Twisted inside chapter 15
Yoda rubbed his forehead trying to push away the on coming headache as he listened to his fellow council members debate where the next Jedi should be sent to help another planet that had fallen under attack from the Separatists. At least the war was something to take their minds off of the nightmare plagued night that no one could explain. It had been talked about non stop since the sun rose and Master Yoda would rather deal with the war than the problem that laid beneath all their feet.
He had meditated long and hard over padawan Tano's current state and he had yet to come up with any explanation as to what was happening to her. He had sent down a healer to examine her not to long ago as well as take her food. Maybe now that she was secure behind the special cell the healers would be able to find the cause of this quickly.
She had been sitting now for several hours or maybe even a day now on the floor of the cell cross legged and eyes closed. She felt it now, beneath her, beneath the floor of the temple deep underground. So many Jedi didn't realize that their precious temple was built on top of a Sith temple but she felt it. The temple was there buried underneath long forgotten for thousands of years but the darkside still radiated from it. Seeping though the different levels of Coruasant and influencing the population that resided on it. Perhaps that is what made the lower levels of the massive city planet so much more dangerous because it was closer to the long forgotten temple.
She almost smirked or even let a small laugh escape her mouth, it was funny she thought. The Jedi were so ignorant of the mass concentration of the darkside below them, so blinded by the lightside of the force that they couldn't see what was happening. It was here where she would gather and feed on the power of the darkside until she could break free of this prison. Here she would begin not only begin the Son's mission of destroying the light but also cause war to escalated in the galaxy.
War would rise, more people would suffer and die, she would plague the galaxy and engulf it in chaos and destruction. Even the mere thought of this made her body tingle with excitement. She didn't care about politics, about the Separatists or the Republic. She didn't care about the ideals and principles of either side nor did she care about the outcome of the war. She had one goal one purpose in life that she intended to fulfill and that was to destroy the Jedi and every trace of the lightside that was in the galaxy.
She was no Sith nor did she follow their code she was the new embodiment of darkness seeking not to rule but to destroy to cause utter destruction and chaos throughout the galaxy. Anger, hate, pain, cruelty and conflict all of these she fed on growing stronger and more powerful. She couldn't descried the pleasure when she was surrounded by these caused but she knew they felt good. She could feel it her body ageing the further and deeper she delved into the darkside but it didn't matter. The son's body lasted hundreds if not thousands of years but then again he was immortal and she had yet to see if she was as well.
The clear walls that were imprisoning her for the time being creaked quietly as the darkside continued to seep into the cell ever so slowly eating away at the walls integrity. On the edges of the walls a small tinny crack appeared and a light brown color began to appear as the walls as if they were beginning to decay. It was only a matter of time before she would break free and when she did nothing would stop her.
She was drawn out of her meditation when she felt three beings filled with the lightside of the force entering the room. Light from the lift filled the room illuminating the darkness before the door closed engulfing the room back in darkness. The light tapping of footsteps echoed in the room as someone made their way to the edge of her cell. She felt three sets of eyes cautiously watching her and then a latch being released. Then there was something sliding across the room toward her and came to a stop as it lightly touched her leg.
The latch was sealed back and a set of foot steps retreated a few paces away. "Padawan Tano?" a female voice called to her breaking the silence that she had been enjoying for quiet a while. "Padawan Tano…?" the annoying voice of the Jedi healer spoke again a little louder. Her lekku twitched in irritation as the healer continued to press for a response from her but she still remained silent. After a few moments of silence the healer spoke again "Stand by the lift" she said to the two temple guards that accompanied her.
The healer sat down mirroring Ahsoka's meditative stance from the other side of the clear wall. The healer glanced over at the two broken pieces of the collar that laid on the floor before looking back at Ahsoka. What ever seemed to be controlling Ahsoka or causing her to lash out at Jedi seemed to be controlling her now though was strangely calm. What the healer found odd was that instead of trying to escape like she would have thought she would have instead she was just sitting there. Several hours ago she remembered Ahsoka being so frightened and worried but now she was the complete opposite.
Her body was completely relaxed and not even the slightest bit of fear was coming from her and this worried the healer greatly. It wasn't just the fact that Ahsoka seemed so calm but the fact that her body showed signs of her be immersed heavily in the darkside. The healer also shivered as even though the barrier surrounding Ahsoka dampened her ability to use the force she could feel a mass of darkside energy pulsing from the cell.
Pushing her own fear and worry away she straightened up and cleared her throat "Ahsoka do you know where you are?" she asked. She was met with silence for several minutes so she spoke again "This is Jedi healer Talis do you know who I am?" she asked. Again silence was her response but the healer did sense a slight shift in Ahsoka's demeanor when she said jedi.
The healer thought for a long moment before looking back up at her "What is your name?" she asked. She thought that perhaps whatever it was that was controlling Ahsoka could have its own name and maybe that's why she wasn't responding. At this question a smiled pulled at the togurtan's face and her eyes opened locking directly onto the healer. Then a wide predatory smile spread across the togurtan's face as if she were staring her next target. The lights inside of the cell flickered slightly and the walls of the cell creaked as if some force was pressing in on it or perhaps out of it. If the healer wanted insight then that's what she would give her and perhaps even strike more fear into the healer for her amassment.
She watched in pure sadistic pleasure as all the color seemed to fade from the healers face and a pure expression of shock and dread appeared on her face when she spoke one word. "Bogan" (ancient word for "the darkside") she said, the ancient word for everything the Jedi seemed to fear and want to destroy to bring so called balance. Before the healer could speak Ahsoka raised her hand and pointed at her "Ashla" (ancient word for the "lightside") she spat venomously. Then with speed that the healer was sure even Master Yoda couldn't match the padawan was standing at the edge of the cell glaring down at the healer "Ashla" she growled loudly.
The healer slipped trying to slide back away from the wall as the darkside swarmed around Ahsoka with such intensity that it caused the ground around them to shake. Pointing at herself "Bogan" Ahsoka she said loudly and continued to yell this same word again and again until she was screaming the word. "Bogan destroy Ashla!" Ahsoka screamed and began beating on the wall trying to break through it to kill the Jedi.
The two temple guard stepped forward igniting their lightsaber and grabbed the healer dragging her further away from the cell to protect her. Again the darkside flared violently in the force making the temple guards stumble slightly. "Bogan kill Ashla!" Ahsoka screamed louder stepping back and hurling herself at the wall in a attempt to break it. The healer was petrified in fear a images of death and destruction flashed in her mind that she didn't even noticed she was being dug back toward the lift.
Ahsoka barred her teeth viciously at the Jedi and hurled herself at the wall again though not breaking through the wall managed to break the skin on her forehead. Blood began to roll down her face as she threw herself at the wall again more determined than before to kill the Jedi. The temple guard pulled the healer into the lift and quickly hit up on the control panel. The doors slid shut and the lift began to move upward back toward the safety of the Jedi temple.
She laughed once the Jedi had fled a twisted sick laugh one full of glee. She stared at the door for a moment before walking back to where she had been sitting and sat back down returning to the same position as she had before the Jedi had visited her. Glancing down at the object that had been slid into her cell earlier she noticed it was a tray of food, more specifically meat. The growling in her stomach reminded her just how hungry she was. If she was to continue the Son's plan then she couldn't let starvation be the reason she failed. She reached forward and snatched a hold of the meat and quickly began devouring it like a vicious predator.