Shadows of Tomorrow

Chapter 94 - Together Again

Author's Note: What happened with Athea is explained in this chapter. :')

~ Amina Gila

It's the first time Marr has been alone with them since the Clone Wars, since right before Anakin and Obi-Wan went to Coruscant and the war ended, and he can't deny being nervous. "We'll need to figure out where to go from here," Marr begins, because somehow, these conversations seem only ever prompted by him, "But first, I think we should talk."

"About what?" Ahsoka inquires. "We have years of catching up to do, and now is hardly the..."

"Right time?" Marr replies. "No, but if we don't, then when will we? There will always be people to help and matters to attend to."

The others exchange glances. It's unspoken that they want to know what happened to Anakin, but Marr won't straight out ask him. He doubts Anakin would find talking about what happened to him as Vader easy whatsoever.

"To start with," he says, "My new name is Marr. I don't... go by Theseus anymore. I haven't in a long time. It's not who I am anymore. I'm Mandalorian first, Jedi second."

"I do not see how those can fit as one," Obi-Wan replies flatly.

"Luckily, you don't have to," he points out cheerfully, "Unless you and Satine did accidently have a child."

"What?" Obi-Wan squawks most ungracefully. Anakin makes a strange noise, and Ahsoka looks at Marr, wide-eyed.

"Well," Marr defends, "There was this boy there named Krokie who acts way too much like you, and he looks like you, and he called Satine his aunt, and you have to admit I had a legitimate reason for wondering!"

"That is outrageous," he retorts in a desperate (and failed) attempt to regain his dignity. "I would never have a relationship with anyone. I'm loyal to the Code!"

"Hey, I have a legitimate reason for asking!"

"That is insulting," Obi-Wan groused. "How well did you know me if you thought I would do something of that nature?"

"In the maybe young-you's defense, you were a teen," Marr volunteers.

"Don't embarrass him," Ahsoka chides, struggling and failing to hide a smile.

"I see at least one of you has retained some manners," Obi-Wan grumbles.

"I've been wondering for years," Marr complains, "Bo firmly denied it, but I had to make sure."

"I cannot believe this is the only thing you wanted to discuss right now," Obi-Wan grumbles.

"It was a good place to start!" he protests. It was. Really. He had to lighten the mood, because it's too... depressing to think about how they've been apart for so long.

"I agree," Ahsoka says, dryly, "I'd like to know if all of you had children I never got to hear about for years."

"You already know Vizma," Marr replies, "Maybe we should backtrack to the start when we last saw one another." He barely suppresses a sigh when no one speaks. Fine. He can do the talking for them, for now. "Ahsoka and I were on the way back to Coruscant when Order 66 was given out. We escaped with Rex's help."

Something twists inside him sharply. "Rex is still alive, right?" he asks, turning to Ahsoka.

"Yes, he is," she confirms, "He was the only one who made it."

Marr nods, feeling oddly numb. He didn't know Gregor, but he did know Wolffe. Distantly, but still, the fact that he was alive was... relieving. Ahsoka was close with Plo, and they often worked together. The casualties were expected, though. "I stayed on... an out-of-the-way planet for a while. Ahsoka and Rex left to form the Rebellion, hoping to overthrow Sidious." He wonders how she feels about it now. This was what she's been working for since she was seventeen, but it's been years.