The Rising

Rush

Rex held Ahsoka close as she cried quietly into his chest.

Her body betraying how much the loss of the Kyber crystal caves truly was. Rex on the other hand was trying very hard to block everything out and try to comfort his wife who had gone silent for most of the ride back.

He gently kissed her forehead before rubbing her arms, his eyes were closed as he tried to find their bond.

Once he did however he almost immediately regretted prying into it as her memories came hurtling at him.

The first memory was of a small togrutan child with a group of children. All of whom were standing in the caves entrance hall.

Next was of her constructing her lightsaber before another memory of General Skywalker and Obi-wan........it was when they first met.

Rex smiled slightly his eyes still closed before he felt a small kiss on his lips. When he opened his eyes he was met with a sightly teary-eyed Ahsoka before she nuzzled into his neck purring slightly.

"How do you feel?"

"Sad......" Her voice was barely above a whisper but he nodded his head pulling her closer.

"I miss my old master...... And I miss how the war wasn't so grey.....it was black and white"  she continued.

"It was always grey Cyare, you just always see the good In others more than most" Rex smiled before kissing her Montale before continuing "You saw the good in the clones and you saw the good in Skywalker......".

Ahsoka blushed before kissing his neck gently "you guys were always good.....just needed a little push".

"As much as id love to hear you twos pillow talk a message just came in from the Bad batch" Wolf interrupted 

Rex glared at Wolf before Ahsoka nuzzled against his chest trying to keep warm calming him down slightly before Wolf spoke again.

"We need to move the younglings....Bly seems to think that they are going to be targeted........so that means we will be having visitors..........all 50 of them......" Wolf muttered the last part but Rex and Ahsoka grinned happily at him before Rex pulled her into a deep kiss.

Plo chuckled at them as Wolf gagged, Rex ignored him before moving to kiss her cheek and whisper to her "feel a little better Cyare?".

Ahsoka nodded before nuzzling against him "I'm still cold though". Rex chuckled to himself before he felt her hand pull his robe tighter around her, her skin was still cool to the touch making Rex frown with worry.

"Don't worry we will be back in our quarters soon so you can wrap up with all the blankets you want" he mumbled his tone soft but his hands rubbed her arms again trying to warn her.

"Negative she goes to the med bay, she spent a great deal of time in those caves....." Plo cut in his own skin looking quite damaged with frostbite.  Rex nodded before Plo handed him a small warming pad "keep it close to her chest".

Rex obliged, his hands carefully pulling back some layers before laying it in-between them, he could feel the heat radiating off it but he hoped that it was enough to keep her warm. "warm" Ahsoka purred as he kissed her cheek gently, Rex smiled before he shared a glance with Plo.

"What will happen to the next generation of Jedi if they can't get their crystals?" Rex asked as he felt Ahsoka drift off into a deep slumber.

"With any luck we will have another place for them to gather their crystals or have reclaimed the cave........but It will be quite a while before we can have another Kyber voyage with the younglings" Plo replied. "The counsel is slowly pulling apart......the old Jedi refuse to let go of their ways while the younger Jedi are fighting to keep their lives........right now the only thing we can agree upon is that the younglings need our protection.......... Ahsoka's father said once that there would come a time when the ways of Jedi would cause their own downfall.........Qui gon was the only one who took him seriously at the time, now it looks as though we have a very limited time".

Rex gently caressed Ahsoka's cheek as he thought carefully how to phrase his next question.

"What if ......what if the Jedi changed into something more?"

"Like what?" Wolf asked from his seat slightly interested in the conversation.

"We are technically at war with the Sith right? Something that hasn't happened since master Yoda was a knight" Rex asked carefully.

Plo nodded "master Yoda is the last surviving member of the Jedi council since those times".

"What if the Jedi changed into something more than entitled monks......." Rex asked.

Plo smiled at the suggestion before he laughed "Qui gon would have liked you........but yes that is the only way it can happen......but not with the current council sitting in power".

"So what do we do?" Rex asked confused as Ahsoka pulled his robe gently trying to shift in her sleep.

"You have already done a lot of the work Rex........but right now the war is far too unpredictable for getting into long debates......" Plo finished as Ahsoka purred slightly before Rex looked down at her.

He smiled again at her before he felt a familiar tug through their shared connection, she must be dreaming about their family he concluded as he caught sight of the slight smile that made her soft lips pull upward.

He closed his eyes to feel his children in the force, it didn't take long for him to feel three happy and slightly chaotic force signatures respond to him. They where happy as ever making him smile a little bit before he felt something else.

It was dark.....and cold.......full of pain.

Rex's eyes snapped open as he looked at Plo who felt the same bone chilling feeling then down to Ahsoka who had gripped his robes in a vice like grip.

"That..........is not good" Plo stated his tone betraying his fear.

"Sidius is close to finding them" Rex answered his eyes full of fear.

"What a good thing we are faster than that old bantha dung" Wolfe joked.

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