THE NEW CLONE WAR

by Gunman

Disclaimer: I do not own Spider-Man, Star Wars The Clone Wars, or their characters.

Summery: Peter and Ahsoka get trapped on a runaway freighter headed for Tatooine.

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Chapter 3
Runaway Freighter

(Planet Teth, Space above The B'omarr Monastery)

The cargo freighter shook and jostled as it flew through the atmosphere of Teth. They were flying past the monastery, which was already taking fire.

We're not taking fire, but this thing is still rattling around so much it's likely gonna fall apart any second. Ahsoka thought as she and R2 flew the freighter through the skies.

They looked down to see that Anakin had rejoined Captain Rex and his remaining men even as they were surrounded by the battle droids in the court yard.

But they didn't seem to be backing down.

Ahsoka knew that Rex and his men could hold their own, but with a Jedi Knight on their side they were sure to win.

Too much heat down there. Ahsoka thought. Can't land anywhere.

"This Huttlet looks a little sicker than he did before." Spider-Man said as he held the small slug in his arms while seated next to Ahsoka.

"Get in back and find some medical supplies. Maybe this rust bucket has something." Ahsoka said as he continued to pilot.

Spider-man got up and took the Huttlet with him.

"R2! I'm gonna need help flying this thing!" Ahsoka said. "This is not what I'm used to."

The little astro-droid beeped in affirmation and went to the back of the cockpit, where the droid-interface was. He plugged himself in and started beeping to Ahsoka.

"Right. That's helpful. Thanks, Artooie."

Meanwhile...

"'Get in back and find some medical supplies', she says. Right. Easy. Does anyone bother to ask the guy who's from another universe if he knows what to look for?" he groused as he walked to the back of the ship.

Looking around what looked like a medical bay, Spider-Man began poking around the room, until he punched a button that activated a hologram of a robot.

"Huh? Oh... Greetings. I am the holo-medical droid." the holo-droid said.

"Incredible! An interactive-holographic medical program." Spider-Man gasped.

"Yes. What is the nature of your emergency?" the holo-droid asked.

"Uh, it's this little guy. I think he's sick." Spider-Man said as he set the Huttlet down on the table.

A light washed over the little Hutt, as if scanning him.

"Hmm. Yes. Oh. I see. You will need to feed him one of these medical booster tablets. It should stabilize his condition. If you have any other problems, please consult an actual medical droid." the hologram said as a small pod ejected from the wall.

Spider-Man grabbed it and held up what looked like a PEZ-dispenser, ejecting a brown looking pill from it.

"Thanks, doc." Spider-Man said.

"You're welcome." the holo-droid said before it vanished.

"The future is so convenient." he said as he picked up the Huttlet. "Okay, little guy. Got something for you." he said as he tried to feed the pill to the fussy Hutt. "Oh, no. You're gonna take it and like it, otherwise, we're all in a lot of trouble." he said.

Spider-Man slipped the pill into the Hutts mouth, the little slug gulping it down somewhat hurriedly. He gave a little burp and a gas cloud escaped from his mouth.

"Whew! Hope that's not a regular thing for you." Spider-Man said as he swatted the gas cloud from his face.

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(Cargo Ship)

"We need to get out of here!" Ahsoka said.

BEEP, BEEP!

"Huh? What?" she asked as R2 patched in the communicator. "Uh, thanks Artooie?"

("Ahsoka! What's going on? Are you on that... thing?") Anakin shouted over the communicator.

"Yes. And I'm not feeling very optimistic about my chances here!" Ahsoka said aloud.

("What are you doing? I told you to stay put!") Anakin snapped.

"We were attacked! By Ventress! We had to pull out or we would have been killed!" Ahsoka snapped back, keeping the fact that Spider-Man had successfully battled, and annoyed, Ventress.

("Are you alright? What about the Huttlet? Are R2 and Spider-Man with you?")

"All safe and sound." she said.

BOOM! POW! BANG!

"For the moment at least. I need to get out of here!" she said.

("Ahsoka! You cannot leave this system without me!")

"I might not have a choice, Master." she said as the ship was fired upon again. "We're taking a lot of hits up here!"

("Get to the Cruiser that dropped off Obi-Wan and his men! I'll rendevous with you there!")

"Copy That!" she said.

BOOM!

"If I can." she said to herself. "How the heck did they know we were in this thing?"

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(Monastery Hallway, several minutes earlier)

Obi-Wan Kenobi raced into the large temple hoping to intercept Ventress, knowing that she was here and was after the Hutt.

