Jason: Chapter six is here and we now get to the second part of the Citadel series. I am looking forward to this one because of what happened when the jedi tried to escape.
Michael: Looking forward to seeing how we will get off of the planet.
Jason: You're in for a surprise my friend.
Ahsoka: When you say surprises it always means someone gets hurt.
Jason: No that's what my friend does not me…sometimes at least.
Michael: Whatever shouldn't we do the disclaimer thing?
Jason: I'm getting to that, I don't own anything of star wars or the clone wars just my oc characters.
Ahsoka: Like Michael and Zachary.
Michael: Enjoy.
Breaking out of the Citadel
Tunnels (Zach's pov)
We continued walking through the tunnel as Ahsoka and I led the group ahead. Anakin was behind the group to make sure we weren't being followed. As we walked Ahsoka seemed distracted by something and I could sense it.
"Ahsoka what's up you've been quiet since we got to the tunnel?" I asked wondering what was bothering Ahsoka.
"It's nothing just thinking about something" said Ahsoka as she lied to Zach.
"Come on I know something is bothering you" I said not wanting to drop it. "Look I'm not going to drop so you might as well tell me."
Ahsoka knew Zach meant it and when he has something. She looked back and saw they had we're out of hearing distance from the others before responding. "[Sigh] fine it's just Michael and I seem to be going through some problems. He's hiding something from me and seems to be concern for my safety ever since Mortis."
"I see and what has he told you?" I asked wondering what Michael did tell her about Mortis.
"Nothing, he told me he doesn't want me to get hurt and would tell me later" said Ahsoka. "But later never comes and I'm done waiting. Zach please tell me what happened I deserve to know the truth."
"It's not my place to tell you Ahsoka, Michael is just worried you wouldn't handle the truth very well" I said lying to Ahsoka which I was starting to get tired of doing.
"Then I don't know what to do then, if Michael doesn't trust me how can I trust him. More importantly if two people who love each other can't trust the other then what's the point in being with each other" said Ahsoka who seemed sad and disappointed.
I could tell where she was going with this and I knew I had to do something to keep those two from breaking up. "Fine I'll tell you, the reason is back on Mortis the son may have sort of….turned you evil" I said telling Ahsoka the truth.
"Wh-what evil me no way?" said Ahsoka who didn't believe she turned evil.
"Remember when I said the son bit me? When apparently that was how he turned you evil by infecting you with his evil, did he bite you while you were in that tower or something that he could have taken the form of?" I asked Ahsoka.
Ahsoka kept quiet and tried to remember anything till she did. She remembered being in that dungeon, then meeting the little blue creature, she thought it was helping her till he bit her and the rest…nothing. "I don't remember being evil though, I remember seeing nothing but darkness then I heard Michael's voice, he was saying some of the sweetest things to me, then I felt his pain and I sank deeper into the darkness, till I saw a bright light and then there I was with you guys."
"Well the son's evil influenced you and took control of your body. While this happened he used you to attack and attempt to kill Michael" I said as I told her what happened while she was out.
"I didn't hurt him right? I felt his pain if that is true then I wasn't the one who did that right?" asked Ahsoka worried she hurt Michael or the others while she was evil.
"No you didn't, but during the fight Michael tried to turn you back and almost succeeded till the son got involved attacking Michael" I said as I told her what happened. "Then the son did something to you Ahsoka, he…killed you."
"He ki-killed me?" asked Ahsoka surprised and shock by what Zach told her what happened.
"Yes, we were all devastated by what happened. Michael asked the father to help us and he did when his daughter gave up her last remaining power to save you from the darkness" I said as I explained what the son did and how she came back to life.
"So that's why Michael is worried about me, because he thinks I could die again?" asked Ahsoka wondering if that was the reason Michael was acting strange around her.
"Yes, he felt like it was his fault you died. He couldn't protect you or keep you safe and it hurt him a lot. Michael loves you Ahsoka don't ever think he isn't telling you something because he doesn't want to. He does it because he is afraid for your safety and so do I" I said as we stopped so the others could catch up.
"You care about my safety?" asked Ahsoka surprise to hear what I said.
"Of course I may act mean towards you from time to time. But I don't do it out of being mean, I do it for fun" I said explaining to Ahsoka why I care for her. "You and Michael are like my little brother and sisters. I care about you two and would do anything to protect you, even if in times I mess with you it's what siblings do."
