we have come to the end of "Lawless" :( except for that epic sith lord lightsaber battle but who really cares about that, right?
BUT this will not be the end of the fic! read the notes at the end!
"Now are you sure you can fly one of these things?" Bo-Katan asked her.
Soniee grinned. "Are you kidding?" The truth was being back in the cockpit of a Kom'rk-class fighter felt like coming home. "Mom used to take contract work from MandalMotors doing mods on these. I would sit on her lap when we were ferrying them back and forth to the factory in Keldabe."
"Guess you're the right one for the job then."
"We still don't know if they're going to need it though, right?" Soniee asked. "If Kenobi can get the Duchess to a safe area or off Mandalore in his own ship then I'll just be sitting here."
"That's the best case scenario, yes. But, I need you ready to drop this ship off for them at the closest hanger if they need it. I'll comm you and let you know."
"I'll be here." Soniee ran a hand over the console. She'd actually be a bit disappointed if she didn't get to take it in the air. Oh well, surely there would be time for that later on.
"Hey Ordo!" Bo-Katan called before she descended the ramp. "Got something for you. Didn't think you were interested in the full armor but since you can't seem to keep your head down, gotta protect it for my nephew's sake." She tossed Soniee a vaguely spherical object.
When the younger girl reached out and easily caught it she found it to be a helmet similar to those worn by the Night Owls. It was painted in green and white with the symbol of her adopted clan above the visor. Soniee looked up to say thank you but Bo had already hurried away on her own mission.
And then all she had to do was sit and wait. As she had promised, she thought about what Korkie had asked her. Was he right? Had she been considering the possibility of their being married while she was claiming that it was impossible? Even now, alone in the cockpit of the fighter, she blushed slightly at the idea.
Surely if Duchess Satine gave her approval, Clan Ordo would agree. Would there be time to ask her while she and Kenobi were making their escape? They would understand, wouldn't they, what it was like to be young and in love in time of war?
Lost in daydreams, Soniee had no idea how much time had passed before the light blinked on the console with Bo's comm. When the Night Owl spoke it was difficult to hear over... was that blaster fire, jetpacks, rockets, or all three? "Ordo! Get in the air and go a head and program the computer for a hyperjump toward the Core!"
That was it, no waiting for a response or a question. It didn't sound good. Soniee obeyed but fear gripped her as she eased the Kom'rk out into the Sundari skyways. There were warriors everywhere, battling in the sky and on landing platforms all over the city. She stayed out of the line of fire and worked on the calculations for the first necessary jump that would take the ship toward Coruscant.
She wouldn't be going with it. That wasn't the plan. She was only supposed to drop off the ship for Kenobi and the Duchess and then... what was her own extraction plan?
"Coordinates for the hanger!" Snapped Bo-Katan's voice over the comm between screams of blaster fire and an explosion. Soniee saw the data come in and didn't hesitate to make for that point. She was in the midst of the fighting now, her vision through the cockpit window almost completely obscured by smoke and hyphens of laser bolts.
"The plan has changed! You have to get Kenobi to Coruscant!"
"What? Kenobi? What about the Duchess?" Soniee tried to ask but there was no response and then just in front of her another fighter exploded and spun down toward the planet's surface. Keeping her wits about her she hovered over the landing pad, and turned to lower the ramp.
She heard bits of conversation through the still open comm channel. "Mandalore will survive! We always survive!"
And then another voice, soft and sad. "You're Satine's sister aren't you? I'm so sorry."
Soniee gasped but she did the only thing she could do. As soon as her single passenger was inside, she raised the ramp and flew up and away as fast as the Kom'rk would carry them.
Notes: That was kind of short. but. hey. listen. I got to watch a couple of the streaming panels from Celebration. The Ahsoka Untold Tales Panel gave more info on the Siege of Mandalore! and Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler if you haven't seen the season 3 rebels preview you must! Sabine has the dark saber! plus new info about the planet from Rogue One! So i'm totally excited about taking Soniee on lots of new adventures.
including but not limited to some of these:
obi wan
coruscant
barriss offee
temple bombing
ahsoka
concord dawn
momma ordo
back to sundari
siege of mandalore
order 66
onderon
demon moon
freedon nadd
saw's partisans
maz's castle
agent kallus
jedha
rebellion
wedge
norra wexley
so talk to me peeps! review and tell me where you'd like to see Soniee go next! and thank you everybody who has read, favorited, followed, and reviewed so far!