Chapter 40

Anger took over Anakin as soon as he saw Obi-wan. His wife had betrayed him and brought Obi-wan here.

"LIAR!" Anakin shouted.

Laetitia jumped up from the shout. She had never seen her father like this. Consumed in anger.

Padme turned around to see Obi-wan standing outside her ship.

How did he get here?

"No!"

"You're with him! You brought him here to kill me!" He yelled as he raised his hand and used the Force to choke Padme.

Laetitia was trembling from what she was seeing. As angry as he was, Anakin would never hurt Padme, let alone choke her.

"Dad!"

"Let her go, Anakin!"

Padme couldn't breathe. She choked out "Anakin … please …" But she couldn't make any noise.

"Let … her … go"

"Dad, please! It's mom! Think about the baby!"

As the mention of the baby, Anakin stopped choking Padme but it was too late. Padme's body just dropped on the ground.

"NO!" Leah cried out as she ran to her mother.

She wasn't moving. Leah kept shaking her "Mom, please wake up! Please." She begged as she cried but it didn't matter. Padme wasn't waking up.

"You turned her against me!"

"You have done that yourself."

Anakin took off his cloak "You will not take them from me!"

"Your anger and your lust of power have already done that." Obi-wan said as he took off his.

What is wrong with them? Mom is unconscious and they're bickering. They should be saving her! Laetitia thought angrily.

"You have allowed this dark lord to twist your mind until now … until now you have become the very thing you swore to destroy."

"Don't lecture me, Obi-wan. I see through the lies of the Jedi. I do not fear the dark side as you do."

Obi-wan sat on the ground with Laetitia and touched Padme's face. It was still warm and she was breathing, for now.

"She's not waking up." Leah cried out as she held her mother.

Obi-wan just looked at her with sad eyes. It was bad.

"I have brought peace, freedom, justice and security to my new Empire."

Obi-wan sat up and Leah blinked.

He really has lost his mind.

"Your new Empire?!"

"Don't make me kill you!" Anakin said through his teeth.

"Anakin … my allegiance is to the Republic, to democracy!"

Anakin remained cold.

"If you're not with me, then you're my enemy."

That was when Obi-wan realized his friend, his brother, was gone. He was too deep in the dark side to get out.

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must." He said as he unclicked his lightsaber and got into defensive position.

Laetitia looked at them with open mouth and horror.

They're not really going to fight. Are they?

"You will try." That was all Anakin said before he activated his lightsaber and attacked Obi-wan.

Laetitia slapped herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming. Well, technically, this would be the worst nightmare. Anakin had Force-choked Padme and now, he was fighting Obi-wan. Obi-wan! Those two were always the best pair in the Jedi history. They weren't just master and Padawan. They weren't just friends. They were brothers!

Leah saw 3PO coming outside.

"My goodness! Is mistress Padme …"

"Help me get her inside! Now!" She ordered the protocol droid.

With the help of 3PO, Padme was on board the ship and was still passed out on a bed. Leah tried to use the Force to heal her mother but for some reasons, it wasn't working.

Anger took over her when she saw the bruises on Padme's neck. Anakin had done this. He hurt her. He attacked her! But Anakin wouldn't do that. He loved Padme. He would never hurt his family.

Then Leah got her answer. It was no longer Anakin she was talking about. Her father was gone. Her warm and kind father was replaced by a cold and angry monster.

She held her lightsabers in her hands and went to deal with once-her-father-and-now-the Sith lord herself.

It didn't take Laetitia that long to find Anakin and Obi-wan. She found Obi-wan on a hill and Anakin on a metal piece floating in lava.

"It's over, Anakin! I have the high ground!"

Laetitia slowly ran to them but Anakin was too angry and focused to notice her.

"You underestimate my power!"

Obi-wan knew that if Anakin jumped, he would lose his balance and get hurt. So he sincerely begged his lost friend "Don't try it."

But Anakin didn't listen. He jumped. Laetitia took that chance and jumped in the fight. She swung her lightsabers in the air, without knowing the outcome. She didn't care about that. She was too angry to see the point.

Anakin's yell of frustration turned into screams of pain. Leah's lightsabers had cut both his legs and his left hand, his only real hand. Without anything to hold on, Anakin's limbless body rolled down the hill.

Obi-wan turned around and saw an angry Laetitia. He gasped at what she'd done but it was understandable, considering everything she went through.

Leah looked at her father with disgust. He had betrayed her. he had hurt, not only her but, her mother. His wife. His pregnant wife!

"That's what you get for hurting my family." She angrily said as she picked on his lightsaber and turned around. The look on his face was just too much for her to handle. The betrayed look in his yellow eyes.

Obi-wan couldn't hold in any longer and shouted "You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force! Not leave it in darkness!"

Anakin rolled down more. He was getting closer to the river of lava.

"I HATE YOU!"

At that, Obi-wan's heart broke. He knew it was no longer Anakin but still, it hurt to hear those words from his mouth directed at him.

"You were my brother, Anakin! I loved you." He cried out quietly.

Before either of them could say anything, lava caught a piece of Anakin's clothes. He was on fire.

Laetitia heard the screams. The agonized screams of her father, the person she loved the most in the whole galaxy. His screams made her cry. She wanted to help him but her mind told her otherwise. Her body froze. She could neither help him nor leave him.

Obi-wan wiped a tear off his face. He put his hand on the 5-year-old's shoulder and led her out of the miserable, forsaken planet.

Done :(