My vision was blurry…
I could barely think, I just want to sleep.
Mom, Dad, you're too noisy. Im busy dreaming about being reincarnated into Star Wars…
Wait…
What were my parents names?
…
?!
Why can't i remember them?!
"Has the subject been prepared for the Slave Conditioning Procedure?" Someone spoke in a raspy old voice, I couldn't make it out yet as my senses were just returning to me.
"Yes sir, Project Chimera is ready, however the children at this age will not survive if performed on them." A robotic female responded.
That's when my memories were beginning to return.
"If the Children do not survive the surgery, i will have lost nothing, my main focus is him. Make sure he is properly processed, and make a copy of its DNA and send the information to my other cloning facilities."
"Yes sir."
My eyesight finally came back to me and I could see my surroundings clearly.
I was tightly bolted and locked down in place to a table.
Meanwhile, the voices i had just heard was indeed who I thought it was, Darth Sidious and the droid.
This means I am on Mustafar.
I need to break free of these bonds fast!
I strained and pulled with all my might but the restraints held me in place.
Coming up with a new idea I tried using my breath attacks, maybe I can make a corrosive spray and secrete it to dissolve my restraints.
However…there was one problem i only just realised, my mouth was sealed shut by a muzzle.
"The Slave Conditioning procedure is ready."
My eyes snapped to the side where I saw one of the two droid nurses carry an alien appendage of some sort towards me, while the other was tending to the children in the background feeding them.
She stood over me as she lowered it downwards and covered my face even as I tried moving my face away.
"mmmmfffpphhh!!!" My muzzled screams, despite wear in the muzzle, was still loud enough that the two children began crying in fear of the sound.
My arms and legs thrashed wildly trying to break free as I tried fighting the invading presence on my mind!
"What is happening?" The droid that was tending to the children looked to its colleague and saw the enlarging horns and shifting facial features on the restrained male.
"I do not know!"
"The subject is transforming, we must evacuate with the children immediately!"
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"You sure this is the place?" Ahsoka asked as she had a look around after setting foot off the Twilight.
(Twilight is the name of Anakin and trio's small ship used in the show)
It was supposed to be an intact installation but all she saw was ruins and destruction.
It almost looked decayed over time feom corrosion and rust, while the more heavy damages came from what should be heavy artillery.
"I thought you said this was a mining world, why would this place look like it was under siege?" Ahsoka asked out to her master as she inspected the surroundings even more.
"Hmm, I don't know. I guess we'll find out soon, it would be a perfect place for a secret meeting. And the gravity supports for the facility look like it's still operational."
Anakin took a look around as the duo entered the facility.
After passing through some corridors they came across a hallway that was completely torn apart, leaving it exposed.
"What in the universe could have caused this?" Ahsoka was left in awe as the hallway had nothing left.
Claw marks could be seen on what little of it remained. Meanwhile, the edges looked like it was superheated past its melting point and even looked like it was eaten away by acid.
At this the duo ignited their lightsabers as they continued on their way.
The duo Force Leaped across the divide and made it to the other side with ease.
Continuing further down the hallways of destruction, they found no blood marks, be it old or new, which meant the place had been evacuated or only droids worked here.
"Master?"
"Yes Ahsoka."
"Do you think…Daud might be here?" Her voice was low, she tried to mask her concern and worry but it didn't work with the one person that knew those emotions well, her master.
"I have a feeling, and if we don't find him here with the children. We'll look for him, after all, you can't focus on training and your studies if you're going to worry about your boyfriend 24/7." He smirked as he saw Ahsoka's flustered expression.
"N-no! H-he isnt my boyfriend! It's nothing like that!"
"Really? Then why did you stutter Snips?"
"Argh! You're just like him! I hate it! You both are so smug!" She took a moment to calm down and relax, smiling for a brief moment before she spoke up again.
"Thanks master. I know that relationships are not allowed in the Jedi Order, but…the Order teaches us to be compassionate but yet we can't have attachments. It's all too confusing for me."
"Ahsoka, I…can you keep a secret for me?" Anakin stopped as he turned to face Ahsoka, the light from their Lightsabers was all that they had in the darkness.
Seeing her master's resolute expression, and that this was something deeply important to him that he would risk sharing with me, I nodded without hesitation.
"I'm married to Senator Amidala."
"What?!" Ahsoka was flabbergasted, her master broke one of the tenants of the Jedi Order and he was willing to tell her this!
