Chapter 5

"I can sense her Obi-Wan, she is here, I know it" Anakin was all ready to storm the cave all by himself, but Obi-Wan, yet gain, had to restrain him

"There's no sense in getting killed Anakin. We need to confront Grievous together and let captain Rex take him men to look for Ahsoka" Obi-Wan turned towards Rex and told him the plan. Suddenly, there was a transmission coming through on the main hologram projector, and there appeared Count Dooku.

"Count Dooku, of course" Anakin growled

"Ah, Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Master Anakin Skywalker, how pleased I am that you're finally here" he said "I think I have something of yours, Togruta, female, ring any bells?"

"If you have my padawan, prove it!" Anakin said to him not wanting to believe that Dooku had her

"I thought you might ask that, I'm afraid you can't see her at the moment, she's...indisposed at the moment, so I brought you her headdress" he held up what Anakin and Obi-Wan new to be her akul headdress "pretty isn't it, I took this from her very own head. It would be a waste for it not to be able to be put back in its rightful place wouldn't it?" he said suggestively to the Jedi

"What do you want Dooku" Obi-Wan said

"Well, for exchange of the padawan, I ask only for the Kolto that you took from Manaan. That's why we were there, to get it, but I'm afraid you got there first. Fair is fair, padawan for Kolto. You choose" he leant back crossing his arms, waiting for them to continue

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but we don't have it. We tried to find some, but all we found were empty containers. You can't hold Ahsoka forever Dooku. We will find her, and we will take her" Anakin stated

"Well. You had your chance, I'm afraid we will have to dispose of the Togruta then, there are a few people living on this block of ice that would pay handsomely for a new slave girl, especially one so..Young, so much life ahead of her. Pity it will be the life of a slave" Dooku said, before turning off the hologram

"we have to get her back! I'm not letting her have that life, no way" Anakin said to Obi-Wan, fury etched all over his face

"yes I know, we'll pack up the gear, get the troops together and go find her" Obi-Wan replied, watching as Anakin nodded his head and stalk up to get the troops together being a slave himself, I'm not surprised by his reaction. I hope we do find her, if we don't, Anakin would not be able to live with himself. Shaking his head, Obi-Wan went off and gathered up the gear.

Once the supplies had been gathered up and the troops rallied, Obi-Wan, Anakin and Rex's company went towards the cave entrance, hiding behind snow flurries the Jedi made using the force.

"Find her Rex" Anakin commanded, letting the snow fall

"Yes sir, don't worry" Rex replied, his special team gathered, and raising their guns, they leapt towards the entrance, Obi-Wan and Anakin igniting their lightsabers.

Before the droids even noticed them, Anakin and Obi-Wan had already swung their lightsabers towards them and cut them in half, before thrusting towards the other droids who were unpacking boxes. Anakin saw Rex and 6 other troopers running towards a tunnel that went downwards and continued to destroy droids as he goes along, a group of super droids stopped him in his path, but, using the force, he pulled them towards another group of droids that were shooting at Obi-Wan, disabling them all and letting them both carry on going forward.

Ahead of them were some fuel containers that Anakin lifted up using the force and threw them towards the droids, an unknown clone trooper shot at them causing an explosion that rattled the cave.

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Ahsoka was jarred awake by Grievous opening her cell doors and dragging her out by her arm, too cold and weak to stand and resist, she let him, wondering where he was taking her to now. That's when she noticed that she could hear laser shots and explosions from somewhere above her head, noticing her inhale sharply, Grievous quickened his pace.

"Yes, you have a little rescue party, Dooku instructed me to get you out of here and into the hands of the pirates. The quicker I get rid of you the sooner I can get out of here"

"Coward" she muttered, earning her another tug on the arm, causing her to wince as the movement tugged at her sore muscles.

They made it to a door that led to the outside; they met with a group of droids.

"We have your craft ready for you general" one of them said

"Good, now get out of my way" he said as they heard laser shots behind them in the passageway. As he dragged her inside the little cruiser, Ahsoka thought she heard her name being called before the door closed and they sped off into the great, white expanse.

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Rex and his small team made it down into the dungeons, but they were all empty.

"Dammit" Rex swore before seeing tracks that looked like a large droid dragging behind him something.

He ran after the tracks, worried that Ahsoka couldn't walk herself. They ran through lots of winding corridors, hearing random explosions from up above and laser shots being fired. Rex wanted to join the battle but was more anxious about finding Ahsoka. He remembered the way that Anakin said 'find her' to him, so forcefully.

They finally made their way to a door that led to the outside; they saw a group of droids flanking a small ship that was being entered by Grievous dragging Ahsoka by one of her arms.

They shot at the droids to try to get through to the ship

"Kid! Ahsoka!" Rex shouted before the door closed. Rex growled and went after them, attempting to shoot out one of the engines but they were already too far away for the shots to be in range. They admitted defeat and began shooting at the droids who were blocking the entrance to get back in. Once they were inside the building, they went to aid the Jedi in the battle. On the way, Rex thought he could hear a small speeder outside. He hurried back to the battle, shooting at droids left and right to get back to the main cave.

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As Anakin slashed through a couple of droids, he noticed Rex coming out from one of the tunnels, what he also noticed was that Ahsoka wasn't with him, he moved even faster, slashed even quicker, just so he can get to Rex and question him.

About 15 minutes had passed before the cave was empty except for the Jedi and Rex and his clones. Obi-Wan went off to find Dooku and to see if there were any more droids. Anakin walked over to Rex, who was checking the pulse of a trooper before rising up and shaking his head. He took off his helmet and walked towards Anakin.

"I'm sorry sir, they had too much time, and Grievous took her in a shuttle which we couldn't get to in time."

"so you saw her? How was she?"

Rex sighed deeply "not good I'm afraid sir, she couldn't walk herself and she didn't have any other type of clothing on so I'm guessing that she'll be nearly frozen to death"

Anakin clenched his fists

"Also, we think we heard a speeder outside"

"I'm afraid you did" said Obi-Wan, walking into the room "Dooku is missing, there aren't any droids left, he must have used these as a distraction to get away from here, and I think we should check out the nearby settlements. People are bound to know if there is a young Togruta slave, they live in a warm climate so would usually stay far away from here. We'll pack up the gear and get moving, I'm starting to get very anxious now, and if I heard you correctly Rex, then Ahsoka isn't in the best shape" he added grimly

Anakin was also very anxious to get moving, he didn't like what Rex said at all and regretted asking the question. Hold on snips, where on our way. Just hold on a little longer