Everlasting Love Part 2
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Padme Amidala, Obi- Wan Kenobi 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
Note: Hi, sorry I took so long to finish this chapter but here it is. It is really long so sorry about that too. Hopefully you will enjoy reading more, lol :D
Chapter 18- It comes down to this
One year has passed, Anakin has regain all of his memories from when he was a child up to up to his last mission to rescue the Chancellor. Anakin has had no memories of becoming Darth Vader or turning to the dark side. It surprised Obi-Wan and Padme that he remembered everything but that...
When Vader turned back to Anakin, he tried extremely hard to avoid transmitting the bad times and even though the New Anakin regained memories that were not transmitted, temptation and returning to the dark side never seemed to enter his mind.
It had bothered Anakin that he did not remember up to his death, or turning into Vader as everyone else knows. And even though he was a genetic replication of himself, he learned to except who he was now, and continued to fight the Empire with Obi-Wan, Padme and the Rebels of the Alderaan Base. Obi-Wan with the few Jedi Masters on the Base granted Anakin the "Jedi Master". Obi-Wan regretted that he could not experience this honor properly by the Jedi Council (because it no longer exist), but Anakin was happy enough to receive it how he did.
Anakin has regained his full power of the Force, if not stronger. Padme continued to train with both Obi-Wan and Padme and she too grew stronger learning new things from Anakin. Everything was working out well and falling into place. Padme believed that all this was too good to be true, but she was happy and everything was good and right. Everything was finally back to normal.
But she was right, things were almost too good to be true and soon the truth of everything will be realized.
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Aayla Secura was resting in her room after her morning work out with the rebels. She felt quite disturbed in her mind so she decide to lie down for a while. She fell into a deep sleep.
Voices and images were running through her mind. She twitched her head a bit disturbed by what she was seeing and hearing. There was intense fighting and pain, a face appeared and he screamed.
"Master!." Aayla yelled as she shot up from her bed.
Aayla got up and headed towards the communication room. The droid there was surprised her.
"Master Secura, I was just going to call you…" The driod said
"What is it…is it about the mission?" She asked worried.
"I am afraid so, the mission was somewhat successful but the Blackhole Stormtrooper managed to capture one of the rebels." The droid said.
"Who?" Aayla ask already knowing who it was.
"Master Quinlan Vos…My Lady Secura, are you alright?" The droid asked concerned noticing her sad look.
"Yes, it just.." Aayla began to say. She pulled herself together. "Is there anything else the rebels know about this?"
"Yes, Master Vos communication device traced him around the orbit of Coruscant. The rebels believe they destroyed his divce before they reached there." The droid said
"How, long ago did this happen?" Aayla asked
"They only sent the message now, but they captured him five hours ago." The droid said sadly.
"Five hours, why so long.?" Aayla asked shocked
"Their communication was cut off…They would have gone after him they said but the ship has suffered sever damages after they escaped. They are seeking refuge on Corellia until the ship is fully operational."
"Is there anything I can do for you?" The droid asked. "No, I will take care of things, thank you." Aayla said.
Aayla walked over to the communication controller, she pressed the button to Padme's room.
"Lt.this Aayla come in please."
Anakin walked over to the table in the room. "Master Secura, this is Anakin, Padme is in the Officers Chamber going over intel." Anakin communicated back to Aayla.
"Ok, I will go there then... Master Skywalker, if you could find Obi-Wan and possibly meet at the chambers as well?" Aayla asked
"Of course, I will see you then." Anakin responded
Aayla went to find Padme in the Officers Chambers. She was sitting in the side office.
"Lt.?" Aayla said quietly but clearly unsure if she was busy.
"Yes." She said turning around. "How can I help you Aayla?"
"Lt. the mission, our rebels managed to complete it but they had trouble escaping. One of our rebels was captured and taken, they believe to Coruscant." Aayla said sadly.
"Who was captured?" "Master Vos?" Aayla said sadly, worried about her master.
"Oh my goodness, Aayla are you alright about all this?" Padme asked concerned.
"I will be." She said strongly. "What about the rebels that escaped?" Padme asked.
"They are alright, the shipped suffered damages so they had to land on a remote system. They are hoping to fix the problem there then be on their way back here." Aayla said
"Lt…?" Aayla began to say. Padem already knew what she was going to ask.
"Yes, we will go on a resuce mission but, are you sure Quinlon is on Coruscant?"
"The rebels said his communication device tracked him to the orbit of Coruscant." Aayla said.
Padme thought for a moment.
Anakin and Obi-Wan entered the room at that time. "What's going on?" Obi asked concerned.
"Master Vos has been captured and possibly taken to Coruscant, Aayla is requestinga rescue mission." Padme said.
"Well how many rebels do you thing we will need." Anakin asked
"None." Padme said. "The more people we bring the more attention we draw" Padme said. She began to think."Three of us should go." Padme said. "Obi-Wan can you stay behind? That way if something happens you can orchestrate a plan."
"Alright then" Obi said agreeing.
