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Battle of Christophsis seven years later…
"Retreat, Retreat!" the Separatist droids yelled, they pulled away as blue laser fire continued to rain upon them.
"They're pulling away," Anakin said in surprise. A small supply ship pulled over the battlefield,
"Looks like help has arrived," Obi-Wan added, R2 beeped excitedly, "Our cruiser must be back." the two Jedi walked towards the supply ship.
"Which means we'll be able to get our reinforcements," Anakin said,
"Then it looks like our problems are solved. Fresh troops, new supplies, and perhaps they brought my new padawan with them." Anakin looked at his former master in surprise.
"You really think it's a good idea to bring a padawan learner into all of this?"
"I spoke with Master Yoda about it. You should put in a request for one as well. You would make a good teacher."
"No, thanks," Anakin said chuckling to himself,
"Anakin, teaching is a privilege. And it's a part of a Jedi's responsibility to help train the next generation," he responded,
"A padawan would just slow me down," the large door to the supply ship, a young togruta girl walked down the ramp.
"A youngling?" Obi-Wan asked in surprise,
"And who are you supposed to be?" Anakin asked R2 beeped excitedly,
"I'm Ahsoka, Master Yoda sent me. I was told to tell both of you that you must get back to the Jedi temple immediately. There's an emergency." she informed them,
"In case you didn't notice, but we're in a bit of an emergency right here," Anakin said, motioning to the mess behind him.
"Yes, our communications have been a bit unreliable, but we've been calling for help," Obi-Wan noted,
"Master Yoda hadn't heard from you so he sent me to deliver the message," Ahsoka said, Anakin sighed,
"Oh great, they don't even know we're in trouble."
"Maybe you can relay a message from the cruiser that just dropped me off," Ahsoka suggested, Anakin and Obi-Wan made eye contact, before Obi-Wan nodded. They followed Ahsoka onto the ship,
"Excuse me!" a small girl pushed past them, shoving a communication pod with all her might. All the Jedi jumped out of the way it barreled through, "Sorry!" she pressed a few buttons on the pod, setting it down. "Coms have been spotty," she muttered flipping dirty-blond hair out of her face, Scipian markings on her forehead, she disappeared behind the com pod.
"And who are you?" Anakin asked she popped back up.
"I'm Esinon, nice to meet you," she said, giving a small wave. She looked to be a technician, it was abnormal to have one who wasn't a clone. Whoever this girl was, she was an absolute bundle of energy, both Jedi could sense it. Esinon flipped a few switches, she hit the button that would make the communication go through, a clone appeared on the pod, it glitched for a second, the familiar trooper voice crackling and buzzing. Esinon hit the side of the pod with the bottom of her palm, Anakin noticed the padawan braid hanging from the back of her head as well. That was strange, two of them? Anakin got distracted for a second, ignoring what Obi-Wan and the other clone were saying, he snapped back to reality,
"We are under heavy attack from the Separatists, but I'll try to make contact with the Jedi temple for you. Stand by." the clone walked away from the com, the four stared at each other awkwardly. A few agonizing seconds later Master Yoda appeared on the pod,
"Master Kenobi, glad Ahsoka found you I am." the old Jedi said,
"Master Yoda, we're trapped here, and vastly outnumbered. We are in no position to go anywhere or do anything. Our support ships have all been destroyed." Obi-Wan explained,
"Send reinforcements to you we will." the transmission crackled and glitched,
"Master Yoda? Master Yoda?"
"Srapa," Esinon grumbled, disappearing behind the pod again, she opened up a panel, pulling out some wires, "I'll try and get the transmission back, but the Separatists are jamming our communications." she pulled out a hydrospanner starting to adjust the frequency. "Try it now," Anakin pressed a button, the clone's transmission came back through.
"We lost communication to the temple sir," a few more troopers ran into the room,
"We need to leave orbit immediately, more enemy ships have just arrived. We'll get back to you as soon as we can." the transmission cut out.
