Chapter 20, A/N- Guys, wow, its chapter 20, thank you all so much for the support you have given me even though that long hiatus happened. I have completely regained enthusiasm for this story. I will let the power of the Force guide me XD. Anyway guys, I just want you to know yall can PM me anytime, don't hesitate, I'm an ordinary person just like you guys. Well, on with the story.
Ahsoka's POV
Mandalore… Really? You would think that the Separatists would leave that place alone.But obviously not.
Obi-Wan had mentioned Maul once, a red skinned zabrak that had more hate in him then the average sith. He said Maul also had a brother, A brute named Savage.
The Republic never took notice of what was happening on Mandalore because of its own affairs, that's what I was told by Anakin anyway. This only gave Maul more time to grow more powerful, and from what everyone has said, he and the seppies aren't on the same side.
Everyone was in the Senate building, waiting for the vote to come back to invade Mandalore. Except Obi-Wan, he was with Bo.
Obi-Wan's POV
She looked so much like her Sister.
The healers told me that she had fainted from exhaustion, nothing major, a few superficial wounds and cuts. That was all.
They had applied bacta to the wounds and let her rest.
After about an hour after we brought to the med bay she started to stir.
"Hello there, again" I sarcastically said.
She looked completely confused. "Where am i?" She asked.
"In the Temples medical bay, if you don't remember you flew into our hanger, what's the situation on Mandalore?"
I think her memory was a little fuzzy because she gave me a confused look. Then she remembered.
She tried to lift up from the bed but I lightly pushed her back.
"Rest." I told her.
"I can't, I need to go back!"
"The Senate is already voting to invade Bo"
She relaxed a little after that, but there was still a lot on her mind.
"Now please, tell me what's happened" I asked again.
"The Separatists came about 2 rotations ago. Maul has been building up a army, ground and navy forces, my guess is that he was planning to attack the Republic somehow. From what I saw when I escaped the planet's surface, he was doing a good job of holding them off."
That was disturbing, if Maul can hold off a Separatist fleet, we definitely have a problem.
"How large is the ground force?" I asked, our Star-cruisers could handle a ragtag fleet, Mandalorian ground troops is a different story.
"Probably around 50,000 troops, he has recruited a lot of the locals." She said.
This was worrying.
My comlink started beeping.
"Kenobi here" I said into it.
Anakin's voice came through, "The Senate voted to invade Mandalore, The 501st and the 212th are leaving tomorrow morning, meet me on the Resolute in an hour"
The comlink went off after that.
"I'm coming" Bo immediately said.
"You need to rest."
"No I don't!" She shouted.
"Bo-"
"I don't care what you say, I'm coming" I saw her rip out the vital monitor like it was nothing, she then walked out the door.
"So stubborn…." I whispered
I walked out the door to see her standing there, she didn't know the way to the hanger.
"This way" I said, and walked in the direction of the hanger.
Ahsoka's POV
Resolute: Bridge
30 minutes before Obi-wan's arrival.
"Anakin, can I ask you a question?"
"Well, of course."
"What is going to happen to us once I get knighted?" I asked.
"Do you think something will?" He asked back.
"Would I have to get my own dorm? My own legion of troops?" I asked.
"Not if you don't want to, we will always be in the same dorm, now as for troops… would you want your own legion?"
I actually haven't thought about that. Would I even want my own after being with these guys so long?
"I… I don't think I would, I've been with your guys for so long"
"Our guys, Ahsoka, you forget you are the commander."
"But you are the General."
"Yes, that doesn't mean I get all the power, the 501st could always have two generals"
"Is that even allowed?' I asked.
"I will make sure it is, there is no reason for us to get split for any reason" He smiled.
I leaned against him "Thank you"
"No problem Snips, no problem."
I love it when he calls me that.
I sensed him get a little sad, he must have heard that thought.
"What's wrong".
He didn't reply.
"Anakin" I said sternly.
"Ahsoka, do you remember Mortis?
"Of course I do; how could I forget?'
"No Honey do you remember all of it?" He said in a painful voice.
I could sense his pain, that was unexpected, Anakin rarely ever let his pain be known.
There was one part of Mortis that I don't remember, and I never could figure out why, I didn't think it was important so I didn't ask…
"Now that you mention it, no I don't." I told him
The sun was actually just now going down, in the last glimpse of sunlight, I saw a tear slide down his face.
"Anakin, what happened, what do I not remember?" I asked
He used his organic hand to wipe the tear from his cheek.
Anakin's flashback
"If you don't join him, he will kill me" She laughed.
"I won't let him!"
She turned to face me.
"Then you will be forced to kill me!" She ignited her saber slowly.
No, No way.
She leapt towards me.
"Getting ahead of yourself aren't you Snips?" I taunted
We were in a mid saber lock, she was a lot stronger then she used to be.
