PART 29
The next morning Obi-Wan awoke to find Padme dressed and packing. After she packed up her bag he noticed her placing a Naboo royal pistol at her side. He immediately got out of bed and rushed over to her.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm going to Naboo, I have to go to my parents funeral."
"You can't go to Naboo, everyone there thinks you are dead."
"I can still watch in the shadows Obi-Wan."
"No, you can't, whoever the Sith hired to find you will most surely be there, you would fall right into a trap."
"I HAVE to do this Obi-Wan, I have to say goodbye."
"I won't let you do this."
"I'll be alright, no one will notice me, I know all the secret places to hide on Naboo, no one will know I'm there."
"A bounty hunter would know where to hide too Padme, you are not a killer, a bounty hunter is, you could only defend yourself for so long. These people are trained in finding and finishing someone unnoticed."
"They died because of me Obi-Wan; I will not dishonor them."
"You want to put the baby's life in danger?"
"Don't look at me like that."
"You would be dishonoring them by being foolish enough to get yourself killed!"
"What do you know about it? You don't know my family, you never even met them! When you came with me to Naboo you didn't meet them then, so don't pretend to know them!"
"You can still say goodbye without physically being there Padme."
"I can't."
"Yes, you can, I can't let you do this, I will do what I must."
"And what's that?"
Suddenly he moved in front of her using the force to bring her pistol to his hand, he then moved towards and door and used the force to slam it shut, locking her in there.
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Six hours had gone by and Obi-Wan still didn't unlock the door. She pounded and screamed, she screamed for Threepio and R2, even Sola, but still no one came.
Obi-Wan had taken Sola to another part of the base far from their pod. He told his daughter that her mother was grieving and needed to be left alone for awhile.
"What's wrong with mommy?"
"She's sad sweetheart, she's hurting for someone very close to her, she needs time to be by herself."
"Can this person come visit her?"
"No they can't."
"I want to be with mommy."
"So do I princess, how about you draw her a nice picture, she'd like that."
And as Sola began drawing with Threepio and R2 watching over her Obi-Wan left to go back to their pod.
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He opened the door to find Padme lying on the bed, still in the same clothes she had gotten dressed in earlier.
He force closed the door behind him and came over to the bed. She didn't look at him as he sat down.
"I'm sorry, but I did what I had to do, you are in an emotional state right now and you are pregnant, it's my duty to keep you both safe."
"Still acting like a Jedi."
"No, I'll always be a Jedi at heart, but I'm doing this as a husband, as a father."
"All these years they thought I was dead Obi-Wan, how could I do that to them, what kind of daughter was I, they never wanted me to get into politics, they felt I was too drawn to the royal lifestyle but they let me pursue my dreams, well pursuing my dreams made them worry constantly and now they are dead because of me."
"They wanted you to be happy; they knew you would make a great Queen."
"They didn't even know they were grandparents" tears were forming in her eyes. "I didn't get to tell them so many things, I didn't get to say goodbye" she said as she sobbed softly.
"You did it to protect them; you will always be with them."
"I will never forgive myself."
He held her as she wept and kissed her forehead gently. He had to leave her to go check on Sola, when he came back to the pod he found her still crying on the bed.
"Sola made this for you" he said as he laid the picture down on the nightstand beside the bed.
"Did you give her a kiss for me?"
"Yes, she misses you."
"I just can't see her right now Obi-Wan, I'm afraid I'll worry her with my crying."
"She knows you are hurting, she senses your sadness."
"You are going to bring her in aren't you?"
"She is outside waiting Padme."
She sat up and tried to wipe away her tears "Okay" she sad.
Obi-Wan opened the door and Sola came in running to Padme on the bed.
"Mommy" she said as got up on the bed and into her mother's arms.
"Oh sweetie I've missed you."
"I'm sorry that you are sad mommy, I drew you a picture."
"Yes I know, it's beautiful, we will have it framed and put on the wall in the new baby's room okay?"
Obi-Wan watched as Padme hugged her daughter tightly as the tears still flowed. Finally they broke apart and Padme blew her a kiss as she walked with Obi-Wan out the door.
After Sola was put to bed Obi-Wan returned to find Padme in her nightclothes curled up in the bed.
"Obi-Wan" she said after he had undressed and got into bed with her.
"Yes" he said as he rolled over closer to her.
"I can't stop my tears, I'm crying for everyone I've lost, everyone."
He kissed away her tears, he drew in for a kiss on the mouth and she accepted it. Once the kiss ended she drifted off to sleep.
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The bounty hunter watched the Naberrie's funeral march in the distance, he scanned the area, the senator was no where to be found.
'She didn't come' he thought to himself. He had checked all the remote places on Naboo, there was no trace of her on the planet.
He would have to figure out another plan, one way or the other he was going to get the senator to come to him, he only hoped it would be sooner rather than later.