#hmmm? when did we unlock holograms?

[jumanjilife]

Life, Dreams, and Much More

My friends gave me one push and I was falling 30 feet from the ocean cliff. I was a foot away from the ocean surface and whoosh a magic carpet just caught me and flew at lightning speed.” OMG, I am dreaming, is this heaven.” were my thoughts.

 I was having a great time until I realized I didn’t see my friends anymore. I looked around and saw them running away from the cliff.  I shook the tassels once, to try and get control but instead, the clouds started shaking and my only thought was “will I survive or am I just stuck in a horrible nightmare”.  

 I forced my eyelids to close so I could wake up in my bed. But just then a golden ring opened in the sky and we flew right through it. 

 When I  opened my eyes I woke up on a bed, but it wasn’t my bed.  I jumped out and ran across the sparkling green grass. Soon enough I realized I was in a dream because I saw all these weird people I knew I must’ve seen before. 

Dorothy appeared in front of me but acted like she couldn’t see me. My fingertips moved towards an apple because I could hear my stomach grumbling. I touched it but I couldn’t feel it, my hand just disappeared and I knew I was a hologram. 

My feet carried me all over the place until The Wizard of Oz stood before me and said  “ This place is inhabited by goblins and gnomes, many of whom seem quite friendly but are really not. You have come to Ambia, the world of magic and time. What I mean is that in your world 1 second is 1 hour here. Even if you are here for 5 hours you only miss 5 seconds there.”

 “ Why did you bring me here and what do you want? Where are my parents? Where am I?” I rambled. 

“We need your help,” he responded calmly. 

“ What do you want, money, is that what you want!” I scream. His facial expressions don’t change. 

“Come with me,” he whispers. 

I follow him and he shows me a big, hollow, blue ball. It looked like me. It seemed like a hologram too. I walk inside it but all my memories flash before me and I fall with my control falling out of my grip. The ball shakes and I come tumbling out.

“This is what we have been struggling from,” He says. “ None of us can leave because it is the only one that can let us. It grants the ability to generate spiritual power.” He said in a rush.

“ Why do you need me though?” I ask while crying.

“ We helped you, didn’t we? Now return a favor to us,” he explained.

 “ You see only a mortal can unlock the ball with a series of riddles,” he said. 

“ You must solve the riddles and write them in this sacred book,” he said. I stood speechless for 1 minute.

“ That’s like 7 riddles,” I say. “ Do you know the answers to the riddles?” I ask. 

“ Everyone in Ambia made an oath not to tell the mortal the answers, so you must find out yourself,” Mr.oz said. “But keep in mind every answer you get wrong is one life gone.” He said with nervousness in his voice.

“ I am not worried. I am an A+ student. I go to logic class. I can do this,” I thought.

“ Okay I will not waste time now, where are the riddles,” I say boldly.

“ Alright, the first riddle is how many letters are there in the English alphabet?”

“ Easy 26, but  I feel like this is a trap, maybe it's how many letters are in those 2 words themselves, so it must be 15 !” I exclaim.

“ CORRECT!” Mr.Oz yells. “ Let me get the sacred book,” he says running off.

I find a small boulder and sit on it. As I look at my parents in my locket, I hear somebody coming near me. Moments later I am screaming in a small cave, with purple creatures surrounding me. 

“MMMP HHH MMPHM PHP HMMM PHP PHP,” I muffle. 

They laughed wickedly and said that “you are stuck with us now, we will never let anybody leave this place until you tell us the answers to the riddles,” said goblin 1 with a wicked old voice that sounded like a choking grandpa.

They left the cave to go somewhere and said they would be back in one hour. I decided to think of a plan to get out of here. I used an old safety technique and broke the tape of my hands, allowing me to remove the tape on my mouth. I ran out to realize, I was standing right in front of the sacred book, so quickly I scribbled in the answer, and in a matter of seconds, Mr.Oz appeared in front of me. 

“ MR.OZ!” I screamed running towards him! 

I gave a big hug before I realized what a big mistake I made. I stepped back.

“Oops, sorry, “ I said not knowing what to say to a wizard.

“ What is the next riddle?” I ask curiously.

“Mr. Blue lives in the Blue house. Mrs. Yellow lives in the Yellow House. Mr. Orange lives in the orange house. Who lives in the White House?”

