be excused from all charges or suspicions of you being a sith." spoke Windu.
"Hmmmm. Alright, I'll bite. What's the catch?"
"If you can catch this dangerous criminal and find hard evidence of being from the future, then you will be cleared of suspicion."
"Heh, is that all? Why else would I be here other than to catch him. As for evidence I can probably find something on him, but he's a tricky one. It won't be easy, at least...on my own."
"We've already decided to send two jedi on this mission for assistance and to ensure there's no underhanded tactics involved."
"I'm hoping one of them is Miss Tano, I actually enjoyed her company."
"I have to disagree with that." spoke Anakin. "Ahsoka at this time is still my padawan, as such I nominate myself and one other for this mission."
"He can come too if be wants. I don't mind." Rova said to the council. "As long as he doesn't get in my way."
"Now hold up, we haven't decided yet." spoke Kit Fisto. "For me I feel Ahsoka is too young for something like this, and Skywalker might let his emotions get the best of him."
"Not to mention his naivete is borderland hazardous, or do you not recall what happened at Balmorra run? That made it in the text books too."
"Now hold on, while I do admit he is reckless on occasion, he does manage to come out on top and with minimal casualties, that and I believe this mission would help strengthen Ahsoka. I nominate Anakin and his padawan for this mission." spoke Plo Koon.
"As do I." said Obi-Wan.
Slowly the members gave their opinions, but in the end it was decided Anakin and Ahsoka as the choices.
"Great, now could somebody please get these chains off me! For someone of my status this is very humiliating."
"They will be taken off after you three have taken a ship off the planet with a few ships."
"We can take mine." Rova said.
"Alright, but you'll have a squadron of clones nearby to-"
"I get it, make sure I'm not gonna bolt or blow myself up." he cut off.
"Alright, where's your ship?" Asked Anakin.
"In my back pocket."
"Do you think this is a joke?" asked Anakin while the other matters looked unamused.
"No for real, it's in pocket." he glanced down. "I can show you when we leave, cause there's not much room in here."
"See this for myself, I must do." said Yoda climbing out of his seat with the other masters who gathered a team in the hanger and prepped for launch.
A row of clones were ready to fire in case he ran off as his shackles were removed.
"Okay kid, lets see you pull a ship out of your pocket." said Anakin with a smug grin.
"Ok, but don't say I didn't warn you." he said taking a round device out of his pocket and pressed a button on it before tossing it and in a small explosion a ship appeared. "Ta da."
Everyone was stunned by what just happened as the looked at the shiny chrome plated ship shaped like an arrowhead.
"Woah!" Ahsoka said in awe.
Anakin stood in disbelief. "You gotta be kidding me."
"Hey Skywalker, you want a spoon or a fork?"
"For what?"
"To eat your words!" Rova laughed so hard he had to hold his sides.
Anakin frowned while noticing Ahsoka snickering and crossed his arms. "Thanks for the support Snips."
"Hahaha, sorry Anakin, but you did walk right into that one." Said Obi-Wan. "Quite a convenient way to hold a ship I must admit."
"I know right? But I couldn't leave without someone noticing me and reporting it." he replied before pushing a button on his lightsaber and the ramp came down. "So ready to go?"
"I am, what about you master?" asked Ahsoka.
"Yeah i'm ready." he groaned and boarded the ship. "What kind of ship is this?"
"Silver Sparrow Mark 5." rova replied before they enter the control room which was surprisingly empty.
"Where are the seats?" asked Ahsoka before the boy plugged his weapon in the control console before three padded chairs came up from the floor one in front and two behind it. "Woah, nevermind." she said before taking a seat. "Wow comfy."
"Blame my wife, she splurged our money on the extra soft seats. She may get my goat at times but I love that girl. You know what I'm talking about right Anakin?" the boy asked. "You being with Padme and all."
He frowned and looked away. "I don't wanna get into it, and you had no right to tell the council."
"Last I checked I was a prisoner so yeah I think I had the right." he remarked as he began to start the ship up. "Everybody ready?" Rova asked over the radio.
"Yeah." spoke Ahsoka.
"Okay so if i know my history there's only one slimy scumbag who might know where Anubis is, Jabba the Hutt, right?"
"He'd know about Anubis without meeting him." spoke Anakin. "He'll tell us."
"Great, good thing Ximi always makes us play Star Wars trivia on game night." he chuckled while hitting in the buttons for the coordinates.
The ship took off and headed for Tatooine. Anakin and Ahsoka held on from the sudden force while Rova was unaffected. "Oh did I forget to mention my ship has a little kick in it? Sorry about that."
'Now he tells us!'
After arriving on the desert planet Rova took a look around. "Huh. So this is Tatooine in the Star Wars era."
Ahsoka and Anakin groaned from the trip and tried standing up, but when they did they wobbled and leaned against each other for balance.
"The Tatooine in my time is a lot more...green."
"That's surprising." spoke Ahsoka before she slowly noticed her and Anakin's position. "Oh!" She jumped back and he nearly fell. "Oop, sorry!"
"It's fine." he remarked while taking a sec to stand on his own. "Come on, let's get out."
They left the ship before Rova took a whiff of the air.
"Well the jungles are gone but the heat's still here, only it's more of a dry heat." the boy commented.
"To me it's always been like this, endless sand with harsh heat. Full of dangerous things that can eat you if you're not careful, and scum that have no morals." muttered Anakin with a scowl which Ahsoka heard.
"Just wait until they dig deep enough and hit the steam veins then the subterranean sea." continued Rova before noticing Anakin's expression. "Right I almost forgot, this was your home, where you lived the life of a slave in your childhood."
Ahsoka's eyes widened before Anakin looked at him with a cold and harsh expression before marching over and dragged Rova away from his padawan. "Master?"
"Hey! easy on the coat."
"Let me make this clear cause I'm saying it once." he spoke. "Not another word, understand? That part of my life is over and it isn't going to help us, so not one more word in front of Ahsoka, got it?"
"...Wow….okay, but on one condition, let me punch you." he spoke with a frown. "I want to do something I never could before, and it'll help me vent just a bit."
"...ugh, fine, just get it-OOF!" Anakin cried as he was punched in the stomach, hard.
"Anakin!" spoke Ahsoka moving over while Anakin held his stomach and coughed. "Did you really have to hit him that hard?"
"Considering all I know, all the lives that suffered by his hand, I REALLY needed to do that." he replied while smiling and sighing. "It did help, a lot. Very therapeutic actually. Alright, walk it off and let's go see Jabba."
He took a moment to catch his breath while Ahsoka patted his back and he nodded.
"Are you gonna be okay?" Asked the Togruta to her master.
"Yeah, just didn't brace for it." he replied.
They walked through town with Rova ahead of them.
"Ugh, I can just feel the overflow of negative energy in this place." the boy sneered.
"As long as they can hide out and do whatever they want no one says a thing."
"Rova can you tell us how you were able to shoot lightning like you did in our fights if you're not with the sith?" asked Ahsoka.
"The force binds all things, even the elements. Each one has their own method of controlling them."
"So even me and Anakin could do something like that?"
"With practise, yes. You simply need to understand the elements. Water is one of the easiest, it moves complacently in whatever path it is given you can even pull it from the very air and plant or freeze it into Ice by absorbing the heat from it."
