Happy Halloween. Disclaimer- I don't own Star Wars the Clone Wars or any of its characters.
Chapter 27
Ahsoka POV
Ahsoka stayed in the medical wing for the next month. In that month, while she was lying in a hospital bed (she felt perfectly fine by the way) Anakin was on exciting and life risking missions.
Ahsoka was jealous.
She wanted to be out in the field piloting ships and fighting droids. Instead she was stuck in that damn medical wing.
Anakin POV
Anakin wished he knew about Ahsoka's extensive knowledge when he first met her. Yes she was staying in the medical wing until the doctors cleared her, but Anakin still had her working.
Since Ahsoka used to read so much he'd learned that she'd read a lot of tactic books as well. Now a day, in between missions he would go to his Padawan and ask her what plan of attack she thinks he should take on the next mission.
She hadn't failed him yet.
Every time that Anakin came to her with a different land layout and options for plan of attack, Ahsoka had input. She had different strategies and ideas for where to send the troops in at each time.
Anakin hated that Ahsoka still wasn't beside him in the field but like Obi-Wan said, he was still kind of happy. He didn't want Ahsoka getting hurt again. He didn't want to risk losing his Padawan again.
That's why he was happy about the work she was doing from the medical wing.
She was helping out a lot, and still out of harm's way. The only thing Anakin was nervous about was when Ahsoka would come back into the field.
"No don't take that route." Ahsoka sat up a bit in her hospital bed. "Send troops in from these two corners and lead the main attack in through the back gates. They'll think it's coming from the front."
Anakin followed his Padawan as she pointed to different spots on the hologram. When she was done and looking up at him he said, "That's brilliant."
Ahsoka smiled at the compliment.
"Really Ahsoka, I never would have thought of that. It's an amazing strategy." He marveled as Ahsoka's smile grew wider. "I have to go tell the squadron. I'll be back later Snips."
He waved goodbye to his Padawan and left the room.
Ahsoka POV
Ahsoka couldn't stay in the medical wing. Anakin could make her stay on Coruscant but there was no way he could make her stay in that bed 24/7. That wasn't happening.
Whenever he left on missions Ahsoka would roam around the Jedi Temple. It was nice to stretch her legs.
One day she even found her way to the main conference room. She went in to find that the only person in there was Master Plo Koon.
"Master Plo," Ahsoka's eyes widened when she saw the Jedi.
Plo Koon was more serene that the young Padawan. "Ahsoka," he nodded his head as a greeting. "How are you feeling?"
"Fine," Ahsoka quickly said. "Perfect actually."
"Ready to go back into the field I assume?"
Ahsoka gave a small laugh. "Yes actually. But it's no use trying to tell Master Skywalker that."
Plo Koon shrugged his shoulders a bit. "Give it some time. He'll come around."
The Padawan shrugged back and looked warily at the Jedi Master.
"Is there something you want to talk to me about?" Plo Koon realized that Ahsoka may be talking to him for a reason.
"Yes actually." The young girl started to nervously fiddle with her fingers. "I was wondering if… when I was presumed dead- did you send word to my family?"
Plo Koon's face softened and nodded in understanding. He took a few moments to collect his thoughts and then spoke. "No, word was not sent to your family. We decided that it would be best for them not to know."
Ahsoka relaxed. "Thank you. Truthfully Master, I didn't want them to know anyway. So thank you."
Plo Koon nodded at the young girl. Ahsoka had nothing else to say so she bid the Jedi goodbye and left the room.
About a week later, Ahsoka was still out of the field and walking around the Jedi Temple. Currently she was heading to the cafeteria to get lunch. She had to admit that it was nice to actually be able to walk around and not be stuck in her hospital bed. She only had to do that when Anakin was on Coruscant.
What Ahsoka really wanted though, was to be in the field.
That wasn't happening for another month though. The doctors were still running tests on her even though she felt perfectly fine.
In the middle of her train of thought Ahsoka turned a corner and ran into someone. It was the usual second of stumbling and trying to balance herself; then Ahsoka saw who she ran into.
"Ahsoka?" Anakin nearly gasped. "What are you doing?"
Ahsoka did the first thing she thought to do and bumped up her confidence level. "I'm going to the cafeteria," she said bravely as she lifted her head up.
"You should be in the medical wing, not here." Anakin put his hand around his Padawan and tried to turn her around.
Ahsoka shrugged off his hand and looked at her Master. She was not going to let him just lead her back to the medical wing. She was done staying in that stupid hospital bed. It was unnecessary and downright foolish. "No Master. I'm fine. Even the doctors said that I could leave for a while if I wanted too."
Anakin looked more sternly at his Padawan now. "Yes, but you're still recovering Ahsoka. Now I'm going to take you back to the Medical Wing before-"
She drew her hand back from his grasp. "No. I'm tired of lying in a hospital bed all day." She lowered her voice from the yell that it was. "Put yourself in my shoes Master. Would you be able to sit in the medical wing all day every day?"
This seemed to get through to the Jedi Knight. His face softened as he looked at his Padawan. "No," he finally said. "I wouldn't."
