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Hey folks. Here's chapter five of my clone wars story, Escaping the past.

Enjoy.

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Governor's mansion, home to Togrutan head of state Aeon Flix.

In the early morning hours on Shili, Governor Flix's husband and sons had gone out on a hunting trip, while she stayed home to manage the Government.

After fulling dressing for the day, she walked outside with a cup of coffee and her data pad, which showed her itinerary. Her guards, who were armed with Republic weaponry, as this was a Republic planet, saluted her when she walked by. She returned it.

When she walked up to her speeder, her driver opened the door for her.

"Good morning madam Governor," he said.

"Good morning Kor'Zunn," she said as she stepped in. "Let's get a move on. I don't want to be late for conference today".

Just as the driver nodded and closed the door, a red stream of light jutted out of his chest. He screamed in pain, before the blade was withdrawn and he fell to the ground in a lifeless heap.

The governor screamed and scooted back to the empty seat next to her.

She then saw a figure with the physique of a woman and wearing all black slowly appear out of no where.

Governor Flix could hear her guards outside.

'Halt assassin!'

The un-cloaked assassin activated a dual red saber and assumed a fighting stance.

'Attack!'

The guards began to fire their DC-15 blasters at the assassin. Blue stun rounds began to shriek towards the figure, who began to expertly deflect every round that came her way.

The assassin then charged, swinging her blades ferociously. The guards moved to subdue her, but they were cut apart. One guard lost his head, others were cut in half, and others were simply stabbed to death.

But then she raised her hands and lifted a guard up into the air. He struggled for a few moments before his hands went up to his throat. He then stopped struggling and was dropped to the ground.

The assassin then turned towards the Governor's speeder. She tried to get into the front seat to start driving, but the door to her right was suddenly ripped away with an invisible force.

She shrieked when the assassin pulled her out with the same invisible force that ripped the door off.

The struggling governor was then forced to the ground and started choking.

The unknown assassin then came closer to her. She was wearing a mask and spoke in a distorted voice.

"Good morning governor. Sorry about the mess. I was hoping that you could help me with something," she said.

A small seeker droid, which had a red eye, an oval shaped body, and antennae, began to walk on her arm. It presented the terrified governor with it's robotic limbs, which crackled with electricity. The governor flinched in terror, her chest heaving with every strained breath.

"Where is Ahsoka Tano?"

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In the fields, on the outskirts of Ahsoka's hometown.

It was a beautiful morning outside. The birds were singing, the bugs were chirping, and the sun was just starting to peak out over the horizon. There was hardly a cloud in sight. It was the early as the sun started to rise, giving the dark blue morning sky an orange tint.

The Tano family were having deep fried nuna for dinner. Nuna was a bird creature from the swamps of Naboo. They were a delicacy that was spread across the galaxy for its meat and eggs. However, most Togrutans considered it laziness to just import meat that was already dead. That's why they let them go to run and be caught by Togrutan hunters. Ahsoka's hunting partners, her father Jorman and her grandfather Kalatosh, were perfect examples of that sentiment. Do it the Togrutan way by hunting or starve.

They snuck through the orange grassy fields of the countryside to hunt their imported prey. Shili had multi colored grass fields that acted as camouflage for the Togrutan people. It also hid other animals, like the Akul, which had orange fur. The three Togrutans continued walking. Kalatosh was walking further ahead. He was an excellent tracker. Ahsoka and her father hung back. They all carried high powered hunting blasters. They were deep in conversation, but in a hushed tone as not to scare away their prey.

"I still don't like that you've already invited a boy, an outsider no less, into our home. I don't trust him," Jorman said.

"Oh Daddy, he's only visiting for a couple of days. And he said that he would help around the house until he leaves. So consider it free labor," Ahsoka said to her overly protective father.

"Huh, yeah, and then he'll end up staying for a year, mooching off of us," Jorman said.

"That's not going to happen. Besides, Lux is a senator," Ahsoka said.

"Another reason why I dislike him. Arrogant political elitists," Jorman said dismissively.

"He's not like that. Just please try to get along with him? For me?" Ahsoka said.

Jordan turned to see his eldest daughter giving her a pouty look, her bottom lip jutting out. He caved in and gave a slightly exasperated look.

"UUHH, very well," Jorman said.

Ahsoka smiled. "Thank's Daddy".

"Will both of you quiet down? I found them," Kalatosh hissed.

Ahsoka and Jorman rushed up to the elder Togrutan to see what he was seeing. A flock of imported Nuna, released into the wild for Togrutan traditionalists to put on a table for their families.

"Heh heh heh. Hello dinner. Make sure you get the big ones," Kalatosh said as he, Ahsoka, and Jorman sighted up their targets.

They fired. Their red blasts travelled across the threshold between the predators and their prey. The sound of their weapons discharging rolled across the fields and hills. As soon as the Nuna heard the sounds of the weapons discharging, they scattered. Ahsoka, not being very good with firearms, missed. But kalatsoh and Jorman, being more experienced, hit their targets. They killed a couple of moderately sized ones.

"Ah Kriff!" Ahsoka exclaimed.

"Heh heh. Gotta be quicker than that little 'un," Kalatosh said.