Ahsoka smiled by what Zach said. Despite him annoying her and playing pranks on her, she has considered him to be like her older brother. One who keeps secrets from others for the safety of his little siblings and one who would protect them no matter from anything or anyone. "Thank you Zach and I still wish he told me about this" said Ahsoka.
"He will just give him some time and a chance to tell you. I'm sure he will tell you, just remember he loves you and hopes that you will understand once he tells you" I said hoping Ahsoka would be patient enough to wait for Michael to tell her.
Ahsoka nodded and looked back to see the group was still a little far off. So in that moment she pulled her arms around Zach and gave him a hug surprise Zach.
"Thank you Zach and I will wait for Michael to tell me" said Ahsoka.
"Um okay your welcome…..Ahsoka could you let go of me now I appreciate the hug but with where we are right now the last thing we need to do is hug" I said feeling uncomfortable with Ahsoka hugging me.
"Sure I guess we better wait for the others to catch up huh?" said Ahsoka as she released the hug sensing Zach felt uncomfortable from the hug.
"You stay and wait for them I will go and see if the path is clear ahead to where we need to go" I said as I headed off to see if the path was clear of danger..
(Ahsoka's pov)
After Zach ran off I waited till Master Skywalker and the others caught up. "Ahsoka where's Zach?" asked Master Skywalker.
"He went ahead to make sure there was no trouble ahead, so anything following us?" I asked as Master Skywalker led the group.
"No nothing which I hope stays that way till we get to the rendezvous point" said Anakin as we waited to continue.
We looked over and saw Zach halfway across from us signaling us to continue. Once we did we kept walking and continue our way to make it out of the tunnel. "R2 are you and your battle droids ready to go?" asked Anakin as he contacted R2 through his wrist com.
Once R2 confirmed they were ready Anakin responded. "All right get the ship fired up we'll meet you at the pipe line exist once you picked up Obi wan assuming he's still on schedule" said Anakin.
"Think Master Kenobi and the others are okay?" I asked hoping Michael and the others were okay.
"I'm sure they're fine those three are not going to be easy to get caught. Just look at Zach he could have escaped anytime he wanted and he didn't have too much trouble breaking out when he did" said Anakin as he tried to keep my spirit up.
"You mean General Zachary could have escaped from the Citadel anytime he wanted? Impossible one man can't escape from this place alone" said Captain Tarkin who didn't believe Zach could have escaped.
"I heard that Tarkin and I'll have you know that I have perfected my art of escaping many times in the past" said Zach as he heard us from across the tunnel. "So zip it or I will zip it for you."
I smiled by what Zach said to Tarkin who didn't look intimidated or scared of Zach which was a first because normally when Zach makes those threats most of the military officers usually sound a bit scared of him.
"That's enough Zach how far are we?" asked Anakin as we got to where Zach was. So Anakin and him continue leading the group.
"Not far though we should pick up the pace a bit. Despite the enemy not being here it won't be long before they find us and they do they will be packing some heat" said Zach.
"Then we better hurry then" said Anakin as we quickly picked up the pace before we ran into trouble. Which I hope is where Michael and the others are not in.
Vents (Michael's pov)
We were in the vents hiding from the enemy and waiting for some droids to pass so we could move again. Zach told us there was no cameras in the vents but if we did make our presents known there would be some problems especially if we make it to the shafts.
Once the droids left we continued making out way till we got to the shafts Zach told us about that would lead us to the landing platform. But again he told us to be careful not to get caught otherwise we would be sliced…whatever that meant.
"This passage like Zach said should get us to the landing platform" I said as we looked up to where the passage went to.
"Let's get going then" said Obi wan as he went first, then I went next, followed by Commander Cody, the rest of the clones, and then Master Piell came last. We continued climbing up which was a lot easier to do then climbing the cliffs earlier. Once we got to another shaft Master Kenobi contacted R2 to make sure he was on his way while I sat on the shaft across from him to make sure the other clones were making it through.
"R2 sent the shuttle to the rear landing platform" said Obi wan as he heard R2 chirp then one of the battle droids we used responded.
"We've already been given the go ahead by General Skywalker, assuming your still on schedule" said one of the battle droids.
"The trick is if Anakin arrives on time" said Obi wan.
"Which I doubt since half the time he comes in late" I said chuckling thinking of the past times Anakin didn't show up on time to be either picked up or to a fight. Well half the time on the last part.
