Chapter 6: Anakin Reawakens!
When Optimus came back out of the base Vader sensed something within him. "Darth Vader, I must order you to leave this base and never return again. Or Hope will die from a heart attack/stroke." Optimus declared as Vader understood completely. June went to see how Hope was doing, but when she got to the room that Hope was in she was horrified: Hope on life support and on the verge of death. "Hold on Hope, please hold on." June prayed as Hope was fast asleep. But Hope was visiting her mother Padame in the spirit realm. "Mother, is there a way to get father back to Anakin?" Hope asked as her mother nodded to her. "There is way Hope, but I don't know if he will accept it or not." Padame said as they embraced each other.
Meanwhile though, Megatron and Darth Sidious were planning a very special occasion for Vader: to make him watch as they very slowly kill off Hope forever. But they needed to get to her first, and Megatron has a plan to do just that. "Sidious, I need you to move into the Autobot base while I distract them. Alright?" Megatron asked as Sidious nodded to him. So their plan was set in motion now. Back at the base, the alarm went off: Megatron and someone else. "Optimus, there is a person coming this way and…" Bulkhead said as the Decepticons attacked him. 'So this is the Autobot base. Now to find Vader's little brat child.' thought Sidious as he found her at last. Hope woke up in time to see someone coming toward her, and felt danger at the same time.
"Who are you? And what are you doing?" asked Hope weakly as Sidious only looked at her with pure pleasure on his face. "Easy young Hope Skywalker, I'm here to finish what you father started." Sidious smirked evilly as Hope was very afraid now. 'Oh no, he plans to kill me! Father please help me!' panicked Hope as her killer just smiled at her with a sick pleasurable face. "Your father can not hear you my dear, in fact he abandoned you to your fate with me! Now just accept your death and willingly come with me, it will be very swift I promise you." Sidious stated as Hope was sure that her fate was sealed now and forever.
Meanwhile, Darth Vader was very angry at himself for causing all of this to his daughter. 'How could I have been so foolish and naïve!' thought the Sith Lord as he felt the presence of his deceased wife. "Anakin, our daughter needs you! Sidious is at the Autobot base along with Megatron himself, they are there to kill her! Anakin please go help our daughter!" Padame pleaded as Vader went into a trance. When he came out of it: Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith was dead and Anakin was reborn! "I will Padame; I will not fail you and Hope!" Anakin declared as he went to the Autobot base, hoping that he's not too late to save his daughter from certain death.
Back to Hope and Sidious, he was just about to grab for her when Jack came into the room. "Hope! Get away from her!" Jack yelled as he tried to defend his sister but to no avail. Sidious has won, Hope was going to die. About five hours later, the battle stopped and when everyone went back into the base Hope was already gone and Jack was lying on the floor in pain. "Jack what happened?" asked June as Optimus was furious that Hope was missing. "This person was trying to kidnap Hope and when I tried to stop him he just attacked me with this weird lighting." Jack explained as Anakin entered the base. "How did you get in here Vader?" Miko angrily said as Anakin looked at the bed where Hope was.
"For your information, I'm Anakin Skywalker, not Darth Vader anymore. Secondly the one who attacked you Jackson Darby is none other than Darth Sidious himself. He is the one who wanted Hope to die, not me really." Anakin explained as the others looked at him with anger still. Jack understood what Anakin is saying, but that means it's too late now: Hope will never return to them alive. 'Padame I'm so sorry I did this to our family. And Hope, my wonderful daughter. I have failed you.' Anakin thought in despair as he felt his daughter's presence still and heard her calling out to him. "She's still alive! I don't know for how long though, but we must move quickly in order to save her life." Anakin said as Team Prime understood. It was settled they would go to the Nemesis and get Hope back, no matter the cost.
"Please don't kill me Sidious." Hope begged but to no avail. "Now that we have her, all we need to do is wait for Vader to arrive then we shall kill her in front of him. That way he would lose all is family but his son and he would think twice before attempting to kill me and take my throne!" Sidious laughed as Hope was tortured by the Decepticons. Just as Hope was feeling very, very weak, she heard her mother's voice call to her. "Your father is on his way here, hold on Hope!" Padame cried out as she saw the saddened look on her daughter's face. 'My father? Does he really care for me?' thought Hope as the pain was too much for her and she cried out so loud that the Force itself heard her plea for help.
But Anakin was almost there when he heard his daughter's desperate plea for help—to anyone weather they are her enemies or family. "No one will help you young Skywalker, you now belong to me!" laughed Sidious as he was about to finish her off. "Leave my daughter alone you snake! I will kill all of you for kidnapping my daughter and a planned murder!" Anakin shouted as Sidious just smiled at him. "Your too late Vader, or shall I call you Anakin Skywalker! Your precious daughter is mine now, so say your good-bye's to her." Sidious declared as he used Force shock on Hope, killing her off—or so he thought. Luke arrived in time to save his sister and help his father kill Sidious off. "Father I'm here to help and I brought the Autobots with me." Luke said as he stood next to Anakin while the Autobots came into the room.
