Hey guys! Welcome to chapter 16! I know I just posted a chapter but I felt like I needed to post another due to the long wait last time! I personally don't like this one as much as the other but around the end it really picks up! Enjoy!
Anakin laid tossing and turning on the very uncomfortable bed. He was having another nightmare. This one was unlike any other.
Ahsoka stood before the jedi council without making a move. She seemed as though she were not even breathing for her chest's movement was faint.
"Ahsoka Tano, padawan to Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, you have been convicted of falling in love, and with a separatist at that, Is this true?" Mace asked in the most serious tone Anakin had ever heard him talk in.
A tear rolled out of Ahsoka's eye and ran down her cheek,"Yes…"
"Love is forbidden to those who are part of the code, you are here by sentenced exile!" Mace said firmly.
"To the Dagobah system you will go, live there you will, until learned your lesson you have." Yoda said in grief. Being the jedi high master, he loved all his students!
"Yes Master…." Ahsoka said as another tear ran down her face.
"Do you have any last words?" Obi-wan asked.
"No Master…" Ahsoka spoke in a soft voice.
A tear caused his vision to become blurry as he watched this dramatic scene. He couldn't believe what he was seeing!
"Go…" Mace said as simple as possible.
And Ahsoka bowed her heard and exited the chambers, tears running down her face.
Anakin stirred and instantly shot up in bed.
"NOO!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.
He was panting heavily and his garments were soaked with sweat. He had only been dreaming!
He threw his legs over the side of his bed and placed his face in the palms of his hands. What a nightmare he had just experienced.
Was this one going to come true just as the one of his mother had?
"I have to call her!" He said to himself as he jumped off his bed to get his comlink.
Ahsoka followed behind Sage closely, watching the woods. She was still uncertain wether or not he could be trusted.
Ahsoka was just about to open her mouth to ask how much farther when her comlink beeped.
"Ahsoka here!" She spoke into the comlink calmly.
"Snips!" Anakin said with a little bit more excitement then he had intended.
"Master? What's wrong?" Ahsoka asked narrowing her brows now.
"Um…nothing…I just, um…. wanted an update on your find Master Sage!" He lied!
Ahsoka knew that wasn't what he was really calling for,"Master are you ok?"
"Yes! I'm fine!" He lied again! Wow, twice in one conversation!
"Ok, because if you weren't really ok, you'd be lying, and we made an agreement not to lie to each other, remember?" Ahsoka asked.
Anakin closed his eyes in regret, why had he made that promise?
"Ok look…. I had a nightmare, this one unlike any I have ever experienced before…" He began.
"Tell me about it, I might can be of some help!" Ahsoka said cheerfully now that she knew what was bothering him.
"Are you alone?" He asked.
"No, but I can be, one minute!" Ahsoka put her hand over the comlink so Anakin wouldn't hear her,"Master Sage, this is a personal call, I'll be back in a minute!"
"Take your time but beware of the many dangers Dagobha has to offer.." He said in his old feeble voice.
Ahsoka got chills at hearing him say that, but she didn't let it put her down!
She walked threw the trees and bushes a little ways and finally stopped thinking she had gone far enough.
"Ok, I'm alone, what were you saying?" Ahsoka asked.
"I dreamed that your were before the jedi council and…." He did not want to speak of what had happened.
"And?" Ahsoka asked curiously.
"You were convicted of loving a traitor…They were referring to Lux…." He said in a sad voice.
Ahsoka's heart sunk! She couldn't believe what she was hearing! Most of the time when Anakin had a dream such as that they came true!
"Is this a joke?" She asked just to make sure he wasn't pulling her Lekku'.
"No, Snips, I'm afraid it's not…" He couldn't bare the thought of his padawan being sent into exile.
"What happened to me?" Ahsoka asked with a frown on her face.
"They sent you into exile to the Dagobah system…" And to think that she would have to live at Dagobah didn't make the matter any better.
Ahsoka tried her best not to cry but she couldn't stop the few tears that rolled out of her eyes.
"What did they do with Lux?" She asked through her sobs.
"I don't know…. I thought he was dead?" Anakin said curiously.