"A probe!" shouted Cody as we looked up and saw a droid probe floating up the shaft. Master Kenobi and I started climbing fast to stop it. But Master Piell saw this and jumped ahead of us to try and stop the droid. Once he did he activated his lightsaber and destroyed the droid as Master Piell jumped down towards one of the shafts near us.
"Did you get it?" I asked wondering if he stopped it before it could alert of our presence.
We looked up and saw the doors were closing and we knew that was what Zach meant by the whole cutting thing. "Security doors move or you'll get cut in half" said Obi wan as he warned everyone to get out of the way. Obi wan pulled me down and we just dodged one of the doors from cutting us as we looked down more doors were being closed.
We looked down and saw a lightsaber cutting through the door and saw it was Master Piell. "We lost one" he said telling us we lost a clone. "Looks like we got some cutting to do" said Master Piell as Obi wan and I took out our lightsabers and began to cut through the doors above us.
Tunnels (Zach's pov)
We got to a corner of the tunnel and Ahsoka went to see if it was clear. Anakin was behind again to the group to make sure we weren't being followed. Ahsoka and I led the group with Tarkin behind us. Once she saw it was clear we continued our way out of the tunnel.
Once we all passed I heard the sound of a droid coming closer. I had told Anakin about this and he told me he would take care of it. As we all turned the corner I heard a lightsaber activated and saw Anakin jumping off the wall and cutting a probe droid in half before catching up to us.
"I'm beginning to admire the design of this fortress it's rather formidable to evade" said Tarkin as he admire the Citadel's design
"How can you admire such a horrible place?" asked Ahsoka who didn't seem to have the same admiration as Tarkin had for the place.
"Ha you revealed your short sightedness this ordeal only demonstrates how effective these facilities like the citadel are. Pity it fell into the separatist hands and not ours" said Tarkin.
"He has a point" said Anakin who agreed with Tarkin and received a 'are you kidding' look from Ahsoka which I agreed with.
"All right you two I need you to lead the group. Follow the tunnel I'll catch up" said Anakin as he gave Ahsoka and me orders to lead the group.
"Hey where are you going?" asked Ahsoka.
"Someone needs to protect the group from the front while I go protect our flank from the enemy" said Anakin as he told us where he was going.
"I guess it's a good thing I came along after all" said Ahsoka.
"Come on then Ahsoka let's catch up the group" I said as we went to catch up the group.
"By the way Zach do you believe Tarkin is right? You know about the citadel facility?" asked Ahsoka.
"It would be of some use for prisoners like the separatist leaders or sith. But to hold other criminals no I don't think so" I said agreeing that this place would be of some use for war but for ordinary criminals not so much.
"Well what was it like you know being in that cell?" asked Ahsoka wondering how Zach did in the cell.
"It was at first weird, and then I began to have trouble being in that cell. Especially with the noises coming from the walls, but I was able to calm myself down and keep my focus" I said trying to make it sound like it was easy being in that cell but it wasn't.
"So when you acted insane did it make things easy for you or bad?" asked Ahsoka.
"A little bit to a point where I almost lost my mind. Till I made Lillian" I said as I pulled out my rock. "She kept me sane and helped me get through these long three months" I said.
Ahsoka looked at me confused and thought I was kidding about the rock helping me. "Okay then well now that you're out why do you still have it?" asked Ahsoka why I still have the rock.
"I have my reason….shut up…your short" I said as I ran off to the group and placed Lillian back in my pockets. Ahsoka rolled her eyes and followed stayed with the group.
"I am concern the jedi have selected this child and that boy to lead the group" said Tarkin as he followed Ahsoka and Zach.
"I've served with her many times and I trust her captain" said Captain Rex who believed in Ahsoka.
"And the other boys Michael and Zachary do you trust them as well?" asked Tarkin.
"Commander Michael is a great leader from what I have seen and he has always puts his life first for his men" said Captain Rex. "As for General Zachary he may act childish at times but can become serious when it comes to the fighting."
Ahsoka turned the corner and saw Zach looking at the giant wall before them as Zach turned around to see the group arrived. "Hmmm it appears we have come to a dead end" I said as Ahsoka walked up to me.
"Yep so Zach what now?" asked Ahsoka as she had her arms cross over her chest.
