Chapter 2

Padme secretly entered the house; she didn't dare make a noise. She sneaked into the bathroom and flushed the toilet. Padme wanted Anakin to think she'd never left the house. She washed her hands and turned off the bathroom light, then entered the lounge.

Anakin's breath had not slowed.

"Ani are you okay?" Padme asked- a part of her was laughing, a part in genuine concern for her husband, and yet another part trying to keep up the act of concerned wife.

"I did it…I…killed the senator." Anakin began shaking and was intensely cold. He was writhing in remorse.

"Anakin, I love you," Padme said kissing him on the lips. He kissed her back but it was weaker.

"You've just saved our child!" Padme continued, no response came from Anakin.

"Now let's get some sleep" Padme took Anakin's robotic hand and led him to the bed.

A thousand voices scream and holler in pain. Padme is standing in the centre of a circular room. She is wearing a black dress; her eyes are black and full of evil. I walk up to her and her evil grin.

"I love you Padme." I kill her with my lightsaber.

Anakin awoke and nearly screamed. He looked at Padme's face next to his. It can't be possible; she's practically the embodiment of innocence!

He looked at the time.

"Oh…crap."

He rushed to his speeder and sped his way through busy Coruscant to the Jedi temple. Obi-wan stood by the entrance; the colour of his face resembled that of a cherry or tomato.

"What kept you?" Obi-wan shouted. "The Council has been waiting for over half an hour!"

"Sorry Master," Anakin replied, trying to mask his face with a sheepish grin.

Obi-wan was not impressed, and neither was the Council, as Anakin soon found out.

He entered the room that was filled with revered Jedi-Masters. The room seemed creepily desolate even though it was spotless and filled with people. Mace Windu's face was quite similar to Obi-Wan's when Anakin first got off the speeder.

"All Jedi in Coruscant have been put on emergency assignment…" Master Windu's face calmed down and showed a small sign of sympathy. "…Anakin, Senator Palpatine is dead, he was murdered by a lightsaber. We think that this is the work of a Sith."

Anakin thought he was going to throw-up, many, many times.

"Why?" Anakin asked, pretending as if he knew nothing; Yoda perked up his ears.

"Answers will come in time, Young Skywalker, many enemies he has probably made in the past, since a senator he had become." The room stayed eerily silent- save for Yoda and Mace Windu.

"Master Kenobi, Jedi-Knight Skywalker, you will need to investigate this horrible tragedy." Windu finished.

Obi-Wan and Anakin traveled to Palpatine's quarters. The young Skywalker looked at Palpatine's lifeless body.

"Master, do you think he suffered?" Anakin asked with the remorse seeping through.

"It's hard to tell Anakin, I think he was killed 'peacefully'" Obi-Wan replied.

"Do you really think so?" Anakin felt like he was interrogating Obi-Wan, to see how much the Council knew.

"No, I'm just telling you what you want to hear. Murder is never peaceful."

A day went without finding much evidence. Obi-Wan and Anakin retired to their homes. Anakin traipsed into the lounge.

"Padme?" He spoke loudly.

"I'm in the bathroom," Came Padme's reply. Apparently morning sickness not only made you ill in the morning but the whole day. Being Evil doesn't cure my morning sickness. Padme concluded.

She exited from the bathroom. Before she could speak, Anakin interrupted and began shaking again.

"I can't hold it from them for long; I've got to tell them."

Padme's facial expression changed, it was almost…cruel.

"Anakin, you can't tell them, d'you hear me? No-one can know! Understand me? We're in this together now. It was for our children." Anakin's eyes opened wider.

"Child…ren?" He asked- disbelieving what his wife said.

"Yep, children! We're having twins!" Padme smiled serenely.

Anakin felt empty inside.

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I'm so sorry you guys had to wait this long I truly am. I would like to say thank-you to Kal's Gal, Jedi Master Crista, matt shepherd, gtrhrs78 and Krista for reviewing the first chapter.