Authors note: only because Anakin sits in his fighter in the picture doesn't mean that he'll take part in this chapter.

Petro jumped out of his fighter, followed by Artoo.
'By the way, where did you get Anakin's fighter from?'
Ahsoka spoke with a husky voice.
'Master Kenobi gave it to me.'
She nodded in response.
'Where will we start searching?'
'Guess where.'
'Palast?'
'Right.' They put on their cloaks for keeping unrecognised. 'May I ask you something?' 'As long as the question is appropriate.' 'I guess so.' 'What is it, Petro?'
'Lux told me to tell you that you're always welcomed in his place. Has that a certain meaning?' Ahsoka punched him in the arm.
'Ouch, what was that for?' 'Your question was not appropriate.' Petro took this as an answer. They stopped at the edge of the wood and watched the city gate with the bridge closely. 'What do we see, Petro?'
'The gate is heavily guarded.'
'Conclusion.' Demanded the mentor.
'We won't be able to pass without being checked for our identities.'
'Alternatives?' 'Climbing up the wall?'
'Would be an option, but I spend some time here on a mission. We can use one of the large native birds.'
'Large native birds?'

Half an our later they were in the city. The clones were pushing the citizens in their houses, showing no mercy to people who resisted. Petro had difficulties to suppress the urge to help them. But he knew that the mission came first.
Ahsoka led them to a house near the palace. 'Who lives here?' Asked Petro curiously. 'Saw Gerrera. He's a friend of mine.'
The young padawan recognised the name. Lux had mentioned him a few times. He described him as a brilliant warrior. They saw that the door was guarded and hided behind a wall. 'They probably keep him imprisoned in there, so he can't help the resistance. We'll knock them out and drag them behind the house.' But Petro already approached the clones and sliced off their heads. He opend the door to the house and stepped inside. Ahsoka was still behind the wall, shocked about what she just saw. She followed her student soon after and confronted him inside the building. 'PETRO! What did you do? A jedi does not'
'Does not kill. I know! But they didn't need a second to change sides and kill all the jedi, who trusted them with their lives! You did not see all the younglings, padawans and masters die! You were not their, because you too betrayed the jedi! And you were one of the greatest. You could have saved many lives this day! But you weren't there!'
'Padawan, calm down. We'll talk about this later. Now isn't the time for arguing. We must concentrate on the task at hand.' Petro took a deep breath and nodded. They were just about to continue their search when Saw Gerrera greeted them. 'Sorry for interrupting you two, but why are you here?' 'It's great to see you, too, Saw. We need your help to free Lux. We think he's been captured.' 'Count me in. Everything's better than staying here and doing nothing. Who's the boy?'
'I'm jedi padawan Petro Dameron.'
Saw placed a comforting hand on Petro's shoulder. 'I heard about the jedi purge. I'm sorry kid.' Saw really seemed to mean it. Ahsoka never saw him so sensible, expect for Steela's death. The padawan's look kept cold. 'Thanks, but sympathie won't bring them back.' 'Believe me, I know what you mean. Let's prevent an other useless death. Lux could be killed while we're talking.' Ahsoka winced silently by these words.

They managed to break into the palace and get into the prisoner tract. But Ahsoka could already sense in the hallway that Lux wasn't here.
'He's not in one of the cells. I can feel it. But he's still somewhere around.'
'The question is where.' Saw added.
'Let me concentrate for minute.' Ahsoka closed her eyes.
When she opened them she looked worried.
'What is it, Ahsoka?' 'He's in front of the entrance. And the last time somebody was brought there was when'
'When they were about to execute the king.' Saw finished.
Petro sprinted off, followed by the two others. They entered the palace by climbing up the walls and that's were they departed again. When they reached the front of the palace, a huge crowd was looking at something. This 'something' was a Lux and he was about to be executed, just as Ahsoka had feared. The crowd shouted in protest and offended the clone troopers who guarded the execution. A man read the 'crimes' Lux had committed from a sheet. It said that he betrayed the new founded Empire and therefore has no place in the new system. This was obviously meant to act as a deterrent.
Ahsoka slowly approached the front of the crowd. Petro could imagine what would happen and contacted the droids. 'Prepare the ship and approach the palace.' Meanwhile Ahsoka and Saw jumped into action and confronted the clones. Petro helped them and killed the clones one by one. Ahsoka freed Lux right in the second when the fighters came. 'Take Saw!' Petro grabbed Saw by his arm and jumped with him in the opened cockpit of his yellow starfighter.
'Woohoo! We made it!' Petro wasn't so optimistic yet. They could be easily shot in the air any minute. 'Saw, sit behind me.' The man did as he was told, so Petro could take control over the ship. It still wasn't optimal because this was a single man fighter. 'R2, prepare the jump into hyperspace.' The canons of the clone troopers had opened fire by now, but Petro managed not to be hit by any shots. Only when they were in the orbit he allowed himself to let out a sigh of relief. They jumped into hyperspace.

I Updated! Thank you for the last votes and comments. You inspired me to, finally 😏, continue the story! Thanks again for the support. I'll try to keep this story going on.