As soon as Obi-Wan entered her apartment, she knew that something was terribly, sickeningly wrong. The normally stoic Jedi had a look of horror and betrayal.
"I must find Anakin," he began. "He is in grave danger."
Although she had suspected that since she had heard about Order 66 and Anakin had told her he was going to Mustafar to end the war, it was still a lightsaber to the heart to hear the words. Had her love, the Hero with no Fear, gotten himself in far more than he could handle this time? It certainly seemed like it.
"From the Sith?" she asked, assuming that was the main thing that could harm Anakin. After all, he had more raw power than anyone.
"From himself." Obi-Wan paused as though steadying himself for what he needed to say next. "I saw security footage from the Temple. He was killing younglings."
Padme couldn't believe what she was hearing, both that Anakin could possibly commit such violence and that Obi-Wan could believe it. "Not Anakin! We both know he couldn't. He's not capable of that."
"The Dark Side can twist and seduce," Obi-Wan answered. "Nobody realized that Palpatine was manipulating him."
This was, against her will, starting to make a horrifying sort of sense. Anakin had been acting differently and told her he had a new power that could save her life. Where had that power come from after all? The Jedi or the Sith?
And she was sure that she was the one to bring Anakin back to the light side. She'd go to Mustafar as soon as Obi-Wan left and get to the bottom of this. She'd learn what happened and get Anakin back to himself somehow.
She didn't know how she could live with herself if she didn't.
"You mean to kill him, don't you?" She couldn't deny anymore what Obi-Wan was capable of if he felt that he was keeping the Galaxy safe from the Sith and the new Empire. Not if she was going to have any chance of keeping her family together.
"He has become a grave threat." And that was all the answer she needed to hear. And with that, he turned around to leave her apartment.
At least he didn't know where Anakin was so she could reach him first.
