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Anakin bolted forward panting; his heart was beating like mad. He clenched his hands as he cursed silently in a vain attempt to calm his heartbeat. He looked around the room at his surroundings. Everyone is here and I'm back in this damn suit. A concerned Padme was by his side holding his hand; she was very surprised by her husband's quick movement for he had not moved for the past few hours. Everyone was now looking in his direction with questioning eyes. How long had he been out? Anakin studied the faces of everyone in the room it was obvious that none of them knew he was asleep just seconds ago.

Padme considered what just happened before sighing, "Did you have more visions?"

Anakin stayed motionless. Thoughts of Padme dying rushed into his head. No. I won't let that terrible vision come back. She will live.

"What do you mean vision?" Luke asked very intrigued in his parent's conversation.

Padme stroked her hand up and down Anakin's back, not sure if it would help in. As soon as she felt Anakin start to relax she switched her gaze to Luke, " He sees things before they happen."

Leia gasped and Luke smiled in awe of his father's power, "That is so cool!"

Padme frowned as she thought about those words, she thought about how many sleepless nights those visions caused Anakin and how much pain they caused for him. "They are not cool! How would you feel if you saw someone in pain or dying and there was nothing you could do about it!?"

Luke's smile disappeared; he had not meant to upset his mother but he saw the mental damage his words took on her. He bowed his head, "I'm very sorry, I meant no harm."

Padme said nothing but turned back to Anakin. She wanted to comfort him in everyway possible. She wanted to feel his touch on her skin, feel his breath on her neck, and make love to him. She knew this wasn't the time to think about making love but she missed him; she had worried he had been dead for weeks and now they were together but separated by so much. They could not talk or feel on another; she couldn't even look at his true face. Padme sighed angrily, there were people around and their love was a secret. Padme feared she already had shown too much affection towards him in front of these witnesses. However, she was not going to leave him in his time of need.

Ani, I'm here. I need you to talk to me. I want you so badly but you seem so far away. I need you. This damn war. I just want to be back on Naboo, I want you to hold me like you did at the lake. It seems like a lifetime ago. I want that back; I want to be a normal husband and wife. Remember when you said we could run away? I wish we would have, life might have been easier. Padme smiled sadly, but I know that would have never worked, I love being a senator and you love being a Jedi. You love the attention and the thrill; a normal life was a life not made for Anakin Skywalker. But no matter what the only thing I want it you.

The silence in the room was once again broken by the sound of the door sliding open. A guard walked into the room, unlike the guards before this man looked savage and ruthless. A huge evil frown was across his face as he pointed a gun at Anakin as he screamed, "Who did you contact!?"

Padme tried to put herself between the gun and her husband but Anakin restrained her. Luke, Leia, and Han all were at the edge of their cage yelling things to calm the guard down; as Captain Typho was trying to convince Padme to back away from this obviously insane guard.

The guard annoyed by the lack of response, quickly pointed the gun in a new direction. The target was a man that had been brought in with Captain Typho. Anakin slowly raised himself from the spot on the ground. The guard was still looking at Anakin, "Who. Did. You. Contact."

Anakin had no idea what this man was talking about, Contact? How could I contact someone?"

Luke tried to reason with the man, "Put the gun down. He cannot speak and he did not contact anyone."

The guard shook his head, "There are Republic Army ships following us and threatening to attack if we do not release our hostages." The man gestured to Anakin, "My master says that he was the one that contacted them and I am not to leave until he answers."

Leia stepped forward to look at the man, "That is impossible, he physically cannot speak!"

The man raised an eyebrow at Leia; "Not my fault, I take that as a refusal to answer?"

Before anyone could react, the guard shot the gun, killing the man in the cell. Everyone was in too much shock to react or move. The guard smiled, "Now my dark friend, who did you contact."

Anakin looked at the dead body of the man lying on the floor. He knew this was Palpatine's doing, he wanted less witnesses of the events accruing on this ship.