“ Mr. White ?” I ask with a question in my tone of voice.

“ Are you sure?” he asks.

“ Wait, no the PRESIDENT!” I said, writing it down.

“Ok great!! Now, where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?”

“ Easy, a map!” I yell while writing it down.

So like that, I answered all the riddles and on the last one, while I was scribbling it down the goblin gang came and tried to rip the pages out of the book. 

“OH NOOOOO!!!!” I screamed.

“ Haahhhahahha!” they laugh.

As they ripped out the last page they vanished and a whirlwind came around me and whisked me away. 

“AAAAAHHHHH” I yelled.

Two minutes later, I woke up on my bed at home with my parents by my side. I got up looked around and hugged them in joy. 

“ Honey are you okay,” My dad asked.

“ I am better than okay,” I say with lots of excitement in my voice.

As they leave Mr.Oz appears at my house! He mouths “thank you” and vanishes. 

I write down my journey and laugh at my awesome adventure. While cleaning up my room I saw a note on the floor. I read it and snap twice and I’m back in Ambia! I take one big deep breath and embrace Mr.Oz with no fear at all! Even if it was very scary to go back to Ambia, I knew I would never be able to do this again.

THE END!!!!

[madamlaydebug]

FLOWER of LIFE ~~~ TREE of LIFE ⚜🔥⚜ Ley Lines ~ The KEY To Unlocking The MATRIX ~ Yet again we come across another mysterious force of nature known as the electro magnetic fields of the earth, Shuman Resonance or better known as ley lines. The rediscovery of ley lines in this century is unveiling (apocalypse; greek for unveiling) the secrets of Nature. Ley lines are the luminous strands that many are pulling at today, hardly suspecting what riches lay at the end of these subtle light lines. All ley lines lead to the planetary Grid, the primary light and energy matrix, creating, enveloping, and maintaining planet Earth, our Gaia. What Are Ley-Lines? A ley-line is a straight fault line in the earth’s tectonic plates; this is a scientific fact. Through these cracks in the earth’s tectonic plates the magnetic energies released are very powerful indeed. Many people have claimed to have felt the energy surge up their body, and some have claimed that they have blacked out, as the surge was that powerful. How Long Have Human Beings Known About Ley Lines? Our ancestors have known about these lines for thousands of years. Every race and culture on the planet has known about these lines yet every one had different names for these lines. All we need to do is to look at the ancient cultures of the earth. Take the native Indians of the United States; they used to call ley lines spirit lines and their Shaman’s used to use the electro-magnetic energy in these lines to help them contact the spirits. They even designed their medicine wheel on the spirit lines, as they knew that these lines followed a straight round line. How did they know about these lines and the energies that they give off? The answer’s simple: the sky Gods told them. In Europe we are lead to believe that the druids called them mystical lines, in Wales they used the same name as eastern countries; they called them dragon lines. We know that Eastern countries called them dragon lines as the sky Gods flew in dragons along these lines. The aboriginal people of Australia called these lines “dream lines”, once again they claim that knowledge was passed on to them from the sky Gods. The Da Vinci Code was based on Rennes Le chateau in France, which is also on a leyline. It is documented that Alexander the Great was guided by Aristotle to take control of the major dome centers of these intersecting ley lines from dark forces. Which is why he put his top General, Ptolemy to rule Egypt. Interestingly Cleopatra, the last pharaoh along side with both of her husbands — Julius Ceasar and Marc Anthony of Rome, — were defeated by the Romans where they eventually destroyed the biggest library in Alexandria Egypt, before taking all the knowledge with them, sending us into the “Dark Ages”. During the medieval times anyone who had any knowledge of Hermetic’s was designated a Heretic and died a horrible death. This held true for anyone who knew how to read or write- a Heresy. Leaving only the royals and the monasteries literate. Throughout history all megalithic structures have been strategically built on top of these so called ley lines. From the pyramids of Giza to Stonehenge, Notre Dame, Solomon’s Temple, Parthenon, Oracle of Delphi, Rennes Le Chateau, Ziggurat, the Vatican, DC Capitol, Mecca, Agia Sophia, Aztec Pyramids, Bermuda Triangle, Coral Castle, Tesla’s lab in Shoreham NY, including all Nuclear power plants, military basis and stadiums — which are also used to harness energies — like giant batteries! Many of the sections where two or more ley lines intersect are marked with obelisks, such as Washington DC monument, Vatican Courtyard, and Cleopatra’s Needle in Central Park. These electromagnetic lines of the earth are its veins and receive its energies from the sun that connects and effects, every living thing on this planet. We are electrical and our atoms are surrounded by electrons (electricity). Gregg Braden explains it best by asking us where does our heart get its electrical capacity form? We are connected to the earth’s electro magnetic fields and our heart is our battery. Many of our ancient spiritual