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Suddenly, the tall, strong woman burst into tears, ran over to the dark shape and began to beat her fists against his chest. "Why not?" she cried, tears streaming down her face, "why not? I have held on this long for my children. But now, I want it all over. I want my miserable life to end… by the thing that made it miserable."

She looked up into the dark mask and Darth Vadar could have sworn that she could see right into his very soul. "I want you to see me die. I want you to watch the light disappear from my eyes like you did to my husband. I want you to suffer for all the suffering you have caused me and the rest of the galaxy. I want you-"

"Hush," Anakin whispered, placing a gloved hand over her mouth, "I cannot kill you Padme but not for the reasons you think."

She began to struggle but he held on. "No Padme, listen. I do not want to keep you alive to make you suffer, like you think I do. I cannot kill you because I love you."

She laughed, a high cruel laugh that bit into his soul with razor sharp teeth. "You love me? You Sith do not know the meaning of love-"

"But I do! Padme, I am Anakin Skywalker."

Silence fell on them like a heavy shroud. She began to slowly back away from him, her eyes never leaving his face. "You?… You are not Anakin. You're just saying that to torture me."

"No, please believe me. It is true that Darth Vadar murdered Anakin Skywalker. I murdered myself. I killed all the goodness inside of me. I always wanted more, throughout my training as a Jedi. And I was scared, scared of losing you. I wanted more power… so much power that I could stop death, stop you from dying. So when it was offered, I was blinded by the dark side of the Force. I couldn't see or feel anything, not even you. Then, when the news reached me that you had died, I had nothing else but my new powers. So I became Darth Vadar."

"You're spinning lies!"

"I am not! Remember the first time we met? What were the first words I said to you? Are you an angel? Remember? Now, how would I know that?"

"You could have tortured it out of him," her voice took on a note of uncertainty.

"Padme, I did not. For years now I have been doing the Dark Lord's bidding because I thought I could never go back. But there was always a nagging doubt at the back of my mind. And now, I have found you again… and I believe. Now, I can say… I'm sorry."

At those simple words, Darth Vadar exploded in a blast of bright white light.


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