Ahsoka shook her head and got up before she set her rifle down and grabbed her knife from her boot. She held it by the blade, drew her arm back, and threw it. It spun like a propeller as it flew towards her target: the fattest of the flock. The knife pierced the fleeing nuna before it fell to the ground, dead. She looked to her elders, who looked on in stunned silence. Ahsoka smiled before she ran up to her kill. She bent down and pulled her blade out of the dead bird. She examined the bloody blade before wiping the blood off into the grass. Jorman and Kalatosh ran up.

"Wow! No wonder it couldn't get away. This thing really let itself go," Ahsoka joked.

Kalatosh patted Ahsoka on the shoulder while Jorman collected the three dead nuna in a bag. "You're definitely a togrutan".

Ahsoka smiled at her grandfather.

He's right. I am a togrutan.


Back at the Tano residence, Shili, noon.

Hours after Ahsoka, Jorman, and Kalatosh came home from their hunt, they were back home. The men had brought Ahsoka out to hunt for dinner, and now it was time for Bela to bring her into the kitchen to clean it and cook it. The two of them spent hours cleaning the nuna and they were just about to put the finishing touches on one of the three dead birds, the fat one that Ahsoka killed. The other two would be eaten at a later date. They were just doing the large one first. Plus, sense it was Ahsoka's, it was a symbolic 'welcome to the family' meal.

"Alright, pay attention young one. Now that we've cleaned and seasoned the nuna, now we must wha wha, wha, wha whawha wha wha," Bela said before her voice became a low toned mumble in Ahsoka's head.

Ahsoka had become distracted however. As her nanna finished putting the spices on the nuna, Ahsoka leaned against the counter stared out the window. She watched as Lux and Raana tended to the garden and planted flowers. They seemed to be having a conversation. Ahsoka noticed Lux gesturing toward the house every often. They must've been talking about her.

Ahsoka eventually completely tuned out her grandmother's cooking instructions as she continued to watch as Lux planted flowers with her mother. Ahsoka smiled, coiled her arms around herself, and sighed.

'What I would give to have a normal life with him'.

"Ahsoka?" someone asked as her shoulder was shaken. Ahsoka snapped out of her daydream and looked to see that it was her grandmother talking to her. "I said it's time to put the nuna in the oven".

"Oh, uh, right, I...I'll get right on that," Ahsoka said before looking back at Lux planting flowers outside with her mother.

Bela looked out the window to see what Ahsoka was looking at. She chuckled.

"He's quite handsome. I think you two would make a cute couple," Bela said.

"Mmm hhmm," she agreed. "Wait, what?" Ahsoka asked, alarmed.

"Deary, why don't you two just get together. He poured his heart out to you last night and you're still on the fence," her grandmother lectured.

"I know, it's just-it's just that I don't know if I can bring myself to say yes. I left Coruscant to leave my old life behind. I'm afraid it'll keep me back," Ahsoka explained. "Or worse," Ahsoka trailed off.

Bela placed a reassuring hand on Ahsoka's shoulder.

"Ahsoka. Listen. You might have had a painful past, but you can't allow that pain to dictate the rest of your life. You must embrace what has happened and draw strength from it. And you can't just abandon everything from your old life. You have to understand that you will never truly leave everything behind. Your old beau has come to rekindle that warmth that you've both felt whenever you were in the same place. Think of his being here as a sign of good fortune," Bela said.

Ahsoka looked at her and they both smiled.

"Thanks Nanna," Ahsoka said as she gave her grandmother a hug.

"No problem dear. Now why don't you put the nuna in the oven?" Bella said leading Ahsoka to the oven.

The nuna sat inside a pan atop a wooden oven paddle. Ahsoka grabbed the paddle and gently slid the dish inside the hot oven. Bela closed the oven door after Ahsoka withdrew the paddle. Over the next 40 minutes, as the meat popped and sizzled, the scent of the nuna filled the house as it slowly cooked.

Lux walked in with the others as dinner was about to start.

He took a whiff of the cooking meat.

"Mmmm, Is that the nuna cooking ma'am?" Lux asked.

"Yes senator. And it'll be ready in about 10 minutes. And you can thank my little helper here," Bela said with her hands on Ahsoka's shoulders, who was blushing fiercely.

"Yup! She killed it and now she's cooking it!" Kalatosh exclaimed. He mock sniffled. "They grow up so fast".

Lux smiled and looked at Ahsoka.

"Well I can't wait to see what it tastes like," Lux said while still looking at Ahsoka.

Ahsoka, still blushing, looked back up at him.

"Me neither," Ahsoka said, still staring at Lux, almost lovingly.


Tano residence, dusk, Shili.

Ahsoka and Lux walked out of the house to get some fresh air. They had left the dining room after dinner was done and everyone had cleared out. It was nighttime and the stars were out. Much like earlier that day, there was not a cloud in sight. The two of them walked to the backyard. Ahsoka looked up at the starry sky.

"It's beautiful out tonight," Ahsoka said.

She then felt two arms coiling around her waist from behind, and rest two hands on either side of her well-trimmed stomach. She then felt herself being drawn into Lux's embrace.

