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Chapter 27

Jedi Master Plo Koon had managed to break through the blockade around the planet Felucia to evacuate the troops on the planet. Obi-Wan's troops were already onboard one of the gunships and Anakin's troops were getting onboard while Anakin was attempting to contact his apprentice. The only reason they were retreating was because they were outnumbered and they didn't want to risk losing anymore clones. It seemed that the Separatists were very determined to keep the hold they managed to get on Felucia no matter what.

"Anakin, have you contacted Ahsoka yet?" Obi-Wan called blocking blaster bolts with his lightsaber in one hand while holding on to the side of the gunship with his other hand.

"I'm trying to, master. Ahsoka, do you copy?" Anakin said into the comlink for the second time.

"I hear you, master," Ahsoka's voice replied.

"Ahsoka, there are too many of them. We're outnumbered. Order your troops to retreat," Anakin ordered.

"What?" Ahsoka sounded shocked. "I'm not running from this, master. We can do this."

"Ahsoka, that's an order," Anakin snapped.

"I'm not running like a coward, master," Ahsoka retorted before she disconnected the transmission.

"Blast it," Anakin growled leaping on the gunship next to his master. "Ahsoka's not retreating."

"She reminds me of you, Anakin," Obi-Wan said.

Anakin glowered at his former master who merely shrugged as if to say 'it's true' before he turned his blue gaze to Rex. "Do you have a lock on Ahsoka's position, Rex?" he asked.

"Yes sir."

"Let's go there and get Ahsoka and the clones with her out of here."

"Yes sir!"

The gunship lifted into the air before flying above the battle-scarred surface toward an area where Anakin could see a unit of clone troopers, or what was left of that squadron at least, and Ahsoka fighting. "Land in front of them," Anakin ordered and Rex nodded before repeating the order to the pilot who swerved to land directly in front of Ahsoka between her and the droids.

"Get on now, Padawan," Anakin ordered sharply.

Ahsoka, out of breath, apparently didn't have the energy to argue as she nodded and leapt onto the ship with the remnants of the unit with her just behind her. Obi-Wan told the pilot to leave and the blast doors closed before the gunship began to gain altitude and fly away from the planet.

Ahsoka avoided looking at Anakin who was watching her with disappointment in his eyes before he looked at Obi-Wan and sighed. "The council will have to know about this, right?" he asked.

Obi-Wan nodded. "She disobeyed a direct order and, it looks like, it cost her some members of the unit of clone troopers who were with her," he said.

A flash of guilt surged through the Force and Obi-Wan's expression went soft. "Perhaps this will be a lesson that sometimes it is wise to listen to those who are older, and more experienced, than you, young one," he said.

Ahsoka merely nodded. "I'm sorry that I let you down," she said softly gazing up at Anakin. "I thought we could beat them, master."

"I know, Ahsoka. I was a Padawan myself not too long ago. However, you're not invincible. The sooner you learn that the better," Anakin said with a small sigh before he glanced at his former master and added, "It took my master several times to get that through my thick skull when I was his apprentice."

Obi-Wan smiled faintly. "I'm just glad I finally got through to you," he replied.

Anakin returned his gaze to his apprentice. "Ahsoka," he said, "Obi-Wan's right. You lost some of your men today because you believed you could win the battle you were in despite the fact that the droids you were chasing were retreating only because they were likely going to regroup."

Ahsoka swallowed. "I didn't realize that was what they were doing, master," she said.

"I know. You should have considered that to be a possibility," said Anakin. "Let this be a lesson learned, Ahsoka."

"Yes Master."

Obi-Wan was watching the conversation with one hand resting on his beard but he said nothing as the gunship continued its retreat.

Upon returning to the Jedi Temple, the first thing Obi-Wan did was check on his apprentice. Jenica had been ordered to remain at the Jedi Temple when Grievous attacked Felucia only because she had been injured during the last mission she and Obi-Wan had gone on and the healers wanted her to rest.

The Council meeting wouldn't happen for a little while so Obi-Wan had enough time to go to the quarters he shared with his apprentice to check on her. He couldn't check on Siri because she and Aayla Secura were on a mission of their own and weren't back yet.

Once he reached his quarters, he walked into them to find his apprentice sitting on the form couch bent over a datapad. She felt his presence before glancing up and smiling. "You're back, master," she said standing up. Her arm was still in a sling but Master Healer Vokara Che said that she could remove the sling in a week, which would be up in two days.

"We just got in," Obi-Wan replied. "How do you feel, Jenica?"