"How long would it take?" asked Anakin.
"Heh heh. Patience young padawan." he said with a grin at the master. "When you feel the Entirety of the force flow through you as it does me you will be able to open doors you didn't even know existed."
He rolled his eyes while Ahsoka walked over and put a hand on his shoulder.
"It'll be alright master, this just means we can get farther than what we thought was possible."
"Yes, my master always told me that what's possible is limited by what we believe is possible." Rova Spoke. "He was blind but could navigate new terrain like he could actually see it, or he will. Honestly this time travel stuff still confuses me." he finished and scratched his head in confusion as they walked by a bar.
"Uh, hey master, how about we grab a quick drink? It's a little hot out here." suggested Ahsoka to Anakin.
"There's no time," Rova spoke. "We need to find Anubis."
"Yeah but we'll never find him if we die of thirst." she shrugged before noticing Rova look into her eyes before he let out a sigh.
"Alright, but don't take to long." he replied leaning against the wall. "I'll stay out here and wait."
The jedi went inside and when they were out of sight Rova smiled.
'Good luck Ahsoka.'
They went to a booth and sat down before Anakin rubbed his temples
"How you holding up Skyguy?"
"Like I just wanna drink this day away and forget about that guy."
"I get why you would think that, but the power he wields...its tremendous."
"I just don't like the fact that I can't sense anything him, it's creepy. Like he's not even there, just a hole in force."
"Well after we find this Anubis guy maybe we can get started on learning how he does that stuff. Imagine giving Count Dooku a taste of his own lightning. and flying, that would definitely be a game changer in the war."
"Maybe, but let's just get our drinks."
"Yeah, right." she nodded. A waiter walked over and said something in his native dialect which sounded like gibberish. "We'll take two specials."
The waiter nodded.
"I just hope I don't take it too hard, I don't really drink that much." remarked Anakin.
"Not even when you lived here?" she asked letting curiosity get the best of her.
He looked at the table and shook his head. "My mother never wanted me to come in here, especially since I was younger than you. I was only a child when I met Obi-Wan and Master Qui Gon Jinn."
"You mean, when you were...you know?" she asked carefully.
"A slave? Yeah, bet it would make a great movie. The boy who was born into slavery and became a Jedi." he remarked sarcastically. "Audiences would eat it up, but they'd never wanna know what it was like, it was something I've dealt with since I came into this world. And when i came back to find my mother only to learn she had been captured by those damn Sand people I went to save her."
Ahsoka saw Anakin grip his hands and scowl while getting nervous. "It's alright if you don't wanna say master." she spoke softly and put a hand on his.
He shut his eyes. "Ahsoka, if I tell you this, don't tell anyone else, alright? I've never told a soul about what happened."
"I promise. I mean, how bad could it be?"
"When I went to their camp, I found her barely alive, I was with her for she ended up dying in my arms." he said with a small crack in his voice.
Ahsoka's jaw dropped. 'Idiot! Why did I have to say it like that?!'
"And….in a moment of weakness….I slaughtered them." he got out just as the server came back and set their drinks down before walking off. "The entire camp was felled by my hand."
Ahsoka saw him start chugging his glass down with a sigh while she slapped herself in the head. 'I can't believe I had to open my big mouth like that!'
"At first I didn't feel guilty about it but later…" he muttered while wiping a small tear away. "I lashed out without caring, all I wanted to do was make them feel like I felt."
"Master…" she saw him guzzle his drink down more while she saw him shaking and seemed close to crying.
"I just... lost it."
She moved closer and patted his back while he buried his face in his arm and started sniffling. "It's okay, you did the best you could."
"Maybe he's right…..I am gonna become a monster….you might as well just end me now and get it over with."
"Don't talk like that, we don't know what's gonna happen now. For all we know time might already be changing for the better since we know what should happen."
"I can already feel it, I'm a disgrace to jedi everywhere." he muttered finishing his glass. "Maybe I can wander in the desert and get lost, save you the trouble."
"For god sakes," said Rova in the booth next to theirs making them jump. "Suck it up dude."
"What the-when did you get here?" asked Ahsoka in surprise.
"Eh...right about to when Skywalker was bawling about his mommy."
"Are you trying to piss me off?" Anakin said through his teeth.
"Actually, yes I am." Rova said. "And don't worry about making a scene I took care of that." he pointed out to the bar and saw every one looked to be frozen.
"What the….I'm not gonna ask, just buzz off." frowned Ahsoka.
"Hey I'm just trying to help." the boy said standing from the booth. "Look Skywalker I won't argue that you're a lousy Jedi,"
"Not helping!" Ahsoka blurted.
"But by the Twilight Organizations standards, you're just a little rough around the edges. You think we haven't killed a few people?" he stretched out. "It's happened so much it's close to being normal."
"What?" the two blinked.
"The ones you killed were bandits. No family, no friends. They just did whatever they damn well pleased, no matter who they hurt in the process. You did the universe a favor. I wouldn't blame you if you did it again and again, within reason of course. And you lost your cool for a moment big deal. Everyone does that's no reason to get suicidal. Think about all the people who will be hurt by your choice; Padme, Rex, Obi-Wan, and what about Ahsoka? How do you think she would feel?"
He looked away from him and sat there in silence while Ahsoka took a small sip from her glass and grimaced.
"Consider how others would feel before you make another stupid decision." the boy spoke then walked off and with a wave of his hand unfroze everyone.
"Uh, master… he's right." She said before he looked at her with bewilderment. "You can't just make a decision like killing yourself and not expect us to go on like it no big deal. We care about you, I care about you."
"But, you heard what I said, what I've done."
"And I get why you'd be upset, but don't think no one else wouldn't do the same if they found you dead like that." she said. "If it were me... I would have probably done the same."
He looked at her before nodding and held her hand back. "Thanks Ahsoka, thanks for listening. It actually felt pretty good talking about it with someone. Like a huge weights been lifted off my shoulders."
"From now on, no more secrets between us, okay?" She asked him.
"You got it snips." he nodded. "But that means you have to tell me a secret of yours."
"Fair enough, okay don't laugh but...when I was little…. I wanted to fly, like fly fly and not fly with a ship."
"You mean exactly how Rova could?"
She nodded. "I dreamed of looking down on the world as I touched the clouds and traveled my home planet from above. That's why his offer to teach me is so tempting."
"Tell you what, when we're done, we can try to do that together, that way we can help each other out if the other has some difficulty, alright?"
"You got yourself a deal." she smiled while feeling herself jumping for joy.
They paid for their drinks and walked out, and after meeting with Rova they made their way to their destination, Jabba's Palace.
"You guys have trouble with the Hutt's in your time?" asked Anakin.
"Actually the Hutt race went extinct centuries before I were born." Rova informed. "It drastically reduced the crime rate for a century."
"Maybe we should speed it up." remarked Ahsoka as a joke before Anakin gave a hard knock on the doors. A few moments later a scope came out and zoomed in on them. "We've come to speak with Jabba."
It looked over each of their faces before sliding back inside as the door started sliding open.
"Okay now let us do the talking." Anakin instructed the teen as the strolled into the palace. "Meaning don't say anything about the future, at all."
"Can do." When the teen saw the inside of the palace it was exactly how history had described it, like a constant frat party. "Ugh, you can just smell the testosterone in here."
