Ahsoka was roughly thrown into the Force shielded cell. She glared at Nhilius as the bounty hunter left. She turned and froze.
In the corner sat Count Dooku. He looked to be in far worse shape than she was. His clothes were ripped and stained with blood, his bottom lip recently split, his nose was bleeding, and his face covered in bruises. She guessed the rest of his body was no different.
The elderly Count turned his dark eyes to young Tortugan.
"Skywalker's Padawan. What at surprise."
His eyes that she was used to seeing afire with anger and sometimes hatred were dull with pain and hopelessness. He had been there for a long time, for the Nhilius had somehow crushed the former Jedi's spirit.
She shivered from the cold of the ship.
"Come here, young one, so you won't be so cold."
Ahsoka slowly crawled over to the Sith Lord, the need for heat making her sit beside the big man.
Dooku put his cape around her and pulled her to him, allowing to her take some much needed heat from his body. His spirit was crushed, his Sith spirit at least. His old Jedi spirit was coming through again, still as strong as ever. He would help the girl beside him to the best of his ability.
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Ahsoka looked up to see Dooku being dragged back to their cell by some guards. The Count was thrown to the floor, and Ahsoka hurried over to him.
His back was bleeding from the lashes he had been given, his body bruised from the beating of the club, patches of skin burned from the electropole and heated rod.
The girl felt at loss of what to do and prayed for her Master to rescue them, unsure of how much longer Dooku would survive. He was taking her torture as well as his own. He was beaten nearly to death each day.
His lifeforce was weak, and Ahsoka didn't know what to do. She had grown close to the Count over the past week and couldn't bear the thought of him dying for her.
Hurry, Master. Please find us.
She did her best to heal Dooku some, but it didn't do much.
The young Padawan stayed up all night, keeping watch over her noble protector and friend.