Everlasting Love Part 2
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Padme Amidala, and other star wars character.
Time: Post- Revenge of the Sith; republican civil wars
Summary: Padme has been successful in bringing Anakin back to the good side of the Force . Now Anakin tries to be the Man he use to be while trying to face the greed and temptations of the Empire. In regret of all he has done to the Rebellion and the one he loves, Anakin sets out on a mission that will change his and Padme's life forever.
Scenario: So four years after Padme and Anakin/Darth Vader parted their ways, Padme was determined to find Anakin again. Now that she has found Anakin and has turned him back to the good side, he feels determined to correct all his wrong doing especially to the one he loves, Padme. As Anakin struggles to be the man he once was, Padme is there to help guide him.
Disclaimer: I do not own star wars. All belong to the wonderful George Lucas
Chapter 11- The Monster within Me
He opened the lab door and entered. Anakin turned his head to the right and there he looked upon a genetic replication of himself. He walked over to the tank.. He looked at himself. Anakin began to admire himself, remembering what it was like to be all flesh and blood.
This Anakin may have not carried any scars but it was him. He was older then the real Anakin, Anakin is 23 and the replica was pushing 32. ( Each year equaled 10 years. Darth Sidious was aiming to make use of the New Anakin at age 40, believing he would be more wiser and stronger.) His hair was long and wavy, his skin was pale, not ever feeling the light of the sun or the harshness of war.
Anakin touched the tank. "You will go on in my place and be the man I once was." He said.
Anakin went to the computer. He entered in a few codes to release the new Anakin out of hibernation. He looked over at the tank. The clone Anakin eyes opened. The water in the tank began to reside, the breathing mask came off itself. The tube dried off Anakin automatically and the glass shield began to lower.
Anakin walked over to him. "Step down." He told himself. The clone Anakin looked on in confusion, he wasn't sure of what was around him. He looked at this mask man in front of him. All though nauseous and confused, he felt like he can trusts this person, not knowing that it was himself he was looking at.
The clone Anakin stepped down, he wobbled a bit, using his legs for the first time, but Anakin helped him. He took the cape of his uniform ad covered the naked Anakin.
"You have been in hibernation for quite sometime now, although your muscles and endurance are enhanced it will take sometime before you are up to strength." He told the new Anakin.
Anakin brought him to a separate room within the lab. The clone Anakin stood in the room still confused as to what was going on around him. Anakin pressed a button and a glass case compartment came out of the side wall. In it was Anakin old black and brown Jedi uniform along with his old lightsaber. After all these years he kept it.
"Here, put these on." Anakin said handing it over. "Thank you." The new Anakin said. It sort of surprised Anakin that he said that. When he was dressed he handed him the lightsaber. He looked at it as if he remembered how to use it.
"Do not worry, you may be confused now, but when I download my memories into yours things will become clearer." Anakin said to him.
"Who are you?" The clone Anakin asked. "Are, are you my father?" Anakin looked at him for a second, "No, I am not your father. I…I am someone…you never want to be." Anakin said regretting himself.
The clone Anakin stood silently. He felt sadness within the masked person as if he was trying to correct his wrong. The clone put his hand on his shoulder. "I do not know what it is you are doing, but there is this feeling inside me telling me to trust you. Anakin realized that he sensed his feelings. "Even without my help the Force is still strong within you." Anakin said the clone.
Anakin recollected himself and they returned to the lab room. Anakin stopped for a moment, he felt this feeling within him. "Padme." He said sensing she was close. He could not help being surprised, "clever girl" He whispered. He was happy that she followed him but he wasn't going to let her stop him.
"Come Anakin we must move quickly." Anakin said. The clone Anakin acted, recognizing his name. "Sit over there." Anakin pointed to a chair. Above it was an arch shape metal plate. Anakin went over to the computer and loaded the transfer program. "It's now or never." Anakin said.
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Padme flew into Coruscant fast and hard. She was hoping to get in unnoticed. "Computer scan for flight pods." She told the flight computer. "Flight pod reported at the Techno Center Dock." The computer reported back. . "Thank You." Padme quickly flew there as the computer mapped the directions.
She landed the starfighter. She jumped out of it. She already had company. "Hold it right there." A trooper yelled to her. "I don't think so." Padme said in a deep angry voice. She engaged her lightsaber.
The troopers began to shoot at her. But Padme was faster, she protected herself with the lightsaber and ran towards them. She swung her saber at the troopers injuring and killing them on the spot. She continued to run into the building.