figures knew this hidden knowledge and meditated or prayed on these lines or megalithic centers, which elevated their electrical auras, intellect, and connection to higher self, through the activation of the 7 energy centers (chakras). Could this in fact be what the golden halos depicted on all spiritual figures throughout history represented? Many of our top intellectual minds such as Tesla, Einstein and others all have something in common. That is, they all at some point have shared that their idea, invention, or formulation, came to them in a daydream or dream, which is in fact a meditative state of mind. For example Einstein was very knowledgeable on the physics of the Cabala and Tesla became very close with Swami Vivikanda – where through Swami’s teachings, realized that his ideas, that would come to him in a “Aha” moment, were coming from his close interaction with these ley lines, allowing him to access archaic records. Nikola Tesla who was born during a terrible thunder and lighting storm, used these ley lines to conduct his famous tower, which would give free energy to all. Of course there are dark forces as well, that are, and were knowledgeable of these ley lines such as, secret societies and Hitler who was very much into the esoteric realms, and worked very closely with Maria Orsitsch, also known as Maria Orsic, who was a famous medium who later became the leader of the Vril Society. Might I also add that days before the last Blood moon on September 28 2015, the Pope came to the US. He gave a speech at the Capitol, and then came to New York, where he went from Times Square up to Cleopatra’s needle in Central Park, and ended his trip at the Liberty Bell in Pennsylvania. Coincidently, he went through key ley line points… hmmm… hidden esoteric knowledge? It is interesting and we should take notice that the Swiss Lab “Cern” and the “Brookhaven Lab” in New York, both sit on ley lines and both of these labs have a Hadron Collider that directly impact these ley lines negatively and/or positively. Cern Lab is the father of the Internet and if you look at the hadron collider at Cern, you will notice it strongly resembles a web. Outside of Cern sits a large dome with an opening on top, same as the dome at St Basilica in Rome as well as the dome on the Capital building, and same as the top dome of Nikola Tesla’s Tower. Nikola Tesla Tower In addition this lab has a large statue of the Hindu Goddess of destruction “Kali”, right in front of its greeting entrance. Seems that there is a concentrated effort, to effect and manipulate the earth’s electro magnetic fields using these technologies. In a JFK and Eisenhower speech they both warned the public, in detail and refer to this well coveted group of elites as “technocrats” – for a reason. By controlling or influencing the geo-electrical grid they can effect the earth, and also indirectly/directly can control our thoughts and emotions artificially, because we are all connected to Gaia. Registering, digesting and ultimately transmuting is the key. We can change the channel if we choose, turn down the volume, fine-tune the specific radio band. The Grid Engineer has the potential for transmuting (freeing the inherent energy by releasing it from its form of bondage) the solar/celestial energies by intelligent interfacing with the Electromagnetic 1746 Grid through any of the 144 planetary Round Table holograms, or terrestrial Zodiacs on Earth. This Grid, we must remember, is the Golden Alchemical Bowl of electromagnetic opposites, and the potential of our transfiguration from gravitationally bonded humans to Humans of Light also known as ascension. Just because our accustomed technocratic elite (Lucifer-light bearer – aka fallen angle of music), play their favorite tunes on their radio station, doesn’t mean we have to always dance to that rhythm. We can change the channel and learn how to use the electromagnetic grid to play a more harmonic tune. Maybe they need a machine because it is only a handful of technocrats attempting to control the masses. When enough are awake and aware the machine is- no match for us. Love and empathy for humanity is key, and right now we are still lacking this, due to the lack of true knowledge. Instead we are all quick to step on each others toes to get to where we think we need to be in business, our personal lives, and even within the spiritual communities. The bee hive is fragmented , programed, compartmentalized and not jiving together, which is needed to thrive together. The introduction and understanding of the reality of the local celestial Zodiac clock system, brings us to the possible interaction between the human and the Grid. This is where the Grid Engineer and Knight of the Holy Grail become one- “alchemy”. This unification of seeking the Grail and serving the Grid is played out in the local geomancy of the zodiac landscape, and our direct involvement in this terrestrial grid system through a heightened consciousness interaction, within a local Zodiac complex. It may sound like a sci-fi movie to you , but these energy points all exist and even more so these technocratic elite make all their decisions and agendas based on this celestial/terrestrial knowledge. So you better sit up, take notice and start your diligent research to unveil what they know, for we are in an informational war. If you don’t know the game then you