Chapter 14
Anakin
"I was a slave on Tatooine and you mother was the Queen of Naboo disguised as a hand maiden. There ship needed repairs but they couldn't afford the parts needed so I won them in a pod race, along with my freedom." Anakin was enjoying talking to Leia, he had missed so much of her life it was nice to get some of it back. He could tell that she was enjoying it as well. She was still a little shaken up by the news but was relaxing by the second. "Your mother was the most beautiful women I had even seen, I have still never seen any one who matches her beauty. You look just like her." At this Leia radiated with pride, Anakin could feel Leia had great compaction for her mother, as he knew Luke held for him.
There was a small pause then Leia finally spoke the question Anakin knew had been in her mind this whole time.
"What is happening on Naboo?" Her eyes showed that there was going to be no dogging this question just a straight up answer.
"Someone, I believe a Sith, has or is going to invade Naboo, they wanted me off Naboo so that they could take your brother and train him as a Sith." Leia was still a little uncomfortable with the idea of having a brother all this time but she felt genuine fear for him when she heard this disturbing news.
"Will we get there in time?" Anakin felt a deep hole in his heart at this question, the answer he had not even admitted to himself.
"There is a chance that we wont. This whole plot was set up t assure that I was not on Naboo. A Sith is not one to make foolish plans. The invasion of Naboo has probably already started." She could feel her heart drop she may not know this brother but she could still feel compaction for him. Anakin concentrated on the ship for a few moments to steady his feelings. Leia will meet her brother! He vowed to himself. He was not willing to lose one child just as he gained the other.
Padme
The fighting had started on the same fields that many years ago the Gun-guns and the Trade Federation droids had fought. It was droids agents the collective forces of the Nabooian guards and the Gun-gun forces. What they lacked was a great hero some one to bail them out, he was late. Padme was worried. Every second she feared for her husband and her daughter, hoping they both would have a planet to return to.
Luke sat quietly at her side. He was scared, she could tell. He did not even know yet that there was a Sith after him. She could not bring herself to tell him, the whole concept of the force was so alien to him. He did know however that the battle was not going well for them. The droids greatly outnumbered Naboo's small forces.
They were both in the command room, watching the holograms of the battle that was just out side the outer rim of the city. Their troops were holding up well under the circumstances. They were not going to last long though, there were more droids than they could handle. But at the moment it was not droids that were concerning her. It was the safety of her child, both of them and of her husband. She did not know how long it had taken Anakin to rescue Leia so she could not be sure when they would be retuning. She prayed it would be soon, Naboo needed Anakin now.
She switched to hologram from the ground assault to the aerial one. Small star fighters were attempting to destroy the command ship that controlled the droids. The problem was that they were not positive which ship was controlling the droids that were attacking the planet and their ships did not have enough firepower to blow up each one until they found the one they were looking for. If Anakin were here, he would know!
She turned her thoughts back to the battle that was playing out in front of her. He was near, she could feel it. It was something that went back to their hidden marriage. She could always feel when he was sent back from the battlefields for a few days rest. She was overjoyed to feel his presence looming nearer. There was still hope for her home and her family.