It was pure terror standing next to the Cloak Man. Luke had a feeling inside of him that he didn't like at all. Leia was trembling while her brown eyes were wide in fear. The man studied both of them, noticing how much the girl looked like her mother. In fact, it was like looking at a miniature version of Anakin and Padme.
"Yes, they both are very strong with the Force." He said mostly to himself.
"Yeah, yeah, now where's my money, Sidious?" The man with the hat asked. He held out the hand that didn't have the blaster out.
"Don't worry about your money, Bane." The other man said, who had a confusing name so Luke didn't know what to call him. But the other guy's was easy to remember. "I'll give it to you after you do this one more job for me."
"What? You just said bring Skywalker's kids to you and I did. Now where's the dough?" Bane growled.
"Calm down, bounty hunter, I'll double your pay. It's a simple job I'm sure your capable of." Said Cloak Man. Luke was trying to find a window, thinking, Where is Daddy? And Ahsoka? They should have been there on Tatooine, and now they're not even here!
Bane seemed to consider this. He put his hand down and asked, "What's the job?"
"You must guard the children. If what you said is true, then Skywalker's old apprentice should be on her way. You must dispose of her before she takes the children away before their father comes." The other man explained.
"Luke?" Leia whispered to her brother. He turned to face her. "I'm scared." She was trembling even more. Luke knew what she needed.
He turned to face the two adults who were still talking. "HEY!" He yelled. They both stopped and looked at him. "Lay-ya needs Lolly!"
The two men looked at each other, then back at him. The cloaked man leaned down so he could tell Luke, "I'm sorry, child, but we don't have candy."
Luke stomped his foot. "NO!" He yelled, "Lolly's a doll, you fattie!" Yes, Mommy said never to call anyone that, but he felt like this man deserved it.
Sidious's hands balled into fists. "WHAT did you just call me?" He demanded.
Luke crossed his arms, just like he'd seen Daddy do before. "Fattie." He said, emphasising the word.
The man began to shake with anger. "I am not fat!" He said through clenched teeth. HIs head snapped toward Bane. "RIGHT?" Bane held up his hands as if saying, "Leave me out of this!"
Leia then hid a giggle behind her hand. Sidious turned toward her. "Oh, little girl, so you think that's funny?" Leia nodded, still smiling. "Well, do you think this is funny?" He then Force-pushed her hard against the wall, which she hit face first.
"LAY-YA!" Luke screamed. She tried to stand up, but tears came from her eyes and a cut was on her cheek, and it was bleeding.
Bane started to go to her, but Sidious stopped him, "Let her be, my nanny droids will take care of them." As if on cue, two nanny droids came in. He told them, "Take them to their chamber."
"Yes, master." They said in unision. One went to Leia and helped her up. The other went to Luke. They both led them out of the room.
Sidious turned toward Bane. "Go with them and guard them. If what you said is true then Skywalker's old apprentice should be on her way to rescue them."
"But that's why I dropped Robonino off in Tatooine, so she would get thrown off-" Bane started to say.
"The Jedi never miss a beat. She'll soon find out where we are and when she comes your job," He pointed to the bounty hunter, "is to get rid of her."
"'Get rid of her?'" He repeated.
"Yes! Blast her! Torture her in your own way! I don't care! Just make sure she dosen't get the twins!" The Sith then gave a deep sigh before continuing, "Just until Skywalker comes for them."
"And what makes you think he will?" Bane asked.
"Because I believe a father will do anything for his children," Sidious explained, "Including doing anything I ask."
"It all makes sense, R7!" Ahsoka said to her astro droid as they came up to their ship, "Robonino's here to slow me down, so Bane could take the twins to Mustafar! Perhaps he's going to sell them or hand them off to another bounty hunter."
As both of them came near to the ship, R7 gave a beep and whistle.
"What?" Ahsoka asked. He repeated what he said. "Wha- I can't just tell Anakin! How will I?" She then cleared her throat, "'Oh, hey master. Yeah, it's going great. Except for the fact that I failed at keeping your kids safe from a couple of bounty hunters and now, guess what? They're on another planet right now and probably are being tortured or-'" She then stopped, horrified by the thought.
R7 gave two whistles. Ahsoka sighed and said, "Look, I don't want to disappoint him. I can find them myself. I want him to feel like all that training was worth it." As she was about to enter the ship, then a loud pew sound wooshed past her ear. The blaster bolt landed on her ship, leaving a black circle that was smoking.