"Perhaps. But I can think of something, or rather someone, who's beauty can outshine the brightest star," Lux said as he gently rested his cheek against the upper part of one of his crush's head tails. He then placed both of his hands on her stomach. She was wearing a tight purple t-shirt with little ocean waves for decoration. He scratched one of his fingertips against the fabric, enjoying the warmth that permeated her tight shirt. Her wardrobe choice hugged her torso so well that Lux's eyes were rewarded with her beautiful and well defined curves. It also made her look less like a warrior and more like a regular teenage girl.

"Mmm. Don't go to far Luxie," Ahsoka cooed. "Daddy might turn the garden hose on you," Ahsoka said as she brought one of her hands up to lightly scratch his cheek, the one that wasn't touching her Lekku.

"Let him try. I know that you'll be here to help me. You always are". He said. His statement made Ahsoka blush. "Besides..." Lux said as placed one hand on her shoulder. "...he hasn't killed me yet".

Ahsoka chuckled.

She her head over her shoulder to look at Lux. She used the back of her hand to rub Lux's cheek.

"And he never will," Ahsoka said as she leaned her head into Lux's shoulder.

Lux smiled. He placed one hand on her shoulder and continued to hold her in his embrace. Ahsoka smiled and used one of her hands to clasp with his free one, interlocking their fingers together. She wasn't wearing her gloves, so their hands clasped together, allowing them to feel each other's warm soft skin.

They smiled at each other, their eyes sparkling as they looked at each other.

Ahsoka turned around in his loose embrace. She placed her hands on his shoulders and moved into his warm embrace, lightly pushing her bust against his chest. He then placed his hands on her hips, his fingertips lightly brushing the top of her butt cheeks, which were outlined very nicely by her tight yoga pants. They both smiled as they looked into each other's eyes lovingly. The two of them closed their eyes and inched closer until they were a centimeter apart. Their lips locked together for a small kiss. After about five seconds, their lips broke apart with a 'smoosh' sound.

Ahsoka was now uncontrollably blushing. Lux thought it was cute. He rested his forehead against hers.

"I love you Ahsoka," Lux said, as he hovered his lips in front of hers.

"I know," she responded as she coiled her arms around his neck, where she started to scratch Lux's hair.

For a long time, Ahsoka couldn't fully commit herself to this experience. But Lux, the gentlemen that he was, was still willing to give her space and time. But that didn't mean that Ahsoka wasn't going to give any ground at all. In fact, it was quite the contrary. She felt herself being pulled in by this experience more and more. And every time she drawn closer, she didn't dare turn away from him.

They leaned in for another kiss.

But just as their lips barely brushed against each others, Ahsoka was able to hear something with her lekku. She pulled her head back and looked around.

"What's wrong?" Lux asked.

"I-I thought I heard something," Ahsoka said.

"It's probably just the wind Ahsoka," Lux said, his eyes half closed, before placing his lips on her's again. After about two seconds, she withdrew from the kiss, their lips breaking apart with a wet smacking sound.

"N-no, it sounded like a robotic belch," Ahsoka tried to explain.

Lux, with his hands still on her waist, looked at Ahsoka with one eye brow arched over the other in a confused look.

"What?" He asked.

It didn't look like it, but Lux was just moderately frustrated.

"I'm serious. I really do hear somethi-There!" Ahsoka said as she pointed to something hovering above the house.

It was a small droid of some kind. The droid's body was a half-hemisphere dome with a red photoreceptor eye. Attached to that dome were five articulated, tentacle-like limbs that ended in pincers. It's domed head was topped with a small array of antennas.

Lux and Ahsoka watched as the droid was joined by two others of the same make. They were making the same robotic belching sounds as the first one.

"What are they?" Lux asked.

"I don't know," Ahsoka asked.

All of a sudden, the three droids (A/N: Seeker droids from SW Rebels) swooped down onto Lux and Ahsoka's position. They ducked just in time as the droids swooped past them. They fired yellow blasts of energy that were meant to stun people. Ahsoka, putting her physical skills to the test, dodged and cartwheeled out of the way of their blasts.

Lux sought cover behind a tree. He pulled a small blaster from his hip. The same one he once threatened Ahsoka with over Mandalore when he was full of rage, and used on Onderon against the CIS. His time in the Onderon rebels made him a descent shot. He fired several blue laser bolts into the air and managed to hit one of the droids. The probe droid burst into flames and belched smoke and debris as it careened into the lawn. Ashoka's father wasn't going to like that. He took pride in his lawn.

'Jolly fine work Bonteri, get your crush's dad to dislike you even more'.

Ahsoka turned to face the two droids that were chasing her. As they fired, she raised both of her hands and summoned the power of the force. The invisible energy emitting from her palms surrounded the two droids and their outer shells collapsed inward from her power. The two crushed droids fell to the ground.

When the ordeal was done, Ahsoka and Lux dusted themselves off (so to speak).

"What was that all about? What are they doing here?" Lux asked, his eyes bugging out of their sockets.

Suddenly they both heard a scream coming from the house.

"Oh no!" Ahsoka exclaimed, knowing that they were about to find out. They both ran towards the house to investigate. Once they got back to the house, they found that someone had cut a hole into the side of the house. "Oh no!" Ahsoka exclaimed again as she stepped inside the house with Lux in tow.

They slowly moved upstairs and up to the dining room where they ate earlier. They hid behind a wall to reconnoiter the situation. They were in the living room which had a small flight of stairs that led up to the dining room, with a banister that enclosed the dining room. There were shattered plates everywhere, and the table cloth was hanging off of the table.

