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A week had passed since he had awoken in the Medical Bay, two weeks since Ahsoka had tried to poison him. Vader found himself waiting for the door to open, and her to come bouncing in, or Lollo to come storming in complaining about her. As a matter of fact, Lollo was oddly pleased about the whole affair, but Vader decided not to ask her.
The Emperor was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Sometimes without realizing it, he would pick up the holo on his desk hat contained the few facts they knew about the poisoning. His finger would hover the button that would initiate the order that Ahsoka was a traitor and should be shot on sight. He would then throw the holo at the wall in disgust.
He had just thrown the holo at the wall for the third time that morning when the holo on his desk buzzed. He sat up straight to answer it, but when a familiar face showed he allowed himself to relax a little.
"Commander Rex." He greeted.
The former Captain of the 501st snapped to attention. "Emperor Vader, we believe we have a trustworthy civilian sighting of Tano sir."
"So?" Vader asked. "Catch her?"
"Permission to use non lethal force if the need arrises sir?"
Vader had been worrying, though he had a hard time admitting it, that such an order would be needed. Heavily he replied, "Only if there is no other option Commander."
"Yes Sir!"
Vader shut down the link and sighed, closing Imperial Communiqué #001044.92v which he had been attempting to read. He knew he would never be able to concentrate now that he had spoken to Rex, and new that they may be close to locating her.
"Don't hurt her Rex," he begged the silent comm, "Please don't hurt her."
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Ahsoka wrapped her arms tighter around her body, and shoved herself farther behind the rubble she was hiding behind. She had been on the run for about two weeks now, trying, but not succeeding, to find the Rebellion Lux had spoken of. The Storm Troopers were still hunting her, and she was fairly sure that the police droids were too. There was no easy way off Coursaunt, so she had been sticking to the under levels and stealing what little food she needed to survive. Her Jedi instincts fought against the act of stealing, but survival instincts overruled those and she did it anyway.
Inside she was conflicted between her loyalty to democracy and what the Jedi stood for, and her friendship with Vader and the former Anakin. In fact, she was really beginning to doubt the Jedi recently. After Lux had given her the poison bottle, he had said Theresa's a Jedi helping him, but Ahsoka couldn't think of any Code Following Jedi that would be willing to poison someone. The Jedi believed in being fair, and assassination wasn't exactly fair. However the more she thought about it, the more she realized that she had known very few strict Code Following Jedi.
She shifted slightly, trying to bring feeling back into her foot which was quickly falling asleep, and knocked over a piece of rubble, dislodging it. "Shoot!" She hissed, going absolutely still. It was too late. The Storm Troopers wasted no time in shoving aside her cover, and grabbing her. She attacked them, and nearly got away, but one of them came up behind her and stabbed her with a sort of sedative that knocked her out in seconds. Before she completely lost her sight, she recognized the man in front of her, "Rex." She whispered.
"Sorry little un."
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When she awoke, she was laying on her back in a medical bed, and her left wrist was handcuffed to the bed. She pulled on it, but she remained steadfastly caught.
"Sorry about that," said a soft voice, "I didn't want you to run."
Ahsoka drew in a deep breath, recognizing the voice. She turned her head to the side where she could see him, and quietly greeted, "Lord Vader."
He nodded at the greeting, opened his mouth as if to say something, then sighed in frustration and leaned back. "I just can't." He grumbled, "You tried to poison me, you tried to kill me. AND I CAN'T STAY MAD AT YOU!"
She instinctively drew back when he raised his voice. He continued, "See? I'm not even mad at you right now, at mad at me because I can't be mad at you."
"Sorry?"
"You should be." He grumbled, "Why did you try to poison me anyway? I was trying to make peace!" He frowned, "I don't even see how you got the poison."
"It was given to me." As soon as the words left her mouth Ahsoka regretted it, Vader wasn't supposed to know the poison had been given to her.
"Can I guess you won't tell me who gave it to you?" He asked.
"Yep."
They sat in an uncomfortable silence for a few moments, before Vader finally said, "I'll let you chose, since I can't seem to. Either I can execute you as a tractor or you can return to your normal duties."
Ahsoka sat, waiting for the catch, there had to be one. Surely he wouldn't just let her live? Realizing he had nothing else to say she said, "I'm not going to chose to die."
He took that to be her answer and swept from the room. Ahsoka remained where she was, wondering what he truly thought of her decision, and figuring she would never know.
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For those of you who seem kind of worried, I'm not starting The Lord of the Rings fic until I finish this one, I learned I cannot write two at a time! Anyway, it's requiring a lot of research that I have yet to feel like doing
Has anyone seen the new Hobbit trailer? I can't wait! Also, if you're on Facebook, find Peter Jackson's page, and watch the video of Lee Pace (Thranduil), Orlando Bloom (Legolas) and Evangeline Lilly (Tauriel) watching a video of two girls watch the Trailer for the first time. It's amazing.
Also on his page is the original video of the two girls watching the Trailer, and it is HILARIOUS!