"Better. I got bored so I decided to research Felucia," Jenica said; she has been Obi-Wan's Padawan for about six months and, whenever Obi-Wan couldn't train her or had to go on a mission that she couldn't go on, she would take to studying planets. It helped her gain a better understanding of the galaxy, she once told Obi-Wan when he asked her why she was studying planets.

"So how did the battle go?" she asked.

Obi-Wan grimaced. "It could have gone better," he admitted. "I only came to check up on you, Padawan. I have to report to the Jedi Council now. I'll check up on you later."

"All right, master. I'll probably be in the archives. I have to take this datapad back anyway," Jenica said gesturing to the datapad in her hand.

Obi-Wan nodded before he remembered what happened the first time around. If he remembered the time right then right around that time was when Cad Bane infiltrated the Jedi Temple to steal a holocron from within the Jedi Archives. Ahsoka had been there to try to stop the attack but Bane managed to get out with the holocron.

This time, Obi-Wan wondered if the holocron heist was something he could prevent from happening.

"Master?" Jenica said breaking Obi-Wan out of his thoughts.

Obi-Wan blinked. "I'm all right, Jenica," he said. "What are you going to do after you go to the archives if I am still reporting to the Jedi Council?"

Jenica shrugged. "Probably stay there and read some more on the computer," she said.

I thought so, Obi-Wan thought. Jenica had the tendency to study too much and spent most of the time she wasn't with Obi-Wan on a mission or training or in their quarters in the archives. However, Obi-Wan couldn't tell Jenica to leave the archives because that would cause her to wonder why and Obi-Wan couldn't tell Jenica the real reason nor could he come up with a plausible excuse that wouldn't arouse his apprentice's suspicions.

It was bad enough he let his guard down some times to where Anakin, the one person who wasn't under no circumstances supposed to know about the future, was beginning to feel suspicious. Obi-Wan did his best to keep Anakin from feeling suspicious but, sometimes, he would forget that some things haven't happened yet. He was grateful that Qui-Gon would jump in to remind him before things got too far out of hand though.

"All right," he said aloud. "I will see you later, Jenica. Don't study too hard."

Jenica nodded before walking out of the quarters behind Obi-Wan before the two of them went their separate ways; Obi-Wan to the Jedi Council chamber and Jenica to the Jedi Archives.

Obi-Wan walked thinking about how he could change what was to come; he knew some things would change right away with Jenica in the archives. She already said she was going to stay in the archives and so she would be there when Ahsoka went there for guard duty so Ahsoka will have some backup. As for Bane, Obi-Wan would have to tread carefully. Even though he knew of what was going to happen, Bane was clever and might come up with a way to complete his mission different from the way he did last time.

However, Obi-Wan still had the advantage of knowing what Bane's original plan was so that would come in handy.

"Master, are you all right?" Anakin asked breaking Obi-Wan out of his thoughts.

"Yes, why wouldn't I be?" Obi-Wan asked glancing at his brother.

Anakin shrugged. "Well, you were about to walk into the door," he said.

Obi-Wan, realizing his former apprentice was right, flushed before quickly regaining his composure. "Yes, well, I was merely thinking," he said and, to forestall any other questions, he added, "come, let's not keep the council waiting." And he managed to make his escape by walking calmly into the council.

After he assumed his seat on the council and gave his report, he listened to Anakin give his report on the situation before pointing out Ahsoka's mistake and lack of foresight on the mission. "She disobeyed a direct order," Anakin said, "because she believed she could beat the droids. As a result, she lost some of her men."

Ahsoka looked downcast and guilty.

"See what could have happened she did not," Yoda said.

"And she disobeyed a direct order as you said," Mace said. "As a result, she should be taught another lesson. Therefore, she is going to be on guard duty under Madame Jocasta Nu's watchful eye within the Jedi Archvies."

"Guard duty? For how long?" Ahsoka protested.

Mace's face was unwavering. "Longer now," he said.

Ahsoka opened her mouth to protest again, thought about it and bit back the protest. "Yes Master Windu," she murmured.

Obi-Wan leaned back in his chair as Ahsoka and Anakin left the council chamber before he glanced at the rest of the council members as they stood up. He stood up as well before walking out of the chamber as Mace dropped to walk beside him.

"And how is your apprentice doing, Obi-Wan?' he asked.

"Better," Obi-Wan replied. "She should be out of the sling in two days and she's spending quite a bit of her free time in the archives."

Mace nodded and the two of them walked in silence for a while. Obi-Wan was thinking about what would happen next and he didn't know of what Mace was thinking about at the moment. He decided that he would go find Anakin and stick with him until the time came around that Bane showed up because he never learned the exact time when Bane arrived at the Temple.

