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Obi Wan absentmindedly stared out of his apartment window letting his mind wander. He found himself thinking about when Anakin was a padawan, his padawan. Anakin had always been happy, energetic and eager to learn. Obi Wan had truly enjoyed training Anakin. After Qui Gon had died, Obi Wan had lost apart of himself that he thought he'd never get back, but the emptiness was quickly erased when he had begun training Anakin. Obi Wan never regretted taking Anakin as his padawan. In Anakin he had gotten a son, a friend, and a brother. This was back when everything had been so easy. No war, no Palpatine, just Obi Wan and Anakin, master and padawan, father and son, brother and brother. He knew Anakin better than anyone, and he knew him enough to know that Anakin was struggling. He was struggling against the council, against Palpatine, and against his dreams. When he had seen him last which had been the night that Anakin cut himself, Anakin's face had been worn out and pale. His eyes had been lifeless and sad. Anakin barely talked to anyone anymore. Obi Wan missed the old Anakin, he missed Anakin's sarcasm, his sense of humor, his laugh, his smile that went all the way up to his eyes, Obi Wan couldn't remember the last time he had seen Anakin smile. Obi Wan also knew, that Anakin was suffering physically as well as mentally. Anakin looked thinner, he was unkept, his clothes had become dirty and wrinkled. Obi Wan had come to suspect that Anakin was getting sick from the stress. Obi Wan could just see it in his face. All of a sudden, a very frazzled looking Anakin burst through Obi Win's door.
"Anakin? What's wrong?"
"Obi Wan! Chancellor Palpatine, He's... he's the Sith Lord!"
Obi Wan was in complete and udder shock. The Sith Lord? How was that even possible?
"Are... are you sure?"
"Yes! He told me! And you know that story he told me about Darth Plagious? Well that was his master! And he killed him so that he could become the Sith Lord!"
"But, Anakin, if he's the Sith Lord, why did he want you to kill Count Dooku?"
"Because, he wanted me to be his new apprentice, he wanted me to leave the Jedi order and join him! To become a Sith!"
Surprisingly, this all made sense to Obi Wan, Palpatine had wanted all this power in the Republic, until eventually, he WAS the Republic. But what really made Obi Wan mad, was that Palpatine wanted Anakin to turn to the Dark Side.
"We have to inform the council about this NOW!" said Obi Wan.
They called an emergency council meeting and when they got there, they didn't even bother with formalities, they just got straight to the point,
"Our greatest fears have been realized," said Mace Windu after they had been informed. "Palpatine has betrayed the Republic, now he plans to destroy it. This raises my suspicions on what is happening on Mustafar. Master Kenobi, Skywalker, and myself will go after Palpatine, the rest of you, go the Mustafar, and see what's going on there. May the force be with us all."
Anakin was shocked when he heard that he'd be going with Obi Wan and Mace. Could it be that the council was beginning to trust him?
Anakin, Obi Wan and Mace quickly made their way over to the Senate building to arrest Palpatine, when they got there, Palpatine was sitting behind his desk as though nothing was wrong. It really made Anakin sick, he lied to the entire Republic.
"Chancellor Palpatine, by the order of the Galactic Senate, you are under arrest!
"Why master, whatever are you talking about?" seeing mace Windu, Obi Wan and Anakin all in his office together, he knew this was not good news. Anakin had turned him in.
"I told them." said Anakin.
"Why Anakin? You can be more powerful than any Jedi could ever be! You could save her." Palpatine said with a grin.
"You are under arrest." said Mace
"Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?"
"The Senate will decide your fate." said Mace
"I am the Senate!" said Palpatine now getting angry
"Not yet!" said Anakin
"It's treason then." said Palpatine
Palpatine ignited his own lightsaber which was the crimson blade of a sith, and thrust himself toward the three Jedi.
Palpatine's lightsaber collided with Mace's as the two began to fight. They went all the way across the office, until they got to the large window at the back, there Palpatine used the force to slam Mace against the wall. He did it again and this time, Mace's head collided hard with the wall and he slipped into unconsciousness. By now, Obi Wan and Anakin had taken over the fighting. The Sith Lord was now using the force to throw objects at the two Jedi.
The Sith then ceased attacking the Jedi and looked at Anakin,
"Don't do this Anakin, the Jedi only want to use you to their advantage, become my apprentice, we can be equals!"
