Avengers: Infinite Wars

by free man writer

The Clone Wars are in full swing with the galaxy divided. The Jedi lead the clone army against the infinite droid army of the Separatists. Yet a wild card enters the fray. The Avengers. From there, newer, more sinister and deadlier threats emerge and The Galaxy, no, the universe, shall never be the same again. Co-written by Jebest4781 and BulletStormX. Now in Season 4.

28. Children of The Force

We have reached the concluding chapter of the Holocron Heist arc and this one is a mad dash all around.

So while everything else has been going absolutely batshit in my life these past few days, the focus of the story remains the same. Must get it out repeatedly before the fire is extinguished. Avenging Remnant and Noble Justice must make their return on top of three other new stories that I have developed the first set of chapters for AND A Song of Fire Ice and Hearts that I have been co-writing with Jebest4781. So to say I have a stacked schedule and plate is a bit of an understatement. I've also taken to making covers for arcs and seasons on DeviantArt as a means of branching out creatively even if my artistic skills are as good as modern art which it is. Anyone can draw a square, just give me a few right-angle rulers.

What was I rambling about again? Ah yes, the seven plus stories I've got that is an all-consuming part of my brain 24/7. Such good times. It's not like it gives me headaches or anything. Oh contraire, it keeps me from going off the deep end that looks oh so tempting and tantalizingly close. Hello bottomless pit, how are you doing today?

So what the fuck am I even still doing here? Let's keep writing!

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Avengers Infinite Wars Chapter 28: Children of the Force.

Returning back to the temple in defeat was not a pleasant feeling for one Anakin Skywalker.

Cad Bane had escaped their forces with near practiced ease and worst of all, he had what he was paid to retrieve. The information within the Holocron of all the Force-Sensitive children within the Republic.

Reporting this to the council would not be easy for him but he had to do what he must.

The trio of Avengers that had joined them on this mission went off in their own area of the temple. Rhodey was nursing a slight concussion after that one powerful smack into the wall by Durge which caught him off guard; so he was likely out for the next several days.

Anakin, along with Ahsoka, now stood before the assembled Jedi council though there were several seats empty.

It appears that his former Master Obi-wan was still off on his own mission. Master Kit Fisto's seat was also empty as was Eeth Koths.

"This presents a serious problem with Bane escaping once more." Master Windu spoke in a stoic manner.

"He now has access to the names of all the force-sensitive children in the Republic." Master Plo Koon spoke with his respirated voice.

"But what does he want with all this information?" Master Depa Billaba inquired with slight dread.

"We know that Bane is employed by the Separatists for this mission." Anakin said, crossing his arms in thought. "And let's not forget who runs the Separatists."

"Dooku." Windu said in a grim undertone.

"Inflict devastating damage on the Jedi Order, he could." Yoda stated.

"If it's the children he seeks, then we are at a difficult crossroads." Stated the holographic form of Shaak Ti from her end at Kamino. "There are a number of those he could go after first."

"Small chance there is, through the Force." Yoda said. "The Council may detect them."

"Then we must act with haste." Plo stated firmly. "The sooner we are able to discern this Cad Bane's targets, the sooner we can capture him and reclaim what we have lost."

As the council dispersed, Anakin took a momentary glance at his padawan, noticing something was missing.

"Ahsoka, what happened to your braid?" Anakin inquired.

Instinctively her hand shot up to where her braid was when the memory of how she lost it came back to her. With both a frown of shame and frustration marring her face, she grunted in self-scolding.

"Bane took it when he held me prisoner on his ship." Ahsoka said dejectedly.

Frowning with a hint of anger at the gall of the bounty hunter taking something as important as his Padawans braid, he placed a comforting hand upon her shoulder.

"Don't you worry, Snips. We will get it back." Anakin promised.

Ahsoka stared at her master before a grateful smile grew on her face. She truly was happy to have a Master like Anakin looking out for her.

Whilst the Jedi were preparing for a meditative session in hopes of finding out who Bane would target first in the Force-sensitive children, Peter and Pietro were helping a worn out and concussed Rhodey get comfortable.

They knew that the Avengers had all split off by this point to help with other endeavors, leaving a still unconscious Scott to recover. Even with Tap, they wanted to make sure he was at least checked up on every now and then.

Thankfully, Pietro's Jedi Ryloth buddy Ima-Gun Di was more than willing to be up to the task for his old friend. After thanking the Nikto Jedi for helping as well as a brief catch up with him, Pietro turned to the matter at hand.

"What do you think Tap?" Pietro asked their AI. "Is it a concussion?"

"Minor at best." Tap said. "From what I have picked up, Comrade Rhodey needs a day of recovery."

"How's the suit?" Rhodey asked with a grunt, nursing his aching head.

"It can be repaired but will take a bit of time." Tap responded. "I have schematics drawn out with materials needed. As well as a means of beginning methods of replenishing ammunition."

"That's some good news at least." Pietro murmured, crossing his arms while frowning.

"So what now?" Peter asked, sitting himself down feeling slightly exhausted from the other day. "That blue man groupie got his hands on that Jedi baby list. Who knows what he's gonna do?"

"Jedi baby list? What the hell did I wake up to?"

"Scott!" The trio of returning Avengers cried out with adulation at hearing their fellow hero at long last awakened.

Scott Lang winced but gave his friends a shaky smile as he slowly sat up with Pietro and Peter moving over to his side.

"Hey guys." Scott said tiredly, rubbing the side of his head. "How long was I out this time?"

"This time?" Peter thought back on Hope speaking on the growth ability of Pym technology. "Oh that's right, you passed for two days the first time you tried this."

"Yeah, so how long was it this time?"

"Bout two weeks." Pietro bluntly replied, making Scott choke on his breath, coughing and hacking while pounding his chest.

"TWO WEEKS?!" Scott yelled out before seizing up and falling back down while clutching his head and writhing in pain. "Why did I yell?!"

"Yeah…" Peter patted the ex-cons chest while the man bemoaned himself.

Blearily opening his eyes, Scott saw he was still in the room the Jedi had bestowed to them while noticing a significant number of the team to be missing. There was only Rhodey, Peter and Pietro present.

"Where the heck is everyone?" Scott inquired.

"Off doing their own missions with the Jedi." Rhodey answered with a grunt, adjusting himself.

"What happened to you?" Scott asked in concern.

"We had our own little scuffle. Got my head rattled."

"And we failed on our retrieval mission, basically." Peter admitted, slumping back into a nearby ottoman.

"What are you guys gonna do now then?"

"We don't know." Pietro stated. "This is a Jedi affair but kids are involved. Literal babies. And that prick Cad Bane is the one responsible for it."

"Wait, what?" Scott was bewildered by this piece of information. "Douchebag the Smurf is back already?"

"Apparently he was employed by Separatist Skynet to get a list of all kids in the Republic that have the potential to become Jedi in the future." Rhodey stated, taking a drink of something to help relieve his headache.

"What the hell did I wake up to?" Scott asked again, more to himself.

"A madhouse." Pietro dryly said. "So a typical Monday…. Or Tuesday. What day is it today?"

"It is Thursday back home, Comrade Pietro."

"Thanks Tap."

"But seriously, what are we supposed to do now?" Peter asked once more. "I don't want some cowboy knockoff who tried to kill me go after some infants."

"Cowboy knockoff? You're talking about Bane aren't you?"

The boys turned to see none other than Black Widow and the Wasp entering the room.

"Scott." Hope said with joy and relief, immediately rushing over to his side.

He could barely get a word in with his girlfriend catching him in a loving kiss, pulling away to check him over.

"Are you alright?" She asked worriedly.

"Just got a headache." Scott answered tiredly, smiling as he leaned his forehead against hers.

"Where the hell have you been?" Pietro inquired.

"Helping out Jane Foster's twin sister with a certain matter involving a potential problem in the future." Natasha said cryptically.

"Nice to hear your spy vibes are as sharp as ever." Rhodey joked.

"And what have you guys been doing?" Hope asked. "Your armor looks like it's been through the ringer, Rhodey."

"It is because Comrades Rhodey, Pietro and Peter have fought the enemy known as Durge." Tap answered for them. "His suit has sustained damage and will require repairs."

"Well it's a good thing I came back with Scott waking up." Hope said.

"But what did you guys do that involved Bane?" Nat inquired.

"Douche the Smurf was hired by the Separatists to get something called a Holocron from the Jedi temple." Pietro explained. "On that cube is a list of all the kids in the Republic that are Force-sensitive, basically their future Jedi."

Nat had her eyes narrow momentarily at the mention of the Jedi and their ways of recruitment but kept her comments to herself. Right now, a more pressing matter was at hand.

"Alright, so what's the game plan then?" Nat asked.

"Good question." Pietro murmured. "I think we'll have to wait on the Jedi for an answer."

"Why can't we do anything?" Hope asked.

"Because this has to do with something the Jedi directly understand." Peter said. "I was talking with Ahsoka and Anakin and they told me how the Holocrons are meant to only react to them specifically. I mean, guys with the Force and all."

"So we really can't do anything right now?" Nat inquired.

"Pretty much." Pietro said with a shrug. "But, you can tell us what you guys were up to. Something about helping Senator Padme, right?"

"Something like that." Natasha said, taking a seat for herself. "It's a bit complicated."

"And had to deal with smarmy politicians." Hope said, sitting on Scott's bed with her boyfriend holding her hand.

"Sounds like a pain in the ass." Rhodey stated, knowing all too well on what it's like to deal with politicians.

"Yeah~ Yeah, it is."

-Scene Cut-

Cad Bane sat within one of his hideouts, placing on spare clothing while storing away his newly acquired Clone armor.

Say what you will about the Republic but the armor was impressive and he could work with incorporating some of the material into his own clothing.

Currently, he leaned back, adjusting his equipment while speaking with one Dark Lord of the Sith.

"I have delivered what you wanted." Bane stated, adding the finishing touches to his wrist pad. "The Jedi were no problem but the Avengers? That may cost you extra."

"I will make sure to compensate you for your efforts, Bane."

Bane nodded, leaning forward. "Since you're the one who contacted me, it seems to me you still require my services."

"I require test subjects." Sidious stated. "I want you to choose five children and bring them to Mustafar. I will take care of them."

"Abducting innocent children?" Bane said impassively. "I may be a bounty hunter but even I know that's a bit much. And honestly seems like a small-time crime from someone like you."

"Among the children of the Jedi, there are no innocents." Sidious firmly stated. "Of that, I can assure you."

"Sure, sure." Bane said dismissively, placing his hat on. "As long as I get paid, makes no difference to me."

With that being established, the Duros selected several that were within reach of one another in rapid succession until one made Sidious send a message to leave the fifth one to him. He would still be paid in full but the fifth child would be left untouched.

-Jedi Temple-

All the while, Anakin sat within a meditation room with several other Jedi Council members.

Yoda at the head with Mace to his right and Plo Koon to his left.

The four sat cross legged upon circular chairs with all their eyes closed in deep meditative trances.

All Four let the Force flow through them freely while reaching out to one another in a kind of link to amplify their own power. Yoda hummed aloud, the first to speak.

"A jungle world." The aged master said slowly. "Dome cities, I see. Hmm, Rodia it is."

Plo exhaled softly. "A house in Kay Tap Square. I see it. A mother and her child."