"What did you expect it to be like? Flowers?" questioned Ahsoka before they stopped at a platform where Jabba lay with Bib Fortuna on one side, his pet lizard monkey near his tail, a Twi'lek slave in front of him, and his translator droid on the other side. "Now keep quiet."
Jabba looked at them and narrowed his eyes.
"Mighty Jabba, we have come to your home to ask you for info regarding a dangerous criminal." spoke Anakin. "His name is Anubis, any information you can provide will be helpful."
Jabba spoke in his native tongue before the droid translated.
[The Mighty Jabba apologizes, he has no knowledge of the one you speak of]
"Well we have a picture of him which might help." spoke Ahsoka pulling the device out and projected the image.
After looking at the hologram Jabba shook his head.
[The Mighty Jabba has never seen this man before.] Said the Droid.
Jabba made several gestures with the droid nodding.
[The Mighty Jabba however is curious. To what degree of danger is this man?]
"He's a warlord." Rova spoke. "He's not only cowardly, but he'll stab anyone he makes a deal with in the back. He's done everything from stealing food from children to regicide. And I think you DO know where he is."
Jabba frowned hearing that while speaking again.
[The Mighty Jabba is insulted you would claim that without proof. Just who are you?]
"Never you mind who I am, Blubber the Butt."
This got a snicker from a handful of people, including Bib and the slave girl.
Jabba growled before giving an order and several of his guards walked over.
"So, this is how you wanna play? That's fine, just give me a few seconds." the blonde smirked and looked at them. He held up his hands at the guards before their bodies jerked and move against their will, their weapons fell from their hands and they were forced to their knees with their heads lowered.
Jabba and everyone else was stunned.
The first to speak was Ahsoka. "How did you-"
"I manipulated the blood in their bodies." Rova replied putting his hands in his pockets before turning to Jabba. "Now listen here, I could have easily had them aim their weapons at you and end you right here, right now. However, it would go against our organization's code of honor. So are you gonna tell us what we want, or am I gonna have to get rough?" he said while stepping closer.
Jabba smirked and let out a chuckle before waving to her.
[The Mighty Jabba says, good bye.] Spoke the Droid before Jabba hit a button near him opening a trapdoor under the boy.
"Gah!" cried out Rova as he went down and hit the ground. "Did you just drop me in a Rancor pit!?" he yelled before a large door on the other end of the pit opened up. He just chuckled and made a waving gestures with a smirk as the creature came out. "Alright big boy, you wanna play?"
It let out a cry and charged as Rova stood his ground. Just as the reptilian beast came close the boy held out his hands and emitted an intense dark pressure that made it freeze.
"Fear me."
It backed up while Rova slowly walked towards it, only making it run back into the cave.
Rova pulled out his lightsaber, reconfigured it to its blaster form and shot at the gate controls making the gate drop shut. He sighed on relief as he holstered his weapon and looked up at the trapdoor and scowled. "Oh Jabba!" he called in a sing song tone and cracked his knuckles. "Your pet ain't gonna be eating me today!" he yelled and stomped over and launched himself out of the pit and glared at the Hutt.
"You made him mad." chuckled Ahsoka while she and Anakin held their lightsabers up.
"I got this guys." Rova assured before lifting a panicking Jabba off his seat before slamming him into floor. "Tell me where Anubis is."
Jabba babbled and shook his head.
[The mighty Jabba swears he does not know anything.]
"Still wanna play dumb huh? Fine." Rova lifted Jabba off the ground and began using him as a wrecking ball to trash the palace even dragged Jabba's face against the wall before dropping him. "You wanna tell me what we wanna know now?"
His eyes widened while feeling fear and spoke again.
[The mighty Jabba says he will tell all that you want to know.]
"Then talk fish bait." he growled reeling his fist back.
Jabba spoke with on hand covering his face and the other holding out a data card.
[Anubis came asking to transport a very large container, however the crew never returned. It was sent to the coordinates on that card, Jabba swears that is all he knows.]
"Thank you." he smiled taking it and levitated back to the ground. "We'll lead ourselves out. Oh and by the way if you wanna live longer, I advise you stop with the rest criminal life, you're a father, start acting like one and spend some time with your kid."
He stared at him as the three turned and headed out.
"Okay that was incredible!" Ahsoka cheered after they were outside and giggled like school girl.
"I have to admit, I agree." spoke Anakin.
"For chumps like that guy, when diplomacy fails a good ass kicking gets the job done."
"Your organization is surprisingly more lenient. If Obi-Wan was here he'd pitch a fit about doing something like that." Chuckled Anakin.
"You must really look up to him." Said Rova.
"Of course, he's been my master for years. I guess in away he's kind like the father I never had."
"Yeah well my history says otherwise." he looked away. "He didn't hold back when...you know."
"When I turned?"
He nodded.
"Rova... tell me what happens."
"Do you want the short version to when it happens?"
"Whichever you feel is necessary."
"After you fell you met with Padme on Mustafar, supposedly killed her while she was pregnant with your kids, Luke and Leia, and then fought Obi-Wan who cut of your legs while you were in mid jump until the heat burned you to a near crisp which scarred your body severely, he left you for dead."
"Oh god." Anakin breathed.
"For the rest of your days you've have machines hooked up to you just to live and breathe properly before your own son ended you, you found your way back to the light but by then you already screwed up a lot."
"I feel like I'm gonna be sick."
"Yeah. You were one messed up dude. I mean blowing up the planet your daughter was leader of right in front of her, cutting off your son's hand, and killing Obi-Wan."
"Ok, we get it." spoke Ahsoka while Anakin covered his mouth.
"Eh sorry." he shrugged while they made their way back to the ship. "You need a moment to let it sink in before we take off?"
"No, no the sooner we find Anubis the better." he spoke rubbing his throat. "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."
"Alright, Ahsoka if he gets sick help him out." spoke Rova before starting the ship up.
"No need to tell me twice." she replied while patting her master's back as they held onto the seats. "But I get the feeling there's still more you're not telling us."
"More than you know." Rova frowned.
It took some time but the ship began to slowly reach the coordinates. "Well we're here."
"Here? Where?" asked Anakin not seeing any planets around.
"There's nothing here." Added Ahsoka. "Just that moon."
Rova's eyes widened as his head turned. "Oh crap, that's no moon. We gotta get out of here, now!" he Panicked and started turning the ship.
"Why? What's going on?" Anakin said wondering what the normally calm boy was afraid of.
"It's a Death Star! The empire's most powerful weapon, the planet destroying space station!" he spoke before the ship stopped with a shake. "Shit! They got us in the tractor beam."
"Can you call for backup?"
"I can try." Rova turned on the radio but only got static. "Dammit, they're jamming all outside frequencies."
"We're stuck then." frowned Anakin as the ship slowly got pulled back towards the Death Star's hangar where a platoon of Droids armed with blasters marched up.
"Battle Droids? Phew, and here I was worried about killing Stormtroopers."
"Storm-what?"Ahsoka questioned.
"Not now." Rova said taking his weapon from the controls.
"Come out with your hands up." Ordered the lead Droid.
"Show time master." Ahsoka spoke. All three of them got headed down to the door and opened it before getting off and held their hands up.
"Jedi? Oh boy, the commander isn't gonna like this." A Droid spoke.
