Many of the Jedi, Anakin and Ahsoka included, gathered within the chambers of the Temple for one final send off for the Jedi who had died in the explosion. Yoda gave the eulogy, calming reminding the Jedi,

"One with the Force, they are. And our job it is to remember that we will, in time, also pass on. Luminous beings are we, but temporary vessels, our bodies are. And we shall all find ourselves here in time. A moment of silence, I ask, to remember and to move on. Live for the living Jedi, we must. Live through us, forever they will."

In that moment, the coffins closed and the glowing light that signified the force exploded from each coffin, radiating in a beautifully sad manner. Ahsoka looked over at Barris Offee, her friend and fellow padawan, who stood near her. Noticing the pain on Barris's face, Ahsoka quietly asked, "You were close to one of them?"

Barris nodded. "Tutso Mara. We trained together. He taught me how to hold my lightsaber correctly."

Ahsoka nodded and sympathetically ran a soothing hand across Barris's back, trying to comfort her friend in what she was sure was an incredibly hard time.

The two soon joined Anakin and Tarkin as they walked out and headed for the Temple exit. Tarkin, who had been present, was helping head up the investigation and Ahsoka asked him, "So what happens to Letta now?"

Tarkin responded in his usual regal voice, "The bomber has been moved."

Ahsoka, taken aback, quickly and angrily asked, "Moved? Where? Why should she be moved?"

Tarkin icily replied, "The Republic military has taken her into custody."

"But why? This is a Jedi matter, isn't it?"

"Clones were killed, which makes this terrorist attack a military matter. An attack on the Jedi is an attack on the Senate."

Anakin, sensing the rising tension, interjected and attempted to calm both down by explaining the reasoning to Ahsoka. "Admiral Tarkin is right. Letta isn't a Jedi. It's not for us to be judge and jury over a citizen of the Republic."

Ahsoka, still angry, replied hotly, "If Letta's guilty, she's guilty, and she should be dealt with."

"Calm down, Ahsoka. Remember, revenge is not the Jedi way."

Barris sadly remarked, "The evidence seems clear, Ahsoka. Nothing will ever change."

Tarkin continued his explanation, saying, "The Chancellor feels very strongly that the Jedi be removed from as many military matters as possible. You yourselves said that you're peacekeepers, not soldiers."

Ahsoka by this point had calmed, but at that remark, she looked back up at Tarkin and coldly replied, "I hope Chancellor Palpatine knows what he's doing."

Tarkin responded in kind. "I assure you that he rarely does anything without a strategy."

Barris, who had become visibly uncomfortable the longer that the conversation had persisted, excused herself. "I have many things to attend to, Masters. Good day."

Ahsoka and Anakin both watched her hurry off. Anakin was quiet for a moment, watching Ahsoka's gaze. After a moment of quiet debate, Anakin put his hand on her shoulder and told her, "Go. Be with your friend, Ahsoka."

Ahsoka looked up, smiled, and then chased after her friend. Anakin and Tarkin proceeded forward, with Anakin remarking, "In ways, she is still very young."

Tarkin looked back at Ahsoka, who was rushing down the hallway, and coldly replied, "Indeed."

Ahsoka caught up with Barris and fell in step with her friend, asking, "Company?"

Barris nodded and offered a small smile. "Sure."

Ahsoka was quiet for a moment before unloading the feelings that she had kept hidden from her master. "Every time I think about this, I feel conflicted. It's hard not to let feelings turn into attachment and pain."

Barris didn't respond, simply staring out of one of the Temple windows before quietly asking Ahsoka, "Ahsoka, have you ever wondered if it was right to ignore your emotions?"

Ahsoka shrugged and replied, "My Master would say, "Our struggle as Jedi is to move past them.""

"You make it sound so easy."

Ahsoka shook her head and conceded, "No, it isn't easy. But it's possible. Like, when we were stuck inside the battle tank on Geonosis, it was hard not to be afraid. Still, you and I got past it. And I guess we'll get past this."

Barris nodded her appreciation and replied, "You've always been capable of seeing things clearly."

Ahsoka smiled and laughed. "I guess I've fooled you like I have everyone else."

Ahsoka's comlink buzzed at that moment and Ahsoka answered it. "Yes, Master."

Anakin, who had called her, said, "Ahsoka, we're needed in the war room. It appears the Separatists have mounted another attack."

"Coming, Master."

Ahsoka shut off her comlink and moved to leave, but before she did so, she looked back at Barris and said, "Look, I have to believe that one way or another, this woman's going to pay for what she did."

