A/N
Late night upload for me. Hope you appreciate it!
JP- For this story, I can say that the Son is not controlling Windu. The son will come into play later, but not now.
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Chapter 11
Ahsoka woke up to a dull pain. She ached all over. She remembered force slowing her body to the ground so the impact wouldn't kill her. It had, however, broken several bones. Ahsoka opened her eyes and found herself chained to a bed in a dark room. She frowned at the thought. She had been captured, and chained to a bed. She growled at the thought of Windu, who probably was in the next room right now. She took in her surroundings and spotted her lightsabers on a table on the other side of the room. She tried to force them over to her but she couldn't. She looked at the cuffs and saw that they had special properties to them. They limited her force ability. She couldn't even sense where she was at. She guessed still somewhere on Coruscant. She can't have been moved that far.
Suddenly the door opened and a figure walked in.
"There is no need to struggle," the voice said. "Those chains are unbreakable once you are contained in them."
Ahsoka knew that voice. It was a voice from her past, one that she hadn't heard in a long time. Ahsoka's eyes widened in realization.
"Barris?" Ahsoka gasped.
Barris came into the meager light that was lighting the room. She had an evil grin on her face and was wearing a solid black assassin outfit. Ahsoka could see two lightsabers on either of Barris's hips and a holster for a blaster on her right calf and a sheath for a knife on her left calf. On her back slung a sniper rifle, complete with many high tech enhancements. All of it made Barris look very deadly.
"In the flesh," Barris said, walking over to the bed besides Ahsoka.
Barris grabbed a chair and sat it next to the bed. She took the rifle off her back and set it up against the wall next to her chair and sat down.
"I thought you were dead?" Ahsoka said, horrified.
"You think that a couple of clones could handle me," Barris scoffed. "Especially with such a corrupt government as this?"
"Who?" Ahsoka said. "Why? How?"
"The same man that tossed you out of the window," Barris said.
Ahsoka's eyes widened. That is why Windu always treated her like shit. He had a plan that could be prevented by Ahsoka's return.
"Surprised aren't you?" Barris said. "Actually ingenious. Windu wanted power over the Jedi and I thought it was a great idea. We devised a plan together to start weakening the Jedi. He had me organize bombing the Temple, while he sabotaged evidence to keep the investigation going longer. That was until you and Skywalker started breaking through our defenses. Then we noticed how big of a threat Skywalker could be. The Chosen One was really powerful, but he let his emotions get the best of him. So what better way to destroy his esteem than get rid of someone he cared about the most. So we framed you. It almost worked, I led you perfectly to the warehouse. I made one mistake of letting Ventress know about me speaking to you, and Skywalker was able to save your ass before you could be executed. The plan had to be revised. Luckily for us, you did something better than dying. You just left. It tore Skywalker apart. I don't know how he lasted as long as he did, but he was close. We were about to take out Kenobi when you returned to the Order."
"How did Windu get you out?" Ahsoka asked.
"Same way he got you out," Barris said. "Left a card outside my door and my lightsabers right next to it. This time though, he brainwashed all of the clones to make them think like they had executed me. Such weak minded creatures the clones are."
"Shut the hell up," Ahsoka yelled. "They are all good men and are more brave than you even think is possible."
"Don't lie to yourself," Barris said with a sickening smile. "After I was out, I escaped to the underbelly of Coruscant and stayed in the shadows. If something needed fixing, Windu would contact me and I would take care of it."
"So you tuned Sith," Ahsoka said. "Along with him."
"No," Barris said. "Jedi. Sith. Two sides of a coin that no longer matter. We don't focus on petty grudges that the Sith believe in, and we don't hold the high morals the Jedi preach. We fight to sustain power. To keep people in their place. There is no light and dark side. There are only mortals, and us, the Immortals."
"So you have me here," Ahsoka said. "What do you want with me?"
"Well it's simple," a man's voice said. Windu's voice. "We need Skywalker. But he needs to abandon faith in the Jedi and the republic," Windu said.
"How are you going to manage that," Ahsoka challenged. "He saw what you did to me. You think her is going to believe you?"
"He won't be himself," Windu said. "Let's take a walk."
