HI Guys! Im back, Sorry :( its been like a whole year since I last posted a story...the truth is...I forgot and now I am making a Star Wars alternate story.
So...this takes place in Star Wars: Revenge of The Sith , Where Anakin Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi are dueling. DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ANY STAR WARS CHARACTERS OR ANYTHING. Hope you like it. :/
The Unwilling Path Ahead
CH 1: Into the Fire
On the fiery planet known as Mustafar, 2 men were fighting to the death. One was in his thirties sporting fierce yellow eyes, the other was in his 40's with blue eyes...both were sweating to the limit. Yet they both still were unrelenting, not letting a single move be wrong, always deflecting the other's attack.
Meanwhile, on the landing bay, a woman in her late twenties awoke. Seeing a golden droid gazing upon her, it's words were incoherent, "Miss Padme I am glad your are alright, I must escort you to the medical bay immediately! Then she remembered, Anakin strangling her, Obi-wan stepping out of the ship. She has to get to Anakin, for he was her husband, and she was carrying the 2 most precious things in the world to her, their children.
The 2 men stopped dueling, the older man shouted "ITS OVER! I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND!".
The opponent replied with hatred and utter loathing, "You underestimate my powers!" Despite his opponents protest, he lunged anyway.
He was about to strike on the oncoming attack but Padme stepped in front of him. "Ani! STOP!" This made Anakin stop his attack, and landed a few feet above the lava river.
"Anakin I love you! Don't do this..." Tears streamed down her face as she started to sob freely.
Anakin's eyes change from a fiery yellow to a cold blue which sent relief down her heart. "ANAKIN'S DEAD! I am Darth Vader, the Sith Lord that will purge this galaxy of the Jedi!"
The fallen warrior took a step towards Padme, leaving footprints in the burnt sand. "Padme No!" Obi-wan leaped in front of her, "It's not safe-He's not safe!" He sputtered, his lightsaber still activated and pointed at Anakin in a threatening manner.
But Padme didn't care, she walked closer and closer until she was face to face with Anakin. "Ani...I'm pregnant."
Anakin didn't expect to hear that, his look of shock and disgust of himself showed it all. He threw his lightsaber too the ground and went over to embrace his wife.
But then a great painful scream of agony erupted from Anakin. Padme looked down in shock, Obi-wan had seized this chance to cut Anakin's legs off. The legless Anakin
rolled hopelessly close to the lava river.
Padme lashed out and screamed for Anakin, Obi-wan kept her back as he watched his lifelong friend wheezing for life, it was a painful moment for the Jedi Knight to watch his "brother" give a final gasp, looking at Padme with unsustainable sorrow. His tears burned down his cheek as he moaned for his wife, reaching out as if to hold her, and he lay limp and finally...die.
Then a squadron of clone troopers advanced from the other side of the river and opened fire on the other side, Padme gave one last watery look at Anakin's body, and ran with Kenobi.
Emperor Palpatine looked at the distant shuttle taking off into hyperspace, "Should we pursue them sir?" Palpatine waved off the clone and walked closer to Vader's corpse.
Drawing out all the power from the Dark Side he could muster, he shocked Darth Vader's body with lightning. But this was a different type of lightning, it was green, and it made Vader's heart spasm and resume beating again.
His apprentice screamed in agony as the pain of his two cut legs seeped into his nerves. The Sith Lord grinned at his pain, seeing the raging yellow eyes he saw in Vader. Satisfied, Emperor Palpatine let out a cackling laugh and launched force lightning that struck his men, they screamed until they died.
The Sith's apprentice slowly looked at his master, which spoke in a frightening voice, "Lord Vader...rise"
Secret Location
Padme was escorted into the medical, the bright lights blinded her eyes making her vision blurry. She felt a sharp pain between her legs, "The baby is arriving" A mechanical voice spoke.
Hands picked her up and let her down on a table, she saw Obi-wan next to her...his voice sounded distant..."Hold on Padme...your ok".
With another sharp stabbing pain in her abdomen, she fainted with a sigh.
