Redemption

Flight

Ahsoka's jump didn't quite get her out of the cave. Thankfully, she managed to hold onto the ground above her and hoist herself out of the hole until she was sitting comfortably, legs dangling far above the water. Ahsoka squinted as the sun hit her before closing her eyes and exhaling.

Morai hooted.

"Let me catch my breath okay?"

Morai made another noise.

"Because I had to confront a manifestation of my darkest thoughts in order to get out of the cave?"

The convor was unconvinced.

"We can't all fly, you know."

Morai flew onto Ahsoka's shoulder and began incessantly pecking at her neck.

"Alright, alright, I'm going."

Ahsoka stood up to survey the ruined temple.

"Whoa," she whispered. "Glad I wasn't inside for that."

There were some footprints that lead to two indentations in the dirt .

Then he survived. Damn it.

Ahsoka could have sworn her heart clenched at how disappointed she was that Anakin was still alive.

But the prints are very close together, almost as if whoever left was limping.

Ahsoka smirked a bit. Sure, she couldn't beat him, but it was nice to know she'd given him something to think about.

"The inquisitors had TIEs, right? So where are they?"

Morai flew towards the ruined temple.

"You can't be serious."

The convor hooted.

"What about the Fifth Brother and the Seventh Sister? They left their ships outside right?"

Morai looked pointedly at the rubble near the TIE tracks.

"He destroyed an entire ship just in case I got away?"

Ahsoka had always known Anakin had a flair for the dramatic. If he was ever wearing a cloak before a fight, he would shrug it off with the most amount of flair possible.

Ahsoka smiled at the memory.

"I guess some things never change." Ahsoka walked over to the debris to search through it for anything useful. It turned out that Anakin hadn't destroyed every part of the ship.

"So anger does still makes you reckless," Ahsoka muttered as she sat down to reprogram the barely damaged transmitter.

"I'll send a distress call to the Rebellion. Opening channel in three, two, one. This is Ahsoka Tano requesting immediate help. I'm stranded on Malachor. Send whoever you can."

Ahsoka yawned as she leaned against the rubble. "I'm gonna take a nap. I haven't slept in..."

Ahsoka was asleep before she could figure it out.

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"Ahsoka?"

Ahsoka mumbled sleepily.

"Ahsoka!"

"Ugh, what... Oh!" Suddenly awake, Ahsoka searched for the voice's owner.

The girl looking down at her had tan skin and curly black hair. She was wearing a blue jumpsuit and couldn't have been more than twenty.

"We're from the Rebellion. We came to rescue you."