Author's Note: Thank you for the reviews and I hope you like this new chapter!

And for those of you that read On the Run, I am sorry that a chapter has not come out in at least two weeks. I have writer's block.

Disclaimer: I don't own Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

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"Ahsoka!" Anakin shouted when he saw the togruta's head fall to the ground. He was in the same situation as he had been with his mother. He could of saved her if he had only given them their demands. If only were the words that kept running through his head. She couldn't be dead. Anakin closed his eyes and tried to reach out with the force to feel Ahsoka's presence but nothing could he feel. Suddenly rage went through his body. He wanted to kill Dooku and Ventress with all his heart.

"Sergeant, Are you sure that you cannot trace this holoclip?" He asked.

"Give me a second, Sir. I will try and see what I can do." The clone said in an earnest voice.

Anakin looked over at Rex to see how he was taking the news of her death. He could not see Rex's face because of his helemet but he knew enough by the dip of his helemet plus the force that he was angry and heartbroken.

"Rex, are you feeling alright?"

Rex snapped to attention and said in a voice that hid all traces of his sadness,

"Sir, permission to be excused. I believe there is some work to be done in the storage rooms."

Anakin took the hint that Rex needed to be alone at the moment.

"Permission granted, I will comm you as soon as we get some information about our next mission."

Rex walked out without saying another word. He could not stop replaying what had happened to Ahsoka. She was just waiting for death not even a fight. Rex walked until he came to her quarters. It was unoccupied at the moment and was one of the only places he could be alone.

As he entered the room, memories flooded back to him. The time he had found her crying because of the death of some clone troopers, their first kiss, and the time when General Skywalker passed the room when it was completely open and they were together and he didn't even notice them. But no more memories would he make with her he thought sadly to himself as he closed the door. The room was nothing special, it was plain. The only thing special about it was the memories.

Rex took off his helmet and sat down on the bed. He took a deep breath and took in his loss. It was if his whole life was coming down on him. Everything he had, the only thing he had was her, them. Rex could feel the tears coming but he held them back. He could not cry. He was the captain of the 501st legion, the known legion that had the bravest of troopers. He could not cry. It was not allowed.

What would have happened if they had never met? What would have happened if they had never had a relationship together? Would he have still felt this way? If they had never met he could have well been dead right now as well as many others like Plo Koon. If they had never had a relationship then he would have never felt what true happiness was, to have someone love you but then again he would never go through the worst pain, to have the person you love the most die and see it happen. He would probably not have felt this way if they didn't have a relationship but he still would have felt horrible.

Was it worth it?

Rex thought of all the wonderful times he had had with her and decided it was worth all the pain to have had just a few moments of happiness with her.

As Rex put his hands on the bed, he felt his hand brush against something hard. He looked at what he had touched and saw the corner of a book sticking out from under Ahsoka's pillow. Rex carefully pulled it out and opened it. After reading the first page he realized that it was Ahsoka's journal.

Carefully he started to read the journal. It had a recording of most all the missions she had been on and after every entry she had written down the names of the clone troopers they had lost. She had written besides each of the names, a few of the traits she had liked in them.

The entry that startled Rex the most was the one of their rescue of Agent Devis on the planet of JanFathal. His eyes widened when he read about the deaths of Vere and Ince, some shinies. Their deaths had hit him hard as he remembered. They had been so young. He had only wanted to save them even if it meant his own death. At the bottom of the page Ahsoka had scribbled something. Rex had to squint to read it. It read,

While on the mission Rex said I shouldn't become too attached to him. I never thought about it before today. Somehow I can't help but feel that attachment is just a part of life. Master Atlis said it was okay. Why doesn't Yoda?

It was her only written feeling in the journal. Rex sighed. Why did life have to be so complicated? He had said it so she would not get hurt if he was to ever die. He was expendable, she was not yet he was alive and she was dead.

Rex let one forbidden tear fall to the ground as his heart broke into a million pieces.

Little did he know that his very thoughts were very similar to a certain Togruta who was most definitely alive.

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I should have never let us have a relationship, a battered Ahsoka thought as she sat in a tiny room. Ahsoka could feel through the force the pain that Rex and Anakin were feeling. She had also seen "her death". While she watched the Togruta die, Dooku had put a force curtain around her and kept it up for two hours. She could not be felt through the force by anyone. Now everyone thought she was dead, there was no hope for escape or rescue. She didn't even know why they had kept her alive. She would never go to the dark side. She knew and they knew yet they spared her life.

