So I actually got a review from someone who was proud of me for posting on time. Alright then. Thanks guys. I love you all so much for loving this story as much as I do. It means a lot to me. Disclaimer- I don't own Star Wars the Clone Wars or any of its characters.


Chapter 24

Anakin POV

The first thing Anakin did when he arrived back on Coruscant was go check on Ahsoka.

The second thing he did was freak out that she wasn't in her room.

"Why isn't she in her room?" He wondered. "Did they move her? Did something happen? Is Ahsoka-is she dead? Did she die when he was away? No, she was supposed to be fine."

Anakin was on the verge of a mental breakdown when a nurse came in. She took one look at the Jedi Knight and said, "She's not dead."

He was able to breathe again. As if anticipating his next question she said, "I don't know exactly where she is, but she's been walking around a lot recently."

"Is it safe for her to be walking around in her condition?"

The nurse shrugged her shoulders, "If she feels up to it. Which obviously she does." She looked up from her clipboard. "I think she said she was going to the library now that I think about it."

Anakin was gone.


He found her in the library like the nurse told him.

Ahsoka was sitting in one of the chairs in the main reading room of the library. She was reading her electronic tablet. Her drip was still attached to her arm. She must've sensed Anakin because she looked up after he'd been in the room for a minute.

Anakin walked over and took a seat in the chair next to her. "You look better."

"I feel better."

Anakin nodded as his Padawan put down her electronic tablet and looked back at him. "How was the mission?"

"It shouldn't even have been called a mission. We took down about 50 droids and then had to stay for an extra week and a half to clean up. It was ridiculous."

Ahsoka gave a small laugh. "It sounds like it. I still wish I were there though."

Anakin lost his smile and glared at his Padawan. "All in good tie Snips, you're still healing."

"I feel fine Sky-Guy!" Ahsoka groaned at the look he was giving her.

"Well you're not fine. You need more rest. You still have a drip that you have to carry around with you everywhere."

Ahsoka didn't respond. She only gave her master a very annoyed look. It didn't change his mind though. Anakin wouldn't let Ahsoka get back on any missions until she was back in shape.

That rule stuck for the next month.


Ahsoka POV

Ahsoka stood by on Coruscant as she was left out of the action. She was on the side line as her master went off on exciting missions. All the while she was out of the game.

After that month had gone by Ahsoka couldn't take it anymore. She was in good enough condition. She wasn't exactly strong, but she didn't have to carry a drip with her everywhere she went. Besides it was getting annoying only seeing Anakin on Coruscant when he was in the break between jobs. He would always spend his time watching over her.

Whenever they went to the cafeteria he would insist that she eat at least 3 trays of food. Ahsoka knew she was thin, but stuffing herself didn't seem like an ideal solution. She could only take in so much food at one time.

So one day when Anakin told his Padawan that he was being sent on another mission she responded by saying, "take me with you."

He glared at her, "You know I can't Snips; you don't have a clean bill of health yet."

Ahsoka was about to get on her knees and beg if this didn't work. "Oh come on. Just take me on the cruiser. I won't actually go down on the planet on the actual mission. I'll just stay up in the ship and watch over the whole thing with all the others."

She saw his strength melt away a bit. "Please," she added with a pouting face. Ahsoka hoped this was enough to throw him over the edge.

"Fine."

The young girl smiled at her break through and almost patted herself on the back. She was quite proud.


Later on that day Ahsoka walked onto the cruiser with a smile on her face. And Anakin of course. He was there too.

They arrived an hour or so early and the two of them had to sit in the main conference room alone for a while. In that time Anakin went over his plan for briefing the mission.

Ahsoka had to listen to her master say the same thing over and over for an hour. Finally when she was about to up and leave, others started coming into the room. Ahsoka immediately recognized them as the general's squadron.

"Commander Tano," Rex exclaimed when he saw Ahsoka. Many of the other clones behind him did the same.

Ahsoka smiled seeing the clones surprised to see her. It was a rare sight to see the squadron as shocked as they were now. They were all usually calm and collect as they were supposed to be in most situations. "Rexter," Ahsoka nodded at the Captain.

"It's good to see you Commander," Fives greeted as he made his way into the room. "Are you joining us on the mission?"

Anakin interrupted Ahsoka before she got a chance to answer. "No, she is not. Ahsoka is still recovering."

Ahsoka scowled over at her master. She hoped her frown told him that she could've said that herself. After she was done glaring at Anakin she turned back to the squadron. "I'm sitting this one out."

The clones nodded and made their way to their seats. As Rex made his way past Ahsoka he patted her shoulder and said, "It's good to have you back Commander."

She smiled at him and mouthed 'thanks.' When he smiled back she knew he got the message.


