Chapter 13
"Some one here to see you Chancellor." The guard outside the office said into his comlink.
"Who is it?" Asked the voice of Palpatine.
The guard looked Anakin and Adeana up and down.
"Two Jedi by the looks of them."
"Could you possibly be more specific?" Palpatine said, sounding as if he were distracted.
"Just tell him it's Anakin." Anakin said in exasperation.
"One says his names Anakin." The guard complied.
The voice coming out of the comlink sounded happy when it next spoke.
"Good, good. Let him in!"
"What about the other one?"
"Just let them both in!" Said a now angry Palpatine.
The guard opened the door and closed it again once they were both in. Anakin looked around the public office but saw no Palpatine.
"I'm in here." Called the Chancellor from with in his private office.
Smiling reassuringly at Adeana Anakin led the way, wondering what in the world he was going to say.
Inside the private office Palpatine sat behind his desk, a pile of papers to his left and a smaller to his right. He was wrighting on a paper then placed it on the smaller pile.
"I'm sorry if we caught you at a bad time, we can come back later." Anakin said, just beginning to turn and leave.
"No my dear boy, no. I'll make the time for you if ever you need it, no matter how demanding the situation."
Anakin bowed his head in thanks.
"Now," Palpatine said, putting his elbows on the desk and clasping his hands together. "What is bothering you?"
"We talked to Obi-Wan a few minutes ago." Anakin started.
"Ah," Palpatine said, letting his arms fall forward. "But first, who is this lovely lady?" He asked, smiling at Adeana.
"This is Adeana, a close friend of mine."
Palpatine turned to look at Anakin, an eyebrow slightly raised.
"What of Obi-Wan then?" Palpatine drove on.
"He said some strange things."
"What kind of things?"
"Things that pertain to the Jedi Council."
Smiling sadly Palpatine nodded.
Taking that as a sign to go on Anakin did.
"I asked him a few questions and he was, vague, with his answers. Except when I asked him about my Knight Hood coming up. You were right; he said it had come up a couple of times before. But I seemed to have caught him off guard with that, he seemed more cautious after that."
"You see." Palpatine said standing and beginning to walk around his desk. "
They are hiding things from you." He stopped in front of Adeana and Anakin, his hands inside his wide sleeves.
"But why would they want to do that?" Adeana asked, looking the Chancellor straight in the eye.
"I'm not exactly sure, but I feel they know of our friendship Anakin, they know that you would tell me what ever they were up to."
"That doesn't really explain it." Adeana said, frowning.
She's a smart one. Palpatine thought. She'd be a good asset.
"But that is the only thing I can infer." He said.
The comlink on his desk crackled and a voice came over it, it sounded like the guard.
"Supreme Chancellor, another Jedi here to speak with you."
With a frown Palpatine walked back to his desk and picked up the comlink.
"Send him in." He said into it.
The sound of a door sliding open and sliding shut again could be heard. Soon a Jedi Master came into the private office, Obi-Wan Kenobi.
"Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, it has been requested that you," Obi-Wan looked around the room, his eyes stopped on Anakin and Adeana.
"What are you two doing here?" He asked.
"We came to talk with a friend." Anakin said, narrowing his eyes at Obi-Wan.
Obi-Wan seemed to grow uncomfortable, as if he couldn't say what he was going to in front of the two Knights.
Palpatine smiled slightly, this could work wonders on his plan.
"Go on, what has been requested of me?" He said, urging Obi-Wan on.
"Um, yes. The Jedi Council requests that you hand your power back over to them." Obi-Wan said, slightly rushed, as if he just wanted to get out of there.
Anakin's frown deepened and Adeana raised her eyebrows.
"Why do they need my power?" Palpatine asked, highly pleased with how this was turning out.
Shifting his weight Obi-Wan did not answer immediately; when he did he spoke with authority, as if realizing that what he was doing was right.
"The Council has no need to explain their motives, they only ask for your cooperation. We will need your answer this time tomorrow." With that Obi-Wan turned and left the room.
Palpatine sighed and leaned against his desk.
"You see," He said. "All they want is my power over the Senate."
"How could the Council command something like that?" Adeana asked to no one in particular, her voice turning angry. "I don't want to serve a Council that is becoming like that."
Anakin nodded. "Neither do I."
Now was the time for Palpatine to act.
"It may come as a shock to you, but I have secretly been working against the Council for thirty years."
"What? Why haven't you told us sooner?" Anakin asked, not really sure how to react.
"Because I knew that you would have turned me over to the Council if I had told you earlier.
He was right, both Adeana and Anakin knew it.
"Open your eyes to the dark side; only with it can you become invincible!"
At first appalled by what Palpatine had said Anakin almost ran to the Council right then and there. But instead he felt him self understanding, accepting, what Palpatine was saying.
"Join the Sith, both of you! And you will achieve a power far greater than any Jedi!" Palpatine lowered his voice. "You won't have to hide your love for each other."
Adeana looked up sharply, how did he know?
"I can teach you both, I can teach you things no Jedi would ever even know of."
Everything he said, everything he promised, it was to much to let go. Anakin sensed that Adeana felt the same way; she just wasn't sure how he felt.
Thoughts whirling through his mind Anakin kneeled, anger at all the lies, and determination to show them the error of their ways, causing him to shake slightly. Seeing Anakin start to kneel Adeana did also, her determination and anger also growing inside her.
"We will do what ever you say, master." Anakin said, his voice dropping an octave.
"Good, good! Now rise, Darth Vader, Darth Arion."
Anakin stood, his head still bowed, Adeana did the same.
"What now, my master?" Anakin asked.
Palpatine, now Lord Sidious, raised his hood over his head.
"Now we go to the planet Praesitlyn. I have troops waiting in orbit for us."
Anakin and Adeana bowed and followed their new master out of the office, both feeling stronger then they had ever before.
Hay, sorry if the chapters to long, I couldn't find a good place to end it. I know that things went kind of fast in this chapter, but I couldn't really think of a way for Anakin and Adeana to go to the dark side. Please give me your comments, good or bad. Thanks!