But that wasn't the most unusual thing.

An apparent assassin wearing an all black outfit was what was unusual. The figure was obviously female because of the petite form, the bubbly rump, and the noticeable (very noticeable) bust. The mysterious figure held a struggling Tuktee by his throat. She also had a red lightsaber held outward towards Raana and Bella. They had obviously been cleaning up when the assassin barged in. Little Ashla was in the opposite corner with part of the table cloth concealing her.

"Tell me where the jedi is or this one's head starts rolling," the figure said as she held the saber closer to Tuktee's neck. Her voice was distorted. She was most likely wearing a mask.

"Mommy!" the little boy screamed, tears streaming down his petrified face.

The two women gasped.

"Wait! Don't hurt him!" Bela begged.

"There is no jedi. Please, for the love of God, let my baby go. I'm begging you," Raana begged, as tears started to stream down her terrified face.

The figure gave it some thought.

"As you wish," the figure said as she tossed little Tuktee to the floor. He grunted as he landed with a thud. He crawled, in an almost pathetic fashion, over to his big sister, Ashla, in the corner. The two sobbed and held each other in a death grip as tears streamed down their cheeks.

The black clad figure then turned back to Raana and Bella.

"I'll just have to start removing limbs until you loosen your tongues," the figure said as she raised her red blade over their heads.

Bella and Raana looked away from the coming blow, which never came.

The figure was frozen in place. She struggled to get free. Ahsoka had left her cover and raised her hands, channeling as much energy as possible. She then used the power of the force to suspend the assassin in the air. She then threw the assassin over the banister and to the other side of the room. She hit the wall with a thud and landed on the floor. She struggled at first, but got back up to see what had happened. The assassin looked up to see who it was. It happened to be her target: Ahsoka Tano.

"Ahhh, Ahsoka Tano. You know, local life doesn't suit you very well. Perhaps you should've considered maintenance ... mmmmh ... or exotic dancing," the figure said in her distorted voice.

Ahsoka had her knife out in a reverse grip and her fist balled in a fighting stance. Lux was beside her with his blaster raised.

"And I see that your boyfriend found you. Did you know that I followed him straight here? Love is such a stupid thing that will get people killed," the figure taunted.

"Show yourself coward. Stop hiding behind a mask," Ahsoka demanded, dismissing everything the assassin just said.

The figure gave a robotic chuckle.

"As you wish," the figure said as she pressed a button on her helmet, which retracted the face plate to reveal her olive colored face and her familiar blue eyes.

Ahsoka froze.

"B-Barriss?" Ahsoka asked almost shocked. She then bore the face of warrior, her teeth bared in rage. "What are you doing here?"

"My new master sent me here," Barriss said in her regular voice with a wicked smile across her face.

"New Master?" Ahsoka asked in confusion. She then looked at the shoulder pads on Barriss' uniform and found the hexagonal emblem of the Separatist Alliance. "Dooku!" Ahsoka exclaimed.

"That's right. You have something that he wants. Hm, and that handsome senator that has caused him trouble in the past will make a nice bonus," Barriss said looking past Ahsoka at Lux, who tensed up slightly.

"Well Dooku's not getting anything today. In fact, I'm going to make sure that his new assassin doesn't go back to him at all," Ahsoka threatened.

The fallen jedi laughed. "HAHAHAH! With a knife? Surely you can't be serious?" Barriss mocked.

Without a word, Ahsoka vaulted into the air at a surprised Barriss. When she landed, she placed her hand on the floor and used the force to emit a shockwave that sent Barriss flying backwards. She hit the wall, but recovered just in time to charge at Ahsoka. The two of them began their dance of death. Barriss used the force on Ahsoka's knife, forcing it to fly right out of her hands. She then swung her blade at the togrutan, who expertly dodged her swings by cartwheeling backwards.

The fallen Jedi then brought her blade down on Ahsoka, who crossed her arm over her face. Barriss' red blade made contact with Ahsoka's arm braces. The blades deactivated in Barriss' hands as she finished the swing.

She looked at it in shock. And then she looked at Ahsoka just in time to see her launch a force push from her palms, sending the mirilian assassin back, her high-heeled boots scraping against the wooden floor.

Barriss seethed in frustration as she, again, arose from her knees.

She looked at her blade, shocked when she discovered that it would not reactivate. Then she looked at Ahsoka, who was tapping her finger against one of her arm braces.

"Cortosis knife and braces. Your blade'll be useless for the time being," Ahsoka said as she smiled.

Barriss smiled. The circular part of her blade spun around, allowing her to point it in the other direction. She then extended her other blade on her dual ended sword.

Ahsoka looked on in shock.

"Impressive. But don't you mean 'one' of my blades?" Barriss asked mockingly as she channeled a powerful force push that sent Ahsoka head first into a wall with a grunt, knocking her unconscious.

