Anakin POV

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They rushed me out of the room and two nurses grabbed the twins and took them to the nursery. As they walked away with my kids, I looked through the glass to see the doctors swirling around my wife. Palpatine's words rang in my ears. "She died in childbirth. Her body cannot handle it. I foresee it will be dangerous for her again."

I did not want to believe him, but how could I argue with the truth that was in front of me. I was standing in the hallway looking at her clinging to life, shaking up and down. They were shoving some needles into her and trying to get her to stabilize, but it looked like nothing was working.

"Anakin?" said someone, and I turned to see Ahsoka leading Rex, Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, my mom, Ruwee, and Jobal towards me armed with balloons and presents.

"Where are my grandchildren?" asked Jobal.

"They took the kids to the nursery. Its down the hall to the left," I said robotically turning back to watch the doctors work on Padme.

"What's wrong, sir?" asked Rex.

"Padme crashed."

"Honey, she is exhausted," said my mom.

"No, her blood pressure dropped and her heart stopped. They shooed me out of the room and started working on her. I know she can't die, but she is in pain. I feel it." I did feel it. The pain radiating out of that room was so intense my chest hurt because of it. I pointed to the doctors and Padme through the glass. My family walked towards me, and then they saw Padme too. Jobal screamed and tried to run in the room. Thinking quick, Ruwee grabbed her and held her against him.

"Her heart stopped?" cried Jobal, "what is going to happen to her?"

Ruwee held his wife tightly. "We are one with the Force, she can not go anywhere. Besides, she is tough, we raised a fighter. She is going to pull through this. Now come on. I want to go start spoiling my grandchildren."

He lead her down the hall towards the nursery. I looked over to see my mom staring at me. She was torn between going to see her grandchildren and supporting her son. I grabbed her hand and said hoarsely, "Hey mom, Ruwee is right. Padme is going to be fine, and once she is, we can all go home. Why don't you and Qui-Gon go see the twins? You can argue with the Naberries about who gets to keep them when," I said forcing a smile.

"Oh, I know they want them Festival of Lights, but I want Boonta Eve," she said to Qui-Gon as they were walking away to go to the nursery.

Suddenly, only Rex, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan, and I were standing in the hallway waiting for the doctors to resuscitate my wife and restore her health. I was focusing on my breathing like Depa taught me when I was anxious, but my whole body was shaking and I felt tears running down my face.

Rex walked away for a minute.

Ahsoka put her hand on my shaking shoulders. "Your not gonna lose anybody, Master," she said. "The twins are alright, and Padme is going to be alright too. She just needs some rest."

"Anakin," said Obi-Wan. "What will help? Meditation maybe?"

But I started shaking my head. "Nothing," I said hoarsely. "I can't breathe until they say she is alright."

"Maybe getting this in you will help with the breathing," said Rex. I turned and saw he had a tray of ardees in his hand and he passed them out to Ahsoka, Obi-Wan, and me. I grabbed mine and took a sip, the ardees tasted bitter, but it distracted me from what was going on.

One of the doctors swirling around Padme stepped out of the room, and walked towards us. "Hello," he said.

"What's wrong with my wife?" I asked.

"We don't know. From what we can tell the stress of childbirth caused a drop in blood pressure, which is normal, but that also caused a seizure which is not normal. Do you have any history of epilepsy in the family?"

"No," I said.

"It is very strange. We have already started a transfusion and will check on her every fifteen minutes. She is stable now. We are ordering an MRI to see if there are any abnormalities. You can go see her."

The doctor walked away, and the others nodded for me to go in alone. I walk in and see that they have an oxygen tube, an IV, and a heart monitor on Padme. She is covered in sweat and breathing hard. I place a kiss on her forehead and squeeze her hand. Suddenly, she squeezed back. In shock, I dropped the cup of ardees.

"Oh, damn it," I whispered.

"Anakin?" she said.

"Im here." I said, forgetting the ardees, someone would clean it up.

"What happened?"

"You had the kids, then your blood pressure dropped too low and you had a seizure. They are going to run some tests on you to make sure you are all right."

"Are Jinn and Ashla okay?"

"Yeah they are fine. They are in the nursery and our parents are with them. Rex, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan are all here with us. I can get them if you want." I turned toward the door, but she grabbed my hand.

"No, just stay with me. I feel like I just got in a fight with a rancor," she said laughing. "I just want to rest. Just us. Can the nurse bring the twins soon?"

"As soon as you feel up to it. Let the doctor make sure you are okay, and then we can get them."

"How soon do you have to return to the temple?"

"I have all the time in the galaxy," I said then kissed her. We sat together holding hands, grateful to be together.