PART VI

Right as Obi-Wan realized the extent of the vision he had just seen, he was interrupted by a fellow Jedi telling him that the Council is in session and needs him up the chambers immediately. When Obi-Wan arrives, he learns they have found General Grievous and they want Obi-Wan to fight him and destroy the separatist leader.

Unfortunately, Obi-Wan had to leave so quickly that he didn't even have time to say goodbye to Padme, he did get to say goodbye to Anakin, whom he figured would tell Padme what has happened. Obi-Wan actually had a very good talk with Anakin before he left, it was like old times, and he told Anakin how proud he was of him. For a moment, everything was perfect, then reality set in, and he became sad again. He hated lying to Anakin, yet he remembered how Anakin had lied to him. But the thing he felt most guilty about was his relationship with Anakin's wife. He hoped Anakin never has to find out the truth, it would destroy him, and any relationship the two had. Obi-Wan knew this was something that could never be forgiven, and it killed him inside.

Obi-Wan knew he had to defeat the General fast then return to Corscant and work to find the identity of the Sith.

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Padme was sitting in her bedroom making more holographic messages for her children. In the one message, she was addressing them by their names, she had found out it was a boy and a girl, and she had decided on Luke and Leia. At the end of her message she said, "Luke, Leia, I want you both to remember, the day I found out I was going to have both of you, was the happiest day of my life, never forget that." She then turned the hologram off, took it off R2, then put it in the box with all the others.

She then decided to make one for Obi-Wan, she had messages for all of her loved ones except him. She had been putting it off for so long because she didn't know what to say, but finally, she did, right before she was going to end the message she heard Anakin come into the apartment, so she quickly gathered her stuff, hid the box, and turned off the message, but it was still on R2.

She was going to tell Anakin how she had decided on the names Luke and Leia, but when she saw Anakin, she knew he was not acting like himself, earlier she had seen smoke coming from the Jedi Temple, she was relieved to see he was okay, but yet he didn't seem too concerned about it. He told her he had to go to Mustafar, but that everything would be alright. She decided she would tell him when he returned.

After he left Padme became even more worried, something was happening to her husband, and she felt powerless to stop it.

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What Padme didn't know was that Anakin had turned to the dark side. He gave into his fear and joined with Darth Sidious. He followed Sidious's instructions and gone to the Jedi temple with the clones to kill everyone, Jedi and younglings; no one could live.

Sidious's plan was for all the Jedi to be killed, turned on by their clones, and it worked, except for Obi-Wan and Yoda who had managed to escape and find refuge on Bail Organa's ship. They discovered Palpatine was the Sith lord and that Anakin had become his new apprentice, and his new persona, Darth Vader. Yoda told Obi-Wan he had to destroy Anakin, that the Sith had to be stopped. And there was only one person who knew where to find him.

When Obi-Wan arrived at Padme's apartment, she fell into his arms, relieved with joy he was alright.

"I was so worried" she said in between kisses of joy and relief.

He pulled away from her embrace and looked deep into her eyes.

"Anakin said the Jedi have tried to overthrow the Senate."

"When was the last time you saw him?"

"Yesterday" she had answered.

"And do you know where he went?"

"No…." she turned away and looked at the floor while she answered, Obi-Wan knew she was lying, he had learned to tell very accurately when she was and when she wasn't.

"Padme, it's very important that I find him, he's in great danger."

She turned to him "From the Sith?"

"From himself" Obi-Wan then told her how Anakin had turned to the dark side and when she shook her head in disbelief he continued to tell her about the security hologram he had witnessed watching Anakin kill younglings.

"No, not Anakin, not my Anakin" was all she managed to say. Obi-Wan then helped her to sit down.

"Padme, please, I must find him." Obi-Wan continued to stare at her, never taking his eyes off of her.

"You are going to kill him aren't you?" Fear loomed in her eyes when she realized what Obi-Wan was planning to do.

"He's become a great threat" was all he managed to say.

She shook in head as if saying 'I'm sorry' but at last she had said, "I can't, Obi-Wan, Anakin is my husband, I can't betray his trust, even after everything that has happened between us, I am his wife, I won't let you kill him."

Obi-Wan then rose and walked away; he then turned around and said, "I'm so sorry" then left.