are no match for the current architects and that is exactly what they plan on. But how does an ascended individual voluntarily, consciously experience this huge planetary Round Table? And how does the Grid Engineer make intelligent, compassionate, and timely adjustments in the geomantic web of this vast-revolving solar table on Earth? You are reading this because you are meant to unlock more hidden truths in order to better understand who we are, and how we relate to this planet. “As Above So Below” An overlay of Cabala’s Tree of Life with the mythic Round Table/Zodiac image is most illuminating. The Earth is one of the 12 resonating spheres, one of the 12 Round Table members, one of the 12 Notes in the solar octave, in the Solar Tree of Life. Thus we can picture these relations either in terms of the Tree or Round Table. Our Body of the Sun is expressed as a 12-sphered Tree of Life, with 12 Knights, or 12 Notes; Earth is Malkuth (the 10th Sephiroth) representing appropriately, Earth (the 7th Sephiroth, Hod, for example represents Mercury). In the human body we have the 7 chakras which are energetically interdependent and activated sequentially, beginning with the 2nd, proceeding to the 7th, then returning to the 1st, the Root, the seat of Kundalini, the fundamental creative cosmic evolutionary energy. Similarly in this model, the Earth, has a chakra system, arranged not in anatomical but energy sequence at 7 key Dome centers. An Earth chakra, such as at the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, or at Glastonbury Tor, England, is a huge energy vortex, several miles in immediate diameter. Root (1st) Chakra – Mt. Shasta, California. Red; Raw biological life force energy- precursor to deviation into individual life forms. Sacral (2nd) Chakra – Lake Titicaca Peru (but also includes Machu Picchu). Orange; Creation of new species and positive evolution. Specification of pure life force into individuals. Solar Plexus (3rd) Chakra – Uluru and Kata Tjuta Australia (twin monolithic sites). Golden/Yellow; Maintenance of the vitality of earth and all of its species. Immortalization of life force. Heart (4th) Chakra – Glastonbury and Shaftesbury, England. Green/Pink; Representing the Holy Grail and the Sacred Spear of Purpose, Respectively. Throat (5th) Chakra – Great Pyramid, Mt. Sinai, and Mt. of Olives, Middle East. Blue; Voice of the earth emerging, listening to the will of the earth needs to be mastered Third Eye (6th) Chakra – Mobile Chakra, Shifts every 150-200 years, currently coincides with world heart chakra in Western Europe. Purple/Indigo; Moves 1/12th of the way around the world, westward, at the dawning of every new aeon. Distills gathered wisdom of life on earth for collective advancement of consciousness, aligned with astrological sequences. Crown (7th) Chakra – Mt. Kailas, Himalayan Mountains, Tibet. White; Broadcasts the earth’s purpose or true will. Each dome vortex carry through the Grid, some have been activated, but otherwise humankind has either not been aware of this divine potential or not bothered to make use of them to create the intended Earth Paradise. The option, however, still remains. Because of their heightened electromagnetic fields, the Dome enclosures were like immaculate, high consciousness meditation halls where human awareness could be healed, uplifted, even inter-dimensionally transported through the domed exit points in the Houses of the Gods, facilitated by megalithic engineering. All megalithic structures, famous estates, obelisks, and historical sites are on these lines and can be influenced and experienced in mass, to elevate and change the current matrix. The Hermetic Keys to the planetary Grid are inscribed on the Messenger’s mythical “Emerald Tablets”, which summarize the 7 Hermetic Principles underlying all manifestation. These are the keys to Hermes’ Geomancy: “The 7 Keys to higher levels of consciousness.” The Principle of Mentalism (The Universe is Mental, the All is Infinite Mind, which is the fundamental reality and the womb of all universes). The Principle of Correspondence (Whatever is Below is like unto that which is Above, and whatever is Above is like that which is Below, to accomplish the miracles of The One). The Principle of Vibration (Nothing rests; everything moves and vibrates). The Principle of Polarity (Everything is dual, has poles, and pairs of opposites). The Principle of Rhythm (Everything has its tides, its rise and fall, its equal pendulum swings to the right and left, its peaks and troughs). The Principle of Causation (Every effect has its Cause, every Cause has its Effect, all proceeding by Law, never by chance). The Principle of Gender (Everything has its “masculine” and “feminine” aspects). Experiential knowledge of Hermes’ principles through meditative interfacing with the Earth Grid leads us into the secrets of geomancy. I believe that if more are aware of this natural phenomenon, break our mental bonds to the material matrix and take action locally as groups on these ley lines, that can be found all over the planet, then we can take back what is rightfully ours and positively manifest paradise on earth. As the true empathetic, intellectual light beings, we were intended to be – Human (Hue=light being). Knowledge is Power and Applied Knowledge is Freedom. By Magdaline http://dreamcatcherreality.com/ley-lines-matrix/

