The Dark Side of Things Chapter 12
Chapter 12.. wow, this story has come a long way from the first short chapter. Theres all business in this one, battle planning and strategies. Might be a little romance or fight somewhere but other than that no, this might be a little boring but it's crucial to the story.
ON WITHT THE STORY
Anakin. Ahsoka, and Rex came out of Hyperspace at the coordinate Obi-wan had given them. A fleet of four Republic cruisers were sitting infront of them. The Resolute was among them.
Anakin opened the comm channel to the bridge of the Resolute
"This is General Skywalker, requesting permission to land" Anakin said though the comlink.
"Permission granted, welcome aboard General" An officer replied
Anakin flew the ship into the hanger of his heavily armed warship and landed in one of the free spots.
The group walked out of the ship when Anakin's communicator went off, it was Admiral Yularen
"You are needed on the bridge General" Yularen said.
"On my way Admiral" Anakin replied
Anakin turned to Ahsoka and Rex
"Go get some rest you two"
"Yes sir" Rex said as he grabbed his things, including his Force pike, and he went to his personal quarters.
Ahsoka kept following Anakin until he looked back.
"I thought I told you to go get some rest Ahsoka" Anakin said in a warning tone.
"I'm not tired Master"
"It wasn't a suggestion" Anakin said flatly.
Ahsoka signed a realized she wouldn't win this battle.
"Fine, ill see you later" Ahsoka said as she went to her quarters on the Resolute.
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Ahsoka's POV
I wasn't even tired but I decided to go to my quarters anyway. I didn't know what else to do so I decided to meditate.
"Mediating can help sometimes I guess" I thoughtas I sat down on the floor and I crossed my legs.
I started opening myself up to the Force and let it flow though me.
As I dove deeper into the Force a blinding light consumed me, when I could see again I appeared at the stairs of the Jedi Temple. I smiled until I looked up.
The Temple was Burning.
I ran up the stairs of the temple and ran inside to see bodies of hundreds of dead Jedi.
I gasped and hot tears started rolling down my cheeks.
There were clones everywhere, they were killing the Jedi, including the Younglings.
I ran at them and yelled "Stop! Please!"
The clones saw me and immediately raised their weapons until a voice yelled.
"Don't fire!"
I looked behind me and saw a figure with his hood up, his Force signature felt familiar, but cold.
"Who are you? Why are you doing this?" I yelled as tears continued coming down my cheeks
The figure took off his hood. I covered my mouth as I saw who it was.
It was Anakin, and his eyes were dark yellow.
"Hey Snips" He said in a dark tone.
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I came out of my meditation with a gasp, I started crying.
"I have to get to Anakin!" I said quickly, tears rolling down my face.
I rushed out of my room and started running for the bridge, Clones saw me along the way, I was afraid of them.
"Commander!" Some clones shouted, obviously seeing I was crying.
"Get away from me!" I yelled back at them.
I ran into the bridge to see Anakin, Obi-Wan and Yularen standing around a holotable discussing battle tactics.
Obi-Wan saw me first, he saw my face.
"Ahsoka?" He said in shock.
Anakin looked at me next.
"Ahsoka!" He yelled as I crashed into his arms.
I looked up and saw that his eyes weren't yellow.
"Thank the Force!" I said in relief, still very emotional.
All of the officers on the bridge were staring at me now"
'Ahsoka whats wrong?" Anakin asked me as I looked up.
"I had another vision, Y-you were.." I couldn't bring myself to say it, it was too much.
"What Ahsoka? What was I"
"You and the Clones were killing the Jedi!" I screamed.
The room got deadly silent at that. Anakin visibly flinched, Obi-Wan's eyes got wide.
"I-I what?" Anakin said in shock, as much as he disagreed with the Council he would never kill them.
"Clear the Bridge" Obi-Wan said.
All of the officers left the bridge, including the Admiral.
"Now that we're alone, tell me us what happened" Obi-Wan asked me
I had stopped crying now, so I started from the beginning.
"I was mediating when this light engulfed me, I appeared at the stairs of the Temple" I said
"Go on" Anakin said
"I looked up and the Temple was on fire, I ran up the stairs and there were dead Jedi everywhere" I continued in a sad tone.
Both higher ranking Jedi flinched.
"There were clones in the temple, they were killing younglings" I said as a lone tear dropped from my eye.
"I yelled at them to stop and when they saw me they drew their weapons. And then a voice told them to stop"
Anakin and Obi-Wan were listening intently.
"I looked back and saw a hooded figure, when I asked who he was, he took his hood and off and it was Anakin." I said as I started crying again
"You were killing Jedi too, you had turned to the Dark Side" I said as I was sobbing now.
Anakin and Obi-Wan were shocked to hear this, especially Anakin.
"look, im still me" Anakin said as he reassured her.
"I know, it j-just the clones were killing Younglings too."
"I don't think the clones would turn on us" Obi-Wan said
"The only one with the authority to do that is the Chancellor…" Anakin said.
