Chapter 6
"By the force!", Obi Wan whispered. He was astounded to see his apprentice again, especially after Obi Wan had left him looking on Mustafar. Qui Gon said, "You have truly made a turnaround Anakin. You will bring balance to the force." Qui Gon bowed and faded away back into the everlasting force. Yoda said, "Failing, my force shield is. Leave soon, we must!" Anakin could only grin, he was so overjoyed at being back in his body. He used the force to rip the Vader suit from his body and flung it through the hole he made. He was wearing the same Jedi garb he had when he left Obi Wan, as well as his one mechanical arm. Padme's eyes widened and he gently placed the twins in Bail's arms. She ran to Anakin and hugged him. She said, "Anakin! Oh my god it was you in that suit! I'm so happy you're alive. But…are you still angry at me? I swear Obi Wan and I had nothing going on. Please Anakin you mu-." Anakin cut off her gushing with a passionate kiss. He said, "Padme, all is right now. I'm back and our kids are born. There is only one major problem…The Emperor."
Padme said, "You mean Palpatine? He's just Supreme Chancellor. What do you mean Emperor?" Anakin looked at Padme sadly and filled her in on the political workings of Palpatine. Padme gasped and said, "He's taken control over the entire governing body! He is an absolute tyrant! I knew this was a bad idea from the start, letting him into office. Anakin, what are you going to do?" Anakin shook his head, he didn't know yet. He still needed to talk to Obi Wan. Walking over to his old master, Anakin hung his head. He said, "Master...I-" Obi Wan interrupted, "Apology accepted, brother. Now, on to the issue of Palpatine and his empire. What do you suggest?" Obi wan grinned, knowing what Anakin's answer would be. Anakin said, "We go in there, at destroy everything!" Obi Wan said, "Somehow I knew that was coming, but I believe we should have a plan." Yoda said loudly, "Leave now, we must! Sensing us soon, Sidious will be!" Obi Wan nodded and motioned everyone to follow him aboard Padme's cruiser. Sitting in the pilot's chair, Anakin looked at his passengers safely seated. Obi Wan said, "Can you fly one of these?" Anakin smirked, "We'll just have to see now wont we!" He raised the ship and punched the throttle to the max, rocketing them out into space.
Palpatine had just finished torturing a prisoner when he felt a massive shift in the force, as if the entire path the universe would take had changed with a single action. He knew only one person could have caused such a shift, Darth Vader. Almost frantic Palpatine reached out his senses to Polis Massa, Vader was gone! Scanning around the galaxy, he found Vader's force signature but it did not belong to Vader anymore, it was Anakin Skywalker! Sidious cursed loudly and thought about the situation, somehow the Jedi must have captured him and turned him back to the light. Sidious had seen how skilled Anakin was with his lightsaber before he had been burned. If he came aboard the Death star with those powers he would be virtually unstoppable. Palpatine needed somebody who could stand against Skywalker and survive. He needed...Darth Maul. He knew his old apprentice would gladly come back from death to defeat the light.