"And we will take thetwo, two seaterStar fighters, and one single fighter. One to hold Quinlen and have an extra set just in case…well, you never know what can happen out there." Padme said.
Padme continued to organize the plan. "Anakin, you can fly the single fighter, you are fast a quick and can provide cover, Aayla and I will fly the double seater fighter. Once we get within the orbit of Coruscant we have to move fast and hard."
Padme, Aayla and Anakin got suited up and ready to take off on their mission. They headed to the loading dock. Padme, briefed everyone making sure they were ready to go.
"I will be in contact with you Lt. Good Luck and my the Force be with you" Obi-Wan said. "And with you…you too Master" Padme, Anakin and Aayla said.
They walked towards the starfighters.
"Do you think we should take R2..he can help locate Vos." Aayla asked
"No, after our mission to the Imperial Starship R2 circuits were nearly fried. The Tech center spent almost 6 months trying to retrieve all the information he download and were not successful. Poor R2, he may be a droid but they didn't have to take him a part like that…I have taken him out of commission for now." Padme said humorously as that last part.
"Besides I have pretty good idea where they are keeping Master Vos." Padme said as she climbed into the starfighter.
Aayla and Anakin too loaded up into their fighter.
Padme communicated with them from the jet. "Last time I went to Coruscant I ran a scan of the area, I have a map of Imperial occupied areas…here I am transmitting the map to you."
Padme typed on the computer in the jet, re adjusting the map. "We are going to fly in through here, and back track to the Empire center, master Vos will most likely be there." Padme highlighted on the map in which Anakin and Aayla were able to see on their screen
"We will enter Coruscant through this terrain area, it is quite misty and we may go undetected." Padme continued to say.
"Star fighter 235, 236 and 115, you are cleared for take off." The Air traffic centered communicated.
"Alright, lets do this." Padme said and took off with Aayla and Anakin to follow.
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They were nearing Coruscant. Padme still in command.
"Aright everyone, initiate stealth mode. We are coming up on the fog terrain." Padme said getting them ready.
"They may have detected ourfighters but they will have a hard time finding us." Padme continued to say.
They flew in with Padme leading and with Anakin and Aayla behind her, slightly at her side.
They flew low and fast for a good five minutes.
"We are entering the city now…Anakin, be prepared to take my postion and fire on my mark," Padme said . "Alright Lt." Anakin said getting ready to fire his gunner.
"Aayla, stay sharp on your side, we will back up Anakin, if we are fired upon. We will be detected as soon as we enter the city."
They cleared the misty area. The Empire center was within the distant view.
"Alright rebels, lets punch it." Padme said. They flew out of the mist and started to incline higher into the sky. They were above the city.
"Are you guys ready?" Padme asked "We were born ready." Aayla said.
They began to descend into the city. Automated gun cannons recognized the Starfighter as a foreign jet. Two pointed up to shoot. "Identify yourself." A voice was transmitted in their jets.
Padme fired upon both cannons. "Is that identification good enough!" Padme asked sarcastically.
Two more gun cannons rose up and pointed to them. They flew past them avoiding their fire.
"Lt. we have five TIE fighters headed towards at 12 o'clock." Anakin said picking it up on his monitor.
"Alright Anakin, take charge." Padme commanded. Anakin flew his jet right over and infront of Padme.
The first TIE pulled out and fired upon the rebels. Anakin fired back and shot it down. The others then broke into pairs and separated.
"Lt, Aayla, stay sharp and follow my lead, align with my jet and stay 2 seconds apart from me." Anakin commanded.
Anakin was good at weaving in and out of enemy fire and was good at directing others as well.
Two TIE's attacked from the right side. "Here they come." Aayla said "Break right." Anakin said. And in synchronism the 3 Star fighters turned on a 90 degree angle and lowered slightly avoiding the fire.
"Level off." Anakin commanded again re-aligning the other two. The other two TIE fighters came from behind.
"Dive down." Anakin yelled. The other two follow. "Loop behind, Padme, align by my side and fire on my mark.
Padme and Aayla followed Anakin, they looped behind him then Padme flew beside Anakin. They were now behind the TIE's
"Fire." He yelled. They both fired shooting down both TIE fighters.
"Anakin, the Center, it's over there to your right." Padme said
The other two TIE's came back heading straight for them.
"Alright..Padme, Aayla, fly behind me and form a V…Fire."
The three fired upon the other two TIE's shooting them down.
"There is the Center." Padme said "Padme you lead." Anakin said
"We have more TIE fighters headed our way." Aayla warned.
"There is a loading bay at the back, we can hide the fighters there but, the only thing…its for terrain vehicals." Padme said.
"Is it large enough for us to fly in?" Anakin asked worried. "Its wide enough and high enough, I believe its just the entrance that's low" Padme said
"Looks like we got to fly low, really low." Anakin said.
They were coming up on the entrance. "Spread out and lay back a bit so we don't end up cluttered." Anakin said.
