Anakin's POV

I was lost, deep in my meditation in my chamber at the Jedi temple; watching the starships fly around the horizon. Until my commlink interrupted my thoughts with its noise. Unamused I answered the call.

"What is it?" I asked trying to sound less annoyed. A blue hologram of Padme' Amidala popped up from the metal plate.

"Anakin," she said.

"Yeah," I replied trying to sound casual.

"I've got bad news for you…"

"I doubt it's not really that bad, I've heard a lot of bad news,' I said realising how smug I sounded.

Padme' rolled her eyes and continued. "It's very bad…"

"Let me guess… The peace talks that you and Ahsoka broke Republic law to organise were not so peaceful and now you need rescuing?"

"Anakin would you stop interrupting me?"

"Yeah yeah, whatever."

Padme' stared me down. "Ahsoka's gone missing."

"What!" I exclaimed. "You're not serious."

"Darling," Padme' replied. "I wouldn't be calling you if I wasn't serious."

I swore under my breath. In a few days' time I was scheduled to be sent with the fleet to Felecia, where I would have no time for myself let alone time to find Ahsoka.

"This is the second time he has gone missing in the last six months," I replied frustrated. "Do you have any idea where she's gone?"

"No not really is the short answer, but I'll tell you the series of events," she answered. "A few days ago Lux Bonteri interrupted proceedings claiming that Dooku had killed his mother, my good friend Mina Bonteri. He was then taken away by the Separatist's battle droids and with my permission Ahsoka followed him."

"You gave Ahsoka permission to follow Lux Bonteri!"

"Shut up Anakin and listen, remember you're not the only one stressing out here," she snapped. "Ahsoka and I both knew that the Separatist's would've killed Lux for speaking out. Ahsoka probably saved his life."

"And probably got captured," I mumbled. I didn't want to ask the question, but I knew I had to. "What about R2?"

"He went with Ahsoka," Padme' replied.

Shit. There was confidential Republic information on that droid. It would be a massive blow to the republic if he was captured, which by now he probably is…

"I don't think the Separatists have captured them," Padme' said interrupting my thoughts.

"Why?" I asked.

"Well, I went to where Lux's ship was docked and it was gone, they had flown off world."

"What's the ships name?" I asked hopefully. "I can look it up and track it down."

"I think the ships name is The Phoenix, but I might be wrong," Padme' answered. "The ship is a freighter."

"Was there a crew on the ship?" I asked worriedly.

"No, not that I'm aware of," she replied.

I sighed. "Thank you for informing me."

"Anakin I'll do all I can to find Ahsoka, I promise," Padme' said as she looked behind her. "I've got to go, the peace talks are about to continue."

"Goodbye," I answered.

Padme's hologram fizzled away. Looks like I'll be getting no sleep tonight I thought to myself as I walked out of my chambers and towards the library. It was so out of character for Ahsoka to disappear like this and I still haven't received a message from R2 to say something is wrong. I really hope that they are alright.

Meanwhile on Carlac…

R2 D2's POV

The snow covered me like a blanket. I knew I couldn't get out of this one; there was no fancy flying to be done and no tricks to be played. I was stuck and worse, on a very low battery. Half my circuits are frozen, but I think I can just manage it before I go, before I completely lose power. I'll make sure Ahsoka is safe and that the real Lux Bonteri is safe as well. I'll send a message to Anakin.

With all my power I created an SOS and sent it. Then I felt completely cold and darkness swallowed me.