I don’t know who you are
Who: Ahsoka and Li What: Fighting a Sith, electrocuting a rancor, engaging in aerial acrobatics in Ahsoka's starfighter, the usual when: 5/5 Where: in and around orange county. also above orange county status: complete Rating: PG-13
Seeing stormtroopers had woken something inside Ahsoka that she’d forgotten existed. A little bit of fear, a little bit of excitement, even some anger. A day later and they’d brought in weapons, and vehicles. She knew that Raven and her other friends could take care of themselves, but she didn’t know if Li could. Maybe she could get her somewhere safe before returning to the fight.
She’d enjoyed their dancing probably a little too much, though that wasn’t the reason that she wanted to come to her aide.
Li didn’t have the magic that her dream self did, but that didn’t mean she was sitting in her room cowering and waiting for this to pass. No, Li was out there attempting to fight and to help others get to safety if she could. She wasn’t paying attention to who was around, she was just trying to do what she could.
She’d gotten ahold of a blaster from a fallen stormtrooper. She wasn’t exactly a good shot, but neither were the stormtroopers, it seemed. She spotted someone up ahead running from blaster fire.
“Hey!” She called to them and waved. “Over here!!” Li directed them towards a building that could be used for shelter. Li charged forward, taking aim at the stormtrooper that was following them and she shot at him.
“Oh.” Ahsoka watched for a moment, impressed. That certainly made things a little simpler. But there was a squard of troopers coming up behind Li, and she didn’t think Li would notice in time. Ahsoka darted forward, flipping over Li as her lightsabers sparked to life. In a single graceful movement all four troopers lost their heads.
Ahsoka straightened, and turned to look at Li. “Are you okay?”
She probably should have worn her glamour today.
The woman who flipped over her had barely caught her attention. She was more focused on the target she was shooting at. However, the sound of the lightsabers coming to life got her full attention. Once the trooper was down and not getting up, Li turned around to see four stormtroopers without heads.
She blinked at the woman. It sounded like Ahsoka, but it didn’t look like Ahsoka. Li was more confused than she was scared of the woman’s appearance. After all, things were attacking the city and people, there was little that could actually frighten her after that.
“Ahsoka?” She asked in confusion.
Shit. She nodded her head and tried to smile non-threateningly. “Yes, it’s me. It’s a long story, but right now we’ve got bigger problems to worry about. They’ve brought in heavy weapons.” She kicked at a fallen blaster. “These guys are from my dreams.”
Overhead there appeared to be some kind of battle between different kinds of star fighters. Ahsoka kind of wished she was up there.
Li gave a slow nod. This was unexpected, but she was able to push it aside for the moment. There was too much danger around them to be distracted by things like what Ahsoka was. But when she heard that these things were from Ahsoka’s dreams, it certainly explained some things.
“How do we fight them?” She asked, glancing above them as she heard the sounds of battle from the ships up there.
“Just like any other soldier in any other war,” Ahsoka said. She sounded grim, though there was sad note to her voice. “They’re not going to go very easy on us, but at least there are no Sith...” She knelt and picked up the blaster. “But this should do nicely. Think you can aim?”
She held the blaster out.
“I will do my best. I have not fired a gun before today.” She took the offered blaster, knowing that she needed all the firepower she could get. “Where to now?” Li didn’t know if there was some grand plan to the invasion, or if it was simply chaos, nor did she know where Ahsoka had come from or where she’d been going before crossing her path.
“There’s not much of a kick and you just want to aim at the Stormtroopers. If we’re lucky there won’t be any AT-STs to deal with.” She spun her lightsaber hilts in her hands then ignited them again. The hum was comforting. “I’ll provide shielding. I think we should head farther into town. Towards the Agency building. I’m sure other dreamers may congregate there.”
She hoped Leia was okay.
While she wanted to know what all of these things were precisely, this was not the time nor the place to ask such questions. Now was the time to move before they were surrounded. Or worse. Li looked at the lightsabers when they came to life again. They were fascinating, but they couldn’t be distracted from their goals.
“Lead the way. We will take down as many of these things as possible.” Li was demonstrating the same level of fearlessness that her dream self wielded. She was cocky in the dreams, and it was starting to show here.
“I knew there was a reason I liked you.” Ahsoka winked.
They encountered another squad, and Ahsoka deflected their blasts with her sabers. “Quick, down that way!” She could give them cover on the way to the alley, and if they were lucky they could cut around to the other side and avoid more people shooting at them. She just hoped that Li’s confidence wasn’t misplaced.
Li smiled at Ahsoka before following after her. She aimed and fired at the squad, managing to hit a few of them while Ahsoka deflected the blasts. She wordlessly followed directions and headed for the alley while taking pot shots without hitting Ahsoka in the process.