Title: Hiding From Darkness
Author: Kimberly
Beta-Reader: Amanda
Summary: After Palpatine took control of the Senate and declared himself Emperor, Padme Skywalker flees for her life trying to escape from the Emperor and his right hand man, Lord Vader, but what will happen when the past catches up with her.
Disclaimer: I'm pretty sure that I own Star Wars but my psychiatrist says I don't so I think I need to go by what he says.
Chapter 10: Doubt
Three days had past since Padme and Sabe had last heard from Obi-Wan. They weren't very worried, they knew it may take a while for him to get back to them, but somewhere deep in the back of their minds, they knew something bad had happened, even if they wouldn't admit it. What they didn't realize was that something was terribly wrong. Obi-Wan had been captured, and was now on Coruscant, constantly being tortured and asked about Padme's whereabouts.
Another two weeks passed by, three weeks since they had talked to Obi- Wan, and still no word from him came. Both girls were extremely worried, and feared the most. They had tried not to go out much in the last few weeks, wanting to be there if and when Obi-Wan decided to call, but they had by now given up hope. Padme and Sabe had decided to go out for an early morning walk, Sabe claiming it would do Padme some good, and it would be a good way for them to get out of the apartment for a while. While they were out on their walk, they meet up with Elladan, who was happy to accompany them on their walk. They walk for a few minutes, before Sabe decided to break the silence between all of them.
"So, where have you been the last few weeks?' Sabe asked.
"I was away on another planet," Elladan answered after a few seconds, and then he added, "Visiting family. I only just got back yesterday evening"
"That sounds fun," Padme said, "I wish I could go see my family, but it wouldn't be safe for me to go back to Naboo."
"Where does your family live?" Sabe asked Elladan.
Hesitating, Elladan answered, "They live near Coruscant, one of the smaller planets. I'm not sure what they name is, they move around a lot and I can never keep track."
Padme and Sabe nodded in response and continued their walk with Elladan. After a while of walking, Elladan spoke again, "My sister is coming here in a few days. Her name's Lori, and she's about your age, maybe a little younger."
"Really?" Sabe asked, "Where is she coming from."
"Coruscant," Elladan answered, "She was there when the Imperials took over, and she has only now been allowed to come back home."
"What was she doing on Coruscant?" Padme asked.
"I'm not entirely sure," Elladan answered, "I think she just wanted to see the place before she settled down."
"That makes sense," Sabe answered.
"Then why wouldn't she be allowed to leave," Padme asked, finding some of the information not fitting together, "If she was only there sightseeing, they should have allowed her to leave. Maybe not in the first few days after the takeover, but they would never have kept her there against her will."
Elladan looked a little uncomfortable as Padme spoke, but quickly covered it up, and said, "I think she still wanted to do a little more sightseeing."
Padme nodded, still doubtful over it.
"When is she arriving?" Sabe asked, hoping to change the subject.
"The day after tomorrow. Her ship arrives late afternoon," Elladan informed them, "If you want to come with me to pick her up you can, and perhaps after that we could all go out to dinner."
"That would be wonderful," Sabe answered before Padme could protest.
The day that Elladan's sister would arrive on came quickly. Padme, Sabe, and Elladan had agreed to all meet at the town square around 4 o'clock so they could go to the spaceport together. As they were getting ready to leave, Padme filled Sabe in on her doubts.
"I don't think Elladan is being entirely truthful about his sister," Padme told her, "Either that or he isn't telling us the whole story."
"Well, if he doesn't want to tell us everything, he doesn't have to," Sabe answered as they walked out of their room and headed towards the town square, "If you remember correctly, we kinda did the same thing to him when we arrived here."
"I know, but that was different. We didn't know if we could trust him. We were new to the planet, and we had the Imperials and Lord Vader after us, we couldn't just tell some random stranger about us. And Elladan has known us for several months now. He should know that after we told him everything, that he could trust us," Padme explained.
"I know, but, some people can learn to trust people sooner that others. Elladan will tell us everything when the time is right," Sabe responded.
"I know," Padme replied, defeated, "But until that time, I don't think we should trust this Lori as easily as we trusted Elladan. We just need to be safe."
"I agree," Sabe answered as they arrived in the town square and walked up to Elladan.
"You agree on what?" Elladan asked, only picking up on the last line of the conversation Padme and Sabe just had.
"That..." Sabe hesitated, not wanting to tell him of their conversation, "...that Padme should start to see other people now. It's been long enough since his death that it is time for Padme to move on."
Sabe received a death glare from Padme, and once Elladan had turned his back to start walking towards the spaceport, Sabe mouthed an 'I'm sorry' to Padme, but the death glare never left until they arrived a the spaceport.
A/N: I am so sorry for not updating in forever. I just got so busy with the end of school, and then I was away for a few weeks on vacation, and when I got back, my computer was broken, again. And I'm leaving for another vacation tomorrow, and won't be back till Thursday. But I do have good news about the story! I have everything figured out and I know what's going to happen, I just need to write it, which shouldn't take me long! Please review!
Thanks to reviewers:
kawaii Jen- Thanks for the review, and yes it did make me feel better! I'm glad you enjoyed the whole Anakin/Vader thing, I had a lot of fin writing it! Sorry for the lack of updates, but I promise to update a lot more when I get back from vacation.