Barris simply looked away, staring at the floor, before replying, "You shouldn't keep your Master waiting."

Obi-Wan stood in the middle of the War Room in front of the star charts, pointing out conflicts in the Outer Rim. "We've uncovered a Separatist plan of attack. We shall travel to the Anoat system here, then move across to Saleucami."

Anakin asked, "So far out of our way?"

Obi-Wan nodded and replied, "Unfortunately, we must avoid these neutral systems."

At that moment, Ahsoka had been standing next to Anakin, quietly letting him do the talking and evaluating the mission that lay before them. However, she and the others in the room were distracted when the door opened to reveal a clone trooper, who quickly moved into the center of the room and said, "Excuse me, Master Jedi."

Anakin nodded and waved, "Go ahead, trooper."

"Commander Tano, your presence is requested by prisoner Letta Turmond."

Ahsoka gave Anakin a confused look and Obi-Wan asked, "The prisoner from the hangar bombing? Why is she asking for Ahsoka?"

"Not exactly sure, sir. But Commander Tano is the only person the prisoner will speak to."

Ahsoka moved towards the door and told the Jedi in the room, "I'll report back with whatever I find out."

A short while later, she arrived at the central military complex for the planet of Coruscant, a massive sprawling complex built on top of the industrial pipelines that spread away from the glitz of the Senate Building, Jedi Temple, and the Upper City. After moving through multiple levels of security, she finally arrived at the final checkpoint, which led to the prisoner block. She walked up to the security office and said, "I'm Commander Tano. Letta Turmond requested to see me."

The clone nodded and as he looked through the list of requirements, he remarked, "A lot of innocent people died in that blast. Good job capturing her."

After a moment of clarification, he told her, "All right, scan her. Leave your comlink and lightsabers here. Follow me."

Ahsoka did as she was told, quiet as she proceeded to follow the trooper through the cell block while contemplating why Letta would want to speak with her, of all people. The clone swiped his card, opened the door, and Ahsoka stepped in, her annoyance and anger with Letta immediately breaking through. "What do you want, Letta?"

A terrified Letta responded, "I was told if I ever needed help, you were the Jedi to contact."

Ahsoka's anger evaporated in that moment. What she saw in Letta did not match that of a terrorist or a murderer. Letta was terrified, her eyes darting back and forth. She was clearly beyond fearful for her life. Now slightly interested, Ahsoka looked back at the clones and asked, "Give us a minute, please."

After the door shut and the two were left alone, Ahsoka said, "You don't have much time, Letta, so I suggest you get whatever you have to say off your chest."

"The idea of feeding Jackar the nano-droids was not mine."

"Why are you saying this now? Why didn't you reveal this before?"

"Because my life is in danger. The person behind this will be able to get to me unless you know the truth."

"What's the truth?"

Letta was quiet for a moment, her eyes darting back and forth to assure that they were alone, before whispering, "A Jedi. A Jedi showed me how to create the bomb and how to put the nano-droids in."

Shocked, Ahsoka demanded, "Why would a Jedi do this?"

"There are some citizens of the Republic, like myself, who believe the Jedi Order is not what it used to be. The Jedi have become warmongers. They've become military weapons. And they're killing when they should be keeping the peace. One of these Jedi agreed with us. One of you wanted to make a statement and was willing to attack your own order to do it."

Ahsoka almost fell back as her worst fears overwhelmed her. "…Who?"

"If you protect me, I will tell you, because it is obvious to me that I have been set up."

"Letta, you have to tell me who is behind this."

Letta took a deep breath and nodded, but just as she opened her mouth to speak, she was picked up, grasped at the throat by an invisible force. Ahsoka stood up, waving her hands as she tried to break the force choke that was strangling Letta, while screaming, "It's Letta! Letta!"

The clones at the security terminal saw the vital signs of Letta begin to drop rapidly as an alarm began to blare. Commander Fox watched as one of his troops yelled, "Prisoner health critical, holding cell 173. Commander Fox, the prisoner."

Commander Fox grabbed his weapons, with the clones following his lead, and he told them, "Follow me."

They burst through the door moments later to find Ahsoka slumped to her knees, staring at Letta in shock. "…I don't know what happened."

One of the troopers checked her pulse before looking up at Fox and saying, "Commander, she's dead."

Fox shook his head and sadly said, "I can't say I blame you, Commander Tano. But all the same, you're under arrest."

Ahsoka stepped back, shocked, and begged, "I…No, no. I did not do this. I didn't do this!"

