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Heyo, human beings from outer space!
I'm back and laaaattteee but I had to get my coffeeéèẽèéêee!!!!
Actually no I haven't had coffee in a long time and I have a valid excuse but if I explain everything some creepy guy on the internet might try to kidnap me so the coffee will do.
Anyway, I did have this done on the 6th, but then I hated it so I didn't publish it and I instead spent three more days messing with it. It is a 5 + 1 thing and that makes me happy because I've always wanted to write something like this.
Read on if you dare.
1.
The first time that Ahsoka Tano had a vision in front of Rex, he thought that she was having a seizure.
"What are you thinkin' about, kid?" Rex asked one day aboard the Rexolute when he saw the distant la-la land look in her eyes.
The invisible fog around Ahsoka's mind seemed to break but her eyes didn't clear. "Just feeling," she said softly.
"What do you feel?" Rex said.
"The Force is behaving strangely today. I think it wants to tell me something," Ahsoka said.
Rex bit back a scoff and turned to look out the console window. "Didn't know the Force had a mouth or a voice box."
Ahsoka rolled her eyes. "It speaks to my mind and it doesn't need a... a... mouth..."
Rex glanced back at Ahsoka to find her knuckles white from gripping the metal railing and she stared straight ahead at nothing.
"Commander?"
She didn't respond.
"Hello? Kid? Tano?"
Still nothing.
Rex frowned. That wasn't normal.
Then Ahsoka began tipping over from her heels and Rex jumped forward to snap her just centimeters from the ground. She stayed as stiff as a board and her eyes remained open and glassy, but she wouldn't respond to anything Rex said or did.
Others were peering over control stations to get a look at what was happening, worried eyes and whispers exchanged throughout the room.
"Kix, Kix I need you on the bridge stat. Something's happened to the Commander and I'm not sure what," Rex said into his com, trying to keep his voice down.
Kix replied right away, saying he'd be there, and only a few seconds later, he came racing through the door and over to the captain.
Kix started prodding at Ahsoka to see what was going on with her. "What the kriff?" Kix hissed under his breath.
Whelp that couldn't be good. Not at all.
"We need to get her to the med-bay. I don't know what's–"
Just then, Ahsoka sucked in a deep breath of air and blinked a few times to clear her eyes. She looked up at both of the clones without saying anything for a moment and then tried to push herself up.
"Whoah, whoah, stay down, Kid. We're trying to figure out what happened, okay? Do you remember anything? Do you remember how you felt?"
Ahsoka huffed and gave them a small smile. "Calm down, Kix, it was just a vision. Nothing to get worked up about."
"Commander?"
"A vision, you know, when the Force is telling me something? I told you I felt like it wanted to tell me something, Rex," Ahsoka said.
"That you did," Rex sighed. "You sure scared us. Couldn't have hurt to give me a little more warning."
"Well I don't always know," Ahsoka argued, brushing Kix off when he tried to stop her from standing again. "I'm fine, though, nothing serious."
Rex hesitated for a moment. "Commander, do you mind me asking what the Force told you?"
"Something about the battle. There's gonna be an explosion, so just watch out for that," Ahsoka said. "I'll probably know when it's coming, so I can get everyone to safety now that I've seen it."
"Huh," Kix said. "Convenient."
"Yeah, just... don't scare us like that again, Okay?"
Ahsoka laughed. "Sure, Rex, I'll do my best."
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2.
"Alright, I think all we have left to do is– Commander?" Rex frowned and turned to see Ahsoka standing a few meters behind him. They'd been walking side by side, but he'd apparently left her in the dust.
Rex walked over to her and she looked at him with suddenly unclear eyes. A moment ago, she'd been fine.
Kirff, Rex thought. What injury was she hiding now?
Ahsoka's hands clamped onto his forearm and she squeezed like no other just before she toppled into his arms, her eyes closed but her entire form rigid.
Rex gently brought her to the ground and he was about to call Kix when he stopped himself. Maybe he should wait... this seemed pretty familiar.
Rex decided to wait another minute or two, and if nothing happened, he'd call Kix.
Two minutes felt like two years as Ahsoka lay stiffly on the hard, dusty floor. But finally, she opened her eyes and they looked clear as day, a good sign.
"Commander?" Rex asked.
"Master Plo," Ahsoka said, reaching her hand up so Rex could hoist her to her feet. "He's in danger, I saw it. I have to go com him!" With that, she took off like a shot, gone before Rex could find the time to so much as open his mouth.
Well, Rex decided, it was good he chose to wait.
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3.
By the time Ahsoka had gotten a few visions around the clones, she and Rex had discussed a sort of "system" to stop Rex from getting the living kriff scared out of him every time one came upon her. If she felt one coming on, she'd grab onto the nearest trooper's arm and cling to him. They'd all learned to recognize the signs by then, the glassy eyes, the stiffness, the inability to speak...
Ahsoka herself had never seen how she physically responded to her visions. Every Jedi's response was different. She only saw what the Force told her within her mind, but she'd been told she turned into a living statue and fell over like a brick wall.
That was Fives' description.
Ahsoka thought it was kind that the clones would help her with such little things as visions and clever of them to make up a sort of system. She also found it amusing to see Rex in full-blown papa-clone mode over her.
So when Ahsoka felt the Force swirling around her head like a wild vortex one day, she grabbed onto Fives' arm as soon as she could and held on tightly as she felt the raging waves of the Force subdue her.