"Don't call me that! I hate it when you call me that!"
"Give it to me child" The son demanded
She looked back at me and smiled.
"Ahsoka no!"
She handed him that damned dagger.
"Thank you, your usefulness has come to an end"
He touched her forehead, and she dropped to the ground
"NO!" I yelled.
End Flashback
Ahsoka's POV.
I couldn't tell what he was thinking, his shields were up way too high.
"Wait for Obi-Wan to get here, we will tell you then."
I wasn't going to argue with him "Alright" I just said.
The blast doors to the bridge opened, I turned around to see Obi-Wan and Bo walk in. I wonder what she was doing here.
All four of us walked up to the holotable, As did Rex and Cody who got here moments before. So that made six.
I saw Obi-wan notice the mark on Anakin's cheek, but he didn't say anything.
Anakin started up the table, a hologram of Mandalore and the space around came up.
Obi-Wan started first "Based on the information that Bo had given us, Maul has a substantial fighting force, along with the Separatist presence around and on the planet, we will encounter heavy resistance, in space and on the ground"
Anakin went next, "To deal with this force, Two battalions are being sent, My own and General Kenobi's. We have 200,000 men, Six Venator class Star Destroyers, Two Acclamator class ground ships. Each carrying large amounts of ground vehicles and Starfighters."
Bo added something "Maul is hold up in the capital city, just like he was last time, he will have his personal body guards with him at all times.
The Palace is heavily fortified, with auto turrets and multiple troops, it is likely that Maul has some sort of tank for his soldiers"
"So what's the plan Generals?" Rex asked.
"Since we are going in blind, we will have to make that up as we go, we don't know the amount of ships they have, so right now its destroy any resistance in space and get to the ground" Anakin said.
"Sounds like it's the best we can do right now" I said.
"It is, we depart in 6 hours, So get some rest" Anakin told everyone.
It's going to be right around 4AM when we leave
Resolute
Our Dorm
10:20PM
I was sitting on the small couch that was in our dorm when Anakin called Obi-Wan to come to the room, I guess it was time to find out what happened on Mortis.
When He got here I let him have the extra space on the couch and I hopped up into the bunk, He mouthed a thank you to me, so I smiled.
I could tell Obi-Wan didn't know why he was here, so he broke the ice
"So why did you call me here Anakin?"
"It's time to tell her what happened on Mortis" Anakin bluntly said.
I could see Obi-Wan's eyebrow raise.
"Are you sure Anakin?" He asked.
"Yeah… I'm sure"
I'm just sitting here like a confused child, was it that bad?
"Let's start by seeing what you remember, do you remember being captured by the Son?" Anakin asked.
"Yes" I told him.
"What was the next thing you remember?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Waking on with Anakin hugging me…" I told him
Obi-Wan looked over to Anakin with a look I couldn't understand.
"You don't remember what happened between that?' Anakin asked.
"No I don't. what happened?"
"We… we don't know, we assume the Son did something to you, but we don't know what he did" Obi-Wan said.
They started to get me worried.
"I climbed that tower determined to find you, but when I did, you weren't the same. He… He turned you Ahsoka, somehow he turned you to the Dark Side'
Now THAT surprised me, I've felt the Dark Side before, I touched it, but I didn't know why it felt so familiar.
"Did I do anything? Did I hurt either of you?' I asked quickly.
"Not physically, Emotionally, yeah" They both said to me.
Ouch.
"Did we fight?" I asked.
"Yes, we did, I was impressed actually, you were very skilled, sadly you weren't on our side" Obi-Wan said
"You took on both of us with ease, I was proud and horrified at the same time" Anakin chuckled.
"Where does the name Snips come in then?" I asked Anakin.
Obi-Wan looked over to Anakin again with a questioning look this time.
"In the middle of our fighting, I told you that you were getting cocky, I called you Snips in the middle of that sentence, and you straight up told me you hated it when I called you that…" He said sadly
I can't believe that I would have said that to him.
"He killed you Ahsoka, somehow he killed you, you gave that dagger to the son, and he put his fingers to your head, and you dropped, I felt so helpless…" He whispered.
Obi-Wan had a look of sympathy on his face.
"The daughter used her last bit of energy to save you. There was a lot in that world that we didn't understand, but the one thing we did know, was that the daughter was the complete embodiment of the light side" Obi-Wan said.
I could take it anymore, Anakin was already crying, I started crying, so I hopped down and he stood up and we embraced, tighter than ever, Obi-Wan just stood there until I motioned for him to join in.
We all stood there, hugging each other, thanking the Force that we were all still alive after all this time.
It felt like… like we were a family
A/N- I got a little emotional while writing this and I bet you have by reading this, Next chapter is the invasion of Mandalore. Someone might meet their end next chapter, and soon Obi-wan will find a lover, perhaps someone a little similar to Ahsoka Please review and May the Force be with you!