All he could feel was pain, a non-specific pain over his entire body. He couldn't remember why he was in pain.
Anakin focused on the pain with the Force and it dulled to no more than an irritating throbbing, then he opened his eyes and looked around. The room he was in was small with only the bed he was on and a cupboard in the corner. He sat up and tried to remember how he had got here and what had happened.
The last think he could remember was being in the senate building on his way to stop the Jedi Masters from killing the Supreme Chancellor, the Chancellor who he had recently discovered to be the Sith Lord that the Jedi had been searching for throughout the Clone War, but what had happened? Had he stopped then? Had he even got there?
He got up and looked around the room again, looking for clues, but it was pointless, the walls were blank, with not even a window. He looked in the cupboard, but it was just a few basic medical supplies. Well, he thought, that tells me I must have been injured some how, but I suppose I knew that because of the pain. Then he noticed the door, almost invisible as it was made of the same gray material as the walls, in the other corner of the room, he made his way over to it but there was no control panel. He reached out with the Force but just as he was about to open the door he sensed a mind approaching. Deciding to wait, he stepped back a bit and sat on the edge of the bed
The door opened and a Human man walked in with a Rodian at his side. The man had sharp featured and wore a gray military uniform. It was a Republic Navy Officer's uniform, but it had the Republic's crest and the ranking ripped off the chest.
"Ah, finally awake I see. I thought a Jedi would have taken less time to recover, but then again your injuries were severe." The man said contemptuously.
"Who are you?" asked Anakin, "and where am I? What Happened to me?"
The man grinned. "You are in a secret military base, under my control, being treated for severe injuries that you got as a result of a very impressive fight which I was lucky enough to witness myself."
What was this mysterious man talking about? Who had he been fighting? Why had he been fighting them? All these questions, and more, started running through Anakin's mind but he pushed them back for now, the man had not answered his first question.
"You didn't tell me who you were, and I would very much like you to explain more about this fight you claim happened, but tell me who you are first" he said waving his hand in the direction of the man.
"your mind tricks will not work on me young Skywalker, I have been trained, like many of the officers of the Republic Navy, to be unaffected by them." he sneered, "but you do not need to use them, I will tell you who I am and I will explain more, but now is not the time for lengthy discussions. It seems you are almost fully recovered so in the morning I would like you to attend a meeting where you will get the information you deserve." He turned and started to leave, "Oh, and my name is Wilhuff Tarkin, Moff Wilhuff Tarkin."
A/N - I know that anakin has met tarkin before in clone wars and rouge planet, i will get to that in the next chapter which will also be Anakin's POV. Thanks for reading, and please review.
