"I need him!" Anakin's pleas fall on deaf ears.
"Please! Don't!" A deceptively-weak voice whimpers from the floor.
The purple blade swings down towards the apparently-stricken Sith Lord.
A cry of denial as his blue blade erupts in his hand as he makes his choice. A single word floats through his mind; Padmé. Anakin swings his 'sabre.
Lightning engulfs the Jedi Master, as a pain like no other tears through Anakin's soul. The Chosen One embraces the dark.
A gasp brings him back to consciousness. Opening his eyes, he is blinded by the pure white walls and the intense light above him. Slamming them closed, a wave of sensation washes over him; light and scratchy sheet above him, cold, hard table below.
Groaning, Anakin sits and rubs his face with his hands. His eyes spring open and he stares at his right arm. Where plastic and durasteel should be, there is now pale flesh. Using his left hand, he feels around what should be a prosthetic and finds muscle and tendon, instead of servos and wires underneath synthskin as he had expected for a moment. Sliding his hand up the arm, he expects to find some hidden seam or scar where his arm used to end, but found nothing but more unmarred pale flesh.
Looking around what looks like a medical lab, Anakin spots a small mirror on the wall. He swings his legs over the table to stand up, noting that the rest of him was as pale as his mysterious arm, almost as if he had never been exposed to sunlight. Something he got far too much of on Tatooine. Anakin stumbles to the mirror and stares into a reflection that he barely recognises. Pale and gaunt, with a shaven head. And no lightsabre scar over his right eye.
The sound of a door opening brings his attention to the two clone troopers entering the room. Anakin only has time to not the markings on their armour before their stunners blast him back into unconsciousness.
Author's Note:
Yup, it's another Anakin in Carbonite story. There will be differences between the others I have read, and hopefully it will be liked.
Unusually for me, it isn't actually complete yet. Normally when I write, I make sure that the story is finished before I start uploading as I can't stand when people are left waiting for months or even years for the next chapter, if the story isn't abandoned. But I am hoping that not wanting to let anyone down will provide an impetus to actually complete this story, which has been hanging around my head for some time. Next chapter up in a week's time!
Many thanks,
Tahyldras