Chapter 7
"Soka?" Plo Koon said as he neared the once thought dead Togurtan padawan. She didn't look up at him so he though perhaps she hadn't heard him "Ahsoka is that you?" he asked. Something wasn't right, something must be wrong with her because she still didn't look at him, her head was hanging low and she had both her arms wrapped around herself. When he was finally only a few feet away from her be noticed several different characteristics about her, her skin it was pale almost gray in color. The blue in her lekku was now almost a charcoal color and her veins were now visible on her skin. If that wasn't odd enough he noticed he noticed black prosthetics from her elbows down; she was visibly shaking and he could hear her breathing laboriously.
He was about reach his hand out when a mechanical sounding voice spoke "S-stop.." it said. Plo Koon froze, the voice, it was coming from Ahsoka. The words almost sounded like they had to be forced out of her mouth, like it took much effort or concentration to speak. "Ahsoka are you alright?" Plo Koon asked again reaching out toward the young togurtan. Ahsoka's arms clasped tighter around her arms, she didn't want to hurt him, she was trying to fight the voice in her head, fight the urge to lung at the Jedi master. Her breathing quickened even more as she continued to fight the darkness swelling in her core once again. "Stop" she said louder, it took to much of her energy away from her to speak, she had to focus all her power on trying to keep the darkness from taking over but her vision already started to turn red.
The anger, the hate, the rage…the power of the darkness all of it was causing Ahsoka to hurt it was so intense. She couldn't let it out, she couldn't attack Master Plo but she could feel her shields cracking and the darkness slipping though. "Go away" She pleaded talking both to the Son's voice in her head and to Plo Koon. "Ahsoka what's wrong? It's ok your safe" Plo Koon said softly. Safe…safe? He thought she was safe? Ahsoka didn't even feel safe inside of her own head.
Do not resist child, I grant you power!
It wasn't a gift, it was a curse a curse that she didn't deserve but bared it either way. She felt him drawling even closer and the fire within her burned hotter. "I don't want to hurt you" Ahsoka said, she felt herself beginning to give into the fire, to the power, to the darkness. She had mere seconds before she lost control and the other half took over, he wouldn't listen he wouldn't go away and she knew if she fled he would follow. She had to get him to leave or just move away from her before she lost control. She knew he wasn't going to back away willingly so she would have to move him back herself. She reached out with her left and shoved the Jedi master back several yards with the force, much further than she had intended.
"Please…Master Plo just don't come any closer…i-I cant control it" she pleaded finally looking up at him. Master Plo looked up into her eyes, his eyes winded from underneath her mask. It wasn't just the fear he saw in her eyes it was her eyes themselves, they weren't blue they were Sith yellow. "Ahsoka…" Master Plo said cautiously taking another step toward her again. "Stop!" Ahsoka yelled pushing him back again with the force, this time Plo didn't move back as far but still a few feet. "Ahsoka let me help you" Plo Koon insisted but she shook her head "You don't understand I cant control it" Ahsoka said. "Control what Ahsoka?" Plo Koon asked looking very concerned at her now. "T-the darkness…the d-darkside…I can't control it…" Ahsoka replied struggling to get the words out and keep the other half from coming out.
"The darkside, what are you-…" Plo Kooon trailed off as he looking into her eyes as he saw the bring rage inside of them. "It's not my fault…I-I need help please…I can't go into the temple…I can't be near the light it makes it angry…harder to control" Ahsoka said. Master Plo stood there for several minutes thinking of what to do, he had never heard of something like this before but Ahsoka sounded so serious that he wasn't willing to take the chance of going over to her again.
"Soka listen to me, stay right there I am going to get Master Yoda he will know what to do" he said. Ahsoka nodded slowly though not understanding how bringing another Jedi out here would help her, she figured it would only make it worse. She watched as the Jedi master went back to the temple and when he had finally made enough distance away from her Ahsoka felt the burning in her chest go away. She took several deep breaths to calm herself, that had been way to close.