It was later that evening, when Obi-Wan had gone, along with the constant visitors of the Jedi council. Including Mace, who was still untrustworthy of Anakin. Anakin knelt all day at Padmé's
bedside, praying for her to open her eyes just once, speak, move or signal any form of life. Anakin simply needed to know she was alive. Technically, she was, but to him she wasn't. She couldn't see him, kiss him or hold him. She couldn't tell him how much she loved him. They couldn't tell each other the same. Without being able to hear this, life seemed pointless. Though, Anakin hadn't given up hope. He continued to pray for her health, and for their lives together, with one another. While Anakin was caught up in his thoughts, he heard a pounding at the door.
Anakin peered through the small space between the curtains that allowed him to slightly see the dark color of the night sky.

"Who- At this time of night?" Many thoughts went through his mind, but still not erasing those of Padmé. He would not give up hope.
In no hurry, Anakin slowly headed to the door, but took a quick detour to the washroom, where he glanced in the mirror at his sleep-deprived face.

"I should really get some rest." Anakin told himself. Suddenly the sound of large objects crashing to the floor startled Anakin. He heard what sounded like glass and porcelain smash against the floor, and large furniture joining these deafening ear shots as well.
He quickly raced out to the front door only too see it swung widely open on its hinges. Anakin turned to face the entrance to the bedroom when he heard more sounds of the chaos coming from there. He heard a scream as he began charging into the room, triggering his light saber on his belt and lifting it above his head. As he walked through, he saw Sidious holding Padmé, his cold hand clamped over her mouth. His other hand held a light saber inches away from her waist.

"Vader? What have you done.... You left without notice and I have found you here? You have rescued Padmé from our ally and ended up back where you started. Have you forgotten your duties as a Sith? Or do you need me to remind you?" He paused, pulling the light saber closer to Padmé.

"No!" Anakin shouted. Sidious looked back up at him, confused.

"No, no what? "No", you have not forgotten your duties? Or "no", you will not join me?" Sidious asked Anakin. Anakin stared at him, lowering his light saber, but still not replying. Sidious startled him by loudly shouting. "Or "no" This-!" He pulled the light saber slowly toward Padmé and gently let the outer-layer of light graze her night gown, shredding through it like paper and piercing her skin, leaving a large wound. Anakin leapt toward him, aiming for the light saber when Sidious retracted it and held it before Anakin. "Ah-Ah-Ah.." Sidious refrained, waving the beam of light before Anakin. "I wouldn't do that if I were you. Come, Vader. You belong with me, you have vowed your life to me. There is nothing more you can do. Forget this woman. She is near death anyway. She is just suffering. I can end that suffering now and get it over with-" Sidious raised his light saber horizontally and held it before her face, the red beam reflecting of her abnormally pale skin. Padmé was still half-asleep. At first she had been startled to conscience, but her illness had begun to take hold of her, forcing her into a deeper sleep that was more powerful then mortality.

"How do yo-." Anakin was interrupted by Sidious' scratchy voice that lingered in his mind.

"Know? Are you that weak-minded to not understand my power? Vader, I am surprised by your words. I am the all powerful, more powerful then master Yoda himself, though I do not doubt I am more powerful then you may ever become. I sense great strength in you....Vader. And thus, you belong with me, as you have vowed. We can rule the galaxy, and the republic will surrender easily to our overwhelming defeat. Every continent will be ours, and we will do whatever we please with them. You do remember your commitment Vader?" Sidious finished.

"I only said that I would join you, because you promised communication and frequent visiting with Padmé, instead you threaten to finish her when she is already ill enough." Anakin shouted back.

"Vader, I simply request your assistance to conquer, complete my requests and you shall see her all you want! Once I am through with the Jedi, I will be through with your assistance as well, and you may continue your life as you please. I merely scraped Padmé to make you realize what you wish to come back for. Now Vader, join me once again." Sidious replied, remaining calm.

"Slaughter. To slaughter, that's what you want of me. I have killed so many innocent people, innocent as Padmé. I can't get over that..." Anakin said, controlling his temper.

"Vader, you are evil, and I can sense it. You don't truly love her.." Sidious threw Padmé to the bed. "I can sense it. Come Vader, let us leave." Sidious tuned his back.

Black, the room was silent and dark. Anakin did not reply. Suddenly Sidious shouted and fell to the floor. A piercing scream filled the room. It was loud, and firm. Sidious lay on his stomach, his head tilted to the side as he watched, pain-stricken, his eyes nearly shut and his body out of alignment, Anakin slowly pull his light saber out of Sidious' own back.

"My name is Anakin." He spat at him, silently in disgust. "I am not Vader." The tone of his voice pleased himself as he thought he had finally done something right. Sidious looked up, it took every fiber of his life to pull his face a slight angle form the ground.

"Anakin, you are much stronger then....I thought....but you have not seen the last of the .....Sith. I am sure of ...... that...." Having said this, Sidious choked on a large breath, as he gasped for air. He placed his head back on the ground, where the rest of his body lay, now at ease. His eyes began to shut as his body remained flat, he stopped breathing and his cold heart came to an end. Sidious lay lifeless on the floor. Anakin stepped over him and dragged him through their home. He threw his limp body out into the dunes of sand where he left it to rot. Anakin slowly walked back to the entrance of the home when he paused, and looked up. He stared blankly ahead, and listened carefully. "What the-..." He cocked his head as he focused mainly on sound.