"Padme' has come to the conclusion that he may be alive!" Ahsoka said as a small amount of joy entered her heart again.
"How could this be?" Anakin asked narrowing his eyes,"He was present during the explosion."
"Padme' counted the amount of bodies and it equaled to the same amount of names listed for deaths!" Ahsoka said hoping that she made since.
"Well your boyfriend might be alive after all!" Anakin said trying to cheer them both up.
"He's not my boyfriend!" Ahsoka snapped,"He's just my friend…."
"Whom you have an attraction to!" Anakin laughed.
"I told you don't like talking about relationships!" Ahsoka said in a playful snap this time.
"Well you can't keep from talking about it forever!" Anakin said smiling to himself.
"Yeah ok! Well, I have to go, Master Sage is waiting for me!" She said beginning to make her way back to him.
"Ok….. be safe…" He said in a serious tone.
"When aren't I?" Ahsoka said jokingly before she hung up.
Anakin smiled to himself after their conversation was over. She was so much like him! They had to be related some way some how!
"Who was that?" Sage asked when he saw her threw the bushes.
"It was my Master." Ahsoka said hoping he wouldn't ask what he said.
"Why do you wish for me not to ask what he had to say?" Sage said with his eyes closed.
Ahsoka screamed at herself inside, she had forgot how powerful he was with the force.
"He was only telling me to be careful!" Ahsoka said. She wasn't lying, he had told her that, she just wasn't telling him everything Anakin had told her.
"More to your conversation there was and some part of it has really shaken you!" Sage said staring her dead in the eyes.
"I believe what my Master tells me is for me and me alone!" She said in a more rude manner.
"Then why have you come here for balancing?" Sage said before turning and beginning to walk again.
Ahsoka couldn't believe how smart he was! She knew there was no getting by him, but why was he sent into exile?
Lux and his group waited as the elevator slowly made it's way to the top floor, they planned on clearing the building from top to bottom, one section at a time.
"Have you any experience in the field?" One of the prisoners asked him. The prisoner wore ragged clothing and had an eye patch on his left eye. He had obviously been through a lot.
"Besides escaping Death Watch under fire, no, I can't say I have!" Lux said slightly embarrassed.
"Then your in for a rude awakening!" The prisoner laughed.
Lux wasn't to fond of their making fun of him, but he tried his best to let it go.
"This is it!" Another prisoner yelled as the elevator came to a stop before the door opened.
All the men stood ready to charge, but when the door slid open, to their surprise not a single droid was anywhere to be found.
"Where are they?" The singing hag asked walking slowly down the hall.
"Perhaps they are in some kind of drill?" The one-eyed prisoner said.
"Then in that case, we had better find a weapons depo!" Lux said as he began to jog down the hall.
"Lets go!" The one-eyed prisoner shouted to the others.
Lux leaned up against the wall as he came to an intersection in the hall way. Slowly peaking around the corner, he once again saw nothing. He began to worry.
"Hold up! Somethings not right here…" He said taking another look down the hall,"You stay here, i'll take point!"
Lux tip-toed down the hall keeping a close eye on all corners of the ceiling in case of cameras.
He walked a little farther when he came up to a door. It had some sort of writing on it written in a language he didn't understand.
"Oh well, I guess I'll just go in…" He gently pressed the button hoping to find anything besides droids.
The door slid open and to his surprise he had selected the door that lead to the weapons depo!
"Jackpot!" He said to himself quietly.
He walked out of the room and looked down the hall and motioned for the rest of the prisoners to come.
When they reached the room, they too were in disbelief. Weapons were everywhere! Mini guns, rocket launchers, hand grenades, electro bombs, standard droid rifles - everything they needed to escape was in this room!
Lux opened a crate expecting to find more weapons, but instead he found body armor!
"Perfect!" He said happily sliding a bullet proof chest plate over his head and shoulders.
"Carry as much as you can hold, remember, we have to supply the other prisoners with weapons too!" The one-eyed prisoner reminded the other men.
Lux couldn't help but feel as though this particular prisoner had been in combat before, and not bounty hunter combat, but clone war combat.
"May I speak with you?" Lux asked pulling the one-eyed man aside from all the others.