Barris roughly lifted Ahsoka to her feet, Ahsoka groaning in pain. Barris showed no sympathy and pushed Ahsoka after where Windu was walking. The went through a hallway and came across a large opening. They appeared to be in a warehouse of sorts. In the middle of the building was a giant machine with a chair sitting underneath it. Walking throughout the building were people in Mandalorian armour.
"You hired Death Watch," Ahsoka asked.
"Hired, no," WIndu responded. "Partnership, yes. The Death Watch and I share a similar agreement. So they are now part of the Immortals. We promised them power, they jumped at the opportunity. Of course, Mandalore would be theirs. We would have Coruscant. We have been conversing with the Nightsisters, or what remains of them. They have a small band that would be interested in taking back Dathomir. Many groups that are not fond of the Jedi, Sith, or Hutts. All interested in maintaining power on their perspective systems though."
They continued walking until they had reached the center of the room.
"The machine will do wonders for our cause," Windu said. "This machine can erase a memory as strong as Master Yoda's. It sends incredibly intense electric bolts that target the frontal cortex in the brain. He won't remember a thing. Once we capture Skywalker, we will manipulate his memories to help our cause. With the Chosen One on our side, nobody stands a chance. Even more so that we have the Chancellor in our back pocket. It's a package deal. Plus, a child of the Chosen One on the way means even more to our legacy."
"Why don't you use that machine on me then?" Ahsoka asked. "It seems like more allies to your cause would be helpful."
"No, no, no," Windu said. "You are to be Vader's first kill."
The name Vader sent chills up her spine. It was like that name triggered something inside of her. She suddenly went limp and Windu scoffed at her.
"Take her back to her cell," Windu said at two members of the Death Watch. "Barris, watch over her. She does anything funny, put a hole in her head."
Barriss nodded and started to lead the way back to Ahsoka's cell.
"Oh and Ahsoka," Windu said and Ahsoka looked at him. "Welcome to hell."
After he said that he pulled a lightsaber off his belt and ignited it. It was jet black. Not like a Death Watch sword, but a lightsaber that was black. Windu laughed as the Death Watch dragged Ahsoka away.
Once the reached Ahsoka's room again, the guards chained her back up to the bed and left the room. Barriss looked at Ahsoka and scowled.
"Pathetic," she said. "Some Jedi Master. Don't worry, I will be monitoring you, so don't do anything that will get you killed. I'm always looking for an excuse."
Barriss smiled evilly and walked out of the room. Ahsoka's eyes started to well up in tears as she laid alone in the darkness. She tried to reach out with the force, but couldn't manage it. She tried again, attempting to get anything out. She did manage to launch herself into another vision. This one was more clear than the others.
There stood a man, clad in all black. He had a black helmet that masked his face and a machine that seemed like it was breathing for him. He stood on a large balcony, overlooking the city of Coruscant. He was watching the Jedi Temple burn. She could feel the satisfaction radiating off of him. He watched as a jet black flag with a red star in the middle was raised over the Senate building.
"Status Rex," the man in black said.
There stood Captain Rex, in all black armour, behind the man with a holopad.
"Dooku has been destroyed," Rex said. "The droid factories have all been shut down. The CIS is no more. Reports from the legions around the galaxy have confirmed that their Jedi generals are dead. Only ones not accounted for are Yoda and Kenobi. Otherwise all is according to plan, Lord Vader."
"Very well," Vader said. "Carry on."
Rex left Vader's side and he was alone on the balcony. From behind his black cape that he wore, he pulled out a lightsaber. It was Ahsoka's. He turned it over, looking at the design.
"Traitor," was all he said before crushing the lightsaber with the force.
Ahsoka awoke with a cold sweat. It took her a while to remember where she was. When she did, she looked at the ceiling, hoping to come to a conclusion on how to escape. She couldn't find one.
A/N
There it is, the latest installment.
A new ring of people are in play to ransack the universe, called the Immortals. The name has no correlation with the Marvel Universe immortals, but I rather derived the name from the Persian Immortal, who fought in the time of Xerxes role in leadership of Persia. This is the same time period as the Last Stand of the 300 Spartans in the war between Persia and Greece.
How is Ahsoka going to escape all this mess? Will Anakin be captured and turned? Will Ahsoka have to do something that she never could imagine? Stay tuned to find out.
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