Twisted inside chapter 16
Ahsoka gasped awake wide eyed and looking around franticly as she bolted up right. Her eyes fell upon the broken collar that lay on the floor not far from her bed. Her fingers slowly trembled there way up her neck and to her surprise she found the collar still not on her neck. How…how was she in control of herself without the collar? Shouldn't the other her be in control?She let out a shaky breath of relief and slowly swung her legs over the bed standing up. She walked over to the small sink and turned on the water, she cupped her hands allowing the water to fill her hands. She splashed the water on her face and let out a long sigh then rubbing her eyes with her hands. She looked up at her reflection and she recoiled back at the blood she saw smeared all over it.
She began to look around and her eyes filled with horror as she saw blood smeared over the walls. Her chest began heaving as dread filled eyes continued to scan the room. All a long the walls written in blood was the word Bogan. Carefully she walked back toward the mirror and she looked at her reflection and saw the skin on her forehead had been busted open and dried blood covered her face. "I didn't…no no no no" she said trembling backward away from the mirror. She did this? The walls painted in blood…her blood spelling out the word bogan, the ancient word for the darkside.
She sat back down on the bed slowly both of her hands covering her mouth at the horror that was around her. She covered her eyes for a moment hoping when she looked back up that all of the blood that this nightmare would be over but it wasn't in fact it was worse. "Hello dear" her darker half said with a kind smile as she leaned back against the blood stained wall. Dark Ahsoka's smile dropped and she walked toward her slowly "What's the matter dear, do you not like what I've done with the place?" she asked.
Ahsoka looked back up but remained silent choosing to ignore her darker half. Dark Ahsoka walked over and sat down next to her reaching her hand out she gently caressed her cheek almost in a loving kind of way. "Is red not your color?" she asked as a smile spread slowly across her face. Ahsoka remained silent and jerked her head away "I'll take that as a no" dark Ahsoka replied her voice still gently as she slowly reached forward and pulled Ahsoka's head back toward her "look at me dear" she said.
Ahsoka looked at her "What do you want?" she asked her voice shaking slightly. Dark Ahsoka stood up and spun around opening up her arms wide "To show you what I've done to the place, the room was so bland and boring so I decided to spice things up a bit" the dark half said. She stopped spinning and faced Ahsoka who still sat on the bed "plus even a bad girl like me" she said then pointed at her "like you, I needed some sleep" she said.
"But your…you're the darkside…the embodiment of evil, why do you need sleep?" Ahsoka asked. Dark Ahsoka smiled and walked up kneeling down in front of Ahsoka taking her hands in her own "Your right my dear" she said with a chuckle. "But as it stands this is a mortal body that we share and will remain so till you except me" Dark Ahsoka said. "I'll never do that" Ahsoka said quickly but the darker half smiled "Oh but I think you will after I show you what happens to Anakin" she said chuckling darkly. Ahsoka's eyes widened as her darker half's smile got bigger "What…what are you talking about?" Ahsoka asked. Her hands tightened around Ahsokas "My dear isn't it obvious what is happening?" the darker half asked. "What did you do to him?" Ahsoka asked trembling harder.
Dark Ahsoka reached up and cupped her face in her hand "I did nothing to him dear don't worry yourself" she replied her voice still gentle. "Don't lie you tried to hurt him before" Ahsoka said pulling her head back from her darker self's grasp. "Alas another drawl back my dear" the darker half said with a sigh as she stood up pulling her hand away from Ahsoka. "You see my dear since the creation of the galaxy there have always been embodiments of the force, the dark and the lightside are both bound within beings thus in turn is what gives beings the ability to use the force, if it weren't for that then the Jedi and the Sith would never exist" the darker half explained as she slowly paced back in forth within the cell. Ahsoka looked at her darker half confused "The…Jedi never spoke of this" she said. The darker half chuckled "There is so much they don't understand and could never hope to comprehend about the force" she answered and stopped to face Ahsoka. "The Son and Daughter were not the first there have been others through the millennia. They like many before them considered it a honor and gladly accept their new roles to play within the galaxy. You however have resisted longer than the other vessels I have dwelled within, your will is strong but you will give in just as all the others have before" she said.