He nodded a goodbye to Mace before walking off to find Anakin all the while still thinking about how he could change what was to come.

"Your only duty is to guard the Holocron Vault," Jocasta Nu said when Ahsoka arrived for guard duty later that day. "Only Council Members are allowed in the vault, young one."

"Yes Madame Nu," Ahsoka said glancing at the door to the vault.

"You can also offer to help anyone who might need it," Jocasta added.

Ahsoka nodded before watching the librarian Jedi walk away. When the librarian disappeared, the young Togruta Padawan began walking around the archives not knowing what else to do. She inclined her head in greeting when she saw Master Kit Fisto walk by and gazed around. When she spotted Jenica sitting at one of the computer terminals a small frown on her face, she walked over to join her.

"Hey," she said.

Jenica glanced up. "Hi Ahsoka, what are you doing here?" she asked.

Ahsoka sighed before explaining what happened on Felucia. "So I'm doing guard duty until the council says I can stop," she finished.

Jenica shook her head. "You know, you remind me of Master Skywalker," she said.

"How so?"

"You don't listen to orders sometimes. Master Obi-Wan likes to talk about all the times Anakin didn't obey orders while he was Master Obi-Wan's apprentice."

"Must have been a lot of stories."

Jenica chuckled at that before returning her gaze to the computer screen.

"Need any help?" Ahsoka asked. She knew enough about the archives to help people find certain things but she definitely didn't know where everything was located. Not only that but with Jenica's injured arm, it might have been difficult for her to search for anything. Nonetheless, she seemed to be doing fine on her own. To be honest, Ahsoka only offered because she was bored.

"No I'm fine, Ahsoka. I'm just reading some recent news on the Holonet."

"Anything interesting?"

Jenica shook her head.

"All right." Ahsoka nodded a goodbye to her friend before she began roaming the archives again keeping an eye on the door that lead to the holocron vault.

The briefing began exactly as it had the first time around from what Obi-Wan could remember at least. Yoda was quiet throughout the entire briefing and Obi-Wan could feel him stretching out with the Force as a shift in the Force occurred. Obi-Wan, remembering what happened last time, thought about how he could change that. The holocron that was stolen by Cad Bane resulted in the kidnapping of two Force sensitive younglings. At the very least, if Obi-Wan was unable to stop the holocron from getting stolen, at least he can stop the children from being kidnapped. He knew of where Bane would strike and, if he had to, he could try to be at that place ahead of time.

"Thieves, infiltrate the Temple they will," Yoda declared opening his eyes.

Anakin frowned. "What could they be after?" he asked.

"There are plenty of things within the Temple that they could be after," Obi-Wan said.

Anakin's eyes narrowed. "What about the transmission codes?" he asked.

"It is possible that they will go after the codes."

"Go you two will and secure that location," Yoda ordered.

"Yes Master Yoda," Anakin said inclining his head and Obi-Wan followed suit before the two of them walked out of the War Room.

"Anakin," Obi-Wan said calmly. "I do believe it will only take one of us to secure the location of the transmission codes."

Anakin frowned looking confused. "What are you going to do?" he asked.

"Check on my Padawan and warn her about the thieves."

Anakin still looked confused but he nodded. "All right master," he said before he took off.

Obi-Wan didn't waste any time. He immediately headed toward the Jedi Archives but, instead of entering the archives, he bypassed them and made his way toward the ventilation system that he used to cut Cad Bane off last time. As he was positive that was how Bane would enter the Temple, he would be there to greet the bounty hunter when he arrived.

At least, that was the plan.

Upon entering the ventilation system, Obi-Wan made his way toward the vault while at the same time sending a nudge toward his apprentice. Be careful, Padawan. Thieves have entered the Temple. Keep an eye out for anything unusual, he sent through the Force to Jenica.

I will master, Jenica sent back.

Obi-Wan continued his journey toward the vault through the ventilation system.

Jenica did as her master had instructed and began to look around for anything unusual. She noticed Ahsoka walking around asking some people if they needed help including Jedi Master Ord Enisence, a male Skrilling Jedi Master with brown eyes. However, Enisence snapped at Ahsoka before making his way toward one of the computer terminals.

Jenica frowned. She didn't know Master Enisence but something about the way he snapped at Ahsoka seemed suspicious. She stood up, shut down her computer terminal and made her way over to the terminal that lay next to Enisence's and did her best to not draw the Jedi Master's attention to her. She used her free hand to type in another search item, since the arm she injured on her last mission with her master was still in a sling, but she wasn't paying much attention to what showed up.

