Vader opened his eyes to the blurry sight of a face hovering above him.
As he regained his vision, he realized that he was staring at Eli, "Why didn't you just kill me?"
"You're my Brother, my younger Brother and I'm responsible for you," Eli replied.
Vader sneered, "You were never there for me, I'm twenty five now, don't you think that you're a little late?"
Eli shook his head, "I honestly never knew that you existed until the day that I was rescued from the Outer Rim, it was around that time that I learned that you were on trial for murder."
"He deserved it," Vader replied.
"I agree, but it was still wrong," Eli replied.
Vader hatefully stared up at his Brother as he spoke, "Do you even know..."
"He was just as abusive to me," Eli replied.
"Where are we?" Vader asked.
"Home," Eli stated.
"Where is Padme and where are my twins? Vader asked.
"In a safe place, you're going to have to explain to her Father why you treated her the way that you did when he arrives."
"I have nothing to explain," Vader replied in anger.
"Let's see, had you been arrested by proper authorities, you would be charged with domestic abuse, rape and illegal enslavement, I think that you have a lot of explaining to do. The fact that you still treat her like trash even after she gave you a daughter is beyond comprehension. Would you want someone to treat your daughter like that?"
Vader hung his head in response.
"She even loves you, after everything, she loves you, she loves you because she's been obsessed with you since her childhood. How can you exploit her like this? What does she deserve from you?"
"You're not my Father," Vader stated in agitation.
"You're right, but our Father wasn't much of a Father and you can be bitter towards me all that you want Anakin. The truth is that I never knew that you existed and had I known that I had a little brother being beaten in my Father's house night and day without stop, I would have gone for him. I would have rescued you and taken responsibility for you had I known. All I can do now, is speak to you as though you were my son, I'm old enough to be your Father," Eli added.
Vader said nothing as Eli stood up and left the room.
Naboo:
Ruwee Naberrie watched as an image of Eli appeared directly in front of him.
"Do you have her?" Ruwee asked.
"I have her," Eli replied.
"She's alive?" Ruwee asked in disbelief.
"She is, I can't say that she truly is unscathed but she's alive."
"And what of Vader?" Ruwee asked
"I have him detained at my Grandmother's house, he will remain there until further notice," Eli stated.
"And can I talk to Padme?" Ruwee asked,
"You certainly can."
Ruwee then felt tears in his eyes as Padme appeared alongside Eli, "Hi Daddy," Padme called out.
"Is my baby girl alright? Has that monster hurt you?"
"I-I can't say Daddy," Padme replied.
Ruwee shook his head, "Padme, there's nothing to be ashamed of, I will see you soon."
"You should tell him," Ruwee heard Eli whisper to Padme.
Padme looked at Ruwee as she spoke, "Dad, I-I don't know how to say this, but I-I'm a mother now."
Ruwee was stunned, pregnant? What had Vader done to his little girl?
He felt himself shaking in horror as he spoke, "Is Vader the Father?"
"Y-Yes," Padme replied.
Ruwee shook his head, "Don't be afraid, there's nothing to be ashamed of, none of this is your fault Padme. I will be there for you, I promise you that."
Padme smiled sadly at her Father as Ruwee spoke, "What of Vader?"
"I won't let him hurt Padme again. If she asks us, we will have to send him out of here."
"And who's to say that he will obey you?" Ruwee asked.
"There's one person in the Galaxy that he will listen to," Eli replied.
"Why would he listen to anyone?" Ruwee asked with a frown on his face.
"He won't defy his own Mother or his Grandmother," Eli firmly stated.
Ruwee gasped in shock, "You're saying that Vader is your Brother?"
Eli nodded, "He was the result of my Father's second marriage. You may also know him as Anakin Skywalker."
"Anakin Skywalker doesn't do these kinds of things to women, Anakin Skywalker is a hero," Ruwee replied.
"Get on a ship and come to Alderaan. Head to the Royal Palace and General Kenobi will be waiting for you, then you will see who Anakin Skywalker is," Eli stated.
Ruwee looked at the calendar as he spoke, "I can probably leave tonight, it's holiday vacation and no one would suspect anything."
"Then I will see you then, just keep everything low key," Eli firmly added.
"I will, thank you so much for finding her," Ruwee stated.
"There's no need to thank me," Eli replied with a smile as the transmission was ended.
Praesitlyn:
Vader watched as the door of his room opened to reveal a very old woman. Much to his disbelief, he realized that the woman was his Grandmother.
She walked into the room with a look of love in her eyes.
She looked down at her Grandson in silence for a long moment.
After a few minutes she spoke, "You look just like my Caleb. You even resemble him more than Eli. Eli's hair and skin is lighter than yours. Your complexion makes you into an almost identical clone of him."
Vader sighed as his Grandmother spoke, "I told you four years ago that you had a choice to make. I told you that you chose to murder, that was wrong."
"He deserved it," Vader replied.
"Look at Padme, what do you think that you deserve after all that you've done to her?"
