I know I pretty much disappeared off the face of the universe & I don't really have any other excuse for not updating than procrastination..but I'm back! And I've rewritten the first chapter, might be a bit confusing,so uh, yeah..

Ahsoka skidded to a stop in the center of the room and quickly looked around. It was a small cell, mostly bare, framed by the typical Imperial drab gray walls. There was a small boy huddled in the corner, clutching some kind of blanket. As Ahsoka got closer, she realized it was a jacket. The boy looked up, startled.

Pale hair and blue eyes.

Luke Skywalker.

When command had informed Ahsoka she would be rescuing a child, she hadn't expected him to be this young. He looked so small and fragile. His surname alone spoke volumes, but she wondered what the Empire could possibly want with this boy.

Luke tried to shuffle farther into the corner. The expression on his face showed his fear and confusion. But there was trigger-happy stormtroopers running down the corridor, alarms ringing, and no time for introductions.

She crouched down and held out a hand to him."Luke, it's okay, I'm here to get you out of this place."

Luke didn't budge, he just clutched the jacket tighter. But at this point, Ahsoka couldn't blame the boy for having trust issues.

"Luke, we don't have much time." She nodded towards the corridor,"It's me or them."

Ahsoka continued to shuffle down the air vent with Luke following closely behind. After a few minutes of tense, awkward silence, her comlink crackled to life for the umpteenth time.

"Where are you?" Rex's irritated voice came through the small device.

"I'm almost there, would you stop freaking out,"Ahsoka whispered as nicely as she could. Her montrals still rang from the blaring alarms of the Imperial base she was still in the process of escaping from.

"You said that ten minutes ago."

"Hey, I'd like to see you try to fit through these things!" She shot back. Despite Ahsoka's relatively slim figure, the ventilation shaft was barely wide enough for her to squeeze through.

Needless to say, Luke was having a much better time getting around.

Rex was growing restless waiting on the ship. He was completely wiped out of things to say and decided to ask Ahsoka the obvious, just to spite her,"Did you get the kid?"

He waited, with a slightly amused look on his face, for her response.

"You really think I'd leave without the only reason we're on this miserable planet in the first place?"

"l was just checking-"

Ahsoka yanked her comm link off her wrist and tossed it behind her. It landed with a small clunk. Stopping in his tracks a small, slightly traumatized-looking, Luke.

"Luke, talk to the nice man and try to shut him up, won't you?" She continued to crawl down the air vent.

Luke gingerly picked up the device, holding it like it was about to explode,''Um, Hi?"

Without Rex constantly bombarding her with questions, Ahsoka had a few moments to reflect on her current predicament...

How do I always manage to get myself into these types of things?

Ahsoka had endured far worse during her years as a padawan, but now the Empire made the Clone Wars seem like the 'good old days,' where everything was just so...easy.

I couldn't be normal for once. I just had to come rescue this Skywalker boy.

Yet she couldn't blame her curiosity for wondering who this boy, that curiously bore her former masters surname, was.

I wonder..

She glanced over her shoulder, catching a wisp of his face.

..They have the same eyes.

She snapped back into reality, reminding herself that part of her life was a long time ago. That it was long gone.

Regardless of what she said, her heart still gain a few pounds, so much had changed.

Taking a breath and a steeling her resolve, Ahsoka continued making her way through the dark, gloomy air shaft.

Just keep moving forward...

Many bumps, scratches, and muttered curses later, Ahsoka saw horizontal rows of light seeping in through the outside panel of the ventilation shaft.

"Finally," She muttered.

After carefully unhooking the panel, she unceremoniously plopped down onto the ground. The planets two continents were mostly composed of thick jungles and extremely hot temperatures. Ahsoka dusted herself off and turned to tell Luke to hurry, until she realized Luke and Rex were talking about her 'short temper.'

Ahsoka let out a breath,"Boys." She snatched the comm link from Luke and slid the air shafts panel back into place.

"Rex where's the ship?"

The former captain replied quickly, clearly not wanting to spend any more time on the planet than necessary,"If your heading in the right direction, it should be two klicks away."

Ahsoka walked over to some nearby bushes. After removing a camouflaged net, she unearthed a handle and flung it open, revealing a small hidden compartment dug into the ground.

"Yeah, and the right way is heading towards the..."

Luke watched in awe as she reached in and pulled out a speeder bike. How did she know that was there, he wondered.

"The north, Ahsoka! The north!"

"Got it! You know, there's no need to yell." Ahsoka said, she climbed on and started up the speeder bike, motioning Luke to get on too.

He walked over and precariously placed his left foot on the bikes foot rest. Luke gripped the back end of the seat, and was about to hoist himself up on the bike, before he hesitated. As if just realizing he had entrusted his life to a complete stranger.

Rex's voice rang through again,"Hurry,I think I see a patrol heading towards the ship.."

Before the young boy could object, Ahsoka pulled him onto the speeder bike and took off at gravity defying speeds. He let out a yelp of surprise and scrambled to hold on. There was a blur of trees and dirt. It was over just as fast as it began.

Ahsoka faintly heard a few blaster shots in the background, before hearing Rex's voice,"Ahsoka, where are you?!"

Luke and Ahsoka stopped in front of a light freighter. It was circular in shape, with bulky engines, and a pod shaped cockpit seemingly attached to its starboard side. This almost seemed surreal to Luke. He spent months cooped up in a cell, alone, confused, kept in the dark. Completely abandoned..and out of nowhere, these strangers come to rescue him? Why didn't anybody come sooner? Did they not try to find him? He felt tears start to well up in his eyes. And what about Daol..? Did they not care?

Luke was knocked out of his train of thoughts when he almost ran right into Ahsoka. He hadn't realized he'd numbly followed her up the boarding ramp and into the cockpit of the ship until she spoke to the man in the pilots seat,"Rex-"

His back was still turned, he spoke into the ships comlink."We have to go now! It won't be long before they-"

"Rex-" She tried again.

"Ahsoka,we have to leave-"

"Rex!" She shook his shoulder. "I'm right behind you!"

Rex turned,"Oh." He cleared his throat,"You should've just said that."

"I did."

"No, you didn't-"

"Hey!" Luke shouted, gaining their attention. "I don't know who you are or what you do, but can you please, just get me back to a rebel base!"

Ahsoka and Rex exchanged glances. "Uh, sure that's what we were gonna do anyways. Where to,kid?" Rex asked. He swerved in the pilots seat and warmed up the hyperdrive.

Luke thought back to the name of the planet Daol had spent hours making sure he memorized,"Dantooine."