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Chapter 9: The hunting
Ahsoka opened her eyes. It was already morning when she woke up and for a minute stood up in front of the window, watching the sunny sky. She could even listen to some birds singing and that made her feel happy for a moment. There had been three months since she had arrived to Count Dooku´s palace and the things had been harder than she thought. Dooku had left scars, not only in her body, but in her soul too. Trying to maintain the light inside her and not falling in the Dark Side wasn´t easy at all. But she had survived and being alive another day was a reward. For an instant she closed her eyes and brought back a memory as a flash. She remembered Anakin´s voice telling her to be patient and to use the force to be wise, but she couldn´t remember him or his face. A black shadow was between them and nothing could erase it. Finally Ahsoka sighed making a big effort to keep calmed and got ready to see her master.
When she arrived to the training room Dooku was already there waiting for her. He didn´t say hello or any greeting, instead he jumped back and started to fight against Ahsoka. She pulled out her two red lightsabers and stroke back. But in a blink, Dooku took from her the two lightsabers and threw them far away. Ahsoka felt a little scared, but Dooku took a moment to talk.
Your ability with the lightsaber is undeniable, apprentice. But that´s only a weapon. The real force comes from inside. He pulled out again his red lightsaber and smirked. Now, let´s see what can you do with it.
Dooku ran toward her and she jumped back trying to avoid his lightsaber. Then she threw his with the force part of the furniture of the room. Dooku cut them in pieces and kept striking. She closed her in a sudden and when he was going to slide her, she pushed him back with a great energy. Dooku flied again and fell in the floor. Ahsoka noticed that his lightsaber was in the floor too, so she threw it away with the force as she approached to Dooku. The old man smirked again, actually he was having a pleasure fighting against her, specially because he could see the dark shadow in her eyes now that she was approaching.
Let´s finish this. He said darkly.
Dooku stood up with a jump and then, he opened his hands to threw force lightnings against Ahsoka. She got scared for an instant. Though Dooku had tought her the last couple of months how to throw lightnings and how to avoid them, she had never managed to do it, because she needed to feel anger and to be part of the dark side completely. But in that moment, she didn´t think. She just used her instinct and stroke back with all her power. She closed her eyes but she could still see some flashes and could hear the noise of the thunders. She listened to Dooku´s laugh and in that moment she opened again her eyes and pushed with all the strength she had. Dooku fell down after a little explosion and Ahsoka pulled out her green and orange lightsabers that she had been keeping inside her black robe, and then she jumped over Dooku just to capture his neck between the two lightsabers.
They stayed like this for some seconds, breathing strongly staring at each other´s eyes.
You could kill me right now, if you wished. Said Dooku smirking again.
Ahsoka stared at him fiercely and closed more the space between the lightsabers.
I see, my apprentice, now you are ready.
Ahsoka opened her eyes with incredulity and pulled down the lightsabers. She stood up and then Dooku did the same.
I´ve never seen such strength in any of my apprentices. He continued bringing his lightsaber back and keeping it. Then he put a hand over Ahsoka´s shoulder. You are ready for a great and important mission, my Darth Ahsoka.
Am I already a…? Ahsoka couldn´t believe it yet.
Perhaps the Jedi Order didn´t named you a Jedi knight, but you have learnt here more than you have done in a decade. You are ready to be a Sith Lady.
Ahsoka made a reverence.
Now, Darth Ahsoka, pay attention to what this mission is about…
_IN NABOO_
Anakin and Kit Fisto were part of one meeting about the security of the republic and the members of the Senate that Wilhuff Tarkin gave in a massive hall. Anakin was actually bored, he would have preferred to go with Obi Wan, in that way he would have at least someone to bother because Kit Fisto was another boring guy that was paying attention to the conference. When (thanks to the force) Tarkin, finished Senator Organa was ready to give another speech.
I´m going for something to drink, Master Fisto. Said Anakin to his partner that was very interested and just nodded.
He went out of the hall quickly and looked for a soda machine. He was looking for some credits inside his pocket when suddenly he felt a great force somewhere. It wasn´t Fisto´s and there were no other Jedis there, so he forgot about the soda and began to follow the force. He kept walking and the running through a corridor, till he finally arrived to the parking lot where Tarkin and some clone troopers were just getting in.