He disabled two super battle droids before he paused at seeing the pale-skinned, bald-headed woman round the corner, running at him at full speed.

"Hello, Ventress. I..." he started to say.

"Out Of My Way, Kenobi!" she shouted as she rushed passed the Jedi.

"What?" he gasped, confused at her actions.

"I've Got More Important People To Kill Than You!" she shouted, racing out to the main courtyard.

"Well, that's insulting." he said as his Force-senses picked up on what she was feeling. Incredible! I can feel her anger and frustration. I've never felt such intense emotions like this before. It's like... sheer annoyance and irritation? Directed at... Spider-Man? he mentally gasped. What did he do to earn such vehement hate from her? he wondered as he chased after her.

"All Fighters! Attack that cargo freighter! Bring It Down!" Ventress snapped into her communicator.

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(Present time)

("Ahsoka, what's happening?") Anakin shouted though the communicator.

"We took a hit! Circuits are overloading! The navi-computer just activated the hyper-drive!" Ahsoka shouted back.

("You have to shut it down!")

"No can do, master! Circuits are badly damaged! The system isn't responding! And I can't shut the engines down or we'll drop! There's only one option. R2! Program the coordinates for Tatooine!" she shouted.

("Ahsoka! You can't go to Tatooine without me!")

"I don't have a choice in this, master! This rust-bucket's going whether I want it to or not! The only thing I can do is point it in the right direction!" she said.

("Can you eject the engines core?")

"Are you kidding? I can't even find the temperature readout on this thing!"

("Bail Out!")

"At this height? Are You Nuts?"

("Ahsoka, you can't...")

"Sorry, master!"

R2 beeped.

"Thanks, R2! Coordinates Set!"

(AHSOKA!)

WHOOSH!

"I don't believe this!" Anakin snapped.

"What's wrong, sir?" Rex asked.

"Ahsoka just took that junky freighter to Tatooine. Without Me!" he growled.

"Was she alone?" Obi-Wan asked as he joined them in the courtyard.

"No. R2 was with her. And Spider-Man." Anakin said.

"At least she has help." Rex said.

"That's not a big comfort, Rex." he said.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Ventress shouted in anger, her Force-powers surging and blasting several droids in the area to pieces.

Anakin, Obi-Wan and Rex just looked at her in confusion.

"What's her problem?" Anakin asked.

"Spider-Man got away." Obi-Wan said.

They looked again and saw that Ventress was gone.

"Should we go after her?" Rex asked.

"No. We'll deal with her another day. We have to get to Tatooine now!" Anakin said.

"We've still got a mess here to clean up. Sorry to say, Ahsoka and the others are on their own." Obi-Wan said. "For now."

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(Hyper Space)

The commandeered freighter was speeding through hyper space, it's four passengers faintly aware of the dangers ahead of them.

"How's the Hutt?" she asked.

"Getting better. He's got his color back." he said.

"Good."

"How's the ship?" he asked.

"Feels like it's about to come apart at the seams, but other than that..."

"Great!" he said sarcastically.

"I hate to say this, but I'm gonna need your help. More than ever before. Much, much more." she said.

"Yeah. I kinda get that." he replied. "So... where are we going?"

"The planet is called Tattooine. It's a desert planet which is controlled by The Hutts."

"Who are gangsters." he said.

"Yes." she replied.

"And why are we doing this, exactly?" he asked.

"If we return Jabba The Hutts son, then they will allow us free passage through their territories. Which is necessary for the war effort." she said.

"You don't sound convinced."

"I'm not. Criminals usually can't be trusted."

"Right. Anything else I should know?" he asked.

"About the planet?" she asked.

"Yeah."

"Well, I've only heard about Tattooine, but aside from the Hutts, there are these people called Sand People who live there. Some call them Tuskin Raiders. They are basically nomadic bandits who take whatever they want. The Jawas who live there as well are basically scavengers who sell anything they can get their hands on. There are also a few settlements and space ports which are havens for criminals, mercs and other assorted scum in the galaxy. People who don't want to be found."

"Sounds wonderful." he said sarcastically.

"The only other known people who live there are moisture farmers."

"Moisture farmers?" he asked.

"Yeah. They use moisture vaporators which extract water from the atmosphere, which they sell to make a living."

"Huh. Cool."

RATTLE!

"Uh-oh! Sounds like the panels are coming loose." Ahsoka said.

Suddenly two of the overhead panel plates came loose, which Spider-Man caught with his quick reflexes.

