True Passion (Male Sith OC x Ahsoka Tano)

Chapter 26: Drowning

Coruscant, Jedi Temple:

Inside the Jedi temple, the worst human being alive, Argus Tarkin, was speaking to the Jedi council regarding Ahsoka's situation.

Tarkin: After further investigation, there can be little doubt that the clone officers murdered in the escape were killed by none other than Ahsoka Tano herself. She used a Jedi mind trick to convince the clone to open the door, and then proceeded to cut him down along with five other clones along the way.

Plo: I do not believe that Ahsoka could have fallen so far.

Tarkin: The beliefs of the Jedi council are irrelevant. We deal strictly in facts and evidence, and the evidence points to Padawan Tano being guilty of the attack on the temple and the murder of the Republic officers. This is sedition!

He stated before rudely disconnected, leaving the council to make up their own mind on what to do. Anakin felt himself slipping into Vader the more Tarkin spoke, and with where he was right now, he couldn't risk exposing his fall, lest everything Mordain had fought and bled for, come undone.

Whatever the case, things were about to become a lot more uncomfortable for everyone involved, and all Anakin could do now, was hope that the council didn't make their sentence any worse. Though somehow, he highly doubted that.

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Coruscant, lower levels:

Ahsoka was at the bottom of the lower levels on Coruscant, where laws, rules, and respect were rarer than Windu giving a compliment to someone. As she walked along the streets, she had to hide from local authorities tasked with finding her.

Turning on her comm, she called someone that she knew she could trust apart from Anakin. Barriss. Normally, she would've called Anakin, but with him being where he was, and his connection with her, it wasn't a hard guess to know that if she called him, then he'd most likely get in deep trouble as well.

Ahsoka: Barriss. It's Ahsoka.

Barriss: (Over comm) Ahsoka! I'm so glad you're safe.

Ahsoka: Safe, but on the run.

Barriss: Where?

Ahsoka: I can't tell you, but someone is definitely trying to frame me.

Barriss: It's not safe for you to call me using the Jedi communicator. Find another way to contact me.

Ahsoka: I will.

Barriss: In the meantime, I'll do some digging and see if I can find anything out to help you on my end.

Ahsoka: Thank you Barriss.

Barriss: Be safe.

She said before Ahsoka disconnected. Shivering due to the cold, she looked down an alley and saw a person with a cloak, drinking. Walking over to him, she bent down to get his attention, but not before crushing her communicator and making sure her Sith sabres were in her boots.

Ahsoka: Hey buddy, are you hungry?

???: Yeah.

Ahsoka: Let's make a trade.

She said, offering some food in exchange for his cloak, which he happily handed over.

Walking out, Ahsoka put the cloak above her head as she made her way to a rail station and climbed on, with her hood still up. Though she didn't notice the lower levels police getting on as well.