"Sure!" The strange man replied.
"Have you ever fought in a war before? Possibly the Clone War?" Lux asked narrowing his brows.
The man laughed then responded," Yes as a matter of fact I have!"
"Might I asked who's command you served under?" Lux asked happy to know an experienced trooper was in their mists.
"I fought for the republic!" The man stood at attention throwing his hand in the air to salute,"Clone Commander Appo at your services sir!"
"Commander?" Lux questioned in awe.
"Yes sir, I am part of the 501st!" Appo said dropping his hand back to his side.
Lux felt better about their attempt of escaping now that he knew a clone commander would be fighting with him.
"Well, It's good to have you on our side!" Lux said jokingly holding his hand out for a hand shake.
Appo clasped Lux's hand firmly,"I think we have enough weapons, we should probably start to head back to the others!"
"I agree!" Lux said as he walked over to a chest.
Crawling on top of the chest he couldn't help but feel Commander Appo should be the one leading the men.
"Ok men, we should take the others their weaponry, does everyone have at least one extra weapon?" Lux asked looking at each and every man.
All of them seemed to have nodded a yes.
"Good , now let's move!" Lux said then hopped off the chest.
"I'll take point this time!" one of the prisoners spoke up.
Lux nodded his approval and watched as he made his way to the front of the group.
The prisoner checked both ways before rushing out off the small, cramped room.
"Clear!" He said in a hushed tone to all the men behind him.
Darting out of the room, he was blown off his feet loosing both his legs!
"It's the prisoners, their escaping!" Shouted a droid from the end of the hall.
How had the prisoner who had taken point not seen them!?
"Droids! Move!" Commander Appo commanded forcing all of the men out of the small room.
"Give me cover! I'm going for him!" Lux shouted as the men took cover behind ridges in the wall.
Lux ran to the legless man who was laying on the floor screamming in pain.
"Don't worry I got you!" Lux screamed in his face intending to keep him conscious.
Lux threw the mans arm around his neck and strained to lift him off the ground. Appo noticed Lux struggling to pick up the wounded man and rushed over to the two taking the mans other arm around his own neck.
"Fall back!" Lux shouted as he and Appo slowly made their way to the elevator.
"Commander, what is going on down there!?" Dooku asked frantically.
"It seems some of the prisoners have escaped and are attempting an attack!" The droid said over the loud blaster shots of battle.
"Do not let them escape!" Dooku said fiercely.
"Roger, roger!" The droid said ending the call.
"Get in the elevator!" Commander Appo called to the remaining men.
It was a tight fit but all the men were able to squeeze in!
"Come on stay awake Hien!" Shouted one of the prisoners.
"Is that his name? Hien?" Lux asked.
"Yes, he is my brother!" The man replied.
Lux couldn't bare the thought of this poor man loosing his brother. He was loosing a lot of blood but there was still a possibility they could save him!
When the door slid open revealing all the other prisoners, they instantly began handing out weapons.
"The droids have found us, they are coming! Give us cover while we mend this mans wounds!" Lux shouted to all the prisoners that had stayed behind.
Lux and Appo rushed the man into one of the last cells hoping that he would be some what safer there. They began to rap cloth around his stubs. Lux slapped the mans face just hard enough to keep him conscious.
"He's loosing to much blood!" Hien's brother shouted to them.
"Come on Hien stay with me!" Lux screamed in his face. Hien was as white as the snow on Carlac now. Chances of survival for him were slim.
"Here they come!" A prisoner down the hall screamed as the elevator opened revealing multiple droids.
"Lux go help the men! I got him!" Appo demanded.
"But!" Lux began before he was cut off.
"No, I'll take care of him! You go, now!" Appo screamed.
"Yes sir!" Lux responded trying to hold back his anger.
Lux ran out of the cell. He couldn't believe the mass amounts of droids that were bailing out of the elevator. Then, suddenly, an explosion was heard from inside one of the back cells.
Lux was panicking now! The droids had blown throw the walls and were coming in from behind and in front of them.
"Force be with us!" He shouted and then jumped for cover.
How was it? This one was longer then most of my chapters I post! I hope you liked it! Please review!