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Mace Windu made his way through the halls of the temple to the council room where Yoda had wanted to see him. He was consumed by his thoughts. He had expected too much of Anakin, put way too much pressure on him. Mace assumed that it had been because he wanted Skywalker to be able to prove that he was good enough, that he was loyal to the order and be able to prove that he would indeed be able to fulfill the prophecy. Anakin had done all this and more and Mace was appalled at himself for ever doubting him. At twenty-two Anakin was already a much better Jedi then himself and by the age of thirty, he could quite possibly become the best Jedi in history.
Mace got to the council room and found the doors wide open.
"Hello Master Windu." said Yoda. "Glad to see you we are."
"Hello Master Yoda," said Mace before taking his seat. The council doors closed and Yoda began telling Mace about what had happened on Mustafar.
"The Separatist base it turned out to be," said Yoda, "eliminated all activity we have. The clones, shut down they have been. Now the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, what has happened to him?" he asked. Mace began telling the council what had happened at the Senate and how Anakin had defeated the Sith once and for all.
When Mace had finished, the entire council seemed to be in shock, to one had expected Anakin to be powerful enough to kill a Sith Lord.
"What happened to Anakin?" asked Yoda, "felt his force signature weaken we have."
Mace was silent, he hadn't explained Anakin's condition to them or that he had even been hurt.
"Anakin received a terrible lightsaber wound on his shoulder which has become infected," he began "then he was hit hard with Sith lightning, the lightning weakened his immune system and made him extremely weak so he has no strength to fight the infection." he took a deep breath before continuing, "he has a dangerously high fever and a terrible cough, he must have been sick before he was hit or he wouldn't have a fever. They don't know if he will survive"
Silence once again filled the council chambers, no one knew what to say, they were all too ashamed of themselves to say much of anything, how could they have put that much pressure on Anakin?
"Ashamed we all are," said Yoda "hopefully get the chance to thank him and apologize we will." Yoda looked over at Anakin's empty seat, "Fulfilled the prophecy he has, one of the best Jedi in history he is." Yoda seemed to be lost in his thoughts. After awhile he said, "This meeting is over."
Everyone rose from their seats and quietly exited the council room not saying a word.
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Obi Wan and Padme had not moved from Anakin's bedside. Anakin's breathing had returned to normal and some of the color had returned to his face. But other than that, nothing had changed. His fever was as high as ever and every few minutes he would collapse into violent bits of coughing.
Suddenly, Yoda came through the door and gasped at Anakin's appearance.
"What are we going to do?" asked Obi Wan, we can't loose him! he said his voice cracking.
"Loose him we most certainly cannot," Yoda walked over to Anakin and ran his small green hand through Anakin's damp hair, "but an idea I have." the Jedi master turned and left leaving Padme and Obi Wan in confusion.
"Obi Wan, what is he going to do?" asked Padme
"I don't know," he said truthfully "But Padme, you need to get some rest and eat something, for the baby's sake."
"I don't want to leave him!" she cried tears threatening to fall once again.
"I know, but you have to think about the child, really you need food and rest.
Padme didn't like to admit it but Obi Wan was right, she had the baby to think about.
"All right but promise me, if anything changes, you'll come get me?"
"Of course" said Obi Wan.
Padme placed a soft kiss on Anakin's lips and walked out of the room. A few minutes after she had left, Yoda returned with the entire Jedi council behind him. Seeing the confused look on Obi Wan's face, Yoda said,
"Put him into a strong healing trance we will try, if succeeded we do, allowed to sleep Skywalker will be."
Obi Wan thought this was a good idea, healing trances put the injured person into the hands of the force, although in this situation, the force might decide to take him. With that, everyone of the council members put a hand on some part of Anakin's injured body and tried to put him into a healing trance. Soon, Anakin was fast asleep. A wide smile spread across Obi Wan's face, Anakin still had a chance.
"What will happen now?' asked a Jedi master.
"I do not know." said Yoda, "In the hands of the Force young Skywalker is."
Ok I'm sorry that this is a little short but I haven't updated in awhile and I felt bad about it. I have exams this week so I sorry but they're won't be another update this week. I apologize. And as you may have guessed, this isn't the last chapter as I said it would be, there will be at least one more. Toodles!