Spiraling out of control chapter 7
A Republic shuttle landed on top of the Jedi temple and a very angry Ahsoka stepped off. How dare they force her back to Corusant, back to the Jedi temple just as she was about to begin her search for Aurra Sing. Ahsoka was met by Master Kanobi and Master Shaak ti both sharing what looked to be mixture of concern and slight anger on their faces. "Why did you go to Dathormir?" Obi-wan asked in his usual calm tone.
Ahsoka glared at the man, during the trip back to Corusant she had a lot of time to think. Obi-wan had been the one that ordered the troops to retreat from the planet, to leave her master on Dathomir. He may be a master but she was to mad at the moment to care "To look for my master which YOU left behind" Ahsoka shot back hotly stretching the world 'you' signaling that she knew it was him who ordered the troops to pull out.
Obi-wan cringed at her words, she wasn't suppose to know that he had made that tuff call. It wasn't easy for him, he didn't want to just leave Anakin down on the planet but his troops need to get more supplies and the only way to do that was to pull out. "Ahsoka I didn't have a choice" Obi-wan said trying to convince himself more than the flaming padawan before him.
"Don't give me that Kriffing lie Obi-wan! He wouldn't have abandoned you when you needed him! He wouldn't have left you there, he would have searched endlessly for you!" Ahsoka shot back. Obi-wan was stunned, he had never in the three years he had know her heard her cuss before. This was defiantly not like Ahsoka.
"I know he wouldn't have Ahsoka, I didn't want to have to pull out but I had to think about the others. We already had so many wounded there they wouldn't have done any good if they had staid" Obi-wan replied.
"You could have staid behind, you could have kept looking. You would have found him IF you had staid" Ahsoka growled. "What do you I would have found him?" Obi-wan asked looking at the Jedi padawan. "Cad Bane found Anakin, he is alive! The Night Sisters were trying to heal him but Cad Bane kill them and took Anakin" Ahsoka snapped.
"Where is all this coming from? Why would a bounty hunter such as Cad Bane be on Dathormir?" Shaak asked. "It doesn't matter why he was there all that matters is that I have to find my master!" Ahsoka said. "Ahsoka…Anakin is gone ok. Look I know you are struggling with this but you need to just forget and move on. This isn't healthy for you" Obi-wan insisted.
Ahsoka tried so hard to keep her Togrutan aggression from adding to her mounting anger, she was just so frustrated that they wouldn't understand that her master was alive and he needed her. Ahsoka closed her eyes trying to calm her anger, she took several deep breaths "He is alive wither you believe it or not and I am going to go and find him" Ahsoka replied.
This time it was Shaaks turn to answer "Ahsoka you are not allowed to leave the temple until you have come to the realization that you former master is dead. You need to clear you mind of this so you can move on" Shaak said taking both Obi-wan and Ahsoka by surprise by how fast the master Jedi was dealing out a punishment.
"Your going to keep me from finding my master when there is a chance that he is alive!?" Ahsoka screamed. For get the part about the no emotion part of the Jedi code, Ahsoka was pissed now. "It's for the best Ahsoka. I will ask the council to send out some Jedi to search for Aurra Sing to inquire about Skywalker" Shaak said calmly.
It took the young padawan every ounce of her will power not to lash out at the women so she simply stormed past both of them and went straight to her shared quarters. Obi-wan sighed and looked at Shaak ti "Are you sure that was the right thing to do?" he asked. "Right now it's what needs to be done. We can't have a padawan running around the galaxy" Shaak said.
It was only mid day so Ahsoka had a lot of time to think. She didn't know why she hadn't realized it before; if her master had died she would have felt it. She would have felt his death through the force but knowing this, it begged the question. Why would the council, the Jedi be so quick to pronounce him dead?
Ahsoka reached out and felt through the force searching for the bond she shared with her master. When she found it she grabbed a hold of it, the fact that the bond was there proved Ahsoka's point that her master was alive.
Next Ahsoka reached out and felt for her master in the force, she didn't know why she hadn't thought of this earlier. His presence was faint, weak but still it was there. He was alive and she had to find him, she need to find him.
Ahsoka's jaw clenched in determination, the council's orders be damned. She was going to find her master no matter what anyway said, no matter how bad the odds were stacked against her she was going to find him. She would wait for the cover of night fall to escape from the temple then she would head to lower parts of Corusant to begin her search.
When night fall finally came Ahsoka was eager to get out of the temple and begin her search. No one, not even Master Yoda was going to stop her; making sure she had the three lightsabers clipped to her belt she threw her cloak over her and headed out of the room.
Ahsoka masked her force presence so the Jedi would not be able to find her once she left the temple. She started down the hall that would take her out from the temple; from there she would take a speeder to the lower parts of Corusant. Her feet glided quietly over the red carpet, her montrals aided by the force were picking up even the slights noice as she made her escape.
Ahsoka quickly hugged a wall as she heard a door opening around the corner and laughter from some of the other Jedi. A few seconds passed and the air grew quiet once again and Ahsoka snuck toward the entrance of the temple. She quickly looked around to make sure no one was watching then ran down the stairs of the temple.
It took the young padawan almost forty five minutes to get to the lower levels of Corusant but when she did she walked to the nearest cantina. Ahsoka dug into one of her pockets and found some credits; she would bride the bar tender and ask for the whereabouts out Aurra Sing.
Ahsoka walked into the cantina hood drawn over her head to conceal her face. She made her way up to rodian who was manning the bar. "I'm looking for a assassin by the name of Aurra Sing" Ahsoka said. Before the rodian could reply Ahsoka felt the barrel of a blaster being pressed into her back "Who's asking?" a female replied.
"I am interested in purchasing some Intel from you" Ahsoka replied while at the same time using the force to alter her voice slightly so it wouldn't be recognized. "And what makes you think I have the Intel you are looking for?" Aurra Sing replied pushing the blaster further into Ahsoka's back and waved her to the back exit of the cantina.
Ahsoka walked out the back and turned to face the woman "I need the location of a bounty named Cad Bane" Ahsoka said. "The Republic has placed a pretty high reward for his capture, why should I trust you with his location when you might turn him in?" Aurra Sing asked. Ahsoka smiled and said simply "You can't."
