I Fell For Love

The Showdown

Three Months Later

The streets of Coruscant teemed with a complete diversity of life all sorts of species of sentient beings intermingling in their everyday life. A strange sense of déjà vu washed over her as she weaved her way through the crowd her eyes locked on the Imperial base looming ahead.

Ashoka's eyes scoured the perimeter for an opening, the cover of a crowd beginning to thin as she approached the highly restricted area. She slid into the cover of an alley as a Juggernaut-transport rolled past, the gates admitting it into the command base.

Ashoka's knuckles went bone-white as she clenched her saber hilts in her hands tightly expecting to be shot at any moment now. She leapt from cover and immersed herself in the Force, propelling herself into the air thirty feet over the fence and landed in a crouch on the other side. Into the lion's den.

Shock troopers thundered pass in close quarters marching off to relieve another patrol of their respective post. She rolled out from under the decommissioned LAAT-gunships and entered the base, shedding her cloak, disguised in an Imperial Officer's uniform. She tilted her hat down a little to shield her eyes from the cameras as she marched down the main hall, not a single guard stopping her.

She slid into cover behind a strut sticking out of a wall as another Officer passed, his stature and menacing look demanding subordination. His eyes glided over her position taking no notice and continued down the hall to his office.

Ashoka let out a deep breath and continued deeper into the belly of the beast. She rounded the corridor and caught sight at the two Shadow Guards stationed directly outside Vader's office.

"This is it…months spent training to bring an end to this circle of death. There is no emotion there is peace."

Taking another deep breath, her eyes met the Shadow Guards as her thumbs primed the two thermal detonators concealed behind her back.

"You there, stop at once! Lord Vader has denied access to anyone besides the Emperor himself to his personal quarters today. Turn back at once," commanded one of the guards.

"I'm afraid I can't do that boys," she said as she hurled the metallic spheres at the two of them, an inferno of energy thundering towards her as they consumed the two Shadow Guards. The subsiding flames ravenously lapping at the two charred corpses.

She sprang into action, blasting the door apart with a concussive blast. Her sabers hissing to life as she pounced into Vader's suite. Anakin stared at his assailant in surprise and snatched his lightsaber off of the nightstand beside his and Obi-wan's bed. His crimson blade met both of hers in a shower of sparks.

Ashoka back flipped away as Obi-wan hurled a small ornamental table at her with the Force, driving the two apart. Her officer's hat fell to the floor, uncovering her face completely.

"Ashoka…" breathed Anakin in shock, rooted to the ground.

"What have you become Master?" she said her voice cracking with emotion. There is NO emotion, only peace.

Ashoka rushed forward and kicked the coffee table into Anakin's knees with surprising strength, bowling him over. She raced over the table top and drove her sabers forward, aiming for Anakin's throat.

Anakin rolled aside at the last possible second, twin emerald sabers plunging into the metal floor like a hot knife through butter.

Anakin barely managed to fend off her rigorous assault as she battered his defense down with aggressive acrobatic maneuvers. "He's in shock!" thought Obi-wan in silent horror.

Anakin's guard slipped as the pommel of one saber caught the side of his jaw, sending him staggering backwards into the nightstand, the lamp crashing to the floor in pieces.

Ashoka lunged triumphantly her sabers arcing to drive hilt-deep into Anakin's chest. Obi-wan lashed out with the Force and threw her aside like a rag doll before she could deal the fatal blow. Ashoka's attention rounded on him not noticing him before, "Obi-wan?!" she exclaimed in awe, "You're alive…"

"Stop and think about what you are doing," ordered Obi-wan, "Can you really kill Anakin?" he asked.

"I have to stop him before he tears the galaxy apart, you all of people should know this," said Ashoka narrowing her eyes at the Jedi master, "Or have you joined him?"

Obi-wan opened his mouth but no words came out. "You too?! You betrayed the Order for him…why?"

"Because…because I love him Ashoka and I can't let you kill him."

"You can't stop me," said Ashoka, "Just step aside and I'll let you live."

"Do you really think this ends with his death? That the Empire is all a bad dream and that by killing Anakin all of your problems will just magically disappear?!" spluttered Obi-wan incredulously.

