"Baby shopping is so fun!" Thylla squealed, jumping as she walked. "Not to mention little clothes are so cute. It's adorable, especially when you can get good pictures."
                          
Wheeler elbowed her, grinning. "Careful, or you might have to start baby shopping for yourself."
                          
Thylla made a face. "Ew, no, not while he's sick."
                          
The Pantorian burst out laughing, but Ahsoka was frozen still. In fact, she had stopped walking a few seconds ago. The other two turned around and saw her doubled over on the ground behind them. "Tano!" They ran over, and Wheeler kneeled in front of her. "Hey, hey, you good?"
                          
In truth, Ahsoka felt like she was going to throw up. She had to go, she had to go. "I..I just remembered...I need to stop by the...market."
                          
"You need to go home," Thylla corrected her, wrapping an arm under her and pulling her up. "We can walk you there-"
                          
"No," Ahsoka said suddenly, her face hardening as the strength returned to her legs. "You need to go. Without me."
                          
Thylla didn't like the sound of that, but both she and Wheeler remembered what usually happened when she got like this. If the Jedi said you needed to leave, they were normally right.
                          
"See you tomorrow," Wheeler said, trying to act casual, but when they turned to leave, they walked a little more quickly than was casual. 
                          
Ahsoka began walking towards the nearest elevators, which was about a kilometer and a half away. She forced herself to walk at a comfortable pace, but she was anything but comfortable. She knew which way was south now. It was behind her because someone was in that direction.
                          
Somehow, Barriss had found her. 
                          
It made sense why she hadn't figured it out until now. Barriss had probably been hiding her Force signature until then, so Ahsoka wouldn't see her coming. When she had revealed herself, Ahsoka had felt it and the memory must have set off her stomach. She still felt queasy, but it was manageable now. 
                          
Barriss was following her, that much Ahsoka knew. She had no other reason to be here. She had also avoided contacting her while Wheeler and Thylla were around, so she wasn't keen on interacting with strangers. Hopefully, this meant that Ahsoka was safe as long as she was in public, but that could all change in a second. If Barriss decided to start attacking civilians, she was going to have to face her.
                          
She had to take advantage while she still could. If Ahsoka led Barriss up to the surface, the Republic had a better chance of capturing her. She had no idea what Barriss wanted, but she wasn't willing to wait and find out what it was. As soon as Ahsoka was in the thick of the afternoon rush, she activated her comlink, hoping her stalker couldn't see her.
                          
"Coruscant Detention Center, how may I help you?"
                          
"I'm being followed by Barriss Offee."
                          
Radio silence followed, not that Ahsoka blamed whoever had answered her call. "Are you sure it is her, miss?"
                          
"Absolutely. I don't think she's trying to attack me yet, so I'm going to lead her up to the surface, in the Sector 7 elevator. Is there any way to get a team to come and detain her in about...she made an estimate based on the lines in front of her. "15-20 minutes?"
                          
The person on the other end of the line checked something, then replied, "If you can, lead her in the direction of the Jedi Temple. A group of clones and Jedi will be waiting."
                          
Ahsoka didn't bother to say goodbye but closed the call before Barriss could see her. After ten minutes of waiting, she finally squeezed onto an elevator and started going up. She felt Barriss leave, though. She's going to use the shaft, Ahsoka realized and willed the elevator to move faster.