Ahsoka found herself in a tight situation. Her former master whom was now a Dark Lord stood no more than a few yards away with a garrison of imperial storm troopers, her rebel soldiers were all dead or dying, and she realized in only a fraction of a second she was truly screwed.

Several MAAT gunships quickly spilled from the Star Destroyer over them, making sure she had no means of escaping as they surrounded her, putting the togurta Jedi in the spotlight -turrets aimed at her orange colored head.

Still, Ahsoka kept her lightsabers ignited; if Vader aimed to kill her right off the bat, the gunships would have already mowed her down. She knew from what she had heard that Vader did not usually hesitate to kill Jedi, and this was a special occasion -mostly because from what the cybernetic Sith was telling her, he was her former master.

"Search your feelings, Ahsoka. You know it's true of my former identity." Vader repeated, storm troopers keeping their rifles trained at the teenager but not yet choosing to fire. "If that wasn't the case, what would the point be of keeping you alive this long?" He persuaded, motioning at the gunships around her perimeter.

Ahsoka took a breath, she knew in the force that there was some truth behind the Sith's words, but she chose to not believe him yet.

"No, you're not. Stop trying to get into my head." She replied, raising her lightsabers in a defensive position.

Vader seemed displeased, even through his black respirator mask Ahsoka could almost make out his lips contorting into a frown. "Fine then, believe what you wish, snips." Vader hissed. The sudden clicking of multiple rifles could be heard, and Ahsoka knew what was to come.

"Take her, alive." Vader ordered, pointing his saber in her direction, "fire at will!" Vader's order did not go unheard, and all the white-clad troopers began firing on Ahsoka. However, Ahsoka had been one step ahead, and was already deflecting the stun bolts before they could hit her. Spinning around, she let out a force push that knocked a few troopers back, even making Vader's cloak and cape sway behind him slightly. However, those troopers that were knocked out were quickly filled by ranks of those that had been behind.

The Jedi girl knew she would be out of luck if she had to continue deflecting blaster fire, she was tiring, and would soon fall before the army accompanying Vader. That was not an option. Ahsoka's first idea would've been to use the force to cause one of the gunships to crash, but that take too much effort. However, they were standing outside a cave, with other troopers still inside in a choke point.

Reaching out with the force, Ahsoka imagined the cave entrance in her head, and by bringing her other saber in quickly, caused the boulders above the entrance to crumble and collapse.

"Move it!" A trooper yelled as he tried to escape, only to be smashed by a boulder. Quickly, Vader used the force to dart out of the cave entrance and away from the hazard while some troopers were crushed and the rest were blocked off due to the second collapsed entrance.

"Clever." Vader commented, approaching his former padawan. "But you can not stop me with such tricks, Ahsoka." He added.

Ahsoka twirled her sabers, knowing the toughest thing to come was walking right towards her. If she survived General Grievous there was a chance she could survive this. Her chance was small, but Ahsoka had no where else to go currently. However she did have one advantage, and that was the fact Vader hadn't fought someone with dual sabers for awhile, so she hoped he may rusty if not easy to unbalance.

"I won't need tricks to help me, I have the force." She replied, before springing in the air towards him, attempting an overhead slash. Vader quickly brought up his own crimson blade for defense, blocking her attack. As her feet hit the floor, she attempted a sweep kick but found it did nothing, and used the force to steady herself back up. "Useless." Vader commented, swinging his saber at her left, and then at her right, before attempting a stabbing poke aimed right at her head. The female was able to block each one thanks to her lightsabers, striking the Sith's sabers on the side with both lightsabers to make his body twist and stumble slightly in the opposite direction. Vader quickly regained his composer, unphased.

"I know all your tricks, I trained you after all. Are you still in denial?" Vader clearly was attempting to gain an edge by distracting her and tweaking her emotions to his disposal. While Ahsoka felt a pang in her heart as she began to believe him, she could not let herself give in.

"So what if you were Anakin? You clearly aren't now. It's no longer you, you're no longer my master but a monster." Ahsoka spat angrily, keeping the crimes he had committed against countless worlds, Jedi, and even children burnt into her mind.

Vader did not waste time in diving back in, attempting to bring his saber upwards in a literal uppercut, however Ahsoka skillfully pushed off her toes to back away. The togurta knight managed to twirl on her fet, hitting him back with both of her sabers in rapid succession before ending with a force push. Vader was sent back slightly, his feet tearing up grass and dirt like a peeling as he used his weight to ground himself against he blast.

"You've learned much!" He stated, outreaching his hand to grasp her at the throat with the force. Quickly, Ahsoka was lifted in the air, choking as she was practically being hung by an invisible rope.

"Up until now I have been toying with you. Your skill is capable but it's dwindled. However, I do not wish to kill you. I wish for you to join me." He stated, slamming her to the ground and then pushing her back. Ahsoka felt air fill her lungs again as she stood, clasping her sabers tightly and breathing fast.

"Together, my old padawan, we can end the Jedi. The Jedi that betrayed you and casted you out." Vader offered, deactivating his lightsaber. Ahsoka stopped for a few seconds, considering the idea in her head.

He's right, they did betray me, they did cast me out of the order. Yet, they only imprisoned Offee for a few months and then let her return to the battlefront.

Ahsoka was deeply disturbed by this. By now, she could feel the similarity between Vader and Anakin, even if it was clouded by hatred and anger it was still him. However, the Empire Vader now belonged to had committed more atrocities than she could stomach. Plus, Vader's Emperor, was nothing more than the equivalence of Satan himself.

"No." She replied simply. "I will not join a government filled with greedy lying killers that exploit worlds and murder innocents. Even if I'm not a Jedi, even if it wasn't for the order, I will not aid you or your disgusting Sith master ever. You wanted this, not me. To me, Anakin is dead and has been replaced by this ugly suit."

Vader bowed his head, before returning his gaze to her.

"Then what's left of the compassion I had for you died with him." He said finally.

"Kill her." Vader ordered in an almost depressive tone.

Suddenly, the gunships opened fire on Ahsoka, and the Jedi was not capable of taking hits from multiple different opponents at once that had encircled her. The Jedi Knight's last few actions of defense were the parrying of blaster bolts before being hit in the back, head, and stomach. Falling to the ground and dropping her sabers, a slight tear came from her cheek as she remembered that day she left the Jedi Order.

Silently, Ahsoka fell face first into the dirt, smoke radiating from the areas of her body the thick energized weaponry had hit her, becoming one with the force seconds later.

Vader silently looked at the dead body only a few yards in front of him, silently turning his back and walking away quietly. A pang of regret was currently hitting his heart, it was true that he did not wish to kill her. She was like a daughter he never had with Padme, and next to Obi-Wan, his former best friend. Now, like all the other Jedi, she had denied him, disowned him... Putting her down was not as easy as it was with the others, he had felt a personal connection to this... He tried to avoid this...

Imperial storm troopers and hazard specialists exited one of the special gunships that had landed, putting the dead Jedi onto a stretcher and taking her back inside the large ship, preparing to take her to a crematorium in the closest sector for disposal.

Vader, in the meantime, felt like he had just killed a part of himself...

Next chapter: Vader's Regret. I'd like to again thank everyone who has been following this story which is now almost at it's end. You're all truly the ones I do this sort of thing for. Happy late Halloween as well!

-Chaanoua