The Dark Side of Things Chapter 13
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ON WITH THE STORY
Anakin's POV
I sent the 501st legion back to the barracks, much to Rex's distaste.
I was about to reenter the Temple when an arm grabbed him from behind, no one noticed because I was at the back of the group, the last thing I saw was Obi-Wan carrying Ahsoka into the Temple.
I turned around to see the person who had grabbed me, it was Padme
"Oh Force" I thought.
I was expecting a kiss or something, although I would have pushed her off. But no, she slapped me right in the face.
"What the Force was that for?" I asked her as I rubbed my stinging cheek.
Padme looked furious
"This might get ugly" I thought
"For ignoring me! And abandoning Naboo, do you know that the Separatists have the planet under a blockade?" Padme shouted at me.
I would deal with the relationship stuff later, right now was business
"We had to come back" I told her casually
"And why is that?" She retorted
"We had to deal with Palpatine" I told her in a now serious tone.
"And why would you have to deal with him?"
I gapped at her.
"Do you not watch the holonews? He's dead"
Padme gasped, she obviously hadn't seen the news.
"Who killed him?" Padme asked me, she was shocked.
"I did, along with a bunch of other Jedi" I told her.
Padme's jaw dropped.
"Why in the Galaxy would the Jedi kill him?" Padme was furious.
"He was the Sith Lord Padme!" I finally shouted, I had enough.
The utter shock was visible on her face. Before she could say something else.
"He was going to turn the clones against us! He was going to destroy the Jedi! So of course we dealt with him" I almost yelled
"Im sorry about Naboo Padme, I really am, but I think we had something else more important to do." I added
"And the fact that I had to come back from my Vacation from there really spoiled my day"
"That wasn't supposed to come out!" I thought as I realized I let the last part slip out
Padme went off.
"What the hell Anakin? Were you even going to tell me that you went to Naboo!" She asked me outraged.
I didn't know what to say to that, if I told her about me and Ahsoka directly she could go to Council.
She responded before I could.
"You know what? Screw this! I'm leaving" She said as she ran down the steps.
"Good riddance" I muttered as into the temple.
Ahsoka's Pov
I woke up in one of the bed in the halls of healing and saw a figure standing over me. I saw it was Obi-Wan once I opened my eyes all the way.
"Welcome back Ahsoka" He told me with a warm smile on his face.
"What happened" I asked confused.
"Do you not remember?" Obi-Wan asked
"The last thing I remember was jumping into Sidious' office"
"Oh no" Obi-Wan said
Obi-Wan had a look of worry on his face.
"What?"
He was scaring me
"Ahsoka you turned to the dark side" Obi-Wan said,
I couldn't believe that, no, theres absolutely no way.
At that moment Anakin came through the door.
"Master… Is that true" I said in a whisper.
I guess he knew what I meant.
"Yes Ahsoka, Im sorry" He told me In a sad tone.
I was so shocked, I started crying.
"I'm so sorry Master" I said though my sobbing
Anakin hugged me, when he let go he turned to Obi-Wan
"Does the rest of the Council know?" he asked him
"No, just me" Obi-Wan said
"Good, but I think in order to get set this right, we need to them that her and I are together" Anakin told him.
"You have proven yourself I think, the Council may not see it that way Anakin" Obi-Wan advised him.
All I was hoping for was that they wouldn't expel us
" I know Master, but we need to tell them" Anakin said
"Then I will stand with you Anakin, whatever they decide"
"Thank you Master" Anakin replied.
Anakin turned to me.
"Ahsoka, promise me you will be okay" Anakin told me.
I smiled "I'll be okay master"
"Good" He replied in a soft tone.
"I will tell them, and hopefully they decide something that will benefit the order"
"Unlikely" Obi-Wan said.
"I know." Anakin said as I saw him leave the room.
Rex's POV
I was sitting in the mess hall with a bunch of my fellow brothers, Kix, Fives, Jesse, Tup, and a few others.
"Do you really know how to use that thing?" Fives asked me
"Sure do"
"Care to tell us how you got it?" Kix asked
I told them the story of how I beat the Commander in a lightsaber battle. All of my brothers seemed shocked.
"So you're telling me, that you beat a Jedi with their own lightsaber?" Jesse asked
"Yep" I responded as I continued to eat my food.
A few of the clones laughed
"Impressive" I heard from a clone I didn't know so well.