"Nice catch!" Ahsoka said.

"Thanks. I'll get it." Spider-Man said as he put the Huttlet into a backpack and set him on the co-pilot seat, then leapt up onto the ceiling and started to rewire the circuits and replace the panels.

"So, can I ask you a question?" Ahsoka asked.

"Only if I can ask you one." Spider-Man said.

"Sure."

"Okay, shoot."

"When we were back at the monastery, I noticed that you had some hesitation when we mentioned the word 'clone'. Is there a reason for that?"

"Uh... yeah." he sighed.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but... I am a little curious." she said.

"Well... back in my world, one of my enemies cloned me as a means to try and get rid of me. He created nearly an army of me. Two of them actually evolved into being more independent than the others. One of them was like my brother and the other was kinda like my aggressive and antagonistic sibling. They kinda became like family to me."

"Really? Wow."

"Yeah. Ben, who was the clone who was like my brother, and Kaine, who was the antagonistic sibling, were both killed by my enemies on my world, and... well, it was a deep hurt." he said.

"I... I'm sorry to hear that." she said.

"Yeah. I was sorry to see them go." he replied.

"What was your question?" Ahsoka asked.

"Well, back on Teth, you called Anakin 'Master'. Is that a religious thing, or something?"

"Sort of. Anakin is my master and I am his padawan."

"Padawan?"

"His apprentice. He's basically my teacher in the Jedi Order."

"Oh. Okay. That makes sense."

"You have something like that on your world?"

"Yes. There are several places on my world where the master-apprentice relationship is still active. Mostly in places like Kun-Lun and Kamar-Taj, places that teach the mystic arts to various people."

"The mystic arts?" she asked.

"Basically, magic. They tap energies from various other dimensions in order to preform various techniques, such as attacks, defenses, healing and even spying. But I've noticed that you Jedi use The Force, which appears to be akin to telekinesis. IE, the ability to move objects with your mind."

"Yes, but it can be used to accomplish other things." she said.

"Like what?"

"Influencing the thoughts of others, seeing into the future or the past, even healing other people."

"Neat. But... I'm guessing there are other things it could be used for?"

"What makes you think that?"

"Well, the Sith, for one."

"Good point." she said with a sigh. "You've already encountered Ventress. She's Count Dooku's apprentice and assassin. She was trained in the Jedi arts and has Force abilities which can be used to hurt people. However, a true master of the Sith, can do other things. Like shoot lightning from their hands."

"Really? Interesting." he said as he jumped down. "I know people who can do that exclusively."

"You're world sounds pretty interesting." she said.

"Well, you know the old saying, 'May You Live In Interesting Times'?" he asked as he picked up the Huttlet and set him on his lap.

"Yeah." she said.

"On my world, it's more of a curse than a blessing." he said.

"Huh. I can kinda see that. We're living in interesting times right now." she said.

Spider-Man suddenly pulled his mask off from his head, rubbing his hazel eyes and scratching his brown hair. It did tend to get a little itchy after a while. Ahsoka gasped as she saw his face.

He's cute! She thought and turned away from him to focus on piloting the cargo ship. She tried to pry her attention away from him, since it would only distract her, but found herself sneaking glances at him every so often.

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(Teth Monastery)

"We have to go after them!" Anakin said as the last battle droid was shot down and thus accounted for.

"What's really bothering you, Anakin?" Obi-Wan asked as he ordered the ships to come and pick them up.

"I just lost my padawan on my first mission." Anakin grumbled.

"Technically, it's your second mission." Obi-Wan said.

"Technically, I didn't accept her until after we had beaten the Separatists on Christophsis." he countered.

"We'll find them, Anakin." Obi-Wan said, but noticed something was wrong. "There's something else, isn't there?"

"She's alone with a guy we just met, and have no way of contacting her or getting to her in time." he said.

Obi-Wan could feel the frustrations oozing out of his former apprentice, but he knew that this was another thing Yoda said he had to learn.

"Some times a leap of faith is required before actual trust."

Anakin just glared at the older man.

"You're only saying that because we have no other options, right?"

"Precisely." he smiled.

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Authors Notes:

This chapter was a little short. But I wanted something to update. Something with Spider-Man in it, considering Spider-Man Homecoming just came out.

Don't worry, more is to come, but I've been pretty busy as of late. Hope everyone likes this.

I'm actually developing a more in-depth story involving Peter and Ahsoka, maybe a lemon or two, but that's for later.

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