Chapter 10- Bring Me to Life

Vader stood on the platform waiting for his master to arrive. Once his ship came, he went down on one knee to bow to him. Sidious a. k. a. Palpatine came from his ship and smiled down on his apprentice. "Rise, my friend," he insisted. Vader stood up and then they walked towards his room.

"I have the child with me, master," Vader insisted.

"Very good. Now I feel that you have been searching for the Senator of Naboo," Sidious pointed out.
"I have her with me, master. I even have Obi-Wan Kenobi and his wife here on this star destroyer."

"Do you now? What do you plan to do with the Senator?"

"I plan on trying to bring her to our side. She could be a good ally."

"You are right. If you can turn her."

Vader nodded and ordered for Padmé to be brought to the Emperor.

Padmé stood up when the doors open and a trooper came into the room. He put the cuffs on her and led her out of her cell. She closed her eyes when she stood next to Vader. Then they walked towards Sidious' throne room. "You are quiet," he observed.

"I have nothing to say to you," she replied.

"You fought greatly on Tatooine."

"However, I'm still walking next to the man that captured my husband."

Vader spun around and looked at her. "I am your husband for the final time I am telling you this. I am your husband," he snapped. She just glared at him.

"My Ani wouldn't hurt people to gain control," she hissed.

Then they kept walking. "You'll see who I really am, Padmé, you will see," he mumbled.

(Lyrics to Bring me to Life)

When they got to the throne room, Vader bowed to Sidious as he turned to look at him. "Palpatine, my one time ally," Padmé hissed. Sidious just grinned and looked at the cuffs on her wrists.

"You don't need those," he observed.

Padmé rubbed her wrists when the cuffs fell to the floor. "I hope that Vader has told you what he likes you to do," he mentioned.

"No," she replied while looking at Vader, "he hasn't."

"Well, milady, we hope that instead of choosing the fate like Obi-Wan and Lady Sabé, we would like you to join us," Sidious explained.

She then glared at him and backed up two steps. "I will never join you," she hissed. Vader placed a hand on her shoulder and she pulled away from his touch.

"You cannot escape your future, Senator," Sidious insisted.

"I can change it, just like how Vader can," Padmé insisted.

"Vader is mine and you will be too."

"I don't think so."

She pulled her blaster that was hidden in her gown out and shot at Sidious. Vader stood in front of him and stopped the blows. Padm's eyes widened in horror when her blaster was pulled from her hand. "You can't defeat me with such ways," Sidious snapped.

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Padmé walked in front of Vader and tried her best to bring him back. "Ani, if you have any good in you, you would stop this," she insisted. Vader glared at her and walked from her.

"That isn't Anakin Skywalker, Senator, that is Darth Vader, my apprentice," Sidious laughed.

"No! He's not Vader. He's Anakin Skywalker," she insisted again.

"Stop saying that."

Padmé hurried behind him and tried again. "Anakin, during the while you were on Tatooine with me. I could feel the difference in you. I can't explain it, not that I'm Force-sensitive, but I just can. You're Anakin Skywalker," she assured.

"That name has no meaning to me anymore," Vader assured.

"Yes, it does, you just won't admit it," she insisted.

Vader spun around and looked at her. "I'm not Anakin Skywalker, Padmé," he barked.

"You were just telling me on the way here that you were," she recounted

"And you believed me?"

"Well---no."

"End of story."

"NO! It's not end of story."

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Sidious watched the scene before him with a grin. Padmé grabbed Vader's arm in hope. "Do you know what kept me alive during these past few years? You, you're the one that's been keeping me alive. Your face, your voice, and your touch is the reason why I'm leaving," she explained. He then looked at her. He wanted to mention the twins, but all of a sudden he didn't want to reveal them to his master. "The other reason is well you know...is the reason," she added.

"Come, join, us," Sidious offered again.

She glared at him in anger. "I'LL NEVER JOIN YOU!" She yelled. Vader grabbed her arms before she could get to him.

"Please, don't do that," he whispered.

She nodded before standing next to him.

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The doors opened and Padmé gasped in horror when Sabé was dragged into the room, beaten badly. "Sabé!" She gasped.

"What will it take to get you to understand that if you don't join us that I'll kill this lovely young woman," Sidious threatened.

Padmé stood in front of Sabé with fear in her eyes. "Please, don't kill her. Don't hurt her, please. Take my life instead," she begged.

"Padmé, no!" Sabé gasped.

"Very well, if I can't get you to join us, I guess I'll have to destroy you," Sidious confessed.

Padmé gasped when he held his hands up and light came from his hands and at her. Vader stood next to his master as Padmé screamed in pain. "ANAKIN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! SAVE HER!" Sabé roared. Vader didn't answer, he watched as his beloved wife suffered.

"ANAKIN, PLEASE! HELP ME!" Padmé screamed.

Vader then felt something he hadn't felt for a long time. Sabé watched in horror as Padmé suffered. Sidious stopped and looked at her. "Now, Senator, you will die," he cackled. As soon as Padmé was about to catch her breath, Sidious attacked her again. She then looked at Vader with pain in her eyes.

"Anakin, please," she whispered.

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Vader looked at Sidious and grabbed him. He threw him up against the wall and pulled his saber out. "Lord Vader, what are you doing?" He asked. Anakin stabbed the saber through him.

"I'm not Darth Vader, I'm Anakin Skywalker," he hissed.

He pulled the saber from Sidious and watched as his body crumbled to the floor. He then hurried over to Padmé and pulled her into his arms. "Padmé, wake up. I put the Force back in the balance. We can go home," he whispered. She didn't wake, Obi-Wan hurried into the room after his broke free from his cell. In his arms was Luke. Luke walked over to his parents and kneeled next to them.

"Mommy, it's Luke," he whispered.

Anakin felt tears threatening to fall from his eyes as he looked at her still form. "Padmé, please don't leave me yet. Please, we're supposed to grow old together. We're supposed to be spending the rest of our lives together. Please don't die on me," he whispered sadly. He kissed her forehead and held her close as he tried not to cry. "Please don't go," he added.

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"I love you, Padmé," he whispered.