"There's an Ocean Planet." Mace spoke up. "Home to… Nautolans. Glee Anselm?"

"Glee Anselm, I see not."

Anakin then spoke up. "I sense… A place I've been to before. Waterfalls. Naboo."

"Jan-gwa. A village. Southern Sector." Yoda added. "Sense it strongly I do."

"The Gungan child was screaming." Anakin said, hearing an echo through the Force.

"The future, you see, young Skywalker." Yoda stated. "To Naboo, you must go. Cad Bane, you will find. With you, take your Padawan."

Anakin only nodded with Mace voicing his opinion on his earlier vision.

"You are certain there is no child on Glee Anselm?"

"Into the shadow of the Dark side, taken the child was." Yoda said in grim confirmation of the matter. "Shrouded is his fate from us. Great the loss is. But more children in danger, there are."

"There is something else." Plo Koon spoke up. "I am sensing a disturbance coming from... Jedha."

"Jedha?" Anakin said in confusion. That name sounded familiar.

"Old that planet is, to the Jedi." Yoda said cryptically. "A temple, Jedha holds. Withdrawal of Jedi we did at the start of the war."

"We withdrew from a Jedi Temple?" Anakin asked. "Why would we do that? That seems like the least intelligent thing to do."

"We were thrust into the war suddenly and rapidly." Mace answered. "The order was spread thin in its entirety. There are several temples that we have abandoned for the time being. Thankfully, no Separatist forces had made moves in occupying them."

"Guess that changes now." Anakin said. "Should we head there now?"

"The Force will guide us." Yoda said. "Too Jedha, not our first destination is. To Rodia and Naboo we must go."

"I shall head for Rodia then." Plo Koon declared, the group dispersing with Anakin and Plo moving to depart.

"There is still the likelihood of Bane targeting and kidnapping more children." Windu said to Yoda. "He still has the Holocron and access to all the names listed there."

"Capture and retrieve the Holocron, we must." Yoda said. "Move quickly, we can, if we are to stop the Dark Sides plans."

Anakin was running through the corridors when he ran into a room with Ahsoka and surprisingly, Peter and Pietro.

"Ahsoka." Anakin called her. "We need to get going now."

"What's going on, Master?"

"We've managed to get an idea where Cad Bane is gonna strike," Anakin said. "So we need to head for Naboo, now. There's a chance we could intercept him there."

"So we have a plan then?"

Anakin nearly jolted out his clothing at the voice behind him, looking back to see Black Widow.

"Where the heck did you come from?" Anakin asked in bewilderment.

"Just came back from a mission of my own but it looks like you guys need priority help here and now."

Anakin wanted to ask more but he was on a time crunch and frankly, having his Padawan along with three Avengers feels like a guarantee that should they encounter Bane he will be captured.

"Right, let's go then. I'll tell you all the details on the way."

The Jedi along with the volunteering Avengers had dispersed with one bounty hunter well ahead of them.

Cad Bane had arrived on Rodia well before any Jedi or Republic forces with him being garbed in a Jedi robe.

Sitting in the living room with the mother of the Rodian baby, Cad Bane observed as the young one had been levitating a ball towards himself.

"Your son is strong with the Force." Bane stated. "He will make a fine Jedi."

While the child's mother was proud, she was rather worried.

"Master Ropal said the day would come for him to go to the temple, but not for some time." The mother said with a concerned tone.

"Master Ropal was unaware of the danger your son is in. Jedi impostors have been roaming the galaxy, stealing the future younglings. For your son's protection, I'm going to have to take him now."

The mother held onto her son close to her chest as the disguised bounty hunter reached out.

"But he's my only child."

Seeing as things were going nowhere, Bane soon pulled out something that would make the mother comply, whether she willingly wanted to or not.

A Jedi Starfighter piloted by Master Plo Koon dropped out from Hyperspace over the planet of Rodia with Plo detaching himself from the Hyperspace ring and quickly flying down to the surface of the planet.

Plo's Astromech let out a few whistles of concern.

"I know D6. Let's hope we are not too late." Plo said grimly.

Flying down to the surface, the entry way for the domed city opened with Koon landing. Swiftly jumping out from his ship, Plo sprinted forth recalling the home of which his vision showed where the force-sensitive babe would be found.

Maneuvering through droids and other Rodians, Plo Koon arrived at his destination knocking repeatedly on the door.

"Hello? Hello? Is anyone there?" Plo asked.

The door opened to reveal a Rodian female who glared at Plo.

"If you're looking for my son, Jedi, he's not here."

This worried Plo Koon, causing him to question the mother. "What do you mean? Where is he?"

All he got was the door closing in his face.

"Please, I'm only trying to help. Your son's in danger."

She wasn't responding, causing the Jedi master to use the Force to open the front door.

Upon stepping inside, he was facing the end of a blaster barrel with the mother holding the weapon.

"You'll never get him."

"I do not mean you any harm." Plo waved his hand before her, the Force clearing the Rodians mind. "Tell me, where did the bounty hunter take your son?"

"B-Bounty hunter?" Questioned the mother. "B-But he was a Jedi."

Plo called upon the Force to take the blaster out from her hands, glaring at the weapon. "Jedi do not carry blasters."

The Rodian mother could only gasp in disbelief running a hand down her face in distraught.

"What have I done?" She began to weep, falling to the ground on her knees.

It was then did Plo Koon hear the sounds of engines firing right outside of the home.

Rushing outside, he saw Cad Bane flying off into the air and heading off to an adjacent building. And it wasn't long before a ship took off and went to parts unknown.

Plo could only slam his fist down onto the balcony fence, berating himself for his folly.

'Don't fail where I have, little Soka.' Plo internally

-Scene Cut-

On the planet of Naboo, one LAAT gunship flew rapidly through the air towards a hangar bay all too familiar to one of the gunship's occupants.

Upon landing, the side doors opened to reveal a five-man squad composed of Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Peter Parker, Natasha Romanoff and Pietro Maximoff.

They were greeted by Lieutenant Typho of the Naboo guard with a Gungan warrior and Naboo guard.

"General Skywalker." Typho greeted. "I was informed of you coming."

"Has the Gungan family been notified?" Anakin asked straight away.

"Yes, Captain Lunker here is in charge of the operation." Typho said, gesturing to the Gungan. "He will take you to Jan-Gwa city."

"We better move fast." Nat stated. "I worked with Bane for a short time and if he hasn't beaten us here, then he's gonna know we may have the jump on him."

"So what should we do?" Ahsoka asked.

"Simple." Nat stated. "A guy like Bane needs to be taken down quick and fast, making sure we don't give him time to think or plan. A guy like Bane is always planning several exit strategies."

"Then let me take the lead on this one, Ms. Romanoff." Ahsoka said firmly. "I have a score to settle with Bane."

"Alright, just don't do anything reckless." Anakin said.

"Like you would do Master?" Ahsoka said cheekily.

"Hardy har har." Anakin said, nudging her to follow the Gungan Captain to Jan-Gwa city. "You go on ahead. I'll be there shortly."

Ahsoka along with the Avengers departed with Captain Lunker, leaving Anakin to briefly converse with Captain Typho.

All the while, one Duros bounty hunter arrived on Naboo flying down to the coordinates given to him from the Holocron. Having radio jammers and signals on at full blast so that he could fly in undetected, Cad Bane descended down to the planet side where he saw his destination in the center of a lake with a waterfall canyon to its back.

He had his ship operating while he managed to infiltrate the city without being seen.

Sticking to the shadows and alleyways, Bane made it through the city until arriving at the house containing the next Youngling on his list.

Cautiously entering via the roof, Bane looked down at a Gungan mother humming softly in what was clearly the babies room before gently laying a small bundle into a crib. She stayed there for several moments, rocking the bed back and forth until seemingly satisfied with her work and departing from the room.

Seeing that she was gone, Bane knew his window was short. But more than enough time for him to get in and snatch the baby out from the crib.

Dropping down into the room, Bane carefully crept over to the crib and upon seeing the bundle of blankets inside frowned. Narrowing his eyes, Bane removed the covers to find nothing more than a little stuffed toy inside.

'Looks like I've been duped.' Bane internally thought.

The sound of an igniting lightsaber from behind all but confirmed Bane's assessment of the situation.

"Don't move, Sleemo." Ahsoka Tano declared, wielding her emerald blade.

"You weren't the child I was expecting to find." Bane mocked.

"Obviously."

"You're quite clever-"

"And you're outnumbered."

Bane's head turned sharply to the ceiling above where he saw Spider-man comfortably sitting up there.

Somehow, from behind the crib, the familiar face of the impersonator from his Senate job appeared with her guns trailed on his head.

And after a gust of air blowing past him from behind, Bane shifted his head to see Quicksilver standing beside Ahsoka with his arms crossed.

Bane grit his teeth, slowly raising his arms in surrender when he bent his right hand back. From seemingly nowhere, smoke erupted around him.

Quicksilver didn't hesitate, zipping the round the room twice to clear out the smoke. Peter, who had remained on the ceiling saw Bane fly out through the opening in the roof.

Spider-man made chase and fired webbing at Bane's boot thrusters.

He began falling to the ground but had already trailed his blaster at Peter who swiftly dodged all the blaster fire.

Getting ready to land, Bane felt the wind get knocked out of him when Anakin had run up atop the roof and tackled him down to the ground below.

Groaning, Bane had looked up to see all five of his captors staring down at him with Ahsoka holding her lightsaber up to his face.

"Looks like I win." Ahsoka declared with Bane only glaring in defeat.

Bane was quickly cuffed and before he was taken away, Ahsoka made it a point to grab her Padawan braid charm off of his belt.

"I think this belongs to me." She said pointedly, reattaching it to her head.

Bane only huffed with Anakin and Nat shoving him to get moving.

Ahsoka looked over to the Gungan mother who held her child in her arms. Peter was next to her, looking at the young baby with open awe.

"Wow." He muttered quietly, smiling broadly as the Gungan child grasped his hand while cooing at him. "She's adorable."

The Gungan mother smiled, turning to Ahsoka who gave them both a reassuring smile of her own.

"Your daughter is safe now." Ahsoka assured, caressing the baby's side which made the baby laugh happily.

"Do you really believe that?" Bane yelled out, startling the child.

He suddenly found his mouth covered by a rag, blinking as he bit down on fabric that wasn't there before.

Bane looked forward to seeing Pietro dust his hands off giving the Duros a bored look.

"Are you finished?" Pietro asked dryly.

Cad Bane only growled while Anakin chortled aloud, sending a look of approval towards the speedster before taking him away.

It didn't take long for them to return back to a Republic fleet, Anakin's being the one they used when arriving on Naboo.

Cad Bane was seated in the holding cell of the Resolute, hands cuffed to the table. Around him was Plo Koon, Mace Windu and Natasha Romanoff.

He had kept his head down, the single light within the room shining down upon him.

"As of now, we know you have taken two children." Plo Koon said with a calm steel to his tone. "Where have you taken them?"

"Beyond your reach." Bane said curtly.

"Who are you working for?" Windu inquired.

"I work alone." Bane answered.

"Bane, you and I both know that that is the biggest load of bullshit to fly out of your mouth." Widow said from her corner of the room. "I don't know what this Holo-thing is entirely but you stole it from the Jedi Temple. Pretty sure that's one of the last places you'd ever want to steal from."