She remained silent as she began looking through the data on the terminal although she did keep an eye on the Jedi Master. Her master told her to keep an eye out for anything unusual and Enisence snapping at Ahsoka was definitely unusual but Jenica didn't know why. Should I tell my master? She thought before she shook her head. She didn't want to bother her master with something as trivial as Master Enisence snapping at Ahsoka.

She went back to work although now she wasn't doing anything that had to do with the research she was doing before. Now, she was paying more attention to the Skrilling sitting next to her.

"I'll do what I can to stop the fans but you're going to have to be quick. Head right once you're past the fans," Enisence murmured and Jenica frowned before peering at the computer screen before her eyes went wide when she saw it was the schematics to the Temple.

Enisence noticed her looking at the console but, before he could say anything, Madame Nu came forward. "Why are you working, Master Enisence? The Temple is on high alert," Nu protested.

Enisence struck before Jenica could even comprehend what was going on and Nu was unconscious on the ground in a matter of moments due to the stun bolt that hit her. Jenica scrambled to her feet before igniting her lightsaber. "Why did you do that?" she demanded.

Enisence turned his gaze to her before pointing his blaster at her and firing but Jenica quickly escaped the stun bolt by ducking down one of the aisles next to the terminals.

"Blast it," Enisence said. "You're going to have to hurry, a Padawan is here and I wasn't able to stun her."

There was a moment of silence.

"No she is the only one that saw anything."

Another pause.

"All right."

Jenica was examining the door wondering if she started running then would she be able to make it to the doors in time. She also stretched out with the Force toward her master. Master, Master Enisence just attacked Madame Nu and tried to stun me, she sent through the Force.

That doesn't sound like Master Enisence, Obi-Wan sent back.

Jenica was about to reply when she noticed Enisence kneeling beside Nu and touching her. A moment later, he began to change to where he looked identical to Madame Nu and her mind flashed back to one of the aliens she had studied during the time she was healing. It was a Clawdite.

Master, there's a Clawdite in the archives. He or she just took on the form of Madame Nu, Jenica sent quickly as the Clawdite, now as Madame Nu, began making his way toward the aisle where Jenica was hiding.

"Come out, little Jedi," the Clawdite called in Nu's voice.

Get out of there, Jenica! Obi-Wan called sharply through the Force clearly sensing Jenica's danger.

The young Padawan did as she was told. She turned around and took off running. She didn't know where she was going; she just kept running. When she neared the holocron vault, she quite literally ran into Ahsoka knocking both Padawans down.

"Jenica, what's the matter?" Ahsoka asked scrambling to her feet and helping Jenica up. Jenica glanced over her shoulder but she couldn't see the Nu imposter anywhere.

"There's a Clawdite in the archives, Ahsoka," she said glancing back at her friend. "He or she took Madame Nu's form and I don't know what he or she did to Madame Nu. Then he or she chased after me."

"How did a Clawdite get into the Temple?" Ahsoka asked.

"He/she took the form of Master Enisence and he/she was looking at the schematics for the Temple. He was also talking to someone but I don't know who."

"Come on," Ahsoka said. "Let's go see what's going on. Which computer terminal was he, or she, using?"

Jenica pointed toward the terminal. As it turned out, the Clawdite had returned to the same terminal he/she had used before. "Why did he/she go back?" she asked.

"Finish up business before you got backup, I guess," Ahsoka said with a shrug before the two friends dashed toward the terminal where the imposter was seated.

A/n what do you think?

Blaze: okay, this is going to be a three-part arc

Darth: why did you cut it off there?

Blaze: I really don't know. I just decided to end it there

Darth: ah

Harry: what's going to happen next? What's going to happen next? What's going to happen next? What's going to…?

Severus: SHUT UP!

Harry: MAKE ME!

Severus: (steals boulder from Obi-Wan and drops it on Harry)

Harry: (knocked out)

Obi-Wan: hey! I wanted to drop that on Palpy

Sirius: uh, I think you're too late

Anakin: (spewing out curses left and right as he drops anything and everything he can get his hands on, on top of Palpy) How dare you?

Palpypie: ahhh!

Obi-Wan: good job Anakin!

Blaze: (laughs) As for what's going to happen in the next chapter, the conclusion to the heist. It might end up being a short chapter but I'll try to make it as long as possible. I want "Children of the Force" to be its own chapter

Darth: so why didn't you just conclude the heist in this chapter?

Blaze: apparently, my mind didn't want to. Please review and I will post chapter 28 as soon as possible but I doubt it'll be anytime soon