Here it is! The big one o! I have had fun writing this! This chapter will bring big surprises I can assure you! I hope you like it! :D
Anakin slept on one side of the tent while Rex slept on the other side. There was a flap hanging from the roof of the tent hanging between the two to give them some privacy.
Anakin couldn't sleep, he couldn't stop thinking about how close Ahsoka was to finding out about him and Padme'.
Rex had already fallen into a deep sleep and his snores was another thing that had kept him awake.
Anakin couldn't handle it any longer, all the thoughts spinning around in his head and the loud snoring of Rex was enough to drive him crazy. He got up and walked as quietly as he could outside.
Smoke was still coming out from under neath the burnt twigs they had used to start a small fire, most of which were only ashes now. He could hear a couple of the other clones snoring too so he figured it must be a clone thing.
Anakin went and sat down on a stump by the fire wood they had gathered and started putting some in the fire pit to start a small fire. As he was picking up the sticks, he suddenly felt a sharp pain flow threw his hand. A splinter had stuck his hand.
"Uhg!" He moaned slightly louder than he had intended it to come out.
He heard someone shuffle in their tent from hearing the noise. Anakin pulled the splinter out and sat the sticks in the fire being quieter than before now that he knew someone was a light sleeper.
Not long after he had got the fire going he heard a tent flap open. He turned to see who it was, and to his surprise it was Ahsoka.
"Hey, Snips, what are you doing up?" He whispered as he scooted over giving her a spot to sit.
"I couldn't sleep…" She said quietly.
"Whats on your mind?" He whispered back as she sat down beside him.
"Not knowing who it is I felt earlier is driving me crazy!" She said in a more normal toned voice.
"Shh! You might wake the clones.." He whispered, all the men were still asleep.
"Sorry.." She said as the blue spots on her lekku darkened which is the togrutian way of blushing.
"Can you feel any kind of bond between you and this person?" Anakin asked smiling to himself, he found it funny how her species blushed.
"A small one…" She said nervously, a bond normally only formed when a attachment or strong friendship or loyalty was with one another.
Anakin's smile disappeared as she spoke her words.
"What's the bond based upon?" He asked.
"I can't tell…" She said looking at the flames of the fire as they jumped up and down and curled.
Anakin did the same. His padawan had a bond with someone else besides him! Jedi only make senseable bonds between master and padawan. Who could she have a bond with on this planet?
"You still don't know who it is?" He asked.
"Master, if I knew I wouldn't be awake right now." She said smiling.
"Oh…yah.." He said feeling like an idiot for asking such a stupid question.
The nights on Carlac weren't as long as on most planets and the sun was already rising.
"Well I guess we should be getting the men up, we need to leave before the sun comes up." He said as he stood looking down at her as she did the same,"If you sense anything out of the ordinary, let me know"
"Yes father." She said jokingly as she smiled.
When all the men were ready and had all the tents bagged up and the remains of the fire had been covered up by snow, they set off.
Some of the clones were sluggish, they weren't use to the short nights of Carlac.
They were a quarter a mile away when they started smelling gases from the base. Anakin was on one side of the road with two clones while Ahsoka was on the other side with Rex and two other clones.
Anakin pushed the bottom on his comlink and whispered the plan, they were close enough that they could be heard if they were to talk to loud.
"You see those windows with the closed flaps?" He asked as he pointed slightly to them.
"Yes" Rex and Ahsoka replied.
"They use them to throw out garbage, we are going to enter threw them, once a droid opens it to dump the trash we will enter ." He said looking over at them.
"Really? Thats your plan?" Ahsoka asked as if that was the worst plan he had ever come up with.
"Yes! By the way, make sure you take the droid out as quietly as possible." He reminded.
"Gotcha!" She said smiling, as if she didn't already know.
The two groups moved up using the small, odd shaped trees to hide behind.
When they finally reach the wall, a droid opened the window and dropped out garbage just as Anakin had said they would, and they made their entrance. They pulled the droids head off not wanting to make noise with their lightsabers or blaster.
As soon as the head was off they heard a beeping sound.
"Bomb!" Anakin yelled as he force pushed the droid away from them.
As soon as it blew up a loud alarm started to sound and a droid spoke.
"Explosion in sector 628 detected, explosion in sector 628 detected" The droid repeated five times.
"How did that happen!" Rex asked as they got off the floor.
"The bomb was placed inside his body and a cord was attached to his limbs so if anything pulled them off a bomb would be activated." Anakin said as he brushed dust off his clothes.
"How would the clankers think of something like that!" One clone asked in a yell.
"They didn't…." Anakin said lowering his head as he closed his eyes.
"Then who did?" Another clone asked.
"Dooku, he is here, he knew what we would try.." Anakin said as he raised his head and opened his eyes.
All the clones looked at each other in awe, they were not informed that a sith lord was in the facility.
"What are we going to do? They know we are here." Rex asked.
"You and Ahsoka go, I'll deal with Dooku." He said.
"Master, you'll be killed if you engage Dooku alone! Please, let me go with you, I can help." Ahsoka pleaded.
"Snips, this isn't really…" He stopped as he turned and looked into her care filled eyes," Fine but stay close, Rex you and your men plant the bombs."
"Sir yes sir!" Rex snapped as he ran down the hall as the men followed.
Anakin and Ahsoka calmly walked down the halls of the base when they finally reached the big door that would take them to Dooku.
"Ahsoka, be patent," He said as he looked at his robotic arm, his impatience had caused him to loose his hand and he didn't want her to do the same.
She nodded slightly and then they entered the big room.
"Greetings, I have been awaiting your arrival." A figure said as he sat in a chair facing the opposite way as they were.
Ahsoka ignited her lightsaber, but Anakin put his arm in front of her letting her know to put her saber away.
"It's nice to see you again too" Anakin said sarcastically.
Dooku turned to face them as he said,"I believe I have something to show you"
He raised his hand and snapped and as soon as he did a door to the left of the jedi opened and two magna guard droids walked in holding a boy, a familiar boy. Lux!
"Lux!" Ahsoka said as she started for him but once again Anakin reached out his hand to stop her.
Lux just hung his head as the droids held him. He didn't look up once, he didn't make a sound.
"What have you done to him!" Ahsoka yelled at Dooku.
"I can assure you he will be alright…" Dooku said as he walked over to the big window and stood looking out it as he crossed his hands behind him,"On one condition.."
"And whats that?" Anakin asked.
"Hand over your padawan and your friend will be alright." Dooku said turning to face them.
"Never! I'll never give up Ahsoka!" Anakin said in fury that he would even suggest that.
"Well lets see what your padawan thinks should be done, youngling, what are your thoughts on the situation?" Dooku asked.
Ahsoka looked at Lux, then looked at Dooku, then looked at her master.
"Ahsoka don't let your feelings blind you." Anakin said to her.
"I'm sorry master…" She said as she walked over in front of Dooku putting her light sabers on his desk," I can't let him die.." She said hanging her head
Wow! That was interesting! BTW, don't you just love cliff hangers? lol! I will probably be taking a good little break for a while, I want you to suffer by not knowing what will happen next! muhahaha! I'm so evil!