The pieces all came together
"We need to get Rex in here"
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Rex's POV
I got a call on my comlink and Anakin told me to come to the bridge.
"Eh… I hope I'm not in trouble"
I got up to the bridge and walked in. Ahsoka looked like she was in a very emotional state.
"Is everything okay?" I asked.
"Rex we need you to answer a very serious question" Anakin told me
"About what?" I asked.
"Is there an order that the Chancellor can call to eliminate the Jedi?" General Kenobi asked me in a flat tone.
I instantly knew the answer to that question. Order 66
"I… Erm.." I started.
"Rex we need to know." Ahsoka asked. She looked terrified.
"Yes, there is. Order number 66" I stuttered.
From my eyes the Jedi got a look of pure horror on their faces.
Anakin looked at General Kenobi
"Does that mean that Palpatine is the Sith Lord? Anakin speculated
"It sure sounds like it" Obi-Wan said with a serious tone.
"If that's true then that means he could wipe us out anytime he wanted" Ahsoka said to both of them.
"I trusted him, I cant believe this" Anakin said
This whole situation is very stressful to me, how am I supposed to tell Jedi that theres an order to kill them all?
"We need to get back to Coruscant now, and contact the Council." Obi-Wan said
" What about me?" I asked
All three Jedi just stared at me.
"Just stay here Rex." Ahsoka said.
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General POV.
"Admiral get in here now" Anakin said though his comlink on his wrist."
Admiral Yularen walked into the bridge instantly.
"Yes sir"
"We need to get the fleet back to Courscant immediately"
"W-what about Naboo?" Yularen asked.
"Naboo is lost, this situation is of far more importance" Obi-Wan said.
Yularen got all the officers back in the bridge and told the rest of the fleet to turn back and head for Coruscant under General Kenobi's orders.
"May I ask the nature of our return to Coruscant?" Yularen asked Anakin.
Anakin was standing at the viewing mirror waiting for his ship to jump.
Anakin's reply was full of venom
"Treason" Anakin said and the fleet jumped into Hyperspace.
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Anakin's fleet was in Hyperspace as Anakin and Obi-Wan contacted the Jedi Council. Ahsoka had went back to her quarters to calm down.
A hologram of the Council popped up. Master Windu spoke first.
"Ah, Skywalker, how goes your mission"
"We are headed back to Coruscant Master"
"Why is that?" Shaak Ti asked.
"We have discovered a plot to destroy the Jedi" Obi-Wan said.
This instantly grabbed the attention of the Council.
"By who?" Master Plo asked.
"Chancellor Palpatine, we believe he is the sith we have been looking for." Anakin said gravely
"We also believe he plans to use something called order 66 to turn the clones against us." Obi-Wan added.
"We must confront him" Mace said.
"Don't! it might cause him to issue order 66, I doubt we could take on the clone army." Obi-wan said in response
"Wait until we arrive so we can cut off his communication with the clones" Anakin said.
The council pondered this. "Very well, we shall wait"
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Palpatine sensed a great disturbance in the force, but he couldn't quite place his finger on it.
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Anakin's fleet jumped out of Hyperspace and descended down to the planet. The fleet landed in its designated spot and immediately Anakin, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan went to the Jedi Temple.
When they reached the Temple they went up to the Council chambers.
"How should we confront him" Mace asked.
"I think we should send in the 501st to surround the building while Jedi go in to his office." Master Ti said.
"We should just send in Jedi" Mace said.
"If we just send in Jedi he could use Order 66" Shaak fired back.
"What would be the point of bringing in clones?" Mace asked
"For support" Shaak responded.
Yoda had enough of the arguing and simply decided that Anakin, Obi-Wan, Master Plo, Shaak Ti, Master Windu, and Himself should go in to confront Sidious. Yoda also approved bringing in the 501st
"Very well, I will alert the 501st of the role they will be playing"
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Most of the Jedi council was walking up to the Senate building, the 501st legion waiting for them, particularly Rex.
As the Council was walking into the building Rex started following them, Anakin turned around.
"Rex? What are you doing?"
"I want to take a swing at this scum" Rex said, his voice full of anger.
"You wont stand a chance!"
"I don't care! Im coming in" Rex said.
Anakin didn't see the point in arguing so he simply allowed Rex to come along, He did know how to use a Force pike after all.
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The chosen members of the Council walked into Palpatines office with their lightsabers drawn
"Oh Sith spit, my plan isn't finished yet!" Palpatine thought as the Jedi entered the room.
"What is the meaning of this?" Sidious asked in a neutral tone.
"You are under arrest for treason against the Galactic Republic" Anakin said
"Anakin, my boy I would never do such a thing" He smiled trying to convince Anakin.
"You lie, I know who you are Sidious" Anakin said.
That name pissed Sidious off, he had lost Anakin, if only Anakin's padawan was here.
"It's treason then" Sidious said as he ignited his blood red saber.
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Ahsoka felt that it was wrong that she was away from the battle, she had discovered Sidious in the first place.
