Life Of War

Chapter 74

As we were walking Letta to our speeder to return to the temple she pushed a man into Ahsoka, running off into the dark streets of the busy city.

"Letta, stop. Letta!" Anakin called as she hopped on a transport going into the air."Letta." He called again getting more and more frustrated. "Take the high road." Anakin pointed for Ahsoka who jumped up on the streetlights onto the walkway above.

"Right, Master." She agreed.

"Lyra—" Anakin started to give me orders.

"On it!" I had ran into a dark alley and awaited, knowing through the force where she would land when she attempted to get away. Anakin had followed the chase from the ground while sat in meditation waiting for them to reach me.

"Letta, stop!" Ahsoka dropped down and cornered her in a dark alley, prompting me to stand up and face her.

"Let me go." She begged as Anakin showed up from behind her, blocking her only form of escape.

"Running means you know more than you're telling us." Ahsoka closed in intensely.

"Jackar is dead, and now you're trying to blame his murder on me."

"Nobody ever said he was dead." Anakin noted to her, sharing a nod with you.

"But running proves you had something to do with the bomb." Ahsoka pointed a harsh finger.

"You don't know what you're talking about."

"People blamed Jedi because of you. People were killed because of you!" Ahsoka pointed again as the woman grabbed her hand and pushed it down harshly.

"You can't prove anything." She claimed.

"Did you feed the nano-droids to Jackar? You will answer me. Now!" Anakin growled making her fear back.

"I did feed the nano-droids to Jackar." She admitted.

"You set up your own husband to die?"Ahsoka asked in shock as my jaw had dropped ever so slightly in shock as well at what we had heard.

"You're dealing with things you don't understand." Letta claimed to us.

"Oh, where you're going, you'll have plenty of time to explain everything." Ahsoka walked her out of the alley, sticking her in our speeder as Anakin drove us back to the temple.

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"We're holding Letta in the cell below the temple to await further questioning." Anakin told Windu and Yoda, both of us walking alongside them in the temple the next morning to give them an update.

"I am pleased to report there were no other nano-droids found in the sweep of the Temple. I am also pleased to report, based on the security footage, Jackar Bowmani acted alone, which means no Jedi was involved." Russo commed us with his final report.

"Thanks, Russo." Ahsoka smiled. "Good job."

"Did this woman say what her reasons were for attacking us?" Windu questioned.

"Not yet, but we're working on that." Ahsoka replied proudly.

"I think we can guess her motives easily enough. Public opinion is swaying against the Jedi. That is becoming clear. This war is becoming less and less popular every day it persists." Windu reminded before walking off with Yoda in the opposite direction.

"Master, I'm relieved we solved this case, but..." Ahsoka started.

"What if it had been a Jedi?" Anakin asked the question we were all thinking as we paused in the hall.

"Yes. I don't know how I would have felt if a Jedi was really behind this." Ahsoka told us.

"There are going to be Jedi who disappoint us, Ahsoka. But as long as we know there are good Jedi who fight for what's right, it makes it all worthwhile." Anakin reminded with a smile.