"You're the last one to say anything to me, "Shataan"." Bane snarled at her. "Don't think I've forgotten your little deception on Coruscant."

"Oh how my heart aches at the loss of comrades." Nat said sarcastically.

"You must realize that you are only delaying the inevitable." Plo stated. "We will retrieve the Holocron you stole. Just tell us where it is. Make it easier on yourself."

"And what will you do about it, Jedi?" Bane taunted. "Torture me?"

"They may not." Nat clenched her fists, electricity crackling from her wrists. "But I sure can."

Bane only glared at her with the Avenger stepping forward.

"Romanoff." Windu said sharply as silent means of telling her to back down in a manner all too similar to Nick Fury.

However, this wasn't Nick Fury. And this sure as hell wasn't SHIELD.

Not waiting for another response, she punched the Duros in the side all while sending a powerful jolt of electricity that caused Bane to yell out in pain.

"Hey." Windu pulled her away. "That is not how the Jedi do things."

"I'm not a Jedi, remember?" Nat shot back challengingly. "And aren't you trying to save two babies that have been kidnapped by this scumbag? You know you need him to talk."

"Enough." Plo Koon cut in. "Now is not the time for dissension amongst us. We have more pressing matters to attend to right now."

Both Avenger and Jedi stared each other down before the latter of the two reigned himself in, turning back to Bane who had crossed his arms with an amused grin on his face.

Narrowing his eyes at him, Windu walked around the Duros with measured steps.

"You are a strong-willed bounty hunter, Bane." Windu said. "I shall give you that much. But your thoughts betray you. I believe your fear of who you work for overpowers your fear of us."

Bane's grin turned into a frown, with him leaning back into the shadows.

"This conversation is over."

Narrowing his eyes, Windu inclined his head to leave the holding cell having seen Anakin with his Padawan and the other two Avengers that had accompanied them on this mission.

"We tore the ship apart." Anakin informed the trio that had interrogated Bane. "But there were no kids or the Holocron."

"Have you checked the ships navigation systems?" Windu inquired.

"We did and it's been wiped clean." Anakin stated bitterly.

"He must have done it before arriving at Naboo." Ahsoka added.

"So what do we do now?" Peter asked. "What does he even want with babies?"

"Well he's a bounty hunter who is also a gigantic asshole." Pietro said plainly. The Clones standing guard barely managed to hold back their chuckles.

"So wild guess, it's something super sinister and generically evil that needs to be stopped." Pietro declared with finality.

"Then that begs the question, how do we get him to talk?" Plo asked the group.

"Perhaps the Force could be used to make him talk." Anakin said, glaring at the cell containing the captured Bounty Hunter.

"Bane isn't some ordinary bounty hunter." Plo countered. "I fear a simple mind trick will not have any effect upon him."

"Mind trick?" Pietro perked up. "What's that?"

Anakin gave a quick explanation. "Basically, we could use the Force on those of weak mind or will to… influence individuals into doing something they wouldn't usually do."

"Right, that's totally different from torture." Nat dryly said. "Just bypass free will, why dontcha?"

"It is a much more complicated matter then that, Ms. Romanoff." Plo Koon said placatingly.

"What if we all concentrated on his mind together?" Ahsoka suggested. "If three or four of us can use the Force to draw out the answer, could it work?"

"Hmm. Using the Force to compel a strong mind to cooperate is… risky."

"There is a danger that his mind could be destroyed in the process." Windu added.

The alarm on Pietro and Peter's faces were clear.

"Wait, what?" Peter interjected. "Destroy his mind?"

"Do we have any other choice?"

"I vote for any other choice." Pietro said before jabbing his thumb to Natasha. "I'd go back to whatever interrogation methods she has up her sleeves rather than destroying Bane's mind."

"Thank you." Nat briefly said.

"Children's lives are at stake right now, guys." Anakin argued. "I know it's not pretty but we have to do this."

"But destroying a mind?" Peter reiterated. "I thought you guys were peace-keepers, not lobotomizers."

Ahsoka and Koon actually gave the young hero a stare with the former cringing at feeling a bit called out at the moment.

Plo Koon sighed wearily, placing a hand upon the New York natives shoulder.

"If that does happen, then we shall claim responsibility for this matter." Plo said gently.

Peter's eyes abruptly steeled up, narrowing at the Jedi.

"Responsibility, huh?" Peter said rhetorically. He wanted to stop this, but right now wasn't his place to do so much as he internally loathed to admit it.

Instead, he promptly turned and left with Pietro joining him a moment after.

"Is there something wrong?" Ahsoka inquired.

Natasha released a small sigh. "There are things that trigger all of us in some shape or form. And despite not knowing Parker that long, responsibility must be a big one."

Now that she thought about it, Ahsoka recalled a conversation with Barriss and Peter back at the temple with Peter reacting rather strangely to that word. What did it mean to him?

"As much as I hate to do this, we need to do this." Anakin said, now feeling a bit guilty considering the reaction he just saw from Peter.

Nodding at Skywalker, Windu followed by Anakin and Plo entered the cell once more with Ahsoka and Nat standing behind them.

The three Jedi stood before Cad Bane with the Duros looking at them in slight confusion.

Closing his eyes, Skywalker raised his hand first.

Channeling the Force, Anakin spoke. "You will take us to the holocron."

Bane scoffed. "Jedi mind tricks don't work on me."

Plo Koon then joined in, repeating the same action Skywalker is doing as they spoke in synch. "You will take us to the holocron."

This time, the Duros bounty hunter was starting to feel something. He started shaking his head, which throbbed a bit more with each passing second.

"Forget it."

Soon Mace Windu finally joined in as all three elder Jedi focused hard. "You will take us to the holocron."

Bane was struggling more and more now as he was having a migraine. "I… I… I won't!"

"And you will take us NOW!"

Bane started slipping, heavily breathing at this point. "I… I will take you." He then snapped out of it, realizing he was submitting to them. "NO! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"

From her spot, Ahsoka started to look on in worry. She saw the bounty hunter having his veins pulse upon his head as he fought against the mind trick.

Soon enough the male Jedi released their hold on Bane, causing him to collapse onto the interrogation table. He panted heavily with his veins slowly receding back.

Seeing they had no luck; Anakin voiced an idea. "Perhaps we should try… again."

Ahsoka was about to voice her concern when the bounty hunter seemingly gave in.

"I… I've had enough of that." He breathed out. "I'll take you… to the holocron." Looking up, Ahsoka could possibly see he was glaring at the elder Jedi. "You'll get your children back."

Soon enough, Bane was being escorted by a Clone squad led by Commander Wolffe and Ponds with the Jedi and Widow being joined by Pietro and Peter.

The assembled group of Jedi and Avengers stood in the hangar bay of the Resolute, thinking on Cad Bane's words.

"He's taking us to the Holocron." Windu said. "But he spoke of unfinished business on Jedha."

"What does that mean?" Ahsoka asked.

"Something much more dangerous than we had anticipated." Plo Koon said grimly. "Something we have foolishly not considered."

"Which is?" Pietro inquired.

"He had access to the Holocron." Plo stated. "Information that he could have easily documented and sent out to whomever it was that employed him."

A stark realization began settling upon the assembled group.

"Which means he could have others going after the other kids." Anakin said aloud in frustration.

"More specifically, Jedha." Windu said ominously. "We were foolish not to consider this. And it's been bothering me since Coruscant."

"What?"

"The Dark Side." Mace said in a foreboding manner. "It may have claimed two children on the list, but it has yet to claim another. But it is moving. And whoever is pursuing this one… they are not alone."

"Then what do we do?" Peter asked calmly, having been a bit guarded after leaving the holding cells.

"We're going to have to split up." Anakin stated. "One team goes to Jedha to secure the child located there. One goes to retrieve the holocron while another tries to find where the kidnapped children are at."

"Bane would be foolish in having the Holocron and the children in the same place." Plo stated. "He will have undoubtedly kept them separate."

"But he deleted all his navigations." Ahsoka countered. "How can we find them?"

"There's bound to be clues on his ship." Natasha stated. "No matter how well he scrubbed his systems, there's some things that could be overlooked."

"Then what's the plan?" Pietro asked.

"Plo and I will go with Bane to retrieve the Holocron." Mace stepped forward. "Anakin, the kids will have to be found by you since you know ship navigations better than most."

"That leaves Jedha." Nat said. "So who's going there?"

"Jedha." Plo Koon hummed to himself. "If I recall correctly, Jedi Knight Aayla Secura is only a system away from that planet."

"Ahsoka, contact Aayla and inform her of the situation." Anakin instructed his Padawan. "You won't be alone in getting to that kid and keeping it out of the hands of whoever is going Jedha."

"Are you sure Master?" Ahsoka asked nervously.

"I'll go to." Peter stepped forward with a determined expression.

"And me three." Natasha added, leaning her elbow on the web-heads shoulder. "You guys need at least one adult."

"Then I'll stick with you for now, Anakin." Pietro said. "Will need help getting those kids out quickly when the time comes, right?"

"If you say so." Though he still gave the speedster an appreciative nod.

"Then let's get moving." Mace said, turning to enter the ship that was prepared for them.

"Masters." Anakin halted them momentarily. "The two of you could be walking into a trap."

"Of course it's a trap." Windu said expectantly. "And we're gonna spring it."

"You sure you guys don't need more help?" Peter asked. Despite the earlier interactions between them all in regards to the whole Force mind manipulations, he wasn't so petty as to be unconcerned with their own mission.

"We shall be fine, Mr. Parker." Plo assured. "For now, we can only do what we must and be prepared for whatever comes our way."

Plo turned to enter the shuttle Commander Wolffe had prepared with Cad Bane being shoved inside.

Knowing that time was short, the group began dispersing amongst themselves with Ahsoka's team going to the bridge of the Resolute to make contact with Aayla while Pietro and Anakin remained behind going over to Banes acquired ship to find a means of tracking down the kidnapped children.

-Scene Cut-

In the hangar, Skywalker was in Bane's cockpit as he went through the systems for the umpteenth time. Maximoff, however, had to slow things down considerably when inspecting the ship's exterior.

"What are you doing?" Pietro inquired, looking at the map that Anakin brought up when scanning Bane's ship.

"Trying to figure out another way of tracking Bane's ship routes." Anakin said, inputting several commands as it highlighted multiple planets that Bane had been to. "R2, can you keep adjusting the lines?"

"So, there's got to be another way to track him right? Cause it sure seems like it." Pietro said leaning on the ship before getting off it a moment later. His entire sleeve was covered in black dust.

"What the hell is this guy's deal?" Pietro remarked, patting the dust off his arm. "Don't know if the guy bothers cleaning his ship or not but damn, there's quite a lot of soot caked here."

Hearing this detail gave Anakin an idea.

"R2."

The Astromech droid beeped in confirmation, sharing the idea with his friend.

"What you got?"

"For one, putting down the locations on where Bane took the kids. Need to see the intersecting distances between them. Something us Jedi use when tracking down smugglers, only once getting all the information. And nothing seemed to jump out until you pointed out the soot."

"What does that mean?"

"Bane may have erased all his navigation routes, but his fuel routes on the other hand-" A new planet had appeared in between Rodia and Naboo.

"What's that one?"

"Mustafar."

"Mufasa?"

"Mustafar." Anakin corrected. "It's a planet way off the midrim. It's a mining world, very remote. Often used as a fueling world."