"Hmmm give me a minute I know what we're suppose to next but it's hard for me to remember what that was" I said trying to remember what we were supposed to do if we came across this dead end.
One of the clones spotted a super battle droid as it began to open fire. Ahsoka and I blocked the blaster while the others hid behind the rocks for cover. Ahsoka went ahead to block the blasters and ricochet them back to the droid only to have more of them come. I ran up to Ahsoka and helped her block the blasters from the other droids till Anakin came down from the wall and cut the droids in half.
As he finished them we saw the commando droids jumping off the walls with some kind of shield ray in their hands. "What happened why didn't you two blow the wall that part of the plan was your job?" asked Anakin.
"Oh yeah I remember now sorry had a lot to deal with Anakin to remember. Ahsoka would you mind?" I asked if Ahsoka would take care of the wall. Ahsoka nodded and went to plant the chargers on the wall while Anakin and I took care of the droids.
"Ahsoka should have told you then if Master Plo assign her to the mission" said Anakin as he argued with me about the plan.
"Ah shut up will ya we had a lot to deal with I like to see you spend three months in a cell and then try to remember the plan as you tried to get those handcuffs off you" I said as I continued to block the blasters which was becoming annoying. Ahsoka came running back to us and threw some chargers at the droids. We took cover as the bombs exploded taking out the droids then the wall behind us.
We saw the dust clear and saw the hole that led to the other side of the wall. "They're happy now sky guy?" I said calling Anakin by his nickname Ahsoka calls him by.
"Don't call me that" said Anakin.
"I will after we're off this rock" I said as I helped one of the wounded prisoners that were with Tarkin.
Vents (Michael's pov)
We finally broke through the security doors and made our way near a vent. We looked out and saw the ship was outside on the landing port but couldn't see R2-D2 or his droids.
"The shuttle is there but there is no sign of R2" said Commander Cody.
"Something might have happened we'll have to make our way to the other side to get a better view this could be a trap" said Master Kenobi.
"If it is we shouldn't risk all of us getting caught" said Master Piell.
"I agree Michael you stay here with Cody and three of the clones while we go down and investigate" said Master Kenobi.
"Master what if this is a trap and you guys get caught what would you want us to do?" I asked wondering what Cody, the other clones, and I do.
"Stay here, we'll find another way out but if we don't make it then get on the ship whichever way you can and get out" said Obi wan.
"I'm not going leave you guys so if you do get caught I'll be here to get you out" I said refusing to leave anyone behind.
Obi sighed and knew I wouldn't leave them even if he told me to. Master Piell used the force to open the vent as they climbed out of the vents and headed towards the other side. Cody and I watched through the vent as Obi wan and the others made their way near the landing platform. So far everything was going well till we heard what sounded like the warden Osi Sobeck talking through Obi wan's wrist com. Soon two of the turrets appeared and more of the droids came surrounding the others.
Some of the clones tried to get involved but Cody and I stopped them. I told them we needed to stay till we came up with a new plan to get them out. We watched as the droids handcuffed our friends and walked off with them leaving us with little options on what to do. I just hope Zach, Ahsoka, and Anakin are having better luck than us.
Tunnels (Zach's pov)
We continued to make our way through the tunnels while blocking the dust the wind was blowing at our eyes with our hands. We soon came across some kind of pipeline which I remembered led through the citadel.
"This pipe leads to the top of that ridge" said Anakin as he pointed up to the ridge. "Where R2 will pick us up and fly us out of here."
"And there's the hatch" I said as I climbed up and opened the hatch but soon covered my nose from the smell coming from the pipe. "Ah damn I forgot how awful the smell would be" I said trying to catch my breath.
"Let's go let's go everyone in remember to use your lights and keep your weapons locked. The slightest electronic pulse will ignite this whole tube" said Anakin as he had us enter the pipe.
"I hope somebody tells the droids that" said Tarkin as I decided to move him along by pushing him in.
"Whoops get in now before I die from the smell" I said as the clones and Anakin went in and I closed the door behind us.
As we climbed up the ladder and onto the next platform that led down a tunnel I saw Ahsoka running along the giant tubes while I stayed behind with Anakin and Tarkin listening in to their conversation they were having.
"How much longer are we going to wonder in this tunnel in the dark?" said Tarkin as he kept his covered his nose.
"Captain Tarkin haven't you learn to trust me by now?" said Anakin as he responded to Tarkin.
