Spiraling out of control chapter 15
"Ahsoka" the name rang inside of the young padawan's head, but it wasn't the name that meant anything to her; it was the person who said her name that meant so much to her. Ahsoka slowly turned her head and the blurry silhouette that she saw in the corner of her eye slowly came in to view. "Anakin…" she said with a voice that could barely be heard over the sounds of gasping from the man she held to the wall.
Anakin looked into Ahsoka's eyes and through the dull blue they had become he saw a spark of hope. "Ahsoka put him down, he knows nothing" Anakin said softly as he approached her. Ahsoka looked at the man she had pinned to the wall and let him drop to the ground then she returned her gaze to her master.
"I knew you were alive…I never gave up hope, the others did but I didn't" Ahsoka whispered. Anakin walked up to Ahsoka and hugged her tightly "I know you didn't Snips, I know you didn't" he said gently rubbing her back with his hand. "I'm so glad your back" Ahsoka sobbed joyfully. "Me to Ahsoka, me too" Anakin said feeling his tunic become soaked with tears from his padawan.
Ahsoka pulled away after a moment and reached into her cloak down to her belt "I figured you may want this back" Ahsoka said handing him his lightsaber. Anakin reached down and took the saber from her hands, he then noticed scaring on both of her orange hands "What happened?" he asked. Ahsoka pulled her hands back and hid them "its nothing master" Ahsoka replied.
"Ahsoka what happened please tell me" Anakin asked again more concerned that she wasn't showing him and hiding it from him. Ahsoka reached into her cloak again and pulled out Count Dooku's saber showing him. Anakin looked down at the hilt of the saber that cut off his hand "Obi-wan told me you killed Dooku" Anakin said.
"I made Aurra Sing tell where Cad Bane was taking you, then I went to Serenno to intercept him. I fought Dooku and I killed him, he broke one of my lightsabers so I took his to use" Ahsoka said. Anakin nodded and hugged her again "I never stop searching for you master, when I felt you were alive I just knew I had to find you" Ahsoka continued.
"I know you did Ahsoka and I'm glad you didn't give up on me" Anakin replied with a smile. "Now let's get back to the temple, you look like you haven't eaten a good meal in a while" Anakin continued. He started to walk down the road toward the temple with Ahsoka falling right next to him.
Ahsoka and Anakin arrived back at the temple midday and walked inside, they both went to the cafeteria to get something to eat. Ahsoka sat down and dug into her food, Anakin sat down across from her and began eating. Anakin was glad to have his padawan back but his eyes trailed down to her scared hands again 'could she have gotten those when she fought Dooku' he wondered.
Ahsoka looked around after taking another bite of food and she saw Shaak ti and Plo Koon sitting on the other side. She immediately turned her head before they could look at her, she returned her gaze back to the food and continued eating. Both Shaak and Plo Koon had bandages around different parts of their bodies both given to them from Ahsoka.
Anakin noticed Ahsoka tense up and he looked up and saw Shaak and Plo at the far side of the cafeteria. Anakin stood up and walked over to the two master Jedi and spoke to them, Ahsoka couldn't hear them over the sounds of laughter from other students.
Ahsoka glances back and saw Anakin, Master Shaak and Plo Koon making their way over to her. She stiffened as they both sat down across from her, her eyes remained on her tray not looking up at them. "Ahsoka" Shaak said softly looking at her, when the girl didn't respond Shaak reached out and touched her arm.
Ahsoka's eyes slowly lifted upward to look at Shaak ti "I don't blame you for snapping like you did" Shaak said. Ahsoka took a shaky slow breath and flexed her fingers looking back down at the table. "Ahsoka I was wrong to not believe you. You were right, you were right Ahsoka. I am so glad I was wrong" Shaak said.
"Of course you didn't believe me…I'm just a padawan. A master is always right so they always listen to a master. I'm the one that shares the bond with Anakin and you choose not to listen to me" Ahsoka said mockingly, why she said this she didn't know but she didn't regret saying it. It felt like it needed to be said so she just said it. "Soka we are sorry we didn't believe you" Plo said. "Sorry doesn't change that you all chose to leave him behind" Ahsoka shot back hotly.
"Ahsoka" Anakin said gently placing his hand on Ahsoka's shoulder. "Its true master! They all left you behind! Obi-wan and Rex left you behind to die!" Ahsoka yelled. "Ahsoka please calm down" Shaak said trying to soothing the girl. "We were wrong not to believe you Ahsoka I am so sorry that we didn't, we should have believed you" Shaak continued.
"But you didn't! You didn't believe me! I told you, I told you he was alive and you didn't believe me!" Ahsoka screamed. "Ahsoka It's ok, you don't need to get mad. You're tired you need to get some sleep" Anakin said. "No, no I'm not tired. I'm mad! They didn't believe me master! They didn't believe you were alive, it's all their fault. I believed that you were alive when they didn't!" Ahsoka said as angry tears began to run down her face.
Ahsoka stood up and grabbed her tray, she just needed to get out and away from those who didn't believe in her. "Ahsoka where are you going?" Anakin asked running to catch up with her. "Out" Ahsoka replied walking down the hallway not slowing her pace. "Ahsoka they are trying to apologize, they were wrong not to believe you" Anakin replied.
"Obi-wan, Shaak ti both tried to convince me that you were dead, they both tried to tell me that I needed to move on but I couldn't. Obi-wan your best friend tried to tell me to move on, I thought he would have tried harder, I thought he would have continued to look but he didn't, he left you. They all left you master" Ahsoka replied. Anakin sighed "Ahsoka lets just go for a walk, it will do both of us good" Anakin said. Ahsoka only nodded and continued to walk with her master down the hallway and outside of the temple.