The Final Battle: Part 23

The three MagnaGuards pushed Ahsoka, Barriss, and Tanya into their cell and sealed the door behind them. Tanya glared at the door over her shoulder before leaning against the wall and sliding down to the floor, rubbing her neck where Dooku had torn her necklace from her. Ahsoka and Barriss looked at each other, confirming the same thing; neither of them had ever seen that necklace.

"Tanya?" Ahsoka asked gingerly. Tanya made grunted to show she was listening. "Where did you get that necklace? We've never seen it before." Tanya looked surprised at the question, but at the same time looked as though she had been expecting it.

"Well, I suppose now is as good of a time as ever," she muttered.

"For what?" Barriss inquired. Tanya looked around, before motioning her friends to come closer. Ahsoka and Barriss sat down next to her, curious as to what she was about to tell them.

"You know how most younglings are given to the Jedi Temple at around one year old." Ahsoka and Barriss nodded. "I wasn't like that. I was abandoned on the steps of the Temple when I was around nine months old. Master Yoda found me, wrapped in a bunch of blankets, with the necklace around my neck. The note attached me said that my name was Tanya, my mother was dead, and her friends couldn't take care of me, but they knew I was strong in the force. I have no idea what my last name is, when my birthday is, where I'm from, or who my mother was. That's why the necklace is important to me; it's my only link to life outside of the Jedi Order."

Ahsoka and Barriss looked at each other, stunned. Both of them had lived in the Temple for the majority of their lives, but they also had solid roots outside of the Order. Tanya, however, had nothing but whispers and mementos.

"Tanya, is that part of the reason your incredibly determined and work so hard?" Barriss questioned. Tanya smiled sadly.

"Yeah. This is the only life I've really ever known. If I screw this up, I have nothing, no friends, no family, and no home, to go to for help.

"It's alright though," Tanya continued before her friends could reply. "If it hadn't been for that, I might have never become Master Yoda's padawan and I may have never met you two."

"But then you probably wouldn't be in this situation," Barriss pointed out.

"I'm prepared for this. Besides, it's me. It'll take more than a bit of electricity to make me crack," Tanya told them. "But still, we have to get out of here, and I think the only way out at this point is rescue."

"But how?" Ahsoka asked. "We have no means of contacting them."

"Actually, we do." Ahsoka and Barriss looked at Tanya confused. "Jedi Masters and their padawans have a bond that they can use to communicate. If both are well trained in its use, then they can communicate, even when separated by light-years."

"So, you can tell Master Yoda where we are?" Ahsoka asked, awed.

"Yes. If I can concentrate enough then I might be able to reach him and tell him where we are."

"Wait, do you even know where we are?" Barriss wondered.

"Of course, what do think I was looking at over Dooku's shoulder? We're orbiting Lola Sayu."

"Wait, that's the planet the Citadel is on."

"I know. It's quite ingenious really. The Order has probably assumed the Separatists would take us here. However, they'll be so focused on getting down onto the planet that they won't realize we're in the blockade surrounding it."

"That's pretty clever," Ahsoka admitted, and Barriss nodded in agreement.

"Anyway, in order to contact Master Yoda I'm going to have to meditate. Warn me if you hear anything," Tanya instructed. As soon as Ahsoka and Barriss agreed, Tanya crossed her legs, closed her eyes, and began to breathe deeply, trying to focus.

Master. Can you hear me? Master, please, I need you help.

Tanya called out to her Master for what seemed like ages, until she finally heard a familiar voice reply, Good to hear you, it is.

Tanya smiled. It's good to hear you to Master, but we'll have time for that later. Master Skywalker and Master Unduli's padawans are here with me and we're all fine. We're being held on the Main Separatist Command Ship of the blockade orbiting the planet Lola Sayu. We need assistance as soon as possible.

Understood, my padawan. Send help, I will. Save you, we will.

Thank you Master. I'm sorry we were captured in the first place.

A trap, it was. Your fault, it was not.

"Tanya," Ahsoka warned, upon hearing the sounds of a door closing and footsteps coming their way.

"They're coming."

I'm sorry Master. Dooku is coming. I have to go.

Worry, do not. Help you we will.

I have faith in you Master. Goodbye, for now.

Tanya cut off their conversation, just as a thought occured to her."Ahsoka, Barriss, listen to me. I need both of you promise me something." Ahsoka and Barriss both nodded. "I need you both to swear that no matter what, no mater how much pain I'm in, no matter how much I scream, no matter how much I beg for mercy, I need you both to remain completely blank."

"Why?" Ahsoka asked.

"If you try and fight them they might hurt you and I want to keep you two as safe as possible."

"What about you though?" Barriss inquired. "You're the one they're going to torture."

Tanya smiled. "I've been training my whole life for this. Don't worry about me."

Ahsoka and Barriss looked at each other, unconvinced, but nodded nevertheless. Tanya smiled at them, but her grin faded as the cell door opened behind her. Dooku, Grievous, and Ventress entered, three MagnaGuards behind them. The three droids picked up the padawans, and threw them into the containment fields, which suspended them in midair.

"And now, Miss Tanya, we shall discuss the location of our missing information," Dooku said, motioning for something to come in. There was an eerie buzzing, and a large, round, black droid with pincers, pliers, and needles sticking out of it, floated into the room. The door closed behind it, sealing their fate.

A/N: Yes, the torture droid at the end of this chapter is supposed to be an earlier version of the torture droid Darth Vader used to try and get information out of Princess Leia in "A New Hope." I figured since it was a droid and since they also had mouse droids during the Clone Wars, they probably began developing it during the Clone Wars. I thought it was a good tie in to the original trilogy. So, please review and leave me your thoughts. Also, I have a poll on my profile for anyone who want to take a look at it. The question is, "Should I put in the chapter of Tanya being tortured in "The Final Battle"?" Until next time! -Miss Singing in the Rain