Anakin didn't return that night to Padme and Padme lay in her deserted bed twisting the covers that use to be Anakin around her fingers. Large tears rolled down her cheeks and she sobbed softly. She had wished that the truth would wash away with the tears but the ache in her heart still remained and burned. The soft light coming from the window blinked on and off as passing speeders soared by. Padme wasn't really listing to the hum of the speeders all she was listing to were he soft sobs and her longing to hear Anakin's shallow breathing.

A door opened in the night as Padme sat up with a start to see a figure that look like Anakin in the doorway. She breathed deeply as a smiled spread across her face but that quickly faded when a blue beam swooshed out.

"Ani…what…?" Padme started to ask shrinking back into her pillow, her back up against the headboard.

"Padme, you were unfaithful to me. You lied to me." The dark figure replied stepping closer.

"I didn't lie Ani, I don't love Cyu! I love you." Padme pleaded.

"Prove it to me then."

"I don't have to prove my love you know I love you!"

"Wrong answer Padme." The figure said getting on the bed stand up by his knees.

"Ani!" Padme wailed covering her face up with her arm.

The figure knocked her upside the head so the she fell out of bed onto the floor with a large thump. Padme shook her head and looked up only to see the figure had jumped off the bed and was now standing in front of her with his light saber raised.

"You are one cheap whore you know that Padme, playing me like I was some kind of fool when I gave you everything. What did you think would happen huh? Run off with that creep and leave me?"

"No Ani, you have it all wrong. I love you." Padme pleaded as she began to sob.

"You lied!" Cried the figure kicking her in her stomach so she groaned. "And your still lying!"

"No I'm not I promise!" Padme wailed feeling a burning sensation on her back. She screamed with horror to find that she had been cut across the back by the light saber. "Why are you doing this Ani, why!?" Padme asked him between sobs.

"Because I love you Padme." The figure laughed. Padme knew her fate and laid her head on the ground and squeezed her eyes tightly.

"Fine then go ahead and kill me!" Padme screamed, as a hand gently was place on her back. Padme opened her eyes to find that the dark figure was now leaning down next to her.

"Padme?" asked the figure. Padme sat frozen not knowing what to do. The figure rose back up and kicked his discarded light saber and bent over and picked it up realizing it was his. He then flipped on the lights to reveal himself. Anakin stooped down again next to Padme with a worried and look.

"Get away from me!" Padme screamed kicking herself off him. She then stumbled up and ran out the door looking for anyone to keep her safe.

"What was that all about?" Anakin wondered as Windu and Yoda appeared in the doorway moments later looking at him.

"I see, we have caught the killer in the act." Windu said to Yoda as Yoda squished his face up in disgust.

"Anakin, killer he is not. More evidence we need."

"Wait killer?" Anakin asked as he rose to face the two masters.

"I see you have your light saber in your hands boy, give it here" Windu demanded stretching out his arm.

Anakin gave his light saber up reluctantly as Windu looked at him with shame.

"We expected great things from you boy." He told Anakin as he left the doorway.

"Master Yoda what is going on?" Anakin asked.

"Killer there has been, you are not. Windu clouded thoughts he has. Assaulted Padme has been, assaulter she thinks you be."

"What Padme thinks I tried to kill her?" Anakin asked shocked. Padme would never have doubted Anakin but this time it seemed she had gone off the deep end.

"Foreseen this I have, who this killer is I know not. Gain Padme's trust back you must young Skywalker otherwise grave things fall upon you."

"I will master Yoda, somehow I will."

~

Padme woke up to see the blue walls of the healers and to feel the uncomfortable sterile sheets around her. She sat up and bit and yawned to find that a person was sleeping in the chair nearby. She realized that it was Cyu who was sleeping on the armrest. He looked like he hadn't slept all night because dark circles were under his eyes and he was snoring loudly in the chair.

"Cyu?" Padme asked as Cyu stirred and opened his green eyes and smiled.

"Hello Padme. How are you feeling? You look much better."

"I feel fine except for my back." Padme smiled but the remembered the trauma she had just gone through the night before and the smile faded away.

"I am really sorry about what happened last night, looked like Anakin snapped." Cyu replied.

"How…do you know about that?" Padme asked suspiciously.

"Padme, it's going around. The council is going to meet all together about it today to see what is going to happen to Anakin. Doesn't look to good for our buddy."

Padme sat quietly in her bed in deep thought. Tears started to brim her eyes as she sobbed loudly. "It's all my fault…"

"No Padme it's not your fault, he has no right to get upset at you and try to kill you like that. No matter how jealous he gets. If he brings harm to you then he doesn't love you." Cyu told Padme getting up and sitting on her bed. He reached out and pushed away her straggly brown hair behind her ear and kissed her forehead softly. "Whatever happens Padme I will protect you from him, I say forget about him for the time being, he just will want to hurt you again."

"Wait, tell me one more time, who wants to hurt who here?" Anakin asked leaning in the doorway. Padme jumped at the site of him as Cyu rose from her bedside.

"You tried to kill Padme, you have no right to be in here." Cyu snapped.

"That hasn't been proven Cyu, so I wouldn't jump to conclusions like that." Anakin said entering to room.

"It will be proven and I will make sure of it for Padme's sake. I will not have you hurting her again!" Cyu replied placing a hand on Padme's shoulder protectively.

"Don't touch her you dick, I never tried to kill her and Padme knows it." Anakin snapped.

"Don't speak for her Anakin, she knows you did it cause you were jealous. You were never the understanding patient type." Cyu said sliding his hand down Padme's arm and taking her hand. This triggered Anakin so that he reached to his right and grabbed his light saber and clicked it on so that the blue light from it came out.

"Anakin!" Padme cried.

"So Anakin you going to try and kill me too? Huh? Just cause Padme believes me?" Cyu taunted letting go of Padme's hand.

"I am just going to kill you cause you framed me!" Anakin yelled. He then raised his light saber and swung at Cyu so that he jumped up and dodged the light saber and clicked on his own.

"We going to do this like men or animals Anakin?"

"Animals cause you are one!" Anakin cried swinging again. Cyu blocked his swing and shoved it backwards only to block another swing on the other side. He kicked Anakin away with his foot and laughed.

"Weak." Cyu laughed but Anakin stopped his backwards stumble and came back and swung his light saber and hit Cyu's light saber out of his hand leaving him defenseless.

"What was that?" Anakin asked as Cyu scowled at him.

"STOP THIS!" Padme commanded standing between Anakin and Cyu. She helped Cyu off the floor and pointed to the door looking at Anakin.

"Padme…" Anakin tried to explain.

"GO NOW ANAKIN!" Padme interrupted him pointing to the door again. Anakin left like a dog with his tail between his legs. He walked out into the hallway and clicked his light saber off and looked at it. First of all he had stolen the light saber from Windu and second of all Padme now thought he was a killer cause him trying to kill Cyu. He was falling hopelessly into Cyu's traps and now Cyu had won, he had gotten Padme's trust. What was happening to him…he was letting his anger take a hold of his actions…