A/N: I'm really excited about this version of Rebellion's Own. I'm planning it out, and not rushing though it, like I felt I was doing last time. This story, the third in the Ahsoka series, will take a different turn than the last two did. Every chapter will focus on Ahsoka, but I'll also add everyone else's POV as well (not first person). If that doesn't make sense, you'll see eventually. But anyway, on with the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Star Wars. If I did, I would be rich. And I'm not. I do, however, would like to take credit for the idea that will become the plot line for this story.
They were in Anchorhead. Ahsoka glanced forward, then groaned. She put her hood over her head. "Obi-Wan, let me off," she said.
"What's the matter?" both Obi-Wan and Luke asked.
"I'm…..one of the most wanted 'criminals' against the empire. They're probably got wanted posters all over the place. I think it might be better if I wasn't seen going in with you," she said.
"What'd you do?" Luke asked as he stopped the speeder.
"Everything," Ahsoka replied, hopping out of the speeder. Before she left, she heard Threepio say, "I don't think it's in our best interest to be going around with a wanted criminal."
Ahsoka rolled her eyes and watched as the speeder was stopped, then after a moment, went on. She let out a sigh and waited for a big enough transport to go through.
Eventually, a large transport passed her, stopping to let a few jawas pass. While the transport was stopped, Ahsoka lowered herself underneath the transport and waited for it to go through the gate.
"Do ya got any droids with you?" she heard a voice said. Two pairs of white boots were less than two feet away from her face. Stormtroopers.
"Don't like the nonorganics," the driver replied. The trooper waved him on, and the transport went on. After two minutes, it stopped, then was turned off. Ahsoka waited a minute before rolling out from underneath it, then stood up and brushed her robe off.
She went up to a duros and said, "have you seen an old man, young boy and two droids anywhere near here?"
The duros pointed to the cantina, where Ahsoka saw Threepio and Artoo scurrying away. Ahsoka smiled and entered the Cantina. She looked around, searching for Obi-Wan. She found him at the table of a man and a Wookiee. She figured it would be a good idea not to be seen with them, or rather, them seen with her, so she went up to the bar.
"What's your poison?" he asked.
"Juma juice," Ahsoka said.
"Haven't sold that in years," the bartender asked, narrowing his eyes at her. "Not since the empire."
"That's weird. I get it all over the place. Other than here. "
"Look," the bartender said. "I don't have it. I don't care if other cantinas do or don't. Can I get you anything else?"
Ahsoka sighed. "Got any Corellian spiced ale?"
The bartender grunted, poured a brown looking liquid, then placed it in front of her. She down it, and noticed Obi-Wan and Luke get up and leave. Two stormtroopers walked over to the table they had just been.
Ahsoka ordered another drink, keeping an eye on the troopers. They left a few minutes later, shortly followed by the Wookiee. Ahsoka noticed that a rodian replaced the Wookiee's place, and a heated argument was between the man and the alien. Ahsoka couldn't hear, but jumped when she heard a blaster shot. Her hand went to her lightsaber, but then removed it. The man stood up and put his blaster up, then paid the bartender.
"Sorry 'bout the mess," he said, then left. Ahsoka smirked, paid for her drink, and also left.
"Ahsoka!" Ahsoka turned around and saw Luke waving her over. "We got a ship."
"With the trigger happy Corellian?" Ahsoka asked.
Luke raised an eyebrow. "How'd you know?"
"I saw you leave, the Wookiee leave, then the Corellian leave. Simple deduction."
"Come, or we'll be late," Obi-Wan said. They gathered the droids, then went to docking bay 97. Ahsoka couldn't help but feel like someone was following them. She ruled it off as paranoia.
When they reached the docking bay, Ahsoka gaped. It was the ship….she couldn't believe it.
"This is it?" Luke asked, frowning.
The pilot was outside, doing an inspection of the ship. "Yeah, what's wrong with it?"
"It's junk, that's what's wrong with it," Luke answered.
"Uh, Luke, I think-" Ahsoka started.
"Junk? You think this baby is junk?" the pilot asked, frowning.
Luke nodded. "Yeah. That's what I said. Junk."
Ahsoka cleared her throat. "It's seen it's prettier day," she said, looking at Luke, but then turned and glanced at the pilot. "However, it looks like a dependable ship."
"Dependable?" the pilot gaped. "The Falcon is….she's….she's outrun imperial destroyers. She made the kessle run in twelve parsecs."
"See?" Ahsoka said to Luke.
Luke didn't look convinced.
"Instead of arguing, we should head inside the ship," Obi-Wan said.
"Yeah, we're running short on time," the pilot said. Ahsoka frowned. Something about him was so familiar….
"I didn't get your name," the pilot said to Ahsoka.
"Ahsoka," she replied.
"Han Solo," the pilot said. "No last name? Then you've got a past."
"Yeah, and I don't want to go into it," Ahsoka said, trying to figure out why the name sounded so familiar. She and Solo were about to board the ship when stormtroopers flooded the docking bay. Ahsoka reached for her blaster, and she and Solo began shooting at them.
"Get in the ship!" Solo yelled, and Ahsoka complied. She let out a few more rounds before running to the cockpit.
The Wookiee let out a less than pleased noise at her. "Tell me if Solo is on the ship!" Ahsoka ordered.
The Wookiee growled again, but left the cockpit. A moment later, she heard Solo's voice yelling at the Wookiee, and Ahsoka took the ship out of the space dock.