Vader looked towards Lana's feet in shame as he spoke, "I love her."
"You love her? How have you treated her?"
"I have given her everything," Vader replied.
"Anakin, material things are meaningless in a true relationship, it's not the outside or what you give her that matters, it's what's in here," Lana Skywalker stated as she pointed to her heart.
"Have you treated her like you love her?"
"I have tried," Vader replied.
"Have you abused her? Have you forced yourself upon her?" Lana asked.
Tears streamed down Vader's cheek as he stared up at his Grandmother in humiliation, "S-She's just a slave."
"And so is your Mother right? Did your Father abuse her? Did he rape her?"
"Yes?" Vader replied in tears.
"So if you hated your Father for abusing your Mother, why is it ok for you to abuse Padme?"
Vader was silent as his Grandmother spoke, "Repeat after me, it's wasn't for my Father to abuse my Mother, but it's ok for me to abuse Padme, because... Go ahead and finish that for me," Lana stated.
Vader looked up into his Grandmother's blue eyes in silence.
"You can't finish it can you?"
Vader shook his head, "No."
"Than repeat this for me, it's never ok for me to abuse a woman, especially the mother of my children."
Vader was silent for a moment before he spoke, "It's never ok for me to abuse a woman, especially the mother of my children."
Lana stared down at her Grandson as she knelt down to the floor. She then affectionately kissed his forehead as she spoke, "What do you think that you should be doing after all of this?"
"I-I don't know," Vader replied.
"Have you thought of atonement?"
"How so?" Vader asked.
"Give up your Power, you can easily start a new life with her," Lana stated.
"The Empire is my dream," Vader replied.
"Is it the right thing to do?" Lana asked.
Vader said nothing as Lana spoke, "Sometimes, we have to give up our dreams, and we usually have to give them up because they are too selfish. You have Padme, and you have Luke and Leia, you owe Padme your soul," Lana stated as she got up and left the room.
It was late in the night when Vader had finally broken free of his binders.
The young Sith Lord eagerly stood up and headed out of the small room.
he then walked down the hallway as he attempted to move towards the nearby staircase, but one sound stopped him, the cries of his child.
He walked two doors back the way that he had came and opened the door to the sight of Padme sleeping in a queen sized bed as Leia cried from the nearby crib.
He immediately walked towards the crib and scooped Leia up in his arms as he spoke, "It's alright, Daddy is here now."
Within moments, Leia's crying ceased as Vader kissed her forehead. Vader could see his infant daughter smiling at him as her tiny hand wrapped around his finger.
"Are you planning on just leaving?"
Vader turned to the sight of his Older Brother who was standing in his way.
"What do you mean?" Vader asked.
"You have freed yourself of your binders, just go, no one is going to stop you. You can forget about this family since your Mother and I will take care of them."
Vader looked down at Leia as he placed her back in the crib.
Leia immediately screamed as Eli spoke, "That little girl loves you."
Vader looked towards Leia and immediately picked her up. The baby was instantly silent as she was enchased in her Father's arms.
Vader at the same time noticed Padme starting to stir as she opened her eyes.
She nervously looked up at him as she spoke, "What are you doing?"
"I'm leaving," Vader replied.
"Leaving?" Padme asked.
"Look at how I've treated you Padme, look at all that I've done to you in the last year, I'm no good. You deserve better," Vader stated.
"What do you mean?" Padme asked.
"I've beaten you down, I've enslaved you and I've raped you and treaded upon you like you're the ground that this house is built on. I'm no good."
Padme looked towards Eli as she spoke, "It's ok Eli, you can leave, he won't hurt me, just go."
Eli sighed as he left the room, he didn't trust his brother with Padme, but the damage was already done, it didn't matter what happened at this point, Eli reasoned.
"Is leaving going to change what happened between us?" Padme asked as Eli left the room.
"What do you mean?" Vader asked.
"Just that, my reputation is down the drain, I was Queen of my world, but if I returned with these two, I would be named the whore of Naboo. No one would respect me, I was the roll module for the children of Naboo, now I will be looked at with distain for having children out of wedlock."
"The Queen before you was a slut though," Vader stated.
"Why do you think that I beat her in the election?" Padme asked with a smirk.
Vader smiled as Padme spoke, "Everyone knew that she had a tendency to sleep around, that's why I won. I was innocent and pure, and I cared about my people, now that's all gone down the drain. I went from being the Queen to being your pleasure slave."
Vader looked at Padme with shame in his eyes as he spoke, "All because of me."
"Why don't you at least try to change your ways?"
"I did, but the other night, I learned that I can't change I would have raped you if my Mother hadn't intervened. How many times have I beaten and raped you over the last year?"
Padme was silent as she looked into Vader's eyes. She was silent for a moment before she spoke, "Love keeps no record of wrongs."
"What?" Vader asked in disbelief.
"You heard me, love keeps no record of wrongs," Padme stated.
"What do you mean?" Vader asked.
"Maybe I'm stupid, I know that you are for sure, but regardless of that, I want you. I want you to be mine. I don't want any other women to be with you, I don't want you to be anywhere else but with me."
