𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤; 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐤𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫

04 | 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭

𝙵 𝙾 𝚄 𝚁

"MAKE IT QUICK." Anakin tells the R2 unit who searches for the exit. R2 beeps at his words and Anakin's gaze moves to look at the Huttlet. "Finally asleep, huh? Put him down. Get some rest yourself." He tells Ahsoka and squeezes my hand gently. Our joined hands are still hidden by my robes.

"It's been a long day for you, little one." Anakin finishes and the two of us walk around Ahsoka and Darana. "I can hold him, Master. I'm not tired." She says and Darana looks at her softly. "I could take him if you'd like?" My Padawan offers with a kind smile but Ahsoka shakes her head.

"Okay, suit yourself. I don't see why you won't just listen to me." Anakin's voice quiets slightly and I take in a breath before speaking. "She does listen to you, General. She just doesn't like being treated as a youngling." I call out and Anakin looks at me.

"I can tell that Ahsoka just wants to prove that she isn't too young to be your Padawan." Ahsoka nods her head at my words. I remember when I first became a Padawan, I was quite young. Younger than Ahsoka and Darana now. In a way, I understand what she's feeling, because I too tried to prove myself worthy of being Master Windu's Padawan.

"But have patience, Ahsoka. You don't to worry, the Jedi counsel wouldn't have made you a Padawan if you were not ready. You will have the chance to prove yourself to everyone if that's what you desire." I speak softly to the girl and she nods her head with a grateful smile on her lips.

I hear the sound of an explosion and the ground rumbles beneath me. "That sounded bad." Anakin calls out and R2 beeps before showing us a holograph of the monastery. "A back door landing platform." Darana calls out quietly as she stares at it on the screen.

"We'll call for a gunship when we get there. Lead the way, R2." Anakin says and the droids follows his orders. I reach down for the backpack containing the Huttlet and frown when he isn't there. "Ahsoka, where did you put the baby?" I ask her and her eyes widen as she sees the empty bag.

I drop Anakin's hand and immediately get a tugging feeling drawing me back to him but I ignore it and I get on my knees to look for the Huttlet who's began to try and crawl underneath something. I listen to its grunting noises and reach an arm to grab its tail, pulling it towards me.

It yelps and I gently pull it out, placing it back in the backpack. It starts to cry and Anakin secures it, making sure it can't leave. "Let's see you try and get away this time." Anakin says to the slug baby and his com-link goes off.

"Anakin, come in." I frown at the words. The Clones are meant to address you with your tittle, which is what they usually do. "'Anakin'?" Ahsoka questions and I focus on Anakin, a slight frown on my face. "We've held the droids, sir." I can feel the dark presence I felt earlier growing.

"That's not like Rex." Anakin calls out and we lock eyes. I instantly search around us, for this evil presence. I can tell it's female, and she's with Dooku. "Ventress." I call out and Anakin locks eyes with me. "Dooku's assassin?" Darana asks and I nod my head.

"She's here to kill the Hutt. Come on." Anakin calls out and we rush to leave. I've unclipped my saber from my belt and hold it in my hand. R2 leads us out of the building and Anakin holds his wrist to his mouth, speaking into the com-link.

I watch as Master Kenobi's voice glitches. "It seems they're jamming our transmissions." I call out and move over to the Huttlet, checking over it. "General, try and contact the captain." I don't know the Clone's name.

"Captain Rex, respond." Anakin orders after being met with silence at the first time he spoke. "We're tied down at the courtyard." The clone says and I hear blaster sounds. "Do you need help?" Anakin asks and the blaster sounds grow. I turn my gaze to him and push myself to stand, walking over to Anakin.

"I'll take that as a yes, Captain. Stand by, we're on our way. Skywalker, out." Anakin says and turns to move back into the building. "Master, stinky is really sick. He's turning every shade of green except the one he's supposed to be!" Ahsoka calls out as she holds the backpack.

"Our mission was to get him back to Tatooine — alive." My gaze moves over to the Huttlet and Anakin takes the backpack from his Padawan, putting it on his back. "Obi-Wan will get here eventually. Right now, we need Rex to help us find a ship." I go to speak up but I'm interrupted by the sound of droids rolling towards us.

"Great, rolling death balls." Ahsoka rolls her eyes and I ignite my saber, deflecting the blasts launched at us. "R2! Get the door!" I order the droid and he does as I say with a beep. Ventress makes her way towards us from behind the droids before the door closes as she tries to reach us.

Her red blades dig into the door, cutting it. "I think now's a good time for a retreat." Anakin's announces and I glance at him, nodding my head. "I agree, we could possibly go to the jungle." I say and make my way to the ledge of the landing platform.

I look down and see droids making their way toward us, shooting blasts up at us as they climb the mountain. I deflect the shots back at them and they shoot beneath the platform, onto a cocoon which releases hundreds of flying creatures into the sky. My eyes move back to the door. "Looks like we're out of options." Anakin calls out and I look all around us, the huttlet whines on Anakin's back.

"There's another landing platform." I call out and the three of them look at it. "With a ship too." Darana finishes with wide eyes. "So, how are we going to get over there?" Ahsoka asks and Anakin smirks. "Leave that to me." He runs and jumps off the ledge, making Darana gasp in shock.

"Do not panic, he's done this before. And survived." I call out and glance over at the edge, watching as he landed on a flying creature and tries to use it to fly. The door gets busted open and Ventress walks towards us.

"Girls, get behind me." I call out and Ventress smirks at me. "Novak." She calls out with a smirk, swinging her too sabres at me. I block her attacks, swinging my singular blade gracefully as I defend against her.

Ahsoka and Darana stand behind me along with R2. I've used to Force to lift my curls from my face as I swing my pink blade. "I knew you'd be with Skywalker. The perfect duo. Where is he?" I push her back with the force and she does a flip.

"Right here, Ventress." I clip my saber onto my belt. Anakin's managed to tame the creature and I jump off the ledge to land on one too. I calm it with the force and it flies upwards. I take Darana's hand and pull her onto it behind me and make the creature fly towards the landing platform.

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A/N- after the film is done, each chapter will be an episode of the series so expect them to be nice and long.

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-Nightmare