"F…father? L…Luke?" Hope asked as Luke turned toward her. "Don't talk little sis. Let us handle this." Luke said as Hope was trying to survive. Then the battle has begun: Anakin and Luke vs. Darth Sidious, and the Decepticons vs. the Autobots. Hope was being treated for her injuries by June Darby while Jack and the others helped in their own way too. But the wounds were so horrific that June had no choice but to take her to the hospital and do a surgery to her that could end up costing her life instead of saving it. "Jack I need you to stay here and wait for her father to come, then I need you to tell him that there is a very good chance that she will not make it during the fifteen hour surgery." June stated as Jack was on the verge of tears but followed his mother's orders.
"J…June…can…you do…a last…request? Tell my…father that…I…forgive him…and… I love…him." Hope requested as a she was put under knowing that she may never wake up again to see her father and brother—and as tear went down her face. "Of course I will Hope, but I just pray that you will tell him yourself." June said as she begun the surgery on her. About one hour into the surgery, Hope was flat lining. "No, this can't be happening! We need to stabilize her now!" June yelled as Jack heard his mother and knew that Hope had passed away.
Meanwhile, Anakin felt his daughter's life-force flickering in and out, and then did not feel it for about one minute. 'Hold on Hope, please. I might have failed my wife but I will not fail my daughter! My sweet little princess, please hold on!' thought Anakin as he was fighting Sidious and as Luke was trying not to get to distracted over his sister's life flickering in and out."Ah, so the little brat is well on her way to curtain death then. Excellent!" laughed Sidious as he too felt Hope's life flickering in and out and as Anakin was getting very angry about those words he said. Anakin then got so angry that he tapped into the Darkside of the Force and began to use his own ability: Force Choke on the Sith Lord. The Autobots had won their battle with the Decepticons and were about to help Anakin when he just won his battle with the Sith Lord.
When they got back to base they saw Miko and Raf very, very sad. "Miko, what's wrong?" asked Bulkhead as Miko answered him. "It's about Hope, Jack just called from the hospital and told us that there is a very good chance of her not making it through the surgery to save her life." Miko cried out as Optimus and Ratchet looked at her with horror and pain written all over their faces. "I know of this Optimus Prime, I felt her life flicker in and out of the Force. If one's life flickers out of the Force for good it means that they are dead and cannot be revived." Anakin explained as the others understood him. Then Luke noticed that his father was very sad about Hope and knew that he must do something about it. Then Jack called again, this time with some good news. "Yes, Jack?" Optimus answered as he heard Jack's voice. "Hope will make it through the surgery, so tell Anakin to come by in about one hour." Jack said as both Luke and Anakin were smiling and went to the hospital.
But June was very eager to tell the good news to Hope's father herself, so when Anakin arrived she came out and told him personally. "Anakin, Hope will make a full recovery. But she wants to see you right now though." June stated as Anakin was very thrilled about hearing this information and went to see his daughter. "Hope, how are you?" Anakin asked as she only smiled at him. "Father, I knew you would come and not abandoned me." Hope cried as Anakin was feeling very upset and sad that his daughter went through all of this due to his actions. "Hope, I will make it up to you. I promise." Anakin quietly said as Hope only hugged him and cried into his chest plate. "Father, all I want from you is simple: for you to never leave me alone." Hope stated as Anakin understood what she meant.
Just as the Skywalker family was reuniting, an Imperial came up to Anakin. "My Emperor, we have a situation. The Rebel Alliance found out about Hope and plans to attack her very soon." The Imperial said as Anakin was getting angry. "I want all possible troops to defend this planet, let no one land!" Anakin ordered as he saw the look on Hope's face: afraid, because another person/group wants her dead. "It's alright Hope, I won't let those Rebel scum anywhere near you!" Anakin said calming her down as June came in. "So another person is targeting Hope again?" asked June as he nodded to her. "Don't worry Anakin; if we must we will move her to the Autobot base for protection." June said as Hope looked at her with happiness.
The next day, Hope was moved to the Autobot base and Anakin along with his son and about two hundred Imperial troops. "So we now live here? Very interesting if you ask me." one Imperial said as he was talking about the base to another trooper. When they saw Optimus Prime, they knew not to engage in a fight with him—he's an ally to the Galactic Empire. Hope was going through physical therapy in order to walk again. "Father look!" Hope said as Anakin was watching her walk on her own—and only two days after being released from the hospital too!
