Mountain Rescue Anakin's POV

I could not see anything in the blackness. In fact, I could not feel, hear, taste, or smell. It is like my senses had shut down completely. I tried to get some form of sensation, but there was complete nothingness. It was like staring into the darkness of space and I felt fear begin to slowly creep in. The fear started in my limbs and crept up into my chest until it penetrated my heart.

Then slowly, I began to feel my heart pounding in my chest. It was slow and rhythmic at first, but then it got faster. Soon, it was pounding so fast I could feel the blood pumping through my ears. I felt like I was running ninety miles an hour with the pressure building up inside my head. There was no way to release it in any form, and all I could do was scream and suffer.

Then the pain set in. It started the same way, at first there was nothing. Then it slowly built up, starting in my chest then spreading out down my arms, legs, and up to my head. I felt like I was being burned on Mustafar again. The fire was spreading throughout my body, to the point that I could feel my skull was being burned. I screamed in pain. Then the blackness came again.

"Hello, sir, can you hear me?"

The female voice seemed to be coming from a mile away, but it felt like the presence was right next to me. I shook my head to see if I could get some clarity and tried to open my eyes. All I could see was blackness, but I could hear better. I could hear myself breathing in and out, slowly, and I was aware of a dull pain in my chest.

"Sir. Can you hear me?"

I nodded. My neck was tight when I moved it and my chest hurt when I breathed.

"I am a medic. My name is Roza. You are in Theed on Naboo. Can you stand?"

I shook my head and gritted my teeth. I couldn't move because my suit was not working. The pain was getting too intense and I let out a scream.

"All right. Don't move. Just focus on your breathing. Attention medic evac this is medic Bycho. I have a male burn victim having chest pains on the access road to the Royal Lake Country Estate. Marker number 75. Please respond."

She lightly put her hand on my chest. "Easy. Just breathe. Your not gonna go anywhere."

I started to close my eyes.

"No," she said. She pulled out a holonet pad. "Don't do that. What's your name?"

"Apprentice."

She was quiet for a minute. "That's dumb. What your real name? What did your mother call you?"

I gritted my teeth and stayed quiet. I hated what my mother called me. I hated the pain that it caused.

"Ok. I'm gonna call you John Doe. How old are you?"

I leaned my head back and tried to do math. I was nine when I met Padme, nineteen when I married her, twenty-two when I killed her and somehow Luke and Leia are born. Then I lose track, how old was Luke when I killed Obi-Wan? 17? No he was old enough to be a rebel pilot so, 18. Then I was 40. OK. Then I hunt them for a while and the years get fuzzy but I think I told him I was his father that next year, so now I am 41. Then I don't hear from them for a year so I am 42, I think.

"42-ish" I said.

"Ish? When were you born?"

"I was a slave; we don't have birth dates."

"Oh. Ok." She turned back to her screen. "Well. How did you die?"

"Suffocation," I said. I did not want to get into details.

"Ok. So who are your parents? Maybe your registered on Naboo's census."

"I'm not from Naboo. I'm from Tatooine."

"Huh" she said. "I wonder why you regenerated here?"

"My wife is from Naboo."

"Ah. Who is she?"

I paused. I did not know if Padme had told anyone if she was married to Darth Vader. I did not care what they would do to me, but I am sure it would not end well for her. Also, I had not seen her in thirty years. During the clone wars I had always told her if something happened to me in battle to move on, but if she actually did that would kill me. I thought back to how we left things on Mustafar. Were we divorced, separated, could we still be happy?

"We are, um, estranged. I haven't seen her in thirty years."

"Oh. Do you have any other family?"

"No. I am alone."

"You really don't want to tell me who you are do? Why Not?"

"I am not a good person."

"Well you could be Darth Vader and we would have to treat you like everyone else. Come on let's get you to the medical unit. You can't recover on the mountian side."