"Well, I guess we'll have to hold out a little longer." Ahsoka looked around awkwardly since her job was finished. Esinon was busy trying to push the pod back on the ship.
"My apologies, young one. It's time for some proper introductions." Obi-Wan said walking over to Ahsoka,
"I'm the new padawan learner. I'm Ahsoka Tano," she responded,
"I'm Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're a new master."
"I'm at your service Master Kenobi, but I'm afraid I've actually been assigned to Master Skywalker," Ahsoka said,
"What? No, no, no," Anakin stuttered, "There must be a mistake, he's the one who wanted a padawan." he motioned to Obi-Wan,
"He has one, I've been assigned to Master Kenobi." Esinon piped up,
"And Master Yoda was very specific. I'm assigned to Anakin Skywalker, and he is to supervise my Jedi training." Ahsoka said,
"But that doesn't make any sense," Anakin said,
"We'll have to sort it out later, it won't be long before those droids figure out a way past our cannons," Obi-Wan said,
"I'll check on Rex in the lookout post," Anakin said starting to walk away,
"You'd better take her with you," Anakin rolled his eyes as Ahsoka followed after him. Esinon walked back out from the ship,
"We can do proper introductions now," he said,
"I'm Esinon Windcaster,"
"Obi-Wan Kenobi, your new master." he replied, "So how old are you?" This girl looked small, she had to be young.
"I'm twelve, I turn thirteen in a few months," she said, with a bounce in her step as they walked,
"Well, we better go check on Cody."
"212th right?" he nodded his head as they set off,
A few minutes later…
Esinon looked around at the large legion of troopers that were moving around preparing for battle,
"You run all this?" she asked in awe, Obi-Wan chuckled to himself,
"One day you will little one," a clone in orange came up, he noticed Esinon straighten up a little bit, the clones towering over her standing at about six foot, she looked to be about four-eight.
"How's it going, Cody?"
"Quiet, for now, sir. They're gearing up for another assault." Cody said he glanced at Esinon who was still taking in all the sights. "Who's the youngling?"
"I'm Master Kenobi's padawan," she stressed padawan, Obi-Wan could sense she knew she was extremely young to be a padawan, but Anakin was younger when he was starting to train. "The names Esinon Windcaster," she said offering her hand, Cody shook it,
"Commander Cody, well I guess Captain now, Commander Windcaster."
"Why don't you go with Cody, and he can bring you up to speed while I take care of some logistics," Obi-Wan suggested nudging his padawan forward.
"Ok master," Obi-Wan paused watching his young padawan bounded alongside Cody, her ponytail bouncing with each step. Esinon was extremely young to be a padawan, she should really be at the temple training for at least two more years with her clan, but Master Yoda must have seen something in her.
"Are you in charge here?" she asked as they walked through the station where everyone was getting ready for the battle.
"Well, the General has the main command, and then you now have second command since you are a Jedi," Cody explained slowing his pace a little bit for the small girl.
"I think I'll need some help with that, I've never really done anything like this," she said,
"Well, I'd be happy to Commander." she paused looking at something in the distance, she walked over to a few crates getting up higher.
"What's that?" she asked pointing to something off in the distance, he looked in the direction she was pointing. A large red shield was expanding over where the Separatists were based, tanks were pulling towards the city center.
"That's not good, we need to find the General now," he said, the two ran back towards the center base.
A few minutes later…
Esinon looked down at the hologram in front of her,
"Their shield generator is somewhere in this area," Obi-Wan said pointing to a spot on the map, "They're slowly increasing the diameter and keeping it just ahead of their troops. Heavy cannons are gonna be useless against it, I guess as they get closer we could try and draw them into the buildings, leveling the playing field."
