Anakin pushed Palpatine's blade back. He was shocked Palpatine would attempt to kill him first, he thought the man would at least tempt him to the dark side first. Or maybe Palpatine realized his mind was no longer bendable either way. He stretched out with his mind and pushed Palpatine back towards the wall to give himself some breathing room. "It's true, you are the Sith Lord the council has been searching for."

"And if it wasn't for your brat, your mind would still bendable," Palpatine sneered angrily.

"This is not how I pictured you attempting to turn me to the dark side, not very subtle," Anakin snipped easily. "My daughter hated me with a passion when I first met her, she nearly chewed my head off in the process. Unfortunately her brother is a little more understanding. I want nothing to do with you."

"You would make a powerful sith, can have all the credits and power in the galaxy," Palpatine tempted with a cold sneer on his face.

"Not interested," Anakin kept his guard up in case Palpatine attacked again. "I plan to be there for my family this time instead of attempting to kill them. Is that what keeps me in darkness? Despair over what I did to my wife and child? I don't care anymore. I promised Bail a live delivery but since the gloves are off, I'm sure he'll understand."

"Don't you want to keep Padme from dying? I can show you how," Palpatine tempted with a small sickening smile. "There are ways to keep her alive."

Anakin remembered the nightmare of him Force choking Padme and how it lead to her death. He also remembered a dream where he was holding Luke and Leia in his arms. He shook the thoughts from his mind as he glared at Palpatine. Boy he had nerve bringing that up. "She died because of what I did to her not due to natural causes."

"Are you sure?" Palpatine tried again as they started circling each other with their lightsabers at the ready.

"I'm more then positive," Anakin hardened his expression. "The Force showed me what I did to her. I'm going to enjoy ripping you from limb to limb."

Obi-Wan looked at Ahsoka in alarm as the cold in the hallway suddenly dropped without warning. He could hear crackling static in the air causing him to shiver. He sensed Anakin's emotions through the Force as he brushed his mind along the bond he had with Anakin. "Palpatine and Anakin are fighting, we have to get into that room now."

Ahsoka nodded in agreement as she shivered. "Did it suddenly get cold in here or is it just me?"

"It's cold, its from Palpatine using the dark side," Obi-Wan answered as he rushed to the door and entered override codes Padme supplied him earlier. The door denied him access causing him to frown as he attempted the code one more time. Again it beeped red denying him access. "Someone changed the override codes."

"Great, while Anakin is fighting in there, we're standing out here discussing on how to break into the chancellors office?" Ahsoka questioned as she activated her blade. She walked forward and started to dive her lightsaber into the door. As soon as she attempted to cut through the metal her saber exploded into large shards as she quickly deactivated the blade.

Obi-Wan raised his hand over his eyes to protect them from the shards flying towards him as Ahsoka looked shocked. "That's new," he hit the button on his comlink. "Padme, we need them now. Anakin and Palpatine are battling inside the chancellors office. I'm almost positive of that now."

"We'll be there in three minutes," Padme answered sounding concerned. "Luke had a feeling, so we left before waiting for the signal."

"The override codes don't work," Obi-Wan reported. "Palpatine must've changed them. He knew we were coming. We can't use our lightsabers to get in. Ahsoka's blade shattered as soon as she attempted to cut through the door."

There was silence on the other end. He suspected Padme and Luke were conversing on what to do now. "Luke has a plan, it's daring but it should get us into the Chancellors office."

Daring bold plan? Sounds like without Anakin's influence, Luke managed to take after Anakin in the long run. He smiled to himself as troopers showed up. "Get this door open now."

"Yes sir," the guard answered as he and his guards went to work. "Is the chancellor in danger sir?"

"No, Anakin is in danger from the chancellor," Obi-Wan answered honestly as the guard looked confused. "Palpatine is the Sith Lord we've been searching for. I need to get to Anakin's side, I can sense he's in danger." In danger of killing Palpatine, he could sense his former apprentice's intent. If Palpatine attacked him he can see Anakin not attempting to arrest Sidious. He can see Anakin killing him for the future his children had to suffer at both their hands.

Padme pulled the speeder to a stop in front of the windows to the chancellors office as she glanced at her son with a worried expression. How did he plan to do this? She turned her attention to the windows as she saw Anakin and Palpatine battling it out with their lightsabers causing her to frown. Be careful Ani, she thought to herself as Luke used a small boulder and chucked it at the window causing the glass to shatter on contact. He picked up a cable gun and shot it to a wall as it attached itself solidly just above the windows. "What now?"

"I need you to get some height with this speeder so I can slid down into the office," Luke instructed as he pulled a cage on his back.

