Meet You at the Dark Side

Chapter 18 - Whispers of Danger

"I should have been allowed to go with you," Anakin grumbles as he, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka walk towards the ship. Obi-Wan is heading to Balith, and Anakin is forced to stay at the Temple with Ahsoka. It's been a couple months now since Ahsoka was captured, but nothing has really changed. The tide of the war does seem to be turning in their favor, though, which is a good thing. It's probably only temporary, and that fact frustrates him.

"Master Plo has been gone on a mission for a while now," Obi-Wan reminds Anakin. "You're the only one who can stay here with Ahsoka."

"And I don't see why the Council still doesn't trust her to be alone for a few days," Anakin huffs.

"I am right here, you know," Ahsoka reminds cheerfully.

"Stay out of trouble," warns Obi-Wan as he approaches the ramp of the waiting ship.

"Don't worry, we will," Ahsoka assures him with a not exactly reassuring smile, "When I have gotten into trouble since I came here?" She has a point.

"Not yet, but I hope you won't break that streak."

"Unlikely."

Obi-Wan boards the ship, and Ahsoka and Anakin watch until the ramp closes, and the ship rises into the blue Coruscant sky, disappearing from sight.

"I hope he'll be alright," Anakin murmurs, watching as the engines fire up the ship flies into the air away from the Jedi Temple. He can't explain why, but he has an unsettling feeling right now. He thinks something is wrong, though he can't place it. He senses a disturbance in the Force somewhere, but it doesn't center around Obi-Wan. It's elsewhere, and he can't quite figure out what's causing it yet. It'll become clearer with time, but those feelings always set him on edge.

"I'm sure he's going to be fine," Ahsoka assures him. "He can take care of himself, you know."

"We hope," Anakin mutters. "Because he's always getting into messes and needing me to come pull him out."

"Really?" Ahsoka exclaims, "I would've thought you were the one always getting into messes."

"Hey!"

"I seem to remember this one time on Geonosis..." she begins, and Anakin cuts her off with a loud groan.

"That was one time, Snips. Just one time."

"Was it? Seemed like an everyday occurrence."

Anakin huffs at her. "Anyway, we should go back to my apartment. I believe you have schoolwork to do."

***

Anakin can't really see his surroundings, but he can sense danger radiating through the Force. Someone approaches him slowly from behind. When he finally spins around, he finds himself standing face to face with someone – except that someone died a long time ago. Aurra Sing.

"She will die," she whispers. "You cannot stop it."

Anakin jolts awake with a start. What?! How is that possible? She's dead! He saw it. He saw the ship crash, going up in flames as it disappeared over the hillside. Sure, he didn't actually see her dead body, but how could she have escaped that blaze? He hasn't had visions like that for a while, but it was strangely vivid. It was definitely a vision, not just a dream. It was as real as the ones he'd had about his mother. He hasn't had that feeling since the one about Ahsoka shortly before Kamino. Aurra Sing is alive. How?

Even if nothing serious happened in it, he gets the feeling the 'she' Aurra was talking about was someone important to him. Ahsoka, maybe? He doesn't know, but he's going to have to figure it out.