"If that shield's such a problem, why don't we just take it out?" Ahsoka asked,
"It's easier said than done," Rex replied,
"For once I agree with her, someone has to get to that shield generator and destroy it. That's the key." Anakin said,
"You seem pretty tech-savvy, is there any way you could possibly hack the generator and shut it down?" Obi-Wan asked Esinon, she glanced back down at the hologram,
"Well, I could download a kill code onto a drive, but I think that just making it go boom would be more efficient," she responded,
"I like this one," Rex chuckled,
"Right then, we'll just need to destroy it. Maybe you two can tiptoe past through enemy lines and solve this particular problem together." Obi-Wan said to Anakin and Ahsoka,
"Can do, Master Kenobi," Ahsoka responded enthusiastically,
"I'll decide what we do," Anakin interjected,
"If Rex, Cody, Esinon, and I engage them here, you two might have a chance to get through their lines undetected, here," Obi-Wan said pointing to a spot just behind the city center.
"They won't have much time. The droids far outnumber us. So our ability to street fight is limited without the use of heavy cannons. They'll march under their shield until they are right on top of our cannons, then they'll blow them away." Rex finished,
"We'll figure out a way. Come on, Master. Let's go." Ahsoka said, walking away.
A few minutes later…
The cannons fired blasts, hitting the shield but did nothing. She stared at it through binoculars.
"Have you guys ever faced anything like this?" she shouted over the loud blasts of the cannons.
"Every day, but these are extremely strong!" Obi-Wan yelled,
"It's no use, sir! Even at full power, the cannon does not affect it!" Rex shouted,
"Alright, well it was worth the try. Tell the men to fall back." the order came and they all retreated to the safe zone. She ducked down behind a fallen part of a building with her master, the red shield passing over them.
"We're inside the shield now, just stay away from those tanks." her master whispered, igniting his lightsaber, she did the same. He held out a hand and they paused, he counted down on his fingers. Three, two, one, the two Jedi leapt into the air out in front of the droid army.
"Jedi?" one of the droids asked, they landed slicing through a droid, the clones slid down on their cables laying down covering fire. She focused on destroying as many droids as possible, her master was quick and agile on the field, using the force, and his lightsaber together. She bounced from droid to droid and kept on fighting. Looks like they were ditching the plan of luring them into the building for now. She kept fighting stabbing and slicing, it felt like it was her and her master vs the galaxy. She was small and this galaxy was big, this whole battle was enormous. Esinon lept from a roof cutting the arm of a droid off of a clone, she used the force to shove that droid into another, the clone quickly scrambling to his feet. She could see her master and Rex running over,
"They're right behind us sir! They wiped out most of my unit. We had to pull out of there." a loud explosion sounded in the distance, the trio ran behind more debris taking cover.
"The shield has almost reached the heavy cannons,"
"We're not going to be able to stop them, sir." Obi-Wan paused to think,
"Move your troops back to the heavy cannons. Do everything you can to protect them, we'll delay the droids," he said to Rex,
"But-"
"That is an order Captain!" Rex nodded, taking off. Esinon looked behind them to see a large droid, she stabbed her saber into it, throwing it over her head. She and her master jumped over the debris, she deflected the beams with her blue bladed lightsaber, more droids, more droids, more droids, must keep going. BOOM! An explosion roared behind them, she ducked away from the blast, she looked to see legions of droids coming, with tanks. They came in from all sides, surrounding them, Obi-Wan motioned for her to surrender. She looked up at the large tank cannon that was aimed at them, she put her lightsaber at her side. The top of the tank opened revealing Whorm Loathsom,
"You must be the infamous General Kenobi," he said,
"We surrender," Obi-Wan replied calmly, the droids took their lightsabers, her master smiled as they did so. She gave him a confused look,
"Now, Master Kenobi, order your troops to stand down," he instructed, Obi-Wan used the force to lift some crystals forming a table and two chairs.
"General, have a seat," he motioned to the new table and chairs,
"Have you gone mad?" he asked, the droids pressed in, Esinon scooted closer to her master, he put a protective hand out in front of her, glaring at the droids before turning his attention back to Loathsom.
