A/N: I would like to thank all of my readers who have read, reviewed, favorited, and subscribed to me and my stories. Now, for the next few chapters are mostly going to be a lot of talk but I'm trying to make it as interesting as possible and we are finally going to find out a bit about Tanya's past. So, please enjoy Part 22 of "The Final Battle".

The Final Battle: Part 22

Bright white light; that was all Tanya could see when she opened her eyes. She blinked a bit, trying to clear her head and vision. She lifted her head off of the cold, metal floor but it pounded in protest, and Tanya laid back down to silence its pleas.

"Tanya! Are you alright?" called a voice from far away.

"Define 'alright'," Tanya muttered, clutching her aching head. She took a few breaths and when the hammering subsided, she sat up and looked around. She was handcuffed in a cell with three inactive containment fields behind her. Ahsoka and Barriss were sitting next to her and were also handcuffed.

"Better?" Barriss inquired.

"Yeah," Tanya replied. She rolled her head around, cracking her neck a bit. "How long was I out?"

"We don't know. It's hard to tell time without anything to go off of. But, it was probably around an hour," Ahsoka answered. Barriss nodded in agreement.

"Right," Tanya responded. "Listen, I'm so sorry for leaving you guys back there."

"Tanya it's fine," Ahsoka told her.

"We probably would've done the same thing in your position," Barriss added. Tanya smiled thankfully but it quickly faded as the door slid open to reveal three MagnaGuards. The leader uttered some garbled noises, which the trio figured was an order for them to stand. They got up and walked out their cell, heads held high. The MagnaGuards led them through the gargantuan cruiser to the bridge, where the three separatist leaders were waiting.

"If you are going to threaten us, I'm going to warn you now that it will do you no good in getting you back your precious plans. So, you might as well just give up," Tanya told them. Ahsoka and Barriss glanced at each other; neither of them had ever heard her speak to anyone like that and they both figured if she kept that up, she was going to get herself killed. Grievous and Ventress glared at her but remained silent.

Dooku, however, was unaffected and quickly countered with "Didn't Master Yoda teach you to treat your superiors with respect, child?"

"Of course he did. I, however, do not consider you to be among them," Tanya said simply.

"Well, did he ever teach you that it is unwise to treat your captors with such insolence, Miss… what is your name?"

"Tanya. And I have no reason to fear your torture."

"Well, Miss Tanya, you seem rather confident in your abilities. Almost overly so."

"I have been very well trained. Master Yoda makes sure that his padawans are."

"And what of Skywalker and Unduli's padawans?" Dooku inquired, looking at Ahsoka and Barriss. "I highly doubt they would be able withstand the amount of torture we have in store for you."

"They know nothing of the information's whereabouts. Any attempt to torture them would be a waste of time and resources," Tanya replied smoothly. Dooku smirked, mildly impressed by Tanya's retort.

"And, what of you, Miss Tanya? What do you know of the information?" he questioned.

"I do know where it is, and how to get it. However, no matter how much you torture me, no amount of pain will ever convince me to hand it over to the likes of you," Tanya responded calmly. "Do your worst."

Dooku paused for a moment, sizing her up, before he replied. "Brave words for a young girl," Dooku spat, saying young girl as if it was the lowest thing someone could be.

Tanya's frowned, before raising her head as high as a princess's, and saying with as much contempt as possible, "I am not afraid of you."

Dooku smiled evilly before lifting her chin and replying coolly, "You will be, my dear. You will be." Tanya pulled out of his grasp, furious that he had the nerve to touch her. Dooku looked her up and down, before noticing a leather cord hanging around her neck. He grabbed the cord and tugged on it, withdrawing a crystal amulet in the shape of a crescent moon from her robes.

"Beautiful necklace. Mind if I ask you how you came to acquire it?"

"I do mind, actually, especially when considering it has no connection to the current conversation."

The Count frowned, and tore the amulet from Tanya neck. Tanya's head jerked forward and she glared at him as he smirked at her and attached it to his belt, next to her lightsaber. Ahsoka and Barriss noticed this too and looked to see their own lightsabers in Grievous and Ventress' belts. Tanya looked over Dooku's shoulder, refusing to look him in the eye and let him know he had affected her.

"Take them away," Dooku ordered the MagnaGuards. They stepped forward, and grabbed Ahsoka, Barriss, and Tanya, dragging them back to their cells.