"What's it like?"

"Lot of molten ash, lava and volcanoes to say the least. And with the soot, it's the only place that comes to mind as to where the kids might be located.

"Sounds like fun." Pietro sarcastically said. "Hell, sounds like a generic evil bad guy fortress he'd use from those old movies on Earth."

"Heh~ Still would like to see those to see if you guys are right on certain elements." Shaking his head, Anakin jumped out of the cockpit and headed towards the Twilight. "For now, Mustafar is the best lead we got."

"Think we'll find anything there? Or anyone?" Pietro inquired.

"Depends if we get there soon enough."

-Scene Cut-

Plo Koon and Mace Windu, accompanied by Commanders Ponds and Wolffe were seated around the captured bounty hunter making sure he wouldn't try anything to escape.

The coordinates given to them by the Duros bounty hunter had led them to a secluded asteroid belt where they eventually found a safe house station hiding in plain sight. It could not be accessed through larger ships, thus Plo Koon and Windu had to take a small transport in order to get inside.

"This is rather far into the outer rim, Bane." Plo said calmly, connecting their transport to the station's hull. "We are in neutral space if memory serves me correctly."

"In case this part of your memory fails you, have you forgotten about the war going on across the galaxy?" Bane countered rhetorically. "Business is booming for bounty hunters but there's still a matter of keeping one's self alive in all this madness. Now, do you want your holocron back or not?"

Mace and Plo shared a look, turning back to their Clone Commanders with nods to keep the ship running just in case of anything.

With the connection properly secured, the doors opened up. Bane was forced to go on ahead of the two Jedi Masters in case if the bounty hunter was going to lead them astray.

Coming across an elevator, the three stepped onboard the platform as they were all raised an unspecified number of levels.

"I do not sense any children nearby." Plo noted.

"Neither do I." Mace said in grim agreement.

"Why would I leave them here?" Bane asked in a deadpan. "Does this place look like your typical daycare?"

Mace only gave the Duros a stern glare, unaffecting Bane.

"Regardless..." Bane nodded his head over, prompting the two Jedi to look over. "There is your precious holocron."

In the darkness, the two Jedi Masters saw a recognizable blue light at the far corner of the room.

"Let me get it for you."

"Unnecessary." Plo held him by the shoulder and extended his other hand. The Holocron jolted slightly before sailing into the Kel-Dor's awaiting hand.

Suddenly an alarm went off in the room, blaring sounds going alongside flashing lights.

"What the-?"

"What did you do?"

"Touch sensors, Jedi." Bane stated, eying several compartments opening up. "Keyed to my signature which only I can safely remove."

Wasn't long before a number of turrets came out and aimed directly towards the Jedi.

"And only I can be safe from my defensive measures."

Both ignited their lightsabers as security beams surrounded and directed their lasers at them.

Rushing away from them, Bane went to a section of a nearby wall and pressed a series of keys. With the sequence made, a door opened up for him to enter.

"So long, Jedi." Bane taunted before closing the entryway.

"No you don't, bounty hunter." Said the Kel-Dorian Jedi, rushing forward.

While Mace had taken out several of the security beams, Plo moved to pursue halting when someone was waiting for Bane on the other side of the door.

It was another Bounty Hunter that fired several bolts at the Jedi who swiftly deflected them when he felt himself abruptly get pushed back.

"Took you long enough."

"Please, you didn't wait that long for me Aurra." Bane drawled out.

"Whatever." Aurra shook her head, seating herself as the two prepared to make their escape.

"An'ya Kuro would be sorely disappointed in you, Aurra." Plo called out to her, making the former Jedi seize up and hiss in anger.

"Don't you dare speak her name in front of me!" Firing off several rounds, Aurra growled with utmost hate. "She left me to rot, in case you council members forgot!"

"We don't have time for this." Bane promptly closed the door and slammed an emergency button which closed the door and launched the escape pod they resided in away from the ship.

Taking out the remainder of the security beams, both Jedi stared at the door where Bane had escaped to.

"We have gotten the Holocron." Plo held up the cube. "But… it still feels like we failed."

"I fear in this war, that will be a common occurrence." Mace stated with grim countenance.

With their mission well and complete, the two Jedi Council members departed from the ship safehouse.

-Scene Cut-

Inside of a certain station on Mustafar, three infants were crying as several droids were scanning them and running tests.

One Astromech in particular was projecting a holo-communication of a particular Lord of the Sith.

"There, there." Darth Sidious said softly to the Rodian boy. "Soon you will cry no more."

A droid rolled up to the holo-projection and gave off a report. "Master, subjects of this age rarely survive the slave conditioning procedure. If we were to do this when they are older-"

"I'm afraid the risk is necessary." Sidious interrupted as he eyed the Nautolan boy, the Rodian boy and lastly a human girl in their cage-like cribs. "The natural talent these children possess is too great to be wasted by the Jedi. I foresee an army of Force-talented spies in my service, trained in the dark side to peer into every corner of the galaxy from afar." Coming close to the human female infant, he released a chuckle. "And my enemies would be helpless against such vision." Turning back to the droid, he gave an off caring wave. "But if the surgery fails, I will have lost nothing."

As the Dark Lord continued his inspections of the children, the door to the room opened with a grown man walking in.

"My Lord."

"Ah, Tol Skorr." Darth Sidious greeted the newcomer, his Astromech droid coming over with Skorr going down to one knee. "I am most pleased with Dooku being able to send you on such short notice."

"What is thy bidding, Lord Sidious?" The fallen Jedi Knight inquired.

"There is a great deal that must be done, acolyte." Sidious stated. "These younglings shall be the future of the Sith order and must be watched over while the droids conduct their surgeries. Mustafar may be remote, but the Jedi can be cunning and find other methods of tracking them down."

"Thy will shall be done, master." Skorr promised getting a satisfied nod from the Dark Lord who then turned back to the droids.

"Start making preparations."

All the while, Anakin and Pietro were making their way through Hyperspace before at long last arriving at their destination.

"So this is Mustafar? Sure looks cheerful."

"Yeah, great beachside." Anakin remarked. "R2, prepared the landing cycles."

Everything was ready for the operation to finally commence. Yet before the devices could be placed onto the infants, a droid came up to the fallen Jedi and his Sith master.

"A starship is approaching and it's not the bounty hunter."

"Could it be the Jedi?" Skorr inquired.

"Must be." Sidious turned his attention towards the acolyte. "Secure the children and transport them to the secondary facility before resuming the procedure there. I'm afraid this installation is lost. And all evidence must not fall onto the Jedi's hands."

"Of course, my master."

"Turn off the gravity supports and let the building sink into the lava."

With the holo-projection ending, Skorr went onto his task in getting the orders met.

The Twilight landed on empty pad, with Pietro, Anakin and R2 walking out.

Pietro could barely restrain himself. "Jesus fuck, it's like we stepped into hell itself."

Anakin shrugged his shoulders. "An… apt description."

"Sure hope this is the right place." Pietro said, glaring at the facility before them.

"We're about to find out."

R2 went ahead of them both, accessing the control panel to open the door for them.

Walking inside, Pietro grimaced at the dimly lit hallway.

"Yeah, this isn't creepy or ominous at all." Pietro stated. "My gut is telling me there's some nasty stuff in here."

"The Force." Anakin said slowly. "The Dark Side is strong here."

"Meaning?"

"This is the place."

Traversing through the corridor, Pietro soon heard a faint cry of a baby.

"Did you hear that?"

"I did, Pietro." Anakin closed his eyes and focused on the sound. After several moments, he located where it originated. "Down this way!"

Pietro sped on ahead with Anakin using the Force to help him try to catch up to the Avenger. The sounds were becoming a bit more noticeable now as both men drew near.

Coming to a closed off room, Anakin ignited his lightsaber and used it to cut open a hole. From behind, Pietro was stepping in place as he was ready to rush in there and take back the stolen kids at a moment's notice.

The moment the large slab of metal fell onto the ground, Pietro ran inside with Anakin jumping in with his weapon still ignited to help light up part of the chamber.

Entering the room, both were tense as it was dark making it very hard to see.

The Sokovian saw the cribs were empty and snarled slightly.

"Dammit." Pietro stomped his foot. "We're too late."

"I don't think-"

The sound of a baby crying out in the room caused both men to whirl around at a Nautolan baby being held by a nurse droid that charged straight at Anakin.

To Pietro, the droid was moving in slow motion with him already zipping right at the droid. With a high-speed elbow to the head, the droid shattered and the child was held securely in his hands.

"Be careful of the younglings." Anakin said, blinking at the rather sudden set of movements.

"You think I'd hurt a baby? Are you daft?"

"I know, but come on, we're in a tight space."

"Anakin Skywalker."

Anakin aimed his lightsaber at the sudden noise while Pietro held the Nautolan in one arm.

Before the two stood an individual garbed in a set of armor and robes while wielding a crimson red lightsaber. Behind him stood another droid, carrying the Rodian baby.

And in the grasp of this man was the last youngling.

"Well this is just great." Pietro muttered out. "And who the hell are you supposed to be?"

Anakin's eyes squinted at the man. That hair, the scar on his right eye.

"I… I know you. You're Tol Skorr. Weren't you supposed to have died on Korriban?"

Pietro was rather confused at this point. "Say what now?"

"Pleased to know that someone with a growing prestige like yourself would recognize one of his brothers."

"Brother?" Pietro said in bewilderment. "This guy is your brother?!"

"Not like that." Anakin said in a steady tone before addressing the former Jedi General. "How did you survive?"

"Why Count Dooku, of course."

"Dooku." Anakin's eyes narrowed. "You've fallen to the Dark Side."

"Not fallen." Skorr said calmly. "Saved. Enlightened. Awakened to the true potential and face of the Force. Not like the dogmatic and stagnant dictatorship of the Jedi."

"You would turn on those that helped you become who you are?" Anakin growled.

"Have I? It is Count Dooku who helped me in my greatest time of need." Tol said firmly. "It was Count Dooku that showed me my true path through the Force, not the Jedi."

Skorr held up his crimson blade.

"And it is with Dooku's power and training, that I shall defeat you Skywalker."

"Wow, that wasn't generic at all." Pietro taunted. "Did you practice in front of the mirror to get that just right or was it all natural?"

Skorr regarded the Avenger.

"And who are you supposed to be?" Skorr inquired with an uninterested tone. He had seen the man move at extraordinary speeds but he didn't look like much.

"Someone who's about to get the kids back and kick your ass." Pietro stated determinedly.

"Isn't it usually one requesting the return of a child before threatening violence?"

"No, I'm still gonna kick the shit out of you." Pietro said plainly. "You're holding a baby hostage. As an Avenger, not gonna lie, we don't take too kindly to those types of actions."

At the mention of the word Avenger, Tol's demeanor changed making him vastly more guarded.

Stretching his connection out with the Force, Skorr's nostrils flared as he felt the familiar sensation he had that every Force-Sensitive experienced those few weeks ago. His Master had informed him of these Avengers being the source of and for one to stand before him right now.

He was not going to take this lightly.

"Wait, why am I even standing here?"

In an instant, had it not been for Skorr's last second reflexes, the other droid was promptly destroyed with the Rodian baby firmly held in Pietro's other arm.

Quicksilver grinned smugly at the fallen Jedi when the entire facility jolted abruptly.

