There seems to be confusion over Han and what not. Anakin Skywalker is a friend of the Solo family. Jacen and Jaina are the parents of Han. (That's all part of my story that is meant to be ironic) What happens somewhen in the future is the Han and Leia, (Anakin Skywalkers daughter) get together and have three kids called Jaina, Jacen and Anakin after Leia's father. That is part of EU. Cleared up? Thank you.
Last one, aww sad, but onto the next story. 2 to go!
Chapter 7
Couple of years later
Anakin and Obi Wan were bent over a map of the planet. The terrain was mountainous and snowy. "Reminds me of Hoth," Anakin said, shivering in his cloak.
"Yeah, but with mountains," Obi Wan replied, his teeth chattering. "This is going to be bloody." Obi Wan said with a sigh looking at the map.
"As bloody as Jabiim?" Anakin said disbelievingly.
"Nothing could be as bloody as that," Obi Wan replied, "Sith, nothing will be able to grow on those fields for years to come."
"I don't doubt it, I was there after all," Anakin said, reminding Obi Wan that he only arrived when the transports did. "I did like my punishment though." Anakin said, in reference ti when he disobeyed the Chancellor by not personally overseeing the evacuation of Jabiim and sending Padawans. The Council themselves thought Anakin had done the sensible thing, but it had been an official order, so Anakin had to be punished.
"Adapting a fighter," Obi Wan said with sarcasm, "tough punishment indeed. By the way, how's that thing going?"
"The engines are a bit sticky, I'm going to work on it when I can."
"You take the skies again this time, you're better at it than me anyway," Anakin nodded his head. "Try and keep the fighting wide spread across the system, keep them separated and spread out." Anakin nodded again as he went to the waiting fighter. "May the Force be with you."
"And with you," Anakin replied as he got into his heated fighter.
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Once aboard the space station, Anakin sat in his quarters, he knew he should be going over the ships schematics, but he trusted the people to do their job, and he needed to write to Padme. He looked at the pad and prepared what to say. They had been apart for two months already and the ache was unbearable. It had been a very short visit, and he wished he could be a normal husband for her. He knew she worried all the time about him, and wished she could see him more often. After Jabiim her worry had only increased. He knew she tried to hide it, but it was no use. He knew every time she bit her lip that she was worrying over him. He had appeared on her doorstep after getting back from Jabiim. He had been covered in mud and blood, the Council had understood that his need to see Padme was greater than his need to report. She looked so shocked when she saw hi standing there. Exhausted, filthy and disheartened. He held her and cried and cried over what he had seen. All she had been able to do was hold him as he collapsed in her arms sobbing. Anakin smiled slightly, remembering how strong she had been for him.
He looked at the empty data pad and began,
To my darling Angel,
I sit here in my quarters thinking of your smile, wishing I were there with you. I see you sitting in our apartment reading this and smiling. I wish I was the husband you deserve, someone to be with you forever, but I am so glad you chose me. You give me support and strength. In these dark and lonely hours away from you I keep going in the memory of your smile. Your picture gives me comfort on these cold nights, while I wish I were there to keep you warm. Are you cold, my love? I look at the sky and see the stars twinkle out of the night like they twinkle in you eyes. How do you manage to capture those stars in you eyes? I miss you so much.
I love you,
Your Ani
Anakin sent it off just as the siren sounded out. Incoming fighters, it was time to saddle up. He looked at the hologram of Padme next to his bed and kissed it before ran out. He felt safe leaving it there, he was the only one able to get in.
The fighters surrounded them, forcing them to spread out across the system. Anakin had two on his tail, he did a quick stop, getting behind them and firing. He manoeuvred his way around the planets. He suddenly got hit on his engine, his R4 unit was gone and he had to crash land on the planet. He landed quickly, but hit his head on the dashboard as he entered the atmosphere. He landed in an acidic swamp, common place to the planet and everything went dark.
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Yoda sat in mediation position, thinking about the force and the war when he felt a sudden absence of self. As if someone had died. He searched out and couldn't feel his old Padawan, Anakin Skywalker. There had been no pain, nothing, he had just disappeared, it wasn't as if he had died, then there would be a remnant, but there was nothing. It was very worrying indeed. He would wait for a report from Kenobi, maybe he could explain what had happened.
