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Hey folks. This is part 2 of the re-release of the first Clone Wars story that I ever wrote, in preperation for the release of Clone Wars season 7.
Hope that you enjoy.
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"The Council didn't trust me, so how can I trust myself?"-Ahsoka Tano, just moments before leaving the Jedi Order.
Galactic Senate Building, Coruscant, Republic capital.
It was a beautiful day on Coruscant.
The sky was clear of clouds. Speeders flew across the sky carrying their passengers through the never-ending beehive of Coruscant's traffic, and to their destination.
Just another day in the busy heart of the Republic.
Ahsoka was standing in the office of her good friend, Riyo Chuchi. Riyo was a blue skinned Pantoran, who represented Pantora in the Senate. Ahsoka was the new chief of security for Riyo, who offered her the job out of the goodness of her heart.
The togrutan female looked out of the large glass window at the city skyline. There were Republic Warships taking off and carrying troopers to the front, and ARC-170's patrolled the skyline for anything unusual.
"Good hunting boys. May the force be with you," Ahsoka said to the ships that lifted off from their berths. Even though she didn't serve the Jedi, or the military, she still wished them well.
A door hissed open, and Riyo walked out of her overnight quarters into the office (all senators had them for long nights). She was wearing a dark red dress that showed off her curves, and went down to the midway point on her thighs, exposing her beautiful legs. She had silverish-purple hair atop her dark blue head. One of her security guards, Ion papanoida, the son of the Pantoran chairman, walked up to her. Riyo closed her eyes and turned her cheek, which Ion kissed.
Ahsoka smiled.
'Those two are cute together'.
Riyo and Ion said something that Ahsoka couldn't quite make out, sense they were whispering.
She walked up to Ahsoka.
"Are you ready for the day Ahsoka?" Riyo asked.
It was the day of a major vote in the senate. The politicians were going to vote on the ultimate fate of the CIS worlds at the end of the war, once they were defeated.
'If they were defeated'.
"As ready as I'll ever be," Ahsoka answered.
"Excellent. Shall we?" Riyo asked.
Ahsoka nodded and headed for the door. Riyo walked into the hall with Ahsoka and two Pantoran guardsmen. They went to meet up with the rest of the delegation near Riyo's hover platform. All senators were assigned hover platforms around the center rotunda of the building, where members of the senate went when it was in session.
Ahsoka and her blue-skinned companions continued walking down the corridor when they ran into a face that was all too familiar.
The face belonged to Lux Bonteri.
The young Senator walked through the ornate halls, along with his delegation. He was a young human male in his very late teens from the planet Onderon, a recently re-welcomed addition to the Republic after its civil war. Ahsoka knew him very well. They first met when Ahsoka and Padme went to meet his mother, Senator Mina Bonteri of Onderon, and conduct secret peace talks on the Separatist capital, Raxus. Ahsoka also helped him through several hardships, including a run in with Death Watch and taking his planet back from the CIS. Now, he was the Senator of the planet that his mother represented. But instead of the CIS, he was representing the planet in the Republic that it seceded from.
But on a much, much more personal note, Ahsoka had a big crush on Lux.
Normally, she would've been happy to see him on any regular day.
But this was not the time. She was still struggling with people from her past. And she was also struggling with her feelings for Lux, sense she wasn't sure how he felt about her. Especially with Steela Gerrera, a girl that also had a crush on Lux, and who Ahsoka tried to keep from falling off of a cliff during the final battle for Onderon's future. She was afraid of what Lux felt about her after letting Steela fall to her death.
Lux noticed Riyo and Ahsoka.
"Senator Chuchi, Ahsoka. It's good to see both of you here," Lux said. He stopped to make conversation with them, while his delegation continued on. Riyo's delegation did the same.
He looked at Ahsoka for a few seconds, but Ahsoka didn't meet his gaze like she always did. Lux then turned back to Riyo.
"So senator? Are you ready for the referendum today?" Lux asked, trying to stir up a friendly conversation.
"I'm not sure. I haven't made a final decision yet," Riyo said. "Some of my ministers want me to vote for a full-scale occupation, but I'm just not sure."
There were two choices in the vote for the CIS's future. Punish them with a full scale military occupation with punishing reparations, or temporary occupation followed by reintegration and limited reparations.
