The Tiny Commander

Aftermath

The ship landed onto the planet and Anakin stepped off the ship into the warm air, he squinted his eyes as they adjusted to the bright light. When he had received the Comm for Rex, a wave of dread washed over him and his mind automatically went to the worst, but he could hear the urgency in Rex's voice, if Ahsoka had gotten hurt or worse he would have sounded different. His eyes surveyed the scene, there were a group of clones still helping out with the clean-up, while Rex, Fives and a number of others were huddled together.

Anakin frowned and walked towards his men, "Rex, what's going on?"

Rex jumped at the sound of his General's voice, he turned around to face him while his back was covering Kix. "Sir" He nodded, "As I said we have a bit situation"

"What kind of situation?"

"Well, before we show you Sir, I have to warn you it is a bit of a shock"

Anakin quirked an eyebrow, but Rex didn't say anymore, instead he moved out of the way and allowed Anakin to view what was behind him. At first it didn't seem like anything was out of place, Kix seemed to be cradling a pile of clothes while Fives, Echo and Jesse surrounded him. He opened his mouth to ask Rex to explain when he saw the pile of clothes in Kix's arms move.

"Did those clothes just move?!"

Rex bit back a chuckle, it probably wasn't the best time to make a joke about his General being scared by a pool of clothes moving.

Anakin stepped closer to Kix and on closer view he could see the pile of clothes belonged to his Padawan, his heart practically leapt from his chest. If those were Ahsoka's clothes, where was Ahsoka? And was she running about the battlefield naked? He sighed and shook his head of the thought; he knew a number of the clones would love to see a naked woman in person but he would always ensure that it wouldn't be Ahsoka!

A small sound emitted from the clothes in Kix's arms, Anakin leaved over and peered down into them, not quite sure what to expect, but he definitely didn't expect to find a toddler sized Togruta laying in Kix's arms.

"Snips?" He whispered

Ahsoka beamed up at her Skyguy on front of her, she was still aware of where she was and who everyone was, but that blasted cannon from the Separatists transformed her back into her younger self. She lifted her hands-on front of her face and marvelled at how small they were, she closed them into fists and reopened them, giggling to herself at the absurdity of it all.

Anakin turned to Rex with a bewildered look on his face, "What in the kriff happened down here?!"

Rex sighed, "We were in the middle of a battle, sir. We had wiped the droids out and the area was clear, the men were just beginning the clean up when Commander Tano froze, she seemed to feel something through the force. A disturbance I think, she moved into attack position, myself and the men followed suit, she must have been able to see something we weren't able to as she yelled at us to run, which we all did following her orders. Then there was canon fire and a blast of light, when we came round again there was this hole in the middle of the ground but no sign of the Commander. It wasn't until we looked down that we found her. It seems the Seppies have created a new kind of weapon, Sir"

Anakin sighed and pinched his nose with his forefinger and thumb, "Great, just great. This is all we need! We're in the middle of the battle and somehow they've managed to create another new weapon which is going to create an even more of a problem if they manage to use this on all of the Jedi"

"So what's the plan sir?" Fives asked, his eyes glancing down at Ahsoka who was now playing with her lekku

Anakin paused for a moment, thinking of their options, the best one would be to take out that new super weapon whatever it was, the galaxy was in enough turmoil as it was and they didn't need hundreds or thousands of little Jedi's running around, the Younglings and Padawan's already had that covered. "We're going to need some time but we're going to take that weapon out" His eyes fell onto his Padawan, he smiled slightly at the sight of her big eyes staring up at him. "We're also going to need to find out how long this lasts, or how to transform her back"

A chorus of "Sir, yes, Sir" rang out into the empty clearing.

"For now continue with your clean-up, then we'll move back and create a perimeter, we need to be out of their sight so they can't fire that thing off again"

Rex nodded, he ordered the men into various duties until it was just him and Kix left with the General and their now tiny Commander. "Sir, what should we do about Commander Tano?"

Anakin sighed and looked down at the small Togruta in Kix's arms, "The best thing to do is for Kix to check her over, there doesn't seem to be any signs of injury but it wouldn't hurt just to check for internal injuries, god knows what else that weapon has done. Kix and Rex you can both go back to the ship with Ahsoka, I'll watch over the men and comm you once we have a plan"

"Sir, yes, sir"

With their orders given, Kix and Rex made their way back to the ship that Anakin had landed in, it would take them back to the Resolute until they were called to return land side. Kix shifted slightly and changed Ahsoka's position so she was up right, her chest against his shoulder and she was able to look over his shoulder, she giggled and waved to all the passing clones who stared at her in amusement before giving their own wave and carrying on with their duties.

All Rex and Kix knew currently, was that things were about to get extremely interesting.