Lux looked back at his unconscious crush. He then back looked at Barriss with rage in his eyes before raising his blaster. He fired. Blue plasma bolts travelled towards Barriss, but she was quicker. She placed her crimson blade in front of the blue laser bolts. She expertly deflected the bolts away from her. The bolts were deflected back at Lux. Most of them hit the wall behind him, but one actually hit the blaster that he just used to fire those bolts in the first place. The blaster exploded in Lux's hand. He screamed in pain, dropped the demolished gun, and held his injured hand. His hand was slightly burned and had several small fragments in it. It caused his hand to sting something fierce, causing him to drop to one knee.

He breathed in and out through his teeth at the burning pain in his palm. Barriss walked over. Lux scooted back to the wall, not knowing that Ahsoka was still slumped against the wall next to him. Barriss stood over him and raised her blade over her head, ready to deliver the final blow. Lux closed his eyes, about to accept his fate, when suddenly...fate decided to take a different coarse.

"Don't move assassin!" A new voice came.

Lux and Barriss looked up the stairs. Jorman and Kalatosh were standing at the top of the staircase with their hunting rifles pointed at Barriss. They fired, but in one swift movement, Barriss deflected both bolts with her saber, which she held with one hand, and they flew wildly into the wall behind her. She used her other hand to use the force to pull their hunting rifles out of their hands. The rifles flew towards Barriss and she brought her blade back to cut the rifles in half. The two togrutan males looked at Barriss with pure terror in their eyes.

She smiled.

'Their afraid of me. Good'.

Barriss used the force again to throw the two males across the dining room. They hit the wall and landed in the mess of shattered dishes. They were unconscious and bleeding. Bella and Raana ran to see if their husbands (and Raana's father) were okay. While Barriss was distracted, Lux jumped up from the floor and dove forward at Barriss, tackling her to the ground. Barriss dropped her blade and it skidded across the ground to the middle of the room.

Just as this was happening, Ahsoka began to regain consciousness. She blinked. Her vision was fuzzy, but it began to clear up. She could see her crush tussling with her former best friend. Her head throbbed as she tried to get up. She then saw Barriss' blade discarded in the middle of the floor. She had to act fast. Ahsoka reached out with the force to summon the fallen blade.

Just as that happened, Barriss kneed Lux in the gut, knocking the wind out of him. He kneeled to the ground, trying to regain his breath. But then Barriss used the force to suspend him in the air. Lux's hands went up to his throat as he started to feel pressure on it. Barriss was slowly starting to choke him. The mirilian dark-sider walked up to her floating prey. She pressed her large breasts forward onto Lux's pecks before speaking.

"You and the peasants put up a good fight senator," Barriss said as she smashed her lips against Lux's. His eyes shot open in surprise, and after a few seconds, she broke the kiss. "But it was all hopelessly in vain".

"You think so Barriss?" Someone asked.

Barriss turned just in time to see Ahsoka activating her lightsaber. The red blade extended in front of the angry togrutan.

"Put. Him. Down." Ahsoka ordered.

Barriss chuckled and used the force to make Lux, who was still gasping for air, float between her and Ahsoka as a meat shield. She also used the force to pull Ahsoka's discarded knife into her grasp.

"I'm afraid that is not going to happen," Barriss said as she pressed a button on her wrist comm.

A few moments later, a squad of commando droids crashed into the front door and windows of the Tano residence. The family gasped and screamed as the Commando droids damaged their property, and moved to corner their long lost family member, Ahsoka. The feeling of triumph and pride that was in Ahsoka suddenly vanished, immediately turning into frustration and despair.

"You see Ahsoka, If you try to attack me, then I will just crush dear Lux's windpipe. Then I will just take your 'wonderfully crafted blade', Hm, and use it to slit. Your families. Throats," Barriss said, emphasizing the last four words. "You may defeat my droids. But by the time you do...everyone you love will have perished".

Ahsoka looked around her. Then she looked at her terrified family. Then up at Lux. Sweet Lux, who's face started to turn purple as he continued to choke. Tears started to well up in her eyes. She closed her eyes in a vain attempt to keep the tears from flowing. She deactivated the blade and threw it to the ground. She dropped to her knees and placed her hands behind her head.

Barriss smiled. The dark sider dropped Lux to the ground. He sucked in the deepest breath that he could and started to violently cough when he exhaled. He collapsed onto his side and continued coughing.

"Captain. If you'd please," Barriss ordered, gesturing to her two prisoners.

"Roger roger," the droid captain said.

The droids moved in to secure the prisoners. Ahsoka and Lux were put in binders and were about to be escorted out of the building. Ahsoka looked back up at her family. They were all looking down in horror as they saw their little girl being taken away, by force this time. Tears welled up in their eyes. Raana buried her face into Jorman's shoulders, sobbing.

Little Tuktee ran out of Ashla's grasp and down the stairs.

"'Soka!" He yelled in his little boy voice. She turned to see two commando droids move towards him threateningly.

"NO!" Raana screamed out as Jorman ran after their son.

Ahsoka fell to her knees, and tears began to stream down her cheeks.

Before the droids could harm little Tuktee, Jorman rushed down and grabbed his hysterical son. That's when a commando droid hit him in the back of the head with his rifle stock, while two others subdued him. "Gah! Get off of me you metallic bastards. Let me get my son!"

"No, don't take my big sister," Tuktee begged in his little boy voice, as a droid lifted him up by his arm.