"You may have earned my trust General Skywalker but my faith in your comrades is still lacking" said Tarkin.
"You lack faith in the jedi?" said Anakin as he turned to Tarkin.
"I find their tactics ineffective. The jedi code prevents them from going far enough to achieve victory do to whatever it takes to win the very reasons why peace keepers should not be leading the war" said Tarkin as he told us why he doesn't believe in the jedi. Anakin turned to him which I hoped he would say Tarkin was wrong or something. "Have I offended you?"
"No I've also found we sometimes fall short from victory because of our methods" said Anakin which surprised me that he was agreeing with Tarkin again.
"Well I see we agree on something and what of you General Zachary do you also agree?" asked Tarkin.
"Nope actually there are some parts of the code I don't think make sense but I believe we have the rules because it helps us restrain ourselves from losing ourselves" I said as I told Tarkin why I don't agree with him. "When you say victory must be won by any means necessary it sounds like you would do the same as the separatist would do, the coward way."
"I don't agree with their methods but I do agree that it has results. If the jedi put aside their code and methods we would achieve more victories" said Tarkin.
"We do that and we would lose the one thing the most important thing in victory Tarkin" I said as I turned back to Tarkin and Anakin.
"Really and what's that?" asked Tarkin.
"Honor" I said as we heard Ahsoka calling out to us.
"I think I found the way out" said Ahsoka as we looked up as she pointed to the hatch nearby. We went towards the hatch as Ahsoka climbed up. She opened the hatch slowly and checked to make sure there was no one around.
"What do you see snips?" asked Anakin.
"The coast is clear" said Ahsoka as she saw no one around.
"Do you see Obi wan and the shuttle?" I asked.
"No I don't see them anywhere" said Ahsoka as she opened the hatch only to be stopped by some battle droids as they locked their guns to her. Ahsoka jumped out and took out the droids. I jumped up and got out of the tunnel to help her but it looked like she took care of it. That was till we saw more droids coming from behind us.
"Ah great here we go again" I said as I activated my lightsaber and began to block their blasters. "If you guys would like to come out to help us that would be really great" I shouted to the others below.
"There could be a whole battalion of droids out there" said Tarkin.
"Better than hiding in a fuel line" said Anakin as he climbed up and helped us with the droids. We continued to block the blaster of the droids but soon more came and it was becoming much more harder to block them all. Once everyone got out of the tunnel we slide down the tube and head for cover.
"The plans been compromise the shuttle is not coming
I got sick of Tarkin's negativity so I decided to try something. "Hey Rex throw me a charge" I said as Rex tossed me a charger bomb. I activated it and threw it at the open hatch that led to the fuel line tunnel. "Now we may want to duck for cover" I said as I covered Ahsoka from the blast.
Once the blast died down we stood up. "Thanks" said Ahsoka as she thanked me for what I did.
"I promised Michael I keep you safe and that's what I intend to do kid" I said remembering my promise I made to Michael saying I would keep Ahsoka safe. Just then crab droid landed in front of us. "Huh maybe I overdid it" I said thinking I did a lot more damage than I thought I would.
"Let's go time for plan B" said Anakin as we wiped the dirt off our clothes.
"There's a plan B?" asked Tarkin.
"With Skywalker there is always a plan B" I said as we followed Anakin towards where we assume is where Obi wan and R2 are.
Vents (Michael's pov)
I led Cody and the clones down to the platform near the ship as we hid behind the crates waiting for Anakin and the others to show up. I would guess if we didn't show up to pick them up they would come to us instead which was a risk. But we knew it was our backup plan in case the first one failed.
"Sir I see Master Kenobi is coming out the door" said Commander Cody as he saw Obi wan and the others coming including R2.
"Good….Cody have your men aim for the droids on the turrets to make sure they don't try to hit them" I said as I asked Cody and his men took position and aimed at the droids.
Obi wan looked over nearby and saw us. I gave him a signal if he wanted us to get involved. I saw him saying no using hand signals. I nodded and told the men to wait till we were given the orders.
"Hold it where are you going with these prisoners?" asked the droid.
"We're transferring them onboard the shuttle from Citadel to point terrine" said the blue droid.
"Point terrine there's no outpost there" said the droid.
I knew this was bad as we kept our position and got ready if their cover was blown. "Uh it's new we have orders we're coming onboard" said the blue droid.
