Chapter XVII
"Ahsoka….I was wondering if I could talk to you."
"Of course, how may I be of assistance?"
"Do you ever have visions? Master Bandura said that they are guided by the Force."
"Not all Force wielders have the ability to see visions, those that do are very strong in the Force such as Master Yoda."
"What about darker visions?"
"Visions can do more than just give a glance into the future. They can also show us parts of ourselves that we don't know exists, the part of us that binds us to the Darkside."
Ahsoka desperately tries to defend herself from Titus's persistent attacks, while factory workers run from the duel. Titus is indeed very powerful, she is exhausted from the fight, but he still stands ready to strike her down.
"You are far stronger than the Jedi have limited you to be….I can show you the true power of the Force in ways you cannot imagine."
"No, the Darkside is the path to evil and unjust."
"The Darkside's power is unlimited through your fear and hate. Yes, I sense much fear in you."
"Lies! It's not true."
"Fear of failing your Master."
"No."
"Fear of not being there for him."
"No!"
Ahsoka jumps awake from her dream, the chilling voice of Darth Titus still ringing in her ears. She looks around, remembering she is back on the freighter, in a cabin she decided to comedor for some much needed rest.
Ahsoka's memories of fighting him on Don Har still wrap her brain, but not as much as the ones of him before he turned to the Darkside. Back when he was known as Brejik Ular, apprentice to the late Jedi Master Orb Bandura. She didn't know it then, but he was hinting to her the visions of his Darkside, visions of Darth Titus.
"Do you ever have visions?...What about darker visions?"
"Brejik." Ahsoka says to herself in the dark, quiet quarters, "Why didn't I see it before? I could have stopped it all, I could have saved you."
Times like this is when Ahsoka wishes Anakin were here, she could use his advice and support.
Ahsoka closes her eyes tight, Master.
"Fear of failing your Master, fear of not being there for him."
Ahsoka has always tried to keep that memory suppressed in the back of her head, but she seems to always find herself thinking of him. She can never forget her last memory of him, being when she returned to the Jedi Temple to ask him for her lightsabers so she may face Maul on Mandalore.
"Be careful, Ahsoka, Maul is tricky. And he has no mercy in him at all."
"I remember."
"I know. But you know how I worry."
"What could happen?"
Those were the last words Ahsoka ever said to Anakin before he ran off with Obi-wan to save, then, Chancellor Palpatine. "What could happen?", if only Ahsoka knew she would never see him again, she would have said something much different. "I'm sorry", would have been a good start, sorry for abandoning him, sorry for leaving him to die by the Clones in the Jedi purge.
Ahsoka's eyes water, and for the first time, a tear falls down her face as she can only utter four words:
"I'm sorry, my Master."