For the first time in her life, Ahsoka was uncontrollably sobbing as she saw, and heard, her little brother crying for her. Lux placed his shackled hands on her shoulders. She rested her head on his own shoulder, sobbing into it. He then proceeded to help Ahsoka up to her feet and lead her to the shuttle, while she continued sobbing.

Barriss turned to her droid captain.

"Let them be. They can't do any harm".

The droid nodded.

"Yes mistress," Captain B-260, the droid that helped brake Barriss out of prison, said.

The droids let Jorman go, and one put Tuktee back on the ground to run into his father's embrace, bawling his eyes out the whole time.

The droids moved their new prisoners aboard their shuttle, leaving behind a damaged house, and a damaged family. It took off and headed for a Separatist Providence class warship in geosynchronous orbit above.

The CIS were very close to getting their ultimate prize: The location of the Nexus Route, who's co-ordinates were still in Ahsoka's head.

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Separatist Providence class warship (Destroyer variant), Barriss' personal warship, Geo-sync orbit above Shili.

"Excellent work my new apprentice. How soon will you have the data?" A holographic version of Dooku said to his new assassin, who kneeled before him.

"Very soon. I will extract the data from her mind and deliver it to you as soon as possible," Barriss said.

"Very well. Make it quick. These plans will turn the tide of the war in our favor," Dooku said.

"Yes master," Barriss said as Dooku's hologram disappeared.

She rose up and left her private quarters, which was at the top of the aft spire. Barriss took the elevator down the spire and walked down the corridor of the ship to Ahsoka's location. Ahsoka was currently put to sleep with a sedative, that also caused temporary paralysis, in order to make her more compliant with the interrogation. Lux on the other hand was in the prison blocks. The mirilian dark sider continued down the hall when her com-link started to chirp. She answered it.

"What is it?"

"Mistress, we are having engine troubles at the moment. We can't go into hyperspace at this time," the ship's captain said.

"Were we sabotaged Captain?" Barriss asked with concern.

"No ma'am. The ship is overdue for maintenance, and a hyperdrive replacement. With the Republic pushing into our territory, places where we can make repairs are becoming less available. Our withdrawing battlegroups crowding the repair stations doesn't help either," the captain continued.

Barriss gave an exasperated groan.

"Just make those repairs. I want us out of here as soon as possible. I don't want to be here when the Republic sends in reinforcements," Barriss ordered.

'Typical. I finally get my own ship to command and it's a piece of junk due for an overhaul. Thanks a lot Dooku!'

She made it to the prison cell where Ahsoka was. She was sound asleep on the table. The young and attractive togrutan was also restrained to the table.

"Mistress. We are ready when you are".

Barriss waved the droids away. "Leave us," she said. The droids nodded and left the room. When the door was closed, she walked up to Ahsoka. First, Barriss checked to make sure that the sedative was working, and that Ahsoka was moderately paralyzed.

When that was confirmed, she smiled.

Then she extended a hand towards the unconscious ex-Jedi and the next instant, Ahsoka's clothes were wanted off, leaving the orange Togrutan's body completely exposed.

The corrupted darksider smirked when her eyes feasted upon Ahsoka's nude body. As she alongside the table, she glided a hand up unconscious ex-Jedi's body, and walked behind her, placing both of her hands on Ahsoka's head. She concentrated the power of the force onto Ahsoka's mind to look through her memories.

What Barriss was doing was something called 'Drain Knowledge'. A dark side ability used to extract knowledge out of a sentient without his or her consent.

Ahsoka stirred in her sleep as she felt something, or someone, in her mind.

Barriss saw a deserty-jungle world. CIS forces were trying to keep their puppet regime in power on Onderon. A downed CIS gunship crushed a team of commando driods and knocked several Onderon rebels off the cliff. Ahsoka was trying to keep a dark-skinned girl from falling off of a cliff. But then suddenly, the downed droid gunship fired on Ahsoka as she tried to save the dark-skinned girl. Her shoulder was grazed, forcing her to drop the dark skinned woman. A enraged, and saddened, Lux destroyed the gunship's cannon before rushing to Ahsoka's side, watching as the other woman plummeted to her death.

'Oooohhh Ahsoka. You had to let someone die to be with Lux. How devious.'

Barriss continued swimming through Ahsoka's memories.

The next memory was Ahsoka and Barriss trapped in the tank on Geonosis, followed by the two of them on the medical ship during that worm infestation, fighting off CIS forces in front of a group of clones, flying through the battle over Umbara, the temple bombings, their duel, and finally, the trial.

'Oh Ahsoka. You and I made a good team at one point. But as I told your master, "trust is for fools".'

She dug deeper into Ahsoka's memories and found a CIS stronghold on the volcanic planet of Lola Sayu. She pushed away a ravenous anuba dog that was chewing on Even Piell. She leaned closer and saw that he was telling her something before he died.

'That's it. The Nexus Route co-ordinates'.

Barriss concentrated her power and extracted the co-ordinates. Now, the very future of the Clone Wars were lodged in her head.

Ahsoka moaned and opened her eyes, then began to frantically struggle against her bonds.

"Wakey, wakey, Little 'Soka," Barriss greeted her, using the same name that Plo Koon used for her.

"You!" Ahsoka snarled.

"Me ..." Barriss responded with a smirk.

She grinned and her grin grew broader, the more frantic Ahsoka struggled.