"See? If you want to make sure that I don't go insane again, don't make me stay in there. I-"
Ahsoka sensed something.
She tilted her head a bit and looked at her Master. "Do you sense that?"
"No. What is it?"
"I…" Ahsoka's eyebrows furrowed and she tilted her head again. Slowly she walked back around the corner and saw-
Her eyebrows widened.
"Ahsoka?"
Anakin POV
Anakin turned the corner right after his Padawan. He was just in time to see the young boy who looked around 14 years old speak to Ahsoka.
"Who is this kid?" Was the first question that Anakin asked himself. "How does he know Ahsoka?"
He noticed that the boy was Togruta and silently considered the possibility that Ahsoka may be dating this boy. He shrugged it off though. Anakin was sure he knew his Padawan well enough to know that she didn't have any interest in dating.
The boy didn't let Ahsoka get word in. He continued speaking. "I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't be here. It's just that… months ago I got a letter saying you were dead. And a few days ago I got another letter. It said that you were missing in action at the time and that now you were found." The boy took in a strangled breath as tears started to fall down his face. "I had to see you- I had to see that you were actually alive."
Anakin looked at his Padawan see she was nearly in tears as well. Her arms were clutching her stomach in uncomfortableness. Anakin wondered who this boy was to make Ahsoka act this way.
Ahsoka didn't say anything in the silence so the boy spoke again. "Also- Dad died 3 months ago."
Ahsoka still said nothing. She was frozen in shock. Anakin wondered why. He wondered who this boy was and how he knew his Padawan. Then he realized what the boy had said. 'Dad died.' Not my dad, just Dad. This was-
"Chance," Ahsoka gasped in a choked sob. She strode forward and captured her little brother in a hug. Chance hugged his sister back and they both started to cry into each other's shoulders.
Anakin didn't have the heart to break them up. Yes, this was against every rule in the Jedi handbook, but at the moment Anakin didn't care. He put himself in his Padawan's shoes. If he got another single second with his mother he would take it. He would also hope that no one got in his way.
Ahsoka POV
Ahsoka's brother was standing right in front of her. Her little brother. She could only cry. The young girl never thought she'd see her brother again, yet here he was standing in front of her.
It felt good to see him again, hell it felt amazing. Ahsoka hadn't felt this nice in a long time.
She wondered how he got word of her death last year. Plo Koon said her that they didn't. Ahsoka pondered on it for a moment and concluded that there must've been a mix up. The letter must've already been sent before the Council decided not to send word. Whatever the reason- Ahsoka was just happy that she was seeing Chance again.
She knew it had to end though. Her brother couldn't stay and Ahsoka had to stay. When the brother and sister finally pulled apart from their hug Ahsoka was still crying. She wiped away her tears and looked at her brother.
"You're married," she said as she noticed the ring on her brother's finger.
Chance blushed a bit, "Yeah."
"Primara," the Padawan guessed.
He blushed harder and nodded again. Ahsoka let out a small laugh in joy. Then Chance changed the tone back to seriousness. "Ahsoka… I know I just got here, but I already have a ticket on the next ship back to Shili. I figured I couldn't stay long."
Ahsoka took in a breath. "Yeah, of course. Um, I'll walk you there."
Chance smiled. "Okay, thank you." His attention turned to Anakin. "And thank you Master Jedi for letting me talk to my sister."
Anakin looked surprised that Chance actually acknowledged him. Still he nodded at the young boy and smiled slightly. Ahsoka looked back and mouthed 'thank you' to her Master before she led Chance to where his ship would be departing at.
"Ms. Mauline is good. Head over heels in love with the fact that I married Primara."
"She would be," Ahsoka laughed. On the way to the ship she asked Chance to tell her how things were on Shili. She was happy to hear that everything was alright. "I believe she owes me a few credits for that."
"You bet on me and Primara getting married?" Chance only seemed somewhat shocked. He was more laughing at the concept than anything.
"Of course I did."
Then he brought up the only topic Ahsoka wanted to avoid. "You already know that Dad died."
"Mmmm," she couldn't think of anything else to say.
"I avoided him after you left and I didn't really see him much. Still-"
"He was our dad." Ahsoka finished. "I get it."
Chance sighed. "I was with him as he passed and I asked him if there was anything he wanted to say to you. He said that you already knew. What does that mean Ahsoka?"
"Before I left that night, Dad talked to me. It was the last time that I talked to him and he said that he was sorry. He said he was sorry for everything. He knew that I couldn't forgive him"
Chance simply nodded in understanding as the two of them arrived at the soon departing ship. "Ahsoka…" Chance fuddled with his fingers as he looked at the ground. "If you ever…I mean if being a Jedi at some point…"
"If anything ever happens, Shili will be the first place I go to." Ahsoka assured her little brother.
In truth it broke Ahsoka's heart to see her brother leave. She knew he had to, but it didn't make it any less difficult. It still felt the same way it had years ago when she first left. Awful.
A/N- Tell me what you like about this story. Tell me what you don't like. I promise I won't take it personally. I just really want to know. -Saraphine