"Now? While we're on the run?" Fives asked, his voice distant and fading quickly. "Kix is gonna..."
Voices rang through her montrals and images flashed through her head. A trooper... Fives? Her vision was blurry. But it had to be Fives. And he... he fell. On the ground. There was a flash of light, and Ahsoka thought she knew what that was. Then there came another trooper... Kix?
The vision faded and Ahsoka opened her eyes to find herself looking up at the others from the floor. Hardcase offered her a hand up.
"Ready to keep going?" Fives asked.
Ahsoka bit back a smirk. "Lead the way."
Fives started off and Hardcase took a step after him, but Ahsoka grabbed his arm and shook her head.
"Watch," she whispered.
Right on cue, the flash of a stun ray illuminated the dim hallway and Fives dropped to the floor. Kix rounded the corner right then with his blaster slung over his shoulder.
"Found you," said Kix. "Are you going to come for your medical assessments or are you going to end up like Fives?"
Ahsoka snickered. "I'm sorry, I saw that first I just–" she stifled a laugh. "It's too funny!"
"Funny for you, traitor," Hardcase sneered. He stuck up his hands and followed Kix, snorting when he saw Fives. "And me, too, I guess. I just get a not-funny part, too."
"Sucks to suck," Ahsoka said. "Gotta go, I have homework."
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4.
Out of all the visions Rex had witnessed in Ahsoka, he found that most of them came as warnings– secrets and hints sent from the Force to help her through. But some weren't as fun, it seemed, and he witnessed that a few times.
The worse was after what the Jedi called "Mortis." Rex didn't know what it meant or what it was, but he'd overheard the Generals talking about it among each other in low tones. Ahsoka didn't talk about it at all, but her eyes looked a little emptier and she looked a little paler. Rex got the impression that he shouldn't ask about this "Mortis."
The vision came in the mess hall. She'd been quiet, picking at her food, when all of a sudden her eyes shot wide and she reached for the nearest trooper's forearm before toppling off the bench. Hardcase caught her just before she hit the ground, but then she started shaking violently and he quickly lowered her to the floor.
Ahsoka turned impossibly paler as she spasmed and shook.
"Is she having a seizure?" a trooper asked. Rex didn't know who.
"I don't think so," Rex said, hardly able to hear his voice over the worry in his mind.
Ahsoka grunted and squeaked, tears leaking from her eyes. Rex frowned. This wasn't normal. She'd come back gasping, but never crying.
But she stopped soon enough and her wet eyes opened. They were dark and empty as she looked around. Then Echo hauled her to her feet, she wiped her eyes, and she started for the door.
"I don't want to talk about it," was the only thing Ahsoka said as she left, and nearly half the troopers snapped their mouths shut. It'd been the exact question on all their tongues.
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5.
Rex felt the familiar weight on his arm of Ahsoka squeezing him and he turned to grab her just in time. He lowered her limp form to the floor and watched as her clouded eyes gradually cleared. It amazed Rex how long she could keep them open without blinking.
When she did blink, scanning her surroundings, Rex helped her up. She didn't look upset, but she didn't look thrilled either.
"Commander?"
"Nothing," Ahsoka said. "My vision is clouded. I'm confused. I need to wait for answers."
"Okay," Rex said.
"Thanks, Rex," Ahsoka smiled at him softly, briefly checking the time. "I have to go. The Jedi Temple has been bombed and Anakin and I were called to investigate it."
"Right, Commander, see you later. Don't forget about sabbac, we're counting on you to kick Fives' butt for all the bets we placed," Rex said.
"Don't worry, I'll put him in his place," Ahsoka said, grinning over her shoulder. "See ya soon, Rex!"
She never did.
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+1.
Ahsoka felt the Force crash into her and she knew she only had a few seconds until the vision came. She reached out desperately for anyone and clung to the nearest arm to her with a death grip.
The vision exploded in her mind. It was chaos: screaming, shouting, pictures flashing too fast for her to decipher everything. She thought she saw... Mandolorians? Anakin? She couldn't tell.
It was over more quickly than usual, but one voice continued. A girl's voice shouts Ahsoka's name repeatedly in a panicked tone.
When her mind cleared, Ahsoka opened her eyes to meet the source of the voice.
"Oh my gosh, Ahsoka! What happened? You scared me half to death. It looked like you were having a seizure or... or–"
"Hey, hey, I'm okay, Trace," Ahsoka said. She looked around, somehow almost expecting to see the clones' faces. Usually, they were the ones reassuring her, not... this. And it caused her to fight back tears. "I promise I'm fine."
"What was it?" Trace panted.
"It was, uh," Ahsoka thought fast. "A Togruta thing! I hit my head earlier, and I thought I was okay, but I have montrals, so I guess not."
"Okay, Yeah, just... don't scare us like that again, Okay?"
Ahsoka almost had an actual seizure and she fought harder than ever to keep the tears from brimming in her eyes.
"Sure, Trace."
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Word Count: 1,930
Published: February 9th, 2023
It's getting whumpy in here! My heart hurts.
So now that you've got this, I will proceed to vanish for another few days and reappear to crank about 7,000 (not really) more fics and then disappear yet again just for the sake of it.
And no, I haven't forgotten about my requests, I'll get to those next time, sorryyyy.
Requests are open, feel free to message me or make a comment if you have an idea.
Bye, peoples!