Aftermath

Chapter 3

The group made it back to the camp, Ahsoka and Lux still extremely embarrassed that they had been caught by the children they looked after. Once they were on the premises of the camp, Ahsoka made a beeline for her tent. This was not only to escape the teasing of the young padawans, but also because it was time for her to meditate like she did every night before dinner.

She sat down in her tent and sighed. She had many emotions flowing through her mind: embarrassment at the forefront, but also anger that they had been interrupted right when it was getting good, and also sadness that it had to end. She knew Lux felt the same, and decided that she would make it up to him later that night.

She pushed all thoughts of the days events from her mind and closed her eyes. It was time to meditate and let go of her troubles of the physical world.

After a few minutes of silence and trying to clear her mind, Ahoska began to see things. She saw sand, lots of it. She saw a hooded figure standing on top of a rock formation, looking at something. The vision cleared and she saw... a city? It looked familiar, but she couldn't place it. 

Suddenly she heard blaster shots and saw two stormtroopers. They were firing on an innocent family. She saw the hooded figure jump into action. He drew a... lightsaber? It was blue, like... his was. Was it him...? No it couldn't be, he was gone to the dark side, and besides, this person looked slightly shorter in stature.

The man blocked all of the blaster bolts and used the force to push the troopers into the wall behind them. He turned and faced the family he had protected. She couldn't hear them, but she knew they were thanking him for saving them. He reached up and pulled his hood down revealing his face. What Ahsoka saw shocked her: it was Obi-Wan! 

She opened her eyes and smiled. She always had a feeling that he had survived Order 66, but wasn't sure until now. She knew she had been shown this for a reason: she had to find him and complete her training. The only problem she had was she didn't know where he was. Obviously it was a sandy planet, so that knocked out a few. It had felt familiar to her, like she had been there before.

She thought for a while but couldn't figure it out. She sighed. It was time for dinner. She would have to continue thinking on it later. 

Ahsoka got up from the floor of the tent and made her way to the mess tent.

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Instead of following Ahsoka, Lux had gone to the look out tower that had been constructed atop one of the taller trees near the camp. He came here a lot to be alone and think. Sometimes he tried meditating, but normally couldn't focus long enough to really meditate. 

Tonight Lux was thinking about him and Ahsoka's relationship. Sure everyone in the colony knew they were together, but Ahsoka still seemed to think they needed to keep it a secret for some reason, and that frustrated him. If he wanted to kiss his sexy girlfriend, dammit he was going to do it whether there were kids around or not. He hated that they had to sneak into the forest to have fun together. He wanted their relationship to be like it had been when they vacationed on Naboo. He knew it was selfish, but their relationship had never been normal between his duties as a senator and now her duties as a leader.

Lux sighed. He just had to accept that they'd never truly have a normal relationship, but he was just happy that they were together through all of this. Maybe some day this would all be over and they'd be able to live a normal life.

He sat there for a while longer just thinking. He soon realized it was nearing dinner time, so he made his way down the tree and towards the mess hall. He didn't see anyone around the camp, so he assumed everyone had already made their way there. Just before he got to the tent, he saw Ahsoka. He could feel that she was confused and distraught, so much so that she didn't notice him.

He decided to get back at her from earlier when she had had Alia attack him. He snuck behind a tent and waited for her to walk by. Once she was past him, he tackled her and started to tickle her.

"L-Lux... s-s-s-stop it!" She managed to get out between laughs.

He stopped tickling her and looked deep into her blue eyes, leaning in closer. When they were just inches away, Lux turned his head to the side, rolled off of Ahsoka, got up and ran towards the mess hall.

"You are such a tease!" Ahsoka shouted giggling.

"Just payback for that stunt you had Alia pull on me earlier," Lux called back at her.

Lux stopped just outside the mess tent, and Ahoska caught up to him. Ahsoka went to enter, but Lux grabbed her arm, pulling her back. He dipped her planted a passionate kiss on her lips. When they parted her lekku where darker than when they had been caught earlier. 

"Better?" Lux asked.

"Y-y-yes," Ahsoka stuttered.

Lux smiled at her and held out his arm for her to link hers in. They entered the tent arm and arm ready for dinner.

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All through dinner Ahsoka had been thinking about Obi-Wan and what planet he could be on. She kept cycling through planets, but ti wouldn't come to her. She was growing increasingly frustrated. 

Lux noticed again, that something was bothering her, but said nothing. He made a note to talk to her about it when they got back to their tent. 

All through dinner Ahsoka didn't say a word. She didn't even talk on the walk back to their tent. Lux was growing very worried. This was extremely unlike the outgoing, snippy, talkative togruta he knew.

They reached the tent, and Lux finally broke the silence. "You seem... tense. What's up?"

Ahsoka sighed. "I didn't want to say anything in front of the little ones, but... I had a vision today during my daily meditation."

Lux's eyes went wide. "You haven't had one of those since..." He didn't finish the sentence. They both knew what he was referring to: her visions of Order 66 and Anakin.

"I know, but this time it looks to be a positive vision," Ahsoka replied.

"Well that's good. What was it of?"

"Lux... Obi-Wan is alive."

"I mean I can't say I'm too surprised. He is too strong to go down like that, but still this is incredible news."

"Yes, and I know why I had this vision. The force is guiding me to him so he can help me complete my training. There's just one problem: I don't know where he is."

"Well, did you get a look at the planet?" Lux asked trying to be helpful.

"Yea. It was completely sand, and looked and felt familiar. Like I had been there before."

Lux thought for a moment before giving his guess. "Could it be Tatooine?"

Ahsoka's eyes went wide. Tatooine! How had she not thought of that? "Lux you're a genius!"

"Well I-" was all he was able to get about before Ahsoka tackled him and pulled him into a passionate kiss. Looked like they would finally get to finish what they had started in the forest.

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I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, as this will likely be the last one I publish for about the next week. I'm going on vacation and won't really have a chance to do much writing, if any, so I made sure to get you all one last chapter before leaving.