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As soon as they were in space and cruising to the Resolute, Anakin was the first to speak.

"So Snips, when are you finally going to talk to Rex? If you don't do it soon I'll have to.."

Ahsoka cut him off in mid sentence.

"Don't worry Master. I talked to him."

"And how did things go?"

"Well we are not mad at each other any more and I decided that I should stay a Jedi."

"Really? I thought you had your hopes to not be a Jedi and become a mother."

Ahsoka turned her face away. She knew that she hadn't told Rex about the other choice but that was because of her fear. Fear that he would react the same way he had when he first heard about his child at Padme's dwelling. She hated even of the thought of them not together.

"Well, umm….you see he didn't want that and we agreed that it would be best to let her become a Jedi because it would give her a better future than we could together."

Ahsoka looked back at her master hoping her would buy it and not sense her nervousness because of her lying. From his concentrated expression, she could not decipher anything. Then his expression changed and he looked as if he was trying to make up his mind. Finally he just sighed and said,

"If that's what you two agreed on then okay but remember Snips you can always change your mind. By the way the council told me that they would prefer that this relationship and pregnancy kept on a low profile."

"But master, I was hoping to tell all the Holotabloids about it and make myself a terrible reputation." Ahsoka replied in a sarcastic voice.

"Snips, its not funny. Do you promise to keep it on a low profile?"

"Of course master."

At that moment they had arrived at the Resolute. As soon as the legion was boarded on to the main ship, Anakin called over Rex and Ahsoka together.

"Since you two were late to come, I'll have to brief you now." Anakin pulled out a hologram of the planet Kaal.

"There are 50 hostages being held in two different locations on the planet. The Separatists have threatened that if we try to get one of the groups then they will kill the other."

"If you don't mind me asking sir, what have they asked for their ransom?"

"They asked for Artoo, Taun We and Ko Sai."

"Master, who are Taun We and Ko Sai?"

"Taun We is the Project Coordinator for the Grand Army of the Republic and Ko Sai is the Chief Scientist over the creation of the Republic's army." Rex supplied before Anakin could answer.

"Correct, Rex."

"I can understand why we won't meet their demands now. I can just imagine a clone army of Ventresses." Ahsoka shuddered at the thought.

"Exactly why we don't want to meet their demands. Now, Ahsoka, you and Rex will lead a small group of troopers to the Lonea Hotel and I myself will lead another group to the Sajite Meeting Center."

"Do we know anything about what's guarding the hostages, Sky-Guy?"

"Nope. You'll have to wing it."

"Thanks, that's very comforting."

"I've taught you well. You should be able to get in without much of a problem. It's getting out that's the problem. You'll have to transport 25 hostages out along with getting away from a ton of firing droids."

"Again, very comforting."

"Good because we going to land in literally 20 minutes."

"Then what are we doing standing here? Let's go to the hanger." Ahsoka said just as she was turning in the direction of the hanger. But before she could run off, Anakin grabbed her shoulder.

"Not this time. We can't risk being caught before we are even on the planet. We are all going to be using space suits and we will rendezvous here at the Crystal Fountain." Anakin said as he pointed to a spot on the map. There will two ships waiting. Remember Ahsoka, do not try to save the hostages until I comm you."

"Yes, master."

"Yes, Sir."

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On Kaal:

"Okay, Ahsoka are you in position to attack?" Anakin commed her.

"Yes, master. I am ready to scrap some tinnies."

"Just remember, Snips, to make sure all the politicians get out alive."

"Of course. Just give me a minute to tell the boys my plan." With that she turned off her commlink. She then turned her head torwards her group of clones including Rex.

"Okay boys, I'll make a distraction and lure all the droids to me. Go behind and lead the hostages out to the crystal fountain. I'll meet you there or catch up to you."

"Ahsoka, there are over fifty droid guarding the hostages. You can't possibly take them out by yourself."

"Trust me Rex, I can handle myself. All you have to do is get the hostages out. Don't worry about me." Ahsoka picked up her commlink and spoke into it.

