For a split second, Vader stared at the red glow of his lightsaber as it glowed ominously close to his neck. Then he moved his eyes to Padmé's, which stared back at him with ferocity.
"What are you doing?" Vader asked calmly.
"Killing you!" Padmé yelled as she moved the lightsaber closer to Vader.
However, before she could strike his flesh, Vader grabbed her wrists. Then using the Force, he turned off his saber and flung it from her hands. It landed with a clunk on the floor opposite of the side of the bed from where Padmé stood.
In losing her weapon, Padmé gave a frustrated growl of anger as she struggled against Vader's grip which he tightened as he sat up. "Murderer!" Padmé shouted as she continued to fight Vader's hold on her. "Evil Sith, you don't deserve to live! The rebellion always tries to take prisoners first rather than killing Imperials when possible. You slaughtered them without even flinching!"
Padmé continued berating Vader while he maintained his hold on her. For his part, Vader remained silent keeping his eyes on Padmé's while she yelled at him. After five minutes, it appeared that Padmé had worn herself out because she quit struggling against Vader and she fell silent as tears streamed down her face.
Cautiously, Vader loosened his grip on Padmé. However, before he could do anything, she wrenched her hands from him, and slapped him with her right hand. Snarling in anger, Vader stood up quickly from the bed and grabbed Padmé before she could escape from him. They stared at each other, anger evident on both their faces.
Padmé dug her fingernails into the flesh of Vader's upper arms, but this failed to break his grip on her. "Let me go, you monster!" She shouted as she kicked him in the shin as hard as she could. Vader's eyes flashed yellow and he flung Padmé back onto his bed.
Once she hit the bed, Padmé tried to quickly retreat, but found escape impossible when Vader pinned her body. His hands held her forearms on either side of her head preventing her from lashing out at him. In addition, he blanketed the rest of his body on top of hers to prevent her from moving. Padmé defiantly stared up into Vader's yellow eyes as she continued to fight him.
"You can quit struggling, there is no escape." Vader said coldly as his yellow eyes slowly shifted back to blue.
"Let me go!" Padmé shouted.
"And what would you do if I did?" Vader said with a hint of irritation.
"I'd kill you!"
"Why?"
"You murdered innocent people! You do not deserve to live! If I don't stop you, you will only kill again!"
"Those people were not innocent, they were traitors to the Empire. Rebels, who are threatening the peace of the galaxy." Vader replied.
"They are restoring the peace and freedom the Empire destroyed." Padmé replied coldly as her brown eyes flashed in anger.
Vader sighed in exasperation, "So, how does killing me help the situation?"
Padmé glared up at him, "You will never be able to hurt another soul again."
"Perhaps, but there will be others to replace me."
Padmé opened her mouth to retort, but closed it again when she realized Vader was right. If she succeeded in killing him, the Emperor would only get a new Sith Apprentice to take his place. Destroying a Sith Apprentice was useless unless the Sith Master was destroyed as well. With Sidious still alive, the killing would continue and Padmé could do little to stop it. She would not be able or allowed to kill all of the Sith Lords.
Vader could feel Padmé's resignation, and new that the danger from her death threats had passed. He watched as tears fell from her face as she realized that his death would not end the deaths of her rebel friends. Vader released his hold on Padmé, and sat next to her on the bed as she fought with her emotions.
"I have watched people I know be killed because others were powerless to help them. By fighting the rebellion, the Empire is protecting its citizens. You may disagree with our methods, but by using our power we can protect the masses." Vader said as he stared blankly at the opposite wall. "I will not let a small group harm the citizens I serve. I failed once, and I will not fail again." Vader said with conviction as he stood from the bed.
Padmé had turned her back to him, while Vader had given his speech. Tears continued to silently fall from her eyes. Vader glanced back at Padmé's form on the bed for a few minutes. Then he called his fallen lightsaber to him, and attached it to his belt before he left the bedroom.
Vader walked into his sitting room and stretched out on one of his couches. For the night, he would leave Padmé alone to deal with her thoughts. He was sure that she would not try to kill him again, but he decided not to push the issue. He would sleep out here tonight and then get up early to make his report with his master. Vader knew that Padmé would continue to be mad at him, as a rebel she did not understand that he was trying to bring peace to the galaxy by ending the rebellion.
Meanwhile, in the bedroom, Padmé rolled over to see that Vader had left. She did not know where he went, and she did not care. He claimed that the Empire was bringing peace to the galaxy. What the Sith failed to see was that before his master destroyed it, the Republic had maintained peace in the galaxy for over a thousand generations. Freedom once reigned where now tyranny consumed the galaxy. Vader did not realize that his master was not bringing peace by hunting down the rebellion, but simply trying to bring himself more control over the people under his rule.
Padmé shuddered at the thought that the Emperor had won a small victory today by destroying the rebels at Dantooine. He had removed one more threat and increased his control over the galaxy. However, she gave a sigh of relief that the rebel leaders were still around to fight another day. Sidious had still not won the war he had started. Padmé smiled at this happier thought as she succumbed to exhaustion and fell asleep.