Ahsoka's thoughts were interrupted however by the entrance of Ventress. Ventress held a tray of food much to Ahsoka's surprise. Ventress however looked as if she wanted to kill Ahsoka with her very expression. Ventress went over and unbinded Ahsoka's hands.

"Hurry and eat. We are to leave this place in less than an hour." Ventress said in a irritable tone.

Ahsoka and nodded and began to nibble at the food. She looked up and saw Ventress leaving.

"Wait! Why did you not kill me?"

Ventress turned around and faced her with a burning obsession in her pale blue eyes. She said in a voice so cold it could freeze,

"The Sith Lord has taken a great interest in you for what reason, I know not. If I was him I would have killed you long before now."

Ventress left after glaring at Ahsoka one last time. After she left, one question hit Ahsoka, hard.

What interest did the Sith Lord have with me?

Ahsoka looked at her stomach. There was not even a slight bulge. It must be the child she thought to herself. Even though it could not be obviously seen in her figure for now the symptoms had been a dead give away.

I have to get away. She looked around at her surroundings. There was only one-way in and out, the door. But it was locked and besides her feet were binded tightly together and the collar around her neck was clipped to a hook on the wall. She couldn't do anything. Ahsoka grumbled in frustration. She looked at the food. It was true she needed to eat but she had no appetite. Ahsoka pushed herself to eat at least half of the bland food and the water. She put one hand on her stomach and patted it softly.

"I will never let them have you."

Ahsoka was absent mindedly playing with her beaded padawan braid when Dooku came in to take her away. Dooku eyed her suspiciously as her put binders on her hands and unlocked her feet. He took the leash and pulled on it. Ahsoka easily complied. She knew it was futile to struggle…for now. When Ahsoka did not walk fast enough, Dooku yanked hard on the leash.

"Come, we are leaving this planet. It will not be long until your friends try to look us. We cannot allow Skywalker to even feel a trace of your presence."

Ahsoka just frowned and walked a bit faster. They kept walking until they were in a hidden hanger. Dooku dragged Ahsoka on board his solar sailer and ordered the pilot, Ventress, to fly to Ishanna I.

"Why does the Sith Lord what with me, Dooku?" Ahsoka asked even though she already knew.

"Your child will be a very powerful force user. The Sith Lord thought it better to keep the child for his own use."

"Anakin and Rex will find me and the child."

"Oh, I do not think so. You are dead to them."

"So what do you plan to do with me in the mean time before the child is born?"

"We will keep you wherever we find convenient and when the child is born, Ventress will dispose of you."

Ventress turned her head away for just a second to flash Ahsoka one her rare yet evil grins. Ahsoka just closed her eyes and hoped that Dooku was wrong about them not finding her.

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(4 months later)

Rex looked over the room they had found as they searched the once hidden base of the Separatists. They had infiltrated the base but Ventress had still gotten away as usual before they could capture her. I swear I will kill her, Rex thought to himself. After Ahsoka's death that was all his thought were about now. Killing Ventress. Anakin and Rex never talked to each other about her death. They just tried to pretend that she had never been there but each knew that it had hurt them both.

The room was small and looked as if it had held a prisoner. There was a tray that had the remnants of some rations. From what Rex could make of it, they had kept the prisoner alive but just barely. There was blood all over the ground, freshly spilled. Rex walked through the room to make sure there was nothing that could be of any use to the Republic. Or towards finding Ventress, Rex thought to himself. Rex was about to leave when a glint caught his eye. Rex turned around and went to see what had made it. It was on the ground and half covered in blood. He bent down and picked it up. He saw that it was a strand of beads. Silka beads. Rex's eyes widened in realization that it was not a piece of jewelry but a padawan braid, the same padawan braid that had belonged to Ahsoka.

"She's alive?" Rex whispered to himself.
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Author's Note: Okay, so how many of you actually thought I killed her off? I could never do that to my favorite character. The answer is really in the last part of the last chapter. I never mentioned that thr togruta was Ahsoka.

One other thing that I have to clear up is that Ahsoka is not 14. She's 16 going on 17. So a little more mature. I'm sorry that I didn't mention this before.

Anyway thank you for reading and please review!