A short while later, Admiral Tarkin arrived at the holding facility, intent on questioning the young padawan as rumors were running rampant throughout the ranks. As soon as he entered, flanked by clone guards, Ahsoka began to plead her case. "Admiral Tarkin, I don't know what happened. I went in the room to talk to Letta, and she said she was afraid of a Jedi."

Admiral Tarkin, almost chuckling at her feeble defense, held up his hand. "You don't have to tell me any more, Commander Tano."

Confused, Ahsoka asked, "I don't?"

Tarkin puled out a hologram recording from the room and played it as he responded to her. "No. There are recorders in every room. Curiously, the sound isn't working on this one…It seems the Jedi she was afraid of was you."

Angrily, Ahsoka replied, "I did not kill that woman!"

Tarkin shrugged and began to pace around Ahsoka. "You were the only one there. I know that you were upset when this woman was taken into custody by the military."

Ahsoka snapped, "That means nothing."

Tarkin whipped around, resting his eyes mere inches from hers. "Oh, I beg to differ."

Ahsoka pleaded, "It was someone else, Admiral, someone I didn't see."

"You know that is very difficult for me to believe. This is a secure facility. We do not have just anyone running about. And if there was someone else, why did you not sense them?"

Ahsoka shook her head and fell back, her defense exhausted and her mind confused.

Anakin stood outside of the prison block, angrily demanding to be let in to speak to Ahsoka. "I said my Padawan is in there. Now, step aside!"

Fox, attempting to mitigate the situation, firmly replied, "General Skywalker, Admiral Tarkin has ordered that no one be allowed in there."

"I don't care what she's accused of. Let me in!"

Fox shook his head. "Sorry, sir. The admiral's orders stand. This is now a military operation and under his jurisdiction."

At that moment, Fox looked over at two clones with electrostaffs and silently beckoned them over, before saying, "General Skywalker, I'm sorry, but I cannot let you in. I think it's time for you to leave."

Anakin glared at Fox, a snarl coming over his lips. "You haven't seen the last of me, Commander."

A few hours later, Ahsoka woke from an uneasy nap to notice that there were no presences to be sensed. Confused, she moved towards the cell block ray shield and observed that a small key card just happened to be laying in the walkway. Slyly, she smiled, picked it up with the force, and muttered, "A key card. Master, I knew you wouldn't let me down. I wonder what you have planned…"

The shield dropped and Ahsoka quietly slipped out from behind cell block and carefully made her way forward, before being brought to a stop in shock. Right in front of her, unconscious and beaten to the ground, were five bloody clones. Ahsoka immediately began to dread what was coming and whispered, "Oh, no. This does not look good."

Ahsoka moved forward a few feet, anxious to get past the clones before they woke up, and found her lightsabers and a comlink sitting on the ground of the waiting area for the cell block. "…My lightsabers. Hello? Who is this? Why are you helping me?"

At that moment, the door to the sentry area opened to reveal Fox and two other clones. They took one look, seeing Ahsoka and the unconscious clones, and demanded, "What's going on here?"

Ahsoka held up her hands and pleaded, "It wasn't me."

Fox pointed at her and yelled, "Get her!"

Ahsoka took off, sprinting down the hallways in a desperate attempt to evade capture. As she did so, the alerts began to go off, an alarm ringing throughout the facility and announcements being made constantly that she had escaped. Using the best knowledge of the facility that she had, she managed to flee capture, but knew that she was only delaying the inevitable if she could not find an exit. As she made a turn and headed for what she thought was a back entrance, she stopped dead in her tracks in shock and fear at the sight that was before her. Three clones, all cut down by lightsaber. Merely a second later, Fox caught sight of her and began to shoot, prompting Ahsoka to turn and run for the entrance, knowing that however stacked the odds were, she had to escape as quickly as possible. Fox took a knee next to the bodies and put over the comms, "The suspect has killed three clones. Code red. If you see the target, shoot to kill."

Anakin, who had arrived moments earlier with Rex to try and get some leverage, yelled, "Belay that order, Commander Fox."

Fox shook his head and responded, "She's killed troopers."

Rex replied, "I know Commander Tano. She would never do something like this."

Fox demanded, "Then who did?"

Ahsoka ran with everything that she had. Having given up on stealth, Ahsoka pushed for the main entrance, hoping that she could find a fighter or speeder that could get her away from the prison complex and to the underground somewhere on Coruscant. Her lightsabers were activated, deflecting both blaster bolts and stun blasts. She acrobatically jumped, weaved, and deflected as she pushed on, rushing through the grand entrance and heading for a fighter that she saw in the open. Seeing where she was going, turbolasers turned to the fighter and blew it away, knocking Ahsoka from her feet and forcing her to desperately rethink her approach.

