A/N Ok this is my first SW story. I always appreciate constructive criticism in reviews. I'm terrible at uploads but I post as soon as I have finished writing chapters. I hope I can keep y'all entertained and you find my writing enjoyable.

"Don't listen to him Anakin!" Mace urged.

Bolts of Sith lightning rippled and bounced off of the purple lightsaber. The bolts reflected back toward Palpatine. His face twisted and distorted at the effects of the pure Sith energy.

"Don't let him kill me" Palpatine begged as more and more lightning gnarled and wrenched his body. "I can't hold it any longer."

The Chancellor's powers waned and faltered. The onslaught of lightning ended and he dropped his hands. Mace pointed his sabre toward the deformed creature.

"Anakin, help me" Palpatine cried.

"I'm going to end this. Once. And for all." Mace growled.

"You can't. He must stand trial." Anakin exclaimed.

"He has control of the Senate and the Courts. He's too dangerous to be left alive."

Palpatine whimpered and begged for his life.

"It is not the Jedi way. He must live." Anakin said with fear. "I need him."

Mace raised his sabre to strike down the Sith Lord. But to Anakin the world slowed. As if the entire galaxy came to a halt. Anakin could feel what was going to happen. The consequences of what he wanted to do. He saw a future of suffering and death. Pain and sorrow. Himself turned into the monster he had always fought against. Thousands upon thousands to die all because of him. Anakin knew the price of Palpatine's death. Was Padme worth it? Could he watch her die to avoid the chaos that he would sow? His choice was made.

"NO!"

The Chancellor unleashed another volley of lightning toward the exposed Jedi Master. Anakin stepped in between Mace and Palpatine and took the full brunt of the lightning. He cried in agony as his body absorbed the lightning. When Count Dooku had wielded this power against him before it had been painful but this was completely unbearable. The felt his body twist and convulse from the surge of power. His skin burned as his body took in the energy. He extended his hands to guard himself.

The Force flowed through him and made a barrier that absorbed the lightning. The energy fueled and strengthened Anakin. With every passing second Anakin's power grew. Welling up inside him like water behind a dam that could hold no more.

"Without me, she will die." Palpatine threatened in anger.

Anakin's rage swelled inside him. The threat against Padme unlocked a new drive and power locked deep inside him.

"NO!" Anakin roared.

He summoned up all the power he had just taken in. He focused it into raw Force energy and unleashed it unto Palpatine. It came out of his hands in a form of white lightning. The intensity burned a focused hole into Papatine's chest. The lightning subsided and Anakin's arms slumped to his side. Anakin was drained of all his energy. He fell to his knees in sheer exhaustion. He felt himself falling toward the open city. The last thing he felt before slipping into unconsciousness were the hands of Master Windu pulling him in to safety.