POV: Ahsoka Tano

I swiveled the turret, opening fire. The blasts were merely absorbed by the Separatist landing craft's deflector shields. An ion cannon blast from the cockpit struck it in the wing. I opened fire with the blaster cannon, and the bolts scorched the craft's armor as it descended.

"Hold on!"
Barriss threw the ship into a long, looping roll as I fired a burst of blaster bolts into the landing craft's cockpit. The weaker transparisteel gave out under the bombardment, and the droids were sucked out by the wind of the high altitude we were fighting in. A pair of missiles struck our shields, and I swore. The Twilight II wasn't designed for endurance in combat, but rather agility and speed. I opened fire with the turret, and the vulture droid that had fired on us exploded in a flash of flame and twisted metal. A clone Z95 rolled to avoid a vulture droid's shots. The clone's wingman fired his twin cannons, and the droid exploded. The ship suddenly spiraled down towards the crippled transport, and I grimaced as we came incredibly close to impact. I heard explosions, and realized we'd picked up tails. Barriss had been having trouble shaking them. So, she'd made them crash into the transport. Suddenly, the transport rippled with explosions, and the shockwave pushed us towards one of the tall buildings. Barriss narrowly dodged crashing into the skyscraper.

"Unidentified yacht, please identify yourself immediately. We appreciate the assistance, but identify yourselves."

"Coruscant Control, this is Twilight II. I am Jedi Knight Barriss Offee and my companion is Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano."

Anakin's fighter soared overhead, rolling through the sky and firing its cannons. A vulture droid fired a concussion missile that destroyed its left engine. As the engine flared up with flames and smoke, I realized that something was off. Anakin would never have let his ship get damaged so easily. A new voice boomed from the intercom.

"The Twilight II? You dared?"
I realized with a start that Anakin was in Coruscant Control.

"Who's piloting your fighter, Master?"

"An R2 unit designated R2-D5. Identical to R2-D2 in every way, including memories."

R2-D5 jerked the fighter into a looping roll, smoke still trailing from the destroyed engine. A moment later, another ship, which looked just like Anakin's spiraled up from the hangar bay. I sensed that Anakin was in the fighter. He jerked the controls, and executed a flawless loop de loop that made Barriss whistle in admiration.
"Master Skywalker's one fine pilot, Ahsoka."

Anakin's cannons fired, and a vulture droid exploded in a shower of debris. A blast lanced down from the stars and a tower exploded in a spray of durasteel and transparisteel.

"That he is, Barriss. That he is."

Barriss rolled the ship.

"Meet me down in the council chambers."
We drove towards the landing pad, my cannons blazing. Vulture droids exploded in our path as my blaster cannon shredded them. Anakin followed. We landed, and then Anakin did as well. We exited. We went to the council chambers. Anakin stood in front of a holoprojector.

"Master Skywalker," Barriss said respectfully.

"Hello, Barriss. Anyway, the defense of Coruscant is going poorly."

The temple rumbled and a chunk of ceiling fell towards Anakin. My hands went up, and I caught it with the Force. I threw the debris out the gaping hole.

"The Separatists have been doing that for hours. They're attempting to destabilize the temple."

"Do we have reinforcements, Master Skywalker?"
"Please, call me Anakin. As for your question, no we don't," Anakin said, shaking his head.

I heard blasterfire.

"Just before the assault, most of the Jedi went out on missions including the entire council. We are meeting in the council chambers because the main planning rooms were destroyed. We've already lost 60 Jedi to a nerve gas that attacks Force sensitives. Put these on," Anakin shouted, tossing us gas masks.

We put them on just there was a hiss. Green gas flooded the room.

"42 of the Jedi we lost were Padawans and Younglings. The rest were Knights. I'm sort of in command right now."

Anakin's comlink beeped.

"Skywalker."

"This is Rex. Sir, we're losing ground. Of the brigade assigned me, I only have 6 troops left. I'm retreating."

"Rex, meet me in the council chambers. Wait, do you have any Jedi with you?"

"No, General Skywalker."

By the time Rex arrived, it was just him, and he was wounded.

"I think we're losing the temple," Anakin said with a frown.

"Damn it."

I punched the wall, and then swore.

"Down!"

Anakin tackled me, his hand reaching out and sweeping Barriss down as well. A turbolaser bolt punched through the wall, slicing through the space where we'd been standing. I caught a section of wall, preventing it from falling on myself. I threw it out the gaping hole. Barriss cried out. I looked over and saw that a chunk of debris had landed on her legs, pinning her. I lifted it with the Force. She stood up.

"Thanks, Ahsoka."

Rex stood up, and picked up his blasters. A blaster bolt narrowly avoided him. He fired twice, and the droid fell, two smoking holes in its chest. I activated my lightsabers. I deflected a burst of blasterfire from a super battle droid, and lunged. My blades flashed, and deactivated as they glanced off.

"Cortosis!"

I lifted it with the Force and spun it, so that its blasters overwhelmed another of the super battle droids. Then I threw it out a hole in the window. Anakin's mechanical fist connected with a droid's head, and he plunged his lightsaber through its stomach. He pulled out his lightsaber. Barriss unleashed a stream of Electric Judgement that swept across the line of cortosis reinforced super battle droids, deactivating them. Rex threw a droid popper grenade, and several more droids deactivated. My lightsabers reactivated, and I sliced a rocket droid in half with one blade, while my other sliced through the fibers of its neck.