The guard aimed the gun at another man in the cell who in return pleaded for his life, which only made the guard laugh, "Have it your way." As the gun shot off Anakin force pushed the guard back into the wall. The blast that came from the gun hit the wall behind Captain Typho's head instead of the intended victim.

Anakin looked over at the man he had just saved, Sith. Why did I do that? Anakin knew why of course, but he knew that there was going to be a consequence.

While Anakin was lost in thought he was unaware of the guard standing up and pointing the gun at Padme. It seemed that everyone was unaware.

The guard was ready for his next kill, no one was going to make a fool out of him; his lips arched themselves into an evil grin as he pulled the trigger… BAM.

Bright sparks flew everywhere, Padme fell to the ground but not because she was in pain; but because her husband had jumped in front of the blast to save her. It all happened too quickly, if it were not for the sparks it would have looked as if Padme had been hit. Anakin himself did not fully understand what had just happened. There were now so many things going on around him. He heard Luke, Leia, and Padme yelling to him but he couldn't comprehend what they were saying. What just happened? He had been shot. He had heard a voice, a women's voice scream his name but not Padme's voice. Shmi. His mother had yelled to him, she had told him to step back. His mother had saved Padme…. and also might have ruined Anakin's left arm. Anakin couldn't move.

The guard laughed shaking his head as he saw Anakin lying on the floor, "You just violated the rules. Now you will have to pay."

Anakin heard three gunshots and screams echo through the room. Padme held onto him tightly as if she was scared for her life.

Luke could not believe what he had just witnessed. The guard had just murdered the last of the surviving three men in the cell. In cold blood no less. Han had grabbed Leia and hid her from the sight by holding her into his chest. "You monster." Luke growled.

The guard pointed the gun at Luke, "Careful or you will be next."

Luke backed away pulling Han and Leia with him. The guard smiled, "That's what I thought." The guard reached into his pocket to a pull a communicator. He spoke very professionally into the small device, "Sir, it is done. Where do you want me to take the big one?"

Padme gripped her husband tighter but loosened her grip once she felt him flinch in pain. There must have been an answer that was said to the guard but it was inaudible to the people in the cells. The guard smiled, "As you wish."

The guard put the communicator back into his pocket and raised the gun to point at Padme. "Back away from him."

Tears formed in Padme's face as she shook her head. The door once again opened as more guards poured in from the outside this time also followed by battle droids. The guard frown irritated, "Back away from him now or I will shoot you."

Luke and Leia begged Padme to back away but Padme did not move. Anakin was now fully aware of what was going on around him. Padme move, I will be fine.

The guards now entered Anakin and Padme's cell waiting for the woman to let go of the broken man. The evil guard still had his gun pointed towards her, "Move. Now."

Fearing for Padme's life Anakin slowly lifted Padme away from him using the force. Padme protested trying to cling onto his body, "No! Don't do this!" but it was too late as soon as she lost her grip on Anakin's body the guards grabbed onto him, taking him away.

Padme felt the tears run faster down her face, Anakin had rejected her. He pushed her away. Why would he do such a thing?

Leia wanted to say something to her mother, but look restrained her. Their mother needed to cry.

"Luke, didn't you say your father had all cybernetic limbs?" Han asked low enough so Padme wouldn't hear.

Luke frowned not turning his gaze away from Leia, why was that so important at a time like this? "Yes, but why does it matter?"

Han heard the frustration in Luke's voice and shrugged his shoulders, "I just thought it was odd that your father got shot in the arm and now there was blood all over the floor.

Luke's eyes widened, blood all over the floor? Luke and Leia both turned around to inspect their parent's holding cell. Han was right, there was red blood all over the floor Luke shook his head in disbelief, Blood meant flesh. Flesh meant life. Blood did not come from mechanical limbs; it came from real limbs with blood flowing through them. That meant that his father had a real arm underneath the suit, but how? Leia grabbed onto her brother' arm, "I don't think he actually needs to be in that suit anymore…"

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