When Even the Closest Turn Away
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Chapter 2: Chase the Ally
I stare up at General Skywalker in confusion. My Soka, a murderer? But the General isn't joking around. Letta Turmond, a woman who fed her husband nano- droids that made him the bomb in the Jedi Temple bombing, had apparently been Force choked by Ahsoka. We both know it's not true. But it is military business now, and no matter how hard he tried, Anakin wasn't going to get to see her.
I had heard a few rumors going around the barracks and I finally got the guts to say something to the General. He is angry. His story involved calling a few people stupid and how, "She's my Padawan!" But I got the story and now Ahsoka is in prison for a crime she didn't commit.
"And bailing her out would only make it look worse." I say with a sigh.
The General's lips form like he's going to speak when his comlink beeps. He answers, "General Skywalker here."
Commander Fox's voice practically yells at us, "Padawan Ahsoka Tano has escaped and is on the run."
The General and I share a look before we both jump up and start running to the hangar.
The base is a mass of soldiers and tanks searching for one amazing Padawan. We land and run into the base. We find Commander Fox quickly. He is standing over the bodies of three lightsaber slashed clones.
"Suspect has killed three clones. Code Red. If you see the target, shoot to kill!" Fox commands.
"Delay that order, Commander Fox!" Anakin says as we run up.
"She's killed troopers!" Fox practically yells at us.
"I know Commander Tano; she would never do something like this!" I say. I'm not going to let my brother put my Soka in the dirt.
Fox is right back in my face, "Then who did?"
Anakin pushes through us, "Quiet!"
"Ahsoka, it's me, Anakin!" the General yells into the vents. "Stop running!"
"You can't help me, Master. Someone is setting me up!" she yells back.
"I believe you, Ahsoka!"
"But no one else will!"
We hear her footsteps echo as she runs away. I want to scream that I believe her. That I need her. That I won't let them hurt her. Anakin shakes his head.
"Keep searching until we find her." Anakin says sadly. "Rex, call security. Tell them we need to search the entire base. Now!"
I nod and click my comlink, "General Skywalker has just issued an all points bulletin on Commander Ahsoka Tano. She's killed three clones," I shake my head sadly, "and should be considered armed and dangerous."
I turn to follow the General to the front of the building with Commander Fox. When the doors slide open, Fox starts pointing and yelling to the small squad of men around him, "There she is! Quick! Stop her before she gets to the ship!"
They squad chases at her, shooting at her. She runs for her ship, but they destroy it before she can get to it. She's on a move on.
"What's going on?" Anakin asks.
"We found her. She's heading towards the industrial pipe line." Fox reports.
"Set weapons to stun. I want her alive!" Anakin commands as he starts to run. We follow him as loud thunder rumbles.
The rain begins to fall as the gunships pass over our heads.
"Do NOT shoot to kill! Do NOT shoot to kill!" Anakin yells into his comlink. "Try to box her in. Don't let her escape. Tell me what you see, Oddball."
I can see the yellow and green of her lightsabers slashing the blue stuns from a distance. Then there is an explosion on the bridge she is running on. She goes down but then she jumps up. When she ignites her lightsaber, she only has her green one. She must have lost her shoto in the fall. Then Oddball stops her on the stairs.
"Not so fast, Commander!"
She backs down the stairs only to find she is surrounded. The searchlights illuminate her and a circle of clones surround her. Every gun is trained on her. Then the General, Fox, and I arrive. She looks to her Master with a look and glances to me. She's not going to stop. She can't be tamed. Then she jumps up to a pipe and cuts a hole in it. All around her, the stuns create blue fire everywhere near her. The she jumps into the pipe and out of sight.
A small squad jumps down into the tunnel first. We're not far behind. We land in the sippy water and take off. You can hear the splashes of the clones ahead of us. Fox and I are fast, right behind the other clones. I glance back to find General Skywalker only to find he's not there. I turn around and search the musty, dark pipes for him. I hear him splash in the opposite direction the clones are going. He must have used the Force to find her.
I hear his voice and then Ahsoka's voice. But where? I stumble around, trying to find them. I suddenly call out, "General Skywalker, where are you?" I get no response, only the murmur of their conversation. I walk down a corridor and find them. Ahsoka, my sweet Soka, jumps from the open pipe. I run to the General's side, watching her fall to a ship. She looks up to us, a sure look on her face.
My Soka was leaving.
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