A/N-short chapter, hope you liked chapter 4. Here's 5! YAY!
Anakin's blue eyes flicked open suddenly. It was still dark out. Padmé's head was resting on his chest, and his arm was under her neck. Anakin thought he heard something, but was not sure what. For a few minutes, there was an awkward silence.
A silence that seemed to last forever and was only broken by the barely audible footsteps in the hall. Anakin thought, at first, that it was just one of the girls, judging by the softness of the footsteps. His attuned senses told him otherwise, and so did the shadow.
The shadow started out as an elongated figure, cast upon Padmé's and his door. It slowly shrunk as the thought-to-be intruder neared their room. It stopped and Anakin heard a door creak open, and a few moments later, creak closed. The person is looking for something.or someone! Anakin thought. The shadow began to shrink again, indicating to him that the person was walking. Anakin tapped into the force, using it to sense danger. He felt something. It started in the very bottom of his gut and swelled up until he couldn't bear it anymore. He concentrated hard, and to himself, he began to count.
One, two three.the figure was creeping slowly through their doorway and into there room. It paused. Four, five, six, seven.the intruder pulled a blaster pistol from its sleek, black, leather holster. Eight, nine, ten.CRACK! Anakin jumped up, his light saber humming to life as he deflected the bullet and re-aimed it towards the person. It hit the un- expecting figure and the figure fell to the ground. Anakin ran over to see would-have-been assassin was.
He crouched over the crumpled figure, which was now screaming in pain. "He's a bounty hunter, I think," Anakin told Padmé, who was now sitting up, wide awake and breathing heavily.
If Anakin hadn't been here with me, I'd be dead right now. My family might not have survived either! Padmé realized suddenly. Ruwee and Jobal ran into the room with all kinds of questions, followed by Sola and her daughters.
"What happened?!" Jobal demanded, but was still not answered. Anakin was too busy with the bounty hunter to answer and Padmé was still in shock. Sola ran over and hugged her baby sister.
"Who are you?" Anakin asked the bounty hunter firmly.
"Why?" the bounty hunter asked as he winced in obvious discomfort.
"TELL ME!" Anakin demanded.
"Tip Willis," the bounty hunter replied, coming to his senses. After all, if there was any chance of him living, he did not want to ruin that chance by fighting with a Jedi.
"Who are you working for?"
"Why does it matter, Jedi? There will be more of them coming to kill her." He looked past Anakin and at the dazed Senator. Tip drew in his last breath and was then perfectly still.
"I'll summon the Jedi council in the morning," Anakin said. Jobal again demanded to know what had happened. "This bounty hunter snuck in, and tried to kill Padmé," he looked towards his wife lovingly. "I will explain the rest in the morning," he said, looking towards the children. He did not want to scare them at such a late hour. With this everyone left, and Anakin shut the bedroom door. He laid back down next to his wife, kissed her goodnight, and in awhile, they both fell asleep.
A/N- This chapter was supposed to be so much shorter than it is now. I actually wrote this down on paper, but kept adding things to it while typing, lol. Please review!
Anakin's blue eyes flicked open suddenly. It was still dark out. Padmé's head was resting on his chest, and his arm was under her neck. Anakin thought he heard something, but was not sure what. For a few minutes, there was an awkward silence.
A silence that seemed to last forever and was only broken by the barely audible footsteps in the hall. Anakin thought, at first, that it was just one of the girls, judging by the softness of the footsteps. His attuned senses told him otherwise, and so did the shadow.
The shadow started out as an elongated figure, cast upon Padmé's and his door. It slowly shrunk as the thought-to-be intruder neared their room. It stopped and Anakin heard a door creak open, and a few moments later, creak closed. The person is looking for something.or someone! Anakin thought. The shadow began to shrink again, indicating to him that the person was walking. Anakin tapped into the force, using it to sense danger. He felt something. It started in the very bottom of his gut and swelled up until he couldn't bear it anymore. He concentrated hard, and to himself, he began to count.
One, two three.the figure was creeping slowly through their doorway and into there room. It paused. Four, five, six, seven.the intruder pulled a blaster pistol from its sleek, black, leather holster. Eight, nine, ten.CRACK! Anakin jumped up, his light saber humming to life as he deflected the bullet and re-aimed it towards the person. It hit the un- expecting figure and the figure fell to the ground. Anakin ran over to see would-have-been assassin was.
He crouched over the crumpled figure, which was now screaming in pain. "He's a bounty hunter, I think," Anakin told Padmé, who was now sitting up, wide awake and breathing heavily.
If Anakin hadn't been here with me, I'd be dead right now. My family might not have survived either! Padmé realized suddenly. Ruwee and Jobal ran into the room with all kinds of questions, followed by Sola and her daughters.
"What happened?!" Jobal demanded, but was still not answered. Anakin was too busy with the bounty hunter to answer and Padmé was still in shock. Sola ran over and hugged her baby sister.
"Who are you?" Anakin asked the bounty hunter firmly.
"Why?" the bounty hunter asked as he winced in obvious discomfort.
"TELL ME!" Anakin demanded.
"Tip Willis," the bounty hunter replied, coming to his senses. After all, if there was any chance of him living, he did not want to ruin that chance by fighting with a Jedi.
"Who are you working for?"
"Why does it matter, Jedi? There will be more of them coming to kill her." He looked past Anakin and at the dazed Senator. Tip drew in his last breath and was then perfectly still.
"I'll summon the Jedi council in the morning," Anakin said. Jobal again demanded to know what had happened. "This bounty hunter snuck in, and tried to kill Padmé," he looked towards his wife lovingly. "I will explain the rest in the morning," he said, looking towards the children. He did not want to scare them at such a late hour. With this everyone left, and Anakin shut the bedroom door. He laid back down next to his wife, kissed her goodnight, and in awhile, they both fell asleep.
A/N- This chapter was supposed to be so much shorter than it is now. I actually wrote this down on paper, but kept adding things to it while typing, lol. Please review!