"Something the matter, Ahsoka? I'm starting to get the impression that you're not happy to see me." Barriss said, continuing to smirk.

"What have you done to me?!" The struggling Togrutan demanded.

"Hmm..." Barriss shrugged, "...who knows?" The grinning Mirilian got up from her nearby chair, and deliberately slowly walked the short distance between where she had sat and where the interrogation table was keeping the frantic Ahsoka in an upright position. "The more interesting question, my dear," she placed a hand below Ahsoka's chin and -almost gently - forced her head up. "...is what I'm going to do to you."

Barriss could feel the anger rise up in Ahsoka. She tried to yank her head away, but the green-skinned Mirilain held her firm.

"G-get your hands off me! What did you do to Lux! And why am I naked?!"

"All very good question," Barriss said, then slid her hand down Ahsoka's neck and over her large breasts, "Wow, you have some very large knockers. Are these fake?"

"N-no", Ahsoka stuttered, "Why are you -"

"You know Ahsoka, I really don't want to hurt you..." Barriss stated as she began to massage Ahsoka's breasts. "...In fact..." Barriss continued, as Ahsoka squirmed, trying to twist away. "...I want us to be friends again, if you co-operate..." She said as she brought her other hand up, and started kneading both of Ahsoka's breasts. "...I'll treat you quite well."

Ahsoka tried to twist away from Barriss' touches again. But to no avail. Then she saw how how Barriss bent her head and brought her lips closer to Ahsoka's breasts.

"W-what are you doing?" Ahsoka protested.

Her green interrogator didn't immediately reply, but instead suckled on the deep orange nipples for a moment. "You've given me what I wanted," Barriss breathed when she looked up, and licked her own lips, "Honesty must be rewarded." And with that, she continued caressing the maroon buds with her tongue.

Ahsoka quivered from her gentle touches, but tried to squirm away at the same time.

"N-no," the Togrutan begged, "Please ... don't -"

But Barriss didn't stop. On the contrary, she stepped up her game. Ahsoka tried to escape the pleasurable tickling in her nipples. Then she shouted when her interrogator pushed a green hand into her nether regions and started massaging her in a lewd way.

"N-no, please... I can't ..."

"Yes, yes, you can," she said before she smiled. "You've given me what I wanted. Hmmm... and you've been well behaved since this started. So don't worry..." Barriss said as she got up, and took off all of her clothes, making her as equally naked as Ahsoka, "...As long as you keep up the good behavior," She said as she lied down on top of a petrified Ahsoka, their bared breasts joining in an incredibly erotic embrace, "this will feel very nice."


Providence-class dreadnought, detention block.

Later, after her... invasive interrogation, Ahsoka was marched down the cell block with Barriss in front of her. There were two magna guards, on loan from General Grievous' private army of bodyguards, flanking her former friend and current arch-nemesis. Battle droid units patrolled the detention block.

Ahsoka was finally given her clothes back after... Force knows how long. But she didn't get her undergarments back, making certain parts of her body more... noticeable.

The magna-guards, Barriss, and Ahsoka all stopped in front of a prison cell. Barriss pressed a button and the cell door opened.

"Welcome to your new home Ahsoka. Are the accommodations suitable for you?" Barriss mocked.

Ahsoka walked into the cell, which only had a single cot.

"If you don't like it, well too bad. I don't have a complaint box for prisoners," Barriss quipped.

"Then you won't mind if I take this one straight to management?" Ahsoka asked, unamused.

Barriss placed her hands on Ahsoka's shoulders.

"Don't worry Ahsoka. You just have to focus on the positives," Barriss said.

"Like?" Ahsoka pressed.

Barriss clapped her hands together. Nothing happened. Suddenly, the wall to the side of Ahsoka's cell opened up. It revealed the next cell over, which was blocked off by a transparent ray shield.

"For starters, you have company," Barriss said.

Ahsoka saw that her corrupted former friend was right. Lux was in the cell next to her own.

"Ahsoka? You're alright!" Lux exclaimed as he pressed his palms against the shield. One of them was wrapped up in bandages from his blaster exploding in his hands earlier.

She pressed her palms against the spot where Lux's palms were.

"It's ok Lux. I'm ok," Ahsoka said, neglecting to tell him about the fact that she was violated.

Lux placed his forehead against the shield. She did the same. Her eyes were shut tight, forcing a single tear to run down her cheek.

"Oh isn't that just touching? Well, if I were you, I would enjoy what little time you two have left together. Because you will never get it back," Barriss said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Lux asked.

"UUUhhh! Must I draw a picture? When we get to our destination, you senator, will be sent to Raxus to be put on trial. For the crime of treason, which is punishable by death," Barriss said before chuckling.

She then walked over to Ahsoka.

"And you, my dear Ahsoka, will be whatever Dooku wants you to be. He wants you to be one of his assassins. Just think about it: revenge against the jedi, revenge against the Republic, and revenge against those who've made you suffer." Barriss said.

Ahsoka crossed her arms over her chest.

"Like you?" Ahsoka asked. Barriss was visibly upset by that question. "What happened to you? The Barriss I knew was kind and gentle. I looked up to you for a while. You were everything that the Jedi Order represented. You turned your back on the people that raised you ... that you loved. And you became Dooku's murdering puppet".

