A/N: I'm including the conversation between Mace Windu and Anakin as it will help this chapter.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Except Lady Valeria/Senator Serlalee Orlara.
Note: I use my own lines and movie dialogue!
Chapter 6
Anakin ran up to Mace Windu who was heading for the landing platform.
"Master Windu! I must talk to you."
"Skywalker we just received word that Obi-Wan had destroyed General Grievous. We're on our way to make sure the Chancellor returns emergency power back to the Senate" Mace said walking with Anakin.
"He won't give up his power. I've just learned a terrible truth. I think Chancellor Palpatine is a Sith lord."
"A Sith lord?" Mace asked stopping on his way to the platform."
"Yes. The one we've been looking for. Along with Senator Orlara." Anakin said.
"How do you know this?"
"They know the ways of the Force. They've been trained to use the dark side."
"Are you sure?"
"Absolutely" Anakin said.
"Then our worst fears have been realized. We must move quickly if the Jedi order is to survive." Mace said starting his venture again.
"Master, the Chancellor and Senator are very powerful. You're going to need my help if you're going to arrest them."
"We are going after the Chancellor first. For your own good, stay out of this affair. I sense a great deal of confusion in you, young Skywalker. There is much fear that clouds your judgement."
"I must go, Master." Anakin retorted.
"No. If what you've told me is true you will have gained my trust. But for now, remain here. Wait in the council chambers until we return." Mace said backing away towards the ship where three other Jedi were waiting.
"Yes, Master" Anakin in a resigned fashion. He went to the council chambers but decided to grab a ship and go to the Chancellor's office.
Serlalee was wrapping up her work for the day when she felt a presence hurrying towards the Chancellor's office. She looked through the doorway and saw that it was Anakin. She looked around and followed him.
The Chancellor turned around in his chair as Mace Windu and the Jedi walked towards him.
"Master Windu. I take it General Grievous has been destroyed then. I must say you're here sooner than I expected."
"In the name of the Galactic Senate of the Republic" they activated their lightsabers "you are under arrest Chancellor." Mace said.
"Are you threatening me Master Jedi?" Palpatine said, his voice cold and icy.
"The Senate will decide your fate."
"I AM the Senate!" Darth Sidious snarled.
"Not yet."
"It's treason then" Palpatine said standing up his lightsaber coming out from his sleeve.
He activated his lightsaber and flew through the air towards them. He could fight faster than any of them. He slaughtered the other Jedi until it was just him and Mace left. The fight went into the hallway and then to his office. The window was shattered when one of the lightsabers cut through it. Mace kicked the Chancellor in the head and scurried away until he was pinned at the corner of the window frame with Mace pointing his lightsaber at him. Anakin and Serlalee entered the office to see the end of fight and stood by the window. Mace motioned for Anakin to stay put as he came closer.
"You are under arrest, my lord." Mace said venomously
"Anakin, I told you it would come to this. I was right. The Jedi are taking over."
"The oppression of the Sith will never return! You have lost!" Mace said.
"No, no. YOU WILL DIE!" Darth Sidious said as he shot Force Lightning at Mace who repelled it back at him with his lightsaber and Anakin and Serlalee looked away from the light.
"He's a traitor!" Palpatine yelled as the lightning was rebounded onto him.
"He is the traitor." Mace said using all his strength to repel the lightning.
"I have the power to save the one you love. You must choose!" Palpatine said as the lightning started to deform his face.
"Don't listen to him, Anakin!"
"Don't let him kill me!"
Anakin and Serlalee looked away as the lightning still came.
"I can't hold it any longer. I..I..I can't. I'm…I…I'm weak. I'm too weak. Anakin! Help me. Help me!" Palpatine said he stopped shooting the lightning at Mace.
"I…I…I can't hold on any longer."
"I am going to end this once and for all!" Mace said.
"You can't! He must stand trial!" Anakin said.
"He has control of the Senate and the courts! He's too dangerous to be left alive." Mace said.
"I'm too weak! Don't let him kill me." Palpatine moaned.
"It's not the Jedi way. He must live." Anakin said.
Mace started to swing his lightsaber for the kill Palaptine pleaded for his life.
"I need him!" Anakin and Serlalee said as Mace came down for the final blow. Anakin cut off both his hands before he could kill the Chancellor who smiled.
"POWER! UNLIMITED POWER!" Palpatine yelled as he shot a barrage of Force Lightning at Mace Windu which pushed out of the window and into Coruscant.
Serlalee continued to look out the window as Palaptine stood up and Anakin sank into one of the chairs.
"What have I done?"
"You're fulfilling your destiny, Anakin. Become my new apprentice. Learn to use the dark side of the Force." Palapatine said whose face was now disfigured. His eyes were yellow and sunken in and his skin was wrinkly and he looked much older.
"I will do whatever you ask."
"Good." Palpatine said with a smile.
"Just help me save Padme's life. I can't live without her."
"To cheat death is a power only one has achieved but if we work together I know we can discover the secret." Palpatine said as Anakin kneeled before him.
"I pledge myself to your teachings."
"Good, good. The Force is strong with you. A powerful Sith you will become. Henceforth you shall be known as Darth…Vader."
"Thank you, my Master."
"Rise." Palpatine said as he turned around and took a cloak out from his desk.
"Because the council did not trust you, my young apprentice, I believe you are the only Jedi with no knowledge of this plot. When the Jedi learn what has transpired here they will kill us along with all the Senators." Palpatine said putting on the cloak and the hood where his yellow eyes shone out from beneath.
"I agree. The council's next move will be against the Senate." Serlalee said.
"Every single Jedi, including your friend Obi-Wan Kenobi, is now an enemy of the Republic."
"We understand, master." Serlalee said.
"We must move quickly. The Jedi are rentless. If they're not all destroyed it will be civil war without end. First I want you to go to the Jedi Temple. Will catch them off balance. Do what must be done, Lord Vader. Do not hesitate, show no mercy. Only then will you be strong enough with the dark side to save Padme." Darth Sidious commanded.
"What about the other Jedi spread across the galaxy?" Anakin asked moving towards the desk as Palpatine sat down.
"Their betrayal will be dealt with." Serlalee said, who obviously knew more about the plan than Count Dooku did.
"After you have killed all the Jedi in the temple go to the Mustafar system. Wipe out Viceroy Gunray and the other Separatist leaders. Once more the Sith will rule the galaxy. And we shall have…peace." Palpatine said with a smile.
A/N: I LOVE THAT PART! MY FAVORITE! KEPT LAUGHING AND SAYING ALL THE LINES WITH IT! Reviews are good please. Order 66 is up next!
