Ok first, This the corrected version of the chapter. Anakin's Girl thought she had sent me the chapter. This also the end of the Anakin's Father arc of the story. Which I throughty enjoy writing. Fair Warning This story is about to take an180 turn and a violent one too!
Enjoy!
Chapter 4
When the transport docked into the hanger with a thud. Anakin took a deep breath, pick of his bag and headed off the ship with Artoo.
"Somewhere is this hanger is Xeusa?" Anakin said to Artoo while scanning the hanger for him. Then he noticed a man coming towards him.
"That's got to be Xeusa. Who else would have a grin like that."
"Ah Master Derva, I welcome you to Sardeseth. I'll take you to your new home. You'll find it quite interesting."Xeusa greeted him. "Come, the speeder is this way."
"Thank You Master Aine, looking forward to my visit. Come Artoo and don't dawdle either."Anakin ordered and then followed Xeusa to the parked speeder and they were off.
"Good we are out the hanger, we can talk more freely now. First your Father is very anxious to see you. Maybe now, Anakar can finally stop blaming himself. It was nothing but a tragic accident." Xeusa said.
"Yes it was. I can't go back and change the outcome. We can only go forward now."Anakin mused. "I wish I could convince the Jedi Order of that. Damn! I was so closed to getting the marriage proposal pass too!"
"Don't worry Anakin, everything will work out in the end." Xeusa reassured him as he turned into a driveway.
"We are here. Hello Sofhia. That's your little sister and she's just seven years old."
Anakin smiled at her, which caused her to run into the house. Then he helped get Artoo down from the speeder and warned him to behave himself.
Then a teenage boy walked up to him.
"Yes Anakor, being good for a change?"Xeusa asked. "Anakin, if you thought you were bad, here's your replacement. Maybe you can get him to behave like a proper Jedi."
"So I have a little brother. "Anakin said, hugging him. "This could fun"
Anakor smirked at Anakin. "Careful what you wish for, big brother."
Anakin just whistled and then noticed Anakor's lightsaber.
"Well little brother, go fetch your lightsaber." Anakin quickly used the Force and put the lightsaber on the roof of the house.
"Have fun Anakor. Ok I'm ready to see Dad now." he said, walking away from a stunned Anakor.
"Very good Anakor. What do you do for encore?" Matova teased, ducking out his away from his hand.
Xeusa laughed when heard that remark and lead Anakin to his Father, who was waiting for him in the arbor.
Anakin tried to calm down his beating heart. Every since that night when Qui-Gon told him about his Father, he tried not to imagine what his Father was like. But suddenly, he was here for real. Standing by the entrance, was a middle-aged man, who eyes where twinged with sorrow. Yet, through the Force, Anakin could feel nothing but pure joy.
Anakar tried but failed to keep the tears from forming. His heart skipped a beat when he noticed the brace on Anakin's left leg.
"It's a minor thing. I hope."
Soon as Anakin was close enough, Anakar embraced his lost son.
"Oh Anakin, my poor son. They told me, your Mother was killed. I shouldn't have listen -"
"Dad it's ok. What has happened, has happened. We can't go back and change the outcome."Anakin softly said, rubbing his father's back.
"But your Mother paid the price. Shmi deserved better life than what she got. All I wanted to do is give her happiness."Anakar replied, finally sitting down with his son.
"You did Dad. You gave her a son to love. Mom's life happiness was me. She never cared about anything else, really. There were times. She stood up to our owners, knowing she could have been killed for it. I just wished she had told me about you. Mom always told me, it was better if I didn't know who was my Father. Yet, Shmi Skywalker was an incredible woman. She always knew where I was."Anakin remembered through his tears.
"Shmi was Force sensitive. She always could spot a Jedi right away. I could never sneak up to her and she was very stubborn at times. Notice who won the argument on naming you. Technically you were supposed be a Quinnar not Anakin. Quinnar was my Master. When I was 16, he left the Jedi Order and I never saw him again. Later I found out, he died of Chovia sickness. Quinnar was the one, who pointed out that Order was in danger of collapsing. He had no qualms of challenging Master Yoda and the rest of the stupid Council. In the end, turns out he was right. The Jedi order is going to collapse."
"There is one thing I don't understand still about Mom. She told me she was a slave all her life. So how did she manage to meet you."Anakin asked.
"When your Mother was a young girl, she and her parents were traveling through the Outer Rim. Their ship was attacked by space pirates and Shmi was separated from her parents and then, sold. Over the years she had different owners, some kind and some were not kind. The twenty four years ago, Me and Jedi named Eskda, had a little fun with her latest owners."Anakar said smiling. "We temporary forgot the Jedi code. To make a long story short, I recuseg your Mother and fell in love with her. Three months later, we were married and then four months later you were conceived, with a little help with Force. Shmi was not thrilled that idea. When she was one month pregnant, when I sent her ahead to our new home. Two weeks later, I got the news your Mother's ship was attacked. Half the passengers were taken when the rescuers came. I did talk to the eyewitnesses, all had said your Mother was killed. Well we all know the real truth now."
"Yes and the truth still hurts sometimes. I hold Leila and I wonder if she got her Grandmother's looks." Anakin quietly said, pulling out the holo image of her and showing it to his Father.
"Speaking of the truth. What happened to your leg?"Anakar asked, touching it. "Since nobody told me about it."
"That's from the coma I suffered last year. I cracked under the pressured of being a trapped Jedi. I was being pulled into two directions by the Jedi Order and by a Sith Lord. I knew I couldn't just runaway, not with Padme carrying the twins. So I found about this stuff call Galeriana. Technically, it was supposed to put me in a coma for a week or two. It was never meant for humans and also I took too much. My heart stopped and they had to restart it. I was a coma for a month and I had to fight my way out of it. I in a way, I die that night. Then a couple days later, Qui-Gon zapped me with a jolt of the Force and I was given a second chance." Anakin calmly answered.
"Thank the Force for that! Come my son. It's time to meet the rest of your family."Anakar said, getting up. "I see you already met Anakor, the residential hellraiser."
"Oh yes, I wonder if he got his lightsaber off the roof."Anakin cracked.
"I don't want to know what sparked that."
The rest of the day was spent meeting his new family. Watching Artoo charm his little sister.
At last Anakin felt like he was finally whole now.
"Padme, are ok? Karis thought you were crying and asked me to check on you."Palpatine asked.
"I'm fine Dad. I just got this from Anakin. He has found his Father."
Palpatine took the message from her and read it.
"Well, well, this is excellent news. I must say. I'm looking forward to meeting him. I'll tell him all the stuff that I knows about Anakin, especially the stuff Anakin won't tell."
"Padme, are you alright?"Obi-Wan asked
"Yes I'm fine. Look Obi-Wan. Anakin found his father." she said as Palpatine handed the message to him.
"This wonderful. Finally this part of his life is closed and he can move on."
"What was that!" the pilot yelled as he heard and felt a small explosion.
"It was the Hyperdrive! We are losing power!"
Alone man watches the traffic of Coruscant fly by.
Then he felt a shift in the Force, ever so slight, as if it was trying to hide something.
One word came to his mind, after waiting so long.
Checkmate.