"Okay, Master let's go." Not waiting for a response she put the commlink in her utility belt.

Ahsoka ran out from where she was hiding and sliced one of the droid guarding the hostages. As she did so, the clones discreetly ran to the other side of the room. The stupid droids didn't even notice them as they kept shooting at the padawan. The droids walked towards the padawan, leaving the hostages basically unguarded.

The clones quickly unbound the hostages and told them to keep quiet. Rex had Echo lead them to the Crystal Fountain. As he was rounding up the last of them, he saw Ahsoka fighting the numerous droids. She had destroyed some but there was still a lot more to go and she was tiring fast. Rex quickly took out all of his droid poppers and threw them in to the middle of the mobbing droids. They all went off at the same time and all of the droids fell with a satisfying "clunk". Ahsoka looked surprised until she looked at who was responsible. She flashed him a grin then started running to catch up with the rest of the group. Rex was right beside her as she was running.

"Rex, I thought I told you not to worry about me."

"Well, its good I did or you would be fried by now."

"That's not true. I was doing perfectly fine."

"Sure Ahsoka, whatever you say."

Ahsoka was about to answer but decided to let it drop. They had almost caught up to the group but before they could they found one of the senators unconscious on the ground. Ahsoka stopped and checked the senator's pulse. It was strong.

"She's fine, Rex. She just fainted from exhaustion. They must not have noticed her absence."

Without another word, Rex scooped up the senator in his strong arms and they were off running again. They were now caught up with the group. They were halfway to the rendezvous point when an unwanted visitor met them, Ventress. Ahsoka quickly ran to the front of the pack.

"If it isn't bald Sith wannabe."

"It's better than being a filthy pet."

With that the duel began. Ahsoka was usually a strong fighter but she felt as she was dueling a wave of nausea hit her. She kept fighting but she realized that with her condition that she wouldn't be able to hold up much longer. She barked out orders to her troops as she fought.

"Rex, get the hostages to the ship. I will be able to hold her off for a while."

"But Ahsoka…."

"That's an order, Rex. I'll be right behind you."

Rex looked at the fighting Togruta one last time before he turned. Ahsoka sighed in relief when she saw the entire group follow him. Ventress saw them leave and in frustration fought even harder. She tried to break away from Ahsoka but try as she might she couldn't Ahsoka somehow was always able to get in the way.

In the middle of the duel, their lightsabers were against each other and both of them were pushing hard. Ahsoka may have been weaker but she still kept pushing but at the last moment, Ventress turned off her lightsabers and ran towards the rendezvous point. Ahsoka quickly recovered and ran after Ventress. The ships were still there waiting for Ahsoka. Ahsoka realized that if Ventress got to the ships, she would be able to destroy ships and strand them there. Fortunately at the same time the pilots realized this too and quickly flew off just as Ventress almost close enough to jump onto the one of the ships. Ventress grunted in frustration.

"They are gone, Ventress. We've won."

Ventress turned around to face the tired padawan. Ahsoka fell to her knees and vomited. She couldn't help it. Ventress looked disgustedly at the padawan and raised her lightsaber.

"Here, let me put you out of your misery."

Ahsoka looked up to see the red lightsaber coming down but before it touched her, a different voice called out.

"Stop Ventress. Don't kill our new bargaining chip."

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"Wait, what about Ahsoka?" Rex called out to the pilot as the ships took off.

"We are sorry, Captain but we had no choice. It was either all of us being stranded there or leave her."

"No, we have to go back."

"We cannot do that, Sir. Remember the mission always comes first."

Rex grimaced. He knew the pilot was right but Rex felt as if his heart might break. He didn't know what the Separatists would to her. They might torture or even kill her. He didn't want to think about it.

"I'm so sorry, kid. I didn't have your back when you needed it." He whispered to himself.

If he didn't have his helmet on, one might've seen tears in the clone captain's eyes.

Author's note: Okay, this was not one of my favorite chapters to write but I hope it's still acceptable. This was a little harder to write because there was more action.

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