Warnings blared at the nearby screens with the gravity systems were failing. The floors creaked with the heat starting to affect the installation. And in a quick turn of events, the floor started to collapse.

"Oh crap." Pietro said, stumbling slightly.

Seeing this, Skorr leapt forward at the speedster with his lightsaber swinging downward only for him to be intercepted by Anakin.

Anakin shoved the blade back and moved to swing when Skorr brazenly held the baby before him with the baby crying.

Hesitating, Skorr used the moment to Force push Anakin into Pietro who barely managed to keep himself standing and the kids from getting hurt.

Suddenly, the floor beneath Skorr collapsed with the acolyte deactivating his lightsaber and quickly grabbing onto a wire that had luckily been hanging from the ceiling.

Seeing his opportunity, Anakin used the force to pull the baby out from Skorr's hand and safely tossed the other children into the Avenger's reach. The Sokovian quickly grasped the final child and tried to calm it down.

"Pietro! Get the kids outta here!"

"What about you?!"

"I'll hold off Tol while you get back to the Twilight!"

"But-"

"Just go!" Anakin yelled, blocking another strike from the fallen Jedi.

As much as he wanted to help beat the Jedi traitor to a bloody pulp, Pietro had to get the recovered kids to safety.

"You just come back in one piece, alright?"

Without waiting any further, the Sokovian ran through the hole and through the corridors.

Tol in the meantime had swung back from the cable he had held onto back to more stable footing and reignited his lightsaber.

Skorr tried to go after the Avenger, but Skywalker was blocking his way in getting back his master's test subjects.

"Get out of my way, Skywalker."

"Over my dead body."

"That can be arranged."

Skorr dived forward, his crimson blade clashing with Skywalker's azure one. The Jedi shoved back and swung horizontally with Tol parrying the swing.

An overhead strike was deflected by Anakin with Skorr then smacking away a spinning swing before the two were locked into a momentary stalemate.

"You're strong Skywalker, but oh you should feel the Dark Side." Skorr goaded. "It's power is limitless just as much as its possibilities. Think about it. How restrictive and antiquated the Jedi have become."

"Easy talk from a willing fool who follows a Sith Lord bent on power." Skywalker shot back.

"Master Dooku seeks only truth." Tol snarled out, his loyalty for the former Jedi Master coming out. "I owe him my life, my existence, my-GAH."

In the midst of the Acolyte ranting, Anakin had headbutted him in the face and would have gotten in a good swipe had it not been for the collapsing floor.

Making it to the Twilight, Pietro saw R2 give off a series of sounds which gave off a worried tone.

Pietro figured the Astromech was wondering where his Jedi companion was at.

"Anakin told me to get over here with the kids." Said the Avenger. Speeding throughout the Twilight, he quickly made makeshift cribs to properly hold the infants before settling them in. "Right now, we need to get this ship ready to head out for his return."

Anakin had jumped back to the corridor with Skorr swiftly following after him and the two engaged in a heated clash of Lightsabers with Anakin primarily on the defensive. Skorr's attacks were wild but not uncoordinated as he had to move within the confines of the hallway.

All around them, the facility was falling apart with wires and debris beginning to litter the area.

Back on the Twilight, the ship was all set and ready for lift off with a very impatient Pietro and a trio of crying children.

"God Dammit Anakin, what is taking you?" Pietro said frustratedly.

R2 let out a series of whistles and beeps.

"Yeah, like I can understand anything you just said."

The Astromech droid only responded with an affronted chirp.

"Aw forget this waiting."

Quicksilver had dashed out of the Twilight back to the facility.

Anakin and Skorr were grinding their Lightsabers against each other, trying to get the upper hand but to no avail.

That was until Skorr found himself struck back violently by a fast traveling blur that now had his arm on Anakin's back and head.

"We really don't have time for this Anakin." Said an exasperated voice.

"PietrOOOOOOOOOOO"

Anakin was whisked away, leaving a befuddled and now endangered Tol Skorr who realized he was now alone and had to move fast if he were to survive the collapsing installation.

Anakin found himself in the Twilight, slightly dazed.

"Anakin." Pietro was by his side. "Come on, let's go."

"Uh… Oh, right, right."

The Twilight lifted off in time just as the landing pad beneath it fell apart with the rest of the facility following suit.

Off upon the craggy rocks that littered around the collapsing station, Tol Skorr stood looking upon the ship that ascended up and out from the planet's atmosphere.

Grimacing, the dark acolyte knew that neither Dooku nor Sidious will take kindly to this failure.

-Scene Cut-

Ahsoka stood within an LAAT gunship that was a part of a small contingent of other gunships having been accompanied by the Torrent squadron of the 501st as well as Blitz Squadron of Aayla's 327th star corps.

With her was Spider-man, Black Widow, Aayla, Rex, Commander Bly and Domino Squad.

After hearing of pursuers going after Force-sensitive children, Aayla would rather not take any chances. A sentiment shared with Ahsoka and the Avengers.

The city where they were going to was a particularly large one and even with the Force it may prove to be difficult in tracking down this youngling. The Force had told them that the child was still here on the planet but the unending nervousness was something Aayla pinned on the Dark side.

Whomever it was that was sent to take this particular child were either on their way to Jedha or were already there.

The gunships began touching down upon the city of NiJedha with the occupants quickly exiting.

"Remember, our objective is to find and secure the child." Aayla ordered, being the senior Jedi Knight. "We must be wary of the other forces sent here in acquiring the youngling. Bly, take Cameron, Flash and Lucky and have Widow accompany you. Inspect the southern section of the city."

"Yes general." Bly complied.

"Try to keep up, boys." Nat teased, already running off with the Clones following after her.

"Captain Rex, have your men divided up into two groups and search throughout the northern parts of the city." Aayla ordered, with Rex nodding.

"Jesse, Echo, Hardcase, you're with me." Rex instructed. "Fives, Cutup, Hevy, Kix, take the eastern portion."

"Everyone stay in touch." Aayla told the entire group, speaking to Ahsoka and Peter directly and on comms to the others. "If anything seems out of the ordinary, report immediately."

"I'll be our eye in the sky." Peter said, leaping up into the air and swinging away to the west.

"That leaves the two of us for the east." Aayla said to Ahsoka, with the two breaking off into a run towards their destination.

Traversing through the city was a little difficult. It was really packed, mostly due to the time of day and there not being any major cities on the planet.

"Almost reminds me of New York." Peter noted, swinging through the many buildings the city held. "Well if New York had a baby with the wilderness of the Midwest back on Earth."

He had jumped from rooftop to rooftop, swinging in between buildings startling many who had caught sight of the web-head.

Widow in the meantime had been more discreet, informing Bly she'll stick to the crowds and shadows to be their watchful eye since their armor sticks out so much.

Rex and his group had already reported finding nothing other than a few monks telling them that the area had been relatively quiet.

Ahsoka and Aayla were walking side by side within the crowded streets of Jedha.

"So what's so special about the temple stationed here?" Ahsoka asked. "Been meaning to ask."

"This was a sacred place for the Jedi and still is." Aayla answered. "Many Jedi have come before when seeking out spiritual guidance, Jedha being one of the main planets for such a task. The inhabitants who live here have long been under the protection of the Jedi and those who follow the ways of our order and the Force."

"Whoa~" Ahsoka murmured in awe. "I had no idea this place held such significance."

"It's not just that, but the Jedha temple was also called the Temple of the Kyber or the Kyber temple."

"Like the Kyber crystals?"

"Yes."

"And why call it that?"

"Because it's a location where one can acquire Kyber crystals, of course."

"But I thought only Illum had Kyber crystals." Ahsoka said in confusion.

"And who said they are only found there?"

"...No one."

"There are other places in the galaxy one can acquire them." Aayla informed the young padawan. "Illum is just more notable as the most common place in acquiring a Kyber crystal, Ahsoka."

Ahsoka nodded as the Twi'lek Jedi continued her educational lecture.

"Jedha has long been a part of the order with many believing this is one of the first worlds where the Force was studied more extensively then most." Aayla said. "I have actually been here my-Oop."

"My apologies."

"No, the fault is my own." Aayla said to the individual she had bumped into.

He was a middle-aged man, possibly late 20's or early 30's wearing shades upon his head and grasping a walking stick. It was easy for the Twi'lek Knight to discern that he was blind.

"I am sorry for not paying attention." Aayla said apologetically.

"It's quite alright, ma'am." Spoke the blind man. "It's just rather crowded today."

"Would you like some assistance, sir?" Ahsoka offered.

"No, I believe I would be alright. Just got turned around, that's all. But thanks for asking, though." The man then walked off, leaving the two.

"We found something." Widow's voice chimed in through the comms. "Got a shifty group of pirates and they are armed to the teeth here."

"Are you certain?" Aayla asked.

"We are, general." Bly responded this time. "They aren't exactly being discreet about whatever it is they are doing."

"What do you all think?" Aayla asked the entire group.

"We're here to make sure that a baby that's strong with the Force is safe and there's a big group of pirates who look like they're ready for a fight." Cameron of the Blitz squad chimed in. "I'd bet our money on this here for the time being."

The rest of the Clones and Spider-man had all voiced their agreements with Aayla nodding. She and Ahsoka then turned and began sprinting with Bly sending out their location.

"Then hold your positions, Bly." Aayla said.

"They're moving." Bly spoke up.

"What now?" Ahsoka asked.

From their end, Bly, Flash, Cameron, Lucky and Nat all watched as the pirates composed of Niktos, Humans, Twi'leks and several other species were all moving about, performing the same action around a bunker area.

"They're packing up and… I don't know, I don't see-"

"Who's that?" Widow inquired, gesturing her head in the direction of two individuals in black robes. "They sure look mighty suspicious."

"Let's see what they're on about." Bly said, having his hand hovering over his pistols.

"Still any sign of where the child is?" Aayla asked from her end as she and Ahsoka kept running.

"Should I check?" Spider-man inquired, landing on an antenna from a blind spot where the pirates and two new arrivals were unable to see. "I could come in from above. Or sneak in through the roof."

"That does sound like a good plan." Ahsoka remarked.

"I wouldn't just yet." Rex chimed in. "Kid, down here."

Spider glanced down and saw Rex with his group of Clones all sticking to the alleyways.

"If you go in from above, there's still a chance of you getting spotted from inside. That suit isn't exactly stealthy." Rex stated.

"What? This suit is totally stealthy."

"Yeah, if they're as blind as a mynock."

Spidey sniffled a little. "Hurtful. Just hurtful…. Then again, what's a Mynock?"

"I'm seeing something." The Clone Trooper Lucky spoke up. Behind him with his blaster resting on his shoulder was Cameron.

"And?"

"Eh… Don't know what's being said between the two groups." Stated the clone. "And now the pirates are aiming their blasters at them and about to open fire."

"We made a deal with your "Lord" Dooku." One of the Pirates barked aloud in a sneer. "Now either you pay in full here and now or you're not getting the kid."

"Okay noooow we can hear them."

"What's up with all the mumbles?"

"Don't ask."

"Will you shut it."

"Sorry."

The two robed figures shared a look, with one of them removing their hoods to reveal a feminine face with spiked horns.

"My Master Dooku will not tolerate such treachery." The Zabrak female stated with a fiery tone. "I would figure that Pirates as your reputation would at least attempt to hold up some form of honor upon agreements."

