Ok here's my next chapter, enjoy it!
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~Night at the Lars homestead~
Padme and Beru clean the cups in the sink; after a few moments Beru notices a ring next to Padme on the counter.
"That's a beautiful ring you have Miss Padme."
"Oh thank you, and please just call me Padme, Beru."
"Ok then Padme. Where did you get the ring?"
"A finance of mine gave it to me."
"Oh, where is he?"
"He was killed about four weeks ago."
"Oh, I'm so sorry."
"It's all right, I think I'm actually finally moving on a little now," says Padme glancing up with a small, reassuring, smile.
"That's good, you if you ever get purposed to again. I can give a chain I have to wear that ring around your neck."
"That would be nice. You know maybe I should start wearing it like that now."
"Ok, I'll get the chain from my room I'll be right back." Without another moment, Beru left to go to her room, while Padme dried her hands and puts the last cup away.
Beru comes back with a shiny, silver, chain in her hand.
"Here."
Padme gives Beru the ring, with then Beru sliding it on; Padme turns around pulls her down her hood and holds her low-ponytail up, Beru then puts the chain around Padme's neck and latches it on.
"There," says Beru with a smile. Padme tucks her ponytail back and lifts her hood up over her head.
She turns around with a smile, "Thank you." ***************************************************************************
~At a Tusken Raider Camp~
Anakin pulls up near the edge of a cliff. He gets off the bike and creeps to the edge. He looks over to see a Tusken camp in the oasis below. One of the huts at the edge of the camp has two Tusken Guards outside it. Anakin creeps through the camp, working his way from hut to hut, flattening himself against the walls, overhearing snatches of Tusken conversation from inside, using the shadows to hide him until he arrives at the hut with the two guards. They are sitting a short distance from the door. Anakin wriggles around the back, he takes out his lightsaber, and cuts into the base of the wall. The lightsaber completes the hole in the wall, with then Anakin wriggling in. He pulls himself to his feet, and sees candles everywhere.
A shaft of moonlight from a hole in the roof pierces the gloom of the hut. By its light, he sees his mother, Shmi, hanging from a wooden frame in the middle of the hut.
He cuts her free, takes her into his arms, and lowers her gently to the ground. Her eyes are closed, her face is bloodied; he can tell that she has been beaten.
Anakin cradles her tenderly, "Mom? Mom, it's me."
Shmi's eyelids flutter open from hearing his voice, but they're barely open, since they are caked with blood.
"Ani?" she begins faintly, in a scratchy voice. "Is it really you?"
Anakin chokes, forgetting how to breathe, his eyes well up saying, "I'm here, Mom. You're safe. Hang on. I'm going to get you out of here."
But Shmi ignores his response, she knows she's dying so instead she says, "I'm so glad- to see you, Ani- Now- I am complete."
"Just stay with me, Mom. I'm going to make you well again. Everything's going to be fine." Anakin is losing his voice slowly watching his mother stare at him weakly.
"You look so handsome. I'm so proud of you, Ani- I missed you so much- I- I love-" but she dies in his arms unable to finish her response.
Anakin cradles his mother in his arms, tears falling from his cheeks to his mother's face. But the sadness starts to be taken over by something dark, something very dark. His eyes flare up with anger, rage surging through his veins; he laid his mother down and rises up taking out his lightsaber.
Outside the two guards watch to Tusken dogs fight over a bone until they hear a humming sound. They stand up looking around, until suddenly-
SWOOSH!
Anakin slices their heads off coming out of the tent, but he isn't satisfied yet.
~Morning~
Padme walks outside, with only her dress on this time and only the two, front sides of her hair pinned up. She then sees something in the distance, coming closer to her each minute. She looks harder, squinting her eyes; it's Anakin.
"He's back!" she yells looking behind her. Beru, Owen and Cliegg rush up to her and see Anakin just stopping the swoop bike. He gets up and carries a large object wrapped in cloth. Padme's eyes grow sad as the others' eyes do as well seeing he found Shmi but only dead.
~Garage~
Anakin goes into the garage to fix the broken swoop bike; after a few minutes Padme walks in.
