Twisted inside chapter 21
Ashla weakened from being driven from its vessel, the Daughter, watched from afar as its counterpart Bogan wrecked havoc upon the galaxy. Though Bogan had only been freed and bounded with a new vessel for a short while, Ashla could already see its destructive power plaguing the galaxy. The war that had been going on for the past three years had suddenly taken a drastic turn for the worse on both side. Heavy losses for both armies, more civilians caught in the cross fire and disease reeking havoc on other planets and it was only the beginning.
Ashla could barely remember a time when Bogan wasn't trying to cause complete chaos and turmoil. Though there was a time before sentient beings that the two of them existed in some form of peace with one another. Now, now that time had passed and Ashla had to stop Bogan before its darkness swallowed everything. Floating in space as a bright orb Ashla peered through the galaxy to the planet of Coruasant to the Jedi temple. Long, long…long ago when sentient beings first discovered Ashla the beings used its power in the right way. The first Jedi order millennia ago strived entirely to serve Ashla and truly promote peace and harmony.
Some time after a group of force wielders found Bogan and became ensnared by its power. Though at first the force wielders of Bogan sought to use its power for good for the betterment of the galaxy were twisted and morphed into servants of its darkness. The Jedi and the Sith, one serving the light and the other the dark had been at war with one another since their creation. Their wars sent the galaxy into chaos becoming an endless cycle of pain and suffering for every sentient being.
Though Ashla admired the Jedi and their service to the galaxy their order had its flaws. Ashla was everything good, she was love, she was kindness, she was joy and compassion. Things such as love and attachment were something Ashla embraced, not shunned like the Jedi did and yet Ashla could understand their concern for such feelings. Encouraged they should have been not forbid but warned about the danger that they could possibly bring. But in doing what the Jedi had done it had subsequently weakened Ashla over the millennia.
Love was a wonderful thing in the eyes of Ashla and Ashla love every sentient being though out the galaxy no matter what their deeds. Ashla even loved her destructive and evil counterpart Bogan even though Bogan sought Ashla's annihilation. Often Ashla found itself wonder why it was Bogan hated it so. Ashla had never harmed Bogan, only protected itself and help keep Bogan from getting out of control. Since the time Bogan had first struck Ashla it had wondered it and would continue to do so long after this galaxy faded. Though now was not the time to ponder such things, Ashla had to find a vessel of its own before it was too late. The only question was who.
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"Relax my dear let me flow though you, focus solely on me" Bogan said as they road the turbolift up to the Jedi temple. Breathing hard Ahsoka put her hands on her head, everything was so sensitive. Her hearing, her sense of smell, her taste everything thing seemed to be on an all time high. "Your body is adjusting to my full power it will take time but I need you to focus" Bogan continued as the lift began to slow.
Ahsoka slowly nodded her head and looked up at the lift's doors and began focusing on the flow of the force. Her legs stopped shaking and her senses returned to normal as the darkside swirled through and around the young padawan. "That's it my dear" Bogan said with a pleased smile "when the door opens the Jedi will attempt to stop you, they will attempt to kill you if they have to but we cannot let that happen" Bogan instructed.
Nodding again Ahsoka looked as the panel on the door began deep less frequently signaling that they were nearing the top. "You will have to use my power to escape which means you will have to fight the Jedi" Bogan continued. "I won't hurt them" Ahsoka replied shaking her head. "They will try and kill you, you have to" Bogan urged as the lift slowly stopped.
Shaking her head more vigorously Ahsoka prepared herself for whatever awaited her on the other side of the door. "If you don't then you not only risk your life but will seal the fate of your master" Bogan replied. Biting her lip in frustration Ahsoka realized Bogan was right, if she were to get captured again then what Ahsoka saw would surely come to pass. She had no choice, she would have to fight "alright" she said.
The door to the lift slid open and Ahsoka was met by several temple guards and even a few Jedi masters. Hesitating for a moment Ahsoka looked at them as the Jedi ignited their lightsabers "Go!" Bogan snapped. Reaching out with her hand Ahsoka channeled the darkside into a force push and the effect was much more than she expected. Bogan smiled wickedly as its power was unleashed upon the servants of Ashla.
The Jedi masters and temple guards alike were swept off their feet and hurled backward down the hall way. The armor the temple guard wore dented and twisted violently crushing their ribs and the mask they wore crushed their face killing them intently before they smashed into a wall. The Jedi masters spines snapped by the power of the force blast, spinning and tumbling in the air they crashed into the wall where their skulls cracked wide open and blood spattered along the walls. The floor of the hall cracked open and the glass windows at the far side shattered. Doors along the walls bent and were torn from their tracks others twisted in on themselves.
Stepping out of the lift Ahsoka bolted down the hall not even looking at the mangled bodies of the Jedi. She knew they were dead, their presence in the force snuffed out instantly and Bogan's sadistic smile confirmed it as she glanced over her shoulder. Running down the hall as fast as she could propelling herself forward with the power of the darkside she quickly found herself in a familiar part of the temple. The darkside flared and swirled around Ahsoka like a violent storm saturating the temple in utter darkness as she went.
Turning hard right Ahsoka ran past a group of younglings who huddled together in intense fear as she past them. Glancing over her shoulder again Ahsoka saw four Jedi chasing after her so she quickened her pace running faster. A hard left and down another hall and Ahsoka could see the entrance to the Jedi temple, she was almost there just a little further. That was until Mace Windu, Master Yoda, Plo Koon and Ki-Adi-Mundi reached the entrance first. Skidding to an abrupt halt Ahsoka looked at the Jedi masters.
