PART 28

He moved slowly into their home in the mountains on Naboo, getting in was fairly easy, the hard part now was to make his way through the house unnoticed, careful not to wake them, he wanted the element of surprise.

He found his way into the bedroom, Padme's parents sleeping peacefully; slowly he made his way to the bed, placing a hand over Padme's father's mouth. His startled scream muffled under the bounty's hunter's hand.

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"I want this baby out so we can get off this big block of ice we are living on" Padme said to Obi-Wan as they were eating dinner.

Obi-Wan chuckled, as a Jedi he was used to living and adapting in harsh conditions, but Padme practically grew up in royalty, living on a base in an uninhabited planet was hard for her.

"Would you rather be on Tatooine?" he asked.

"Yes anyplace is better than here."

"What kind of planet is that?" Sola asked.

"A big desert planet honey, but at least its warm there" Padme responded.

"Can we go there Mommy?"

"No we can't Princess" Obi-Wan answered when he noticed Padme's hesitation to answer the question, he knew she was thinking about Luke at that moment.

"Why?"

"Because our place is here right now; we are here to help the soldiers remember?" Obi-Wan was helping the rebellion with attack and defense strategies to use against the Empire, he felt he was doing some justice to the Republic even though he couldn't participate in the fighting.

"Yes" Sola said nodding. Padme then stood up and walked away from the small table they were eating at, her hand placed over her heart.

"What is it Padme?" he asked.

"I don't know I, feel……fear."

"Sola go find Threepio and have him help you work on your reading exercises" Obi-Wan said. When he saw she wasn't moving from her seat he said more sternly, "Now young lady."

She then quickly got up and left the kitchen, she knew whenever her mother and father said 'young lady' they meant business. After she exited the kitchen Obi-Wan went over to Padme placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Do you feel the force" he asked gently.

"I don't know; I do sense feelings more now than I did before, but I have no idea if it is the force."

"Well, you did become one with the force; it would make sense that you would be more aware of it once you came back from the afterlife."

"You think I'm feelings someone else's fear?"

"Possibly, my senses are not picking up anything."

"Obi-Wan I'm afraid, what if something's happened?"

"I'll go make contact with Bail" he said as he gave her a kiss on the cheek and walked out.

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"Now, I'm going to ask you one more time, where is your daughter the senator?" the bounty asked looking towards Padme's parents. Both of them tied to the bed, Padme's mother's mouth taped shut.

"Our daughter is dead, she died over five years ago, her body was never found, she was killed on Mustafar."

"Who told you that?"

"The senator of Alderaan, he said the Empire declared Padme an enemy of the republic and ordered her death."

He could tell the man was not lying, he really believed his daughter was dead; he had to proceed with the next part of the plan.

"Thank you for the information sir" the bounty hunter said through his masked face, "But your daughter is not dead, she is very much alive and I will find her."

"Why? What do you want her for?" the man asked terrified.

"To kill her" he said as he aimed his blaster and shot both of them.

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"Any news?" Padme asked as Obi-Wan came into the small pod they were living in at the base.

"Bail hasn't heard anything but promises to make immediate contact if he does."

"Okay" Padme said sighing.

"It will be okay, I'll handle this, you need to relax, you are making the baby tense I can feel it through the force."

"Yes it has been squirming around a lot today" she said as she rubbed her stomach. Suddenly she felt a wave of emotion go through her.

"Is it the baby?" Obi-Wan asked as he saw the startled look on her face.

"I don't think so, I just felt…..pain, it was sudden and quick, now it's gone."

Obi-Wan didn't respond; he knew what Padme felt was death through the force but he didn't want to get her even more upset. He hugged her and touched her cheek using the force to help put her to sleep; he carried her over to the bed and pulled the covers over her.

He then left to make contact with Bail.

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Padme awoke to find Obi-Wan by the bed, a look of sadness on his face.

"What is it, what happened."

"Padme" he said taking her hand in his. "I heard from Bail, I don't know how to tell you this."

"Just tell me Obi-Wan!' she cried.

"Your mother and father, they were……killed yesterday."

She didn't say anything; she pulled her hand away and turned away from him.

"How did they die?" she said staring at the wall.

"They were shot, it appeared someone broke into their house and held them hostage." He was now sitting beside her on the bed, trying to stroke her arm but she again she pulled away.

He tried to touch her again, this time she started hitting him with clenched fists.

"You knew I was feeling their death through the force, that's why you used that Jedi trick on me to fall asleep, how dare you!" she said her small hands pounding into his chest.

"I'm sorry" was all he could say.

"Damn you" she said through her tears, suddenly the lamps in the bedroom started shaking, the whole room started to shake.

"Padme, the baby, its using the force it feels your distress."

But she didn't seem to notice, she continued pounding her fists into Obi-Wan, he pulled her hands away gently, she then grabbed his hands and pulled them close to her.

"I'm sorry; please forgive me I didn't mean to….." But she couldn't say anymore as she started to sob uncontrollably.

Feeling helpless he did the only thing he could do, he held her, wrapping his arms around her tightly as she sobbed, he stroked her hair as the tears flowed, he reached out with the force to calm the baby inside her, the shaking in the room finally ceasing.

He sat there with her all night, her tears never stopped, his heart aching for her wishing there was some way to take the pain away.