So, here we are! Chapter Two! Or Three, if you count the prologue as a chapter. Anyway, this is a bit of a long one, but I hope you'll enjoy it just as much as the others. Please review!

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From the end of the last chapter:

"Ahsoka Tano!" the Doctor exclaimed, bounding forward. She looked at him, startled.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm the Doctor, and this is Strax. We're here from the Supreme Chancellor," he said.

"Nice to meet you," she replied, looking at him in some alarm. The Doctor could guess why: He knew that every living creature, even from outside this galaxy, had a presence in the Force, and a 900-plus Time Lord who'd done as much as he had would probably have a presence as distinctive and as powerful, in his own way, as his old friend Qui-Gon's ever was.

"Ahsoka, is your master here by any chance?" the Doctor asked.

"Yes, he and Master Kenobi are with the clones on Level 3," she answered.

"Could I speak to them, please?" the Doctor asked, trying to contain his excitement.

"Sure," she said. "Come on."

"We shall leave you to your tour," Taun We said, and they bowed politely to each other before heading in separate ways: The Time Lord and Sontaran after Ahsoka, and the Kaminoans down a side tunnel.

Leading them through a maze of white corridors, the Jedi Padawan eventually stepped into a turboshaft, which whisked them upwards two levels. They stepped out onto an observation deck which overlooked a wide-open assembly ground, surrounded on three sides by a transpariteel dome. About 200 clone soldiers were gathered around the edges in the parade rest position, watching Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi put on a show of swordsmanship for the troops. Anakin threw a series of lightning-fast hammer blows, thrusts, cuts, and slashes, all with his trademark flair and brute strength. Obi-Wan blocked and parried each one, 'saber never moving an inch more than necessary. Parry, slash, bind, spin, swing, dodge, cut, thrust, block, Force push, back flip. Anakin thrust, and Obi-Wan stepped forward and to the side, casually pushing the blade to one side and flicking his wrist to swing his weapon in a deadly cut. Anakin dropped, rolled forward, and came up with his back to Obi-Wan, bringing his lightsaber up to block a downward strike that would've cleaved him in two as the elder Master Force-flipped over his head, struck the nearby wall with his boots, bounced backwards off of it, and landed facing Anakin's back. The younger Jedi spun around, parried, thrust, cut, blocked, and found himself in a bind.

"You're getting old and slow, Master," he taunted. Obi-Wan raised an eyebrow.

"Is that so? Then what's your excuse? I've got over a decade on you, and I've seen Alderaanian tortoises that move faster than you. In fact, it takes less time to pass a bill in the Senate than it does for you to finish one of your kata."

"Oh, you are dead, Master."

"Really? I'm feeling quite alive, actually."

"Master Gallia always says that 'feelings are not proof and are inherently illogical."'

"Says Master Jumps-Two-Hundred-Stories-Out-Of-A-Moving-Airspeed er-Because-Of-A-Feeling. Oh, and we have visitors."

Anakin flicked a glace at the balcony where the Doctor, Ahsoka, and Strax now stood-and in that single instant, Obi-Wan pushed with the Force, causing the other Jedi to sail a full meter away into the wall, then to fall down on his rear. Before Anakin could recover his wits, there was a humming blue 'saber blade at his chest. There was a murmur of appreciation from the watching clones. They grinned at each other, and Obi-Wan hauled his friend to his feet, slapping him on the shoulder.

"Always be aware of your surroundings, and never let an enemy distract you," he told the white-armored watchers, before adding,

"Good match, Anakin." Turning around, he saw the visitors fully and bowed politely before extending a hand to Force-summon his cloak and hurrying up the stairs. Anakin was right behind.

"Obi-Wan, old friend!" the Doctor said, grinning. "Hello! And you must be Anakin Skywalker! Absolute pleasure to meet you, young fella."

"Who…Doctor?" asked the Jedi Master.

"Yep, it's me. The one and only."

"You've changed, I see."

"Half a dozen times or so, actually. Been busy. Saving the universe, fighting monsters, going where no one's ever gone before, yadda yadda yadda. You know."

"How could I ever forget? After all, no one forgets you, Doctor."

Strax noticed the briefest look of pain cross his friend's face before it was replaced by a smile, and the Doctor and the Jedi Master embraced each other.

"You two…know each other?" asked Ahsoka curiously.

"The Doctor came to the Jedi Temple more than fifteen years ago, when I was still Master Qui-Gon's Padawan. He was following some Drahvins, and we helped him subdue them. Still haven't forgotten that food fight. Neither has Master Yoda."

"Oh, he doesn't mind, I've known him since I was an old man," smiled the Doctor. "Anyway, I need your help, Obi-Wan."

"Oh, no, not again," smirked the younger.

"Are you going to introduce us, or not?" asked Ahsoka, who'd been standing back.

"I do apologize, Ahsoka. Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, this is the Doctor, and his friend…"

"Strax," the Sontaran completed for him. "Former Commander of the Fifteenth Sontaran Battle Fleet, known as Strax the Magnificent."

"Former Commander?" Anakin asked perceptively.

"Stuff happened, not important," the Doctor said. "Anyway, I need your help. There's a Sontaran war fleet heading this way and when they get here, we'll be in big trouble."

"What do you want us to do?" asked Ahsoka.

"Shall we blow them up?" asked Strax excitedly.

"No, Strax, we are not causing wanton destruction."

"But I like wanton destruction," the nurse mumbled dejectedly. The Doctor wisely ignored him. "Obi-Wan, Anakin, you come with me in the TARDIS. Strax, I want you here to prepare the defenses. Ahsoka can help you."

"Sir," he said, bowing. "Good luck, humans. If you die, I shall kill you."

Obi-Wan hid a smile in his beard. "Noted."

"Okeydoke then. Allons-y!"

And with that, the two groups hurried off to prepare for the invasion. Ahsoka and Strax went down the balcony stairs to address the troops below. The Doctor, meanwhile, hurried off to the TARDIS with the two Jedi right behind.

"Where's your ship?" asked Anakin as they ran out onto the landing platform.

"Over here," he replied, dashing over to a small blue box.

"That?" asked Anakin in disbelief. "But that can't be a spaceship, it's too…"

The Doctor opened the doors with a flourish and sauntered inside, allowing both Jedi a view of the impossibly large interior.

"….small," he completed in a voice that was about as close to meek as Obi-Wan had heard him in a decade. The Time Lord grinned and beckoned them in.

"Is it?" Obi-Wan replied sarcastically, looking around. "Well, it seems to have grown a little."
"Actually, she has," the Doctor replied, smiling. He closed the doors and bounded up to the central console. The two followed him.

"This is…beautiful," Anakin commented, running both hands across one of the pillars. For a moment, it seemed to hum under his hands.

"Come along, you two," the Doctor said. "Obi-Wan, that lever, Anakin, turn that dial to maximum."

The two Jedi and the Time Lord worked on the console. Outside, there was a deep thrum, as if the TARDIS were clearing her nonexistent throat, and a wheezing, rasping groaning noise. Moments later, the box and its occupants had disappeared, heading through the space-time vortex towards its destination: The Sontaran flagship.