"Anakin where are you" she asked out loud trying to sense him. "There." she said to herself. She continued to run to the lab room. Within the distance she saw 3 troopers. "Great more troopers." She said, but she was ready for them. "stop right there Rebel." The trooper yelled. "Get out of my trooper trash, you don't want to piss me off." Padme said getting impatient.
The troopers ran to her shooting their blast guns. She used the saber to fire back a them, killing two of them. She used the force and crushed the blast gun in the other troopers hand. Padme did not realize that her anger enhanced her Force power. She ran towards the trooper, "I said get out my way." She yelled at him stabbing him with the saber.
Padme continued to the lab room, hoping she was not too late.
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Anakin continued to load the program. "There, its ready…Anakin, do not be afraid. I am doing this to give you a chance to live your life again." He told his clone.
"I have to be careful with the memory download process. I have to try and avoid the memories of me turning to the darkside, that way there is a chance that my other self will never turn to it." Anakin said to himself. "Anakin whatever happens, don't ever look to the darkside..don't turn to it, Cause if you do, it will destroy you." Anakin told his clone. Uncertain of what he meant, he acknowledged, feeling his words are important..
"I must be careful. Once I strip my mind of the good memories all I will have left is the bad, I will probably turn to the darkside again…therefore…I must kill myself. I will not live on as the monster I was." Anakin said to himself.
Anakin walked over to the chair next to his other self. "Anakin." A female voice yelled. Anakin turned around. The other Anakin reacted to his name as well looking at the face of someone that looked familiar to him...The woman he loves, he remembered. She too noticed him.
"Padme, you can't stop me, not now." Anakin said to her. "Anakin don't do this…you can't change who you are, all the bad times are now in the past, don't live in fear of yourself. You may have done horrible things but the fact that you have over come your darkness makes you a better person today." Padme said trying to make him change his mind.
Anakin watched her for a moment, knowing this is the last time he as himself would look upon her. "Padme, I love you, more than anything in this universe and this is all I can give in return for what I have done. This is my last act of love and goodness I can give." Anakin said sadly.
"No, no" Padme said running towards him. Anakin used the Force to push her away. It knocked her back. She tried to use the Force to block it but he was too strong. "Im sorry Padme…You are the only person who showed me that love conquers all boundaries, I thank you for that."
Anakin held the shield up until he reached the chair. He pulled his mask off and sat in it. "Anakin No." Padme screamed. He hit the initiation button. The arched metal plate above them lowered itself and a neon light appeared below it. A red laser entered into both Anakins' head. They both shook and grunted with uncomfort.
Padme looked on in horror. She got up and ran to the computer trying to stop the process. Anakin had override the program. Padme thought of using her lightsaber to destroy the computer but she wasn't sure what would happen to both Anakins. All she could do was wait.
Both Anakins yelled with pain as the program finished its process. The metal plated retracted itself. The New Anakin looked unconscious and the Old one fell out of the chair. Padme ran to him.
She tried to help him up but he pushed her away. "Stay away Padme, the good memories are stripped from my mind…I can already feel the darkside taking over again…leave me, let me die." "No Anakin, I won't" she said forcing the mask back on his head. "No…you don't understand." Anakin tried to warn backing away. "Stay there." Padme said walking to the other Anakin. "You don't understand." Anakin whispered feeling the darkness growing within him. He grabbed his lightsaber, to kill himself.
Padme looked at the clone Anakin, he was beginning to come to. She looked at this man who seemed like a stranger yet wasn't. He looked a bit older and seemed innocent, fragile and untouched by the war and darkness. He opened his eyes, his deep blue eyes looked at Padme. Padme remembered those eyes. She was worried that he may not recognize her. "Padme." He said looking at her beautiful face confused. "Anakin." She responded. The new Anakin moved his eyes seeing that the other Anakin stood up. Padme turned around. She saw that he was trying to take his head off with his saber but something was holding him back.
"Anakin!" Padme yelled in horror moving closer. "Stay back", Anakin said using the Force to push her away. "He's growing inside me, I have to kill myself before he returns." He struggled to say. "No… he's too strong…I, I can't let him." Anakin brought the saber closer to his neck. He felt his good last memory of Padme slipping away and the saber retracting from his neck. "I'm sorry Padme." He whispered. Padme shook her head not understanding.
Anakin lowered the light saber from his neck and then raised it in front of him. Padme walked towards him. "Padme wait", the other Anakin said sensing something was wrong.
"Anakin." Padme said. "I told you not to call me Anakin, my name is Darth Vader." He said
Padme looked at the old Anakin in horror.
To Be Continued.