It took many more hours, and it was well into the night before Rex and Anakin finally had all the information they needed. "Hangar 4, Amber 'yard. What happens if he's not there, sir?"

"Then we figure out a new plan." They came to the door of the hangar. It was locked up for the night and the security alarm blinked calmly at them.

"I don't think anyone's home, should we let ourselves in?"

"Rex, you read my mind."

It took very little time to locate the panel that supplied power to the security system, it took more time, however, to actually disarm it. Using a power meter Rex checked the lines to see which one was the one carrying the current. "I think it's the magenta wire, sir. The mauve one controls the signal and the magenta controls the power."

Anakin rolled his eyes at this. "Your one of them! Listen, Rex. I only know ten colours. Is it the pink one, or the purple one?"

"Umm, pink sir. It's the pink one."

Anakin cut the offending wire, hoping that he and Rex had the same idea of pink. The power to the security system went off. Finding one of the smaller side doors Rex stepped back and let Anakin handle this one. Anakin took a breath, than reaching out with the Force he felt for the lock. He felt for the shape of the catch and the workings of the door. It only took him a moment. He was quite adept at opening doors. A second later, the door opened and they were in.

Stepping cautiously into the hangar they took in the place. The low night-lights cast dark shadows on the ships that were tightly parked throughout the bay. Anakin slid the door shut and locked it again. "Let's split up and sweep the perimeter. See if you can find evidence of him, and be careful. This kid almost successfully murdered Master Windu, so keep your guard up."

Rex nodded, blaster in hand, set for stun. Activating his infrared vision he cautiously moved around the edge of the hangar. Even though Anakin had warned him to be careful, Rex thought he had a better idea of exactly what a cadet age clone was capable of. The clones were put through their paces at all ages. The cadet age clones were soldiers and warriors just like the full grown ones.

Rex reached the far wall, and began sweeping it moving parallel to Anakin. They couldn't see each other now, there were too many ships between them. Down the wall a few meters was an office with various control panels mounted on the wall nearby. Rex tested the door. Locked. But looking in though the window he didn't see anything of interest. He continued on, keeping alert for any sign or sound that might be relevant.

About two thirds of the way down the wall Rex was rewarded with the sight of a messy cot. It looked as though someone had been sleeping here. Speaking into his comm, he said in a low voice, "General Skywalker, this is Rex. I have eyes on a cot over here and it might be the boy's, do you copy."

"I hear you Rex. Keep alert. If he's been sleeping here we could run into him at any moment. We don't want him to get away."

"Roger that." Rex continued on, keeping his footfalls as soft as possible so as not to spook their unsuspecting quarry. As he drew nearer to the back wall of the hangar, movement caught his eye. There, descending the ramp to one of the many ships that were crowded into the hangar, was Boba Fett.

Boba felt his stomach clench and his adrenaline spike as he laid eyes on the clone trooper. He was compromised and he had to get out of here. Not waiting for the trooper to act Boba launched himself off the ramp and began dodging between the various ships. His heart was racing, yet his mind was remarkably clear. He'd been taught how to evade capture in urban environments. This was nothing he wasn't ready for.

Rex gave chase, calling to Anakin, "Sir, the boy's over here, he's running in between the ships, I do not have a visual."

"Understood." Anakin raced from where he had been on the far side of the bay. Dodging between ships he moved toward Rex hoping to catch the kid between them. His plan might have worked on most children Boba's age, but not this time.

Boba had doubled back, crawling on top of the wing of a ship Rex had already passed, he waited for a moment until he was sure that the clone couldn't see or hear him. Slipping from his spot he moved to another, then another. Dodging under taller ships and crawling over the smaller ones Boba moved across the bay. As he made his way back to the wall with his cot he heard the sound of someone coming from the other side of the hangar. He needed a diversion and a way out.

Moving to a control panel on the wall near the office, Boba reached up and unlocking it he pressed three controls in rapid succession before he ran for cover. The first was the controls to the big bay door where the ships came in and out. They ground to life, squealing and roaring. The second was the control for the flood lights. The hangar bay lit up to full dazzling brightness as all the lights sprang to life. The third was for the fire alarm. Suddenly loud ringing and clanging filled the air as the sprinkler system started with all the intensity of a summer deluge.

Rex had jerked his head around as he heard the hangar doors beginning to open, then an instant later he was blinded and his infrared rendered useless as the lights exploded onto the scene. A second later the air was a cacophony of alarms alerting them to a fire Rex was sure didn't exist as water poured from the sprinklers getting everything sopping wet. This boy was good.

Great, thought Anakin as water poured over him, now all of Mandalore knows we're here. This is just great. Anakin sloshed over to where Rex was standing. The captain had taken off his helmet and was trying to clear his vision after being temporarily blinded. "You okay, Rex?"

"Yes sir. Just a moment of infrared blindness when the lights came on a second ago. It's pretty much gone now."

"Did you see the kid?"

"Not since a few minutes ago when he spotted me and ran. With the hangar door being open he probably decided to run for it."

Anakin considered this. It would be the smart thing to do. A soldier has a better chance of escape if he doesn't stay trapped in a confined area with the enemy. The lights and fire alarms provided a perfect diversion, he could be putting distance between the two of them even now. But Anakin didn't think so.

He wasn't sure if it was the prompting of the Force, or the fact that he knew a thing or two about being a boy trying to avoid detection, but he felt as though the kid was still here. Hiding somewhere. Anakin closed his eyes, reaching out with his senses trying to find the kid. It took him a moment but he was certain he had found him. Right there, about a dozen meters across the hangar. Opening his eyes he waved a hand to Rex and pointed in the direction he was sure Boba was in. Rex placed his helmet back on his head, infrared turned off, and followed Anakin quietly through the hangar until they came to a medium sized freighter.

Like many in the hangar, the ramp was down. Not really a clue there. Rex swept the area with his sensors, but didn't find anything of interest. Anakin gestured aboard the ship and began to quietly ascend the plank. Not that it mattered much if his footsteps made noise. Between the blaring alarms and the noise of the water pouring down it was hard to hear anything.

Entering the ship Anakin looked around. A grown man might be lying in wait, hoping to catch him and Rex off guard and either attack them, or slip by them and get away. But they were looking for a kid, and when kids are in trouble they hide. He remembered doing that many times when he was young. Whether it was his mother, or Watto, or another pod racer who he had been in trouble with, he remembered finding the dark secret places adults never considered, and hiding.

Glancing around the main cabin on the ship he didn't see anything that fit the bill. The place needed to be small. Somewhere an adult would never think of looking for a person. He cautiously strode into the next compartment. It seemed to be a galley. This was it. There were a number of cabinets and storage bins lining the walls of the room. Anakin could practically hear the hushed breathing of the kid. "You can come out now. It's okay, we aren't going to hurt you." There was no response.

Boba lay still in his storage bin. He hoped the clone and whoever else was out there would just give up. Go away, leave him alone. He was curled under some old sacking and other rubbish. He thought the door trick might divert their attention. He grimaced to himself, he would have given anything to have a blaster at this moment.

Anakin waited a few beats before making a move. He really hadn't expected that to work, but sometimes his optimistic side got the better of him. Seizing the lid to the bin in the corner Anakin lifted it, and gazed at last on the boy they were looking for.