"Fire!" ordered another before all of them began opening fire.
Rova and Anakin deflected the blaster fire away while Ahsoka took the chance to pick up a large container near the side and hurled it at the droids.
They scrambled as it crushed several of them while Anakin and Rova ran over and began slicing them down one by one.
"Not bad." remarked Rova.
"Thanks, good work there Snips." smiled Anakin to his padawan as they headed to a door. He got it open as they made their trek down the hall and he looked around the walls. "So this is what it's like inside."
"It's amazing they built it so fast." Ahsoka commented.
"Obviously they used tech from my time to speed up the process, and not just any tech. This here is the tech my father-in-law made."
"Your father-in-law?"
"Yeah, he's the head scientist at the organization, but let's just say he's not really the father of the year with his daughter. His specialty is quantum mechanics."
"Meaning what exactly?"
"A large space in a confined space. Like how I can carry my ship in my pocket."
"Wow, that sounds complicated." ana kin said
"Very much so." he nodded before looking around the corner. He spotted a few droids and made the others stop before holding his hand out. He shocked them with a blast of force lightning that fried their circuits. "I don't think I need to tell you what Kyber Crystals are, right?"
"We already know they're what we use for our lightsabers." Ahsoka said.
"It's also what they use in the planet destroying superlaser on this thing. Its powered by hypermatter reactor and focused through the Crystal."
"Hold up, but wouldn't that take a lot of crystals? Or do they just use one big one?" questioned Ahsoka.
"Big one, really REALLY big." the boy said holding his hands apart for emphasis.
"My guess is, that's what they had Jabba transport for them. If we can get to it and destroy it we can relax since it won't be able to destroy any planets."
"No! We need to find Sidious." Anakin spoke with determination. "We find him, we take down the Sith."
"Is this about stopping the Sith or stopping you from becoming Darth Vader?" Rova questioned.
He looked at him in the eye and frowned. "What do you think?"
Rova sighed and stepped up to him. "Look Anak-" he stopped talking as his eyes widened and adopted a thousand yard stare. "Somethings here."
"What is it?" Ahsoka asked.
"Something...dark." he said looking around the hall. "It's...calling to me. This is something I never sensed before. I'll go find it, you two go to the hypermatter reactor and set it to gradually overload." he said before pulling out his sword and cut open an air vent. "I'll go find it."
"Wait, maybe Ahsoka should go with." suggested Anakin.
"I'm not sure, this isn't for the feint of heart. Whatever this is it's clearly a deep seated source of negative energy. Are you sure you can handle that Ahsoka?"
"Considering all the stuff you've told us about the future, yes."
"Okay. Anakin, get to that reactor, don't worry about the sith lord." spoke Rova. "If we can take this place down before him then it'll save a lot more lives and be easier, got that?"
He nodded before the two hurried down the vent.
"How do you know about the hypermatter reactor?" asked ahsoka
"When your wife is fanatic of Star Wars history you pick up on a few facts. She hated that Anakin turned on the Jedi Order and threw darts at a picture of Darth Vader stuck to a dartboard. She normally aims for the groin."
"Could have gone my whole life without hearing that."
"You know she'd actually be really stoked to be working with you, Ahsoka."
"Well thanks, I gotta say it's nice to know our stories go on into the future. So I actually managed to stay in the light during that dark future?"
"Yeah, Barriss made a real mess of things, but you and Ventress seemed to be on good terms when you teamed up with her."
"Wait, So my enemy becomes my friend and friend becomes my enemy? When exactly does my life turn into, a cheesy soap opera?"
"If the war drags on, sooner than you think." Rova remarked. The more they went the more the feeling grew before reaching an end."
Eventually they saw red glow shining in from a nearby grate.
Rova peered through and gasped. "No. Way."
"What is it? What do you see?"
In the room sitting on a pedestal was a four sided triangular object with a red glow.
"I don't believe it. The Sith Holocron." he took his sword and tried cutting open the grate. It fell while she and Ahsoka climbed down.
"So wait, this hold records for all the known sith?"
"Oh they can do so much more than keep records. I never thought I'd see a real Holocron in my entire life, the last of the known ones were destroyed during the time of the rebellion when Maul and Ezra combined this one and the Jedi Holocrons to get answers they both wanted."
"Maul and who?"
"Not important. He won't even born until the empire takes control."
"You mean IF they do." remarked Ahsoka. "It's literally impossible for the empire to come to be now that we know all this stuff. Let's see Padme swipe a Holocron from under the Sith's nose." She said with a hint of malice as the Holocron's glow grew in intensity. "I can't wait to rub this in her snobby, tight assed senator face!"
"Woah there, try and stay focused on what's happening right now."
Ahsoka blinked and looked at the holocron glowing and took a deep breath before it went down. "Sorry, got a little wound up, but let's just try and meet back up with my master before we get found out."
"Yeah, but maybe I should hold that. I have more experience with the dark side, and you obviously have some unexpressed emotions you've been keeping bottled up, which in my experience isn't healthy."
"I'm alright." spoke Ahsoka while handing him the holocron. "Really, it was just a spur of the moment thing."
"Not really, the Holocron brings out the darkness in you. When emotions go unexpressed they can turn to bile. Most of the masters have buried their emotions so deep it's hardened their hearts. I believe you've noticed they can be a little...insensitive at times."
"Look, can we just get going?"
"Right, back in the vent."
The two headed back in while a small camera zoomed in on them from the corner.
"The Intruders have taken the Holocron." A tactical droid spoke to a hooded man on a throne like chair.
"Don't let them get away with it."
"Yes Lord Sidious." The drone said and was about to leave.
"Hold on."
"What is it sir?"
Anubis walked up with a grin. "I have a better idea."
Meanwhile with Anakin.
"Woah." Anakin let out looking at the massive Kyber Crystal. "The kid wasn't kidding. That is a big crystal." he moved over the controls and rubbed his chin. 'If this thing can destroy a planet then if I'm not careful this place might blow up too fast and we can't get out. I need to try and see if I can prolong it a little.' he thought and began messing with the controls. 'With any luck this will change the future for the better.'
That's when the doors opened and two MagnaGuards entered with electric staffs making him stop typing. "Damn." he pulled his lightsaber out as they moved closer and started swinging at him before he started blocking them and had to move back. "Should have known it was too easy."
One of them jabbed the staff at his head, but he ducked and rolled away from the second one before slicing one of their legs off as it fell off balance. "Gotta deal with these guys and hurry it up."
He flipped over one of them and cut the other one's head off before lunging and stabbed the other one in the chest just as it raised it's staff. But just as he was about to deactivate his weapon more of them walked in. "Just perfect. With my luck there are probably a hundred of these things." he lunged and started fighting them.
Eventually their numbers became too much for him to handle and one managed to hit his shoulder.
He hissed from the shock while the others took the chance to hit his stomach, leg, and other arm. Anakin let out a shout of pain with all the electricity coursing through him until he eventually lost consciousness.
Anubis laughed while walking through the crowd of droids. "One down, two to go." he spoke before pulling out a comlink. "Patch me into the PA system."
"Roger roger." a droid in the control room spoke.
"Hello, Rova ? Can you and your little friend hear me in those vents you're crawling through like swamp rats?"
Rova and Ahsoka stopped as they heard the voice echo.