"I brought you something. Are you hungry," she says holding up the tray of food and a drink, but Anakin ignores what she said.
"The shifter broke. Life seems so much simpler when you're fixing things. I good at fixing things always was. But I couldn't."
Anakin turns around with his eyes welled up, "Why'd she have to die? Why couldn't I save her? I know I could have."
Anakin walks to another part of the garage and searches for a tool. Padme puts the tray down and takes a few steps closer.
"Sometimes there are things no one can fix. You're not all powerful Ani-"
But Anakin interrupts, "Well I should be! Someday I will be! I will be the most powerful Jedi ever!" he turns around and faces her, trying to hold back his tears.
"I promise you Padme. I will even learn to stop people from dying."
Padme looks at him strangely from his outburst of anger, "Anakin-"
"It's all Obi-Wan's fault! He's jealous! He's holding me back!" Without warning he hurls a tool against the wall. Tears start to form below his eyes, as he loses control.
"Ani, what's wrong?"
"I killed them." He says softly, still facing the wall.
But then he raises his voice and looks back at her, "I killed them all. They're dead, every single one of them. Not just the men, the women and children too. They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like animals! I hate them!"
"I know what it's like Anakin, but you have to keep your anger-"
"No you don't!" he snaps at her. "How can you possibly know how it feels?!"
"Excuse me but I do so know what it feels like!" she yells, causing Anakin to jump, he never heard her yell like this before.
"Do you know how Crevin died," she asks losing her voice but keeping it raised, with her eyes welling up.
"When it was my turn to say I do, Droids came in killing just about everyone I knew and cared about! I was separated from him, but when I found him I held onto him, he was telling me everything was going to be all right. But it wasn't, two Droids came from behind me ready to take my life, but he wouldn't let that happen! Instead he took his life instead of mine; he died slowly in my arms! I grew angry; it almost took control over me until the point where I almost committed suicide! So don't you dare tell me I don't know how you feel! Because I do!" with that tears fall down her cheeks, staring angrily at him.
Anakin sees he just hurt the only other person he loves, because if his anger taking over. "I'm sorry." He begins softly, still losing his voice.
"It's not my place to judge you. I was only angry, it took control over me."
Padme's face lightened up, not so angry anymore.
"What's happening to me Padme, I've become a monster," he falls to the ground and cries.
Padme sits next to him, "Shh, it's all right Ani, to be angry is to be human."
"But to control it is to be a Jedi."
"It's all right Ani, Shh."
"No, I'm a Jedi. I can't act like this. I'm sorry, Padme. I'm so sorry." He starts crying again, hiding his face with his knees.
"You're human, Ani. You're like everyone else."
She holds him in her arms as he continues to sob. *************************************************************************** ~At the Naboo ship~
While Artoo is minding Anakin and Padme's ship a transmission comes through. He dutifully turns and starts to play it. A robed figure pops up as a hologram, it's Obi-Wan. ***************************************************************************
A somber air hangs over the Lars homestead, where Shmi's body is finally at rest. Around her grave are Cliegg, Owen, Beru, Threepio, Padme, and Anakin.
"You were the most loving partner a man could ever have. Goodbye, my dearest wife, and thank you," says Cliegg saying his last words to his wife.
There is a pause, and then Anakin steps forward falls to his knees, "I wasn't strong enough to save you, Mom, but I promise I won't fail again. I miss you so much." He stands up and holding back his upcoming tears.
There is a short moment of silence when suddenly Artoo comes out of the starship beeping at them. Everyone turns around, facing Artoo.
"Artoo? What are you doing here," asks Padme?
Artoo beeps and chirps as his response.
Threepio then answers for him, "It seems he is carrying a message from someone called Obi-Wan Kenobi. Does that mean anything to you, Master Anakin?"
Anakin and Padme look at each other for a few moments before rushing back to the ship with Artoo and Threepio behind them. They make it to the ship and sit in their seats; Padme then turns on the transmission:
Artoo projects a rough hologram of Obi-Wan. Anakin, Padme, and Threepio watch the flickering screen.