[swfanficbyjz]

SW AU - Fate of the Master Chapter 2

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        TIE fighters weren’t designed for two people, but she was small enough, they could survive the trip without knocking elbows. She sat quietly in the corner. The silence broken only by the click of the buttons as he started the ship and set the nav-computer for Mustafar. He tried to watch her out of the corner of his eye, he wanted to see if she was regretting her decision to come along, but she appeared to be calm; her fingers fiddled nearly undetectably with the hilt of one of her lightsabers. He hadn’t even realized she’d picked them up at some point before they left. The fact that she was armed and behind him made him feel guarded and on edge. But did he really think she’d try to kill him after everything she’d said? He looked up at her face, as the ship leapt into hyperspace. Her eyes were closed, her expression neutral. Touching her lightsaber must purely be an instinctual thing while meditating for her now.

        He didn’t feel her trying to read him, but he wished he knew what she was thinking. Especially when he saw the tiniest twitch of her lips as if about to smile. If she felt him watching her, she never acknowledged it. He was jealous of her calm. How could she be so at ease in the shadows of such darkness, power and pain? Part of him wanted to scream at her, to warn her to turn back. The dark side was cold, chaotic, and dangerous beyond reason. But the other side of him admired her courage, feeling the power radiate from her. Only suffering and death awaited her in the hands of the emperor, yet she sat here, surrounded by the maelstrom as if peace was all she could know.

        It occurred to him just as they came out of hyperspace and into the orbit of the lava planet below; perhaps there were more dangerous things than darkness. 

—

       The ship landed without incident, Ahsoka disembarked the vessel calm and quietly. Vader grabbed her roughly by the arm and half dragged her inside the fortress. She didn’t fight him. In the moments since she’d left Malachor behind, since she’d agreed to team up with Vader, there had been no thought to what the future held. All that mattered to her was that somewhere deep inside that horrendous black suit… deep inside that raspy monster, her master was still alive. And she would do whatever it took to free him from the slavery of evil. Whether Vader wanted to admit it or not, Anakin lived closer to the surface than he realized; closer even since they’d met again hours ago. If she could bring him out, the emperor could never keep his hold on him. Anakin must be unleashed again. 

            Vader pushed her forward hard into a cell. She turned and looked up at him, unable to read the face behind the mask. He barked an order to the droid that greeted him, “set up the torture room, we have a guest!” She watched him go. She didn’t fear torture; nothing could break her more than the years of mourning already had.

        As the droid exited, the room fell silent. Ahsoka breathed in all the hate, pain and anger that lingered on every surface of this place. “Oh Anakin…” she murmured to herself. She took a lap around the cell perimeter, noting every notch and chip. She felt her lightsabers still dangling from her belt and wondered why he hadn’t taken them from her. Isn’t it customary to disarm prisoners? It either meant he knew they would be useless in trying to escape, or… perhaps he wanted her to.

        Vader was an enigma. On one hand, he appeared to be the cold, ruthless murderer that everyone claimed he was. But on the other hand, even as the tender Anakin had faded from her view, he still tried to warn her. To convince her not to come to the dark side. It was almost as if he was perfectly aware of how horrible it was and did not wish others to share his fate. Which… confused her… to say the least.