"I have conceded the battle, now we simply have to negotiate the terms of surrender," he responded,
"Fine, but none of your tricks Jedi," he grumbled getting out of the tank,
"I see no reason why we can't be civilized about this." the General walked around the corner, "Tis a rare honor to be able to meet one's opponent face-to-face. You're a legend in the inner core." the General sat down at the makeshift table, "By the way, this is my padawan Esinon Windcaster." she waved slightly, standing next to her master as he also took a seat,
"Thank you, the honor is all mine. I'm so glad you decided to surrender."
"Well at some point, one must accept the reality of the situation," he stated calmly, what in the world was her master doing. She could sense that this wasn't the end of the battle, her master coughed a little. "Might we have some refreshments?" the General pointed at a droid,
"You! Bring us some liquid!" he ordered, the droid walked off,
"Thank you, this shouldn't take long," he said, soon the droid returned holding tea. Esinon kept close to her master, especially with all the blasters pointed at her head currently, Obi-Wan delicately sipped his tea, "And of course once you have custody of my troops, arrangements will need to be made for their food and shelter. Tell me, do you have enough suppli-"
"Enough of this! You are stalling!" the General shouted angrily, Obi-Wan kept a cool head,
"Nonsense General, there are numerous details to be discussed." Loathsom flipped the table over in a fit of rage.
"Seize them!" droids grabbed both of the Jedi by their arms suspending them in the air, she looked over at her master who was still serene as ever. "Unless you call off your troops right now, I will have no choice but to destroy you!"
"Truthfully, I was hoping your shield would be knocked out by now," Obi-Wan said looking up at the red shield above them, Esinon glanced up, it was falling.
"Oh well," she flipped out of the grip of the droids. She smashed their heads together following her master as he grabbed the General, using him as a hostage, the droids continuing to fire at the pair of Jedi.
"Stop firing! Stop firing!" he commanded the droids,
"Something appears to have happened to your shield, General." Esinon's comlink buzzed, Admiral Yularen appeared, she held it out for both her master and herself to see.
"General Kenobi, if you can hear me, we're through the blockade. The Separatist armada is in full retreat, your reinforcements should be arriving soon.'' She looked up to the sky to see gunships overhead. She helped her master cuff the General,
"I see why they call you the negotiator." she joked, a gunship landed in front of them, Master Yoda stepping out,
"Master Yoda, your timing is impeccable."
A few minutes later…
She and Master Kenobi stood down with the troops, a gunship flew overhead, it landed near them. Anakin and Ahsoka stepped out,
"Master Obi-Wan, Master Yoda,"
"Trouble with your new padawans, I hear?" Master Yoda asked, looking from Esinon and Ahsoka to Obi-Wan and Anakin.
"Ahsoka's a little rough around the edges, but with a great deal of patience and training, she might amount to something," Anakin said,
"And I'll admit she is a little young, but Esinon is strong with the force. With training and patience for her nervous energy, she could become a very powerful Jedi." Obi-Wan looked down at the small twelve-year-old who was beaming at him.
"Ahsoka will go with you to the Teth system," Master Yoda said,
"Teth? That's wild space. The droid army isn't even in that sector," Anakin argued,
"Kidnapped, Jabba the Hutt's son has been."
"You want me to rescue Jabba's son?" Esinon could sense his disgust towards the name,
"Anakin, we'll need the Hutt's allegiance to give us an advantage over Dooku," Obi-Wan said,
"Negotiate a treaty with Jabba, Obi-Wan and Esinon will. Find the renegades that hold Jabba's son, your mission is Skywalker." Master Yoda finished,
"Come on Master, it doesn't sound that hard. I'll find Rex and get the troops organized," Ahsoka ran off, Anakin sighed,
"Don't worry Anakin, just teach her everything I taught you and she'll turn out fine," Obi-Wan said, Esinon looked at Anakin curiously, he was trained by Master Kenobi too?
"You know, something makes me think this was your idea from the start," he replied walking off,
"Let's just hope he's ready for the responsibility," Obi-Wan sighed,
"Ready for an apprentice, Skywalker is. To let go of a pupil, a greater challenge it will be. Master this Skywalker must,"
"If I've got a deal to work out with Jabba the Hutt, I'd best be on my way. Come on Esinon," he said, she bounded after her master, she looked to see a blue Jedi fighter next to a red one.
