Author's Note: Since the power has been off for almost two hours due to bad weather and heavy winds, what better to do then write….well I could sleep….oh well. Here we go! Enjoy! And as usual review, review, review!

Chapter Nineteen:

"Anakin!"

But he didn't respond to Padmé 's call. He just kept starring. Starring at the young woman who was passed out on the floor in front of him. He had caused her to pass out.

He didn't even notice Padmé rushing over to his side and picking up Luke and Leia off the floor where they were still crying.

He didn't notice Obi-Wan place a hand gently on his shoulder. "What happened Anakin?" Obi-Wan asked.

"I…I…I strangled her. I didn't kill her, just caused her to pass out. She told me that I still had evil in me. Obi-Wan what have I done?" Anakin asked without even looking at him. He was too afraid to know what Obi-Wan would say to him.

"You did what any parent would do to protect his children."

But it still didn't feel right to him.

Sabé apologized over and over again for not being more alert and for what happened. Anakin and Padmé both forgave her since she still was sick with a stomach aliment.

For the rest of the afternoon, Padmé and Anakin spent the entire time watching over the twins, trying not to think about what could have happened to their children.

"It still doesn't feel right to me. I felt rage explode inside of me, Padmé. It was like the dark side was taking over again," Anakin softly said as he gently traced his sleeping daughter's cheek.

Padmé wrapped her arms around his waist and lay her head against his back. She listened to his heart softly beat. That was a human heart and not a mechanical one. His lungs might have had to be re-grown, but not his heart. His heart was the same one that she had always known and had fallen in love with.

She turned Anakin around in her arms so she could see is face. "Anakin we both knew that the Emperor would either come after either of us or even the twins. I know that you weren't acting through the dark side. You were acting like a parent, which is what you are. I would had done the same thing if I had been in your position."

He gently ran his hand along the side of her face. His angel had forgiven him more than anyone else ever had. He pulled her close and held her.

"What information did she tell you?" Padmé asked eager to know what Obi-Wan had found out from Kelista. Anakin sat by and listened.

"She's an Emperor's hand, whatever that is…" Obi-Wan said, before Anakin cut him off.

"They are assassins. Palpatine is truly paranoid. He thinks everyone is out to get him, which is pretty much the truth," Anakin said interrupting Obi-Wan.

"How many does he have, Anakin?" Obi-Wan asked.

"I don't know. All I know was that he was recruiting them when I reverted to the Jedi."

Obi-Wan sat there and thought for a moment. He didn't know what to think. The door to the apartment slid opened. Everyone turned and looked at Yoda who was slowly making his way towards the middle of the room.

"Heard what happened. New decision I have made." Yoda said leaning on his cane.

"What's that Master?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Until the Sith are defeated, separated the twins must be."

"SEPERATED!" Anakin and Padmé both said at the same time.

Yoda nodded slowly.

This was the last thing that Anakin and Padmé wanted to hear. They were going to be separated from their child and possibly each other.