        The Jedi had always taught that the Sith cannot feel compassion; that once they turn, they’re lost from the light forever. Lost… as though they could no longer tell right from wrong, good from bad… but Vader knew. So had Ventress and Dooku. The difference was they believed in the other side. It churned her stomach to think about. The Sith agents she’d faced throughout her lifetime had been evil, daring and powerful, but none of them had acted mindlessly or without reason. Could it be, that the dark side offered a clarity that the light side could not? She didn’t want to believe it, but now as she held the bars of this cage, she could not ignore the glaring questions that rose in her demanding answers.

        Ventress had helped her when the Jedi had turned their back on her. She hadn’t exactly been good again, but she had demonstrated compassion. She’d been so eager to believe that Ventress had double-crossed her before her trial, when in truth, Ventress had been set up just as she had. Was it conditioning that had made her so quick to assume that Ventress had been to blame? She certainly would have believed her more capable of such atrocities than Bariss. But the reason she had trusted Ventress in the first place was because she’d felt her intentions. She too had been cast aside, and like Ahsoka, now had to find her place in the galaxy while leaving everything she’d ever known behind. 

        She recalled a story that Obi wan had once told; when captured on Geonosis the first time, he claimed that Dooku had told him that the Sith Lord they’d been looking for was right in front of their noses. Anakin had gotten angry at the story, but now that she looked back… Dooku had told Obi Wan the truth. When telling the story, Obi wan had been convinced that Dooku was lying and it had made her believe that the enemy would only ever trick you. But what if Count Dooku had in fact understood the danger of the dark side, and knew that if the Jedi fought with him, the evil could not win? After all, he’d once been a Jedi.

        Perhaps there was more than just light and dark. She could not excuse the horrible suffering they had unleashed on the galaxy, but she was suddenly certain that there was more to what was going on than the Jedi vs. the Sith. 

—

        Vader knelt stiffly in front of the holoterminal. Bowing his head as the cloaked transparent blue image of lord Sidious flickered into view. 

            “Vader,” Sidious hissed. “Did you retrieve the artifact?”

            “No, my master.” Vader cringed expecting his wrath. 

            “Why not?” The hologram growled.

            “The boy escaped Malachor with the help of Skywalker’s apprentice.”

“I trust you at least finished her?”

            “No master. She wanted to join us.”

            “Join us?!” Sidious bellowed, “what kind of trickery is this?”

            “I sensed no dishonesty in her request. It was quite earnest.” Vader said carefully.

            “Hmmm…” Sidious paused for a moment. 

            “She offered information; location of other Jedi, intel on the rebels.” Vader continued.

            “That is interesting,” Sidious said conspiratorially, “well then, torture her. Find out what she knows, and then destroy her! As long as she lives, Skywalker is still a threat.” The hologram flickered away and Vader was left again in darkness. He had warned her, had he not? But he’d assumed his master would put her through many trials before he decided her fate. He should have expected that would not be the case.

—

       Darth Vader returned awhile later. “Time for lesson number one.” He said coldly, with… disappointment in his voice? He unlocked the cell door and again grabbed her arm and dragged her down the hallway. As if that was necessary, she had yet to resist him. Maybe it was for his own peace of mind to think he was in control of the situation. He still had not disarmed her. She could easily slice his arm off, if she wanted. But she didn’t. For better or worse, she was going to follow through. She had to know the truth. If she would have any hope of saving Anakin, she must endure what he had. What he still does. She didn’t truly want to give him the information on the rebellion or the few remaining Jedi she’d found, even though she’d offered it to him. She’d hoped that her ploy to join them would be a greater distraction from the information she possessed. Or better yet, that she could release Anakin before the information was passed on to Emperor Sidious.

            They came into a crudely lit room full of all manner of horrific tools. A lone slanted table in the center with, Jedi restraints, she noticed. Many Jedi had died in this room. She could feel the oppressive weight of their suffering. She may no longer be a Jedi by title, but she still possessed their powers. She was still a threat. And the way things were going, she was the next to die here. Not if I can help it, she thought. He pushed her back against the table, hooking her arms and legs into the restraints as a terrifying probe droid hovered into view with all sorts of needles and syringes full of unknown substances. She tried to swallow down her rising panic. What had she gotten herself into? Her whole plan had been to get through to Anakin, but would she live long enough to do that?