"Is that for me?"
"Yes, please be responsible," he said, she jumped into the shuttle, running her hands over the buttons, this tech was amazing, she took off, following her master into the sky and out of the atmosphere.
Tatooine…
She jumped out of the cockpit, her feet landing in the sand, in front of a large palace. She straightened the blue tabards hanging out from under her belt, her master soon joined her.
"I've read in books that Jabba kills people if they don't give him what he wants… or gets angry, which is all the time," she said nervously,
"I'm sure that Jabba's in a good mood, but maybe just let me do the talking and stick close," he said, she nodded, the large metal door creaked open, a protocol droid, a Kumumgah, and two weequays emerged from the darkness.
"We should not keep the wise and powerful Jabba waiting," the droid said,
"I wouldn't dream of it." her master responded, they followed the band into the palace, she looked up noticing the watching eyes, the door closed behind them. They walked down the hall Gamorrean guards glaring at them, it smelled foul here, and the force felt joyful but fearful, like the dancing, singing, and drinking could end the life of any in attendance, like they would party themselves to death. She could hear bouncy music and laughter echoing down the hall. They finally made it to the throne room, Jabba the Hutt sat on his throne, a twi'lek danced in front of him. The protocol droid came up to the large Hutt,
"The Jedi are here your excellency," Jabba roared in approval,
"I've always meant to learn Huttese," she muttered,
"Well what can you speak?" he asked,
"Ewok, Basic, and Nautila, I'm studying twi'lek right now," she replied, her Master seemed impressed. The two Jedi now stood in front of Jabba,
"Mighty Jabba, one of our most powerful Jedi is on his way to rescue your son. We will not let you down." Jabba spoke to them in Huttese, she looked to the protocol droid.
"The most gracious Jabba has one condition, he demands that you bring back the slime who kidnapped his little punky muffin." the droid said calmly,
"Punky?" her master asked sarcastically, in a hushed tone, Esinon stifled laughter. Jabba spoke again,
"Dead or alive," the droid translated, "If you do not succeed, Count Dooku and his army will. You have one planetary rotation." The droid finished, the two Jedi bowed to the Hutt and walked out of the palace.
"What now?" Esinon asked, walking towards her fighter.
"Now we go to the Teth system and help Anakin. It is vital we get this deal with Jabba." R4 beeped at him, "I know R4 I want off this dust bucket as much as you." Esinon jumped in the cockpit of her ship, it sealed on the top of her. She took off after her master flying towards the Teth system.
Teth System…
The clones waved her in as she landed smoothly in the Republic Cruiser, the hatch opened,
"Captain, tell Admiral Yularen to get underway. We need to reinforce Anakin." her master instructed Cody,
"Yes sir," she hopped out of her ship joining her master,
"Where now?"
"The command center," he replied as they began to walk, Esinon walked past multiple groups of clones, this was a crazy operation the Republic had. She still couldn't believe she was already a commander, just by default of being a Jedi, hopefully, Cody would be like a co-commander for her, he seemed nice enough. They reached a large pair of blast doors, which opened, she marveled at all the clones, and technology. This was heaven, officially. Obi-Wan glanced at his padawan, her bright eyes darting around the room trying to take it all in at once. He smiled walking towards the communication pod, pressing a button contacting Anakin, letting Esinon take a moment to explore her new environment. "Anakin, have you located Jabba's son?" he asked the flickering image of Anakin,
"We have him, but it looks like the Separatists are behind his abduction. This smells like Count Dooku to me."
"I think it's little stinky you smell," he heard Ahsoka say from off-screen,
"I'll bet Dooku is using us to get Jabba to join the Separatists." Ahsoka came onto the screen,
"Master Kenobi, we have another problem. The little huttlet is very sick."
"I'm sure we can get him back to Tatooine alive, Master. The whole rescue may backfire on us. I still don't think dealing with the Hutts is a good idea." Anakin said,
"Anakin, you know they control most of the shipping routes in the outer rim. Jabba's cooperation is crucial to the war effort. If you let anything happen to his son, our chances of a treaty with him will disappear."
