If You Come Softly
Summary: AU, during ROTS. Padme is married to another man under Anakin's wishes. But will her love for Anakin get in the way? And what is Padme's deadly habit? Can Anakin save her?
Authors Note: So this is the last chapter of the story! Isn't that really sad? Don't worry the ending is kind of iffy and is un-clear, but there will be a sequel! Well there will be if you want me to write one! I want to thank all of you for all the reviews and support! Thanks again!
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars or Lithium by Evanescence!
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Darling, I forgive you after all.
Anything is better than to be alone.
And in the end I guess I had to fall.
Always find my place among the ashes
I can't hold on to me,
Wonder what's wrong with me.
Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside.
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without...
Lithium... stay in love with my sorrow
I'm gonna let it go.
- Evanescence 'Lithium'
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Chapter 15
(Normal POV)
"Anakin…" She whispered as she fell flat against the ground once more.
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Anakin's head whipped around the room that he was in. He didn't know where he was, he didn't remember anything that had happened. He had never felt worse then he felt right now. He heard her calling his name and he felt that she was close to him… If only his eyes would open. His eyes refused to look where he was. He was scarred; he had never felt this way before. His eyes gingerly opened and all he saw was black. He blinked a couple of times before standing up and moving away. Was he dead?
"Dead? I don't think so." A voice called to him, he looked towards the corner of where the source of the voice was coming from.
"How did you know I was thinking that? Who are you?"
"Ah, you are one of those Jedi's that is so anxious. I never knew one of those Jedi's because they threw me down in this pit hole." It was a man, a man was talking to him and he had no idea who he was though.
"I'm just a crazy old man." He said and appeared out of the darkness. "I don't know anything really, just that they threw you down here about four hours ago."
"Four hours ago?" Anakin said and he looked at the old man who just shook his head, "What? Who threw me down here? Where are my children? Where is my wife?" He didn't even bother to correct himself.
"Wife…? You mean the screaming beautiful woman that was brought down here only two hours ago? Well I don't really know where she is, just that they passed her by here. I think that they're planning on killing her." He said and Anakin banged his hand against the wall. Then he looked down at his robes and fished into his pocket, fingering his light saber.
They had forgotten to take it.
"You want to get out of here?" Anakin questioned and the man nodded.
"More then anything, I've been in here for too long. I think that they've forgotten about me over the years."
Anakin smirked, "Then let's go." He said igniting his light saber and slicing through the metal bars.
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She heard a noise just outside of my room and she looked up and found that there was a small window that looked out into the world. Padme stood on my tip-toes and found myself starring into someone eyes'. She screamed and fell backwards as the person on the other side did the same things. She her head against the wall and pressed her ear against the wall also.
"Yep there's definitely a girl in there… Is that your wife?"
"I don't know what did she look like?" The voice was familiar. She looked around the dark room and pressed her head harder into the wall. Anakin, her Anakin was here to save her.
"Uh, brown hair, brown eyes... Wearing… Uh I didn't get to see what she was wearing, but she was very beautiful."
"Padme." He said the words rolling off of his tongue. She sighed and closed her eyes as small tears tracked down her face. Anakin was here to save her; she kept repeating that in her mind as she heard the sound of a light saber. She looked around and stood back from the wall.
"Whoever is in there, stand back!" A man yelled that wasn't Anakin. She wondered who he was with. The tip of the light saber cut into the wall and she looked at it as it cut a full square out, just enough for her to crawl… Out. She looked at Anakin's face and grinned.
"Ani…" She whispered and pressed her hand to her shoulder and then got down on her knees and crawled out of the jail that she had been held in. She was welcomed with a hand to help her up and then she was pulled against him. She pressed her face into his warmth as he kissed the top of her head.
"I thought that you would never come." She said quietly and he rested his head against hers.
"I would never leave you Padme."
"I know, I know." She repeated and the man tapped his foot impatiently.
"I'm sorry to break this up, but we have to get out of here." He said and I looked up at Anakin.
"Who is this?" I mouthed and he smiled.
"This is my friend, his name is Owen." He said and she looked confused.
"Owen?"
"Long story…" Owen said and looked at the beautiful woman before him, "We have to get moving before they find out that we've left."
"Agreed." She said and joined her hands with Anakin's as she followed Owen out of the lower half of the house that she had thought that she knew. She didn't think that there was a dungeon but then again Bail had added a lot of new things when she had been gone. He said that he wanted to just take the castle to another level. Was she wrong for believing him now?
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Owen was running and he didn't know where he was going. All he knew was that he was getting way too old for this. He ran with Padme and Anakin running after him. He stopped and looked towards a room where a baby could be heard. "Do you two have kids?"
Both blushed while Padme stood up, "Yes… Two actually: Luke and Leia."
