Author's Note: This chapter is for Countess Jackman, as a late Birthday present! Happy Birthday! So everyone enjoy and review!
Twenty-Two:
"Oh Master Anakin it was horrible! They came in and took Leia away screaming and yelling! Sabé was pretending to be Miss Padmé! They beat her."
"How did they find them! How!" Anakin said frustrated.
"Anakin calm down." Obi-Wan calmly said.
Luke sat by and watched silently at what was going on. He knew who Sabé was. But who was Leia? And who sent these droids to his house? And why was his father about to go over the edge?
"Master Anakin, she is waiting in Anchorhead for you. She sent us here to retrieve you and Obi-Wan."
Anakin suddenly perked up. Padmé was on Tatooine, waiting for him. He had to see her, right then. Obi-Wan looked over at him, sensing his feelings.
"Go Anakin. The droids and I will meet you in the morning."
Anakin smiled and quickly went to get his Jedi robe before leaving. Luke was going to ask who his father was going to see, but decided not to. He learned long ago, not to ask any questions at first, because everything would be revealed in time.
It didn't take him long to find her in Anchorhead. He could pick her life signature from anyone. He hesitated before knocking on the door to an apartment there. Without hesitation, the door slid opened, before Anakin could even knock. Padmé launched herself into her husband's warm embraced and cried.
"He has her Anakin. I know he does."
"Shh," Anakin softly said, as he led Padmé back into the apartment to avoid a scene out in the street.
Once inside the apartment, Anakin led her over to the small bed and sat down then pulled her down on his lap. "Now tell me what happened."
Padmé put her head on her husband's shoulder and cried some more then began her story.
"We were out in the countryside, when we get a call that some of Darth Etrak's storm troopers were coming our way. I tried to get Leia into the place where we would hide in incidents like that, but it was too late. They busted down the door, just as Sabé locked me in. all I heard was screaming and crying as they took Leia and beat Sabé, thinking it was me. I knew they left, but I sill didn't come out of hiding, until Threepio found me. Oh Ani! What are we going to do?"
"Save her of course. But its going to have to wait until morning when Obi-Wan gets here with the droids."
"What about if they come after Luke?" Padmé asked worried for her son.
"He knows that the Empire caused the downfall of the Jedi, but he had no idea of his past. Yet he is in the beginning stages of his Jedi training."
"I have a bad feeling about all of this Ani."
"So do I, angel. So do I." Anakin said holding Padmé close to him.
For the rest of the night, he never let her go.