Anakin POV

After Anakin was done with the briefing he made some excuse up and sent Ahsoka to grab something from the other room. When she was gone he turned back to the clones.

"Commander Tano is here for educational purposes. She isn't assisting in any physical way on the mission. While we're down on the planet she'll be running communications up on the cruiser. As you all know she's still in recovery and I was reluctant to bring her on the mission anyway-"

"That's his way of saying I fooled him into bringing me along." Ahsoka interrupted. Anakin silently cursed how fast his Padawan was. "As for the rest of you, if any of you treat me like a weak and pathetic little girl like General Skywalker has taken so kindly to doing, I will personally take pleasure in hitting you in the gut."

The girl walked over to where Anakin sat and handed him the memory chip he asked for. She then sat back down in her seat. "Are we clear?"

The entire room responded with a unison of, "Yes Commander."

"Then you're dismissed," Ahsoka stated.

The squadron got up and left.

Anakin stared wide eyed at his Padawan. She only looked back at him when all of the clones had left the room. Her raised eyebrows seemed to ask "What?" in a brash way.

"You just embarrassed me in front of my entire squadron," he stared in awe.

Ahsoka shrugged. "Don't take it personally. You did the same to me."

She got up out of her seat and walked out of the room, leaving Anakin with his mouth agape the entire time.


Ahsoka POV

After a few days of traveling on the cruiser and making it to their destination, the mission began. It killed Ahsoka to still be on the side line but at least she was closer to being in the game than she was before. Maybe she could even make her way in at the end.

When the squadron went down to the planet Ahsoka stayed on the cruiser like she was told. She would've been disobedient like she always was, but she didn't want to risk being sent back to Coruscant. So she stayed and monitored coms.

It was a boring job. All she had to do was sit around and make sure the communications were working. So she pretty much got to hear about all of the action, and not be in any of it. It was frustrating.

Meanwhile all the other Clones that were still on the ship with her had important things to do as well. They were all rushing around and fixing things. Ahsoka wanted to be doing that. She couldn't leave com duty though. If something did happen she would need to fix it.

After about 5 hours of consistent nothingness some excitement finally happened. A series of messages came in over the network.

"Rex, are the bombs set?" Ahsoka heard her master say.

Captain Rex responded by saying, "No General. We've lost the explosives."

Ahsoka nearly jumped out of her seat. She ordered the nearest clone to her to take over com duty and ran off to the armory. There she grabbed a bag full of bombs and ran to her fighter in the hangar.

She spotted R2 across the room. "R2 let's go!" She yelled over to the droid.

R2 giddily came over to Ahsoka and made its way into her fighter. Ahsoka patted her fighter before hopping in, "Oh it's been far too long."

She smiled and started up the ship. Once the engine was running smoothly, Ahsoka took off to the planet below.


When she and R2 made their way to Rex's position the look on his face could've broken glass.

"The General is going to kill me," he warned.

Ahsoka handed over the bag of explosives, "Don't worry. He'll kill me first. Then you can have a head start."

Rex reluctantly took the bag and handed it off to his men, ordering them to position the bombs. As they did Rex seemed to be lost in thought.

Finally he spoke but not all the words made their way out of his mouth. "So-Commander…"

"How was torture?" She tried to finish.

Rex said nothing, but by the look on his face Ahsoka could tell he meant something along those lines.

"It sucked." She plainly said. "I went insane, lost my hand," she took off her glove and held up her mechanical hand for the captain to see, "but I'm still alive, so that's an upside."

Ahsoka put her glove back on. Once she was done she looked up to meet Rex's eyes again. Rex looked like he had nothing to say. He probably didn't. Ahsoka didn't really want anyone to say anything either.

It was a thing in the past. Yes, it was awful but it happened. There's no changing that. Ahsoka had come to terms with what happened to her.

Before Rex got a chance to respond another clone came up to him and said that the bombs were in position. Rex turned on his com and said, "General the bombs are in place."

"I thought you lost them? Oh well- just get out of there and then blow the place. I'll meet you back at the ship."

"Yes General," Rex responded. He turned off his com and told the rest of his men the orders. The squadron started back towards the ship.

"Alright Rexter, I'm going back to my fighter. I'll take it back up to the cruiser." Ahsoka started to walk away but she felt an arm pull her back. She turned around to once again meet Rex's eyes.

"Commander Tano… I'm sorry about what happened to you."

Ahsoka smiled weakly. "Me too."

"And Commander…"

"Yes Captain."

"Thanks for saving my ass."


A/N- So after I'm done with this story I think I'm going to take a break for a while. I decided that I'm going to make a little short story for my friend for Christmas. Either way, I've already finished writing this story and all I have to do is post them. -Saraphine