"Possibly with our lives." Esinon stated joining him at the com pod, everyone looked at her, "What? I've read things." she shuddered,
"Master! We've got a problem!" Ahsoka shouted both Jedi looked to the sky,
"Anakin?"
"We'll have to call you back, Master. We're under attack. We could use a little help here if you have time."
"I'll get there soon, protect the Hutt Anakin," he instructed hanging up,
The Hanger…
She pulled her ship into the release bay, along with other ships.
"Red light, stand by," the room was shrouded in the red light, she flipped a few switches firing up her cannons, the roar of the ships was deafening. She put her hands on the helm, deep breath in, deep breath out,
"Greenlight, we are a go." The hangar doors above them opened allowing the idling ships out into space. She followed her master at the front of the fleet,
"Skywalker's in trouble you know the drill." Obi-Wan said to Cody, "You're going to want to-"
"I know Master," she replied quickly, she had studied her war history.
"Vulture droids up ahead," Cody warned, she could see them coming up ahead. She waited, her radar beeping, beeping, lock on target, she pressed down firing a few blasts hitting the droid.
"Nice shot," Obi-Wan said in approval,
"Thanks," she spun around moving into position with the rest of the fleet, a detonation shook her ship. "How are we supposed to get to the ground in this?"
"We don't! We have to get through this wave before we get to land." Cody responded, she fired again at another oncoming droid, she inhaled deeply, centering herself. She flew over the Republic Cruiser defending it from oncoming droids, she glanced out her window spotting some sort of landing platform, glowing clouds, explosions.
"Master, I see a landing platform, it looks like there's a battle going on there. Eastside."
"If there's a battle, Anakin's probably in the middle of it. We'll start looking for him there, form up on me." Obi-Wan instructed she pulled away from the cruiser, falling into formation with the other ships. They pulled towards the ground, the other ships falling away leaving just her and her master,
"R5, take over," she told the astromech, they pulled towards the ground, R5 released a barrage of fire upon the droids below, the hatch opened up, she flipped out landing on the ground, saber ignited next to her master, she threw her saber into a droid, she jumped grabbing it out and cutting through two more. The gunships hovered above, releasing the troopers of the 212th. They met up with Rex, taking cover behind a downed vulture droid,
"Where is Skywalker?" Obi-Wan asked,
"He's still inside the castle sir,"
"Hold the droids here, Esinon and I will go find him," he instructed,
"Yes, sir,"
"Let's go!" her master shouted over the blasts, she followed him into the palace, ducking under the doors as they closed behind them. There before her stood Asajj Ventress, and two droids.
"Master Kenobi, always chasing after Skywalker, how predictable."
"Anakin always leaves quite the mess, which always inevitably leads to you Ventress," he said, breaking into a ready position, Esinon settled into her stance as well.
"Take them," Ventress instructed the droids, they began to fire as Ventress made an escape. Esinon deflected the beams, striking one back at the droid, distracting it for a second allowing her to swiftly slice through it, her master taking care of the other. They ventured further into the abandoned temple, entering a large room with a skylight at the top, and pillars lining the walls. Esinon looked around seeing no sign of the assassin, but she could sense her presence, so could her master.
"Ventress, we know you're in here. You can't hide. I can feel your frustration." Esinon realized something, he was trying to draw her out. "Let me guess, you're after Jabba's son too?" Esinon felt a wave of rage fly through the room as Ventress pounced from the ceiling. She attacked pressing a saber to each one of the Jedi's, Esinon pressed back harder. Ventress broke away from them, she threw off her skirt into Obi-Wan's face, distracting him for a moment, Ventress lunged towards Esinon swinging her sabers, Esinon deflected her sabers, Ventress shoving her back. Master Kenobi used the force dragging Ventress away from his young padawan, she flipped back smashing her red sabers against Obi-Wan's,
"You'll have to do better than that, my darling," he began to advance on Ventress, the two engaged in a graceful attack and deflect. Ventress used her sabers to throw Obi-Wan's out of his hand. "Well, now I'm impressed." Ventress swung angrily in his direction, he agilely ducked and dodged each aggressive swing. She managed to back him into a corner, placing a saber to his throat,
"Now you die,"
"Not if I have anything to say about it," Esinon growled, jumping into the air throwing a kick, hitting Ventress in the chest sending her stumbling backward. Obi-Wan called his lightsaber, igniting it,
"Shall we continue?"
