Accismus⋆౨ৎ˚⟡.• Anakin Skywalker⋆౨ৎ˚⟡.•

93.

Sol hated to admit that she missed seeing the way a planet's sky would darken to the abyss of space. When Ahsoka left Tatooine's atmosphere, Sol sat in the passenger seat of the cockpit with her eyes glued to the windscreen. As the opaque blue sky turned to a black canvas of stars and far-off planets, Sol reminisced at being in space for the first time in years.

'We'll be at Hoth soon if we jump to hyperspace,' Ahsoka informed her passenger. 'Or would you like me to take the long way? I have a feeling that you want to talk.'

Sol said nothing and merely turned her head to the T6's driver. Ahsoka leaned forward to put the flight plan into the ship's controls, before leaning back from the joysticks that were now on autopilot. The ship drove itself towards the Hoth system while keeping a scan out for any nearing star destroyers.

'So,' Sol struggled to think of how to start the conversation. 'What's new with you?'

Ahsoka crossed her arms over her chest and glanced out the windshield with a light laugh. She shuffled in her seat to sit sideways, and Sol did the same despite her slight awkwardness.

'Well, Mon Mothma has been leading the resistance from Coruscant. The Empire is working to accuse her of working with Padme, but they have nothing on her yet,' Ahsoka said. 'But it won't be long until Mothma will also have to go into exile. The Emperor is evil in his ways of finding dirt on ex-senators of the Republic.'

'And Revan? What's been happening with him?'

'I haven't had contact with Revan in at least a year, now. He went on a mission to Mon Calamari to settle an alliance, and when we received their confirmation, Revan never came back. The Mon Calamari people confirmed his safe departure, but we haven't seen him since.'

Sol's eyebrows arched in concern. If the rebellion hadn't heard from the Shan, then he was deemed off the grid. His distancing in the past years hadn't just been towards Sol, who had intended to introduce Luke and Leia to their second cousin once they were old enough. But when Ahsoka was the only off-world visitor to the Skywalker and Lars family, Sol was forced to forget about the twins ever meeting Sol's only living relative.

'Could it be that... he was caught by the Empire?' Sol said with hesitancy in her voice.

'It's possible,' Ahsoka said, her face tight with her seriousness. 'If he was, he must have been loyal to the rebellion, because our location is still hidden. We are yet to be located.'

Sol didn't want to think about if Revan was killed in action. The man was skilled and wouldn't have let the Empire overpower him without a decent fight. There had to have been a reason for Revan's departure, and considering he was distancing himself from the rebellion prior to his Mon Calamari mission, Sol liked to think that it wasn't the Empire who were responsible for his disappearance.

'But what about you, Sol?' Ahsoka spoke again and Sol was pulled from her thoughts. 'Are you prepared to work with the resistance? It's certainly different from the Order.'

'I'm not pledging myself to the resistance. I'm just here to draw Vader away from Luke and Leia.'

Ahsoka leaned the side of her montral against the head rest of the chair. Her eyes remained on the Jedi Master, who tried to avoid the knowing look that Ahsoka gave her. The sassiness of the Togruta had transferred into her twenties, and Sol remembered how often she was on the receiving end of the Padawan's sarcasm and attitude. She didn't know what she expected from the Padawan of the Jedi whose reputation of arrogance and recklessness was known throughout the galaxy.

'Alright, alright... maybe I will help,' Sol sighed as her reluctance crumbled under Ahsoka's pointed look. 'But only because we have a common goal, which is defeating the Empire.'