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Thank you to everyone who has left a review and who has followed and favorite the story!

Thank you, "The Story's Shadow" for your review as well; Well, Peter has always been a little cocky. Of course, it does not help that he has yet to face a real challenge since the Greater Kryet Dragon. However, I plan on doing something that might knock him off his high horse, or I might do it.
I agree with you that Mace Windu was not the best to Anakin Skywalker, but he did not deserve his Fate.

Thank you, "Rushstar32" for your review as well; The Clone Wars? Well, I bought the first five seasons a couple years ago, and I watched them, well, most of them. However, I need to watch the next two seasons, six and seven, plus the Bad Batch. Glad you liked the last chapter.

The story continues onward like a river flowing to the sea...

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(Anakin Skywalker's Point of View)

After Peter Parker left, the two Jedi Masters and I were left in deep thought.

I moved to my quarters and closed my eyes as I crossed my legs and sat down. Everything in there was bolted to the floor or to the wall so that this ship could bank and do evasive maneuvers without doing too much damage to the inside of the living quarters.

I sat on my cot and closed my eyes as I took out my Light Saber and used the Force to deconstruct and reconstruct it. The purple crystals seemed to pulse with my every heart beat.

I released all of my stress and anger and the rest of my emotions to the Force.

I kept my eyes closed as I could see Padme's face in my mind's eye.

Her pleading, tear-streaked eyes as I used the Force to choke her because I thought she brought Obi-Wan Kenobi to kill me. I was wrong. I could not have been more wrong.

I could see myself marching on the Jedi Temple with the 501st. I could feel the death of so many as order sixty-six was enacted. I remember killing almost all of the Younglings. I remember killing Jedi Masters, Jedi Knights, and Jedi Padawans. I left little to none alive, the clones trooper dealt with the few stragglers.

I began to feel sick and nauseous from thinking about this.

All of a sudden, a hand gently shook my shoulder. I opened up my eyes and saw that Peter had placed a hand on my shoulder.

He said softly to me, "Stop beating yourself up. You are having a second chance to right the wrong. Very, very, very few beings are as lucky as you to have this chance. The past is done. The past is dead. You have your entire future to look to. Do not waste your chance, your second chance. You will not get another chance after this life."

I sighed softly and replied to him, "I know… but still… I was a monster…"

Peter sighed softly and said, "That as it may be, you are no longer that man. You are no longer a slave, nor are you a slave to the Jedi, nor are you a slave to the Sith. You are a free person. If you wanted to, you could leave the Jedi Order. You could marry whoever you want to marry, have kids, and grow old with love." He sighed softly and then said, "That is what I wanted to do. Grow old with my wife and watch my kids grow up." His eyes flashed red for a brief moment before they returned back to their regular blue.

I sighed and said, "Peter, why? Why is it so hard to make it past my past mistakes."

"I know. I have made some mistakes as well. But the past does not define who you are. Anakin, I am not all that innocent, not even in this world, in this Universe." Peter said in a soft voice.

I gave him a slight nod and said, "I guess so… but still… it is hard. I spent the longer part of two decades being a Sith, and now?..." my voice trailed off.

"And now you are lost," Peter said, finishing my thought. Then he said to me, "Maybe lost is not the right word. Perhaps, confused is a better word." He nodded his once to himself and then said, "True, but the main point is that you are growing and improving."

I rolled my eyes and said to him, "So, Peter?"

He looked at me in the eyes and asked me, "Yeah?"

I said, "Do you have any plans on taking down Darth Maul?"

Peter smirked and said, "I have an idea. I have a slug-thrower, a shotgun. I doubt that he can dodge all of the shots point-blank. Not to mention we have four of us; You, Qui-Gon Jinn, Count Dooku, and myself. Between you and Dooku, some of the best duelists of all time, I think we could defeat him and bring him in alive if we actually wanted to. But I do not. I want him dead."

I frowned and said, "Why would you? I thought you hated to kill."

He shrugged his shoulders and then said to me, "I used to. Trust me, I used to try to save everyone, even those who had killed people, trying to kill me, but now? Now I think the greater good out weighs a single soul. I would have slain Darth Sidious by myself if I could, but I fear that I would not be enough. That and, the War needs to happen to prepare for the next phase of War."

I scoffed and said to Peter, "Dude, you can kill him easily enough. Between your armor and your skill. I think you could take him on and win." I sighed and said, "I understand that War is inevitable, and a lot of good does come from it." I sighed softly and added, "But there is so much suffering and pain caused by the War… I do not want it to happen."

Peter sighed softly and said softly to me, "I know, Anakin, trust me, I know. However, but for the greater good, it needs to happen."

That did not comfort me, not at all.