"I'm dirty and I'm evil, I destroyed my mind, body and soul with the darkness. I exploited you and I used you like you were nothing, I am a monster. I'm certainly an unbelievably stupid man, just as my Mother said I was."
Padme giggled as she spoke, "That may be, but I still love Anakin Skywalker. Just stay with me, no one needs to know about your past," Padme stated.
"I'm no good, this isn't some fairytale love story, you were so pure and special and I knew it the moment that I looked at you, and I just destroyed you inside of a year."
"Just look at the good things you did, how about that day that we spent swimming on Coruscant? How about the night that you felt our babies kicking while they were growing inside of me? What about the times that we spent cuddled up on the couch in your chambers or swimming in the pool that's in your training room? We have had some happy times together, why don't you just stay here with me?"
"And how do I explain what I've done to your Father?"
"Ani, he doesn't need to know anything, and I can see the good in you," Padme replied as she spread out her arms.
Vader looked her in the eyes and immediately captured her in his strong embrace.
The couple then stared down at their sleeping daughter as Padme pulled Vader's tunic off, "Just sleep here tonight."
Vader removed his boots and his trousers as he moved towards the crib, "Get Luke, let us be a family tonight," Vader stated.
Padme reached for Luke as Vader climbed into the bed with Leia in his arms.
Shmi sipped a cup of caf with Lana as she noticed Eli walking onto the porch, "You seriously let him stay with her last night?"
"It was her choice," Eli stated.
"Padme just took him after all of that?" Mia asked as she walked onto the porch.
"She did," Eli replied.
"I think that that girl is missing some screws," Shmi stated.
"I think that they both are missing some screws, but look at it this way, our Father was missing quite a few and so is her Mother, maybe they are the perfect match," Eli replied.
"But she deserves better than him," Lana stated.
"She loves him, I can sense it," Eli stated.
"She may love him, but he needs to learn how to treat her before they become a couple, if they do" Shmi replied.
At that moment, Shmi turned her head to the door as she saw Anakin walking onto the porch with a baby in his arms.
"Luke is still asleep, but Leia was awake," Vader said as he kissed his daughter on the forehead.
"What made you stay?" Shmi asked as the young Sith Lord.
"A lot of things, I think a lot of it had to do with Leia starting to cry when I tried to put her in the crib and Padme telling me that she wanted me to stay."
Shmi glared at him, "If you ever lay a hand on her again, you will pay."
"I understand," Vader replied.
At that moment, Vader noticed Padme walking onto the porch with Luke resting against her chest.
Padme looked him in the eye before she spoke, "So we're going to be together you say?"
"If it's what you want," Vader replied.
"I want it, but I want you to be a real Father. For the last few months, I have done seventy percent of the parenting. You have to give up the Empire and the way of the Sith," Padme added.
"What did you say?" Vader asked in disbelief.
"You heard me, you can't serve that thing that you call Master and be a good Father. You have to choose, one or the other. You can either be a good Sith Apprentice to that monster, or you can be with me and our babies like you should be. It's one or the other."
Vader was stunned by Padme's statement.
"One or the other you say?" Vader asked.
Padme nodded, "And no in between."
Vader was silent as he looked down at his daughter. Shmi then spoke, "It's going to take some time for someone as stupid as him to comprehend what you're demanding."
Vader looked towards his mother as she spoke, "All of that power will be in your hands for one short moment. That's all that your life is. Then you will die, and your name will go down in the ages, we are all just moments in time Anakin, would you rather spend your short moment alone oppressing millions as you have for the last two years? Or would you rather spend it with that little girl in your arms and that boy that Padme is holding?"
Alderaan:
Ruwee Naberrie walked off of his transport and proceeded directly towards the Royal Palace as Eli had ordered, meanwhile he did his best to make sure that no one was following him. He knew that Jobal was evil enough to hire spies to find Padme if she suspected that he knew her location, but it appeared as though she hadn't learned of his departure form Naboo.
He eagerly headed towards the Palace grounds as an Alderaannian security guard approached him, "Who are you?"
"My name is Ruwee Naberrie, I..."
"Yes, the Viceroy is expecting you," the young Officer replied.
Ruwee nodded as the man led him into the beautiful palace.
Obi-Wan Kenobi sat inside of Organa's office as the doors opened.
He saw a middle aged man entering the room as he spoke, "You must be Mr Naberrie."
"I am," Ruwee replied.
"Welcome to Alderaan," Obi-Wan stated.
Ruwee smiled as Obi-Wan spoke, "A ship is waiting in the hanger, we will leave immediately."
"What about the Viceroy?" Ruwee asked.
"He had to leave for a Senate session, and his presence isn't required anyways. He doesn't even know where we are going. He told e to just keep it to myself."
"Of course," Ruwee replied as he followed the Jedi Knight out of the room.
Alright, that's it for now. Thank you for reading and reviewing. I hope that you enjoyed this Chapter.
-Fallen Jedi 79