Obi Wan jumped. Suddenly there was a flash of despair and fear bolting through the force. The Jedi master had been deep in meditation as he felt it. As he opened his eyes he noticed that Yoda was a little startled too.
"You felt it too, master.", Obi Wan stated. Yoda nodded. "Very curious this is.", he grumbled. "What to you think it was?", Obi Wan asked. "Not know I do.", Yoda said. His face wrinkled in thoughts.
"What do we do, master?", Obi Wan called out. "Wait we will.", Yoda said drily and folded his hands. The old master closed his eyes and sunk in meditation again.
"You wan't to do nothing?", Obi Wan asked unbelieving. Yoda didn't open his eyes but his face turned slightly annoyed. "Patience you need, Obi Wan.", he murmured. Obi Wan snorted.
He stood up and left the room. He wouldn't just sit around, when the force was shaken in such measures. Something happened to a force sensitive. Something that put him or her in blank fear and shock.
Obi Wan guessed that Vader was visiting someone. And he had a feeling he knew who that was. That despair could be caused by a padawan learning what her master had become.
Obi Wan imagined Ahsoka's emotions when her old master came to kill her. Maybe it wasn't too late. Obi Wan hurried out of the base, ignoring the weird looks the clones gave him. No missions were assigned.
He showed them to open the gates and he stepped outside, where he was greeted by an icy storm. He ran to his starfighter that was waiting with all the other ones.
He hopped inside the cockpit and started it.
It took him half a minute to leave the surface for good. The hyper speed ring was floating in orbit the way he had left it only a few days ago. Obi Wan docked his fighter to the ring and set up the controls.
He remembered where Ahsoka had settled down. A few seconds later his ship jumped in hyper speed to Geonosis. He dug around in his memory, trying to recall where exactly she lived.
He left the ring and lowered the fighter closer to the planet. He orientated at the big cities he saw below and found the piece of desert her cave was in. As he landed his ship he looked around.
He was sure it was here now. The mountains in the back and the cave's entrance were just like in his memory. He jumped out of the cockpit and stood before the cave in a second. "Ahsoka?", he called into the cave carefully.
As he received no answer he pulled out his lightsaber and stepped into the cave. "Ahsoka?", he asked again, louder. He searched in the force. No one was near him. He put away his saber and continued looking.
He felt the trace of the dark side, and as he concentrated on it, he was sure Darth Vader had been here. He closed his eyes. He was too late. Vader had already eliminated Ahsoka.
The general's picture appeared on Sidious' holoterminal. "I've just received a message, your majesty. The two children have been found on Thyferra and are currently on the way here. They seem to be force sensitive."
The Emperor smirked and folded his hands. "Wonderful, general. Make sure they arrive on the executor unharmed." The general bowed low and nodded.
Sidious erased the connection and turned away. Everything was going as planned. Vader was broken enough to kill his own padawan, surely he would train the two to be powerful sith.
The Emperor set his frequency to contact Lord Vader. His Apprentice knelt down. "Master.", he greeted him. "I have a new assignment for you Lord Vader. Padmé Amidala has not died two years ago but only fell in a coma."
Sidious couldn't see Vader's face under the mask but he didn't need to. He felt enough through the force. "She died after she gave birth to twins, the children of Anakin Skywalker.
The Emperor saw how Vader's hands clenched to fists. "I have found the children and I want you to train them in the ways of the sith. They are being brought to the executor right now, you can expect their arrival."
Sidious closed the call before Vader could answer. He liked doing that, since it demonstrated that he had the power, not Vader.
Ahsoka stared at him with an open mouth. "I heard.", she said. Vader he took off his mask. "I'm a father, Ahsoka. And they're twins. I have two children.", he stammered. Ahsoka smiled.
"I'd have thought that he would have kept them from you. Isn't it stupid to leave them to you?" Vader shrugged. "I suppose he overestimated the power he has over me and my mind." Ahsoka grinned.
"I like the sound of that. So what now?", she asked. "I'm leaving.", Vader said. "What? Your children are coming, why would you leave?", she called out. "I'll tell them to bring them here, you can take care of them until I'm back."
Ahsoka made a step forward. "You should wait for them, master. They're your children.", she pronounced slowly. Vader rolled his eyes. "I'm want to know where they've been.", he rumbled. "To do what?", she cried. Vader didn't move a muscle.
"Her body is somewhere. Maybe she has a grave. I just want to say goodbye. Her death has been haunting me for years, I thought she was left on Mustafar.", he fizzed. "You were there.", she whispered. Vader exhaled dramatically.
"I did it, Ahsoka. I choked her and I thought she died! But she survived, and I wasn't there to help her. She gave birth and died, without me." Ahsoka frowned. "You choked her?", she asked.
Vader expected her to take a step backwards to avoid him. But she looked at him in concern. "That's what's aggravating you so much, isn't it?" Vader turned away from her. He slang his arms around his torso.
"I thought I killed her, just like that. And that even though I turned to the dark side, only to save her life.", he told her. Ahsoka put an arm on his shoulder, which was pretty uncomfortable for her, regarding his height. He looked at her in surprise.