"Then you're looking for Hondo's stupid crew." One of the Twi'leks barked out. "But he ain't here and we got the little brat first."

"Careful how you speak to us." The other hooded figure said, voice deep and scratchy.

"Or what you'l-URK."

Suddenly, the Pirate that was sneering at them seized up reaching for his throat.

Not liking where this was going, one of the pirates ran up and pulled off a tarp to reveal a blaster turret. Hopping on, he quickly turned on the weapon before he started firing upon the two arrivals.

Said arrivals ran out of the way, avoiding the incoming volley of blaster fire.

The Republic forces wondered what will become of them.

That was until one of them ignited a green lightsaber, reflected and parried the incoming fire and used the Force to swerve the pirate's aiming to attack his fellow crew members.

"Okay so the bunker is closing up." Echo said, informing the others. "Won't be able to get inside until later."

The clones were about to jump in and stop what was happening when the sounds of boots stomping came near. Looking around, they all saw they were surrounded by more pirates.

"Hold it, you nerf-herders." Spoke a human pirate.

"We got ya surrounded." Spoke a Twi'lek one.

"Easy." Cameron calmly said. "We are not here for any trouble. We are just here for the kid you got. No need to shoot each other out."

"Like we're parting ways with such a good meal ticket."

"Bet they are with those robbed freaks down there. "Said the Weequay pirate. "Gonna kill us when we least expect them."

The fellow crew members nodded at the assumption and were about to open fire, until...

"Let them pass in peace."

The Pirates that had surrounded the Clones turned to a man walking towards them with a walking stick.

"The hell is this guy's deal?" Muttered Flash.

"Stop right there." One of the Pirates stated, holding up his blaster which was ignored by the man.

"The Force is with me. And I am with the Force for I fear nothing." The man declared. "For all is, as the Force wills it. Let the men pass in peace. Their goal is one of righteous cause for which you impede."

"What is he deaf?" A Weequay pirate grunted.

"He's definitely blind." A human pirate added.

The man kept walking towards them undeterred by the sound of blasters now being raised in his directions, powering up to fire at him.

"Stop right th-GAH!"

From seemingly nowhere, a baton flew down and struck the pirate dead in his forehead making him fall back to the ground flat on his back.

This was all the blind man needed as he burst forward, swinging his walking stick at the nearest pirates whacking aside one in the face then jabbing another in the stomach.

The rest of the clones took the initiative in firing at the pirates that surrounded and soon enough the entire area broke down into a battlefield.

"Get to cover." Bly ordered his men.

"Come on grunts, move it." Rex said on his end, the Clones of the 501st rushing in to help their brothers.

While the Clones went for cover, the blind man tilted his head to the side, dodging the bolt sent at him which struck a pirate he was fighting. Kicking up dirt on the ground to the pirate from behind, he rushed over to him and gave out a series of strikes to the head, neck, chest and hip. With a finishing strike to the chin, he turned to face a half dozen more pirates that were now rushing at him.

And from the distance, blaster fire impacted the new set of pirates. The clones looked towards the source and saw a bearded man in unique looking armor holding a sniper rifle.

"You almost shot me!"

"You're welcome." Called out the sniper marksman.

"Boys, not now." Said a voice from above.

The Clones looked up in time to see what they thought was Spider-man swinging down to them yet it turned out to be someone else entirely.

At first, the Clones thought they were dealing with a Devaronian yet this proved to be false as they realized that it was actually a human wearing a helmet that had horns on it.

He was garbed in primarily black and red armor/clothing, though it looked like an unusual mixture of both.

"You folks alright?" Asked the newest arrival.

"Sure… And you are?" Bly said cautiously. These three helped them in this situation but they had no idea about their true intentions. They literally came out of nowhere.

"We, well, myself really and Baze here are the Guardians of the Whills." The blind man with the staff said. "This here is a recent friend of ours with a flair for the dramatic."

"Chirrut, you are the last person to tell me that after what you just pulled in helping these men."

It was by this point that the Avengers and Ahsoka arrived onto the scene. Each of them looked at the various dead or unconscious pirates sprawled about.

Before anything else could be said or done, Spiderman came swinging in and landed nearby.

"Whoa, what happened here?"

"The usual, Peter." The horned helmed man said calmly. "You know how it is."

The wall crawler directed his attention elsewhere and was about to speak when he saw an all too familiar visage.

"M-Matt?"

The man turned to have his helmet retract, revealing a familiar face to the New York native.

"Hey Peter." Murdock said with a wry grin.

"Wait." Ahsoka asked. "You know him, Peter?"

Peter had already gone over to the fellow superhero, hugging him immediately.

"Aw man, it's good to see you're ok Matt." Peter said in a relieved tone.

Matt only had his lip twitch upwards, patting the Queens teen on the back.

"Glad to know you're alright as well." Matt said, sharing in Peter's sentiment.

Peter then turned back to Ahsoka.

"Yeah, this is Matt Murdock; Daredevil and my Avengers recruit buddy."

"Well, at least we didn't have to wait that long in finding another wayward Avenger." Black Widow said, walking up to the assembled group.

"Ah, the illustrious Natasha Romanoff." Said the Devil to the Widow.

"Matt."

"It's been a few years, hasn't it?"

"Wait, you two know each other?" Parker asked in bewilderment. "How?"

"We need to get down there." Spoke one of the clone troopers. "All the pirates are dead down there."

"All the ones that we saw on the outside." Echo stated. "And the general just arrived."

"Story for another time then." Natasha said, running on ahead.

"We'll hold you to that." Peter said.

The group ran back to the pirates base, arriving in time to see Aayla defeating one of the pirates while the other two robed individuals fought off several others.

"Bly, Rex, take your men and secure the area." Aayla called out to them.

"Yes sir." the Clones quickly dispersed leaving them with the two clearly hostile duo.

"Stay back everyone." Aayla said, eyeing the two who were now walking up to them. "This is our fight."

"That sounds dumb." Nat voiced her opinion.

"For now, allow the Jedi to go about their duty." The blind monk Chirrut said.

"That sounds like an excuse." Peter said.

"There's movement." Daredevil spoke up, looking towards one of the directions. "Mechanical. Droids with tactics."

"Well that's convenient." Spider-man quipped just as blaster fire erupted nearby with Clones shouting for cover.

"We'll take care of the droids." Natasha spoke to the Jedi. "You two take care of them."

With the clones and Avengers taking care of the incoming threat, the two Jedi were now all alone with the only other people presently alive.

Ahsoka and Aayla stood together facing the female Zabrak and strange humanoid male beside her. Said man was covered almost from head to toe in dark armor with only the lower half of his face uncovered. The Zabrak held a green lightsaber while the armored male bore a red lightsaber.

It didn't take long to realize who these aligned themselves with.

"Kadrian." Aayla said softly, recognizing the Zabrak before her. "To think you have fallen to the Dark Side. Do you truly believe in such a man like Dooku?"

"Dooku holds greater wisdom and knowledge then any of those aged prunes that run the Council." Kadrian sneered.

"Wait, she was a Jedi?!" Ahsoka asked in disbelief.

"Ah, a poor young Padawan." The armored one taunted. "Brainwashed into servitude to a dying order."

"You…" Aayla regarded the humanoid. "You're not a Jedi."

"Never was." The armored man said, holding his blade up to her. "But, I am a man of principle. Bil Valen is my name. Remember it as it shall be the name of the one who killed you both."

"Wow, that wasn't generic at all." Ahsoka remarked, igniting her own emerald blade with Aayla lighting up azure lightsabers.

The four stood in tense silence, the sound of blaster fire happening all around them when Valen moved first. In a burst of speed, he went for Ahsoka with Aayla blocking the blade.

Ahsoka quickly returned the favor, holding back Kadrians own saber that was aimed at Aayla.

The four all pushed back against one another before Valen clashed with Ahsoka and Aayla with Kadrian.

Aayla altered her stance into the basic Djem So stance, parrying several swings before elbowing Kadrian in the face.

She attempted to cut through her but Kadrian was still aware, spinning her lightsaber to a backhand grip to block the blue blade. Pushing her off, Kadrian spun her blade in rapid succession from side to side with Aayla dodging and blocking with the best of her ability.

Noticing a small gap in between the transition from left to right, Aayla blocked one of the swings and force pushed Kadrian back.

Kadrian landed on the ground, though kicked up to her feet with a glare being leveled at Aayla who stood calmly. She held up her Lightsaber over her head before slowly lowering it to abdomen level.

"Don't do this Kadrian." Aayla said softly. "It's not too late. Come back to the temple."

"And rejoin the order of enslaved fools?!" Kadrian hissed. "Don't even try."

Kadrian lunged into a corkscrew, Aayla deflecting several of the strikes.

Ahsoka was about to assist her friend when Bil came charging in. The padawan was forced to abandon helping the Master and focused much of her attention on the male acolyte.

She ducked and leaned away from several swings, even blocking and parrying them, but it was proving difficult with how strong and fast the man was.

"Still just a Padawan." Valen hissed with glee, constantly landing powerful blows that made her stagger back. "You can join us and I'll spare your life."

"Shut up, you sleemo." Ahsoka barked, grasping her lightsaber tightly as she held back Valens crimson blade.

"So much anger and feistiness for one so young." Valen taunted.

Ahsoka grit her teeth, pushing Valen back but that was her undoing as she narrowly avoided his Lightsaber from cleaving her head off before feeling the wind get knocked out of her. Getting kicked in the gut, she fell to the ground clutching her stomach.

Valen was ready to strike her down yet hearing Kadrian yell out frustratedly. He saw her having difficulty going up against the Twi'lek Jedi, showing they were on an even level of skill against one another.

Bil was about to rejoin his fellow acolyte when a man rolled into the area avoiding an explosion. The new arrival stood when he paused and turned towards Valen, revealing his glassy eyes towards the dark side user.

"Move along, blind man." Said the armored Sith acolyte. "Or else I'll be forced to kill you."

"You say that I am blind, yet it is you who are blind to the Force." Chirrut calmly retorted.

"Is that supposed to annoy me?"

"It is supposed to show you the error of your ways. But I would have a better chance at speaking to a child."

"Seems I'll be forced to kill you then."

Bil Valen came charging in at the blind man and was about to strike him down. Chirrut effortlessly moved to the side, avoiding the lightsaber swings left and right. Even ducking and jumping away from the incoming strikes.

"Hold still, damn you."

"I am one with the Force, and the Force is with me."

Chirrut swung his staff at the Sith acolyte, causing the dark side user to avoid the hits. Not wanting to toy around with the blind man anymore, Bil aimed his lightsaber on the wooden parts of the man's walking stick to no longer be used properly.

With the staff lying on the ground, Chirrut was seemingly defenseless.

"Hah! Without that, you're wide open for your death."

"Your short sightedness in the Force is beyond obvious. More so than my own blindness." Chirrut said holding out both hands.

With his outstretched hands, the metal parts of his walking stick moved for the briefest of moments. This was unnoticed by the gloating acolyte.

This ended when the metal parts flew into the blind man's hands. He slammed the two pieces together, twisted them into place and ignited what appears to be a lightsaber, with its white blade ignited.

"Y-You!" Valen was stunned. "You're a Jedi?!"