"Anakin my long distance transmitter has been knocked please retransmit this to Corascant."
Padme looks at Anakin and then sends the transmission to Corascant, letting the Council see it as well.
The message continues:
"I have tracked the bounty hunter Jango Fett to Geonosis. And I have found that The Trade Federation has taken the liberty to create a Droid Army here; and it is clear that Vice Roy Gun-Ray was behind the assassination attempts of Queen Amidala. The other alliances have pledged their armies to Count Dooku and are forming an- Wait, wait!" Obi-Wan turns on his lightsaber and starts to block blasts coming toward him, but when he backs away, the hologram reveals a battle Droid shooting at him.
The hologram cuts off, showing Master Windu and Master Yoda facing each other.
"More happening on Geonosis than has been revealed," says Yoda.
"Anakin," says Windu facing them. "We will deal with Count Dooku. The most important thing for you is to protect the Queen at all costs. Also stay where you are."
"Understood, Master."
The hologram switches off. Padme then looks over at the readout on the ship's control panel.
"They'll never get there in time to save him. They have to come half way across the galaxy. Look, Geonosis is less than a parsec away."
Padme looks up at Anakin for a response.
"If he's still alive."
"Ani, are you just going to sit here and let him die? He's your friend- your mentor-"
"He's like my father to me," interrupts Anakin. "But you heard Master Windu. He gave me strict orders to stay here."
"He gave you strict orders to protect me," she snaps back. She flicks some switches, making the engine fire.
"And I'm going to save Obi-Wan. So if you plan to protect me, take these controls for me to change into something suitable," she says stubbornly, standing up.
Anakin smiles at her, seeing her stubbornness showing through; he then sits down and takes the controls, as she then leaves to get changed.
The Naboo Starship rises from the bluff and zooms away. ***************************************************************************
Well if you want to see what happens next review. And here's a hint for the next chapter:
I won't do that adventure they have getting through the multiple machines that make Droids, you're instead going to learn something you never knew about Crevin, not even Padme knew!
~Night at the Lars homestead~
Padme and Beru clean the cups in the sink; after a few moments Beru notices a ring next to Padme on the counter.
"That's a beautiful ring you have Miss Padme."
"Oh thank you, and please just call me Padme, Beru."
"Ok then Padme. Where did you get the ring?"
"A finance of mine gave it to me."
"Oh, where is he?"
"He was killed about four weeks ago."
"Oh, I'm so sorry."
"It's all right, I think I'm actually finally moving on a little now," says Padme glancing up with a small, reassuring, smile.
"That's good, you if you ever get purposed to again. I can give a chain I have to wear that ring around your neck."
"That would be nice. You know maybe I should start wearing it like that now."
"Ok, I'll get the chain from my room I'll be right back." Without another moment, Beru left to go to her room, while Padme dried her hands and puts the last cup away.
Beru comes back with a shiny, silver, chain in her hand.
"Here."
Padme gives Beru the ring, with then Beru sliding it on; Padme turns around pulls her down her hood and holds her low-ponytail up, Beru then puts the chain around Padme's neck and latches it on.
"There," says Beru with a smile. Padme tucks her ponytail back and lifts her hood up over her head.
She turns around with a smile, "Thank you." ***************************************************************************
~At a Tusken Raider Camp~
Anakin pulls up near the edge of a cliff. He gets off the bike and creeps to the edge. He looks over to see a Tusken camp in the oasis below. One of the huts at the edge of the camp has two Tusken Guards outside it. Anakin creeps through the camp, working his way from hut to hut, flattening himself against the walls, overhearing snatches of Tusken conversation from inside, using the shadows to hide him until he arrives at the hut with the two guards. They are sitting a short distance from the door. Anakin wriggles around the back, he takes out his lightsaber, and cuts into the base of the wall. The lightsaber completes the hole in the wall, with then Anakin wriggling in. He pulls himself to his feet, and sees candles everywhere.
A shaft of moonlight from a hole in the roof pierces the gloom of the hut. By its light, he sees his mother, Shmi, hanging from a wooden frame in the middle of the hut.