"You're not leaving until I finish you!" Yelled a familiar voice. She spun around to find Robonino standing 10 yards away from her. He was holding two blasters and had them both pointed at her.
Ahsoka unsheathed her lightsaber and asked, "How did you find me so fast?"
"I followed you! And I'm going to make you wish you never followed me!" He said. He began to shoot at her. She deflected them, moving her weapon with ease as she protected both herself and her droid.
"Start the ship, R7!" Ahsoka ordered to him. He beeped at her. "Ugh! Now isn't the time to discuss this! I'm not going to talk to Anakin now!" He whistled and beeped again. "R7! Just start the ship!" He then rolled himself in the ship.
She kept deflecting the bolts, but Robonino kept shooting. One of the blaster bolts hit her boot and skidded across the side. It hit a bit of flesh, and she sucked in a breath. The bounty hunter laughed and took advantage of her small injury. Ahsoka went behind the ship, still deflecting as best as she could.
"Come on, Jedi! Come and fight me!" He yelled, still shooting in Ahsoka's direction. None were hitting her, but they were damaging her ship. She needed to get rid of him and fast.
Right then, her comlink beeped. Who in the world could it be? She answered it. Another bolt about hit her when she found out who it was.
"Ahsoka?" Asked Padme. Ahsoka groaned silently. Why, of all people that could contact her. "Ahsoka?" Padme repeated.
"Oh...hey Padme..." She said. Then Robonino jumpde out beside her. She held her lightsaber infront of her.
"Well, I was just checking to see how things were going." She said. Robonino started to shoot at Ahsoka, and she deflected them. "Ahsoka, are those blaster sounds?"
"Oh, that's nothing. Just the HoloNet." She lied. A bolt came close to hitting the comlink.
She didn't sound convinced. "Are you sure?"
A bolt deflected and came close to hitting Robonino. Ahsoka had to get on the ship now. She could hear the engines starting. "Look, Padme. I have to...go to the bathroom now. I'll talk to you later, okay?"
"But, Ahsoka, that's why I called. I'm coming back early and-" She paused. "Do you have your lightsaber out?"
"Um, yes?" She said. Another bolt to close to the comlink.
"And may I ask why? Are the twins in danger?" Now she sounded worried, the last thing Ahsoka wanted.
"Stop talking and fight!" Robonino yelled.
"Who was that?" Asked Padme.
Ahsoka silently cursed Robonino before answering, "It was someone on the HoloNet. I better turn it off, and sheath my lightsaber. Got to go!"
"But, Ahsoka, I-" But she already turned the comlink off. R7 had the ship ready and she Force-pushed Robonino back so he fell backwards on the sand. She jumped in the ship and closed the door. She sat down in the pilot's seat and started to punch in the coordinates to Mustafar.
Then a sting in her leg appeared out of nowhere. She leaned down, remembering the wound in her leg. She slipped off her boot and examined her leg. The small flesh wound was bleeding, but not as much as she thought. "Hey, R7, can you bring me a bandage?" She called to him. He beeped and rolled away to do what she asked.
Ahsoka glanced up to find Robonino getting up and grabbing his gun, which she assumed he stole because she distroyed his other one. Reguardless of her leg, she quickly got the ship to fly out of Mos Eisley Cantina. Once they were up in space, she stopped for a moment before going into hyperspace as R7 brought her the bandages.
"Thanks, buddy." She said as she too them and wrapped it around her injury. R7 whistled to her. She gave an impatient sigh. "I'm not going to tell Anakin about this." He whistled twice and beeped. "Well just because he's their father dosen't mean he has to know!" Then she realized what he said was true. Ahsoka slumped in her chair.
The astromech droid rolled up beside her and gave a small beep. She looked at him. "You're right. I'll tell him. But you better be here the entire time." He gave a nervous beep. Ahsoka half-smiled and pulled on her boot.
"Well, here we go." And she pressed a button, ready to tell her master the truth.
A/N: Another chapter, done! Hopefully the next one will be up sooner. I was in Kansas for the weekend, so sadly couldn't finish it as quickly as I hoped:(
Thanks for reading and commenting! I promise next chapter will start out with Ahsoka telling Anakin. How do you think he'll take the news? How will Padme? What do you think?