"I am one with the Force." Chirrut stated, aiming his lightsaber at the arrogant acolyte. "But I am no Jedi."

Valen snarled. "Jedi or not, you're just another dead man."

"Ah, a familiar phrase." Chirrut said, blade held horizontally with his other hand hovering behind it. "Can you follow through on such an action?"

Valen only rushed at him with a flurry of attacks that Chirrut swiftly dodged and deflected the red Lightsaber. From nowhere, Valen hissed as he felt someone stomp on his foot.

"Is your foot alright?" Chirrut mocked, palming Bil's chin making him stumble back.

Valen growled, now opting to make large arching swings to make some distance between himself and Chirrut.

Chirrut took several steps back, his ears constantly in Valens direction with his head angled down.

"You carry a great rage and darkness within you." Chirrut said. "A cage not of your own doing. But of the side that wishes to keep it that way."

"Will you just shut up!"

"I'm merely stating the truth. Something you refuse to listen and accept."

Valen only yelled out, now going for a jab yet Chirrut ducked delivered a powerful boot to the Sith Acolyte's chest.

"Unbalanced foes are easily bested." Chirrut plainly stated, lightsaber held to the ground. "What do you hope to gain following those who are as blind as I am?"

The armored man didn't say anything, merely growling.

Aayla was fighting Kadrian in a stalemate though she was starting to pick through the Zabrak fighting style. It was a crude Form-II Makashi attempt though mixed with the Acolytes detected Form-V and hints of VII.

Kadrian was attempting to overwhelm the Twi'lek by being fluid in form changes but Jedi Knight as she once was, it was no easy feat.

Seeing her arm was wide open with an overhead swing, Aayla pounced on the opportunity.

Throwing her free hand out, Aayla halted Kadrians swing by grabbing her elbow and utilizing a trick Steve had shown her tossed the Acolyte over her hip.

Kadrian landed with a grunt, scrambling to get up yet she saw Aayla had stepped away from her only to jump and flip gracefully through the air. The Zabrak felt a hard boot cheek as she fell over again.

Groaning, she tried to get back up again only feeling that her hand was now empty.

The lightsaber was gone from her grasp. Looking around desperately, she spotted the saber a few feet away from her. The acolyte reached out with the Force to return it to her hand. Yet another pull held onto Kadrians weapon. And it didn't take long for her to realize her Twi'lek opponent was playing tug-o-war with it.

"You don't deserve that lightsaber, Kadrian." Aayla said emphatically.

With how exhausted and tired she was, it was easy for Aayla to overpower her connection to the Force and wrench it out from her telekinetic grasp. It flew into the Jedi's hand with Aayla instantly clipping to her hip.

The rage emanating from Kadrian was palpable to say the least. That was her Lightsaber, her journey and everything she represented in her journey to this point.

And yet that bitch Aayla held it on her belt.

From the side of her eye, she saw Valen wasn't fairing any better though he remained standing.

Despite not wanting to back down from the fight, Kadrian knew she was outmatched now. She needed the means of escape so she may fight another day.

With her other hand going unnoticed, the acolyte activated a transmitter on her person.

Back with the Avengers and Clones, they were doing well in fending off the droid forces.

"How much longer can we hold them off?"

"I've got no clue. We just need to wait for the Jedi to get the kid so we can bail."

Unbeknownst to the majority of them, a select number of droids halted their actions with lights blinking in their optics. Returning to normal, they shifted their positions and snuck away in order to reunite with the acolytes.

Kadrian was hoisted onto her feet before being shoved along by the Jedi.

Along the way to properly secure the acolyte, Aayla took notice of the blind Force wielder some distance away.

"I'm surprised another Jedi would be here." Noted the Twi'lek Jedi. "Were you here perhaps on a previous assignment?"

Chirrut shook his head. "I am no Jedi. Merely a devoted follower and practitioner."

"A follower of the Force?" Aayla was now beyond curious. "How is it that you were able to obtain a Lightsaber?"

"The Force guided me to what it is I possess now." Chirrut said sagely. "You believe there are only the Jedi and Sith in the galaxy. Yet there are more out there than you will ever know."

Aayla nodded at the bit of information. She will look more into this later.

"Aayla!"

Twi'lek turned to see Ahsoka running up to her with the 501st troopers right behind her.

"There you are, Ahsoka. Guess you went to help the men."

"Commando droids." Rex said with grudging irritation. "Lot stronger than the last bunch we took down."

"Seems like they've been getting stronger in a lot of ways lately." Aayla murmured, hand resting over Kadrians Lightsaber.

"Programmed a whole lot better, most likely. The boys are not gonna like that."

"Hey guys."

Spider-man landed next to them with Widow, Baze, Daredevil and the 327th squad joining them a moment later.

"Guess everything's taken care of them." Hevy said aloud, looking at the two Acolytes that remained on the ground with blasters trailed on them.

When all seemed well for them all, another batch of Commando droids arrived onto the scene and ambushed them all.

Kadrian smirked as her fallout plan worked out well.

With them distracted, the female acolyte punched Aayla across the face before using the Force to push her and several others away from her. In the scuffle, Valen was able to get free as well and ran off with his partner not far behind.

The Avengers and clones went to go after them, but the remaining contingent of droids blocked their way. It took some work to finally be rid of the Commando droids, yet the damage was already done.

"Give me some minutes and I might-"

"Don't bother, Parker. They're already out of our reach." Aayla said before seeing a Separatist craft taking off into the air and going into the distance.

In the craft, Valen was nursing his wounds… well more likely his pride by drinking some amount of alcohol. His partner, however, was getting in contact with their master as the droid pilot set their course to the rendezvous point.

After some minutes, Dooku's holo-projection appeared on the deck. The moment it came up, the two acolytes knelt before him.

"What news do you have to report? Were you successful in your mission?"

"Afraid not, master." Valen simply said.

Dooku narrowed his eyes. "Explain."

"Everything was expected as you've told us." Spoke the Zabrak acolyte. "The Jedi and their clones arrived to retrieve the child. It all went as you foresaw."

"Yet…"

"Yet there was this man. A blind man. He was able to use the Force, master." Valen answered. "And he was no Jedi."

The Count hummed, pondering this bit of information.

"You will explain to me more in detail upon your return."

Back on Jedha, everyone was spread out in the area in order to regain their bearings and check for any other wayward separatist droid to come their way. After all, commando droids show up when one least expects them.

"So~ now what?" Fives asked aloud.

"Area is secured for the moment." Rex said, examining the area.

Daredevil kept his senses sharp. "There aren't any hostiles out here. But inside…"

The Clones, Jedi and Avengers stood with the two Jedha natives and newly found Avenger in front of the Pirates base that supposedly contained the Force-sensitive child.

"So, how are we getting through this door?" Jesse inquired. "Panel's fried during the fight earlier."

They all looked around with one of them spotting one of the remaining weapons of the pirates.

"Let me try something." Lucky spoke up, going over to the turret.

"What are you doing?" Echo asked.

"Improvising."

"You know I think I could just pry the doors open." Peter stated.

"Nah, I wanna see this." Hevy waved the superhero down.

Lucky proceeded to fire the turret around the door, tearing through the metal.

The group was met with silence.

"Looks like it didn't wo-" Flash didn't finish as the sound of metal creaking followed by metal meeting the floor in an emphatic slam effectively silenced the trooper.

"Huh, it worked. Nice job, Lucky." Rex praised.

Stepping inside, some of the clones surveyed the area. They remembered seeing some pirates coming in here before the fight commenced and were closed off earlier.

Stepping further in, a few pirates tried to ambush them. Yet they were quickly taken care of in retaliating fire.

"Anyone else?" Hevy questioned.

No one answered.

"Clear." Echo sounded off.

The Jedi and Avengers soon came in and started searching the bunker.

"So, what are we looking for?" Peter asked.

"A kid, dummy." Ahsoka said, poking at his head.

"Check some of the rooms." Aayla ordered, her and Widow going down one of the hallways.

Daredevil had tilted his head, looking around several times.

"This way." Matt said, going down the opposite corridor from Aayla and Nat.

The two teens shrugged and followed after Matt with them peering into several rooms, finding some of the Clones already clearing it out.

Approaching a closed door, Ahsoka paused as she reached for the panel.

Peter had noticed her not moving. "Ahsoka?"

She didn't respond, hand hovering over the panel to open the door before pressing it open.

Inside was one last pirate who held up his blaster, only for him to be immediately encased in webbing before promptly falling to the ground.

"Whew~" Peter let out. "That was close."

Giving the Web-head an appreciative smile with Matt patting the fellow New Yorker on the shoulder, she entered first with Peter right behind her. They found nothing out of the ordinary within the room. Nothing but…

"What's that?" Peter pointed to a sphere of some kind floating in the air.

Coming closer in order to inspect the object, Ahsoka pulled off the rope like blanket off the airborne object. Once clear, the Tortuga saw creases in it, indicating it would be able to open up in some manner.

Inspecting it from all sides, she found and pushed the button in the back with the creases opening up to reveal a bundle of blankets.

It wasn't long before the two teens slowly widened their eyes in disbelief.

"...Ahsoka."

"Yeah."

"You seeing what I'm seeing?"

The child within with a three fingered, green hand pushed its blankets down to stare at the two in front of it.

"Have you ever seen a baby of Yoda's species before?"

"I have not."

"Ah, okay then."

…..

…..

…..

The two continued to stare, unaware of Aayla and Nat who had entered the room.

"Alright you two, find any-"

Aayla stopped dead in her tracks, eyes widening and jaw slightly dropping as she spotted the baby resting inside its little bed.

"Is-is that?"

"Whoa." Widow spoke up. "Is that a baby… baby… What's his name? Yoda? His species name? Anyone?"

Peter kneeled down to eye level to the Force-sensitive child.

"Hey there little guy." Peter said before seemingly gushing. "This little guy is freaking adorable. I think I just might die with how cute he is."

The Yoda child merely cooed in adorableness, grabbing Peter's outstretched finger.

"General?"

Aayla looked back to see Commander Bly. "Base is secure."

"Good job, Bly." Aayla praised. "All of you, well done. Let's pack this up and head home."

-Scene Cut-

Back at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, the various teams made their respective returns with mixed results.

In the Council chamber, most of the Jedi were discussing what went on in the respective missions. They were happy both the kidnapped children were safe and sound with the stolen holocron returned back into the vault.

But…

"I don't like that Bane was able to get away." Anakin noted.

"Neither do I." Plo stated. "With him on the loose, things will be much more difficult when we run into him again."

"What I'm more concerned about is the fact that two of our own, who we have presumed deceased, have joined Dooku's ranks." Windu said with much displeasure.

"Rightly so." Aayla said with utmost worry. "Tol Skorr and Kadrian Sey have been very talented. But now we have more people to worry about in this war."

"What about the two younglings we brought back?" Ahsoka inquired. "What're we going to do about them?"

"Where are they right now?" Windu inquired.

"The Avengers have them in their care." Anakin answered, making several of the Jedi shift about.

"Are you certain that this is a good idea?" Windu said with his eyes narrowed.

"I think for now we should leave them in their care."

Of all people to speak up, none had expected Obi-wan to say such a manner.

"Master?" Anakin spoke in a clearly stunned manner.

"Kenobi." Windu said in a sharp stare. "What are you getting at here?"

