Anakin moved to the front of the pod so he could steer it, but realized there were no controls. It turns out they were on the side of the pod, which Hedreg had already commandeered. 'Where are we going?'
'I thought we might head towards that ship over there.' Hedreg indicated which ship he was referring to with a tilt of his head. Anakin looked, then had to look again. Sure enough, it was his ship, the Twilight. Dumbstruck, he stood and stared.
Aboard the Twilight
Ahsoka sat in the pilot's seat of the Twilight, trying not to crash land on any planet. In any other case, this would have been the dream mission. But, alas, it wasn't, for next to her in the cockpit, sat Ventress. Neither girl said anything, but instead sat in stony silence, until Ahsoka spotted the pod. She could just barely sense her Master, and glanced over at Ventress with a quick flick of her eyes. Nope, she hadn't noticed. Ahsoka tilted the ship slowly to the right, but the pod followed it. Ahsoka tried sending a mental probe to her master, but found herself with a searing headache when she tried. Ventress turned and glared at her.
"I feel that. Who was it for?"
Ahsoka didn't answer, instead choosing to possibly incur the rath of her captor.
"I said, who was it for?"
Again, the young padawan didn't answer. Ventress growled.
"Fine then. But you will do well to remember that you are not the only person aboard this ship who is wise in the ways of the Force." Ventress arose and practically oozed her way towards the rear of the craft.
Ahsoka hung her head, not knowing what to do.
The Pod
Anakin had Hedreg steer the pod towards the Twilight again, but just like before, it moved away. Anakin mentally probed the ship and could sense Ahsoka, and someone else. While he couldn't tell who it was, they definitely used the Dark Side of the Force. And Ahsoka was definitely not in charge. She was weak, and scared. And most assuradly in need of rescuing. Anakin slid into the control chair, and took over for Hedreg. He maneuvered the pod right up underneath the launching pad for the Twilight and was about to start the sequence for boarding when the pod was caught in the tractor beam.
Anakin smiled grimly. 'This is exactly what we needed. Hedreg, do you have any weapons?'
Hedreg looked at the Jedi as if he were crazy.
'The Drall are a peaceful people. We have no need for weapons.' Anakin rolled his eyes, and looked around the pod. Sometimes these things had some self-defence mechanisims. They were in luck. Strapped to the wall were two blaster rifles. Anakin lept across the pod in two steps and pulled them both down. He handed one to Hedreg.
'Hang on to this. You're going to need it.' Hedreg looked at the rifle.
'I told you. We are a peaceful people. I will not shoot that gun.'
'Well make yourself useful and just hold onto it then. Follow me.'
And with that, Anakin and Hedreg were in the pod bay aboard the Twilight, ready to face whatever lay ahead of of them.
Hides from angry mob coming to lynch me.