"Like you, I had emotions and feelings for her. Like you are probably going through with Daud now, but the principles and teachings of the Order tell you not to pursue them. What I tell you now is, pursue what makes you happy. Yes it forms an attachment, but so too is the relationship of every Master and their Padawan. A Jedi and their Lightsaber. Even a name has meaning yet we use one because we are attached to it. My understanding may be somewhat flawed still, but ultimately, having love for something or someone should not be bottled up. You have to express it, or it'll ruin you." He explained as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"'Or it'll ruin you?', did…did something like that happen to you master?"
"…yes, my mother. She was killed."
"I'm, so sorry."
"It's alright, I'll tell you about it, at some point. Come on Snips, cheer up, you can't look like that when you find and come face-to-face with your future husband now can you."
"I swear I'll get you back for this." She said as she had a smile on her face as they pressed onwards.
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"I sense something beyond that door."
"I feel it too, they're afraid and there's a lot inside." Ahsoka responded as she waved her hand and the Force peeled the shut door to the side.
Inside was a group of Darkghasts inside, they were 5 meters tall with four arms and grey skin and were a species related to Rancors. The Darkghasts all coward in the corner and they ranged in sizes with the largest being 10 meters in height.
"What the-"
"Aren't they supposed to live in caves if my studies are correct?"
"They should, something clearly caused them to come here to hide, something powerful." Anakin spoke as he looked around for any signs of the spoken threat.
He carefully walked inside one of the rooms in the hallway while he observed Ahsoka who kept an eye on the Darkghast group.
"What is this?" He muttered as he saw a room in ruins, two of the four cribs that should have been for the children were missing.
While two nursing droids were in parts lying on the ground.
The computer was damaged but he went over to examine it for any chance to find surveillance footage.
"Dammit, most of it was damaged. Let's see…"
The video had a lot of static and buzzed in and out as it skipped sections of footage at a time but I could clearly make out the scene having seen many of them before.
~ZZzzzt~
"The Slave Conditioning procedure is ready."
~ZZzzzt~
"What is happening?" The droid that was tending to the children looked to its colleague and saw the enlarging horns and shifting facial features on the restrained male in the footage.
"I do not know!"
"The subject is transforming, we must evacuate with the children immediately!"
~ZZzzzt~
Anakin watched the rest of the footage and quickly realised what happened.
Daud tried fighting off the influence of the enslavement procedure, and such a thing was extremely dangerous to those that tried resisting.
He had seen firsthand what that did to people.
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Ahsoka tried reaching out with the Force to find Daud and the babies, after some time of focusing she heard the cries of the babies not too far away.
She made her way over, completely forgetting to inform her master.
When she arrived, she saw two baby crops with the children inside it. She made her way over to it and saw that they were both okay.
"Ah, thank goodness you're both alright." She sighed in relief, but then she felt a strange and familiar presence behind her.
When she turned around she saw a large reptilian scaled snout right up in her face.
She pulled her head backwards and had a good look and her eyes went wide and her mouth shouted his name with joy.
"Daud! It's you! We finally found you!"
"Ahsoka! GET AWAY!" Her master's voice echoed across the room.
When she turned to face him and question why, it was too late as he was already using the Force to push her backwards as she slammed into the wall.
She groaned in pain, when she looked up she was overcome with terror and confusion as Daud in his 'Dragon' form as he called it, opened his jaws wide ready to devour her.
Unbeknownst, to the both of them, the only thing that Daud could perceive now was the immense Force Energy radiating from the two beings he had detected and stalked from earlier.
Both were equally on par with each other, and they were beyond his comprehension. But his own jumbled memories and the mental enslavement that was incomplete mixed together to form a handful of thoughts.
'Must kill Force-Users!'
'Must kill Vader!'
'Must kill Starkiller!'
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Because you all sent a lot of comments, here is another chapter. And another very soon.
Also yes, there are two versions of this exact fanfic with the same name expect one has [Rework] and the other has (Rework).
This is because my [Rework] one used to be called Star Wars: Rise of Mandalore, a fanfic that I took down and discontinued but I will post the chapters back up seperate lay at a later date and even fully edit it one day. But for now, I did this for two fics because the old Star Wars fic readers can at least get update notifications of this new story I am writing and it can bring back some readers of the 7.2k collections it already has. Just easier to circulate popularity. I know, im shameless.
Shameless enough to ask for powerstones and a five star review? Too much? Okay!
But seriously, thank you for the comments and powerstones, it may not mean much, but it shows me a sign of support that what I do is wanted. And so I immediately saw the comments this morning and said fuck it! Im writing another chapter to post just for all of you guys!
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