Deceived chapter 3
Ahsoka was fading in and out of conscious as hours went by as she waited either for the Rebellion to save her or the Empire to finish her. She was dehydrated, starving and was fighting to stay awake. While clinging onto consciousness she went back to the battle with Vader. Even though Vader had tried to kill her and destroy a piece of Anakin Skywalker's past she had to cling onto the hope that maybe Anakin was somewhere deep down in that monster. "I'm sorry I left you…" she whispered sorrowfully, maybe…maybe if she had stayed she could have prevented all of this. Prevented order 66, prevented the extermination of the Jedi order, prevented the Empire from rising…preventing the rise of Vader and saving Anakin. She couldn't charge that now though she could wish all she wanted to to be able to go back and time and change the worst mistake in her life.
She looked up as the sun that had been beating down on her was replaced by shade. A ship she could see the outline of a ship. It landed a few yards away from her before the cargo ramp opened up. "I see her!" Sabine yelled as she ran down the ramp toward Ahsoka. "She looks in pretty bad shape" Rex said kneeling down beside her, "She's dehydrated, bring her aboard and get her out of the heat" Hera said. Rex picked her up and carried her back to the ship. Once inside he took her to the nearest bed and laid her down on it "Hold on commander we'll get you fixed up" Rex said.
A couple hours later Rex was sitting down in a chair next to Ahsoka watching over her while the others were talking in the comm. area. "I should have come with you…" Rex said bowing his head and rubbing his forehead. He looked up at her as she laid motionless in the bed, her body was bruised, she looked exhausted but Rex was thankful that she was alive and would make a full recovery. "You really shouldn't worry yourself so much you might have a heart attack" Ahsoka said slowly opening her eyes and looking at him. "You should be resting commander" Rex said smiling, Ahsoka sat up slowly and leaned back against the wall "The last person I knew who watched over me while I was hurt was…" Ahsoka stopped and looked down at her lap. "I know Ahsoka…I know, I think Kanan wants to talk to you when your up to it" Rex said sighing.
"I'll be out in a moment Rex" Ahsoka said, Rex nodded and left the room. The former Jedi took a deep shaky breath and close her eyes tightly. Ahsoka I would never let anyone hurt you. Because of your training I was able to survive and I was able to lead others to survive as well. What are you trying to prove? That I'm not too young to be your master. Tears began to slide down Ahsoka's face as long suppressed memories surfaced to the top.
Ahsoka I am so sorry, for everything. I'm sorry master but I'm not coming back. What about me I believed you I stood by you. The Jedi order is your life. The tears continued to flow down her face as years of friendship all came to her mind at once. She could now see her former master's face with a sadden expression. It was the face he had given her when she had left the Order, when she had walked down the temple stairs, when she had walked away from him.
It was her worse mistake she had ever made, walking away from him was the worst thing she could have done to him. She had failed him, abandoned him, left him. It pained her more now seeing her former master in that suit, to know it was one thing but to see it was completely different.
"You summoned me master" Spoke a female voice from the depths of her thick black hood as she kneeled before her master, Darth Vader. "Recall the inquisitor, you will track down the boy and bring him and the holocron to me" Vader said. Her head remained low bowing deeply before her master as his foot steps approached her "Go my apprentice" he said. "At once my master" the female said rising to her feet and bowed her head once more before turning on her heel and began to walk away from him. "Kithra" Vader said, she stopped and turned around facing her master again. "Do not fail me as my last apprentice did" he said, Kithra nodded "I will not fail my master your trust is well placed in me" she replied. Vader turned away from her and Kithra headed for her ship in the hanger.
Kithra had served under Lord Vader a little after the rise of the Empire and she had every intention of proving her worth to her master. Though still young her abilities had developed rapidly under his teaching and she would always push herself to the limits when training with him. Once the ship exited the hanger she sat back in her chair wondering where exactly to start her search for the boy. Normally her mission consisted of killing a target not fetching one and bringing them back alive so she would have to change her tactics.
She opened a communication channel from her ship and contacted her master. A few moments later a small hologram of Darth Vader appeared "What is it?" he asked. "Master to begin my search I require access to any information that the inquisitors acquired you sent out before" she said. "Such as?" he asked, "Recordings, transmissions anything that will give me a starting point" she replied. The connection ended and Kithra began to read through the information that the inquisitors acquired as it pulled up on a screen. At first she found nothing of internists until she came across a recording. She smiled, perhaps the inquisitors weren't useless after all as she listened to the recoding "maybe you can come live with us on Coral."