"His name is Lord Vader, he is a monster that needs to be stopped," replied Ashoka quietly, her attention returning towards Anakin starting to get to his feet.

"Please Ashoka, I'm begging you…I can save him, there's good in him! I can see it!" he begged making his final stand.

"You're doing a real bang-up job aren't you," replied Ashoka coldly. The venom in her words hitting Obi-wan like a ton of bricks, yet there was a slight truth to them.

"I won't let you harm him," said Obi-wan his voice dropping dangerously low, his hand falling to the saber at his side.

The faded whispers began to take hold of the fringes of Obi-wan's mind, the dark side begging to be let in. His tool of destruction, his drug. He could feel himself with each passing day crumbling to the silver lining, threatening to become lost to the darkness forever.

His ruby red blade sprang to life cutting Ashoka's assault off as she leapt for Anakin over their bed. Ashoka rounded on him, hitting him with a small wave of the Force, sending him sliding toward the kitchenette.

She twirled through the air, slamming both lightsabers down against his in an effort to overwhelm him. Ashoka struck again and again trying to back him up against any obstacle to leap in for the killing stroke.

Months of studying the Sith codexes and scripts had taught Obi-wan a few new tricks. Ashoka slapped his blade aside and lunged forward to drive a blade straight into his heart. Her blade slowed an inch from his heart and Obi-wan side-stepped aside watching it pass through thin air.

Ashoka stumbled forward into the dining table in surprise.

"How the hell did you dodge that?"

"An old dog can learn new tricks," said Obi-wan simply, the dark side threatening to take over at any second.

Ashoka leapt over the table, her foot connecting with the side of his face, knocking him into the couch flipping over it.

Ashoka raced forward her sabers twirling dangerously close to his body as he ducked out of death's grasp.

Obi-wan blocked blow after blow, countering every once and a while with a jab or parry. Minutes passed as they continued their dance of death. Green and red light casting shadows all over the dimly-lit suite.

Ashoka's blade slashed for his throat and Obi-wan wrenched it from her grasp throwing it across the room with the Force. "Just stop Ashoka, you can't defeat me."

"Do you hear how arrogant you sound?!" she said with a derisive laugh.

Obi-wan said nothing as she lunged for his heart again. He employed his new skill, Force Inertia again and dodged the blow. The pommel of his lightsaber slamming into her stomach sending her flying into the wall on the other side of the apartment.

Obi-wan held her there with the Force firmly, her limbs spread-eagled on the wall helplessly. Obi-wan spared a glance behind him as Anakin slowly walked towards Ashoka his hand reaching out for her. She blasted Obi-wan into Anakin violently with the Force and returned her lightsabers to her grasp.

With the coffee table as a battering ram, she hurled it through the massive one-way window and leapt out into the open night air.

"ASHOKA!" cried Anakin as he raced towards the spot where she had dropped thirty plus feet. He spotted her tiny form racing across the airstrip. Soldiers already firing at her mercilessly. Anakin opened his mouth to stop them but not a sound escaped his lips.

"ASHOKA!" he roared after her, silent tears rolling down his face as she leapt over the edge of the airstrip to the lower levels of Coruscant. Obi-wan threw up a Force barrier as a series of explosions rocked the airstrip leveling part of the command center.

Alarms wailed throughout the base as soldiers ran about everywhere like tiny pockets of ants trying to quell this disaster. The LAATs were completely scrapped, not that that had mattered but several TIE fighter and bomber squadrons had been completely blown to hell.

Rebels: 1 Empire: 0

Anakin continued to stare out the open window where his former Padawan had been several moments before, staring emptily out at the drop into the belly of Coruscant, the criminal underground. Obi-wan's arms wrapped protectively around him, hushing the younger man's cries. His fingers running through Anakin's milk chocolate hair soothingly.

"I'm here Anakin and I will never let you go."

A/N: Turned out pretty iffy to me but we'll see what you guys think. No smut this chapter but there will be some next chapter. Review, favorite, follow your master and PM me with any challenges or questions.

Time to get cracking on Broken cause I have plans for that fanfic I hope it goes places :D

Also to all fans of Mortal Instruments, I will be publishing a Malec fanfic too (that's Magnus x Alec for you pairing noobs :P)

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