Anakin swore as he watched the fighters escape on speedsters. He knew when he gets to the last speedster, that he would not be able to catch up with them.

"Anakin get down from there!" Obi-Wan shouted from beneath him. He was sitting on an old race speeder.

Jumping until he was at the bottom, Anakin asked, "where did you get that speedster?"

"Get on," Obi-Wan stated, grunting as Anakin sat down, "we'll be able to catch them with the woods."

"The woods?"

Obi-Wan pointed over at the woods that the escaping people were heading to the side off, "you don't go through those woods unless you know them."

"And you do?"

"What kind of speeder racer do you think I am if I haven't completed the Fatal Forest championship?"

Anakin didn't have time to exclaim 'what?!' as Obi-Wan turned on the speeder and shot off, causing Anakin to have to grip onto the Jedi Master willing himself to stay on the machine.

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Obi-Wan could not help the grin that steadily covered his face. He could almost forget that Anakin on his speeder and not Vos on his bike if it wasn't for the arm around his waist and the extra whine of the speeder.

And if he felt grim pleasure from the panicked grip and squeak from Anakin each time the speeder's tail kicked happily around the trees; he could not be blamed for allowing a few extra drifts out, after all, his old speeders not been out in so long.

Anakin noticed the shift in his master's body language; he'd flattered himself out, head low, rear raised from the seat. Glancing over Obi-Wan's shoulder, he noticed what looked to be a cliff. He thought that they would be turning again, so gripped on, not expecting the bike to suddenly shoot forwards as Obi-Wan flicked a small switch, and launch off the cliff.

Landing in front of the runaways, Anakin hadn't opened his eyes until Obi-Wan had cuffed the scared-stiff runners they landed before.

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Anakin was thankful he was on his speeder with one of the prisoners instead of on the one with Obi-Wan. Anakin could tell that the prisoner stuck was Obi-Wan was going to vomit the moment they get off. And Anakin would not blame him if he did.

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If Cody and Rex were surprised to see Obi-Wan pull up on a classic racing speeder, then they didn't question it.

"Where is General Skywalker?" Rex asked as the single prisoner was heaved towards a bucket as the man went to throw up.

Looking behind him, Obi-Wan growled to himself, "I told him to keep up." He then turned to look at Cody, "hop-on, we need to collect him it seems."

Throwing Rex a wary look from the corner of his eye, Cody climbed onto the back of the speeder. His ended up flailing around until he'd got a secure death grip hold around the General's waist.

And all that the General did was laugh!

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Well, the General wasn't laughing as Cody ended up flinging himself off the speeder to hug the floor as he took great gulps of air as not to vomit.

Rex, the little osik, however, was laughing.

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Cody didn't stop glaring at the speeder or sending wary glances at the General the whole time. The General had stated that they were bringing the speeder with them it was a speeder he got as a Padawan but just never got the chance to bring back as his old master would not have agreed with what the General did in his spare time.

Cody would agree. Who in their right mind races in the Fatal Forest?!

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It was Rex's job to pull his General out from underneath a machine because they lost track of time.

It was not Cody's job to have to shimmy underneath a vehicle to locate the General to tell him they have a meeting in five.

But the men were starting to call him Snake because his armour was beginning to get skid marks across it with the number of times he has done it.

And Force forbid if he sent a trooper instead, then Cody found himself dragging the General and the soldier out from underneath.

And it seemed each week; the General had a different speeder.

And the General took time to adapt one of the speeders to work for Cody. The Jedi was using it almost as a way to say thank you for making sure that the man never missed a meeting.

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This speeder became useful in a completely unexpected way. It meant that while the 212th and the 501st (including Rex) were on the bunch of bolts called clone speeders, Cody got to use a different speeder.

They had two days ride on the speeders before they could reach their destination.

By the end of the first day, even Anakin was complaining whereas both Obi-Wan and Cody were functioning as expected.

The boys were jealous and slightly confused, as well. Because where the kriff had Obi-Wan pulled out those speeder riding gear?!

He even had spares that fit Cody, who has those?!

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Everyone was sick of the speeders. And when he says everyone, Cody means everyone but General Kenobi. The man was still finding time to drag both of them out to go sightseeing.

It was like the General was treating it like a road trip!

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"Enjoy the road trip?" Rex grumbled.

"Shut up."

"But-."

"Shut up."

"Who-?"

"I said, shut up."

"Ah-."

"Do you not understand shut up, Captain?"

"Commander, I wanted-."

"Go out the airlock."

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"Commander Snake!"

"The airlock is that way."

"But Commander Snake!"

"That's not my name, shiny."

"You are the Commander, sir, right?"

"Yes."

"The Lieutenants said it was, sir," the shiny said.

"My name is Cody if you do not intend to use it, call me sir or Commander," Cody growled, turning to face the shiny fully, his shape causing the trooper to almost shrink into himself.

"Sir, yes, sir!"

"Tell me the message, then tell everyone that my name is Commander Cody, not Commander Snake," Cody growled, "anyone that tries will be testing the airlocks."

"Right away, sir!"

"The message?"

"Tomorrow's briefing is at 0800, sir!"

"The same as it always is, go tell everyone now, shiny."

"Sir, yes, sir!"

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