1 | Dark Truth

Breakdown

Tekara's POV

I started to play another memory and watched Ezra fight some stormtroopers. I laughed at how small and uncoordinated this boy was and how bad his hair style is.

I looked at the droid that was laying on the table showing me this.

"So Chopper is it?" I said and laughed at the droid who could do nothing to me and might never again immediately I was engulfed by a vision.

"Let me go!" I screamed to the man holding me hostage.

"Ohh don't worry, you'll be gone soon." Said the man he was wearing a lab coat and was messing with some tools on the table.

"What does that mean?" I said nervous and looked down once again at the straps holding me in place.

"That's above your rank." He said and put tools on a tray.

"Let me go!" I said again and tried something. "You will release these restraints and leave this cell with the door open."

"I'm not dumb boy. My boss is far to smart to put a stupid man in here." He said and walked over to me.

"What are you going to do to me?" I asked afraid.

"I'm not allowed to tell you." He said but I picked up from his mind. 'Even though you will forget this anyway.'

I gulped and tried to free myself from the straps holding my hands down and my body down.

"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk." He said as I felt the straps tighten on my chest. "You'll only make it worst."

I screamed out on pain and he laughed. I finally regained myself and said.

"You laugh to much."

"In this job you learn that in other people's pain it brings you joy and soon you'll have the same views." He said.

"I would never hurt anyone. No one would ever hurt me or my friends." I said rebellious.

He came up to my arm and laughed again. "Ohhh you will" He said and put a needle on my arm. "You will." And the world I once knew vanished.

I was jolted out of the vision and was breathing heavily. To my surprise I felt my face and felt tears running down my cheeks. I when back mad to my seat wondering when that happened and why I didn't remember this before.

I had to contact my Master I went over to the holoprojecter and tried to contact him, luckily he wasn't that busy at the moment.

"Tekara." He said.

"Master, I need to know something." I said.

"Yes apprentice." He said.

"Am I Ezra?" I asked scared of the answer.

"So you found out, my Master foresaw that happening." He said. "And I believe this is the perfect time to tell you."

I found myself angry again.

"Yes, you were Ezra Bridger. But what the twi'lek said was true, he did die and was consumed by you, Tekara." He said.

I began to grow more angry at him. I yelled. "Why don't I remember THAT THEN?"

"I have a feeling you already know, but remember my apprentice, if you still care about your friends as you once did and soon will again." I caught a picture from his mind of a women whom I've never seen. He faced me motionless as I saw him press a button and I collapsed to the ground, screaming.

The memories all came back at once, all of days with the rebellion, all of my training, dating Sabine and I realized I really did kill my old Master.

"You don't need them." He cut the connection and the projection slowly faded.

He's right, I thought, I am a monster, I killed my Master, I tortured my friends the only thing I can do now is protect them from me, I can't go back.

I ignited my red lightsaber about to destroy Chopper and the table but I found myself instead hitting the far wall again and again with my lightsaber, with all my hate and anger I had newly boiled up, I finally stopped but I was still so angry.

I unignited my lightsaber and shook my head to clear of those memories I got back and went back to Chopper on the desk. I hooked up a cord to him and copied everything from his memory into the imperial computer. I then started working on putting him back together. I finally finished and put him on the ground.

The droid rumbled awake again and beeped some nasty words, then turned around to face me, he stopped and what he did next surprised me. He rolled forward at me with his arms waving and his taser out. I immediately force stopped him and he seemed surprised by this.

"Come on Chop, why so surprised?" I let him go and if droids could look confused Chopper sure did.

He beeped some more nasty words but didn't come to attack again.

"Hey, I can still destroy you." And I reignited my lightsaber and laughed.

He beeped some more.

"I'm still Tekara Chopper." I said to he droid. "I can't go back."

He grumbled.

"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU RUST BUCKET!!" I yelled angry at him. "I CAN'T AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE CREW AND SABINE." I stopped and thought for a second. "Chopper, I just can't, EZRA IS GONE. He will never come back. My Master was right, this mission has made me feel stronger and I need to serve my Empire." I said, knowing if I turned, they would all be killed. "I'm sorry but I've chosen my side." I said and looked down not knowing what to do next.

He grumbled again.

"Fine ok I'll take you too your friends." I said, not wanting to be alone with this droid, this piece of my past.

I opened the door and the two of us walked out, I saw GN-9888 cast me a confused look when we passed, I guess he was surprised that Chopper is back together.

We reached the cell with the three inside and I opened the door to the cell and Chopper rolled in without a second glance.

I looked at Sabine, Hera, and Zeb laying on the cold floor of the cell. I looked right into Sabine's eyes and she didn't resist to look back and I smiled and walked away, leaving her shaking her head and hearing the four of them start to talk. I closed the door but just before I did.

"Don't try anything." I said as I watched the door close.

I went back to my office and sat once again in my plain chair. Everything looked different now that I had my memories back, but I accepted that this is my new reality and there is no turning back now.