Chapter 18

As soon as Anakin had heard that Ahsoka had been arrested, he ran to see her. Meanwhile, Laetitia was trying to find out what was happening. Ahsoka murder?! That could be the joke of the year. She knew that Ahsoka was sensitive about the Temple attack and she couldn't blame her. Everyone Ahsoka had ever known was inside the Temple and they were either killed or in danger. She wanted Letta to pay for her mistakes but there was no way in hell that Ahsoka would just kill her in cold blood. She couldn't. Even if she was guilty and deserved it.

She saw the security camera video of Letta's murder for about hundred times and found nothing. Using the Force to choke the life out of someone required using the dark side of the Force. As angry and snippy as Ahsoka was, she wasn't a dark side user. Her compassion was one of the greatest things about her.

Laetitia was analyzing the video when she heard her father come in with an angry face.

"How was she?" Leah asked with concern in her tone. She was worried about her friend.

Silence …

"Were you able to see her?"

Anakin still didn't answer and just looked away.

Laetitia was getting annoyed. "Did you even try?"

Anakin looked at his daughter. "I wasn't allowed to see her. And before you ask, no, I didn't try because it wouldn't look good."

"Wouldn't look good? Since when do you care how things look like?"

"I do, in this case. If I had tried to break in or used violence to see her, it would've only made things worse for her."

"But that's ridiculous. She's not even guilty."

"I know she's not but that's not enough. We need to find proof. Could you find something that can prove Ahsoka's innocence?"

Laetitia shook her head. She practically memorized the whole video but there was nothing on it. Only Ahsoka force-choking the culprit.

Laetitia was meditating when she sensed a lot of clones move.

She asked one of them "What's going on?"

"Prisoner Tano has escaped, commander. Generals Koon and Skywalker are leading the army to find her." The clone said and ran to join the others.

She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Yet, she couldn't blame Ahsoka. She would have done the same thing. It's not like she was running because she was guilty and just wanted to get away with it. She was running to prove her innocence and find the mastermind behind all of this.

The hard part was that her father and one of her masters were going to find her. Yes, they were most likely the best people to find her and bring her to the council unharmed but they were also the closest people to Ahsoka. How betrayed she must feel right now.

Laetitia went back into her room and watched the video for the thousand time. While she was doing that, she couldn't get the vision she had out of her head. The one about the Daughter. Is that what she meant by 'great suffering'? does that mean Ahsoka will be charged guilty and die? She wouldn't let that happen. She couldn't. Ahsoka was basically her sister, her best friend.

She buried her face in her hands and closed her eyes to calm herself down. Suddenly, she heard her comlink beeping.

"This is Padawan Naberrie."

"Hey, Tiny Ti."

"Ahsoka?!" Laetitia shouted.

"You wanna shout that louder? I mean, it's not like I'm on the run or anything."

Leah realized what she meant. "Sorry. Where are you? Everyone's looking for you. I know you didn't do it but it doesn't look good, Stripes."

"I know. That's why I'm going to prove my innocence but I need your help …" Asoka said but was interrupted by another voice.

Laetitia knew that voice very well. "Um, Ahsoka, I think I stayed up too much and am hallucinating because I can swear that I heard Ventress!" she half-yelled.

"No, you heard right. Ventress is helping me to find the real culprit?"

"You haven't on the run that long to lose your mind. Ahsoka, you cannot trust Asajj Ventress. She is a ruthless killer."

Ventress took the comlink out of Ahsoka's hand and said "Correction: she was a ruthless killer. Now she is just a bounty hunter. And she can hear everything you say, so watch it, kid."

"Ventress. What an unpleasant surprise. You should've let your presence be known. I would've used easier words since we're in presence of someone who's only wiser than an Algae."

Before Ventress could say anything, Ahsoka took the comlink "Okay, no bickering when my life is on the line. Please?"

Laetitia sighed "What are you gonna do? Master Skywalker is looking for you and you, better than anyone, should know that he will find you."

"I know. I've already seen him."

"Oh. Do I even want to know?"

"Probably not. Listen, I just wanted you to know that I'm safe. And can you …" Ahsoka was interrupted. "I gotta go."

"May the Force be with you." Laetitia said but Ahsoka was already done.

And the transmission ended.

Done :)

Sorry this chapter was a little shorter than usual. I was a little tired and I couldn't put another scene. It would've been too much and my next chapter would be short. Anyway, that was it.

;)