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…beep…

…beep…beep…

What was that?

…beep…beep…beep…

What happened?

A rusty blur was all she could see.

Her head ached, the pain echoing throughout her whole body.

Ahsoka groaned as she sat up, one hand to her head.

What had happened?

In a flash, she remembered.

Screaming.

Fire.

The galaxy being torn apart.

Anakin.

No.

Desperately, Ahsoka reached for the bond, only to find the shredded, tattered remains drifting in the Force.

No.

Tears filled her eyes, slipping down her cheeks as she tried not to make a sound.

A beep caught her attention. There was a message on her comm, from Obi-Wan.

"This is Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. I regret to report that both our Jedi Order and the Republic have fallen, with the dark shadow of the Empire rising in their place. This message is a warning and a reminder for any surviving Jedi. Trust in the Force. Do not return to the Temple. That time has passed, and our future is uncertain. We will each be challenged. Our trust, our faith, our friendships, but we must persevere. And in time, a new hope will emerge. May the Force be with you. Always."

Dazed, Ahsoka looked around and realized she was in orbit around a moon, only a short distance from the Mustafar system.

She had been too late.

Ahsoka quickly wiped her eyes and set the computer to take her back home.

The blue of hyperspace helped calm her. Hyperspace had always helped calm Anakin too. The infinite galaxy, no end in sight, he always liked –

Had liked.

He always had liked it.

He was gone.

Anakin was gone.

Ahsoka's anguished wail echoed around her ship as she fell to her knees.

Rex

Rex sighed as he trudged through forest. The villagers had kindly told him that Ahsoka, or rather, the mysterious Togruta, lived in the woods, just past the river.

Rex just hoped she was still there.

After about another hour of trudging, Rex came upon the river. It wasn't too wide, and there were stepping stones to get across it.

Once across, he walked with renewed vigor. He'd find her soon.

A half mile away from the river, he came across a small, humble, cottage. It was small, modest.

Just like a Jedi, Rex thought fondly.

He walked up to the door, faintly nervous. What if he was too late?

No. He couldn't be. Ahsoka was a good fighter, there was no way she'd been taken out.

Rex removed his helmet and contemplated the cottage for a minute.

Then, taking a deep breath, he knocked on the door.

There was no answer.

He knocked again.

Nothing.

No!

Before he could knock a third time, he heard a sound he'd be able to identify anywhere.

A lightsaber igniting.

Rex whipped around, only to be met with a green blade to his throat and a very familiar face glaring at him.

"Ahso-"

"How could you?" She snarled. Her eyes were faintly red, and she looked exhausted.

"I-"

"Why, Rex? Why did you come here? Wanted to make sure the job was done?!"

Fear seized Rex's heart. Fear, and concern, for the young woman in front of him.

"No!" He cried.

She stopped for a second, wavering.

"Then…then why are you here?!"

"I wanted to make sure you were okay!"

Her eyes, wide with surprise, suddenly narrowed.

"Why should I believe you?" She hissed. "You betrayed us! You and the others!"

"Ahsoka-"

"You and the others turned on us! You marched on the Temple! You shot us in the back! You killed Anakin!"

Rex's helmet hit the ground with a dull thud.

"General Skywalker's dead?" Rex gasped, staring at Ahsoka in disbelief.

She stopped, voice catching in her throat.

"Ahsoka, please." Rex begged. "I didn't betray you, I promise. I would never."

Ahsoka scrutinized him for a long while.

"You're telling the truth." She realized quietly, feeling his sincerity in the Force.

Rex didn't reply as she deactivated her lightsaber.

"I-" but her voice failed her.

Without warning, she lunged at Rex, wrapping her arms around him desperately, wanting someone to still be alright.

She burst into fresh tears as Rex held her.

"I didn't-Anakin-the others-I couldn't-I felt-"

"Shhh. It's okay ad'ika. It's okay."

After a few minutes, she managed to pull herself together.

