AN: Thanks to all who read this story. Sorry the update has been so long in coming. Vacation was wonderful but recovering afterwards is hard. ThenI got sick. So I hopeyou really like this chapter.

DESTINII: you can make the prisoner out to be whoever you want. I just used a force strong one because that would be the only reason Vader would have to be in the prison cells.

Also a quick thanks to KD Skywalker for putting up with all my questions for this chapter. Love you.

Chapter 6

Vader woke the next morning and was happy to find Padme by his side. It wasn't a dream. As he sat there looking at her he knew she needed medical attention, but what should he do? If I take her back to the med center Palpatine will surely find out. So where can I take her that will be safe. BAST CASTLE!

Vader went to see Captain Anil. He found him on the bridge giving orders to go to Coruscant. They were scheduled to go there for repairs and rest. Vader shouted, "Belay that order Officer."

All officers on the bridge stood erect and saluted as Vader past. He ignored them and went straight to the Captain.

"Sir, I am sorry for not noticing you on the bridge," he stated rather clipped and stately.

Vader waved the apology aside. "I need to get to Vjun. Immediately!"

Captain Anil did not hesitate getting the order out. Vader left the bridge. He knew they were not far from Vjun so it would only take a few hours at light speed to get there. He went back to his room and waited beside Padme.

Four hours later a knock at Vader quarters brought him out. It was Captain Anil. Anil looked up into Vader's face and reported that they were about to come out of hyperspace. Vader replied, "Good. I will be gone for about a week and I expect things to run smoothly while I am away. Let me know if anything happens that I will be needed for."

"Very good sir."

"You are dismissed, captain."

Anil left and Vader went back to Padme and whispered "Soon, my love, you be at home."

Vader got Padme to his shuttle and dismissed his personal pilot. This was one time he really wanted no one around. He arrived at Bast Castle and he went right to his room. He commed for a Dr. The Dr came and almost turned and left when Vader answered the door. Vader held him in a force grip and said very menacingly, "Dr I would not walk away if I were you."

The Dr coughed as the grip left him and he followed Vader up to his room. He worked on Padme always informing Vader what he was doing as he checked her over. He found her to be basically intact. No internal bleeding or swelling anywhere. He treated her superficial wounds and told Vader how to care for her until she woke up. He taught him how to change the Iv Bags and which one had Medicine in them for building up her strength. He was packing up his things and going to the door when Vader talked to him again he looked at Vader as His hand waved in front of his face as Vader said, "You will remember none of this visit."

"I will remember none of this visit."

He walked out and when he reached his speeder Vader let go of his control on his brain and the Dr sped out of castle's driveway like a demon was on his tail.

Vader went up to lie beside Padme and decided to see if he could help her through the force. He reached out for her and was shocked by what he saw. Dreams were floating in her head about what had happened to her while in prison. The whole time he was searching her brain he saw darkness around her. He could find nothing of who she had been. Interestingly I am nothing like I used to be either. He did see one small ray of light and inside that light was a small, very small, ray of hope that one day Anakin would return to help her. Anakin was not around but Vader would help her.

Anankin where are you? Why won't you come home to me? You promised me that no one would ever take you from me. Can't you hear me calling for you? ANAKIN! No! Not you please leave me alone. I just want to be left alone. A cruel cackle filled her ears, "But My dear you will never be alone." The door to her cell opened and 3 men walked in she cowered into a corner but they still came at her and she felt hands groping all over her as she screamed, "Anakin!"

Padme sat up and found herself not in a prison cell but in a lush bedroom. She looked around very confused. Where m I? She thought as she took in her surroundings. The bed was a large soft bed with red sheets and black comforter. There was a black Chest in corner and on the left wall were doors that seemed to go out to a Balcony. One of the doors was slightly opened and she saw slight movement around it. Panic started to rise in her throat and she screamed, "Don't come near me!" She curled up into a ball trying to make herself invisible. She started to cry, but she felt two hands on her arms and her tears were falling on the chest of her captor. She had not felt this safe in someone's arm for a long time. All other hands and arms had been very cruel. She looked up at her captors face and gasped. The face was one she had not seen in such a long time. His long blonde curls still framed his face perfectly but his face was harder and his eyes held a darkness one could not describe. Yet when he looked at her she knew, "Anakin?" She asked hesitantly.

"I no longer know that person. I am Vader."

Padme threw her arms around Vader again. She wanted to touch him again to make sure he was real. Vader's arms wrapped around her and she felt the cold steel through her nightgown. She backed up and looked at Vader. Both arms were mechanical she put her hand on his chest and that was warm. "What happened to your arm?"

"Obi Wan" That was all he would say.

"Vader, are you going to turn me over to Palpatine?"

"Never!" he spat out with such vehemence that Padme was taken back for a second. "You will never that man again."

"So you did save me. You did hear me calling for you."

"Yes I will never let you go again."

Padme reached out and touched Vader's cheek pulling his face closer to hers. She touched her lips to his for a soft kiss and started to pull away, but he pulled her back to him and made it a deeper more urgent kiss. Tears started coursing down her cheeks as she felt the passion flow from him. He stopped kissing her and asked her what was wrong.

"Nothing everything is perfect right now. I hoped this would happen one day but that hope was beginning to die. I started to believe what Palpatine said was true and you would never find me."

Fire blazed in Vader's eyes as he held her tightly in his arms again. Palpatine would pay for his treachery towards him, but right now he needed to concentrate on Padme.

"I am here now and I will always be here for you."

She settled into his arms and suddenly felt very tired.

"Vader I am tired. Will you stay with me as I sleep?"

"I have never left your side since I have brought you here."

"How long has that been?"

"Three days."

She snuggled down under the covers and Vader crawled in right beside her. He pulled her close and wrapped his arms around her. She had thought for a brief second that it would be odd that both arms were mechanical but she found them comforting in a way no flesh arm had felt in years. She closed her eyes breathing in his sent and drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

Vader just watched her breathe in and out. Someday he would make Palpatine pay. Someday, someway. But for now he just lay there thanking the force that he was in that jail hallway at the right time.