"Screw this, im going over there" She thought as she grabbed her lightsabers and walked out the door.
Ahsoka couldn't have known the future at that point.
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Sidious was holding his own against the Jedi, Rex had decided to stay back until he was needed.
Every Jedi in the room was swinging at the sith lord when Sidious pulled off a massive Force move and all the Jedi went flying back into the hallway. Which knocked them all out, except Anakin and Rex. Rex decided it was time to step up.
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Ahsoka had gotten to the Chancellors office just a few minutes ago. She was running up the stairwells to Sidious's office. She was just 200 feet away from his office when She saw all of her fellow Jedi get knocked out by the Sith lord.
Ahsoka frontflipped over the Jedi, ignited her sabers In the air and lunged towards Sidious which surprised him, but he quickly recovered and had an idea in his head. He was going to turn Ahsoka against her master.
Anakin began to wake up with Rex helping him up, Everyone else including Obi-Wan was out cold. Anakin looked up and saw Ahsoka fighting Sidious.
"Ahsoka!" He tried to yell, but it only came out as a whisper.
Sidious started to screw with Ahsoka.
"You know Anakin never loved you!" Sidious yelled
Ahsoka didn't have time to stop and think.
"He always loved me!" Ahsoka fired back as she parried Sidious' blade
"How can he be married and love you!" Sidious fired back
"He isn't married!" Ahsoka screamed at him.
"Yes he is! To Senator Amidala! For years he had been! And now you think he loves you!" Sidious was in a hard lock with Ahsoka.
Ahsoka was starting to believe him.
"See! You know he never loved you and he never will!" Sidious said as he could sense her feelings.
"Stop! I know he loves me!" Ahsoka yelled as she continued to fight.
"He was going to have children with her!" Sidious said in a finale attempted to sway her.
That one hit Ahsoka hard. She lowered her lightsaber and a single tear escaped from her eye
She looked over at Anakin who was leaning on Rex's shoulder.
Ahsoka's hate had built up and she released it all.
"You lied to me!"
"No!, Ahsoka, I love you!" Anakin screamed back.
"I can't believe you Anakin, you choose that whore over me!" Ahsoka yelled at Anakin. she raised her lightsaber.
"Ahsoka Please don't!"
"Too late for that!" Ahsoka yelled as she lunged at Anakin with her lightsaber. Rex dove out of the way and Anakin's blade met hers. For the first time sense Mortis, Anakin could feel the Dark Side within Ahsoka..
Sidious was about to send out the signal for Order 66 when he saw blaster bolts smash into his holotable. He looked up to see Rex with Force pike in one hand, and blaster in the other.
"You inferior Clone, I will make you suffer!" Sidious snarled
Rex responded by raising his Force pike infront of him.
Anakin was continuing to fight Ahsoka in the small office until they got into a lock. Anakin looked into Ahsoka's eyes. Her eyes were a dark yellow.
"Ahsoka no… please" He begged, seeing her like this broke his heart.
In the distance Obi-Wan barely came too and lifted his head. He saw Ahsoka and Anakin fighting.
"Not again" He was able to mutter before he went under again.
Anakin had force pushed Ahsoka back and before he could do anything, Ahsoka started choking him with the Force.
He looked in Ahsoka's eyes and begged
"Ahsoka.. Please.. I love you" He was barely able to whisper.
Those words broke though to Ahsoka and she came to her senses. Her eyes returned back to normal and she dropped Anakin. She dropped to her knees and started crying.
"I'm so sorry Anakin" She broke down on the floor.
Anakin was recatching his breath when he looked over and saw Rex dealing with Sidious. He was having trouble.
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Rex swung for Sidious' head and Sidious parried it.
Out of nowhere Sidious swung for Rex's left leg. The lightsaber barely clipped it and it brought the Captain down to his right knee.
Sidious swung down and Rex was able to block it but they got in a lock. Rex's was just about to get his face cut off when..
"Rex!" Anakin yelled and he jumped up. Anakin force pushed Sidious out of the window and Sidious fell down to the streets below, his body collided with the pavement and exploded into a million bloody pieces.
It was over, Sidious was dead, but dooku was still out there.
Anakin rushed to Rex and helped him up.
Ahsoka was crying in the corner
The council members were just now waking up.
"What happened?" Obi-wan asked as he sat up against the wall.
Anakin had made it to the other Jedi.
"Sidious is dead, Ahsoka needs some help though." Anakin said as Rex was on his shoulder.
Obi-Wan went over to help Ahsoka, they would talk about all this later.
All of the Jedi went back to the Temple, the media and 501st following them all the way back.
Sidious was dead, But Dooku and Grievous were still out there, not to mention Maul
They had a real war to fight now, and it wasn't going to be easy
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This chapter… was woah. It wrote itself. It was a monster chapter too. A lot of things happened here, but it also set the plot for the next portion of the story. Thank you guys for reading, I hope it wasn't too confusing. Let me know! Review please.
UNTIL NEXT TIME