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It was a short sleep for Ahsoka, but deep and restful. Her clothes were still strewn all over the floor and as she stretched her body ached in the best way. A knock at the door sent her scrambling for the covers. "Yeah?"
"Commander?" It was Rex. "You ok?"
"Yeah, be right out." She dressed hurriedly and opened the door. Rex looked groggy but aware of his surrounding. "Morning."
"Morning sir. Bane said we should be landing in a couple hours."
"Thanks, Rex. You ok? You look tired."
"Don't know why. I slept but I woke up worse."
"Must have been the bunk."
"Figures he'd have cheap beds like that."
Ahsoka just nodded as they entered the gally and she made something to eat. "You want something?"
"Already ate, so don't worry about me."
"Alright." Ahsoka didn't notice when Rex left while she was cooking, which gave her some relief as to not being watched, but also made her feel sorry for Bane. Rex hadn't left him alone since the trip had started.
She ate in peace and started to plan out the next couple hours, but was interrupted as the ship shook around her. The ship dropped out of hyperspace, but Ahsoka doubted they had arrived early as the yelling started. In the cockpit, Bane and Rex were arguing as they tried desperately to get the engines started again. Rex was moving much slower than Bane.
"I don't believe you don't know."
"It's probably some junkers or pirates-" A boom sent the ship rocking. "But I don't know."
"This ship has a turret Right?" Ahsoka cut in.
"Yeah, down de hall and up de ladder."
"Rex go," Ahsoka ordered. "You're a better shot."
Rex obviously didn't want to but knew this was the best option. "Yes, sir."
Ahsoka slid into his seat and began flipping switches and pressing buttons. "What happened?"
"Powerful enough tractor beam I tink. Ripped us out of hyperspace." A loud thunk resonated through the hull.
"Towline on the port engine," Rex said over the com system.
"Can you shoot it off?" Ahsoka asked.
"Not without hitting the engine."
"Do you have a space suit?" She asked Bane.
"No! Not dat I'd let you use it though."
"Bane!" Another thunk and the com system began to blink with an incoming message.
"Hello, Bane! So nice to see you again!"
"Hondo?" Ahsoka said as she looked over at Bane, whose face was unreadable.
"Little Ahsoka? Ha! How good to hear from you. Have you been kidnapped again?"
"Hondo, we're on official business for the Republic. If you release out ship now we'll forget this happened."
Hondo laughed. "Oh, I would love to and as soon as Bane returns what's mine-"
"We had a deal Hondo. Chu lost fair an square."
"You stole my ship!"
"Chu got too drunk to play."
"That spice and ship are mine!"
"Spice is gone. Had to dump it before I hit Coruscant."
" 'Dump it?' "
Bane grinned at the tone of loss in the weequay's voice. "Should be somewhere in the Dagoba system. Only dumped it three days ago."
Immediately the tow lines disengaged. "I'm coming back for the ship."
"Good luck wit dat." Bane said as he cut the channel. "He's not going to find it."
"Why?"
"I sold it to Jabba de Hutt. I still owed him for some damages."
"So Hondo will be back."
"Yep," Bane said as he tried to start the hyperdrive. Nothing happened. "How bad did dat tow hook hit de engine?" Bane asked Rex.
"Hard enough to dent it. I heard stuff rattling around in here."
"Just perfect," he muttered as he started back towards the engines. Ahsoka followed and help him pop the grate off. He tossed his duster to the side and climbed down into the tight space. Ahsoka was right behind him. "Gonna be a tight fit," he warned.
"It usually is," She whispered back. He grinned as she leaned in to kiss him.
"Everything look alright down there?" Rex's voice called as they both shot away from each other.
"Yeah," Ahsoka called. "Can you toss the toolbox?"
"Doesn't he have perfect timing," Bane muttered as he crawled through the machinery.
"Let me," she said, stopping him. "I won't get stuck." She could feel Bane's eyes on her ass as she started through the maze and prayed Rex wouldn't notice.
"So can you see what's off?" Rex called.
"If I had a light maybe."
"Here." Bane handed her one, his hand lingering on hers a second longer than it needed to.
She flipped it on and could see the dent had knocked some power conduit off the wall. "Ok, here's what I need." She listed off a couple tools and ended with "And someone to hold it up."
"Got it," Bane said as he crawled in after her. Rex also jumped down and watched the two. Ahsoka saw Bane grimace when he heard the clone land behind him. "Here?" he asked as he picked up the fallen box.
"Yeah." Ahsoka made quick work of welding it back on the wall and reattaching wires. "There's another one over here," she said as she crawled out of view of Rex. Bane looked at her quizzically for a moment, seeing nothing else to fix. Then his face split into a grin as she beckoned him. He crawled over her and kissed her softly, hand reaching up to kneed her breast through her shirt. She shivered under him and moved his hand before too much happened. She looked up at him and wanted to say so much but with Rex nearby-
"Everything alright?"
"Yeah. Looks like everything should work," Ahsoka called back as she climbed out from under Bane. He caught her waist and kissed the back of her neck before she got too far. She hummed appreciatively but kept moving, Bane right behind her.
"I'll git us back into hyperspace," Bane said as he hauled himself out of the crawl space. "Should be on Alderaan in an hour."
"Good," Rex said as he left. "The sooner we finish the better."
"Yeah," Ahsoka agreed, feeling a tug in her heart at how soon she and Bane would be parted again.