"Is that-"
"Anubis!" snarled Rova cutting off Ahsoka.
"If so, then listen closely. I have your husband and Tano's boy toy here and unable to move."
Ahsoka blushed and let her jaw go slack. "What! He's not…. I mean…. We're just…. It was never like…. we never…. Ugh someone kill me."
"If you don't give up and return the holocron, I will execute him and ensure you both can hear his cries one last time.
"Gutless coward." Rova spoke through his teeth.
"Simply exit the vents and find the nearest battle droid to escort you. Don't be late, for his sake."
"Great, figures." sighed Ahsoka as Rova crawled near the end and pushed the grate open. "Why can't anything ever go according to plan?"
"Well your master does like to do his own thing." he remarked as they climbed out just as a battle droid noticed them and held it's blaster up.
"Halt! By order of general Anubis I have been ordered to escort you to the command room. Surrender your weapons and comply."
"Yeah yeah, just lead the way clanker." Ahsoka stated before they handed it their weapons.
"Roger roger." it remarked before it began walking down the hall as they followed.
They traveled through the station before arriving at the command room. Anubis was standing beside a hooded figure in a chair.
"Sidious." Rova muttered quietly as they walked in.
"That's the Sith lord? I was expecting someone more impressive." whispered Ahsoka.
"Don't underestimate him. Stay on your toes."
"Welcome." spoke the Sith lord. "It is good to see guests so soon, especially since you get to meet my new ally, who provided the schematics and the materials for this magnificent marvel of engineering."
"Where's Anakin?" frowned Ahsoka getting to the point.
Anubis pointed to the side where the man was being held at blaster point. "I'll have him executed right now, unless you listen and don't try using the force."
The two frowned but complied as two droids walk up with handcuffs and snapped them on their wrists.
"You really went all out Anubis, the Death Star and the Sith Holocron." stated Rova. "Such a good dog. What's next, you gonna fetch his slippers and the morning paper?" he finished with a smirk.
Anubis growled then walked over before wrapping his hand around the boy's neck and slowly applying pressure. "I'm getting sick of your stupid dog jokes. I told you, I. am. dog-like!"
"Anubis, let him go." Sidious ordered.
He looked at the sith lord and glared at Rova before letting go and the boy in took air before chuckling.
"Did Sidious put you through obedience school, if so I see it payed off."
"I will enjoy ripping your throat out next time," Anubis growled before taking the holocron from rova's coat. "but for now droids escort these two to a cell and lock them in, with the Sith Holocron."
"Roger roger."
"What are you planning Anubis?" Sidious questioned.
"Quite simple lord Sidious-"
"Hey, why not drop the the 'Lord Sidious' act and use your real name, Chancellor Palpatine." announced the white garbed force wielder.
The robed figure smirked and let out a dark laugh before pulling his hood down.
The Jedi Knight and Padawan felt their whole worldview shatter in an instant upon seen the elder man's face.
"Impressive young man, I had no idea there was someone who could see through my disguise, or even think for a moment who my true self was. Tell me, how did you know?"
"Same as him." he said pointing to Anubis. "Through history text books. We're time travelers. After the final days of the war you stopped using the name Sidious and became Emperor Palpatine."
"Time traveler's?" Palpatine turned to Anubis with a frown. "You failed to mention that to me, Anubis."
"Did he also fail to mention that the technology used to accelerate the construction process of your precious Death Star was created by my father-in-law, or that he's a warlord from my time?"
"I was going to explain after it was completed." he tried explaining. "Once it was then I knew you'd be thrilled to hear all the loses in the future to better prepare for your plans."
"You mean the galactic chess game you call the War?" Rova questioned and looked up at Palpatine. "I know what it's all about, this whole pointless war is just the means to an end. Neither side was ever meant to win. Its sole purpose is just so you can take over the galaxy and rule it as an empire."
Ahsoka and Anakin's eyes widened while Sidious chuckled and stood up. "So you are indeed a time traveler. How delightfully interesting."
"This whole time you made a war to destroy everyone and then planned to move in while ruling it, and to do that you had to make sure you had influence on both sides, one for your true half, and the other half of someone to inspire the republic to win, someone the people could trust and would willingly lay their lives on the hand for never giving two shits who died so long as you got what you wanted.
"Come now my boy, you make me out to be a monster." he smirked. "I'm merely helping the universe obtain true peace, under my rule. If so many lives must be lost for everyone to be free of hate and anger, then what's the harm?"
Anakin's blood boiled as he attempted to break free of his captors. "YOU SON OF A BI-AHHHH!" he cried out getting shocked by the MagnaGuards.
"Master!" spoke Ahsoka in concern.
"Don't be like that Anakin, you were honestly the one jedi who I had a feeling could understand. Reckless, quick to emotions, and caring about those close. Once my plan is completed they are free from any danger, and if you're keen on the idea, you can become my right hand man instead of Count Dooku."
"You've been planning to turn him since he was assumed to be the chosen one. You wanted him on your side since the beginning. I even know what you would have done to him after his injuries on Mustafar." Rova admitted.
"Oh? And what's that?"
"After you turned him he and Obi-wan fought on Mustafar where he was crippled, losing his three remaining limbs. and severely burned. When you found him in his injured state you contemplated if he was even worth saving. You even briefly entertained the thought of leaving him to die on the volcanic shore."
Hearing that made anakin and Ahsoka scowl while Palpatine chuckled.
"I admit, that would sound something I would do."
"That wasn't even the worst of it. You put him in a tight suit that he needed to wear in order to breath properly. You put a number of hindrances in the suit to keep him limited in his abilities. Making it out of a material that was weak against force lightning so you could end him on a whim if you had to. The whole thing was meant to be as much a torture device as it was armor, as a long lasting and agonizing punishment after being utterly defeated on Mustafar."
"Hmmm, I do believe that would be the perfect design, and I have pondered on something similar to it. But hearing it shows that it worked perfectly."
"Not exactly, despite it making sleep impossible, the difficulty to maneuver properly, and the extra weight the suit fueled him and his power. The dark side thrives in agony and rage which it made him even more powerful as he turned his flaws into assets. For example the heavy suit made him even stronger the more he moved with it. My organization has a similar training method. In limited sparring sessions he absorbed as much knowledge from you as he could, and no matter what obstacle or task you gave him he came out victorious with his mastery of the dark side and the lightsaber becoming more magnificent and terrifying then ever thought possible. That alone even scared you."
"But you forget, time has changed. With a weapon like this and news from the future, I can change it to whatever I choose now. But since all this is out in the open, Skywalker is useless to me, execute them."
"My lord if I may make a suggestion." Anubis said and whispered in Palpatine's ear.
"Hmm….I see….yes, I think that's an excellent idea. Lock them all in a cell with the holocron, except for the one in white. I wish to speak with him."
"Roger roger." the droid said as Ahsoka and Anakin were lead away.
"Anubis, I believe some answers are long overdue, you clearly know this young man, so tell me who he is and why I cannot sense his presence in the force."
"His name is Rova and he is from the Twilight Organization, powerful Force Wielders. Only unlike the Jedi Order their rules are slightly different. You your yourself could learn a few things from him."
"What could I need to learn from a child such as him?"
"His group is neither dark nor light but in the middle. Because of this they have mastered abilities you have not. It all revolves around a foolish sense of balance."