"Well, I'll be sure to try and make my case as best as I can. I'll be one of the senators arguing for a temporary occupation," Lux said.
"I'm looking forward to it. Now if you'll excuse me, I must get to my platform," Riyo said before going on her way.
Lux nodded to her and stepped aside, before turning his attention to Ahsoka, who was still standing there. He smiled and stared off into space in her direction once again. Ahsoka was too nervous, and ashamed. She blushed a little, but couldn't bring herself to make eye contact with Lux.
'Please don't look at me like that', she thought to herself.
Ahsoka glanced at him. He was still looking at her, but his smile turned into a look of concern.
"If you'll excuse me Senator, I think that I should get going," Ahsoka said, trying to be professional.
Lux's eye brows shot up for a split second and fell back down in place, to show that he was shocked.
"Oh, uh...of coarse Mi'lady. Please carry on," Lux said with an ever so slight bow of his head.
Ahsoka walked past him, trying not to make eye contact, and went to meet up with Riyo and the delegates. Lux watched her walking away and then back the other way. He stood there for a moment and inhaled. He felt like he had been punched in the gut. Then someone patted him on the shoulder. He nearly jumped out of his skin.
"Are you okay Senator?" Saw Gerrera asked. He was one of Lux's guards and his chief of security,
Lux shook his head a little, deciding to worry about it later. "Uh, yeah, I...I'm fine. Let's get to the pod," Lux said before they went on their way. As they went to find their delegation, Lux couldn't help but constantly think about his awkward reunion with Ahsoka.
'How am I supposed to give a speech with that encounter swimming around in my head?' He thought to himself, as he walked through the ornate halls of the Senate building.
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The Works.
Darth Sidious sat in his secret lair on Coruscant. He had to be someplace soon, but that wasn't going to stop him from contacting his secret apprentice, Darth Tyranus, AKA Count Dooku. The founder and supreme leader of the Separatist Alliance.
Dooku's holographic image was in the room.
"What is thy bidding, my master?" Dooku said, kneeling before him.
"Lord Tyranus, there is a new matter that has grasped my attention. The apprentice of Anakin Skywalker is no longer a member of the order. But I have just been informed that she is still in possession of one half of the Nexus Route co-ordinates," Sidious said.
The Nexus Route was a key hyperspace route that stretched the heart of both the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems and thus was of seminal interest to both parties in their conflic, allowing both sides to launch secret strikes with ease. Back during the fight over who possessed possessed them, Ahsoka managed to get them from Master Even Piell before he died. But she refused to give them to to anyone but the council. She gave them to the order, but they didn't share many military secrets with Palpatine.
Dooku stroked his gray beard with interest.
"Those plans will go a long way in helping us win this war, and sew the seeds that will bring about the end of the Jedi," Sidious said.
"What would you have me do?" Dooku asked.
"The convicted Jedi Temple bomber, Barris Offee. I can feel her anger rising everyday. She could be of excellent use to us as an assassin. I want you to liberate her from prison, and get us those co-ordinates," Sidious ordered.
Dooku bowed.
"It will be done, my master," Dooku said, before his hologram image disappeared.
Sidious looked out over the city through the one-way shielded glass that protected him. He watched as people across the planet continued their insignificant lives, all while he plotted to run their lives with an iron fist.
All is going as I have foreseen it.
Far away, deep in the G.A.R. military complex on Coruscant, an olive skinned mirilian girl sat in a meditation position in a ray-shielded prison cell.
She was clad in an orange prison jumpsuit. She had an uncomfortable cot for a bed.
A tray of untouched food sat on a table off to the side of the cell.
Her cell was guarded by Clone Troopers from the Coruscant Guard.
Her name was Barriss Offee. Former Jedi Knight. Former terrorist. Current enemy of the state in custody.
She sat and meditated. All she could think about was the Jedi. The Jedi who let her rot in this cell without a trial. The Jedi who treated her like she was the villain, when they worked for corrupt imperialists. The Jedi who abandoned her. Her former master, Luminara Unduli, had refused to see her. All they did was interrogate her.
They were her enemy.
Her mind was full of anger towards the jedi.
Her mind was full of hatred for the Republic.
Her mind was full of suffering.
She was the perfect candidate for being Dooku's new assassin.
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That's chapter 2 folks. Hope you enjoyed. Part 3 will be up soon.
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Grubkiller, signing out.