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Chapter 10: The Mission

Ahsoka's POV

The sound of the gunships firing up echoed through the hangers as we prepared for the mission. I made sure by lightsaber was attached to my belt firmly and tightened my wrist bands. I sighed. Show time. I turned to my left to see Anakin walking towards me.

"You all set Snips?" He asked. I giggled a little at the nickname.

"Yep. Ready as I'll ever be." He smiled at me and we headed towards the biggest gunship. We came across Rex along the way.

"Rex, tell the men to board the gunships. We're moving out in five minutes." Anakin said.

"Yes sir," He replied. He saluted and moved away to prepare the rest of the men. I smiled to Anakin and we kept walking to the gunships. We climbed aboard and waited for the gunships to lift off. I sighed as the nerves started to kick in. I felt my stomach getting weaker as it began to turn. I breathed in and out. Anakin put his hands on my shoulders behind my, calming me. 'Thanks.' I said through our force bond.

'It's okay. Just relax. You're going to be fine. I'm an amazing mentor and I taught you well'. He said mockingly. I internally laughed. 'No but seriously, just keep your mind focused and you will do great.' I smiled. Just as I was about to respond, the gunships lifted off and out of the hangers towards the factory. The whole way Anakin rubbed my shoulders as I shook slightly out of nervousness. I looked to my left to see Master Luminara giving Barriss a pre-mission pep talk. Anakin was just whispering words of encouragement through our force bond. That was good enough for me. After about twenty minutes of flying, the gunships landed and unloaded all the troops and supplies. We landed a few yards away so they wouldn't expect us. It would grab their attention more if they didn't know we were coming. Anakin and I stepped off and regrouped with all the Jedi that came along. My Master, Master Luminara, Master Plo Koon, and Master Kenobi. Then of course there was Barriss and I who would be blowing up the factory.

"Is everyone clear on the plan? We need to move out as soon as possible." Master Kenobi asked. All the Jedi nodded.

"Very well then. Ahsoka, Barriss, you must head out soon if the mission is to be a success. Leaver as soon as possible. May the force be with you both." Master Plo Koon finished. We bowed and turned to our own Masters for final pep talks.

'I'm going to miss you every second you're away. Good luck.' He gave me a 'friendly' hug.

'I love you.' I whispered.

'I love you too. And please, come back to me safely.' He said. I smiled before turning away from him. He smiled as he watched me and Barriss get our packs on.

"Hey Barriss. Nearly ready?" I asked nervously, rubbing my arm.

"Yeah almost." She adjusted her backpack and pulled her gloves on further. "All right, lets go." After checking that we had everything, we ran off.

Anakin's POV

I sighed as I walked back to the other Masters. Luminara came over to me.

"Skywalker, have faith in your Padawan. I'm sure you have trained her well. Trust yourself in her that she can do this." She said wisely. I wanted to believe what she was saying but what if I hadn't trained her well enough? I decided I couldn't afford to think like that though. I had to believe in her.

"Thank you Master," I said respectfully. She walked back to preparing the troops. I climbed up on a dusty rock to try and see Ahsoka from a distance. I faintly saw her perfectly shaped body running alongside Barriss' and I smiled to myself. My Snips. My beautiful Snips. I thought to myself. I climbed back down as we began our short walk with all the troops towards the factory. After walking for some time, we came to a long bridge with a very high drop. I stopped all the troops to warn them.

"Men when in battle keep away from the edges of the bridge, it's a long way down." I shouted.

"Yes Sir!" They replied. I turned back around to see the huge doors of the factory open and hundreds of battle droids came into view. I immediately started deflecting the shots as we pushed our way onto the bridge.