"What are you doing here?" Solo demanded and shoved her from the seat. "Tell that boy and the old man to strap in. We've got company."
Ahsoka looked out the viewscreen to see three star destroyers.
"I really hope this thing is as fast as you say," she said.
Solo sent her a glare, and the Wookiee complained. "Chewy, ignore her and set the coordinates!" Solo yelled, concentrating on evading the destroyers. Ahsoka had to admit that even without the force to help, Solo was one heck of a pilot.
Ahsoka felt breathing behind her, and turned to see Luke and Obi-Wan crowding into the cockpit.
"I thought this was fast," Luke taunted.
"Get out of my cockpit," Solo growled.
"He can't just go," Ahsoka said. "We need a clear path from here to Alderaan."
"Else you'll run into a star, or an asteroid field," Solo muttered. If the boy claimed he was a pilot, then he should know that.
The Wookiee pushed Ahsoka out of his way, and she herded Obi-Wan and Luke into the back. "Sit down," she ordered, then sat, cross legged, on the floor. She shut her eyes, and heard Luke ask Obi-Wan what she is doing.
"Meditating," was Obi-Wan's reply.
Soon, the background noise faded away, and Ahsoka thought. She knew she had met Solo years ago while working for the Hutt, when she met EEda, as Sisla, but his name seemed so familiar. She tried to think back to her early life as a true Jedi. Maybe she met him then….but she came up with nothing.
She thought to the beginning of the Empire. Nothing in her earliest travels. But….but wait. He was Corellian. He resembled….Dash. That was it….had to be it. He was Dash's missing nephew, Dri and Fru's nephew, and little 'Soka's cousin. The family member she had never met.
Would Han Solo want to meet his family? Did he care? He didn't seem the caring type. Did he even know that he still had family? He and Dash were both smugglers, but Dash had cared about his family.
Ahsoka could barely hear Obi-Wan giving Luke his first Jedi lesson: the lightsaber. She could still hear him saying to Anakin, "This weapon is your life. As a knight, you should know that by now." Perhaps he would have more luck with the son.
Which brought her thoughts back to Anakin. Darth Vader. She had no doubt she would see him again during her trip with Obi-Wan and Luke. She desperately hoped not. She didn't think she would be able to hold her tongue, and tell him about Luke. Try to bring him to the light. Though, with his last name still Skywalker, she doubted it would be hard for Vader to hear Luke's name and not make the connection. Vader might be sith, but he wasn't stupid.
Far From it.
There was sudden pain. Everything was fine when the streak of pain traveled through Ahsoka. She gasped and left her meditation. Obi-Wan was leaning against a wall, and Luke was looking worried about him.
"What is it, what happened?" Solo questioned. Ahsoka noted that he truly looked concerned.
"Ahsoka?" Luke's voice asked. She looked to Obi-Wan, who looked ashen.
"It was if a thousand voice cried out in terror," his voice echoed throughout the room, "and then were suddenly silenced."
That was exactly what she had felt. Ahsoka rubbed her arms, trying to get rid of the goosebumps. Luke looked frightened. He was force sensitive….had he felt it? Solo had a confused look on his face. "What?"
"Something terrible happened," Ahsoka said. "Something that killed thousands of people."
"What was it?" Luke asked, shifting his gaze from Obi-Wan to Ahsoka.
"I don't know," Ahsoka said.
"Well, we don't have time to ponder," Solo said. "We're almost up on Alderaan." He got up, followed by the Wookiee, Chewbacca. Ahsoka followed them. A few moments later, the ship left hyperspace.
They began to rock. Solo began to shout directions to Chewbacca, trying not to be hit by flying rocks that was in their path.
"Where is Alderaan?" Luke asked.
"It's gone," Solo said, and the ship stopped rocking.
"What do you mean it's gone?" Luke demanded. "Did your Wookiee put in the right coordinates?"
"My Wookiee?" Solo yelled. "You've got a lot of nerve! Chewy never makes a mistake."
"It's surrounding us," Ahsoka said.
"What?" both Luke and Solo said.
"She's right," Obi-Wan said. "It was destroyed."
"Who would have done that?" Luke demanded.
Ahsoka missed that sense of nativity. "The Empire."
"Not possible," Solo said. "The entire fleet couldn't blow up a planet."
"Obviously they have some tricks up their sleeve," Ahsoka said dryly.
"Stop, both of you," Obi-Wan hissed. "Thousands of people died today. It is not the time to argue."
Ahsoka felt her cheeks burn. She never liked being chastised, especially when she knew she was wrong.
"Well old man," Solo said. "Where do we go from here?"
Before Obi-Wan could answer, a TIE fighter flew over their head. "TIE!" Ahsoka shouted.
"How did it get here?" Solo said. "Got lost from a convoy?"
Ahsoka shook her head. "I don't think so," she said.
"Well, regardless, we can't let 'im tell the Empire we're here," Han said. "Chewy, get ready to shoot him down."
"He's out here by himself, you might as well let him go," Obi-Wan said.
"Not by himself," Ahsoka said.
"Right, he's heading to that moon over there." Luke pointed to a dot in the background.
Ahsoka felt a horrible feeling in her gut.
"That isn't a moon," Obi-Wan's voice floated through the room. "It's a space station."
Quiet, then Solo said, "nah. It's too big."
Ahsoka resisted rolling her eyes.
And that is where we will leave chapter two off at. I hope you've enjoyed the second chapter. I really want to take this slow and take time to explain some things and not rush through it.
MLV