Ahsoka turned for the industrial pipeline that dropped to the planet's surface, understanding that this would be the only way she could possibly escape the clone army that was coming down on her. She moved quickly, outrunning the pursuit, and cut her way into the massive drains that led to the spill off for the pipeline.

After a few minutes of running and evasion, a winded Ahsoka came to a stop, heaving in exhaustion as she looked down from the edge of the pipe to the massive industrial pipeline below. Sensing a presence, Ahsoka whipped around, catching a glimpse of Anakin, who held up his hands and said, "Ahsoka! It's me, Anakin. Stop running."

Ahsoka shook her head. "You can't help me, Master. Someone's setting me up."

Anakin nodded and said, "I believe you, Ahsoka."

Ahsoka angrily yelled, "But no one else will."

Anakin pointed back to the carnage that lay behind her and begged, "Ahsoka, what are you doing?"

"You didn't even try to come and help me!"

Anakin replied, "They wouldn't let me in to talk to you."

Ahsoka shook her head, angry at her master for not having a better reason. "You could have if you tried."

Anakin indignantly pleaded, "How would that look, Ahsoka, huh? Forcing my way in would've made you look even more guilty."

Ahsoka snapped, "I'm not guilty!"

Anakin nodded and replied, "Then we have to prove you're innocent. The only way we can do that is by going back."

Ahsoka shook her head in desperation. "I don't know who to trust."

Anakin moved closer and pleaded, "I would never let anyone hurt you, Ahsoka, never…But you need to come back and make your case to the Council."

Ahsoka was quiet for a moment, pondering her desperate situation before shaking her head. "No. I'm not going to take the fall for something I didn't do."

Anakin snapped and said, "I am ordering you to put down your lightsaber and come with me now!...Trust me, Ahsoka. Please."

Ahsoka replied, "I do trust you. But you know as well as I do that no one else will believe me. Anakin, you have to trust me now."

"Ahsoka, I do trust you."

Ahsoka took one last look at the drop behind her and then back at her master. "I know you do. Wish me luck."

With that, Ahsoka turned and jumped, flying down the massive industrial pipeline as she careened towards the lower levels of Coruscant.

Roth slowly pulled the starship out of hyperspace and looked out at the planet before him. He gulped down the lump in his throat and muttered, "Never thought I would come back here again."

Roth dipped the ships nose down and towards Malachor V, the place where thousands of years earlier, he had activated the Mass Shadow Generator and killed hundreds of thousands in an instant. The superweapon had destroyed the planet, instantly dragging hundreds of ships and thousands of lives down into the planet, wrecking its surface. Lightning storms now covered the bleak sphere that ominously stared back at him with a reminder of how much he had destroyed.

The ship had scarcely made it into the atmosphere when the gravitational shifts began, throwing his craft around before it careened into the side of a sharp outcropping. Roth gently let himself out of the craft and slipped down to the ground below, finding his footing before reaching out with the force. Faintly sensing Revan, Roth pulled out his comms and attempted to contact Fives, but to no avail. Roth angrily slammed the comms off and muttered, "Looks like I have to find him myself."

Revan stared up from the brutal onslaught that he had been put through. The Jedi stared back up at the viewing platform and once again, albeit feebly, said, "I will kill you for what you have done."

The door to the cell opened moments later and Sidious entered the chamber, accompanied by a cloaked figure in chains. Sidious chuckled and said, "My, Revan, you are quite resilient. I will grant you that. No one could survive the onslaught that you have suffered without breaking. But no matter. Soon, you will bow before me."

Revan chuckled and said, "Your old age seems to have corrupted your mind, fool. There is nothing you can do that will ever bring me to my knees."

Sidious chuckled. "Oh, Revan, how wrong you are."

With that, Sidious threw the cloaked figure to the ground in front of Revan. The figure looked up and as the two pairs of eyes locked on one another, shock and dread filled their souls. Revan stared at the fair skin and brown hair that he could remember in a moment. The woman stared back at the exhausted and bloodied features of Revan but recognized him in an instant.

Electric blue eyes locked in with stormy grey eyes and the woman, confused and terrified, weakly asked, "Revan?"

Revan recognized her voice and, in a moment, knew that everything had changed. "Bastilla?"

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