The Jedi Master in question slouched a bit in his seat, exhaling a tired breath. Now that Anakin took a moment to look at him, his former master certainly didn't look all that good.

"Right now, the Avengers have discovered a few things about our order that I feel may damage our trust with them." Kenobi said plainly, eyeing the entire council. "If we take the children away from them and put them under our care then we may end up ostracizing our new friends in a damaging way."

"Certain of this, are you Kenobi?" Yoda inquired.

"Very much so, Master Yoda." Kenobi said firmly. "Right now, they have done a great deal for us in the short time we've known them. We have to show them that we are what we say and let them care for the children for the time being."

"Hmm, indeed." Yoda said. "Be on our guard, we must."

In another part of the Jedi temple, the Avengers were back together with Captain America and Falcon having returned from their own mission with Obi-wan and a Jedi named Quinlan Vos.

"So, I guess we've all been pretty busy these past few days." Sam said, arm bandaged up. "And you~ must be Matt Murdock."

"Pleasure to meet you Mr. Wilson."

No longer in his Daredevil attire, Matt was currently in what passed as a civilian in the better part of Coruscant. Well it was hard to really tell what the attire looked like to a blind man.

Now that he was off Jedha, he might get something to reflect his daylight hours profession.

"So where did you guys find him?" Steve inquired.

"A far off, remote planet named Jedha." Natasha said, as she was playing with the little Force sensitive baby girl Pietro and Anakin saved earlier today.

"And it was there where I met and befriended a pair of wayward guardians." Matt stated.

"Guardians? Guardians of what?" Peter inquired.

"They called themselves members that Guard the Whills. Or something like that."

"And where are they right now?"

"Chirrut is somewhere in the temple, meditating most likely." Matt said, managing to hear the heartbeat of his newest friends being somewhere in the temple. "Baze is no doubt with the Clones right now, playing pool and whatever games you lot brought here from Earth."

"Seems they'd fit right in."

"Though I am unsure if they'll stay here for long." Matt stated.

"Why do you think that?" Steve asked.

"They follow this whole "Force" thing, not the Jedi." Matt said. "They feel they go where they are needed in the end. Well Chirrut leads the way with Baze merely tagging along."

"So what's this cutie's name?" Widow said, gazing down at the human force-sensitive that was clutching her red hair.

"From what the Jedi told us on the list on top of the orphanage she was abducted from, said her name was Mara Jade." Pietro answered.

"Mara Jade, huh?" Nat murmured softly, stroking the young babes red tuft of hair. The baby gurgled happily making Nat smirk. "Fat."

"And what of that Yoda baby?"

"Wait, there's a Yoda baby?" Hope asked in bewilderment.

"Yeup and he is adorable." Peter said cheekily. "Currently sleeping in the other room."

"Any idea what that kid's name is?"

Some of the Avengers were pretty unsure when giving a response.

"From what we were told, the records of the kid were wiped clean." Natasha said. "No birth certificate, no parentage, no birthplace. Something the pirates must've done in order to be sure the kid never existed in the first place."

"How about we call it wrinkles?" Scott suggested making several members chortle.

"Scott, it's a baby Yoda, not a grandpa like Yoda." Rhodey stated though he chuckled.

The conversation was abruptly cut off by a soft cooing sound from the front door.

All nine assembled Avengers had their heads turned to the door to see the little tike waddling into the room, stopping to look at them all.

"Ah~ he's so cute." Hope couldn't help herself, going over to the Baby Yoda lifting him up off the ground.

"Jeez, look at those eyes." Scott said. "They're like Cassie's when she was a baby."

"So this is him, huh?" Steve stood beside Hope, raising his hand to wag at the baby with the little one reaching for him. "Doesn't look like much."

The Yoda child was merely happy when seeing all these new people interacting with him.

"Gonna have to ask Yoda more on his species later." Peter saw their respective looks. "Just so we can at least know facts like dietary restrictions to, well, how old he gets. I mean he's ancient."

"How old did they even say that little guy is?" Sam asked.

"Right now… I think he was about 30 or something." Peter said.

"30!?" Several Avengers exclaimed.

"How in the hell is that thing 30?!" Rhodey said aloud.

"Maybe cause he's a different species, he ages differently." Peter said. "Hey Cap, didn't you say Thor was nearly 1500 years old?"

"That's what he told us." Nat said, smiling down at Mara who was reaching up for her.

"So we help save a bunch of kids and end up adopting two of them?" Rhodey said, looking between the two babies in the group. "Since when did we become a daycare?"

No one really responded. All they merely did was enjoy their time together before each respective group recounted on what went on in their respective missions.

"Alright Avengers." Steve declared. "I think it's time we all got some rest."

Omake

"Tell me again why we're doing this again?"

"Because you were curious about having a newly upgraded robot hand." Scott replied. "That's why."

"No… I was just curious about your Earthen tech." Anakin responded as he was without his mechanical hand attached to his right arm. "You two just went on from there without my consent by ripping off my hand."

Scott looked at his assistant, Peter, before they merely shrugged.

"Well we're doing this anyways."

"For justice!" Peter exclaimed.

"For science!" Chorused the two techies.

Anakin used his other hand to rub the bridge of his nose, wondering what mess will come from this.

Sounds of metal grinding, bolts being pounded and screwed into place, sparks flying and saws cutting filled the workspace. The Skywalker wondered how long this whole process was going to take. He wanted to get back in time to have his dinner date with Padme after a very long day.

"And here we are."

Anakin looked towards the two Avengers and saw a rolling cart with a large cloth covering several lumps.

"Took a bit to figure out what could suit your taste," Scott began.

"So we decided to just make a bunch and go from there." Peter finished.

The teenager pulled over part of the sheets to first uncover… a large, bulbous blue cylindrical object with a yellow meter seen on one side and a tapered barrel on the end.

"I give you… the Mega Buster."

"...It looks like an arm cannon."

"Which it is!" Scott picked up the object before quickly slamming it into Anakin's stumpy arm. "Fires off energy blasts and if charging long enough can leave a devastating hit on your opponents."

Anakin struggled to lift up his arm. "How much does this weigh?"

Peter and Scott looked at each other before speaking in sync. "A lot."

"Then I'd rather not want to have this attached to me." Using the Force he pried the Mega Buster off his arm with a small hiss coming out of his mouth. "Next."

Placing the Mega Buster back onto the cart, Scott then presented the next item.

"I give you… the Pasta Breaker."

Anakin soon gave the con-artist a blank stare. "It looks like a bunch of cooking and eating utensils strung together."

"...You wouldn't know if you were attacked while eating."

"True, but I would look ridiculous if I had that attached to me. Next."

"But aren't you going to try it on?"

"I said next."

"Okay, fine~"

The cloth was pulled over once more to reveal a white prosthetic hand with decorative gold on over the wrist area of the forearm.

"Huh, that looks… promising." Anakin used the Force to bring the item closer to him. Attaching it to his stubby right arm, the Skywalker brought his fleshy hand across its surface. "Seems good so far… but why is the hand mostly feeling like rubber?"

"Don't know for sure." Peter responded. "Scott had it done that way for its purpose."

"And that purpose is…"

"Supposed to be used for massages. Gives off vibrations so it could help relieve pain in certain areas; like one's shoulders or legs."

Anakin looked at the prosthetic hand for a little while longer, especially once turning said function on. It was quite odd with how it exactly moved.

'Yeah~ This is not gonna go out on the field.' Thought the Jedi before placing the vibrating hand onto his shoulder. 'Does feel good though. Maybe I could use this on Padme sometime. She has been stressing out a whole lot lately. She might like it'

Oh Anakin… you have no idea how well she'll like it.

Removing the oddly named "Sweet Surrender" off of him, Anakin looked at the last prosthetic on display.

It was a little thicker than his normal robotic prosthetic as it was a bit more armored. And in the center of its palm was a circle indentation.

"And what's this?"

Scott looked over and saw the particular model in Anakin's grasp. "Oh that? That would be the Repulsor."

"Repulsor?"

"Name's a working progress." Peter said, tinkering around with Anakin's normal robotic hand. "It's supposed to be like the repulsor hands in the Iron-man and War Machine armors."

"Really?"

It didn't take long for Anakin to quickly attach the final prosthetic onto his stubby arm.

"This one could take some getting used to." Noted the Jedi. "You sure this couldn't be slimmed down?"

"Possibly, but for now you'll have to get used to the bulky size."

Anakin nodded before looking at the palm of the robotic hand.

"So how do I do the whole repulsor thing?"

"Point, aim, focus and fire." Scott listed. "It's what Rhodey told me."

Anakin nodded and aimed elsewhere, nowhere near anything to end up hitting on accident. He focused and the repulsor flared to life.

"Oh and do be careful. First time kicks tend to be-"

*BOOM*

Both Scott and Peter saw Anakin fly from his spot, sail across the room and crashed into the adjacent wall face first. The Jedi gave out a muffled groan as he slowly skidded off its surface and soon fell onto the floor.

"...You okay, Anakin?"

"I'll be fine, Peter." The Skywalker pried off the Repulsor prosthetic and threw it to the side. "Once I get over this splitting headache."

"Guess we should have lowered the output." Scott muttered. "Alright, let's try that."

"No, No." Anakin said aloud. "I am not trying that again."

"Aw come on Anakin, don't you want your arm to do something cool?" Peter whined.

"It's cool as it is. I like my robot arm. It's gold underneath and custom made." Anakin argued.

"But can it shoot a giant laser that could blow enemies away in an instant?" Scott asked with a goading grin.

"Yeah~ Tempting, but I'll pass."

Peter sighed. "Alright, I didn't want to do this but Anakin please take a look at this."

Confused, Anakin watched as Peter held out his earthly device watching what looked like some sort of over the top cartoon. And in said over the top cartoon, he saw a boy transform his arm into a literal cannon and fire a gigantic beam of energy that obliterated everything in its path.

"Now tell me," Peter said in a teacher-like manner. "Do you want your hand to be dull and boring? Or~ do you want your hand to do that?"

"Peter, are you stupid or something?" Anakin said rhetorically. "Of course I want to have an arm like that. Get that arm and let's try this again."

The two Avengers soon went to work, vowing to get things right for Anakin's request.

"Alright, we've gotten impact nullifiers on your arm now to take the recoil." Peter said. "Now aim for that target and let it rip."

Standing behind the Jedi knight, Scott and Peter watched as Anakin got into position raising his new arm that began whirring with energy.

A few yards away was a target they had set up for Anakin.

The energy in the arm kept gathering until…

*BWWEEEEEE BOOOOOOMM*

The trio stared with their mouths gaping at full capacity at the gigantic new hole Anakin had made.

"Uh… I think we overdid."

"That's an understatement, Scott." Peter muttered.

"What was that?"

"Are we under attack?"

"Did you see that?"

"ANAKIN!"

"Guys…"

"Yeah?"

"Run."

"Wha-"

"RUN!"

Whew, alright hooray and yay another one done.

Me and Jebest worked like crazy but holy fuck can outside life be a madhouse. Now more than ever considering what's going on and all.

Just wanna say keep yourselves clean and all, stay safe and calm. It's scary times but now isn't the time for fear. And as much as I'd love to be Bane and say that comes later now is the time to remain calm and do what is needed to help yourselves and others.

Other than that, thanks for reading this mad dash of a chapter and take care everyone.

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