Ahsoka. Ahsoka! Ahsoka suddenly stopped.
"Anakin." she mumbled.
"Ahsoka? What is it?" Obi-Wan quickly turned, blocking a blaster bolt headed right for Ahsoka's head. She stumbled back.
"Wrong way." she mumbled again.
"What?" Obi-Wan said, looking back at the two clone troopers, both of which replied with a look of confusion. "What's going on Ahsoka?"
"We're going the wrong way!" she exclaimed breaking into a run in the opposite direction, leaving the others behind.
"General!" Cody said, "Should we follow her?"
"She can handle her own, Cody" Obi-Wan replied, blocking another blaster bolt. "Right now, we have these droids to worry about."
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Ahsoka sprinted down a hallway, her blood pumping. She didn't know exactly where she was going, but she knew she had to get somewhere fast. She could feel through the bond that Anakin was in pain, her right arm throbbing. My vision. As if it were even possible, Ahsoka sprinted faster, making right turn, and then a fast left. She stopped and stood before a long hallway, a broken door sitting on a wall. An agonizing scream reached her ears, and she broke back into a run down the hallway.
She was deep in thought and in sprint when all of the sudden, she was thrown back by some invisible force. It was an invisible wall of darkness that made her sick to her stomach, leaving her in the small doorway of the command center. From where she was, she could see most of the command center. Padme was on the ground a few meters away from her, and in the middle of the room Anakin laid, motionless. She raised a hand to her mouth to suppress her gasp.
A dark figure entered her field of view. Out of the shadows and into the orange light from the lava surrounding them, she suddenly recognized the figure.
"No." She mumbled.
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Sidious laughed and slowly moved towards Anakin, deactivating his lightsaber.
"Now you see what the Dark Side is capable of!" He exclaimed, standing over Anakin.
"I'll give you one more chance, Anakin. Join me! You will be more powerful than anyone in the galaxy! There will be nothing you can't do!" He continued. Anakin just looked up at him, struggling to stay awake. Sidious began to get frustrated.
"You know, if you don't, I will be forced to kill you, your wife lying over there, your padawan standing in the doorway, and your old master fighting against droids in the other hallway. And it will be all your fault." He finished. Anakin groaned, struggling to move away from the Sith.
"Never." Anakin muttered. "I will never, EVER join you, Sidious. Not now, not ever. Whether you're a stranger or my own damn father, I would never join the Dark Side. Not for you. Not with all of these lies! All you've wanted is the power I hold. Well you cant have it." He spat.
For the first time in a week, Anakin felt his mind clear completely. He felt the Force all around him, and a surge of strength ran through him. He slowly made his way back to his feet and called his lightsaber to his left hand. He ignited the weapon and made a full step-half limp- towards Sidious. Sidious laughed.
"You really think you can beat me?" He said. Anakin just glared at Sidious in reply.
Sidious sent lightning to Anakin, but Anakin simply raised his lightsaber to deflect it. Each step Anakin took, strength flowed through him as he made a stronger effort to connect with the Force. It was as if he were on Mortis again. Sidious began backing away now, moving closer against a control panel. He quickly drew his lightsaber to defend any attack that Anakain would make. There was fear in the Sith Lord's eyes. Anakin willed Sidious's lightsaber out of his hands.
"Please!" he begged. "Don't kill me! Forgive me Anakin!"
Anakin pinned Sidious to the panel and held the lightsaber to his chest. It's time. He then looked to Sidious's eyes again, the fear. He hesitated. This isn't me. I can't do it.
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Obi-Wan and the clones had finally managed to break through the droids, and now ran through the halls.
"There's the detention block!" Obi-Wan yelled back, making a quick turn. He saw Ahsoka standing at the end.
"Master Kenobi! It's the Chancellor! He's the Sith!" Ahsoka exclaimed, silently. Obi-Wan shook his head in shock. He watched as Anakin advanced towards who he thought was Chancellor Palpatine. Ahsoka suddenly started to step into the command center, but she was stopped as Obi-Wan's hand flew up.
"No. He needs to do this on his own." He said, as if he knew something the others didn't. "You were right." He added softly, in way that made it obvious that he was not talking to Ahsoka or the clones. Ahsoka just nodded, and continued watching.
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"It's time Anakin." He heard that voice again.
till standing over the Sith Lord, looking into his eyes, Anakin was suddenly transported back in time. He saw himself as a child, a freed slave leaving the life he had known for a new one. How Qui-Gon spoke of this "Chosen One", and how he was convinced it was Anakin. Sidious stared back at him, fear fading from his eyes.
"I knew you couldn't do it," he spat. "Too cowardly. Maybe I was wrong about you. Maybe you aren't the strongest Jedi." Anakin glared at him and leaned closer. It was just another lie, like the lies to the Senate, the lies to the Republic, the lies to everyone, including him. He had had enough.
"This. Ends. Now." He stated, thrusting the lightsaber into Darth Sidious's chest. The Sith Lord gasped and collapsed to the ground in a crumpled heap.
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Anakin slowly stood back up. He looked down at the now-dead Sith. Did this really just happen? The atmosphere of the entire command center changed; the heaviness of the dark in the room was replaced with a lightness. Anakin looked over to Padme, who was now slowly standing back up with a smile on her face, despite the sting of the slash across her back. Anakin then turned his head to see Obi-Wan and Ahsoka. Ahsoka took a step towards Anakin.
"Skyguy!" she exclaimed. But Anakin's smile suddenly dissipated. Without warning, all energy left him, his injuries from over the past week and that day returned to him, the pain- the excruciating pain!- from the electrostaffs, the lightning, the lightsaber burns, his Force-foresaken arm. Anakin gasped, suddenly finding it hard to breathe. His legs gave out from under him and he collapsed, and he laid on the ground, motionless.