"All right, be careful in there, Luke," Padme agreed as she pushed the speeder up to where Luke asked her. She watched as he secured the other end of cable gun and used a rifle as something to hold onto. The cable line tightened as she continued to raise the speeder.

"That's good," Luke instructed as he jumped off the speeder sliding back down towards the office. Padme watched in amazement as Luke effortlessly slid into the office landing on his feet. He takes after Anakin, she thought with an inward smile.

Anakin continued to evade Palpatine's vicious blows as he blocked his lightsaber. He used the Force to push Palpatine back up against the wall as the Sith raised his hands aiming at him unleashing Force lightning.

He raised his lighsaber and blocked the attack for long as he could hoping the Sith would ease off, that's until he realized this was a ploy for Palpatine to get back within striking range. The lightning stopped as he finished absorbing the attack with his lightsaber and raised his blade to block Palpatine's lightsaber.

Anakin continued to be on the offensive as Palpatine pushed his attack on him. He found an opening in Palpatine's defense as he pushed his lightsaber down towards the man's stomach. Palpatine blocked with ease giving Anakin enough time to push his attack putting Palpatine onto the defense. "I'm going to kill you."

"Join me, Anakin, we're evenly matched for a reason," Palpatine pointed out with a frown. "We could be powerful together, rule the galaxy together as father and son."

"You're lying, I had no father," Anakin snapped angrily as he pushed his attack on Palpatine harder. "I told you, I want nothing to do with you except to be your executioner."

"Come now, Anakin. Everyone has a father," Palpatine spoke as he eased up on his attack taking a step back. "I manipulated the force inside your mother to create you."

"You picked some random woman to do this too? I find that hard to believe," Anakin snipped as he and Palpatine started circling each other again. "You've been lying to me from the start, this is just another lie. I want absolutely nothing to do with you. How do you know it was my mother you did this too? I look nothing like you. I was tested by the father of the Force himself. I am the chosen one of the Force, you had nothing to do with my mother."

Anakin felt the Force leave him for a moment causing him to shiver a bit. Is this what that animal did, he glanced towards the window as he spotted Padme and Luke outside the window in a speeder.

Luke chucked something at the window causing the windows to shatter in response as he turned his attention back to Palpatine. He needed to distract Palpatine from what was going on outside the window. He pushed on another lightsaber attack as Palpatine gave a small amused grin.

"My guards will be here in seconds, and you will have a lot of explaining to do," Palpatine taunted as he continued on the defensive as Anakin continued to push on.

"We have evidence of you attacking first," Anakin smirked as Palpatine raised an eyebrow. While he was back with the Fleet he learned Padme had the entire office rigged for holo recording and hid them in spots even where Palpatine shouldn't be able to find them.

"I had my security cams deactivated a head of time," Palpatine sneered with a grin.

Not the ones my wife set up, Anakin thought with a slight smirk. But Palpatine didn't need to know that. He sensed the Force leave him again as he turned his attention to the windows as Luke landed on his feet withdrawing his lightsaber. Luke rushed in as color drained from Palpatine's face. He could no longer sense the Force or Palpatine's intentions as he aimed his lightsaber at Palpatine's neck.

"What is this trickery?" Palpatine hissed as Luke hit Palpatine's lightsaber blade with his own hard enough knocking the lightsaber from Palpatine's hand.

"No trick, just an animal with the capability of blocking the Force," Anakin answered easily as he kept his lightsaber blade pointed at Palpatine's neck. Luke pulled Palpatine's arms hard behind his back as he reached out with a pair of stun cuffs placing them on Palpatine's wrists. "Looks like Bail is getting his wish on a live delivery."

"Let me go, now," Palpatine attempted again. "I will make it worth your while."

Anakin stopped as if thinking about it for a minute as the doors behind him were finally opened. He deactivated his blade and placed it back on his belt. "Nope, not interested in you or anything you have to say," he turned his attention to the guards. "Take him to the brig, the Chancellor is being arrested and charged for high treason. He's behind this whole war from both sides."

"Yes General," the guard answered as Rex walked in with a shock collar and placed it around Palpatine's neck. To be on the safe side, he planned to keep the animal with him and have Palpatine in a prison that can hold a Jedi.

"Order sixty-six," Palpatine snarled at Rex causing the clone to smile a bit.

"Sorry, I had the chip removed from my brain. You don't have control over me. I removed mine shortly after discovering what was going on with Fives and Tup," Rex explained with a grin. "And to be extra cautious, you will not be guarded by clones that still have the chip in their brain. We discovered order 64 and what it meant. Being arrested with high treason cancels out order 65."

"I must congratulate you, my boy, you thought of everything," Palpatine hissed as Luke walked beside Palpatine. "Grand Master Skywalker, it appears I've underestimated you."

