Ashara was quiet as she stood next to Obi-wan in front of Jabba the Hutt. She forgot how ugly the slug like creature was. "Mighty Jabba, one of our most powerful Jedi is on his way to rescue your son. We will not let you down."
The togruta listened carefully as Jabba spoke in Huttese. "I have another condition for this deal. You must bring back the slime who kidnapped my little punky muffin."
She hesitated, unsure if she should reveal she understood and spoke Huttese. This gave the droid a chance to translate for Obi-wan.
"Punky?" he whispered. Ashara shrugged, wincing as Jabba added another thing to the deal. "Dead or alive. If you do not succeed, Count Dooku and his droid army will."
Ashara responded once the droid repeated everything to them. "Don't worry, mighty Jabba. We will succeed."
Jabba exclaimed in surprise, having not expected her to speak the language, but continued to talk about the deal. Once he finished, Obi-wan and Ashara agreed to the terms, and walked over to a quiet corner of the palace and contacted Anakin.
"Alright, Anakin, here's the story", Obi-wan started. "Jabba has given us only one planetary rotation to get his son back home to Tattooine safe and sound."
"Won't take us that long, Master", Anakin said cockily. Ashara sighed, wishing he hadn't said that.
"Well, take extreme care", Obi-wan said. "We have no idea who 's holding Jabba's son. When we've finished negotiations with Jabba, we will join you."
Ashara glanced at Obi-wan. "I think I'll leave now and help them take and keep the monastery. You can handle negotiations by yourself, right?"
Obi-wan nodded before returning his gaze to Anakin. "Ashara will be joining you shortly, Anakin. She'll help with Jabba's son, and taking the monastery."
Anakin nodded, before his image vanished. "I'll take my leave now", she said, leaving Obi-wan to finish negotiations. She got to her ship, and took off her cloak, placing it in a storage area of the ship before climbing into the fighter herself. She instructed her astromech to take the ship to the hyperspace ring so they could go to the Teth system. It didn't take long for them to get into hyperspace, but Ashara knew it would be a long flight to Teth. She sighed, and stared out the window, trying to use the force to help her know who was behind the kidnapping of Jabba's son. Unfortunately, that information was blocked from her senses, and so Ashara was left to her own thoughts for most of the flight until the yellow astromech beeped at her.
"Good", she answered the droid. "Contact Anakin."
A familiar face soon popped up on her ship's holocomm. "I'm about to jump out of hyperspace", she informed him. "Have you taken the monastery?"
Anakin nodded. "We have. We've also located Jabba's son. You should be able to land on the main platform of the monastery. Rex will be waiting there for you, and Ahsoka and I will join you there shortly."
Ashara nodded. "I'll see you shortly then, Anakin."
The hologram faded out just as the yellow fighter dropped out of hyperspace. Ashara called to her astromech.
"R5, you know where to go?" The droid beeped in confirmation, and Ashara let him take the controls. As they made their way through the fog, a monastery appeared. The togruta smiled when she saw Rex waiting. R5 landed the ship easily, and let Ashara out of the ship. Rex greeted the Jedi Knight with a smile, and led her over to the doors.
"So you're just guarding the monastery while Anakin goes off promenading around, huh?" she asked teasingly. Rex chuckled.
"Yeah, that's basically it", he said. "Usually how it happens."
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The Rise of the Valkyrie *ON HIATUS*
Fanfic**ON HIATUS** Ashara Ki was your standard Jedi Knight. Well, as standard as she could from joining the order later than other younglings. But at least she had her best friend, Anakin Skywalker, with her. She faces many struggles, but Anakin was alwa...