"Ani...." He heard coming form inside. He did not answer, but ran to the bedroom to see Padmé sitting up in bed, her eyes half open. Though, she still looked terrible. Not the olive-skinned, energetic, loving Senator he knew. But it was her, and he knew it, so it was all that counted.

"Padmé!" he shouted running towards her. He knelt down on the floor beside her, as she opened her eyes completely and turned to face him.

"Ani, Ani what happened?" She asked, taking her time while catching her breath. "I thought,....the Sith, didn't you join them? I felt strange, I had the weirdest feelings I left home, or was kidnaped, and you saved me. Then you saved me from the Dark Lord." Anakin smiled and held her in a short embrace. He met her deep brown eyes, and smiled at her.

"It all happened, nothing was a dream, I thought I would lose you..." he trailed off, his expression changing. "I..I left you.." He turned his head.

"What happened? I never heard from you. The citizens told me that you had been killed, and the most hopeful news I received were from those who thought they had witnessed you slaughtering people in farther planets. I was worried Ani, .... you left me,... and since then, life has changed..." She looked away. Anakin looked up to see her head turned.

"I'm sorry Padmé, I didn't mean to I just.." Anakin rambled on.

"You left me Anakin." She turned back to meet his cold stare. "I didn't hear from you, I presumed you dead. So I went back to the senate. Every day I prayed you would come back, but after a year or so, I knew it wasn't going to happen. I grew closer to many other people in that time and slowly began to forget you. Anakin, How can I trust you? You never came back for me, and you never spoke to me. It has been 5 years Ani. 5 years since..." Her head was weighed down by her weakness inside. Her eyes filled with tears as her brain was clouded with fury. "You told me you...you loved me Anakin, what happened? You have become a monster, you're empty inside. I still love...I loved you." She stressed the past tense of Love. The tears lowly began to flow from her eyes.

"I love you too Padmé, I'm sorry. I did come back for you, don't you remember? Being trapped in that cellar? I saved you, you said you still loved me, I held on to you and stayed with you knowing you said that, and there would still be hope. Don't you believe me?" Anakin shouted.

"You left Ani. I moved on, you haven't spoken to me in 5 years, and I can hardly remember the events which took place how many days ago since I came about this way." She fought her emotions as she looked down at her pale hands. "How do I know you love me?"

Anakin seemed taken aback by this comment. His rage took hold of him.
"What are you talking about? Each day I went out there, was forced to kill innocent people, and every time I requested speaking to you, I was told the day would come, after one last task. It never did, I tried and tried to come back to you, to at least speak to you and let you know I was alright, and let you know I loved you. And in return, I got scarred, I fought and was beaten. From all that anger, I rose with new strength. I used it to finally find my way back to you. Please tell me you still love me Padmé, you haven't moved on, I haven't, you are still a part of me, the only thing I lived for out there, the one I killed all of those people for,.." He shouted, standing back up.

"You didn't have to leave! We could've figured out something else. Something better, it drew us apart, I begin to wonder if it was ever love we felt, or just our emotions taking over at an early age to guide us through life." She cried as she shouted the words back. Anakin turned around then began to walk away.

"I love you Padmé,.." he whispered, loud enough as she heard it. He then walked slowly away, and waited outside. He sat, thinking about the whole ordeal as he hopped into the Sith racer and sped away. "I will come back Padmé, I just need time..." He spoke the words to himself, as he sped through the night sky.
~*~*~*~
Meanwhile, Padmé wept as she lay back down in the large bed. She spread her arm out slowly, cautious as she always was not to hit Anakin. It took her time to notice he was not there, and what had just happened.

"What if...No, he left you.....he can't..." She muttered to herself when a firmiliar voice joined in.

"Love you he did, and away you pushed him. Gone he is now, but he will be back. Apologize you must to save yourself. Him you must save also." Master Yoda made his way over to the bed.
Padmé rotated underneath the covers as she faced him.

"What?" She asked, calmly.

"Young Skywalker. So hard he tried to come back, Myself I saw and sensed it. Killed many to come back, he did. Escaped, Killed he nearly was. All for you he did it." Yoda continued, ignoring her comment.

"Are you certain? I thought he had given up on us, and left, that's why he didn't bother to...I just thought he found a better life out there, I thought he had been taken over by their ways and had become the new lord. Or a Darth." Padmé continued.

"A Darth he was, but into the dark side he did not give in. Much too strong. Glad he is back..." Yoda paused. "Killed the lord he did, killed Sidious." Yoda nodded and looked up at Padmé.
Padmé looked at the floor, angry with herself. "So he was telling the truth...I'm such an idiot, I should've known he wasn't lying, and now he's gone off somewhere and I don't know when he's coming back..." She shook her head and looked up at Yoda.
Yoda shook his head and continued speaking. "Do not worry young Padmé. Your fault this is not, and love him you still do. Know this, Anakin does." He managed a smile and walked awkwardly, using his cane, towards the door.
Padmé sat on the edge of the bed, thinking to herself. She sighed, wishing Anakin would come back so she could at least apologize...