CHAPTER ELEVEN
SURVIVING
Palpatine had been throwing electric shocks to Anakin for thirty minutes now. He was doing it slowly, because he wanted him to suffer, to feel pain and to regret not joining him to follow the dark path.
Anakin was miserable. He couldn't feel his legs anymore, his jaw was trembling, his hands were shaking. He needed to do something, but he didn't know what. It was hard to think feeling all that pain. There was a point when he saw his entire life in passing right in front of his eyes, like a holo-movie. He saw Obi-Wan, Qui Gonn, Yoda, Mace, his children, Padmé, and finally his mother. She was looking straight into his eyes, piercing them.
"Ani. . . Ani. . . use your strength. Think, as I know you can. You must survive and save your family before it's too late", she whispered.
The words flew to Anakin through the air. Suddenly, his mind cleared up. He looked at Sidious, who was smiling evilly at him. He looked at his left, and saw the window. He concentrated on the glass, at the same time trying to shield his thoughts from the evil Sith. There was a crack, and the window glass broke. Anakin lifted a sharp glass through the Force and threw it with all his strength to Palpatine's neck. The Sith's head rolled to the floor, and Anakin was released from the electric shocks. He tried to get up, but his legs weren't working. He tried to call out for help through the Force, but he was too tired, he had use all his powers to kill Palpatine.
At realizing he had no choice but to get out of the Chancellor's office by himself, he started to crawl towards the door. Anakin gave little cries of pain on his way, but this didn't stop him. he had to get to Naboo as soon as possible. Usually, it takes a couple of days to fly from Courasant to Naboo, but Anakin was determined to get there in a couple of hours. How? He didn't know. It was taking him minutes to get to the office's door, but his mind was already in Naboo, with his wife and children.
After half an hour of crawling all over the building, he reached the hangar. Some pilots spotted him and rushed to helped him.
"I need to get to Naboo now at any cost, does any of you have a fast ship? I'll pay you in republic credits when we arrive there", he managed to say. It wasn't easy for him to speak, his chest really hurt when he did. One of the pilots stepped to the front.
"I have the fastest ship in the galaxy, we'll be in Naboo tonight".
"Great. Let's go". The pilot carried Anakin into his ship. Once inside, he left Anakin in the copilot's seat and covered him with a blanket.
"Thanks, um. . ."
"Lynder, just call me Lynder", he smirked.
"Lynder. I'm Anakin". They shook hands and Lynder started the ship. the take off was very smooth, and once they reached hyperdrive, Anakin relaxed a little. Lynder told him that he would feel better he had some rest, but Anakin refused. The only focus he had left was on his family. Anakin's eyes were relaxing at last, when he spotted Naboo through the ship's glass. He tried to get up, but Lynder stopped him with his arm.
"You must save your strength, Anakin. We'll be there in a minute". Anakin nodded. A couple of minutes later, they were at his house's hangar. Anakin's heart started to beat faster and faster every time. This time he stood up, grabbed his lightsaber and waited by the ship's plataform to come down. They finally landed, and the door opened.
Anakin walked (he couldn't run, he tried) as fast as he could to his house. There were no sign of the Jedi, nor the guards. //This is not good//, Anakin thought. He reached the door and ran inside. His legs were feeling stronger now. He went to his room through the large hall. It took him forever to see the door. He felt a disturbance on the Force as he was getting closer. He opened the door and instantly turned on his lightsaber, ready to attack whoever it was in there. He rushed inside and saw Padmé with the twins on her arms, sitting in a corner while a couple of troopers were pointing their guns at her, read to shoot. Anakin ran towards the troopers and slashed one in half. The other one turned around and shot Anakin in the chest.
"Anakin!!!", Padmé screamed horrified. (A/N:I don't know how the twins eardrums remained intact after that scream).
Before falling, Anakin cut his head off. He died instantly (the trooper, of course). Padmé left the twins on her bed and rushed to Anakin. She kneeled beside him and pressed with both hands the wound with her dress. Anakin yelled out of pain.
"I'm sorry, Ani. Are you alright?", she asked worried. Anakin gave her a week smile and placed his hand on top of hers.
"Yes, I'm fine. How. . . where. . . the Jedi. . ." Padmé shushed him.
"Shh, don't talk. The Jedi followed a decoy the troopers made up". Anakin looked at her. "Yes, they all left". He smiled. She could read his glances, and was getting better in that every day. "I'm so glad you're back". A tear rolled down her cheek.
"Me too", he whispered.
TO BE CONTINUED. . .