He cuts her free, takes her into his arms, and lowers her gently to the ground. Her eyes are closed, her face is bloodied; he can tell that she has been beaten.
Anakin cradles her tenderly, "Mom? Mom, it's me."
Shmi's eyelids flutter open from hearing his voice, but they're barely open, since they are caked with blood.
"Ani?" she begins faintly, in a scratchy voice. "Is it really you?"
Anakin chokes, forgetting how to breathe, his eyes well up saying, "I'm here, Mom. You're safe. Hang on. I'm going to get you out of here."
But Shmi ignores his response, she knows she's dying so instead she says, "I'm so glad- to see you, Ani- Now- I am complete."
"Just stay with me, Mom. I'm going to make you well again. Everything's going to be fine." Anakin is losing his voice slowly watching his mother stare at him weakly.
"You look so handsome. I'm so proud of you, Ani- I missed you so much- I- I love-" but she dies in his arms unable to finish her response.
Anakin cradles his mother in his arms, tears falling from his cheeks to his mother's face. But the sadness starts to be taken over by something dark, something very dark. His eyes flare up with anger, rage surging through his veins; he laid his mother down and rises up taking out his lightsaber.
Outside the two guards watch to Tusken dogs fight over a bone until they hear a humming sound. They stand up looking around, until suddenly-
SWOOSH!
Anakin slices their heads off coming out of the tent, but he isn't satisfied yet.
~Morning~
Padme walks outside, with only her dress on this time and only the two, front sides of her hair pinned up. She then sees something in the distance, coming closer to her each minute. She looks harder, squinting her eyes; it's Anakin.
"He's back!" she yells looking behind her. Beru, Owen and Cliegg rush up to her and see Anakin just stopping the swoop bike. He gets up and carries a large object wrapped in cloth. Padme's eyes grow sad as the others' eyes do as well seeing he found Shmi but only dead.
~Garage~
Anakin goes into the garage to fix the broken swoop bike; after a few minutes Padme walks in.
"I brought you something. Are you hungry," she says holding up the tray of food and a drink, but Anakin ignores what she said.
"The shifter broke. Life seems so much simpler when you're fixing things. I good at fixing things always was. But I couldn't."
Anakin turns around with his eyes welled up, "Why'd she have to die? Why couldn't I save her? I know I could have."
Anakin walks to another part of the garage and searches for a tool. Padme puts the tray down and takes a few steps closer.
"Sometimes there are things no one can fix. You're not all powerful Ani-"
But Anakin interrupts, "Well I should be! Someday I will be! I will be the most powerful Jedi ever!" he turns around and faces her, trying to hold back his tears.
"I promise you Padme. I will even learn to stop people from dying."
Padme looks at him strangely from his outburst of anger, "Anakin-"
"It's all Obi-Wan's fault! He's jealous! He's holding me back!" Without warning he hurls a tool against the wall. Tears start to form below his eyes, as he loses control.
"Ani, what's wrong?"
"I killed them." He says softly, still facing the wall.
But then he raises his voice and looks back at her, "I killed them all. They're dead, every single one of them. Not just the men, the women and children too. They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like animals! I hate them!"
"I know what it's like Anakin, but you have to keep your anger-"
"No you don't!" he snaps at her. "How can you possibly know how it feels?!"
"Excuse me but I do so know what it feels like!" she yells, causing Anakin to jump, he never heard her yell like this before.
"Do you know how Crevin died," she asks losing her voice but keeping it raised, with her eyes welling up.
"When it was my turn to say I do, Droids came in killing just about everyone I knew and cared about! I was separated from him, but when I found him I held onto him, he was telling me everything was going to be all right. But it wasn't, two Droids came from behind me ready to take my life, but he wouldn't let that happen! Instead he took his life instead of mine; he died slowly in my arms! I grew angry; it almost took control over me until the point where I almost committed suicide! So don't you dare tell me I don't know how you feel! Because I do!" with that tears fall down her cheeks, staring angrily at him.
