*I still don't own Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and I don't own Chaotic either! If I did, then Barriss would never have betrayed the Jedi, and I would have taken steps to prevent Chaotic's untimely cancellation! The whole show would have been finished before it got taken off the air! And a lot more cards that were never released WOULD HAVE been released!*
*Speech Key*
"Maxxor attacks Takinom!" = Normal Speech
'Chaor attacks Pyrithion!' = Thoughts
"Refrain of Denail, destroy her Mugic!" = Someone Yelling
"May the Force be with you, little one." = Deity Speaking
Attempted Suicide!
Sitting in her cell deep in the Republic prison, former Jedi Knight Barriss Offee sat in a fetal position on the hard, steel plate that was her bed. She knows that her time was coming, and not of natural causes either. She was given the death sentence due to her actions in committing a terrorist bombing on the Jedi temple, killing Letta, and framing her best friend Ahsoka Tano for the whole thing.
Now, Barriss meant every word of what she said in the Senate Court Room. The Jedi Order has indeed become a shadow of its former self. No longer were they an order of peacekeepers and healers of the sick. Now, they were nothing but military generals. Soldiers whose hearts have been tainted by violence, blood, war, death, and worse. She only regretted that she chose to frame Ahsoka for the whole thing and nearly got her killed. The Dark Side's pull on her mind was too strong at the time, and made her choose someone respected and well-liked in the Jedi order to take the fall. Unfortunately, that person just happened to be Ahsoka.
'Ahsoka… I am so sorry…! I never wanted any of this to happen to you! You deserve better than this!'
Barriss is no fool. She knows that Ahsoka didn't rejoin the Jedi order, even though they offered to have her reinstated as a Knight rather than continue on as a Padawan. But Ahsoka didn't accept. The council didn't trust her, so how could she trust them not to do the same thing twice? So she left the order… for good.
Closing her eyes, Barriss knew exactly what she had to do to make amends and redeem her honor. Reaching into her sleeve, she pulled out a small dagger that she managed to keep hidden and sneak past the guard. If she was going to die, she sure as hell wasn't going to give these fools of the Republic Senate the satisfaction of killing her themselves.
Taking the dagger, she slashed open the palm of her free hand and let the blood flow from the wound. She winced at the stinging feeling of her flesh being cut open, but felt satisfaction knowing that it would be used to show how serious she was about this whole mess. Good thing the walls of this cell are all white so her words when written in blood will show better.
Once a sufficient amount of blood had gathered onto her palm and was still flowing strong, she began to write on the wall what would be her last words.
'To whomever it concerns (You may not see me anymore, but I'm looking at you, Jedi order and Republic senate.),'
'By the time you read this, I will have long since left this world for good. I know that after my actions regarding my dear friend, Ahsoka, and the order as a whole that I will not become one with the Force when I die. I have no illusions of being granted a second chance by you people. But I won't allow you to be the ones to end my life either! And so, I have killed myself and saved you all the trouble. Yeah, I know what you're thinking, "Why kill myself instead of facing my concequences like a true Jedi should?". Well, the answer is painfully obvious even to scum like Tarkin.'
'I am no longer a Jedi. I haven't been since I was given the death sentence by an easily corrupted senate that cares only for the progression of warfare and violence! The Jedi have fallen from the proud peacekeepers they once were, and I have no doubt in my mind that the Jedi of old are rolling around in their graves at what we all have become! In my eyes, it's too late for the Jedi Order to find redemption for their actions in revoking our peaceful ways and becoming nothing more than warmongering generals in a war that we should not even be participating in! Mace Windu, if you are reading this, you yourself said that the Jedi would help fight the Separatists, but we would not actively participate in a war that does not involve us.'
'Well, I guess you're as hypocritical as the rest of them!'
'All I have to say now is this. I sincerely apologize to Ahsoka Tano for everything that I have done to her. If I could go back in time and stop myself from doing all of those stupid things, I would! But I can't…'
'This is goodbye forever. As you Jedi say, may the Force be with you.'
Barriss tried to hold back her tears as she finished writing it. Her suicide note.
She scoffed as she knew that nobody would bother reading a suicide note from a wanted criminal like herself. It's just a fact of life. People want to forget the people who were, in their eyes, the ones in the wrong. And in this case, it was her. Did she regret framing Ahsoka for the bombing of the temple and Letta's murder? Heck yeah.
But does she regret performing the terrorist bombing on the temple to prove her point in the first place? No. Not one bit.
Sighing as she tried to calm her nerves, Barriss took the dagger in both hands and pressed it hard against her throat. This is it. No turning back now. Closing her eyes as she prepared to lose her life, Barriss sent one last thought out into the Force. One that everyone on Coruscant, Force Sensitive or not, could easily feel and hear as clear as day.
'I'm so sorry, Ahsoka… Please forgive me, and have fun in the next life when you cross over. Farewell… forever…'
And with one swift slice, blood spewed out from the wound as Barriss dropped to the ground. The dagger clattered on the ground, sending drops of blood everywhere. As Barriss felt her life leave her, she smiled as she knew that at least this way, she could redeem some of her honor. Like those ancient warriors she once heard about. Samurai, she believed they were called.
This was it. No more pain. No more suffering. Just the release of life.
But before her vision went dark, Barriss could vaguely hear her name being called by someone strangely familiar. And a few seconds after… her whole world went black.
*To Be Continued…*
I know it's started out kinda dark here, but I felt like this story would be a nice way to transition from Calvin & Hobbes in Star Wars: The Clone Wars to An Arc Jinchuriki. I hope you guys like this idea for a reboot of my original story over on my other profile. It's over on my other profile called SaurusRock625, so go check that version out when you get the chance. But now, I have a few questions for everyone.
1.) Should she survive her attempt at suicide, or should she die from it and be reborn?
2.) Which of the four tribes of Perim should Barriss ally herself with, and why do you think she should?
3.) What creature should be her signature creature?
4.) And finally, should she become an honorary member of the tribe she allies herself with?
Thank you guys so much for reading! May the Force be with you, and have a great day!