"I had my sister whose a politician to help to thank," Luke gave a subtle grin. "And after this I hope to never see you again. You caused my family a great deal of pain and suffering. Not to mention the entire galaxy for more then twenty years in my time frame."

"Enough chit chat, get him out of here," Anakin ordered in a nonsense tone.

"Yes General," Rex answered with a smile as he turned around. He noticed a cage on his back as well as Luke's and an odd looking animal he was unfamiliar with. That must be the Ysalamari he concluded with a frown.

Padme finally entered the office with a relieved smile as she saw Anakin. He ran to her and hugged her tightly to him. The nightmare was almost over, as soon as they had the evidence they needed. The plan was to move forward with a trial. Palpatine was not to be released under any circumstances.

Luke sat down on the couch as Anakin sat down on the chair across from him. It was the perfect way to end the day, Palpatine in chains and no way of escaping. "I never thought I would see the day with Palpatine in chains."

"I know the feeling, Luke," Leia agreed as she entered the room and sat down beside him on the couch. "I'm glad its over, but I can't help but wonder what kind of effect this will have on the future."

Luke glanced at Anakin with a slight smile. "You know you did chuck Palpatine down the elevator shaft."

"Really? And what made me do such a thing?" Anakin questioned in curiosity.

"It had to do with Palpatine slowly killing me with Force lightning and I think you had enough of him," Luke explained with a frown as Anakin gave a short nod in agreement. "Or you finally came to your right mind."

"It sounds like I could not bare the thought of losing you and needed to save you," Anakin muttered under his breath as Leia nodded in agreement. "I was close to killing Palpatine in there, if you hadn't shown up when you did. I would have."

"Bail is thrilled Palpatine is delivered on a live delivery not a dead one. I am curious, Anakin, the gloves were off, who made the first move?" Padme questioned as she entered the room.

"I could sense Palpatine brushing my mind with his own as I was leaving his office. I felt my danger sense flare, I barely had time to block Palpatine from him driving his lightsaber through my skull. I merely defended myself," Anakin explained with a frown as Padme nodded in agreement.

"I know, but Palpatine stated otherwise. I had Ahsoka retrieve the hidden cam recorders. I was able to review the footage and it's exactly as how you describe it. It will bode well in your favor," Padme explained with a slight smile.

"I'm relieved to hear that and I know you won't allow anything or anyone to alter that recording," Anakin gave a small smile as Padme nodded in agreement as she rubbed her stomach. "Now we need to figure out how to get you three back to your time."

"If that's even possible," Luke answered with a frustrated sigh. "I'm beginning to think we're stuck here."

"One good thing came out of it," Leia pointed out with a smile as she stood up and walked to the chair Anakin was occupying. "I finally got to know who my parents are and knowing the kind of impact you had on the galaxy. It makes me proud to be your daughter."

"I'm thrilled to hear it," Anakin smiled in appreciation as he stood up and brought Leia in for a hug. "I love you so much."

"I love you too," Leia returned as she released Anakin. "You're nothing like Vader. Its almost like different personalities," she waited for a second as Anakin shook his head sadly.

"Palpatine tried to get me to join him but I felt I had too much riding on it to say to yes. My future is looking brighter, no thanks to you and Luke" Anakin gave a small smile. "I was talking to Ventress and she suggested to talk with Mother Talzin about figuring a way back."

"Who is Mother Talzin?" Luke questioned with suspicion in his tone, it almost sounded like a night sister.

"The leader of the night sisters clan on Dathomir," Anakin answered as Luke shook his head sadly. "I don't like this anymore then you do, but we may not have a choice. We need answers."

"Night sisters, how did it come to this?" Luke questioned with a sad shake of his head as he stood up from the couch.

"What kind of run ins did you have with the Night Sisters?" Anakin questioned with a curious tone.

"I nearly died when they attacked us while attempting to get to the Falcon," Luke explained with a frown. "We didn't want the Night Sisters to leave the planet, they're too dangerous. Palpatine had a planet blockade around the planet."

"As much as I don't like this, we need to follow up on the lead Ventress gave me," Anakin spoke with a frown. "Maybe you would like to come along, Luke?"

"Would love too," Luke gave a smile. "When do we leave?"

"We'll leave first thing in the morning, I need rest after the way things went this afternoon," Anakin answered with a smile. "I can finally crash without having to worry about too much tonight."

"Sounds like a plan to me," Padme agreed with a smile.

Luke nodded in agreement. His father needed rest due to the fight he had with Palpatine. It must have tired him out he reflected with an inward frown. He wondered what words the two exchanged, and he was thankful Anakin didn't fall this time. Later that night, Padme ordered take out and then everyone went to bed. Tomorrow promised to be a long day.

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