Anakin tried to take deep breaths, doing his best to recall what his master spent years teaching him.

"In and out, Padawan. Feel the force around you flow like water." He would tell a young, and frustrated Anakin. Now, lying on this cold table, Anakin wished that he could feel anything other than the pain in his body. The thrumming ache of his limbs reminded him of how the force felt when he began to sink into it. There was no force here though, just his thoughts.

In the distance, footsteps were approaching. The doctor was humming a song to herself as she walked around the room. He assumed that she was grabbing certain medical devices for whatever her next experiment was for him.

Suddenly the operating table was being lifted upward. As his body rose, Anakin saw the doctor standing by a control panel, pressing a button. She stopped.

"Skywalker, do you know where your friends are?" She asked him.

He opened his mouth, but didn't speak. He would not take her bait. She giggled. It was high pitched and childlike, the opposite of how she presented herself. Her laugh sent shivers up his spine- how old was this person?

"That's what I though." She said, while peering at him through googles.

"I'm sure they're looking for me." Anakin said while staring her down.

"Oh, I'm sure they are." She said while wheeling over a new machine. Attached to it was a set of wires with nodes at the end. She began to shove them under the skin on his head. Anakin winced with each new piercing.

"The question is really if they'll find you in time or not." She said as she shoved another node into his cheek.

Obi-Wan walked through the walls of the Jedi temple, pondering his current situation. He was thinking about what he would tell Anakin, once they found him. He wrung his sleeves around his hands, worrying about the best way to tell his friend that he had to do what was asked of him. That even though the council is harsh and the senate is harsh, they are the law. Obi-Wan sighed. Sometimes having no law was better than having a bad law.

He made his way towards the library. A sad smile graced his face. He thought about all of the times that Anakin would wander down here as a Padawan. He never came when he to for classwork, but his curiosity couldn't keep him away from all of the knowledge that the temple had to offer him. In the library, Obi-Wan thought about the last time he had to come here to search for answers, and how that led to the discovery of the Mandalorian clones, and the start of the war. His mind stuck on Mandalore- Jango Fett, but also Satine, who he hadn't spoken to in a while. He figured that he should probably get in contact with someone from the planet soon, considering that new evidence was found that proved the weapons to be from Mandalorian origin.

His comm beeped. "Kenobi here."

"Obi-Wan," Padme responded. "Are you alone right now?"

He looked around "Yes, why?"

"Someone would like to speak to you." Padme said in a hushed voice. There was rustling on the other end of the comm before another voice spoke.

"Hello?" She said.

"Satine?" Obi-Wan exclaimed. "What, how are you with Padme right now?"

"It's a long story," She said while chuckling "But, I have heard about what has happened to Skywalker. I have information that I can provide you, that I think will help your search. Are you available at 2100?"

"Yes, I am" He responded hastily.

"Excellent. Can you meet Padme and I at her apartment?"

"Yes of course! I will see you all then" Obi-Wan let his arm fall to his side as he tried to calm the swirl of emotions that was inside of him. Fear, joy, sadness, and desperation all churning inside of him.

Anakin's body shook with tremors as electric signals flowed from the wires and into his skin. As the doctor turned different areas on and off, she would take notes at Anakin's corresponding reaction. Flailing limbs, seizures, screaming, lockjaw, tremors, and hallucinations were all recorded onto her data pad. He lifted his head slowly, his eyes following a blond hair boy walk around the room, holding a model of a ship in his hand. He stopped and looked around. As he turned to face Anakin, he vanished. The doctor replaced his vision. His gaunt face was reflected back at him through her bug-eye like googles.

"You are a very interesting specimen!" She looked down to check something on her wrist. "Maul will be here soon to inspect our… progress. Behave." She said as she stood up and walked away. She went in and out of focus, becoming three people and then one again.

"Master, please let me come with you." Ahsoka begged Master Kenobi as they walked towards the ship hangar.

"Ahsoka- "He began.

"Please." She said softly. "he's my master. I haven't heard anything at all. How am I supposed to 'remain calm during these hard times' when I don't know anything at all?" Master Kenobi sighed and then smiled. Her persistence and argumentative qualities were both things that Anakin had as well. While Ahsoka was stubborn in her own right, she learned many tricks as her apprenticeship progressed with Anakin.

"Fine." Master Kenobi said while sighing.

"Yes!" Ahsoka yelled while jumping. She cleared her throat. "I mean, thank you, Master." She said while bowing. Master Kenobi smiled.

"Let's go, it's almost 2100."

"I'm really glad that you all could be here tonight." Senator Amidala said as C-3PO brought drinks into the room for everyone. "It means a lot. I'm sure that Anakin would appreciate this."

"I agree." The Duchess said. "And we have reason to believe that he is being held on Mandalore, or at the very least, by Mandalorians."

"Why is that?" Ahsoka asked.

"More evidence came back, and the weapons that were used in the attack are Mandalorian." Master Kenobi said while stroking his beard. "But how can you be sure that they didn't just buy them from someone else?"

"Well, recently Mandalore has had an uprising. The senate is making sure that the republic doesn't hear a lot about it, since it's not directly related to the war." Senator Amidala responded.

"But," The Duchess began "The person behind the uprising is Maul." Master Kenobi sat up straighter and looked back and forth between The Duchess of Mandalore and the senator.

"You think that Maul is behind this?" Ahsoka asked

"Well, don't you also think that he has something to do with this? We thought he was dead for years; he suddenly comes back. In that same time period, he starts an uprising on a neutral planet. A famous and highly skilled Jedi Knight goes missing, and the attack was done with Mandalorian weapons." The Duchess responded wearily.

"This all happened within the past six months. There has to be some kind of connection." Senator Amidala said.

"So, what are we going to do about this?" Ahsoka asked.

"Well, the senate will probably think that we're crazy." Senator Amidala said while playing with one of her braids.

"And the Jedi Council won't be very found of our idea." Master Kenobi replied.

"Perhaps then" The Duchess suggested "It is better to not tell anyone at all. I am sure that Maul has spies in both the senate and the republic. If word gets out that people are suspicious of him, that could end very badly for us."

"I agree." Master Kenobi said. "It is for the best that we tell no one."