Aftermath

Chapter 6

With the ship finally packed, Ahsoka and Lux were ready to make their trip to Tatooine. "Alright Trayta, I think that's the last of it," Ahsoka spoke.

Trayta nodded. "When do you think you will return Master Tano?"

Ahsoka paused for a moment. While it had technically been her title for a little over a year now, it was still weird to her. She certainly didn't feel like a master, she hadn't even finished her own training! That's part of the reason she had to find Obi-Wan.

"I-I'm not sure Trayta. It could be two weeks, or two months. It all depends on how easy it is to find Master Kenobi, and what he has left to teach me, or if he can just come back here with us. There's a lot of variables."

"Understandable. Well I hope you have a safe trip, and you return soon."

"Well with this one, we're bound to get into some mess," Ahsoka said jabbing a thumb in Lux's direction, causing Trayta to laugh.

"Hey! I don't always get us into trouble!" Lux responded in defense.

"Whatever you say," Ahsoka said with a giggle. "Now let's get going."

Ahsoka turned and walked up the ramp of the ship. Lux mumbled something incoherent and begrudgingly followed Ahsoka up the ramp. Once inside the cockpit, Ahsoka sat in the pilot's seat, with Lux manning the co-pilot spot. Ahsoka flipped a few switches and began the ships takeoff sequence.

As the ship began to lift off the ground, Ahsoka and Lux looked out the front of the ship to see the entire colony gathered below them. All the children were waving and smiling at the pair. This brought a warm feeling into the couple's hearts, as they returned the smiles and waves until they were out of view.

Once the ship had left the atmosphere of Delmara, Ahsoka began to set the navigation system for the jump to hyperspace.

"Shouldn't it just be pretty easy to set up the navigation system? I mean we've taken this ship to Tatooine plenty of times, shouldn't it just be in the system's memory at this point?" Lux asked as he began to grow impatient.

"Actually, no," Ahsoka replied. "Every time we go to Tatooine, the orbital location of planets has changed, there could be shifts in asteroid fields, etc. I have to check for everything to make sure we don't go through a Star or planet or something. That'd be a pretty horrible way to die."

Lux slouched back in his chair. "Yea I guess it would be," he mumbled. Ahsoka just laughed at his childish attitude.

"Alright aaaannddd done!" Ahsoka exclaimed after a few more seconds. "Now you can quit your pouting you big baby."

Lux just crossed his arms and turned away from Ahsoka. The togruta just sighed. She got out of her chair slowly and made her way over to him. "Luuuuuuxxxxx," she said slowly as she approached him.

Just before she reached the chair, Lux whipped around and jumped on top of her, knocking them both to the floor. He pinned her to the ground and began to kiss her passionately. However, what neither of them had noticed was that Lux bumped the computer, causing it to malfunction slightly and change the coordinates.

The couple was still laying on the ground, making out, and eventually Ahsoka was finally able to roll out of Lux's grasp. She moved quickly and had him pinned now. She leaned down to kiss him, but pulled away right before their lips touched. She stood up and walked back over to the pilot's seat and sat down.

"Hey! You can't just tease me like that!" Lux pouted.

"Well that's what you get for attacking me like that," Ahsoka replied with a shrug.

Lux sighed and sat down in the co-pilot's chair. Once they were both strapped in, Ahsoka made the jump to light speed, and the beginning of their journey to Tatooine, or so they thought.

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It was a long trip to Tatooine from Delmara, so the couple had decided to take shifts. One would sleep or do whatever it was that they wanted, while the other sat in the cockpit, making sure nothing went wrong. Lux, being a gentleman, offered to take the first shift, a gesture which Ahsoka gratefully accepted. She hadn't gotten a ton of sleep recently, hell she hadn't gotten a full eight hours in probably over a year, between her visions and having to worry about and train the children in the colony.

Lux was just sitting in the cockpit, minding his own business, scrolling through the holonet, not really paying much attention to what was happening. He was particularly engrossed in an article about Onderon. Apparently it had just been seized by the Empire after a long struggle. This saddened Lux, as he wished there was something he could do to help, but he knew that there wasn't, at least not at this point.

Lux was so engaged in this article and well-being of his people, that he hadn't even seen or felt the ship drop out of hyperspace, but Ahsoka had. She came stumbling into the cockpit, yawning and still wiping the sleep from her eyes.

"Lux, what's going on?" Ahsoka asked.

"Oh not much, Lux replied. Just catching up on some things. You see that the Empire took control of Onderon?" He replied pointing at the holographic screen.

"Yea that's all well and good," Ahsoka said brushing it aside, "but that's not what I meant."

Lux raised an eyebrow. "Then what did you mean?"

"Oh I don't know, MAYBE THE FACT THAT WE DROPPED OUT OF HYPERSPACE?"

Lux gave her a confused look. "Dropped out of hyperspace, what is she talking about?" Lux muttered to himself as he turned around. Once he did, he realized what she meant. "Oh."

"Yeaaaaaah... so what happened?"

"Uhmmm... I uhm... I don't really know," Lux responded scratching his head.

"How do you not know?! We're you not paying attention?!?!" Ahsoka shouted back.

Lux shrunk in his seat. "Well uhmmm... you see..."

Ahsoka groaned and sat down in her seat. "I'll just reset the computer to take us Tatooine. It should only take a few moments and then I'm going back to my map." Ahsoka turned her attention away and started to fidget with the system to put the coordinates in.

"Uhm Ahsoka," Lux said nervously.

"Not now Lux I'm trying to focus."

"Ahsoka you may want to see this."

"Yes I heard you. Onderon was taken over by the Empire. I'm sorry, I really am, but there's nothing we can do about it at this moment. Now please let me focus."

"Ahsoka you really need to see this."

"Ugh what could be so important that..." Ahsoka trailed off as she turned to see Lux pointing a finger. It wasn't the fact that he was pouting a finger, but what he was pouting it at that had Ahsoka worried. In front of them, well within firing distance, was an Imperial Star Destroyer.

"Oh shit..." Ahsoka muttered. She frantically attempted to turn the ship and fly it in the other direction, but it was too late, they were already caught in its tractor beam.

Ahsoka and Lux looked at each other and gulped. This was not going to end well.

OMG IM SO SORRY ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE THE LAST UPDATE. ITS BEEN *checks date of last update* 71 DAYS?!?!?! Holy shit guys I'm really sorry. I didn't think it had been that long honestly. I've just been stuck with ideas for this story for a while, but I've got some now, so hopefully I'll be able to update it more regularly now :)