Sacrifice- Anakin's little sister

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I jumped up pulling another battledroid toward me using the force. I sliced through it easily with my lightsaber. "Anakin! we need to fall back!"  I turned as i heard Master Obi-Wan yell. I looked to my left and saw Anakin and Ahsoka both smirking at the droids as they sliced through a few at a time. "Obi-Wan. you know better than to tell me to run." he chuckled. Obi-Wan rolled his eyes and backed up. Ahsoka, flipped and took out two at a time. Cody, Rex and EchoStar shot freely at the droids. I turned back around just as a big bulky battle Droid rushed me. my lightsaber was knocked out of my hand and I backed up as it grabbed my arms. "Hey let go you overgrown toaster!!" I kicked at it and it threw me to the ground, my leg twisting in an awkward position. it raised a blaster at me and I blinked wide-eyed. all of a sudden the Droid fell forward on top of me and lay motionless. I leaned my head back breathing deeply, then tried to push it off of me. Echo grabbed it by the arm and pulled it off of me, grabbing my hand and pulling me to my feet. the battledroids began to thin out. As soon as I put both feet on the ground firmly, a splitting pain rushed up my leg, causing me to fall into Echo. "Kara!?" i could hear the worry in Anakins voice. He steadied me carefully and while I balanced on one foot he picked up my lightsaber handing it to me. After that he picked me up and carried me as we ran. We made it back to the gunships and Echo boarded with the few men we had left. Anakin and Obi-Wan jumped in right before we took off. Echo sat me on the ground and left to grab a medical kit. Obi-Wan came over and looked at my leg. I looked up at him as he moved it. I cringed and hissed out In pain as i lifted it up. "its merely a twist. you'll be alright, if anything you'll be sitting out for a few days." i nodded at him as he wrapped my ankel up with the compression wrap Echo handed him. "Kara! are you alright?!" "im fine Anakin. just a twist. no big deal.." "Anakin. that move with not retreating when I said we could, could have very well gotten Kara and our men all killed. you must think of others before you put your pride in front of the mission. Did you even see the battledroid that grabbed her?" Anakin looked at him bewildered. "A battledroid grabbed her?!"  "Exactly Anakin." Ahsoka turned and walked over to us, standing by Rex. "Masters, the depot is still functional. don't you think we should destroy it before we go?" Master Kenobi looked up at her. "This was supposed to be a recon mission. We must leave. we were getting overrun down there. we are already outnumbered. It would be foolish to try and destroy the depot while so many of our small army are injured. we will return to the cruiser and get out of this quadrant of the galaxy. We need to return to Corusant to reveal our findings to the council." She nodded. Obi-Wan put a hand on my shoulder gently and got up, standing. 'Master Taru was right about one thing.. Obi-Wan was very fatherly to all the padawans.. I miss her. I wish so deeply that she could have seen me become a jedi knight.. she would have been so proud. At least now she is one with the force.' I picked up my lightsaber and inspected inspected it silently. dozens upon dozens of scratches littered the entire handle. Even the large gash from my first duel with General grevious stood proudly. Master taru was unconscious, and i knew i had to protect her.. it was awful to see her so vulnerable and broken. I touched my ear gingerly where he had cut part of it off with one of his lightsabers. I pulled my good leg up resting my chin on top of my knee. I held my lightsaber in one hand and held my leg with the other. I looked up to see Obi-Wan and Anakin both staring at me. "What?" "uh.. kara? did you hear anything Obi-Wan just said?" "sorry. no. I kinda spaced out for a few." I braced myself against the wall and got up. Ahsoka held onto my arm, and i gently shook her off. "were almost to the cruiser. i already contacted them, so when we board, you need to go straight to the medical bay. alright?" "yes master." i bowed my head and dipped it. "EchoStar. Rex. can you accompany her?" They both stood straight and saluted at the same time. "yes sir!" The ship lurched forward as we landed, and i almost fell, and if it weren't for Echo and Anakin grabbing me, i would have. I straightened myself slowly and boarded the cruiser as the doors opened. Echo and Rex walked behind me. "I dont get why I have go to the medical bay... im fine." "general Skywalker just wants to ensure you don't get any more hurt." Rex responded softly from behind. I nodded and watched as the door opened to the medical bay. I sat on one of the benches as a doctor Droid came over. he scanned my leg and ankel. "The minor sprain should heal in a few days. you are free to go." the droid walked away. "Ha. so Anni can't keep me on the sidelines, booyah." i laughed half heartedly and crossed one leg over the other one. "doesn't mean he won't try commander." i looked up up to see Anakin, Ahsoka and Obi-Wan all standing there. Anakin being being the tensed 'cross his arms and put on a scowl, I'm going to kill you' guy. Ahsoka elbowed him. He looked at her with an are you kidding me look.        Obi-wan smirked at the pair. I got up easily and walked past them. "come on echo, let's get back to the guys." "yes sir!" he yelled and ran to catch up to me. We walked in step together into the barracks on board. Some of the men walked around shirtless. Echo placed his helmet down on a cargo box. "hey boys. How are we all doing?" "but commander, I thought you were going to be sitting out for a few days?" I chuckled. "you all know me well . you should know I would never let a pesky little injury keep me from the front lines." I saw Dart and Skip high-five and smiled. "we are a team. Bring it in!" echo yelled and we all got together. Every time we have come back from a mission we have these moments. These men are my brothers. If anakin or any of my other masters find out about my relationship with my team.. They may relinquish my title of commander. "I need to go up to the bridge. I'll contact you for debriefing when we get back to corusant. With that I turned away and left the barracks.

As I came to the hanger doors entering the bridge they opened quietly with a swoosh. I looked up to see anakin and obi-wan. They looked at me expectantly. I looked at ahsoka who had just then came in. She walked next to me and leaned over. "any idea as to why they're both staring at us?" "no clue ahsoka.." we exchanged a glance then looked up at them. "uhhh... Anything we can help you two with?" "were you aware that we had summoned you both several times on your communicators?" Anakin spoke angrily. I looked down to see my communicator was gone. "where is my communicator?" "and mine?!" I looked at Ahsoka frightened. Her alarmed eyes swept their way to Anakin and Obi-wan. "How did you not notice this earlier?" this time obi-wan spoke. I shrugged and stared blankly at my wrist where my comm unit always had been situated. How did I not notice? The cruiser lurched forward and I barely stabilized myself. Ahsoka grabbed my arm and I stabilized her as well. I helped her straighten herself and we ran up to the control Bay above us. "what was that!?" ahsokas voice cut through the silent air. Alarms started blaring in our ears. "we've been attacked!" Obi-wan looked at us both. "sir, the engines are failing." another blow to the ship this time I fell. "the hyper drive has been critically damaged! We can't get out of here." Anakin looked at me. "who is attacking us?" a ship flew by. "grevious." "everyone get to your battle stations. We need to get into escape pods or fighters.  Get movin!!" I got up and ran with ahsoka toward the fighters. My R2 unit loaded itself into my fighter and I was about to jump in when the ship was blown away from me. I fell and hit my head hard, rolling away from the fighter behind some cargo boxes. Black dots danced in my vision and I felt my heavy eyes close not knowing what was going to happen next.