Anakin sees he just hurt the only other person he loves, because if his anger taking over. "I'm sorry." He begins softly, still losing his voice.
"It's not my place to judge you. I was only angry, it took control over me."
Padme's face lightened up, not so angry anymore.
"What's happening to me Padme, I've become a monster," he falls to the ground and cries.
Padme sits next to him, "Shh, it's all right Ani, to be angry is to be human."
"But to control it is to be a Jedi."
"It's all right Ani, Shh."
"No, I'm a Jedi. I can't act like this. I'm sorry, Padme. I'm so sorry." He starts crying again, hiding his face with his knees.
"You're human, Ani. You're like everyone else."
She holds him in her arms as he continues to sob. *************************************************************************** ~At the Naboo ship~
While Artoo is minding Anakin and Padme's ship a transmission comes through. He dutifully turns and starts to play it. A robed figure pops up as a hologram, it's Obi-Wan. ***************************************************************************
A somber air hangs over the Lars homestead, where Shmi's body is finally at rest. Around her grave are Cliegg, Owen, Beru, Threepio, Padme, and Anakin.
"You were the most loving partner a man could ever have. Goodbye, my dearest wife, and thank you," says Cliegg saying his last words to his wife.
There is a pause, and then Anakin steps forward falls to his knees, "I wasn't strong enough to save you, Mom, but I promise I won't fail again. I miss you so much." He stands up and holding back his upcoming tears.
There is a short moment of silence when suddenly Artoo comes out of the starship beeping at them. Everyone turns around, facing Artoo.
"Artoo? What are you doing here," asks Padme?
Artoo beeps and chirps as his response.
Threepio then answers for him, "It seems he is carrying a message from someone called Obi-Wan Kenobi. Does that mean anything to you, Master Anakin?"
Anakin and Padme look at each other for a few moments before rushing back to the ship with Artoo and Threepio behind them. They make it to the ship and sit in their seats; Padme then turns on the transmission:
Artoo projects a rough hologram of Obi-Wan. Anakin, Padme, and Threepio watch the flickering screen.
"Anakin my long distance transmitter has been knocked please retransmit this to Corascant."
Padme looks at Anakin and then sends the transmission to Corascant, letting the Council see it as well.
The message continues:
"I have tracked the bounty hunter Jango Fett to Geonosis. And I have found that The Trade Federation has taken the liberty to create a Droid Army here; and it is clear that Vice Roy Gun-Ray was behind the assassination attempts of Queen Amidala. The other alliances have pledged their armies to Count Dooku and are forming an- Wait, wait!" Obi-Wan turns on his lightsaber and starts to block blasts coming toward him, but when he backs away, the hologram reveals a battle Droid shooting at him.
The hologram cuts off, showing Master Windu and Master Yoda facing each other.
"More happening on Geonosis than has been revealed," says Yoda.
"Anakin," says Windu facing them. "We will deal with Count Dooku. The most important thing for you is to protect the Queen at all costs. Also stay where you are."
"Understood, Master."
The hologram switches off. Padme then looks over at the readout on the ship's control panel.
"They'll never get there in time to save him. They have to come half way across the galaxy. Look, Geonosis is less than a parsec away."
Padme looks up at Anakin for a response.
"If he's still alive."
"Ani, are you just going to sit here and let him die? He's your friend- your mentor-"
"He's like my father to me," interrupts Anakin. "But you heard Master Windu. He gave me strict orders to stay here."
"He gave you strict orders to protect me," she snaps back. She flicks some switches, making the engine fire.
"And I'm going to save Obi-Wan. So if you plan to protect me, take these controls for me to change into something suitable," she says stubbornly, standing up.
Anakin smiles at her, seeing her stubbornness showing through; he then sits down and takes the controls, as she then leaves to get changed.
The Naboo Starship rises from the bluff and zooms away. ***************************************************************************
Well if you want to see what happens next review. And here's a hint for the next chapter:
I won't do that adventure they have getting through the multiple machines that make Droids, you're instead going to learn something you never knew about Crevin, not even Padme knew!