Padme was torn from her restless dreams by a soft voice.
"Miss."
"Huh?" she muttered, rubbing the sleep from her eyes and sitting up.
The Healer glanced at her, an apologetic look on her face.
"Sorry Miss. I just need to tend to padawan Skywalker" she explained, fiddling with various IV leads and checking the monitors.
Padme sat, watching the young girl at work. She was amazed by her skill and precision, and was thankful that her husband was in good hands.
"Miss.
I'm sorry for interfering, but are you a Jedi? It's just that, well…no-one is
supposed to be in here."
Padme
swallowed hard. The young Healer clearly did not recognise her as the Senator;
it was a welcome change.
"I am not a Jedi, but I am concerned for this man's welfare" she offered, compassion filling her eyes.
Just then there came a choking noise from Anakin. His upper body lurched violently off the bed. Anakin was gagging and trying to catch his breath desperately. His eyes flashed in horror and panic. Padme leapt backwards in horror.
"What's happening?!" she cried.
The young Healer had already pressed the call button next to his bed and was hastily drawing several medical instruments out of a silver tray. Seconds later several Healers raced down the corridor.
Padme went to grab Anakin's hand and was pushed out of the way by a Healer.
"Can someone tell me what is happening?!" she demanded. Master An-Paj, who recognised the Senator from a decade ago, gestured for one of the Healers to assist the distressed woman from the room.
"Anakin!" she protested, her feeble struggles being no match for the firm but gentle hands of an insistent Jedi healer.
The others continued to work unfazed. Anakin stopped choking and slumped back on the bed deadly still, his face and lips blue from lack of oxygen.
"He's not breathing" stated the young Healer to her elders, checking for a pulse on Anakin's neck.
"The poison is beginning to affect his lungs, he can't breath for himself- we need to intubate now", instructed the Master Healer calmly. He reached for a tube, and with careful precision inserted it down Anakin's swollen throat.
Author's Note: As always, all comments are good!
