The Final Battle: Part 3
The trip to the station was uneventful. It was spent mostly organizing the troops, checking the equipment, and going over the plan, at least a dozen times. Just before arriving at the station, Ahsoka saw Tanya looked nervous for the first time that she had ever seen. "Are you ok?" Ahsoka asked Tanya. Tanya shook her head, eyes trained on her Jedi starfighter, painted green and blue. "What's the matter?" Ahsoka questioned until she saw what Tanya was staring at. "Ohhh, you're afraid of flying."
"Not exactly," Tanya replied, shaking her head slightly. "I'm an ok flyer, but I'm just not that comfortable inside a starfighter. It's a little claustrophobic for my taste, and I'd rather be in a command center than in a starfighter, anyways."
Ahsoka shook her head, smiling. "You're the exact opposite of my Master. He loves flying, and it's one of his best talents."
Tanya turned to Ahsoka. "You know, you aren't really making this any easier for me."
"Right, sorry," Ahsoka apologized. "It just occurred to me, that's all."
"Well, we just came out of hyperspace and I'm pretty sure the station sees us, so I suggest we get out there and destroy that station before it gets us," Master Li said, walking into the hanger with Barriss right behind her.
"Yes, Master," Tanya responded, snapping out of her daze. She swallowed her worries, and jumped into the starfighter and took off without a backwards glance.
"Wow, one moment Tanya's stiff with anxiety and the next she's ahead of us all," Ahsoka exclaimed.
"That's Tanya for you," Barriss told her, leaping into her own starfighter, and taking off. Realizing she was the only one not in her fighter, Ahsoka jumped into the cockpit of her own starfighter and took off to join her friends. The station was just as if not even bigger than the holomap had shown it to be.
Ahsoka flew up next to Tanya and Barriss and said, "So, this is where the fun begins."
"Speak for yourself, Ahsoka," Tanya told her, over the com. channel. "I, for one, do not believe flying exactly makes my list of what I consider fun."
"Tanya, your doing fine. Just relax and try to enjoy it," Ahsoka encouraged. Her spirits fell slightly when she saw exactly how many vulture droids there were.
"Here they come," Barriss warned. "Ok, split into the groups. Now!" Ahsoka and Tanya pulled away from the rest of the group, while Barriss and Master Li continued toward the station.
"At least we aren't in the thick of it," Tanya said, relieved. Ahsoka frowned, a little disappointed.
"Ahsoka, I sense you want to see some action, but we need to get in there, without being seen," Tanya advised.
"Alright," Ahsoka replied. "But, I hate having to wait for them to destroy the scanners, without us."
"Patience, Ahsoka," Tanya warned. "They'll make it through in no time."
"Well, no time seems to be taking a lot of time," Ahsoka said.
"Ahsoka, it hasn't been that long. Really, I don't expect them to even be near the hanger, yet."
"Ok, the scanners are down. You two are on," Barriss' voice came.
"Well, that took less time than I expected," Tanya pointed out, pleased.
"Are you kidding me? That took ages," Ahsoka complained.
"Ahsoka, we can hear you, you know," Master Li said.
"Oh. Right," Ahsoka realized, embarrassed as she flew into a back hanger, Tanya right next to her.
"Now, for the hard part," Tanya said.
"And that part wasn't hard?" Ahsoka asked.
"It was hard, but now we have to get to the database, without being seen," Tanya reminded her.
"Oh. Yeah, I guess that'll be harder."