"Did you ever challenge her again" Tup asked
"Yeah, I did" I said as I remember being thrown into the lake.
"Did you win?" Fives asked.
"No I didn't" I started snickering from the memory.
"What happened?" Jesse asked.
"I got thrown into a lake" I said
That got a big laugh from my brothers.
"She wasted you" I heard from other clone at the table.
I started laughing again
These moments were the ones worth fighting for.
;-
Anakin's POV
I walked into the Council Chambers and I stood I the middle of the room.
"Something have you to say?" Yoda said. It was more of a statement than a question.
"Yes Masters, I have a confession"
"A confession you say?" Master Yoda asked.
"Yes master" I said respectfully.
"What do you have to tell us?" Master Windu said flatly.
I tried not to be nervous. Well, here goes nothing.
"I am in a relationship with Ahsoka Tano" I said firmly.
I could sense all of the Council members around me, all I could sense was confusion and shock. And maybe a bit of anger.
"What do you have to say for yourself Skywalker?" Windu said in a very irritated tone
It seemed that Yoda was going to take a different approach.
" For how long?" Yoda asked.
"Since the battle for Onderon" I replied.
"More to say have you?" He asked.
"I believe that our relationship has made us stronger, not more likely to turn to the dark side, but I also have another request. I would like you to consider allowing Jedi to have attachments, How can we be Jedi when we have forgotten compassion and love? In a sense, we have lost a part of what it is to be a Jedi." I said firmly.
The Council members seemed shocked at my short speech.
"You have a strong argument, but what about all of the Jedi we have lost to the dark side because they couldn't control their emotions." Master Windu argued.
"I admit, you are right to warn against our emotions, but banning them just causes our Young to bottle up their feelings, when they can't express their motions it would make the feel lost" I said.
Yoda spoke
"We will convene on this matter, dismissed you are" Yoda said.
;-
Obi-Wan's POV
I had taken Ahsoka back to her and Anakin's quarters, the healers deemed her fine.
We had been inside for a while when Anakin walked in.
"Well, how did it go?" I asked my former apprentice
"Better then I expected" Anakin replied to me, he seemed relieved
"What did they say" Ahsoka asked him.
"They said they would convene on the matter" Anakin told Ahsoka.
"That is certainly better than expelling us" She replied to him.
I'm relieved myself, I thought they would immediately expel them.
"What about Windu? He wouldn't take such a thing lightly" I asked Anakin
"He didn't" Anakin said as he sat down at the table.
"Figures" I muttered.
;-
General POV
Dooku's palace
Count Dooku and General Grievous were standing around the Holotable. Deciding on how best to attack Coruscant, with Sidious out of the picture, he could do things his way now, it wasn't a puppet show anymore, this was real war..
"We shall attack the main problem, the Temple itself."
"The fleet is already assembled my Lord, it awaits your command" Grievous said.
"We shall strike when they least expect it, and we might have some allys along the way."
;-
Jedi Temple. Coruscant
Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano were heading to the Council chambers, they had summoned them.
"I hope this goes okay…" Ahsoka said quietly as they were about to enter the chambers.
"I'm sure itll go fine Snips" Anakin told her.
They entered the Chambers and were under the stares of multiple Council Members. None of them showed emotion.
"Masters" Anakin said and bowed respectfully, Ahsoka did the same.
"We have to come to a decision" Master Windu said rather grumpily.
"Decided we have, to let you stay in your Relationship, but also to lift the Ban on attachments" Yoda said with a smile.
"We are going to make an announcement tonight." Plo said.
Anakin and Ahsoka were about to bow to the Council when massive explosions started all across the City, including near the temple.
"What that!" Anakin said as he ran to the window.
"Oh no" He whispered.
There was a massive fleet of Separatist warships in the sky, engaged with Republic cruisers.
The Enemy fleet started raining missiles down on the City when Anakin saw something that horrified him.
There a large payload heading for the Temple
"Every body get out of here now!" Anakin yelled.
"NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!" Anakin screamed.
The cluster of missiles started colliding with the Jedi Temple.
END OF CHAPTER
Ouch, that's gotta hurt, how will this battle go? Sorry for the cliffy, but hey ill update tomorrow. I assure you our heroes will be alive, barely. Sorry that it was short, but the next chapter is gonna be juicy
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