Ahsoka I: When everything changed

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'My identity doesn't matter, my actions do.' the woman said. 'So it is true, you did this?' I asked. I still didn't believe how people could be so cruel. 'Yes.'
'Why in the galaxy would you do something like this!?' I asked. 'Because I have my orders.' the woman answered. 'If that's the only explanation you can give me then you're heartless.'
'You think so?' the woman said while the grin on her face widened. She put her hands on the hood and took it off. I gasped. I recognised this woman, she had been my best friend  for the past few years. 'Barriss?' I asked. I knew it was her but I didn't want to believe it. 'Yes Ahsoka, it's me.'
'But why? Where is your Jedi honor?'
'I'm not a Jedi, not anymore.' Barriss said when se activated her Lightsabers, they were red. I recognised them as Asajj Ventress' Lightsabers. Barriss' eyes were red and she had a bloodthirsty expression on her face. 'And now, you will die!' she yelled when she jumped towards me. In a reflex I put the man on the ground and activated my Lightsabers. 'Run Azreal!' I yelled.

I was the one who landed the first hit, but Barriss acted like she felt nothing. Maybe she didn't. Unfortunately Barriss was able to hit me too, which left me with a burn.

Barriss and I fought for a pretty long time, but we were equally skilled and therefore nobody was able to defeat the other. 'Impossible!' Barriss yelled. Because Barriss yelled that, she lost her focus for a few seconds. I saw my chance and hit her, however I stopped myself before she would die. Barriss lay on the ground, unable to move. 'Barriss, I'm happy you didn't physically die, but mentally you did to me and therefore I'll have to leave you. It hurts me to see you like this but you have chosen your side, we're enemies now.' I said. 'Don't get too sentimental Jedi scum.'

That was my cue, I got up, took the man in my arms and ran away. I really hoped that I would never have to see Barriss again. She'd probably die anyway. I left the facility and entered the ship. Azreal was waiting for me there. I put the man on a bed and ran to the cockpit. 'We need to go to another medical center.' Azreal said. 'There's one on Coruscant.' I said. 'Are you sure you want to go there?'
'Yes.' I answered. I wasn't ready to go back to Coruscant yet, but there were lifes at stake. I entered the coordinates and entered hyperspace. Technically traveling to Coruscant didn't take that long, but with two dying people on board it did.

When we finally landed on Coruscant I took Lux in my arms and ran to the medical center. To my relief this one was still operational and there was no debris or dead bodies on the ground. Azreal and I left the Lux and the man at the medical center and went back to our ship. 'So what do we do now?' Azreal asked. 'We go to Illum.'