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Obi Wan stood in the middle of battle, light sabre whizzing when he felt something gone. He didn't know what, but when he reached out for Anakin there was nothing. He was gone.
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Obi Wan went to the command centre, the battle had gone well, but he wanted a report of Anakin. A soldier came up to him holding a piece of an R4 unit. The same unit that Anakin had taken with him, leaving R2 on the ship doing repairs. The soldiers face was sorrowful. "I'm sorry sir, he was hit, he landed in a swamp, this was all that was left of his ship. He's gone." Obi Wan took the metal scrap with trembling hands. The boy he had help grow and train was gone. He now knew what was meant by the ancient saying, 'no one should ever outlive a child.'
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"Dead?" Master Yoda asked Obi Wan over the com link.
"Yes, Master, he landed in a swamp, there is nothing left," Obi Wan looked down in remorse, "Would… Would you tell Padme master?" he asked, "I think she would like to know as soon as possible."
"Yes," Yoda said, his voice laden with great sorrow.
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Padme walked back from the doctors with a skip in her step and a huge smile. She positively beamed. Once she got back to her apartment, she checked her messages for something from Anakin. She smiled when she read the one he had sent, and bagan composing another in return.
Dear Ani, (need something better)
Dearest Ani, (perfect)
I have some fantastic news, (scrap that)
I have a surprise (Too vague)
I'm pregnant, you're the father (Obvious, too blunt)
We're expecting a small bundle of joy (too cliched)
Ani, I loved your last letter. I miss you too, and hope you are safe and well. Please come back to me soon. I love you.
Always yours,
Your Angel (Perfect, I'll tell him when he comes home, best not to make him wish he were here even more)
Padme started to rewrite her first draft when Yoda knocked on the door.
"Master Yoda, what a nice surprise," Padme said as he came in. She couldn't help but notice the grim look on his face and the joy Padme felt slowly seeped away. Sabe, at a distance, watched as her Mistress looked devastated at whatever Master Yoda was telling her. Padme looked away, tears falling down her eyes. She unconsciously held her hand over her womb. Ani! she cried mentally thinking that her poor child would never meet it's father and Ani would never meet it. Padme started to lay down, hugging her child, drawing comfort from the small bit of Ani alive in her.
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Ani sat at the top of a tree. It was the safest place to be. (You really think i would kill him off? I mean, how would that work?) There were dangerous animals running around the size of huts. Anakin had had to leave his ship when it turned into an acid goo having woken up just in time to get out. He was going to wait for retrieval, but he was chased by a ferocious beast. He tried to send his thought to Obi Wan, but no dice. He had no use of the external force. He could run fast and was still strong, but he couldn't move things mentally for the life of him. There was a Force block of some kind around. It was best to find it and disable it.
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"How many more must die," Padme said, "How many systems must fall before we resort to negotiation." It had been 5 months since Anakin had died and the wound was still raw. She wore bulky clothing to hide her growing bump. She had told Master Yoda about her expecting child, but no one else on the Council knew apart from Obi Wan. Master Yoda visited her often, as had Obi Wan when he had stopped briefly in Coruscant before going back to the system. They had treated her with kindness and consideration, but she and Obi Wan had often cried over his death.
The convening of the Senate had been short, and she had been virtually ignored again. Bail offered dinner at his apartment with Rachael, saying she looked sad, and needed cheering up. Padme graciously declined to go home and cry some more. She felt she had to keep going otherwise she would fall apart. She sat at home in front of the Holo channels until they had a special on the "Hero with no Fear" which she turned off, not wanting to be reminded of him, it was sill too soon, but the baby protested with kicking, so she turned it back on, the baby calming as they listened to Anakin's story from Tatooine to Nagaellek where he died. In a strange way it gave her comfort.
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Anakin was sitting in an old Temple that hadn't been used in over 2 thousand years. It was here that the Force inhibitor was. It was well protected, but Anakin had been working on it gradually, trying to get it to shut down, but it was slow going as the outside was thick and difficult to get into without severe weaponry and not tools. He had even used his light sabre on it, but no mars had been made. The past months had given him time to fell the Force better. In between fiddling with the inhibitor he hunted and gathered for food. For various hours of the day he meditated. This place was amazing. Because it was so quiet and still he could find true peace. It was a peace of the inside, a Jedi's peace, not peace of mind or comfort, because for those he needed his wife. He watched out for fighters, but none had come since the first day when he hadn't been able to signal them, he also wanted to be careful of enemy fighters in this area. It would be dangerous if they saw him as he would be shot on sight.
