A/N-This chapter is kind of short, but a lot happens in it. Ok-I just
realized that when I put things in Italics, it doesn't show up. When the
characters are thinking, I usually use italics, so if something didn't make
sense in the last chapter, it's probably because they were thinking. Sorry
bout that!**Also thanks to Juliette for helping me with this chapter! What
would I do with out you, hun?**
CHAPTER 8
Anakin was busy programming R2D2 to wake them if he saw someone enter the house in the middle of the night. Sola and Jobal were conversing while cleaning up from dinner and Padmé was in her room tidying it up. Ruwee was out in the yard, gardening.
There was a sudden high-pitched scream from Padmé's bedroom. Anakin jumped up and ran to her, fearing the worst. Jobal and Sola followed him, expecting to see Padmé dead on the floor of her room.
Anakin swung the door open with such might that it felt like it would fall off its hinges. He saw Padmé standing in the middle of the room, pointing towards the corner.
"What's wrong?! Are you hurt?!" Anakin pratically screamed.
"No, I'm fine. But there's a really HUGE bug over there! Somebody kill it! " Padmé yelled.
Jobal let out a sigh of relief and Sola laughed at her sister's fear. Anakin got a jar from the kitchen so he could trap the bug and take it to the yard. The bug was fast, but Anakin was faster, using the force to determine the bug's next move. He caught it within seconds and took it outside. He dumped it as far away from the house as he could.
"Why didn't you kill it?" Padmé asked the second he re-entered the house.
"Jedi aren't trained to kill. To protect yes, but to kill. . .besides, what did it do to you?"
Padmé considered his point for a few moments and agreed. "I guess your right," she said. "At least it wasn't a kouhun." She remembered the night as if it were yesterday. The night that Zam Wessel had so cleverly released the poisonous oversized centipede-like creatures into her bedroom in Coruscant. She had hated bugs ever since then. She'd have been killed if it hadn't been for Anakin. 'Just like last night,' she thought. 'Anakin truly does love me from the bottom of his heart. He risked his life for me more than once.' "I love you," she told him, and she meant it more than she ever had in her life.
"I love you, too," Anakin replied.
Padmé went back to her cleaning and Anakin left her to finish programming R2.
*****
"Goodnight, Ryoo. Goodnight, Pooja," Sola said as she tucked the two girls into bed. She kissed each of them on the forehead. Padmé stood in the doorway and watched her sister tuck her nieces into bed. Padmé longed for children of her own, but her duties as Senator would conflict with her duties as a mother. And Anakin would surely get in trouble with the Jedi Council. She, too, said goodnight to the two little girls and went to her bedroom, where Anakin was waiting for her in bed. Padmé changed quickly into her long white nightgown and laid down next to her husband. Anakin pulled her on top of himself and Padmé kissed him passionately. Before either of the two knew what was going on, they were both undressed, and both knew that they wouldn't get much sleep that night.
*****
Padmé awoke an hour or so later to find herself wrapped in her husband's strong arms. Padmé recollected the happens a few hours ago. 'Why did I give in like that? If I get pregnant Anakin's and my secret will be discovered!' she thought to herself. Padmé grew weary from all the thinking and worrying and soon fell asleep.
*****
Anakin drifted out of sleep about three hours after Padmé had woken up. He rolled over and looked at the clock. 4:02. He heard a hum coming from down the street. 'That's strange,' Anakin thought. His instincts told him that something was not right. He gently lifted his wife so he could pull his arm out from under her. He then quietly got out of bed and put on the first Jedi robe he could find. He grabbed his lightsaber and ran out the front door.
Anakin let the force guide him down the street, where he could clearly make out the outline of a ship. He saw two masked figures carrying one package each. The packages resembled life-size dolls, one a little bigger than the other.
"Anakin! Help!" the bigger doll-like figure screamed.
"Ryoo! Pooja!" Anakin knew their voices anywhere. He drew out his lightsaber and used the force to increase his speed, but he couldn't catch the men. The minute they saw the Jedi chasing them, they each pulled out a blaster pistol and fired. Anakin blocked every shot they threw at him, but it caused him to slow down, and the masked figures jumped onto the ship and closed the door.
