Hello again! Thank you for all the support! Here is the final chapter to the story! Enjoy!

~Zoe Maddox

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Chapter Four: Someday

I sit in a total silence that blankets everything around me in uncertainty and fear. I have felt this way before. Battle never has a definite ending or beginning. Even into a battle that has been strategically laid out, nothing is ever certain. But this is different. A hybrid. This time around my Soka is in danger. In danger of the people she knew and trusted.

I stare at the wall as if I can protect Ahsoka even from my barrack. I know I can't, but it's better than facing the real pain. The Jedi have stripped away her Padawan status so that she can be subject to a military trial. I can feel Ahsoka screaming at how unfair this is. It hurts me to see her that way.

My comm beeping shatters the aching silence. I am glad for it. It distracts me from the pain.

"Rex. Ahsoka is being held in the Republic military base. Her trial will be tomorrow morning. When I visited her, she requested your presence. You'll only have a short time before I bring Padme so that they can work on her trial." Anakin speaks quickly.

"Thank you, General." I say in an even voice. But I can hardly keep the excitement out of my voice.

I take a simple ship to the base, in fact the same one Anakin and I used when we went to capture Ahsoka the first time. When I come to the front of the Detention Center, Fox gives me a raised eyebrow as I drop my guns and comm in the drawer. But he doesn't question the clearance from General Skywalker. I am led to her cell. The laser shield lifts for me and I step into her cell.

She sits on her bed with her arms wrapped around her legs, her head resting on her knees. Suddenly she lifts her head.

"Rex?" she asks.

"It's me, Soka." I say, almost in a whisper as I slip my helmet off.

She is suddenly in my arms. I can't help it. Soka doesn't reject it. She lies in my arms limply, just being cradled.

"What am I going to do?" she cries.

I stroke her back headtail as she clutches to my chest. "I don't know."

We stand like this until one of the clones tells me that my time is up. I don't want to leave my Soka in this cold, dark cell. I pick her up and lay her softly on her bed as if the icy metal is feathers. I kiss her forehead lightly. Her eyes are sad and tired.

"Please don't leave me."

"I never leave you. I am always with you." I press my finger to my temple and then to her temple.

The red shield opens and closes behind me. I slip on my helmet and one of the clones snicker, "Nice one, brother."

I clench my fist and walk back to the front. Fox's raised eyebrow is now in his hair. I click back on my comm and take my guns.

Somehow I find myself sitting in the same overwhelming silence, staring at the wall. How can they do this to Ahsoka? After she devoted her life to them. It's times like these where I question the point of the War. I suddenly question everything I've been made to believe. These questions have always been here, digging up under my skin.

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The wait outside of the chamber is terrible. I'm not allowed to be in the actual trial, but I can watch a holo of it. And it's a good thing too, because I start punching the walls of the barrack. They don't even creak under my fist, but it helps with the boiling anger that I'm struggling to contain. When the Chancellor begins to announce Ahsoka's certain death, the General bursts into the chamber with Barris Offee. She's a good friend of Ahsoka's. But not anymore. Offee admits to all of it. And I watch as Ahsoka lets out a sigh.

I send a message to her returned comm to come to my quarters before she goes to her meeting with the Order. I wait, counting the minutes off until I hear my door swish open and see my beautiful Soka standing in the doorway.

She runs into my arms.

"Soka. Oh, Soka. Please never run away from me again." I say as I kiss her cheeks, montrals, forehead, and lips.

Suddenly Ahsoka pulls away, her eyes hurt and angry.

"I'm not coming back to the Order."

I stare, my lips formed in a surprised O.

"Rex, I have to sort this out on my own. Away from everybody. I need to get my bearings in the real Republic, not the Jedi perception."

My heart clenches painfully. I can understand what she means. Sometimes I wonder myself what life is like on the outside of the war. But what about me? I know it sounds foolish and selfish, but I can't do it without her. The days when I just can't hold on anymore…

"I can't do it without you." I say, and she immediately understands all that I'm thinking. She touches my face, tracing my jawline.

"I thought that maybe someday…" I trail off in embarrassment, "I thought that maybe someday, after the war was done, that we could have our own little farm and start a family…"

Ahsoka presses her forehead to mine. "You dream this future for us?"

"I have for a long time. Since that first night when you kissed me… I dreamed a perfect little future that could maybe come true. But now you'll be gone forever."

Ahsoka smiles. She presses her fingers to her temple and then to mine.

"We WILL meet again."

And I don't doubt it for a second.

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*Du dun dun Da dun da da da daa* (You know that tune, you know you do. You're humming it right now.)

I have to say, this was a really fun story to write. A little sad, but fun to get into Rex's head. Well, we all know what a cliffhanger ending means... sequel! Would you guys like to see the return of Rex and Ahsoka? Remember to leave you thoughts and lovin' down below. It really helps. What do you think of a follow up? Thanks for all the support!

~Zoe Maddox