Chapter 2
Anakin pulled his lightsaber out and Sidious's lifeless body fell limp. He stood still for a moment, breathing heavily as a bead of sweat traced the scar along his eye.
And it was as if a light switch was clicked on. The fog on his brain was lifted. Padmé was going to be ok and he knew it. He knew it as surely as he knew his mother was in trouble years ago and he knew the dreams would be gone too.
He stood up straight and extinguished his lightsaber and then, still breathing heavily, turned to look at Master Windu, who also extinguished his blade. Master Windu stepped down off the large window sill, and put his hand on Anakin's shoulder.
"How do you feel, Anakin?" He asked
"I feel…" Anakin paused as he tried to describe what it was he felt, "I feel… as if a great weight has been lifted, as if I'm finally feeling the real, true Force for the first time."
"That's great Anakin." Master Windu said. He took his hand from Anakin's shoulder and placed his lightsaber on his belt and then looked back at Anakin.
"I feel Padmé through the Force." Anakin said, "She's going to be alright after all."
"Yes, Anakin, she is."
"I need to see her."
"Then go to her. I'll make sure things are handled here and we'll see that you're actions here are dealt with later."
That being said, Anakin ran off at top speed through the Senate Building back to the starfighter he had flown here and headed off toward home.
When Anakin's starfighter pulled up to the platform outside the apartment, he barely gave time for the engine to shut off before he jumped out and ran inside.
"Padmé!" He called out. "Padmé! Padmé!"
Padmé came out from the bedroom. "Anakin? What is it?" She asked.
He ran to her and embraced her as tight as he could around her pregnant belly and then he kissed her passionately.
"My lord, Ani. What has gotten into you?" Padmé asked, worried about her husband.
"The Chancellor's dead, Padmé. I killed him." He replied.
"What!?" She exclaimed, shocked at the news.
"He revealed himself to be the Sith Lord the Jedi have been hunting for. He tried to trick me Padmé. Tried to say that he could keep you from dying, but as soon as he was dead… I knew you and the baby would be OK." He kissed her again. When he pulled away, he smiled, and made a silent vow that no one would hurt his family as long as he was around.
"For 800 years in training Jedi I have, question why the rules are none of them have." Yoda scolded Anakin.
Anakin stood before the Jedi Council to answer for both killing Sidious and for marrying Padmé.
"I understand, Master." Anakin replied
"Why do this, did you?" Yoda asked
"I had to follow my heart Master Yoda." Anakin told him, "Padmé and I love each other."
"How long have you been married?" Master Windu asked
"Three years Master." Anakin replied
Nearly every member on the Council started speaking at once.
"This is an outage!" Anakin heard one member cry out.
"He should be removed from the Order." He heard another say.
He heard one member say something in a language he didn't understand.
After a moment, Yoda simply held up his hand and everyone quieted down.
"Ready, we are, to deliver your punishment young Skywalker." Yoda said
Anakin stood a little bit straighter, ready to take whatever they may give.
Mace and Yoda looked at each other for a moment and then looked at Anakin.
"For breaking the Jedi code, your punishment, Anakin Skywalker, is…."
Anakin held his breath.
"You are hereby removed from the Jedi Council." Master Windu spoke.
Anakin let out the breath he was holding, relieved. He was still a Jedi and he'll be happy with that.
Anakin bowed, "Thank you Masters."
"To your actions in the Chancellor's office, we must now turn our attention." Yoda said.
"You killed a very dangerous man Anakin and probably saved my life in the process." Master Windu spoke. He then looked at Obi-Wan.
"For that reason," Obi-Wan said, "You have been given the rank of Jedi Master."
Anakin stood there amazed. He knew for sure he was to be kicked out of the Order, now he's a Jedi Master. Wait until Padmé hears about this. He grinned from ear to ear. Things were finally looking up for him.
AN: Shout out to my hubby for helping me with "Yoda speak" and thanks to Liu-Mikang and Allie Mcclure for the reviews!
