The Final Battle: Part 4
Ahsoka and Tanya jumped out of their starfighters and looked around."This hanger is deserted," Ahsoka observed.
"Good," Tanya told her. "That means Barriss and Master Li's distraction is working." She turned to the droids in their starfighters. "R4, R5, take the ships and help the clones. We'll call you when we need the ships back." R4 and R5 beeped in reply and took off, flying back into the battle outside. Ahsoka gave Tanya a look that said, Are you nuts! You just trapped us here!
"No, I'm not crazy. If we had left the ships here and some droids had found them, they would know that we're here."
"Oh," Ahsoka said, softly.
"Come on, we have work to do," Tanya reminded her. She walked over to an air vent and took out a holoprojector. She activated it and it showed a map of some kid of maze. Tanya looked at it for a moment, before turning it off again. "Well, let's go." She opened the vent and crawled inside, Ahsoka following right behind her.
"What was that map of?" Ahsoka asked.
"The ventilation system. I just needed one more look at the map," Tanya responded, turning right. Ahsoka followed her, going up, left, right, and so on until they reached a dead end, with a vent at the end. Tanya opened the vent, looked around, and nodded to Ahsoka. "We're in the right place. I'll go first, and make sure it's ok. Do exactly as I do." Ahsoka nodded. Tanya stuck her legs out, grabbed something on the wall outside of the vent, and slid out of the vent. Ahsoka was about to follow her, but when she looked out of the vent, she only saw a huge pit beneath her. Ahsoka looked at Tanya.
"Were are we, exactly?"
"The elevator shaft. The database is at the top of a tower and the only way to get there is by the elevator. But, the elevator is bound to have tons of security, so we'll have to climb manually." Ahsoka followed Tanya and started climbing the shaft. It was difficult, considering there was very little to hold on to. But they were doing alright. That is, until the elevator came down. They were a little more than halfway to the top when Tanya heard something moving. She looked up the dark shaft and was just barely able to make out something moving down the shaft.
"Ahsoka, find a vent. Quickly!" Tanya warned her.
"What is it, Tanya?" Ahsoka questioned.
"Look up."
Ahsoka looked up. "Oh no. Not good."
"Find a vent! Now!" Tanya instructed, urgently. They both looked around the shaft for a vent to escape into. Nothing.
"Wait, up there!" Ahsoka pointed out a vent around ten feet above them. "Hurry!" Ahsoka and Tanya jumped from one side of the shaft to the other, launching themselves up the shaft. Ahsoka reached it first and pulled off the vent cover with the Force, before diving deep inside. Tanya reached it afterward and was barely able to pull herself in before the elevator rushed past. Tanya let out a deep breath.
"That was too close." Ahsoka nodded. They got back out of the vent and climb the rest of the way to the top. They crawled back into the vents and crept toward the database. "Ready?" Tanya asked.
"As I'll ever be."