In the distance he saw a ship flying around. It was a droid ship, but it was in trouble and going down. Anakin raced to where it was, the droid was getting out of his ship, looking at the damage, before it could get far, Anakin sliced in in half. He then proceeded to look it over. It was in fine condition and only needed a couple of wires fixed to be good as new. It didn't take long for Anakin to be back in the game.
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Obi Wan was fighting in battle, missing Anakin atrociously. If he hadn't been a Jedi, he would have given into feelings of, I want to get those bastards to took my Ani from me. But he was a Jedi, so he didn't give into those feelings, much. The soldiers he had worked with were taking it personally. They had all liked Anakin and thought he was a great leader. It made them more ferocious and deadly. It was a good thing for them to be, but at what cost?
What he wouldn't give for a descent pilot. He needed someone to perform a difficult spin through a hole to get to the base to bomb them, but no one was good enough. If only Ani were alive, he would be able to do it five seconds flat.
Speaking of being able to do it, Obi Wan watched as a droid ship careened towards the hole, spinning madly. A couple of seconds later it came out leaving a large explosion behind it. The droids all started to shut down. They had won the battle. And now to find out who the mystery pilot was. Obi Wan ran over to where the pilot had landed. The lid shot up and out came the smiling face of someone he thought never to see again. Anakin. Ani got out and ran to Obi, they gave each other huge bear hugs.
"Anakin!" he said as they laughed, the men gathered round and patted him on the back.
Anakin just laughed. After everything had settled down, Anakin managed to tell Obi what had happened. About the surviving and everything. "You know," he said as they walked to the command centre, "I'm so grateful that I at least partially listened in biology."
"So am I," Obi Wan replied. They stood in front of the holo console as a call was being put through to Coruscant. Anakin stepped back out of view as Yoda came on screen. "Master, we have defeated the Nagaelleki and captured the planet."
"Glad am I that this battle is over, something to rejoice I feel," Master Yoda replied.
"I have some other news," Obi Wan continued, "I want a commendation to be put in for the pilot who ensured it's success. Anakin Skywalker." Obi Wan moved out the way to allow Anakin to step into view. He bowed to the Masters.
"Glad I am, to see you alive and well," Master Yoda said. If they had been watching closely, they would have noticed tears in the old Masters eyes, "Does my heart good to see you alive. Contact Senator Amidala next you must."
Anakin bowed again and replied, "Of course Master." The next hour was all business about the planet Anakin had been stranded on. Yoda said he would research it, but it sounded like an old Jedi Temple from before his time.
Anakin walked out of the building as Obi Wan and Master Yoda discussed their next mission. No rest for the wicked Anakin thought.
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Padme sat down and watched the Holo news, absentmindedly stroking her bulging waistline. "…and in further breaking news, Anakin Skywalker has been found alive," the reporter said, "or more accurately found us…" Padme didn't hear anything else after that. Her husband alive? She was so happy as she watched the news, engrossed about every little detail of her husband and his coming to the rescue at the last minute.
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Anakin looked over at the men, they were having a celebration for the end of the battle and his return. He smiled at their antics as their loud chatter gently drifted over him.
"Anakin," Obi Wan said, forcing him to turn, "we have a new mission, but we have to go immediately."
"What is it?" Anakin asked, none of their missions had been this hasty before.
"Grevious has an armada over Coruscant," Obi Wan said, "and he has the Chancellor hostage. I'm afraid there isn't time for you to call Padme, but as soon as we rescue him you can go see her."
Anakin nodded, knowing that if it came between a visit and a message, she would prefer the former. He only wished he could tell her he was alive.
"Come on," Obi Wan said, "You can even take your fighter, I had it finished."
Anakin grinned and raced to his finished ship, unable to wait to try it out. But there was a question nagging on his mind. How did the Chancellor end up captured?
The End
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