"NO!" yelled Padmè with full force. She fell to the ground, protecting her child in her arms. But Obi-Wan did not react as Anakin had assumed he would. Obi-Wan did not turn on his light-saber, but placed it on the ground, and looked into Anakin's face. Padmè was bawling on the floor, until Obi-Wan came over and touched her on the shoulder.
She looked up into Obi-Wan's eyes trustingly and Anakin saw her grief. He looked at the floor filled with guilt. Anakin knew why she had reacted with so much hatred. In the past, he had been turned into a horrible man.
When Anakin had married Padmè, he was a Jedi, but after only a few years he was told to meet the Chancellor in his private quarters. Once he entered that room, his life was changed forever. Chancellor Palpatine had been corrupted by power and had secretly become a powerful Sith Lord, Darth Sidious. Now it was Anakin's turn. The Chancellor had known that Anakin was the most powerful Jedi ever created and he needed his powers of deception to become Emperor. His plan worked because Anakin's weakness was his emotions. Over a period of time, Palpatine had created so much anger and hate in Skywalker that he had willingly entrusted his life to the Chancellor's untrustworthy, deceitful hands.
Anakin jerked his head up in a flash when he heard the Senator gasp yet again. She turned to Obi-Wan and asked, "Why is he doing this to me?" while Obi-Wan began to lift her up from the floor. "Look into Anakin's eyes Padmè," Obi-Wan murmured softly, "does he look the same to you?"
As Senator Amidala obeyed, the doors to the chamber opened, and hundreds of guards filed in. Only seconds later, gunshots issued throughout the room and before Anakin could defend himself, he felt a sharp pain in his back, and fell to the floor, unconscious, to the piercing screams of his beloved Padmè.
Anakin was woken abruptly by Obi-Wan anxiously shaking him. He sat up quickly, and felt a dull pain in his back. "What's going on?" he asked with great interest. Obi-Wan did not answer immediately because he was standing by the door, yelling orders to the Senator's guards. In the background, Anakin heard gunshots and explosions, reminding him terribly of the battle on the Death Star. Obi-Wan stated quickly, "I'll explain later, but for now, come with me. Get your lightsaber ready." Anakin stood up, shrugging off his pain, and stumbled toward the door.
"Turn on your light saber!" yelled Obi-Wan fiercely. Anakin hesitantly took his saber into his hands, knowing that it may take some time to gain back Obi-Wan's trust.
Lying everywhere, dead in the halls, were Senator Amidala's guards. In front of Obi-Wan and Anakin were at least 50 of the Emperor's army, decked in white contraptions in the same design as they would be in the future fighting for Darth Vader. Anakin flinched when they stopped shooting. The army knew who he was. 'This might get complicated,' he thought as he began to think of a way to get out of their clutches.
Anakin turned around, facing Obi-Wan and said quickly, "Go along with my plan." When Obi-Wan glanced at him with an irritated look on his face and ready to protest, Anakin whispered as he turned around to face the Emperor's men, "Trust me."
Grabbing hold of Obi-Wan's wrists, Anakin took off his belt and tied Obi-Wan's arms around his back. Facing the small army, with a look of triumph on his face, he exclaimed, "I have him! Go back to your stations. I'll be there soon. GO!" The soldiers shouted cheers of victory, while Anakin struggled to hold back a snigger. When the hall was completely deserted, he untied his belt from around Obi-Wan's wrists and softly, but firmly said, "Run!"
Obi-Wan obeyed and Anakin followed shortly behind him. When they entered the palace courtyard, the escape had in fact just begun. Entering the shuttle that Padmè's guards had prepared, Anakin ran to the front, sat down, and started the engine. As it began to lift up from the ground, Anakin suddenly felt a pang of emotion and he was almost swept out of his chair. Trying to discover what was causing it, he screamed over the roaring of the engine, "Obi-Wan! OBI-WAN! Do you feel what I feel? What did we forget!"
Obi-Wan yelled in a frustrated tone, "Anakin! Put us back down! It's Padmè! She's not on the ship!"
