Blue Waters: episode # 41 The Beginning of the
confrontation
Previously: Anakin and Samantha went to Dagobah where
the news is confirmed that he entire Jedi Council is dead, except for
Yoda. Upon hearing this news, Anakin
feels he must to go to Coruscant to face Palpatine. Yoda and Obi-Wan feel that
Anakin is not yet ready and try to convince him to stay. Their argument is lost
on Anakin, as he still wants to go to Coruscant.
"I
think I can handle him, now, which is why I'm going. I have to go. None of you understand, but he's gone after
me for the last time."
"Please don't go, Ani," Samantha says again
as he begins walking towards the ship.
He turns around and hugs her, and gives her a
kiss, "I love you…but I must go for the good of the Republic. I will return to take you to amazing
places. It is for you that I go."
She
whispers, "good luck, Ani. May the
Force be with you. Iv love you…"
He lets
her go, then continues onto the ship. Obi-wan and Yoda watch Anakin go as they shake their heads.
"He's making a big mistake," says Obi-Wan.
But they
all knew that they could do nothing
more to persuade Anakin…this was his choice. Obi-Wan then turns toward Samantha.
"There is a 4th possibility…Anakin
may escape. I know this is hard for
you…but you should expect the worst…that he dies. Why don't you go back to
Coruscant and talk to your family there until this mess is straightened out.
There's a change that Anakin will defeat Palpatine, but it is very
slim. I don't want this to be hard on
you."
Yoda nods in agreement, "go back to your
family…comfort they can give you."
Samantha had started crying the moment Anakin
made the announcement he was leaving.
"Thank you very much. I think I need that. Anakin is…"
Obi-wan
goes to get a non-Jedi pilot to take her back to Coruscant. And now, we'll move
on to the final confrontation between Anakin and Darth Sidious as things stand
now. Here's how this works.
As soon
as Anakin lands in the main spaceport used, Arawn contacts Palpatine, "he's
here."
"Good…follow him into my building and wait in
the lounge."
So Anakin heads straight for Palpatine's
palace. He marches straight to
Palpatine's office and flings open the door. Arawn is now in the lounge; Palpatine glances up at Anakin as he enters.
"Hello, young Skywalker, I have been
expecting you."
"I bet you have!"
"Good,
Anakin was angry," thinks Palpatine.
Palpatine knew that eh could no longer play
with Anakin…Anakin was marred to the Queen now, which promoted a gander greater
than just Anakin by himself. If Anakin
didn't turn now, there was no other option but Anakin's death. He could not and
would not let the man go freely again. Anakin was not yet 21.
Palpatine says, "Now, my young apprentice we
can finally complete your graining."
"I don't think so…"
"Oh, but there is so much you're
missing. Your force is strong; as I
told you the least time we met. Why do you think the Council won't let you be a
normal Jedi without completing your training? Why do you think it took them so
long to agree to even let you become a Jedi? It's because they were jealous of you and didn't want someone to become
more powerful then they. They know your force level was strong, yet they kept
the information from you. They didn't' want you to reach your full potential. I
will give you the training necessary…the training they leave out."
Anakin
stares at Palpatine.
"And
just how do you know that my power is so incredibly high?"
"Come here, boy. I won't hurt you…it'll only be a prick, but I'll show you."
Anakin searches the Emperor for any hidden
dangers, but finds none. He is curious
about his. This is why he reluctantly
makes his way over to the Emperor.
"Give me
your hand."
Anakin
does. Palpatine pricks one of his
fingers, wipes off the blood, and puts it on a force scale.
"Now look at this. –14…that's the highest normal force level possible. And this is
your mid-cholorian count…over 20 thousand. They didn't tell you about this, did they?"
Anakin had to admit to himself that Palpatine
was right…they had purposely withheld the information form him…even Qui-Gon
had. He now knew that that was what the
old Jedi Master had done the night before the pod race.
Until
next time!