POV: Anakin

I got into my speeder and punched it out of the parking lot, ignoring the shouts and dirty looks I received. My heart was thudding in my chest, and I felt like I could not breathe. Could Palpattine really get to Padme? I got out my comlink and signaled Obi-Wan.

"Kenobi here."

"He gonna come after her! He is going to come after her and I don't know what I am going to do."

"Wait, Who is going to come after who?"

"Palpatine is going to come after Padme and maybe the babies!"

"Uh-huh. How do you know that?"

"He told me."

"When?"

"Just now at the jail," I said.

There was nothing but static for a little while, and I thought I lost him. "Obi-Wan? Are you there?"

"I am here. So you thought it was a good idea to go to the jail and do what exactly Anakin? What were you doing at the jail?"

I tried to think. I still did not know what I was trying to do at the jail tonight. "Just tell him that if he went after the twins in any way I would make him pay," I finally said.

"So you were threatening a Sith Lord when you have twins on the way. Anakin I don't have time to tell you why that is a dumb decision but do you understand that is a dumb decision."

"Okay. I was not thinking and did something stupid, now what am I going to do?"

"Did he say what was going to happen to her?"

"He said that her body could not handle the childbirth and that something could go wrong like last time."

"It could be a vague threat to mess with your head. But if you want to be safe, you can go with her to the next appointment and make sure that everything is fine."

"Everything was fine last time, and she died."

"You also turned to the Dark Side because you kept talking to Palpatine about this stuff. If you want history to not repeat itself, you need to make steps in the right direction."

"Okay."

"Go ahead and tell Depa what happened. Your not in trouble, but she needs to be aware that you are going to be stressing about this. Maybe she can work with you about releasing the younglings into the Force and that will help relieve some stress for you."

I sighed. I did not want to release anything into the force I wanted to choke the life out of Palpatine. "Okay," I mumbled.

"You are going to stress about this until the babies are born, aren't you?"

"Well wouldn't you? What if Palpatine threatened Satine?"

"I wouldn't worry about it because: a) I know Satine can handle herself, b) Palpatine is in prison, and c) I don't chat with Sith Lords!"

"What do you want me to do? Write it off as a way to seduce me to the Dark Side and tell myself it's an empty threat?"

"That would be ideal."

"Okay. I will try."

"Anakin, go home. Be with your wife, and forget about the Sith. For once, just follow orders, if not for your own sanity then for mine. Please?"

I took a deep breath. "Yeah, okay. I guess so."

"Good night, padawan."

I smiled. "Good night, master."

I hung up, and focused on dodging traffic as I flew home. But, my mind kept going back to what Palpatine said, and what I could do to get the children safe. I got home late, it was about 20:15 by the time I walked in. The news was on and I could smell Shaak steak cooking in the oven.

"Hey, Ani," she said, muting the Holonet. Getting up, she walked over and kissed me. "Your home so late."

"Yeah. Jocasta Nu had me run an errand and I just got done."

"Oh, okay. Well I kept dinner warm."

"Smells good. Sorry I was late."

We sat at the table, and I focused on serving my plates and acting like I was hungry. Eagerly, I dug into the steak and tried not to make eye contact with Padme.

"Anakin, what's wrong?" she asked.

"Nothing," I said after having a drink of wine.

"You're eating like you haven't seen food in a month, and you're looking at me weird. What's wrong?"

"I just had a long day in the library. Worked through lunch, and did not get a break. That's all."

"I thought you said she sent you on an errand. Why didn't you get food then?"

Damn. "Oh. Yeah well it was late, and I didn't want to ruin my dinner," I said with a sheepish smile.

She tossed her hair back over her shoulder and put her head in her hand. "Okay, what did you do?"

"Nothing."

"Ani, I will ask Obi-Wan," she threatened.

"Okay. Don't get mad. I was driving home and somehow I ended up at the pentatentry. I went in to see Palpatine."

"What?! Why would you do that?"

"I don't know. I just wanted to know his end game. He has an end game you know. He is going to come after us, somehow. I was just telling him that he could not hurt us anymore or else."

"So, it was a power move?"

"Kind of."

"Well it was stupid."

"I know." I paused a minute and contemplated not telling her, but I was already in for it so might as well. "He said he could hurt them."

She clutched her stomach. "The babies? How?"

"I don't know, but I won't let it happen," I promised.

"Ani, I'm scarred."

I wrapped her in my arms and kissed her forehead. "I have already told Obi-Wan, and we can tell your dad and Yoda too. Nothing is going to happen. I promise."