"Anakin, don't listen to him, remember your early teachings, the Dark Side leads to hate and death," said Obi WAn, "Use the force to guide you, it will tell you what's right." he said
Palpatine who had had quite enough of Obi WAn, used the force to throw a heavy object at Obi Wan's head. This caught the Jedi off gaurd and Obi Wan was hit hard and fell to the floor. Then, Palpatine raised his hands and lightning emerged from his hands. Obi Wan cried out in pain. But Anakin quickly raised his lightsaber and blocked the lighting from continuing to hit Obi Wan. Although the lightning had stopped hitting him, Obi Wan did not move.
The lightning now was aimed at Palpatine who was on the ground practically writhing in pain.
"Anakin, please, don't do this." he begged "I can give you the ultimate power, more than you have ever dreamed of, enough to save Padme."
Padme. What would Anakin ever do without her? He loved her so much and desperatly wanted to save her and joining Palpatine seemed like the only option. It would mean betraying the Republic, the Jedi Order that had been alive for centuries. It would mean betryaing Obi Wan.
"Obi Wan," thought Anakin, He's like my brother, he's my friend. How can I betray him like that? Anakin had to make a disicion, one that would change the fate of the galaxy. He relized that this is what being the Chosen One really meant, deciding the fate of the galaxy, deciding the fate of himself. He didn't know what to do, he felt so lost.
"Use the force Anakin." said a very familiar voice, though he couldn't name the person it belonged to, Anakin reconized it. with that, Anakin closed his eyes and felt the force guide him. Then he knew, that he had to keep going, he had to defete Palpalpatine. Obi Wan had once said, "The darkside leads to awful things, you may be tempted by it's power but you must resist it." Anakin couldn't go with the Sith, he was a Jedi, and he wouldn't let them down. If indeed he did loose Padme, he didn't know what he would do, but Anakin knew, that he couldn't do something as selfish as to fall to the darkside, it may be the easy way out, he knew, but he couldn't do it.
"I'm sorry Padme."
"Anakin please, join me! Save Padme!
"I'll never join you!" yelled Anakin, "You say that the dark side will give me ultimate power, and things will be better but all I see is death and destruction!"
Palpatine ceased producing the lightning. His faced looked as though it had aged 50 years in the past few minutes.
"That is extremely foolish Anakin, I could give you everything!"
"No!" Anakin screamed.
Palpatine once again thrust himself at Anakin and the two began fighting, the fight went on for several minutes, neither of them getting an advantage on the other. Then Palpatine stopped,
"I've become very weak Anakin, I can't hold on much longer," he said out of breath.
"When you die, the republic will be free of you and your lies." said Anakin.
"If you're not joining me," said Palpatine, "Then you'll die too." Then, Palpatine raised his lightsaber and thrust it into Anakin's shoulder. The pain was excruciating, and Anakin screamed in agony and fell to his knees. Palpatine laughed an evil laugh,
"You are a fool Anakin Skywalker" he said. Then, taking advantage of Anakin's weakness, he used the force to pin him up against the wall and then shot his Sith lightning at Anakin's body. The pain that this brought was much worse than the pain the lightsaber had brought, every inch of Anakin's body felt like it was on fire, Anakin screamed again as the lightning continued to flow through his body, the blue rays engulfing him. Anakin didn't know how much longer he could hold on, Anakin's world began to fade as he slipped into unconsciousness. Anakin knew he was going to die.
But when he thought all hope was lost, Palpatine said,
"I... I can't hold on anymore," then the lightning ceased and Palpatine, who simply didn't have anymore strength, finally gave up and died.
When the lightning stopped, Anakin fell to a heap on the floor and did not move. Obi Wan who had been partly conscious throughout the whole episode, had been trying to get up and help his friend, but was simply too weak, now forced himself to get up and staggered over to his fallen friend.
"Anakin," he said, shaking him, "Anakin, wake up!" he cried desperately.
Anakin gave a slight moan, "Obi Wan," he said weakly.
"Hold on Anakin, just hang in there." said Obi Wan.
"I... I can't" Anakin whispered.
"Anakin, yes you can! You have to! You defeated the Sith! Fuffuilled the phrophecy, brought balace to the force! Please Anakin..."
"No... I..." then Anakin slipped into unconsiousness.
Obi Wan scooped Anakin up in his arms,and noticed that Anakin's shoulder was badly beeding. That must have been where Palpatine, no Sidious, Obi Wan reminded himself, had hit Anakin with his lightsaber. Mace Windu finally got up and walked over to the two jedi,
"We have to get him to the healers," said Obi Wan "there isn't much time, he's hurt badly."
Mace nodded and noticed Sidious's dead body, "He did it," he said. "I misjuged him, I didn't think he could do it."
"Well he may not make it if we don't hurry," said Obi Wan and the Jedi ran out into night, despreate to save Anakin.