Ahsoka's POV

All I could hear was Barriss and I panting and the shots fired from above as we ran under the bridge. We reached the end of the bridge where the junctions would be and stopped to catch our breath. I looked up on the bridge to see Anakin and the other Jedi deflecting shots as they lead the troopers forward. The droids seemed to be retreating as a group of huge tanks rolled forward. They seemed to be a new weapon, I hadn't seen them before. Just as the tanks fired the bridge began to shake. Barriss quickly worked out where the entrance to the tunnels would be before pushing her lightsaber into the dusty rock.

"Hurry Barriss! That bridge is coming down!" I said, trying not to be too loud.

"I'm trying! Quiet down! You're going to get us caught!" She whispered. I nodded and she finished cutting through the rock. She pulled the block out with the force and motioned for me to follow her inside. I moved in behind her as we began navigating our way through the tunnels purely by Barriss' memory. I hoped that she had a good memory…Eventually we were so deep in that you could hardly see anything at all. We moved through the junctions avoiding guards until we came to a dead end.

"Well, where to now? We're at a dead end!" I whispered to Barriss.

"I don't understand. The holograms specifically said left at this crossing…" She said, trying to think. I began to get very worried.

"Barriss, if we make a wrong turn, we may never find our way out. You do remember the way, don't you?" I hoped.

"Of course I do I just," she thought for a moment before her eyes lit up. "Its not left, its up!" She whispered excitedly. I breathed a sigh of relief as we jumped up into the next tunnel. We followed the same path for another while until we finally made it to the main power centre of the factory. We looked to each other and smiled before running out quietly. I put my pack down next to Barriss' and began passing her the detonators as she set them on the main reactor. As we were placing the last bomb on, we heard a droid voice from the far corner of the room.

"Jedi! Get 'em!" It yelled. I panicked as I saw several droids and a huge tank emerge from behind the doors. Before I knew it I had my lightsaber out and so did Barriss. I moved in to slice the droids while Barriss tried to handle the tank. Once I shut down the last of the droids I looked up to see Barriss jump in the top trap-door of the tanks. She held it up for me to get in. I jumped in with her and sat inside.

"What do we do?! They took the bombs! How are we supposed to blow up the factory?!" I panicked. I hoped she had some idea of how to get us out of this mess, but her dark brown eyes held only disappointment and sadness.

"I….I don't know what to do...without the bombs. That was all we had. We…we've failed." She said miserably. I hung my head low in shame. All I wanted to do was make Anakin proud and I couldn't even do that. "Well, this tank might be able to do enough damage to destroy the factory…" She whispered. I caught on and thought about it.

"…And probably us along with it." I said, my voice breaking.

"Well, I guess that's what we should do. By doing this, we will be saving countless lives elsewhere." She boosted my spirit a little even though I knew this would be the end. At least Anakin might be proud of my final act.

"Yes. Well, we have to deliver the news first…" I said, I knew this was going to be hard. I punched in Anakins frequency, and his worried voice was heard.

"Snips! Where are you?! Those bombs are gonna go off any second now!" He said, panic clearly recognisable in his sweet voice.

"I'm sorry Master. We…we can't make it out." I said, tears threatening to leave my eyes.

"What?! No Ahsoka don't do this! Please you have to make it out! Figure something out! I know you can!" He yelled into the communicator.

"We can't master. I'm sorry I failed you. I wish it didn't have to be this way. I…I love you." I felt Barriss' surprise as I said the words but we were about to die. It wouldn't make any difference now.

"No Ahsoka! Please! PLEASE! Don't do-" I cut the communicator off. It was unbearable. I looked down, tears free falling now.

"I will miss you Anakin…I love you…" I whispered to myself softly.

"You…you loved him. Did, did he…" Barriss asked quietly.

"Yes. He loved me too." I sobbed.

"Ahsoka, I'm so sorry it has to be this way." She put her hand on my back and I leaned into her. We had become so close even though we hardly knew each other.

"Its ok. Its…for the republic. For him. It has to be done." I stuttered. She put her finger on the red button and looked to me one last time. I sighed and nodded.

"Fire." She said. And she pushed the button.

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