The droids looked at each other then nodded as the allowed Obi wan and the others to let them onboard which made me sighed in relief till we heard something. "The prisoners are escaping with reprogrammed battle droids" said a droid through the battle droids communicator.
Once Obi wan and the others attacked we came out of hiding and assisted them. Cody and his men took out two of the droids on the turrets but soon were attacked as well so they came towards us. We took cover and hid behind the crates, I hid with R2 and two of his droids. We soon saw many more droids coming into the fight and the turrets were making it hard for us to fight.
Then we saw one of the droids taken out and saw Anakin and the others had made it. I ran ducked and jumped over where Obi Wan and Master Piell was as Anakin, Ahsoka, and Zach made it. "Sorry we're late" said Anakin.
"How nice of you to join us what took you guys so long?" I said.
"Oh we ran into some old friends and had to deal with climbing into a fuel line" said Zach as he told us where he and the others have been.
"Is that why you smell?" I asked as I could smell something off coming from Zach and the others.
"Shut up" said Zach not wanting to talk about what they went through.
"The ship is surrounded" said Ahsoka as she looked over and saw the ship was surrounded by the battle droids.
"We need to launch a full frontal assault and take that vessel" said Tarkin.
"First of all shut it Tarkin we know that and second we got another problem to deal with first" said Zach as he snapped at Tarkin.
"A much bigger problem those turrets" said Obi wan as he pointed to the turrets keeping us pinned down. "If we don't take them out they'll use them to take out our shuttle and prevent our escape."
"Which is precisely why we should get aboard that shuttle and use the weapons system to destroy those droids" said Tarkin.
"Whatever we're going to do we need to do it fast" said Anakin as he stood up and pointed towards some droids heading towards us on hover bikes as they attacked us. We jumped out of the way with me covering Ahsoka from getting hurt.
We stood up and activated our lightsabers and began to block the blasters. Piell jumped on Anakin's shoulder and jumped on the one of the droids taking him out. Zach turned to me and I knew what he wanted to do. I placed my hands together and I helped him leap up to one of the other droids took it out and used the vehicle to help take out the droids and turrets.
I saw Anakin do the same as both he and Zach use their vehicles to take out the droids and turrets. Ahsoka stayed with Obi wan to take out the droids while I went with Rex and Cody to help them against the droids.
While we took care of the droids Anakin was getting attacked by one of the droids behind him. Master Piell saw Anakin coming and jumped up and got on his shoulder. They flew nearby the buildings while Piell block the blaster and redirected it back to the droid taking the droid out.
Zach charged at one of the turrets till it began shooting him. Zach got off and threw the bike at the turret taking it out. Zach then saw commando droids coming I jumped in front of him and blocked the blasters but got shot in the arm. Zach grabbed me and threw me behind him as I blocked the other blasters. I got up and ignore the pain to continue fighting as we backed away behind the crates.
I saw Echo use one of the chargers and threw them at the droids taking them out except for one who ran off. I sat behind the crate and checked my wound. Zach kneeled down as Rex and Cody covered us.
"Damn it Michael I told you to be careful why did you block those blasters I had them" asked Zach wondering why Michael did that.
"Couldn't risk it, besides it's not that bad" I said as Zach removed a cloth from his sleeve and wrapped it around my wound making hiss a bit from the pain but it soon went away. I looked over and saw one of the commando droids on the turret and it looked like he was aiming at the ship.
"Anakin that droid is aiming at the ship" said Zach as he contacted Anakin through his wrist com.
Anakin understood and headed towards the turret to stop it. The droid saw Skywalker coming and began to fire at him. Anakin fired back but one of the blasters hit the bike causing them to crash. Anakin and Master Piell jumped off the bike and landed on the ground. The droid then opened fire on them causing them to fall back.
We looked over and saw Echo heading towards the ship trying to keep it from being destroyed. We tried to go help him but it was too late the turret hit the ship killing Echo. The blast knocked us off our feet but we quickly got up and saw the ship was gone.
"We have to go now" said Obi wan as the enemy began to advance causing all of us to retreat.
As we retreated Obi wan and Anakin decided to contact the jedi council to ask for an immediate extraction. "Master Kenobi what has happened?" asked Master Plo Koon.
"I'm afraid we had a situation with the shuttle" said Obi wan as he responded.
