A Path Less Taken

Chapter 42 - Fear Of The Future

*Chapter 42*: Chapter 42 - Fear Of The Future

"Now you must choose. The choice is yours."

"I will not!"

"You will serve the Dark Side! You can't escape your fate!"

"Let her go!"

"It is all up to you."

"Don't listen Ani!"

"Silence!"

Anakin's eyes opened with the suddenness of a detonating bomb. There was sweat trailing on various parts of his body, but he wiped the sweat on his brow with a careless hand. It was hard to distinguish between a vision or a bad dream anymore. The last thing he could remember was a crackle of lightning and a deep, mechanical breathing sound.

"I'm going to assume from the expression on your face that it wasn't a pleasant night," Ahsoka said, lying on the bed across from him while staring directly at him. They were within the walls of the Jedi Temple, so it's not like they could sleep together without running some type of risk.

"Visions or bad dreams. I can't even tell anymore. One thing I am sure of though. The Dark Side is still far from being a threat," Anakin said as he sat up and rubbed his forehead.

"You could always talk to Master Yoda about them. I get that he's a Jedi and a bunch of them can be dense, but he might have a good suggestion," Ahsoka told him.

"About these visions? I'm not so sure," Anakin said.

"You don't have to tell him the exact context of the dream. You could always be vague," Ahsoka said, but Anakin shook his head.

"I think it's a bad idea all around," he said.

"Your call. Still, something has to be done. Aside from the fact that we are dating, I'm connected to you Skyguy. Whether I like it or not. More than ever before. So if there's anyone you can't hide your feelings from, it's me. And that's how I know that something is wrong," Ahsoka said before standing up and sitting next to him on his bed. "So? Can you talk about it?"

"In this... vision, we were in the building of the Senate. There a man with this... old, croaky voice. He had you. And he was going to kill you," Anakin said, closing his eyes as he faced downward.

"Exactly what I had come to expect," Ahsoka said with a sigh.

"If necessary, I'll watch you day and night," Anakin said.

"You will not. Aside from the fact that there's more important stuff to do, I refuse to let you stress yourself over this. Anakin, this is something you're going to get over. This whole thing was always a threat before we left the Order. Why are you so freaked over it now?" Ahsoka said, putting a hand on his back. "Is it because..."

"It's not just about what we are now. Before I never got visions like this," Anakin said, pinching the bridge of his nose. "This feels like it's just a build up to something big. I don't get visions this often."

"Now you're confident they're visions," Ahsoka said.

"Dreams don't often leave me this unsettled," Anakin said with a sigh.

"Ani, I'll be fine. If I can't handle this powerful Sith Lord, I'm glad I've got the almighty Chosen One here to help me with that," Ahsoka said with a grin. Regardless of her teasing, she had one hand holding his and the other rubbing his back comfortingly.

"The more I'm called that, the more I hate it," Anakin said with a shake of the head.

"Well, like it or not, it's what tag you got. And I'm with you, visions or no," Ahsoka said, kissing the hand she was holding as Anakin took a deep breath.