Ahsoka hurried through the halls of the Jedi temple. Her head was bent towards the ground as she walked as quickly as she could to her room. She wanted to run, wanted no one to see her, but Jedi don't run, and Jedi don't hide. That's at least what the public perception of them was. Right now, that's all Ahsoka wanted to do though. She walked into her quarters, sat down on her bed and curled up into a ball.

She felt like she wanted to cry, but her eyes felt like they had been completely dried. Sighing in frustration, Ahsoka sat back up and looked out the window. The lights from the buildings and passing speeders made it look like as if she was underwater like how the gungans live on Naboo.

The thought of Naboo brought tears to Ahsoka's eyes this time. How was Padme going to react to all of this? Ahsoka realized that there was probably a good chance that she already knew what happened and was working with other senators to figure out a plan. Still though, she was really close with Anakin. The way they smiled and laughed around each other so light and free, it reminded Ahsoka about how young they actually were. Her master was the youngest Jedi to ever be knighted, and Senator Amidala is one of the youngest and most successful politicians to date. Thinking about that just made Ahsoka even angrier. Sometimes they both looked so old, but they really weren't that much older than herself.

"Ahsoka?" Obi-Wan called, his voice muffled through the door.

"Come in." She replied. Master Kenobi walked in slowly and stood by her desk.

"I thought you would be meeting with the council." Ahsoka said.

"I was. They asked me to come get you in person." She instantly became on guard. Usually Master Windu or Master Skywalker would comm her to meet them in the council chambers. Sending another council member to get someone was rare and serious.

"I think that we should talk for a bit before heading over though." Master Kenobi said softly.

"Ahsoka," he began "The council wants for you to give your best account of what happened. I know that it's going to be stressful, and hard to mask your emotions in front of everyone, but I want to tell you that the council…" He trailed off and Ahsoka gave him a questioning look.

"The council…?" She prompted him

"The council understands the kind of distress that you are currently in. Well, some of us do at least." He added with a sad smile. "Ahsoka, right now I am just asking for you to try your best to remain strong. We will find Anakin. We have to." Master Kenobi stated. Ahsoka stared at him for a moment, wondering if he said it like that because he was trying to reassure her, or if he was trying to reassure himself.

"We will." Ahsoka agreed. She got up from her bed and walked towards the door. Master Kenobi followed her out.

"Well, we don't want to keep the council waiting, do we?" He said as her door slid shut behind them.

"Should we inject more of the drug?" A voice whispered. "No, not yet." Another one replied. "He's not awake yet."

"But what if it's worn off by now?"

"Then he would have woken up idiot!"

"I don't think so. Its main purpose is a force inhibitor, not to keep someone unconscious."

This was the conversation that Anakin was currently overhearing. He was using every technique he had ever learned to stay as still as possible. Even then, he could hear his heart beating in his ears, feel the adrenaline coursing through his veins and his body shivering from the cold.

"Well, why don't see for ourselves if he's awake or not." The first voice that spoke earlier said. The groaning sound of metal straining against metal startled Anakin, but he hoped that the guards didn't notice." The first guard stepped inside the cell where he was being held and shuddered while pulling his cloak tighter to his body.

"He's probably still unconscious because it's so karking cold in here." He walked over to Anakin and kicked him in the ribs. Hard. Anakin wanted to cry out, but he had a feeling that revealing that he was awake would only make things worse for himself later.

"Well, he looks like he's still asleep. What should we do?"

"I think that Maul wanted us to bring him to him once he woke up, but he hasn't ye-" They both froze when they head the distinct sound of Maul's legs walking against the cold metal floor.

"Sir, we were-" the second guard began.

"He is awake." Maul said. "He is trying to trick you." Anakin cursed mentally. Trust a (former) Sith lord to figure out what he was doing. Maybe he should have paid more attention when Obi-Wan was trying to teach him how to shield using the force.

Maul bent down and picked up Anakin by the neck. His eyes flew open and he glared at Maul.

"If it isn't the hero with no fear." Maul snarled into Anakin's face. "You look very afraid right now though, Skywalker." He spat out. "What are you going to do? No master, no army, no weapon. You're just a child who acts like he knows what he's doing. But I can see through you. I know that you're lying." Maul threw Anakin back down onto the ground. He coughed and gasped for air while trying to pull himself up.

"Inject him again. This time, use the vine snake venom." Maul said while walking away.

"We'll speak again, Skywalker." He said. The two guards approached Anakin and one pulled out a syringe. Anakin used the force to push them back against the wall and jumped over their bodies to try and make a break for it. He ran out the cell door and began to run down the hall. After about 10 seconds of running however, he noticed that he wasn't going anywhere anymore. Anakin could feel the pressure from the force closing in on his throat as Maul lifted him up in the air and choked him.

"Bold of you to try and escape already Skywalker, but I am not surprised by this behavior." Maul said as he got closer to Anakin. "I know that trying to teach you by instruction won't work very well, so why don't we use some examples instead?" The two guards from earlier walked towards Anakin, and one of them was holding a syringe in their hand. "You'll be setting the example for why it's a stupid idea to try and escape." Maul curled his fingers closer together and Anakin gasped for air.

"Inject him with the venom. Now!" Maul snarled. The guard ran up and pulled up Anakin's sleeve. He was trying to struggle, but his brain was receiving so little oxygen that the effort to try and thwart the guard ended up being him moving his arm slightly away.

The guard stuck Anakin with the syringe. Maul released him, and Anakin fell to the floor like a ragdoll. As soon as he had enough air in his lungs, he screamed and screamed, tears streaming down his face as he faded back into unconsciousness.