Master Skywalker Said Tarkin when he saw him coming. Did you lose something or you are just going to ask me what the conference was about?
Perhaps it was joke, but nobody laughed.
I saw you sleeping the whole meeting. Added Tarkin. But tell, me is anything I can do for you, master Skywalker?
No… I just Anakin made a pause. He sensed the force so close to him, but he couldn´t determined exactly where it was coming from. I would like to escort you.
Excuse me, master Skywalker, but let me remind you that I am the security here. It would be ironic.
Well, excuse me, but I insist. I just sensed something, and my job is to keep everything in peace.
Alright. Accepted Tarkin. If you want to join us, it´s okay.
Anakin nodded and quickly gave a call to Kit Fisto who of course stayed. Then, Anakin got into the nave and started to walk around. He could still feel the force, but it was weaker every hour that passed by, till he finally thought that everything had been just a confusion, but now he had to wait till the nave landed in his destiny.
He got inside a little room to sleep for a couple of hours. He was almost asleep however an alarm suddenly started to sound and a red light blinked everywhere.
Warning, the nave is in danger of explosion! Yelled one clone trooper.
Anakin got out rapidly. He was feeling the strong force again and now he was sure that something was wrong apart from the explosion in one of the engines of the nave. All the clone troopers were now running to the machine room to try to fix the engine, that was obviously suspicious, specially because the nave´s parking was free for anyone to come and go easily. With no more hesitation, Anakin began to walk again toward the force. He finally arrived to the captain´s room. It was so calmed and silent that anyone could think that nothing was going on there, but in a sudden he opened the door.
Inside, a person involved in black robes was tying Tarkin, who was unconscious. Anakin pulled out his lightsaber and the person in black stood up again without turning around.
You are arrested. Tell me your name, now. He said.
The shadow pulled out in a flash a red lightsaber and jumped back to strike Anakin. She pulled out another lightsaber quickly and Anakin couldn´t see clearly his face because of the robe that covered all her face but the eyes and the blue and red lights. Who was this sith?, he wondered while fighting in the corridor, it couldn´t be Ventress because of the two lightsabers but, this one was more quick and stronger, and he also had a better lightsaber technique. Anakin felt a freezing heartbeat as he realized that the dark lord he was fighting against was Ahsoka…
She pushed him with the force when he got distracted and ran away. Anakin fell down, but he recovered fast and followed her running with all his strength. She jumped into one shooter nave and turned it on in a second to flee, but Anakin took another and followed her as they flew in high speed through the space. She accelerated the nave and Anakin started to shoot against her.
You will not escape, Ahsoka He thought shooting constantly.
Ahsoka could avoid every shoot and suddenly she made a loop. Anakin got confused for a second, but in that moment she shoot him back. He could avoid them and shoot back. One of the shoots got part of the nave´s wing. Ahsoka accelerated.
What the hell is she doing. Anakin thought desperately. If she accelerated more and entered into one planet´s atmosphere in those conditions, the nave would explode. He accelerated too and followed her. Ryloth (the dark side of the planet) was very close now and Ahsoka´s nave was going directly to it.
Don´t do it, Ahsoka! He thought anxiously. But the nave entered to the planet´s atmosphere and so he did. The broken wing of the nave was now on fire. It was going to crash against the sand and explode if he didn´t do anything about it. He tried to think, but the time was running out.
AHSOKA! Anakin yelled with a crazy angst when the nave was 100 meters from the ground.
But something that he couldn´t understand happened suddenly. The nave made another loop as if something had stopped it from crashing and it gave some other loops before finally falling in the sand. Anakin landed quickly and ran toward Ahsoka´s nave. A lot of smoke was all around so he had to cover his nose and approach carefully. He finally found Ahsoka, unconscious inside the nave. He took her out as fast as he could and then the nave exploded. she had some cuts in the cheek and more in her hands.
C´mon, Snips, you can´t die here… Anakin said anxiously carrying her cold body and walking toward a little cave that was some meters further.
When he finally arrived he made a fire to maintain her warm and to have some light. He took out his robe and covered her though he was freezing. Then, he cut a piece of his shirt to heal her cuts. In those moment he forgot completely that now she was her enemy, that she was a sith. What Anakin only wished was to see her opening her eyes again.