"Sorry." She said, wiping her eyes.

"It's okay."

"Come in." She opened the door to her cottage, and they walked in.

There were two chairs, and Rex took one, looking around as he did so. The cottage held mostly just necessities, but there was a small collection of holopics on the dresser.

"What happened?" She asked. Rex sighed.

"It's a long story, one that actually started a while ago, with Fives."

"Fives?"

"Yes."

Rex hesitated for a second.

"You see, it was a mission to take a Seppie base. One of the men, Tup was acting weird. During the battle, he…snapped. Killed General Tiplar."

Ahsoka's eyes widened with shock.

"When we tried finding out what happened, the only thing Tup would say was 'good soldiers follow orders', over and over again. We got a ship to send him back to Kamino, but the Seppies attacked the ship and took Tup. Fives, General Skywalker, and I followed. We got there just in time for a rescue. Fives went with Tup to Kamino. The long necks said that Tup had some sort of trauma…Fives didn't believe them. I found out later, that he conducted his own investigation, and found some sort or tumor in Tup's head. Digging around more, he discovered that it was actually an inhibitor chip." Rex took a deep breath. "Then he found out all the clones have one. He tried to tell us, but" Rex's fist clenched. "We didn't…we didn't believe him." Rex swallowed. "Back on Corrie, Fox shot him. He…he died in my arms, happy, because the nightmares would finally stop."

A hand covered his own, making him look up. "I'm sorry." Ahsoka whispered.

A small shake of his head.

"I knew Fives was absolutely convinced about what he found. I had Kix look into it, secretly. He removed mine," Rex gestured to the small scar on the side of his head. "And I removed his."

"Where is Kix?"

"He stayed behind, to help as much as he could. Said he wanted to try and smuggle Jedi out."

Rex paused. "We were on Utapau, with General Kenobi when the order went out."

"Order?"

"Order 66." Rex spat. "An order that made every clone instantly see the Jedi as traitors to the Republic, and made them fire on sight."

"That's when…when I felt it through the Force." Ahsoka said. Rex looked away.

"I'm sorry."

"You didn't do anything."

"Still."

They were silent for a minute.

"So, you were on Utapau?"

Rex nodded. "Once the others left, I deactivated the life sensors in my armor, got a ship, and came looking for you. I wanted to make sure you stayed safe."

Ahsoka smiled faintly.

"Thank you Rex. I'm sorry about outside."

"It's fine, Commander."

Ahsoka chuckled briefly, at the title.

"What about you?" Rex asked.

Ahsoka looked down.

"I was here when I first felt something was wrong." She said. "I could fell Jedi dying by the thousands. I ran for my ship, wanting to…help, I guess." She looked back up. "While I was flying, I received two messages, three actually. The first said that the war was over, and for all Jedi to return to Coruscant. The next two were from Obi-Wan. They were warnings, a personal one, and a broadcasted one, to not return, to tell us that the Order had…fallen. The personal warning he gave me, he told me the clones had betrayed us, and that he was going to look for Anakin. I could feel I was needed on Mustafar, so I started there, but before I could reach the system…" she swallowed. "Obi-Wan had told me that Chancellor Palpatine was actually the Sith Lord, and was behind the whole war. He had an apprentice, Darth Vader, who had marched on the Temple, and was hunting down Jedi."

"The Chancellor?"

Ahsoka nodded.

"I was almost to the system!" She cried. "And then I…I….I felt him die, Rex. I felt Anakin die!"

"Do you know what happened?"

"No." Ahsoka said miserably. "I assume it was Vader, or Palpatine, Sidious I should say, himself. I just…I can't believe he's gone!"

"Me either, ad'ika. Me either."

They were quiet for a moment before Ahsoka spoke.

"What now?"

"What?"

Ahsoka looked up at him. "What now, Rex? What do we do? An ex-Jedi and a former soldier? With an evil Empire rising?"

Rex shrugged. "Raise a little hell?"