Anakin searched his robe and within a matter of seconds, found what he was looking for, a tracking device. He activated the tiny round object a tossed it onto the hull of the ship. He ran home to report the disturbing news.
A/N-What do ya think? I finally figured out where I was going with this story! YAY! *bounces*
CHAPTER 8
Anakin was busy programming R2D2 to wake them if he saw someone enter the house in the middle of the night. Sola and Jobal were conversing while cleaning up from dinner and Padmé was in her room tidying it up. Ruwee was out in the yard, gardening.
There was a sudden high-pitched scream from Padmé's bedroom. Anakin jumped up and ran to her, fearing the worst. Jobal and Sola followed him, expecting to see Padmé dead on the floor of her room.
Anakin swung the door open with such might that it felt like it would fall off its hinges. He saw Padmé standing in the middle of the room, pointing towards the corner.
"What's wrong?! Are you hurt?!" Anakin pratically screamed.
"No, I'm fine. But there's a really HUGE bug over there! Somebody kill it! " Padmé yelled.
Jobal let out a sigh of relief and Sola laughed at her sister's fear. Anakin got a jar from the kitchen so he could trap the bug and take it to the yard. The bug was fast, but Anakin was faster, using the force to determine the bug's next move. He caught it within seconds and took it outside. He dumped it as far away from the house as he could.
"Why didn't you kill it?" Padmé asked the second he re-entered the house.
"Jedi aren't trained to kill. To protect yes, but to kill. . .besides, what did it do to you?"
Padmé considered his point for a few moments and agreed. "I guess your right," she said. "At least it wasn't a kouhun." She remembered the night as if it were yesterday. The night that Zam Wessel had so cleverly released the poisonous oversized centipede-like creatures into her bedroom in Coruscant. She had hated bugs ever since then. She'd have been killed if it hadn't been for Anakin. 'Just like last night,' she thought. 'Anakin truly does love me from the bottom of his heart. He risked his life for me more than once.' "I love you," she told him, and she meant it more than she ever had in her life.
"I love you, too," Anakin replied.
Padmé went back to her cleaning and Anakin left her to finish programming R2.
*****
"Goodnight, Ryoo. Goodnight, Pooja," Sola said as she tucked the two girls into bed. She kissed each of them on the forehead. Padmé stood in the doorway and watched her sister tuck her nieces into bed. Padmé longed for children of her own, but her duties as Senator would conflict with her duties as a mother. And Anakin would surely get in trouble with the Jedi Council. She, too, said goodnight to the two little girls and went to her bedroom, where Anakin was waiting for her in bed. Padmé changed quickly into her long white nightgown and laid down next to her husband. Anakin pulled her on top of himself and Padmé kissed him passionately. Before either of the two knew what was going on, they were both undressed, and both knew that they wouldn't get much sleep that night.
*****
Padmé awoke an hour or so later to find herself wrapped in her husband's strong arms. Padmé recollected the happens a few hours ago. 'Why did I give in like that? If I get pregnant Anakin's and my secret will be discovered!' she thought to herself. Padmé grew weary from all the thinking and worrying and soon fell asleep.
*****
Anakin drifted out of sleep about three hours after Padmé had woken up. He rolled over and looked at the clock. 4:02. He heard a hum coming from down the street. 'That's strange,' Anakin thought. His instincts told him that something was not right. He gently lifted his wife so he could pull his arm out from under her. He then quietly got out of bed and put on the first Jedi robe he could find. He grabbed his lightsaber and ran out the front door.
Anakin let the force guide him down the street, where he could clearly make out the outline of a ship. He saw two masked figures carrying one package each. The packages resembled life-size dolls, one a little bigger than the other.
"Anakin! Help!" the bigger doll-like figure screamed.
"Ryoo! Pooja!" Anakin knew their voices anywhere. He drew out his lightsaber and used the force to increase his speed, but he couldn't catch the men. The minute they saw the Jedi chasing them, they each pulled out a blaster pistol and fired. Anakin blocked every shot they threw at him, but it caused him to slow down, and the masked figures jumped onto the ship and closed the door.
Anakin searched his robe and within a matter of seconds, found what he was looking for, a tracking device. He activated the tiny round object a tossed it onto the hull of the ship. He ran home to report the disturbing news.
A/N-What do ya think? I finally figured out where I was going with this story! YAY! *bounces*