"Please…just let me go" Ahsoka said looking at the Jedi masers hoping however faintly that she could convince them to let her go. She didn't want to fight them, she didn't want to hurt them. "Do that we can not" Master Yoda replied his voice holding less hostility then Widnu who spoke next "It's over Tano" the human said. Ahsoka looked toward Plo Koon "Please I don't want to hurt you…" the padawan begged with sincerity in her voice. Though Ahsoka couldn't see Master Koon's facial expressions she knew that he didn't want to hurt her.
When the Jedi master's were silent for a few moments all unwilling to let her walk out of the temple Ahsoka spoke again "Please! Anakin is in terrible danger, the Jedi are in danger" she said. Maybe she could explain to them what was going to happen, make them see reason that she had to stop this from happening.
She looked back to Bogan for help, a peaceful solution to this situation. "They wont let you just leave dear. Your to dangerous in their eyes to let escape. Are you really going to let them stand in the way of you saving your master?" Bogan said eyeing the dark skinned Jedi master. Ahsoka looked back at the Jedi masters, no she wouldn't let them stand in her way. She was going to save them, save the galaxy from this evil Sith Lord. Pulling the darkside to her Ahsoka prepare for the fight.
Sensing what was about to happen the Jedi master's ignited their lightsabers and took defensive stances. Reaching her hand out toward the Jedi and with a simple wave of her hand Ahsoka forced the lightsabers to shut off. Closing her hand into a fist the lightsabers were ripped from the Jedi masters grasp and hurled across the room. Surprise was evident on each of the master's faces with the ease Ahsoka had disarmed them. Then as if it was as simple as levitating a small rock Ahsoka gripped all the Jedi Master's with the force and lifted them off of the ground unhindered by the force barriers the Jedi Master's had put around themselves.
Throwing them out of her way Ahsoka watched as they all hit the floor of the temple with enough force to know any normal person out cold. Turning back toward the entrance Ahsoka made for the exit but was hit in the side with a force push by Windu who was back on his feet. Hitting a support pillar Ahsoka fell to a knee but pulled herself back to her feet. Bogan didn't seem very happy now as Ahsoka felt a strong urge to rip the Jedi's spine right out "I don't want to kill them" she said to Bogan.
When Ahsoka looked back up Mace Windu had recalled his lightsaber to his hand and was running toward her. She managed to roll out of the way right as his blade passed by her then duck under it as he spun around. She ducked, rolled and evade as Windu continued his assault toward her. She realized that he was pushing her away from the entrance to the temple so reaching out with the force she called one of the lightsabers that was on the floor toward her. Activating the blade while it flew toward her, Mace Windu jumped backward just in time to save from getting cut in half. Turning her head toward the exit she noticed the other masters getting back up. 'This is not good' Ahsoka thought and bolted toward the entrance with Mace Windu right on her tail.
Running past the masters before they could stop her she jumped out of the entrance and flew down the stairs. Half way down the stair case Ahsoka turned her head around as Bogan shouted "Watch out!" Turning around and looking up she saw Windu jump into the air, lightsaber above his head barreling down toward her. Her foot slipped when their blades clashed together. Ahsoka felled down onto the stairs, the force of Windu's strike cracking the stairs around her.
Gritting her teeth Ahsoka pushed against the Jedi master's blade but Windu was physically stronger. Their blades came closer and closer down toward her face as the electrodrives and pistons in her mechanical hands strained. "If you let him beat you then your master's fate is sealed!" Bogan sneered glaring at the dark skinned Jedi master. The blades came so close to Ahsoka's face that she could feel the heat and if she had facial hair she was sure it would have burnt off. "Help me!" Ahsoka yelled to Bogan, the blade only millimeters from her nose now. "Let me take control" Bogan replied, Ahsoka didn't have time to think about it, if she didn't do something she would be dead in a second then any chance of saver her master would be gone.
Nodding Ahsoka let Bogan take over and her vision blurred instantly. Bogan now in control smiled wickedly at Windu "My turn" she said. Taking one hand off of the lightsaber Ahsoka began pushing the blades away from her. Her other hand opened and using the force she blasted Windu off of her. While still in the air she took a hold of him and hurled him against one of the massive statues of a long dead Jedi Masters.
With a sadistic smile on her face she threw him into another with enough force it cracked the chest of the statue. "Weak!" she snarled barring her teeth as she stood up she gripped Windu tighter and began crushing his ribs. Cries of pain flowed from the Jedi master as one by one he felt his ribs breaking. Suddenly his right shoulder snapped back and dislocated then he was hurled through the air back toward the temple smashing into another wall.
She looked back up the stairs and smiled at the other Jedi masters as they came running out of the temple. The Jedi masters were shocked as they looked as Mace Windu on the floor blood spilling from his mouth. Then the entrance to the temple began to shake causing them to look up. The massive stone entrance cracked and began to give away, large chunks of stone fell toward the ground. Reaching out with the force the Jedi Master's gripped the massive stones in a attempt to push them away.
Chucking to herself Ahsoka watched in amusement as the Jedi struggled to move the massive stones. Closing her hand into a fist she caused more of the entrance to break and give away and soon it became too much for the Jedi to handle and the entrance caved in on itself. She stood there for a moment and watched the dust clear before turning around and walked away from the temple. Bogan didn't give control back until she had stolen a ship and was already in hyperspace to a different planet.