"My pleasure," Ventress replied, taking on both the Jedi, a saber for each. Master and apprentice fighting the unrelenting Ventress. The battle moved at a fast pace, Esinon was struggling to keep up, she kept her saber moving one into the next, into the next. She flipped out of the way of another blow, Ventress returned the favor kicking Esinon in the chest sending her crashing into a pillar, Ventress attacked, swinging her saber's one, two, three above Esinon's head. Obi-Wan used the force pulling Ventress away, the two Jedi ran across the room,
"Get ready," he said eyeing the pillars,
"For what?" she asked as they ran,
"Jump!" she obeyed, leaping into the air, Obi-Wan used the force to throw his padawan up onto the ledge of the pillars before leaping up himself. Esinon tucked in a roll, landing on top. Obi-Wan dashed up the pillars joining Esinon. Ventress growled jumping after them, she landed in between the two Jedi.
"We know of Dooku's plot to turn the Hutts against us. It will not succeed."
"It will when the truth dies with you." Ventress snarled, she dragged her sabers along the ground, throwing sparks in Obi-Wan's face, she leapt spinning in the air, smashing her lightsaber against his again and again. Obi-Wan shoved Ventress back, he motioned to the window. Esinon leapt out, Obi-Wan following. They both landed, she followed her master as they began to run down the path along the ridge.
"And this is the part where we make our daring escape."
"I was hoping you would say that," she said,
Back at the Republic Cruiser…
"Why don't you rest little one, I must report to the council."
"I'm not tired," she replied,
"Esinon, you've had a busy day, you've earned it. Go rest," he instructed, Esinon sighed in defeat,
"Yes Master," she walked around the base while her Master reported back to council, had she done a good job today? Was she proving herself? Her thoughts swirled in an anxious tornado in her head, it wasn't too late for her master to send her back to the temple. She finally found her quarters on the ship sitting down in her bunk, taking a deep breath collecting herself. She heard a knock on her door a few minutes later,
"It's open!" she called, it slid open her master walked in looking up on the top bunk.
"I came to tell you that it was Ziro the Hutt who hired a capture on Jabba's son. Ahsoka and Anakin are going there to deliver the baby Hutt right now. We're going to meet them there since they need a pick-up." he could sense his padawan's overwhelming anxiety, "Are you ok?" she glanced down at him,
"Yes Master," she paused thinking of what to say next, "I just didn't expect this to be my first day of training." she sat up, "Battlefields, kidnapped Hutts, droids, and clones…" Obi-Wan climbed up to the top bunk joining his padawan,
"When I was being trained, the war wasn't a thing. When the war started Anakin was soon knighted, I missed having a padawan, so I signed on for one. You were honestly younger than I expected."
"You don't think I'm too young, do you?" she asked nervously,
"No, I think that it is the will of the force you are at my side. My master believed the force guides people together," he paused, "No I'm not gonna send you back to the temple." her eyes went wide hearing her thoughts coming out of his mouth. "You have nothing to prove to me, you have already proven yourself today, holding your own in battle against the Separatists, and Ventress."
"Thank you, Master," she said, smiling, Obi-Wan jumped off the bunk his padawan following his lead out into the command center.
Tatooine…
She stood with her master inside the gunship as Anakin and Ahsoka joined them,
"Yet another exciting day in the Republic," Anakin muttered,
"And many more to come," Esinon said, feeling uplifted by her Master's words of approval. Her journey as a padawan was just beginning.