Chapter 6

Ahsoka was the only one inside of the shuttle but still she decided to stay in the back, to try to figure out exactly what the hell made her suddenly so angry that she killed the person at the booth. She put her face in both of her hands and let out another shaky breath, she just couldn't explain where the origin of all the anger she had came from; still though it had festered and grew inside of her causing her to lash out violently.

What was worse than killing both the doctor that had fixed her body and the clerk was that she had enjoyed killing them both. She had taken pleasure in watching them both scream and cry for mercy and then she had killed them.

They were nothing!

Her finger tightened around her face slightly as she tried for force the voice to leave her alone but it still rang in her head, still wouldn't leave her alone "Go away" she said.

The darkness and you are one!

Again she took in another shaky breath and tried to concentrate her mind on blocking the voice but still it remained. There was no doubt in her mind that somehow the Son still had some control over her, she was convinced that that was the reason she had killed those two men, she was convinced that the Son had made her do it. A hint a fear shot through her as she thought of how she was going to explain all this to the council, would they believe her? she prayed that they would. The Jedi were the only ones that could and would help her, she was their family she was one of them.

"I just don't understand master, didn't she understand I was trying to save her?" Anakin asked pulling away from his friends embrace and wiping the tears from his eyes. "She was under the Son's influence Anakin" Obi-wan said giving the only response he could think of. Anakin shook her head "I can't get her face out of my mind…it haunts me every time I sleep and when I am awake I can't think of anything else but how I should have done more" Anakin confessed. "Anakin you did everything you could for her it is all a master can ever do for their apprentice" Obi-wan said.

Anakin looked at him and sighed "Did it hurt this bad when ever Maul killed your master?" he asked. Obi-wan looked away "For the longest time Anakin I blamed myself for not being fast enough to save him, I struggled with it for the longest time Anakin he was a good friend and a great master. I will not lie to you his passing was a surprise to me and it still hurts knowing that I will not see him until it is my own time to become one with the force" Obi-wan replied. "How…do you deal with it?" Anakin asked tears coming to his eyes again. "I take comfort in knowing that I will see him again when I become one with the force" Obi-wan replied. "I just wish she was here…I miss her" Anakin muttered, Obi-wan hugged him again "I miss her too Anakin I miss her too" he replied.

Ahsoka hadn't realized the air shuttle had stopped for quiet sometime, she was lost in her thoughts of how she was going to explain all of this to the council and her master. "We have arrived" the droid driver said loudly, Ahsoka stood up and quickly made her way out of the shuttle looking around for the familiar structure of the Jedi building. She ignored the droid that was saying something about payment and headed toward the direction of the temple.

She yawned and shook her head trying to stay awake, she hadn't slept in a couple of days and it was now beginning to catch up with her. She didn't think she could sleep even if she tried though, she feared that her dreams would be filled with the horror's of her murdering two people. When she finally reached the bottom step to the temple she paused and looked up "Home" she said smiling.

Upon taking the first step the burning sensation in her chest began to flare again causing her to stop. She took a deep breath to calm herself before taking another step but the burning sensation grew as she took the step and her vision slowly began to turn red again. She immediately stepped off of the steps and the feelings faded her vision also returned to normal.

She stood there motionless for a moment, she didn't want to risk getting into the temple and suddenly attacking some of the Jedi as that would defiantly send the wrong message. She took a second to consider her options, if she could relay a message to the Jedi any of them asking for help then hopefully they could meet her outside of the temple and she could explain what was going on and where she had been all this time.

Only problem with that was that she didn't have her comm. link it must have been destroyed when she fell on Mortis and was in a comma. She would need another way to contact the Jedi…wait…her bond, she could just contact her master through their bond they shared. She quickly delved into the force to find the familiar bight force signature of her master. After a few slight second of searching as that was how fast she could normally find it she couldn't pinpoint his force signature.

Her heart began to beat faster as she continued to searched a little more franticly this time, why wasn't it easy to find? It had always been so easy to find so why was this time so hard? "Where are you" she said aloud as she searched further and deeper, finally after several minutes passed she found it. She tried to touch the bond to contact her master but it was like a durasteel wall had been placed in front of her. Her master must be blocking out everyone but even through the block she could feel his immense pain and sorrow through their bond. So perhaps contacting her master right off the bat wasn't such a good idea.

I need to get in there but I can't risk losing control…there has to be some way to contact a Jedi from out here, she thought. Ahsoka looked over and saw a clone patrolling the area "Trooper" she called to get the clones attention. The clone walked over to her "What is the problem mis?" he asked, "I need to use your communicator" Ahsoka said. "Excuse me mis?" the clone asked questioningly. "I'm a Jedi padawan and I need to contact Master Plo Koon" she said quickly. The clone turned his head and looked at the temple then back at the girl "The Jedi temple is right there ma'am if you need to speak with a Jedi master then why not just walk inside?" the clone asked. A unintended growl erupted from the Jedi padawan's mouth do to the lack of immediate obedience from the clone.

The clone falter ever so slight inside of his armor at the girl sudden hostility, his finger ever so slowly began to disengage the safety on his blaster. "Please…I'm in trouble and I need Master Plo to come and see me but I cant go inside of the temple, please just ask him to come out here" Ahsoka said quickly as she heard the click of the safety on the clone's blaster. She really didn't want to take any more innocent lives today or ever again for that matter.

"What's you name so I can tell Master Plo who he is to speak with?" the clone replied. "Ahsoka Tano" she said, the clone cocked his head to one side even more confused now. Even if you hadn't know exactly knew who Ahsoka Tano was what mostly every clone on Corusant and the 501st knew that she was or had been Anakin Skywalker's padawan.

The clone trooper nodded quickly and ran off toward the temple with hurried steps. Ahsoka took several steps away from the temple and her raging angry emotions subsided the further she moved away from her beacon of hope. Ahsoka sat on a bench a block or so away from the temple so she could center her emotions and keep herself calm as she waited for Master Plo.

Not much time had passed when she felt the sun's warmth beginning to success below the building around her. Not much longer after that Ahsoka could feel Master Plo's force signature exiting the temple and make its way down toward the city.

Ahsoka could make out the outline of Master Plo walking down the steps toward the city, his pace was quick but also cautious. She could feel his unease and confusion through the force as he made his way to her but she paid little attention to that for the moment; her only focus right now was just getting help.

But as she sat there watching Master Plo walk closer to her the burning sensation began to grow in her chest again. Part of her, the darker part she decided didn't like the 'light' coming toward her. The darker part of her reared its head in disgust as the presence of goodness and light picked up its pace faster toward her.

No not this please she begged as the burning sensation began to grow spreading through her body. She knew what would happen she knew what would come next and…she knew part of her was going to enjoy it.

Now the sun had completely faded over the roof tops and Plo koon finally reached the long lost force signature that the order had all thought to be dead. Plain as day he could feel her presence and he saw her sitting alone on a bench. He wouldn't have believed the clone but through the force he could sense the clone truly believed he was speaking the truth.

He had taken several minutes running over what the clone had told him as well as searching the force for Ahsoka's presence and when he found it he was taken back. Two years since he had seen her, two years he had thought her dead but now…now she was alive and he planned on taking her back into the order with open arms. What the Jedi master failed to notice however just how dangerous his situation had become.