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Immediately after Obi-Wan left, Padme got in her starship and left for Mustafar, she knew she had to confront Anakin. What Obi-Wan had said couldn't be true, but in her heart she feared it was. But she would give Anakin the benefit of the doubt and let him tell her the truth, as much as she loved Obi-Wan she knew she had to stand by Anakin and not tell him where her husband was. Little did she know Obi-Wan had snuck onto her ship and was going to find Anakin soon enough.

Once she landed, she sat for a moment, contemplating what she was going to say. Would she tell him the truth about her fate? Would she persuade him to go with her to Naboo so she could spend her final days with him? She decided to wait to see what he had to say before making a decision.

When she saw him she ran into his arms, she had no idea where she got the strength to do that, but she did and she was safe in his arms, for a moment.

"What are you doing out here" he asked with concern.

"I was so worried about you, Obi-Wan, he told me terrible things."

"What things?"

"He said; that you turned to the dark side, that you…..killed younglings!"

"Obi-Wan is trying to turn you against me."

"He cares about us."

"Us?"

"He knows; he wants to help you."

He smiled and looked down, Padme thought for a moment she had finally gotten through to him.

"Come away with me, come to Naboo to raise our child, let's leave this all behind while we still can." She said as she stroked his hair and face.

"Love won't save you Padme, only my new powers can."

"At what cost? You're a good person don't do this."

"I won't lose you like I lost my mother, I'm doing all this for you, to protect you, I've become more powerful than the Chancellor, I can overthrow him, then you and I can rule the galaxy together, make things the way we want them to be."

She started backing away from him, "I can't believe what I'm hearing, Obi-Wan was right! You've changed."

"I don't want to hear anymore about Obi-Wan, the Jedi turned against me, don't you turn against me."

"I don't know you anymore, Anakin, you're breaking my heart, you're going down a path I can't follow."

"Because of Obi-Wan?

"Because of what you've done, what you plan to do" it was the truth, despite her relationship with Obi-Wan he had nothing to do with her change of heart.

Then she saw him turn away, she cried out to stop and that she loved him, but then she heard him scream 'liar' at her. When she turned around she saw Obi-Wan standing there, she felt as if her world was crumbling, her husband was about to fight a man she loved deeply, and yet she couldn't bear it if anything happened to Anakin.

"No" was all she kept saying even when Anakin was screaming that she was with Obi-Wan.

She then turned to Obi-Wan and said, "Obi-Wan no! Please don't do it, please, don't, for me" but then she couldn't say anything else as she felt herself being choked and lifted off the ground. All she could hear was Anakin saying "For me? For me? You've been with him the whole time, you brought him here to kill me" She then heard Obi-Wan shout "Let her go" and then everything went black.

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Obi-Wan had bent down to make sure Padme was alright while Anakin's back was turned. Anakin had continued shouting "You turned her against me!" Obi-Wan then left Padme's side and shouted, "You did that yourself!"

"You will not take her from me!"

"You're lust for power has already done that, you've let this, dark lord twist your mind, until now you've become the very thing you've swore to destroy."

"Don't lecture me Obi-Wan, I see through the lies of the Jedi, I do not fear the dark side as you do, I have brought peace to my new empire."

"You're new empire?

"Don't make me kill you; if you are not with me, then you are my enemy."

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes, I will do what I must."

"You will try."

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It was over almost as quickly as it had begun, Anakin had indeed become powerful, but his weakness was that he overestimated himself and he fell at Obi-Wan's blade.

As Anakin laid there in agony, burning away, Obi-Wan knew he should end his life and put him out of his misery, but a voice keep going through his head that said, "for me."

It was Padme's wish, she was dying, and he would do this last thing for her. He turned and walked away, out of Anakin's life, forever.

When he went back to the ship, Threepio told him Padme was already on board. He found her unconscious still but when he approached she opened her eyes.

"Obi-Wan, is Anakin alright?"

He didn't say anything but stroked her face and kissed her hand, she quickly fell back to sleep.

When Obi-Wan approached the front of the ship Threepio asked where they were going and Obi-Wan said,

"We are getting out of here; we are getting out of the Republic as fast as we can."