He had never met such a strange couple before and he had never met such a couple that had been in so much danger before. In fact he couldn't remember the last time that he had even spoken to a Jedi after being put down in that jail for over ten years. He pushed open the door without using any of his effort and saw that there was a woman kneeled over the two cribs. She looked pale and she was crying, her tears seeping into the clothes of the small baby. Padme rushed over to her babies and pulled them away.
"What do you think you're doing?" She questioned bitterly and Anakin walked over to her side. The woman looked up at them and continued to cry. She had never seen somebody so protective of her own children. She looked over at Anakin and Padme and then at Owen, her eyes wide.
"You shouldn't be here." Her voice was quiet and Padme recognized her as one of her hand-maidens.
"Rabe?" Padme asked quietly and Rabe looked up at Padme and smiled.
"Get out of here while you can." She said before keeling over and falling down onto the cribs. Owen looked at the young woman and could not help but run over to her and ten to her every need. He looked up at Padme and Anakin.
"Listen to her! Get out of here. They'll be looking for you soon. I'll take care of this woman and do everything that I can… But you two still have a life ahead of you. Mine was taken away a long time ago." He said and smiled at Anakin. "Take care of them."
"Owen! We can't just leave you." Padme said and handed Leia to Anakin, "It's her time to go… Please we can't leave you." She pleaded, feeling like she had some connection to this man. Owen shook his head and threw Padme a blanket.
"Go Padme and live. Live for both of us." They heard footsteps running down the hallway, Padme looked at Anakin who grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the room. Padme looked one time back and saw that the guards had gone into the room without noticing Padme and Anakin and a scream was heard.
"Anakin… Anakin, what are we going to do? He saved us…" She said and she hated herself for leaving Owen and Rabe. Anakin pushed her hair out of her face and smiled sadly.
"It'll be okay Padme, it'll be okay."
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"Padme quickly!" He yelled as they ran together towards the ship, Luke bouncing against her. Padme ran up the ships ramp and found herself placing Luke down and buckling him and then taking Leia from Anakin's arms and doing the same things. He sat down and punched in some directions and the ship took off.
"Anakin… Are we doing the right thing?" She questioned and looked over at him. He shook his head.
"What else would we do Padme?"
"We're running away."
"We have no other choice unless we want our children to not even reach the age of five." He said and looked at Padme who was leaning against a wall crying. He stood up and embraced her. "I'm sorry Padme; I didn't mean it like that."
"I know, I just think that what we're doing is wrong."
"It's what we have to do. We can't always fix everything in the world."
"But I want too." She whispered and pressed her head against his shoulder, "Where are we going to go now?"
"We can't go back to our home… So I guess we're going to have to go to Coruscant."
"Coruscant? Why Coruscant?"
"It has the most population of run-aways there and it's the easiest place to hide for now. I promise you Padme that everything will be fine and that our family will be safe." He said and kissed her gently. "We'll be fine for now."
"Alright, I believe you." Padme whispered and rested her head against his chest, not sure of what was going to happen next. She looked over at her children and then closed her eyes. Not noticing how Leia's blanket was blinking brightly, the bright light died out in a second and it just remained on Leia's blanket. She giggled as she fingered it carelessly. If only Padme and Anakin had noticed it sooner.
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He laughed as his woman came up to him. Owen and Rabe were just a part of the plan. They had been servants for many years of them and they did exactly what they said. Owen sat down beside him and smirked. He looked around the age of twenty-five, his make-up and disguise were gone from early that day. "The device was put securely onto the blanket master."
"Are you sure?" He questioned and Owen nodded.
"I am sure and Rabe did a wonderful job of acting… We should put her on more of those kind of jobs for those are all that she is useful for." Owen said and his master nodded.
"I think that you are right. Where is Sabe?"
"Sabe?" Owen questioned and then nodded, "She's tracking them now… Do you want to attack?"
"Attack? No, where are they?" He asked as Sabe entered the room, a gleam in her eyes that didn't go un-noticed as she entered. Her mind was washed of all the memories of Padme and her being together and now all she did was serve for him.
"Master, they have gone to Coruscant."
Owen perked up, "Why Coruscant?"
"They want to hide out there." Sabe titled her head to the side and smirked, "But they will not be hidden for long."
"We'll make sure of it." Owen said and walked over to Sabe. They both bowed and walked out of the room leaving the master to himself. He smiled to himself and looked at the woman at his side. She smiled at him, her jade eyes confused and clearly she was not happy with what he was doing. She wanted him to go and kill them now so that she could be in charge instead of Padme. She didn't like her at all. She was about to say something when he cut in.
"Don't worry Julie, we'll find them and we'll destroy them. Mark my words."
The End
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Ending Note: So that's the end of… Part 1 that is. So I hope that you liked Part 1 and Part 2 is soon to come! Thanks again for always reviewing and supporting me! I loved writing this story!
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