"By situation he means big explosion we're going to need a rescue" said Anakin.
"It will be done I'm sending our cruisers now" said Master Plo Koon as he turned off communication to get his forces ready.
Tunnels (Zach's pov)
We found a small cavern to hide out so we could assess the situation which is not a good one. Michael and Ahsoka were far from us at least from hearing view so she could check on his wound. I walked towards where they are to make sure no one hears or sees what they are going to do.
When we got to the cave I told Ahsoka to talk to Michael and for Michael to talk to her. Both didn't want to talk to each other since they didn't know what to say but I forced them to do it which eventually they agreed.
Ahsoka was cleaning Michael's wound and the two of them were quiet. Not one of them said a word till Ahsoka looked over and saw me nodding her on to talk to Michael. Ahsoka sighed and decided to break the silence.
"You should have been more careful Michael, if you had been more careful you wouldn't have gotten wounded" said Ahsoka.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to get hurt" said Michael who tried his best to smile but failed.
"Michael listen I need to talk to you about something" said Ahsoka who knew it was time to talk to Michael.
"Wait let me say something first. Look I'm sorry for not wanting you to come on this mission, there is a reason for it Ahsoka" said Michael as he grasp Ahsoka's hand. "I love you Ahsoka and ever since Mortis I have been worried about you because…" Michael hesitated till Ahsoka spoke.
"Michael I know" said Ahsoka.
"Know what?" asked Michael.
"I know you have been worried about me since the son turned me evil and….killed me" said Ahsoka as she told Michael she knew.
"But how did you…" Michael turned to where I was and I just whistled innocently. "[Sigh] so you know huh?"
"Yes and I want you to know that it wasn't your fault what happened to me. I know you're worried that I could get killed and you could lose me" said Ahsoka.
"Yeah but-" "I'm not finished" said Ahsoka as she interrupted Michael.
"I know you care for me a lot and it's sweet of you to do that. But I can take care of myself Michael" said Ahsoka as she held Michael's hands. "I know how you feel Michael when I had those dreams of you getting killed I was so worried about you that I wanted to keep you out of the fights. But then you showed me you can take care of yourself and showed me I have nothing to worry about."
"I know that Ahsoka, your strong quick, and smart. I have seen you handle tough situations and seen you take on people who would be stronger than a normal person" said Michael. "But after what the son did I am worried that I could lose you, not only to the dark side but from death as well."
"I know your worried Michael about losing me, but please don't worry too much. If I trust you would come back to me alive then you should trust that I will do the same as well" said Ahsoka as she leaned forward and kissed Michael on the cheek.
Michael turned to face Ahsoka and then he brought his lips onto hers and both kissed passionately. They kept the kiss till they broke it and both embraced each other in a hug. "Okay I promise to believe and trust in you Ahsoka. Just promise me you'll come back in one piece" said Michael.
"I promise" said Ahsoka as she tightened the hug not wanting to let go as did Michael.
"Do you forgive me for acting like a worried mother?" asked Michael as he broke the hug and looked into Ahsoka's eyes.
"Yes I do if you forgive me for coming along" asked Ahsoka as she returned the gaze as well.
"I could never me mad at you but yes I do forgive you my angel" said Michael as he kissed Ahsoka again.
I smiled seeing those two finally making up but decided to let them have their moment and headed back to the others to find out what our plan was.
I saw Tarkin sitting next to his men while Obi wan, Anakin, and Piell were talking. "Zach where's Ahsoka and Michael?" asked Anakin as he turned to me.
"They're checking ahead to make sure we don't run into some trouble. So what's the plan now?" I asked.
"We'll need to hold out till the council send the ships" said Obi wan.
"Not a problem we beat them once we'll beat them again" said Master Piell.
"This landscape is almost impossible to cross" said Captain Rex. "How are suppose to get to the rendezvous point?"
"That is the trap of the citadel. Its design to make it impossible for fugitives to get off the surface even if they escape the tower" said Obi wan.
"Well lucky we're not just fugitives" said Anakin.
"Nope we're not" I said to Anakin.
"I hope your right" said Master Piell as we made our way through the tunnel.
Chapter six is done and it was a long one. The next one will be up soon and I hope that you all liked the talk Michael and Ahsoka had. Especially the one with Zach and Ahsoka in the tunnels. Please leave some reviews and tell me what you thought of the chapter. Goodbye for now and take care bye.