The darker half walked back over to Ahsoka and kneeled down in front of her placing a hand on her chest. Ahsoka winched painfully as her chest began to burn where the darker half had her hand. "The burning you feel is what happens when you try and lock me up inside" the darker half explained and slowly twisted her hand to the side. The burning sensation became more intense, Ahsoka gasped and groaned through gritted teeth as the burning became worse. "It is not my intention to cause you pain dear but you fight and lock me away and that hurts me" the dark half said slowly "but if you open up just a little the pain won't be as bad. You will find that I can be very comfortable to live with me inside of you, I promise. I can make you strong, powerful beyond your wildest imagination, invincible even and all you have to do is open the door to me. Embrace me dear and I promise you everything will be alright" she continued and in a soothingly quite voice.
Ahsoka closed her eyes tightly and gritted her teeth harder as she continued to fight as hard as she could. "What if I could show you the danger your master is in, the pain that will be inflected on him if he continues down the path he is on. What if you could warn him then would you open up just a little? Just enough so I am not as cramped inside" the darker half offered taking her hand off of Ahsoka's chest. Ahsoka let out a short breath in relief as the burning turned to a dull ach and she took a moment to catch her breath before looking up at her darker half. "How do I know you're not just lying and you won't just take over again? Why should I even trust you?" Ahsoka asked. "You hurt me dear I would have thought you'd have trusted the force" the darker half replied with a small mischievous smile but fell after a moment and her face became serious "because dear I see what is coming what will happen to everyone you care about and I want to help you avoid all that mess…to change the future to make things better" she said smiling again.
"You'll show me what happens to Anakin?" she asked cautiously considering the offer. "Yes dear I promise" the darker half replied, Ahsoka looked at her and slowly nodded "you first" she said. "That's not how it works, you have to give some to get some. Is what I'm asking really that much? If so then I guess I'll just go and come back after something bad happens" the darker half replied as she began to walk away. Ahsoka looked up as the darker half walked away "No wait!" she said with growing urgency in her voice. If something really was going to happened to Anakin and she knew she could have done something about it but didn't she would never forgive herself. "Please…I have to save Anakin if I can" Ahsoka said. The darker half turned and waited expectantly as Ahsoka looked at her darker half warily before closing her eyes. Slowly very slowly Ahsoka began to open up to the darker half. It started in her chest a cool rush that dulled the pain in her chest and slowly spread. After a moment Ahsoka opened her blue eyes that now possessed a yellow tinge to them and she looked at the darker half who was stretching her arms and rolling her neck from side to side as if the room had gotten a little bigger. "Thank you dear" the darker half said after a moment before looking up to Ahsoka. "There I held up my part of the deal now show me what happens to Anakin" Ahsoka demanded standing up.
The darker half nodded slowly and Ahsoka began to feel really hot that sweat began to instantly form on her body and she suddenly shrieked in pain as her left arm and legs began to burn causing her to fall to the floor. She closed her eyes tightly gritting her teeth tightly in the pain but another louder cry of pain erupted from her mouth as the burning sensation began to move from her knees up her body. Her lungs burned as she tried to take a breath, the air tasted of ash and burning flesh. It felt like somehow she had suddenly had her limbs cut from her body and she had caught on fire. She sucked in a painful breath and let out another cry of unbearable pain as the invisible flames that seemed to be on her creped upward feeding on her clothes and her skin. The smell of burning flesh only grew strong she choked at the repulsive smell. "Stop!" she tried to cry out but it came out as another scream.
The burning continued to spread consuming her body in excruciating indescribable pain. She couldn't breathe now it felt like her lungs had suddenly caught on fire inside of her. Up her back to her neck and over her head the pain washed over her again and again relentlessly attacking her body. After her entire body felt like it had been ravaged by the invisible flame she laid there motionless unable to move but she was finally able to suck air into her lungs as painful as it was. All she felt was pain her as the pain respecters in her brain were on overload to which she blacked out on the cold hard floor. After it was done the darker half slowly walked over to Ahsoka and placed a gently hand on her head "Rest dear for when you awake you will be filled with pain and worry but do not worry for I will be there to comfort and offer you peace of mind" she said before fading.