To The Stars{Rex x OC} DISCONTINUED

Sorrow part 2

-Twinkle twinkle, little star....

Rex was sitting, leaning against a tall tree and fiddling with a stick, Ahsoka paced briskly a few yards away. The rest of the troops-down now to at least 35-were huddled in circles, or sleeping soundly. Rex stopped playing with his stick and leaned his head back against the tree. Staring up at the night sky.

He tensed when he heard an explosion, Ahsoka exchanged a worried glance with him then soundlessly scrambled up a nearby tree, by the time he had slowly gotten to his feet, the surrounding soldiers had gotten up, blasters at hand, worried faces but ready for another attack.

He put his helmet on and placed a shaking hand on a pistol, prepared for battle, knowing this would be his last.

He almost jumped when Ahsoka landed lightly on the ground to his left.

"Are they here?" he asked.

She stared up at him, her face twisted with emotion. "No, it isn't, it's the 'Blockhouse.' It's blown up, flames are everywhere, I can see it even from here." her eyes sparked happily, "It's Master Kenobi, he must've finished the mission!"

Obi indeed did finish the mission.

He was fleeing with his soldiers, not knowing which direction they were running, not knowing they were going in the direction that led to Skywalker.

Obi stopped, leaning against a tree, his usually slicked back hair was ruffled, and soot covered his body. He heard droids approaching them, he reeled around, grabbing for his lightsaber, but stopped short when his hand clenched empty air.

"General!" Cody called from his side, he threw something that glinted silver in the moonlight, catching his lightsaber, he lit it.

The droids poured out, too many.

He gritted his teeth, "Can the troops run?!" he yelled.

"We'd follow you anywhere sir!" called an orange soldier in front of him.

Nodding his head, a sad smile playing loosely on his soot and mud covered face, "Then we must run."

They turned and ran.

Exploding into a small clearing they stopped for a split second, catching their breath.

Obi widened his eyes, "My! What happened here?!"

The clearing was littered with droid bodies and clones alike, but what turned over his stomach the most was the fact that their armor was-underneath the blood, mud, and soot-blue and white.

The 501st.

Cody walked slowly over to him, and pointed at the skeleton of a walker. Obi turned to look at another farther away, still burning.

"This is...bad." Boiler moaned a little to his left.

"What happened?" Crys exclaimed, taking off his helmet.

Cody looked back, "They aren't following sir, the droids, what should we do...Sir?" But Obi wasn't listening, he was getting to the ground and crossing his legs.

"I need to...meditate. Perhaps I'll find an explanation to all this." he tried to tell himself.

Cody nodded, "Scout the area...we...need.to..." but all was fading as Obi closed off his mind...

...Obi opened his eyes to find himself miles away, in another clearing, this one with giant trees with houses and stairs draped heavily across their branches.

He looked to his left as he heard angry voices, a few yards off, Anakin was speaking lowly to a woman with long red hair and curled ram-like horns. She was staring at the ground and a defeated expression on her face. A little ways away was a pacing ARC trooper,-Echo-Anakin shouted something inaudible at him and he ran to a large door, vanishing into the night...

...Obi opened his eyes to see he was alone, except for Waxer who was sitting on a jutting root, absently fingering the bandages on his right forearm, his face covered in ash. He looked up at his general, a question sparking in his eyes.

Obi smiled and got to his feet, reaching out a robed hand to the soldier and heaved him to his feet.

"Any news?" a voice asked behind them, Obi turned to see Cody walking up, his usually bright brown eyes dark with worry. His eyebrows were furrowed together, making his scar on his temple scrunch down.

"They are well." Obi stated, he stared into the forest, in the direction of the city he knew he had seen. "We just have to find them."

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