Imperial Medical Base
Two cybernetic foots stood in amidst in the pile of destroyed droids, his mechanical breathing unit was unfamiliar to himself and to the ones he loved. "Lord Vader...can you hear me?" The voice made his head turn to his Master.
"Yes Master." His distorted voice spoke, "Where is Padme? Is she safe?"
The whole base cringed in semi-pity for Lord Vader's wail of despair, "You will find Obi-wan, and bring him to me, together...we shall bring down the Jedi once and for all."
Padme woke up in a jolt, she immediately grasped her mouth and began to cry. For she believed Anakin was dead, she saw it with her own eyes.
She loved her husband dearly, almost more than anything in the world...she sat there until Padme realized that she had given birth to two wonderful twins. She ran past the 2-1B medical droid, who looked at her in shock.
The door automatically opened when Padme arrived at the nursery, there she saw two sleeping babies, one was labeled: Luke and the other: Leia.
"Are you alright Padme?" She jumped a foot in fear and saw the Jedi Knight, Obi-wan Kenobi, "Yoda will be here soon, take care."
As Obi-wan walked out the room, a incoming transmission came from the hologram in the far corner of the room.
"The Republic will now be known as The Empire, under the control of Emperor Palpatine and Lord Vader-" The person spoke, Padme looked at the menacing figure of Vader, she felt as that man of darkness was actually Anakin.
As she walked out the nursery, she overheard a conversation that was clearly not meant for her.
"Anakin's still alive, I feel it." One voice said, "Then hide the twins, we must. Away from Vader they should" The aged voice spoke. This confirmed Padme's suspicion, she gathered her children and headed to the landing bay.
Once she got everything on board, the voice of Obi-wan rang to her, "Going after Vader are you?" Padme ignored his accusation and began to close to cargo bay.
"He's not Anakin anymore! You know that!" Padme gave once last look at Kenobi and said, "He's still my husband"
Obi-wan took once last look at the shuttle before starting his own ship, he planted a tracking beam on the rear of her shuttle before she took off.
He took off to where her last known location was pinpointed...the Death Star.
The Death Star
Padme landed in docking bay 784B, she thought that was where Anakin will most likely be due to his new "status".
Darth Vader just received word that Padme was on board the Death Star, disobeying Palpatine's direct order and he left his quarters.
Padme opened the cargo door and the first thing she saw was a black, menacing cyborg that shrouded the man she loved, she stopped in her tracks, wondering if she was wrong, the Anakin she knew would have embraced her by now.
Vader, sensing her confusion and fear, opened up his helmet for a moment just for her to see his steel-blue eyes. Padme slowly walked over to him, as if in a trance.
Once she was close enough, his height difference even bigger now he had cybernetic implants on his legs, "Anakin? Why do you wear that mask? It's not you."
Vader sighed and said this was who he was now, "This is who I am, Darth Vader...the Sith Lord and the beginning of a new era for the Empire."
Padme begged for him to come with her, to start a new life away from the Empire, away from Palpatine. "Join me, we could rule the galaxy together, as husband and wife."
She went back to the shuttle and brought back the only thing that might convince him to leave, the Sith almost collapsed. He finally gets to see his two beautiful children,
Tears fell from his eyes as the two babies looked up in perplexity, he had changed his mind. He will leave with Padme and their children and escape the Empire and never return.
Just then, a voice sent shivers down his spine as he realized his master was here. "You disobeyed my orders...you plan to leave...your disloyalty will not be tolerated."
Vader stood his ground, his silence only made the Sith Lord angrier. "Prove your loyalty!" He spat, "Kill your wife...and the children!" These words gave Darth Vader fury, he was never Emperor Palpatine's apprentice, he was never going to rule the galaxy by his side, he was never going to obey his orders ever again."
The crimson lightsaber erupted from Vader's hand, for a split second...the Emperor looked stunned, then contorted his face into pure fury, he took out his own lightsaber.
And began the Duel of the Fates.
Hey guys, Imma make another chapter as quick as I can, but since Christmas Break is coming soon I should be able to make more chapters soon! Thanks for reading, and May the Force be with You!
-Lime