TCW FebuWhump Prompts

You'll Always Have People There For You

Day 5 prompt: "Take me instead"
Warning: character death, canon-divergence

"Master, I can do this."

"Snips, I know. You're just gonna be accompanied by a few clones in case you're in danger, do it for me okay? Just going to scout the planet, and come back by sundown, and avoid any signs of dangers when you see it! You have my comm right? Extra batteries? More foo-"

Ahsoka rested a hand on Anakin's shoulder and he stopped his fussing.

"Master, I can handle this. You taught me well."

"You mean you inherited all my bad traits," Anakin muttered, stuffing even more bacta patches into her pack. At this rate, her back would be tired in only an hour. Ahsoka shook her head fondly and pulled his hand away.

"Are you sure you'll be fine? I can go instead, I me-"

Obi-Wan walked up behind his former student, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Anakin. She'll be fine. Did I do this to you when I was a padawan?"

"No," Anakin grumbled.

"And look how you turned out! Perfectly fine. Now let Ahsoka do it herself; she's independent and doesn't need you going over her like a mother hen."

"I am not a chicken!"

Ahsoka smiled, sighing.

"You will be fine, I presume?"

She nodded at Obi-Wan, and she could also see a hint of worry in his eyes.

"You two, I'll be fine. I'll be back with the others in four hours. You've been apart from me for much longer before."

"It's just, something could go wrong-"

"We just want to make sure you're safe, my dear," Obi-Wan reassured her, patting her shoulder.

Click, Flicker, and a few others were waiting for her, standing by and talking through their buckets.

"Alright. I'll see you soon. Give me a call if you need me. Or something through our bond," Anakin added, pointing to his head. She nodded and her squad was off, not before she waved goodbye.

"Obi-Wan, I have a bad feeling about this."

"Me too."

~

"How much more of this are we going to have?!" Click exclaimed, lifting his foot and shaking a rather large centipede off.

"C'mon Click, I thought you liked the dirt! Said something about fitting in with nature of some sort," Flicker replied, brushing a huge fern out of his face. Ahsoka up ahead chuckled, her montrals alert for any signs of a droid attack.

"At this rate, I don't think he'll be lovin' it any time soon," Shooter replied, gazing at a convor with green and white stripes. He blinked, shaking his head, and it was gone like it was never there.

"Boys, at least this ain't Felucia," Ahsoka called, remembering the humid planet that caused them so much trouble. She felt sympathy for any Jedi or clone that was assigned there.

"At least we weren't here for that then," Whisper answered. The clones that were assigned to Ahsoka had earned their stripes a few months ago, no longer shinies. That didn't mean they were full-bred veterans, but they had experienced the deaths of fellow brothers already. So far, none of the batchmates were killed, and for that, they were glad and hoped it stayed that way.

"Who knows? We might be deployed there again," Ahsoka said, jumping over a log. They walked for hours, finding some interesting species and taking a break to eat before going back to their exploration. Her head then snapped up, eyes trained north, alertness obvious in her stance. The clones stopped as her hands snapped into a gesture.