"Bah, relying on the white side brings only weakness."
"I thought so too in my youth, but after a number of defeats at their hands I have grown wiser and learned to think otherwise. They use the light to focus the power darkness provides. Some dribble about 'righteous fury'."
"Even more ridiculous."
"You think so? Let me out of these cuffs and I'll show you what I can do you wrinkly old sack of crap." the boy egged on. "Or do you gotta hit the can with your adult diapers."
"Well you certainly have a foul mouth boy." Palpatine glared.
"Wow the fact you heard all that shows you haven't gone deaf, yet."
"Enough, you will be silent." the sith lord spoke before sending out bolts of force lightning.
"AHHHH!" the boy yelled out with a look of pain that pleased the Dark Lord before suddenly smirking. "Psyche." he then held up his hands and redirected it to the droids around them.
The droids cried out as their circuits were fried before falling down.
"Oh my." Palpatine blinked.
"The body is just one big system of electrical pulses. All I did was direct it away from all vital organs through my nervous system. It still hurts like hell, but it's not lethal." he smirked. "Care to try again? This time I could make doggy's hair over there stand on end."
"The force is definitely strong with you boy, but don't think for a moment you will best me." Palpatine grabbed the droids and threw them towards Rova.
He yawned while turning his back to them and caused the droids to stop in mid air with his hands open. "That all?"
"What? How? My power is unmatched."
"Your power stems from only one half of the force. Where as I channel its entirety to fully grasp its might." he spoke and raised off the floor. "This is the combined power of Ashla and Bogan. Taught to my predecessors by the mighty Bendu." he finished and snapped the cuffs. "I am the one in the middle."
Palpatine was in awe at such power as he looked at the young man. 'This shouldn't be possible. Yet it is literally right in front of me. Though I can't sense his energy, I can still feel a great pressure.'
"I was hoping to end this without too much violence, but you've forced my hand."
Meanwhile Anakin and Ahsoka were in a cell trying to come to terms with what they just learned.
"The chancellor….he's been behind all this." spoke Anakin to himself pacing around the cell, "I can't believe this!"
"You and me both master. He played us, and the whole Galaxy, for fools." frowned Ahsoka while seeing Anakin look close to punching something before looking at the glowing Holocron. "Master, maybe you should try taking deep breaths and calm down."
"How am I supposed to calm down!" he snapped at her with a glare. "I trusted him! He made the whole republic think he was trying to stop the war HE CAUSED! How the hell in all the known galaxies am I supposed to calm down!"
"You don't have to yell at me!" Ahsoka yelled back. "I was only trying to help."
"Oh, you mean like how you 'helped' with losing a holocron?"
"If we didn't then you would be dead by now!" she snapped standing up. "I suppose you think your precious Padme wouldn't have done the same thing?"
"What does she have to do with this?" he scowled.
"You 'master' are a hypocrite."
"Excuse me?"
"You're always telling me about how a jedi doesn't form relations, but considering what we learned, you and her manage to have kids! In fact, how many times when you two are alone have you gone far enough as to rock the bed? Two? Three?" Ahsoka Questioned. "You ever think it might be the fact you're a Jedi that she's attracted to and not the real you?"
Anakin scowled and held his hand up before Ahsoka felt the air get cut off and grabbed at her throat. "You will not speak like that to me, especially about Padme."
Ahsoka choked before kicking him in the stomach. He fell back while she inhaled and used the force itself to pin him against the wall with a glare. "I'll say whatever I want! You might be my master but I'm just about done with all these stupid jedi rules!" She said before throwing him into the opposite wall. "Don't have feelings, don't have relationships, why don't I just have myself become a droid without personality to make it all work together!" She tried to throw him into the wall again but as he flew by he grabbed her by her lekku. She yelled as she was yanked down while he glared at her and stood up without letting go and made her stand back up.
"You ungrateful brat! Who was it who made you the force wielder you are today?!" he glared while yanking on the lekku. "If it wasn't for me you'd just be some kid trying to use a lightsaber without any idea how it works! And if you were assigned to another master you'd never know how lucky you were to have me as your teacher!"
She growled before using the force up close to propel him back against the wall with her crashing against his chest and took the chance to headbutt him and making him let go of her. "Well you'd never know how much of a great padawan you'd get. Especially when I found out one of the others would end up betraying the order just to get rid of me! But you'd probably be fine with that and get some other one while romping around with that senator, I can't believe I ever had feelings for you!"
"Well I...what?" spoke Anakin who was taken back from hearing that.
Ahsoka realized what she said before she blushed and quickly moved her hands to her mouth. "I...I….That didn't come out right! What I meant was…well you see….oh crud." she covered her face and turned around.
Anakin's anger died down while looking at his padawan with confusion. It took him a few minutes but the pieces soon started to fit together. "Ahsoka….look at me."
She merely stood with her back to him.
"Ahsoka, look at me." he ordered grabbing her shoulder.
She shook her head and didn't listen but he turned her and pulled her hands away.
"Look at me and tell me what you meant, now. Don't make me use the mind trick on you." he warned with his hand up.
"Okay!... I kinda maybe sort of had a crush on you." she admitted with a frown while feeling embarrassed. "So what? It doesn't change anything."
"Yes it does." he spoke in shock. "I mean….how long?"
"I don't know, awhile I guess." she replied looking away while still feeling upset. "It's just a crush, you've got Padme, so let's just drop it."
Anakin had no words to describe how he felt at that moment. Anger from the words, but shocked, awkward, confused, and flattery. "Wow."
She turned to him with a glare. "Alright I get it, it's weird, wrong, and bad since you prefer older women, but if I gotta say the truth, then so do you. What was with you not wanting to talk about that discussion you had with Padme before we went on this whole stupid mission?"
"Right, that….to tell you the truth, we've been fighting a lot lately." he admitted with a calmer tone while looking away and leaned against the wall, surprising Ahsoka. "This whole war is causing trouble for everyone, even causing some stress with the senate. She hasn't been getting much sleep over the past few weeks and it's made her irritable."
"Well sleep's needed, but can't she just learn to take naps here and there?"
"It's not just that, lately I feel like we've started growing apart. We haven't spent much time together and it's affecting our love life. Lately all she wants to talk about is how much money is in the treasury, how much longer until I help bring balance to the force, and griping about what someone said to her." he listed off with a groan. "Being a jedi is tough too, did she ever take that into account? Cause if not, hearing her gripe about all those senate meetings is just a waste of time to me and she never lets me get my two scents in any more. It's like the spark that brought us together is just…. Gone."
She looked at Anakin with concern and moved over before pulling him into a hug. "I'm sorry."
"I'm still clinging to the memories of the woman I use to love but…." he didn't finish and just held her while she rubbed his back. "I don't know, maybe I'm just hoping to get back what's out of my reach."
"It'll be alright master, sometimes stuff gets in the way. People get older and everything changes, for better or worse."
"I just….I don't know what I should do." he thought as his eyes grew misty. "In a way I wanted to keep going to make her proud and keep her safe? But now? I don't know what to do anymore?"
Ahsoka had never seen her master in such a vulnerable state, it made her said to see someone she looked up to be so broken down. She held him closer while feeling him start to leak tears on her shoulder. "It's gonna be alright master, you're stronger than this. Even if you feel down and sad, I'm still here for you."