She wasn't disgusted or afraid. "But you didn't end her life, master. And she left you two children. You should be happy about those news.", she said with a calm voice. Vader looked down.
"You should stay for your own children's sake. I'm sure she'd like that." Something in him cramped. He wasn't so sure about that. "Why would she want her children to be with the man who choked her." Ahsoka raised her brows.
"You mean her husband?" There was a pause. "She loved you, master. I mean these children must have come from somewhere." Vader gulped. "That was Anakin Skywalker, not me. Anakin would have never choked her." Ahsoka frowned.
"Anakin was her husband, Vader choked her. Anakin felt horrible about that later, and Anakin didn't kill me when Vader would have done it. And Anakin is going to be a good father. I know so because Anakin was like a father to myself."
Vader stared at her but she kept talking. "Anakin Skywalker taught me everything I know. He saved my life a dozen times before and guided me through so much. I thought he had died but I recently learned that he wasn't dead at all."
Vader brought himself to a weak smirk. "I've missed you, Snips.", he said. She chuckled and crossed her arms before her chest. "I've missed you too, sky guy."
Padmé frowned, as she saw how the group of filthy men wandered towards her. She had never seen anyone as deep in the forest before. They were laughing and teasing as they wondered through the woods.
Some of them were obviously drunk and staggered around. Padmé hid in the cabin. She didn't want them to see her. Something in her broke for the umpteenth time as she looked at the little bed the twins had shared.
She sat down on her bed, hugging her knees. Now she had nothing left of him. Except for the necklace that she was still wearing. She grabbed it, tracing the carvings with her skinny fingers.
She started to cry. The tears were flooding her eyesight quietly. She held onto the image of the little boy on Tatooine, that had grown up to be her handsome, strong, smart, and loving husband.
Padmé hid her face in her hands and tried to forget everything. How she lost her husband and how she lost her children too. She felt sick at the thought of Sidious and Darth Vader twisting Luke and Leia's minds through the dark side.
How they would be tortured and abused to make them hate and rage. Her precious little miracles needed her help but she couldn't come for them. She didn't know where the were, or where they were going.
But she knew they were afraid. She blamed herself for not taking their dreams serious before, and not listening to Obi Wan. But she was still mad at him too. For killing Anakin and after not even honor him.
The door swung open with a bang and Padmé jumped as her mind was pulled to the present again. "That's what I'm talking about!", one of the men called out. Another one was giggling so much his face turned red.
They were more drunk than she had suspected at first. "Can I help you?", she asked with a shaking voice. "You sure can.", one of them grinned. "That one will fetch a really good price.", the tallest one said, followed by a belch.
Padmé backed away until she was pressing herself against the wall. "I don't have any money. I swear.", she whimpered and lifted her fists. She must have looked poor but she didn't care.
A few of the men started giggling simultaneously and came a little closer. "We'll sell you to a whole organization of slavers.", the skinny one said, he seemed to be the most sober.
Padmé turned pale. "Slavery is illegal.", she sobbed since her tears hadn't stopped flowing. "Let us worry about that. You won't be thinking about anything from now on anyway. All you've got to do is follow instructions."
Padmé winced. "Please. Don't do this. Please.", she whispered. The skinny one clicked with is tongue and a rodian turned Padmé's armes on her back painfully. She hissed in pain as she was pulled off the bed.
Luke and Leia held each others hand. They barely understood what was happening, but they were certain they didn't approve. They were kept in a little cell on a spaceship constantly guarded by multiple stormtroopers.
They stuck together all the time and talked in a way only their twin understood. Both of them were terrified, not knowing where they were or why they had been separated from their mother.
The soldiers guarding them grew tired of their whining and childish complaining and were incredibly relieved when they could finally leave their post.
When they were recruits on kamino, no one had told them that sitting two toddlers would be one of their most dangerous missions of all. And all of them were sure it was. If something happened to these children, the soldiers would find their death.
Sidious had ordered to transport them without any injuries whatsoever. If they failed at that, the Emperor would be displeased. Many soldiers had seen what happened if he was, and had lost countless comrades to his wrath.
All of them were holding their blasters, ready to shoot what would come threatening close. Three medical droids waited in the corner of the room, in case the children would hurt themselves in any way.
The captain felt like a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders when he received the message that they were entering the executor's hangar now. He noticed as the ship slowed down and finally landed.
The captain gave his men the sign and they picked up the sobbing infants and marched in direction of the exiting ramp. The ramp made a puffing noise and glided down slowly.
The captain looked at the huge hangar filled with ships and dignitaries. And in the center of all he waited. Darth Vader stood up tall, dressed fully in black and wearing the infamous mask.
The captain noticed how the twins got a lot calmer at the point. The troopers exited the ship in formation the captain ahead. Darth Vader didn't move a muscle. The captain lowered his head in front of Vader.
The children were brought to the front and put on the floor right before the sith lord. They looked at him with fascination, not showing a sign of fear or insecurity. The captain held his breath. Something was odd.
He expected them to start crying or screaming. He expected Vader to snap a finger to get them put away. Instead something strange happened.
Vader picked up both children gently turned around and left without an other word. Everyone remained silent, staring at the sith carrying the children with care.