"I'm not a murderer, or a puppet. I'm a savior. The Jedi used to be noble. But now the dark side has taken over their fading light," Barriss snapped.

Ahsoka sighed. "I will admit ... that the Jedi are losing their identity. But you decided to go save it by becoming what you claim to be against," Ahsoka lectured.

"I attacked what the Jedi have become," Barriss shot back. "You know that the Jedi order has become a puppet for a corrupt system. I'm a reformer".

"Your idea of reforming the Jedi is by working for the Sith?!" Ahsoka exclaimed.

"You know that it was only a matter of time before someone like me did what I did. I'm not the first Jedi to leave the order since this war started." Barriss said. "And besides, If you take me up on my offer, then we will fight side by side, just like the old days..."

Then suddenly, the orange teen found herself pushed against the wall with the mischievous Mirilian girl pressing up against her. The skin tight clothing they both wore did little, except hide their modesty. And as Ahsoka soon noticed, it did nothing against certain ... touches.

"...Or perhaps better than the old days."

"Uhm ... Barriss ... is this any time or place for... this?" Ahsoka asked hesitantly, still aware of Lux and the droids. But Barriss placed a finger on Ahsoka's lips, making the Togrutan fall silent.

"What better time than one with a captive audience?" The dark, and mischievous, Jedi asked as she looked at a stunned Lux, her blue eyes sparkling playfully. Nimble fingers found their way between Ahsoka's legs and rubbed her most sensative parts through the pants she was wearing. "It's going to be quite a while to reach Serenno," Barriss breathed, "So if the Count doesn't deem either of you worthy to remain alive, I want to be able to remember the fun times we had ... like this."

And She kissed Ahsoka; long, deep, and passionately.

Ashoka's eyes widened in surprise, bugging out of her skull. She looked out of the corner of her eye to see that Lux was surprised too, and somewhat interested. Then Ahsoka stepped back, forcefully breaking their lips apart with a smooch sound. Then she just scowled at her. "I think I'll pass."

Barriss chuckled. "You say that now. But my Master can be quite persuasive. Then again... so can I." She turned away. But before she walked out of the cell, Barriss looked over at Lux, and grinned. "It looks like the Senator is willing to accept my offer."

Ahsoka was confused. Then she looked over at Lux's cell. It took her a moment to find out what Barriss meant. Then she looked at Lux's midsection, and saw a massive tent forming in his pants.

She blushed and looked away.

Lux then looked down and sat down, crossing one leg over the other to hide his ... excitement.

Then Barriss chuckled, before she finally walked out of the room and down the corridor, leaving Ahsoka and Lux alone in their cells, save for the two droid guards outside.

"This is all my fault. If I hadn't followed you here, then, well, none of this would've ever happened. I'm sorry Ahsoka. Truly sorry," Lux said.

"Lux. None of this was your fault. You had no idea that you were being followed. Besides, I'm glad that you came," Ahsoka said.

Lux looked at Ahsoka through the shield. "Re-really?"

"Of coarse. I've always thought of you when I needed something good to think about. And I always enjoy your company. You have no idea what you being here means for for me," Ahsoka said.

They both looked at each other lovingly through the shield.

"Well, I'm glad that you feel that way about me. It's too bad that we only have a little time left together, before horrible fates await us," Lux said negatively.

"That's Barriss talking," Ahsoka said as she stepped away from the shield that separated them. Lux looked at her confused. Ahsoka walked up to the shield. She turned to Lux before revealing her plan.

"Watch and learn," she said before she reached out through the force to grab a key card that was hanging from a droid's hip. She then used the force to place the key card into the cell's control panel outside the shield. The shield deactivated, allowing Ahsoka to walk out.

Both Battle droids turned around in surprise.

"Uh-oh!" They both said in unison.

"Oh yeah," Ahsoka said before summoning the force.

Ahsoka blasted the droids with a shockwave that sent them into the wall in pieces.

She turned around and punched in a few keys on the panel for Lux's cell.

"That's the Ahsoka I know," Lux said, making Ahsoka smile.

The cell shield dissolved. Ahsoka and Lux were now free. Lux walked up to Ahsoka and hugged her. Then he gave her a passionate kiss on the lips. It was the longest kiss that they've shared together. When Barriss kissed Ahsoka earlier, all Barriss wanted was power and domination. But with Lux, he was sincerely trying to show Ahsoka that he cared for her deeply.

They broke the kiss and looked into each others eyes.

"I love you Ahsoka," Lux said as they nearly got lost in each others eyes.

"I know you do," Ahsoka whispered into his ear, before she smiled being her flirtatious and innocent self.

Lux smiled at Ahsoka, who was still trying to play hard to get.

'Next time Ahsoka. Next time'.

"Now try to keep up," Ahsoka said.

Lux looked at her with a confused look.

Suddenly (very suddenly), she sprinted down the hallway and disappeared around a corner.

Lux could hear blaster fire and the screams of frightened droids. He picked up an E-5 blaster rifle from one of the fallen droid guards that Ahsoka destroyed a few minutes ago.

"Classic Ahsoka," Lux said to himself as he took off down the corridor after Ahsoka.

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There's chapter 5 folks. hope you enjoyed.

Grubkiller out.