He looked at her and their eyes met. He felt himself relax a little from her words and how close they were while touched she could say it with conviction. But...something in her eyes seemed to draw him in.
Ahsoka noticed the closeness and felt her face heat up while realizing the situation just turned around in a way that she did NOT see coming. Yet she too began to move closer.
Her master felt himself hold her closer and leaned in while their eyes started to close. When their lip met they swore they heard fireworks go off.
'I-I-I'm...kissing Anakin.' thought Ahsoka who found his lips soft and rough at the same time, and felt like they just crossed a line, but it just made the kiss feel even ten times better. The feeling was hard to describe, but one thing was for sure they never wanted to lose it.
'I'm actually kissing Ahsoka like I would Padme. I need to stop this, but...maybe after a minute or two.' he thought before the holocron glowed. It grabbed his attention causing him to break the kiss too early, much to Ahsoka's disappointment and the two remembered their current situation.
Ahsoka moved back and coughed while looking away awkwardly. "Um...sorry, master."
Anakin stood up and approached the holocron. He saw it glow less, but still retain some light. "Ahsoka, you were right, we need to calm down, this things been bombarding us with it's dark energy."
"Wow, no duh." spoke Ahsoka with a roll of her eyes.
"We need to...what was is it Rova said, fight in-between dark and light?"
"You think we can?"
Anakin put it down and sat on his knees. "Well we won't know until we try."
Ahsoka hesitantly followed his example and got on her knees across from him.
"You sure you don't wanna, I don't know, sit next to me?" he offered glancing to the side.
"Oh...uh, sure." she replied before moving over beside him while trying not to get TOO close.
"Alright, let's focus." he said before they closed their eyes and opened themselves to the force. "Embrace the dark side, but don't let it overtake you."
"Right, how hard can that-" Ahsoka said before feeling the dark side rush through her from the holocron which made her breathing heavy. "Woah, that is some intense stuff."
"Don't let it overtake you, just try and let it in while keeping a grip on it." Anakin told her, even though he himself was struggling.
"Easy for you to say." she groaned gripping her knees.
"We have to….try to find the…. middle ground...between dark, and the light." he groaned while sweating a little. "If a kid can do it we can too."
Ahsoka gritted her teeth while feeling the pressure of the dark side getting stronger and her eyes flickered from blue to yellow. "It's...too….strong!"
Anakin reached a hand to take hers. He felt her grip his hand a little too tight and had to strain harder to keep focus. "It's gonna be ok...I'm right here….just keep it together. We can do this, together."
The padawan tried to focus on those words while mustering up as much willpower to keep the dark force back, but not too far back. Having anakin next to her, thinking of all they'd been through, and how she'd feel if anything happened to him, and how he would feel if he went too far...it made it easier.
Anakin himself was trying his hardest to do the same while doing all he could to keep from getting angry imagining what would happen to Ahsoka if she were hurt or worse, trying to keep from getting too angry and imagined her smiling in the past to help him keep his cool.
Palpatine could feel the two struggling as he himself was fighting Rova. He held his lightsaber against the young man's who tried jumping over him to strike, but the dark lord parried it with ease.
"You're pretty spry for an old man." remarked Rova who sent out a blast of lightning, but Palpatine managed to use his own to blast it away which Rova took as a chance before running towards him with his saber aimed at his head when he was caught in midair and surrounded by strange energy the kept him from moving.
"And you're cocky for someone who forgot about me." spoke Anubis who had a gauntlet on that was projecting the field from his palm. "Zero point energy. If the enemy can't move they can't use the force."
'Damn it! I let myself slip up on that.'
"Are you impressed my lord?"
"Very much so." he smirked while casually walking over to Rova who tried to get out of the field. "Such a waste of talent for the future, if I had met someone like you sooner my plans would have been completed decades ago."
"I agree." Anubis smiled. "Do you wish to deliver the final blow or shall I?"
Sidious was about to answer before feeling Ahsoka and Anakin disappear. "Wait, what is this?"
Rova noticed too and smirked. "Well well well."
"Ugh, I hate when you force wielders do that, what's going on?"
"Oh nothing, except you'll be getting a warning from one of those tin cans in about three, two, one."
"Lord sidious something's happening in the brig." spoke a battle droid walking in before an alarm started blaring.
He scowled while Anubis slammed Rova against the wall. "What has happened to the prisoners?"
"The prisoners are AHHH!" it cried out while getting shocked from behind before falling forward to reveal Anakin and Ahsoka at the end of the room with their arms outstretched and their eyes green.
"Bout time you showed up." spoke Rova with a chuckle. "You guys okay?"
"Let's just say it feels like we got a major boost." smirked Ahsoka before raising her hand towards Anubis before he was sent flying against the wall and causing the field around Rova to disperse.
"I'll take care of Sidious, you go overload the reactor on the super laser as we originally planned."
"You got it sky guy." she smiled and floated off the ground. "This beats walking." she quipped and flew away.
He shook his head with a smile before looking at Sidious and casually walked down the steps while drawing his lightsaber. "I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume you and Rova here had a little chit chat, right?"
"Well we also fought too." the young man said. He pushed himself up and cracked his neck while he and Anakin looked at Sidious and Anubis, who got himself up with a growl, as they both held their lightsabers. "So, how are you and Ahsoka feeling right now?"
"Like the weight of the force has shifted."from he replied while getting into a ready stance. "And I know just the guy to throw it right back on."
"Watch out for Anubis, that gauntlet will freeze you in place."
"It seems a change in plan has occurred. Anubis, crush the insolent child, I will take care of Skywalker."
"As you wish." Anubis said pointing his gauntlet back at Rova.
"Wrong pooch." Rova quickly rolled aside and used the force and threw the battle droid at his arm, hitting it and causing the gauntlet to spark and Anubis to howl out in pain. "Let's see if your bite actually grew while in this timeline without your toys."
Anakin crossed swords with Palpatine who was putting up more of a fight then he thought. "I'm gonna show you how all of your sneaky and deceitful actions can come back and bite you, hard!"
"Don't you see Anakin? We are beyond normal beings. We should rule, not serve. We are titans among ants."
"One problem with that." Anakin used his other hand to propel Sidious back with the force with his eyes turning yellow around the edges. "You're not a titan if you can be killed so easily."
Elsewhere Ahsoka made her way to the reactor room where a droid was looking over the screen before spotting her.
"What the-Jedi!" cried the droid before it was smashed into the wall with ease with a hand print shaped dent in its metal plating. "Son of a…" it got out as it slowly shut down.
"Wow, guess I don't know my own strength." she looked down at her hand with a smile before running over to the console and started typing away at keys. "This will definitely be one for the history books." she said and set it to gradually overload. "Enjoy the fireworks."
"Stop the intruder." came a super battle droid as several of them entered the room and took aim at her.
"Okay time to see what I can really do." she said cracking her knuckles. She focused the force around herself before her body began to slowly vanish from sight.
"Impossible." said the droid.
"Where did she go?" asked another walking in deeper while it's scanners couldn't detect anything before the two were smashed together. They were knocked away while the other two droids started firing randomly at the spot.
"Where is she?"
"I don't know."
"Right here." came her voice behind them before two lightsabers stabbed right through their bodies, making them jolt and power down before she cut them in half and reappeared with a smirk. "Bending the light around me to turn invisible, best trick ever."