The three got really low. "Here we go." Aayla said. The three nearly skid the roof entrance. They halted to an abrupt stop and ejected out of their fighter.
Padme heard the TIE's flying towards them. "The door close it…they won't fire on the building.
The three used the Force to lower the garage door.
"You think we have been spotted." Anakin asked looking at Padme.
Padme was distracted by movement. "Do those Destroyers answer you question?" She asked smiling.
They took cover behind a wall. "I can sense him" Aayla said, always having a strong feeling for her master. Aayla concentrated. "He is here, below the center." "There!", Padme pointed. "We have to get to that elevator."
"I sense something too." Anakin said. But it wasn't Quinlon.
Padme did not notice Anakin's distraction. "Anakin, you ready?" She asked
The three ran out, attacking the Destroyers. They made it to the elevator.
"That was easy." Aayla said "Yaa, a little to easy." Anakin said as well. "You would think they would have more security here." Padme added.
"Why would they? They are the Empire, they think they are invincible." Aayla said almost angry.
"Which floor." Anakin asked "It should be C3." Padme said. "You really studied this place didn't you." Aayla said to Padme. Padme smiled.
Anakin was distracted by a presence he was feeling. Padme noticed that he was quiet and trying to focus. "Anakin, are you alright?" She asked.
"Yes, I…I'm fine." He said lying. Padme knew that look on his face. She ignored it for now and focused on the mission.
The elevator stopped on C2, the door open and a bunch of Destroyers where waiting at the door. Anakin jumped over Aayla and Padme and started to attack the droids.
"Get Quinlon, I will take care of this." He said "Anakin." Padme yelled. The elevator closed in front of her.
"He will be alright." Aayla said assuring Padme.
They continued to C3. The door opened. They engage their lighsabers. They were met by a few Destroyers. Padme and Ayala took them out with no problem.
Aayla sensed Quinlon was close by. "That way Lt."
They walked towards an entrance and saw the holding cell room. They crouched down. Padme peeked in further, she noticed a lot of guards. She turned back to Aayla. "There are 9 of them in there…why do they have so many guarding him?" She asked
A smirk crossed Aayla's face. "He can be adifficult Jedi to deal with." She said.
Padme thought for a second. She pulled out her other lightsaber. "I will distract them, draw them away from the cell. You free master Vos." Padme said.
She stood up. She raised her hands. She blew the lights in the room using the Force. The guards looked up seeing the sparks fly. Padme jumped into action.
The guards were surprised, for a few seconds all they can see was two blue lights heading towards them.. Padme used the Force and shoved two of the guards knocking them unconscious. She attacked another two. At this point Aayla ran in and engaged her saber. She ran towards Quinlon's cell.
The gurads began to fire with blast guns. Padme blocked them allowing Aayla time to open the cell.
Aayla looked at her master, he looked unconscious. "Master!" she said feeling his hurt. She used her saber to cut open the cell.
She than realized there was an energy force field behind the bars. "Lt. the control stand, disable it." Aayla yelled pointing to it from behind her.
Another guard fired a shot, Padme redirected it to the controller. The shield went down. "Aayla hurry, I can't hold them off much longer." Padme said starting to back away from the guards.
Padme jumped into the air and landed behind them. She wanted the keep the shots away from Aayla and Quinlon. She killed 3 guards in the process.
Aayla ran to Quinlon and released the chains from around his arm. "Maser she said again." He grunted. He was in pain. "Vos we have to go now, we don't have much time." Aayla said to him. He struggled to get up. She realized he was week and didn't want to move. She used the same tactic on him as he use to use on her when she was a Padawan learner.
"On your feet Jedi, Don't give me that I can't crap." She said yelling. Vos smiled a little at Aayla and used all his strength to get up.
Padme still fighting disarmed the one of the guards and knocked them down. She didn't react quickly enough to the other guards. One hit her and the other one shot at her. "Ahh." Padme yelled as she stumbled back a bit. She dropped her saber. The shot grazed her arm.
Aayla walked Vos out of the room and quickly returned to help Padme. She attacked killing the remaining guards.
"Are you alright." Aayla asked picking up Padme lighsaber for her. "Yes, it just a graze. Let's get Anakin and get the hell out of here.
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Anakin took care of the Destroyers and stood on the C2 level for a moment. He heard a voice in his head, it was like a whisper, taunting him. He sensed the same feeling that someone he knew was close by.
He got back in the elevator and headed up to the main floor. He walked out to where they had entered. He stopped and though for a moment. He turned to walk down a hallway. It seemed like he knew where he was going or didn't realize that he was being drawn towards something.
Anakin bumped into some Imperial guards. He took them out with know problems. He continued down the corridor. He stopped where the hallway ended. There he saw Darth Sidious standing at the top of the stairs in the distance looking out a window.
Sidious sensed Anakin's presence but did not move. Anakin sensed that it was the Dark Lord of the Empire but that wasn't the presence he was sensing before.
From the distance where Sidious was Darth Vader came into view.
To Be Continued.