            He summoned her lightsabers from her belt and locked them in a wooden box on the table in the corner. She was starting to regret this decision. As long as he’d let her keep her lightsabers, she felt as though she might survive this, but now… she wasn’t so sure. Any sign that Anakin still lived inside this monster had vanished. Would she be able to bring him back out? Behind his fixed mask may as well have been a void. If that helmet sat firmly on his head, there was no hope for him. As far as she was concerned, it was poisonous; as if the Sith Lord had somehow laced it with a chemical that made him forget who he was. She could not believe that Anakin would do any of these awful things willingly. She knew better than most the darkness that had lived in him long before he’d ever become Vader. But those things were only ever unleashed on the enemy… not his friends. She gulped down the realization that from where he stood now, she WAS the enemy. “Force help me,” she whispered to herself. She had not thought this through. 

            Vader turned on her and she instinctively drew back against the table. The red eye sockets of his mask, menacing in the dim light. She’d been so blinded by what he’d used to be, she could not see him as what he was now and he was terrifying.

            She took a few steadying breaths preparing for the questions about the rebellion and her friends. But when he reached his hand out to force his way into her mind, she was unprepared for his first question.

“Why are you here?” She quickly tried to clamp down on him. He’d tried mind tricks on her in the past to teach her to resist them, but he was so much more powerful now. She could feel his darkness seeping through her defenses. 

            “For truth.” She replied through gritted teeth. It wasn’t a lie… she pushed back on him just as he had taught her. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to talk, she just didn’t want him in her head while she did. He seemed to effortlessly sidestep her mental barriers and dug in deeper. She squirmed. It felt like he was ripping her mind in half to get his claws on her soul. 

            “I see.” He was emotionless. He released his hold on her mind, and she gasped. Breathing heavily to recover her strength. She looked up at him. What exactly had he seen?

            Just as she had rebuilt her mental wall, he forced in again. The scream escaped her lips before she could contain it. It felt like he was digging around in her skull, clawing at her brain like an animal might a corpse. Resist, resist, resist… she tried to repeat. There was a sharp pinpoint somewhere far away, then she felt sluggish like a weight was being put down on her. No, she tried to cry out, but she only managed to drool. Her blood felt like it was on fire, but she was no longer sure what hurt more. Resist, resist, resist…

—-

       Vader watched her twist and squirm. Hours passed as he repeatedly pushed into her mind. Even drugged, he could not get much from her. How was she resisting? He’d put the maximum dosage of the drug into her system before it was lethal, yet still, the pathways of her mind stayed dark and empty. There was only one thing he saw in it. Skywalker. She had come for him. He overturned a table of tools in the corner. The emperor had been right. As long as she lived, Skywalker was a threat. He hadn’t told his master that she’d pulled him out. He hadn’t been willing to admit such weakness. He pushed a button on the side of the torture table sending electricity through her in pulses. She screamed in agony, as the drugs faded from her system. 

            “Tell me,” he demanded. Grabbing her jaw and gripping it with such intensity that he probably could have broken it. “Tell me why!”

            Her head rolled to the side as she tried to find the strength to look up at him. “Because I love him,” she slurred before passing out. He kicked the table nearly hitting her in the shin and stormed out of the room. 

            “Impossible!” He said to himself. “Impossible!” He growled again. “Skywalker is dead!” He yelled in the empty room. It echoed all around him. “Skywalker is dead.” He choked out, falling to his knees in the middle of the giant foyer. When calmer, after a few minutes, he looked across the gap at the window casting an orange red pattern across the floor where he knelt. He reached up to remove the top half of his helmet and then thought better of it. He had the sudden urge to rip it all off him. But he knew it would be a death sentence for sure. “I’m not weak.” He said aloud. “Love is weak. Love is pain. Love cannot be allowed to win.” He strode back to the torture room. 

         He was in and out of that room, drugging her, torturing her, hurting her. But he couldn’t break her. Anakin had trained her too well. Finally, he released her from the restraints and dragged her back to the cell to rot, while he went off to do his master’s bidding on Lothal. Snuff out a few rebels, overturn the weak leadership, choke some despicable scum… things that would help him feel like Vader again. And when he returned, he would get the information from her, and then he would kill her. Yes, her death would stop the poison dart from spreading. Skywalker would be finished, once and for all.

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