She looked around before heading out the door. "Better get the others and get out of here quick."
Anubis growled while trying to crush Rova using the destroyed battle droid from earlier.
"Bad dog, sit, heel!" taunted Rova who cut it in half before slamming his foot into the canine's gut and knocked him back. "Good boy, you'll get a treat later."
"GRAAAAHH! SHUT YOU MOUTH!"
"Maybe take a page for yourself, I think the rest of the battle droids around here heard you." the young man smirked.
Anubis growled before pulling out his own red lightsaber and lunged at Rova with a snarl.
"Oh your master gave you a new toy?" Rova asked blocking the attack. "You must have been a really good boy."
"I'll rip your head off and turn your skull into a cup when this is over boy!" he roared with his attacks becoming more sloppy.
Rova rolled his eyes while ducking under a slash and swung his fist up before slamming into Anubis' gut.
"Grah!" he let out before feeling a strong shock going through his body that made him howl out with wide eyes.
"I'm bringing you in once and for all." he spoke while pulling his hand back while Anubis stumbled back.
"Ah...no...you….won't…" Anubis got out while he reeled his hand back and tried throwing the lightsaber towards Rova's head.
"Woah!" the young man cried before jumping out of the way cutting the current before Anubis pulled out some small orbs and threw them. The orbs then opened and produces bright flashes. "AH!" he had to cover his face with a wince along with Anakin and Sidious.
Anubis took his chance and raced over to the Sith Lord and snapped a collar around his neck.
"Wait, what are you doing?!"
"You're coming with me you old goat." he said before pressing a button on his belt and they were teleported away.
"No! Damn that mutt to a blackhole!" cursed Rova with a scowl after his vision cleared. "I hate that teleporter of his."
"Your future tech never ceases to amaze me." Anakin remarked. "Is there any chance we can follow after them?"
"Technically yes, but we can't. If you end up following me to the future then it'll drastically alter history. Without one of the best jedi around here while the war is still going, one of the old coot's followers might get the idea to keep the war on and it might work in their favor. Unless things change it's better if me and the Twilight organization deals with them now. Besides, your padawan is still here and should be done, provided she didn't run into any trouble."
"Good points, let's get out of here." he and Rova turned just as Ahsoka entered the room.
"I got it done, we've got a few minutes before this place blows." she looked around. "Where's the dog and Palpatine?"
"The mutt pulled a fast one on us and teleported out, they could be anywhere in the Galaxy by now." said Rova as they ran out.
"Did everything go smoothly? Did you get hurt?" asked Anakin to Ahsoka while the alarms started blaring and they felt the place shaking.
"Talk later, run now!" Ahsoka urged.
The three ducked and avoided any battle droids who ran around in panic and booked it to the hangar where the ship was and got inside before rushing to get it started as pieces of the hangar started falling down.
"Hang on, this is gonna be close!" Rova exclaimed as he started the engines.
Anakin and Ahsoka buckled themselves up as the ship started to rise up and turn towards the entrance before flying out it as several explosions rocked the station.
"We're not gonna make it!" shouted Ahsoka in fear.
Anakin grabbed her hand while turning to her with a determined expression. "Yes we are, just have faith."
"Well said Anakin." Rova said as they approached the door. He saw parts of the hangar falling in their way and held his hand out to hold the parts up as he flew by. "Almost there!" he said before he passed the exit. "Yes!" he called out and released the rubble before firing up the hyperdrive. The ship went shooting off into hyperspace while he let out a sigh of relief and leaned back in his seat. "We're safe."
"Oh thank goodness." sighed Ahsoka. "I saw my whole life flash before my eyes."
"Same here." spoke Anakin who didn't let go of her hand and looked up at the ceiling. "For a sec I thought we weren't gonna make it."
"My wife would have killed me if I died, or let a pair of her heroes get obliterated." chuckled Rova who looked over and saw the hands before smiling. "I hope you two didn't do anything else besides learning a few new things. I don't think a cell floor on a death star is the best place to get in the mood." he said wiggling his eyebrows at them.
They turned bright red while moving their hands off the other while he bursted out laughing. "Not funny!"
They traveled back to the Jedi temple and reported to the Council. Said jedi were glad to hear the station had been destroyed, but were uneasy hearing how Sidious and Anubis disappeared to the future.
"So now we have a force wielder running around in my time." spoke up Rova. "I already told Anakin and Ahsoka here when I get back me and the twilight organization will take over cause the timeline might alter even more if one of your best jedi comes with, especially since with Sidious gone you can take this chance to end this war sooner before it goes on even longer then it should."
"A great victory this still is." Yoda spoke.
"And I'm happy to say two of your jedi have just moved up." he gestured to them. "Go on and give them a demonstration."
Anakin and Ahsoka walked up before Ahsoka used the force to lift herself up and hover in the air.
Anakin held his hands up to the ceiling before letting out lightning which lit up the room and made the council go wide eyed in shock.
"This is the power of tapping into the entirety of the Force in perfect harmony." spoke Rova while Ahsoka floated over their heads. "See how much power one can wield by achieving balance? And this is without training, meaning they have the chance to harness and master these new abilities to their utmost capacity. The power they have now is merely the tip of the Iceberg. With a little more training one can harness the power of storms."
"Isn't that dangerous? If anyone with the force can achieve this much by doing what you three have done, then that could pose a more serious danger than this war has caused." spoke Mace.
"Not unless they were disciplined and responsible enough to know when and where it is needed." he said putting emphasis on 'responsible' as he looked at the two.
"Believe me, this isn't something neither of us are gonna take for granted, isn't that right Snips?" Anakin said grabbing her ankle and pulled her down.
"Hey, even I know when to take things seriously. I'm not gonna get riled up in battle and lose focus." she crossed her arms.
"Well should probably get back. The masters are already gonna be mad at me for interfering so much." he remarked while looking at his watch. "Oh, and word of warning, might wanna have the clones given a little check up now that Sidious is out of the picture here, trust me, you'll find something pretty interesting. Later everyone." he said before pressing a button on the device and he himself vanished.
"Quite fascinating." remarked Obi-Wan looking at Anakin and Ahsoka before getting an idea. "You know, I might have an idea you two would be perfect for."
The two looked at him and simply blinked.
"The fact you two are the only jedi to reach a balance, to a point, of the dark and light side of the force, I recommend the two of you help train future younglings to do the same. With the two of you doing it together it might help make things easier, AND ensure that none of them can be tempted to betray us. Any objections?"
"Sounds good to me." Ahsoka nodded.
"But it would need to be in a separate location with room for us to really stretch out." added Anakin.
"I hear Lothal has plenty of wide open space." Mace spoke up. "And there's a temple there."
"Perfect." smiled Ahsoka. "But, maybe we should try and break the news that the chancellor won't be around anymore. I figured the people aren't gonna take too well to that so it might be a while before we can really become teachers."
"Until then we'll go check out Lothal and see what we can make of it." Anakin said before he and his padawan left the room.
"Master, something tells me you have more planned than just a look around." Ahsoka looked up at him with a smirk.
"Why Snips, are you implying I'm up to something?" he teased.
"A remote planet on the outer rim, I had a feeling there was something else in store." she whispered while grabbing his hand when they were away from the room.
