Disclaimer: See chapter one
Well, here's chapter two. I hope you all going to like it because there's a little twist about the story line. Those who read the first story knew probably that this was going to happen. Anyway, enjoy it!!!!
Thanks JediKnight
Padmé and Hadrian were in her bedroom. Hadrian stood next to the window, looking out over the vast city. Padmé meanwhile was unpacking her suitcase. They were laughing and talking with each other.
"… And then he said: Mommy, I want to become a Jedi, just like dad." Padmé said, hanging up one of her dresses. Hadrian smiled.
"Really? He said that. When did that happen?" He asked. Padmé looked up.
"Two months after you left, I think. He really misses you, Hadrian."
"I know." Hadrian stepped away from the window and took Padmé by surprise. He embraced her and kisses her with all his affection. Padmé dropped her clothes on the ground while her knees went weak. She kissed back, so happy to be kissed again after six month absence. Hadrian let his hands roam on her body while Padmé ran her hands through his hand. They broke away only holding their nose against each other and looking in each others eyes.
"I really missed you, Padmé. And I miss our boy too." Hadrian said holding her tight. Padmé laid her head on her shoulder.
"I missed you too. Each night I wake up without you lying next to me. But seeing you now, makes my heart soar." She whispered.
"We are together now."
"But for how long?" She looked in his eyes.
Hadrian shrugged. "I don't know. That's why we need to make the best of it." Padmé nodded. She pulled away and finished her unpacking. "I'm assigned too you and soon Obi-Wan and Anakin will join us."
Padmé stopped. "Ani? I almost forgot about him. How's he doing?"
"Very well. Arrogant sometimes, but that was probably because of me. I'm rubbing off of him. You will see him soon." Hadrian smiled. Padmé grinned back. There came a knock on the door.
"M'Lady, the Jedi are here." Typho said through the door.
"Thanks, Captain." She turned to her love. "Shall we?"
Hadrian nodded. They entered in the conference room and saw Dormé and Capt. Typho standing there waiting for them. Then Jar Jar came in followed by two Jedi. Hadrian haven't seen those two for a long time. He was surprised about their appearance. Even Anakin looked taller then him.
"Mesa her. Lookie… lookie… Senator. Desa Jedi arrived." Jar Jar said.
Padmé smiled and went over to them. Obi-Wan and Anakin stopped before the Senator. Kenobi stepped forward and Anakin started at Padmé not even noticing Hadrian standing of side. Padmé looked back.
"It's a pleasure to see you again, M'lady." Obi-Wan said, bowing. She walked over to him and took his hand in hers.
"It has been far too long Master Kenobi. I'm so glad our paths have crossed again… but I must warn you that I think your presence here is unnecessary."
Hadrian coughed, Obi-Wan saw him and looked in surprised. "Hadrian? It is a surprise to see you too."
"Likewise, Obi-Wan. You have changed." Hadrian smirked. Obi-Wan didn't replied, but he smiled.
He looked back at Padmé. "I'm sure the Jedi Council has their reasons."
Padmé saw Anakin and looked shocked. Hadrian was right. He has changed a lot. He wasn't the boy anymore that she had met ten years ago. "Ani?" She moved in front of him and stared. "My goodness, you're grown." They looked at each other for a long moment.
Anakin tried to be smooth and smirked. "So have you… grown more beautiful, I mean… and much shorter… for a Senator, I mean." He replied. Padmé blushed and Hadrian rolled his eyes. Obi-Wan looked disapprovingly at his apprentice. Padmé laughed and shook her head.
"Oh, Ani, you'll always be that little boy I knew on Tatooine." Padmé replied. Hadrian laughed silently. This embarrassed Anakin and he looked down. Obi-Wan and Captain Typho smiled.
"Our presence will be invisible, M'Lady, I can assure you." Obi-Wan said, crossing his arms. Hadrian nodded.
"We will protect you, Senator."
"I'm very grateful you're here, Master Kenobi. I'm Captain Typho, head of Her Majesty's security service. Queen Jamillia has informed you of your assignment. The situation is more
dangerous than the Senator will admit." Captain Typho said.
"I don't need more security, I need answers. I want to know who is trying to kill me."
Obi-Wan frowned. "We're here to protect you Senator, not to start an investigation."
Obi-Wan and Anakin were sitting on the couch, opposite Padmé while Hadrian stood behind her. Anakin looked confident.
"We will find out who's trying to kill you Padmé, I promise you." Anakin said. Hadrian raised his eyebrow. Obi-Wan gave his apprentice a dirty look while Anakin bit his lip in frustration and shame. Obi-Wan went on.
"We will not exceed our mandate, my young Padawan learner!" The Jedi was mad.
"Either way, we will find out who your assassin is, Padmé." Hadrian said. Padmé looked up. Obi-Wan looked at him in shock.
"Not you too, Hadrian? We will do nothing of this sort." He cried at them. Hadrian shrugged.
"One way or the other, Master, we will cross path with the killer. It is for our own interest that we know this."
"And for protecting her." Anakin replied.
"We will not go through this exercise again Anakin. And you will pay attention to my lead. You too Hadrian!" Obi-Wan fumed.
"Why?" the teens said in unison.
"What?!?"
"Why else do you think we were assigned to protect her, if not to find the killer? Protection is a job for local security... not Jedi. It's overkill, Master. Investigation is implied in our mandate." Anakin explained.
"And to watch each others back." Hadrian remarked. Obi-Wan was defiantly angry at this to.
"We will do exactly as the council has instructed, and you will learn you place, young ones." He told them. Padmé look worried. She didn't want to fight with her friends. Hadrian, she could understand, but those two and what was up with Anakin?
"Perhaps with merely your presence, the mysteries surrounding this threat will be revealed. Now, if you will excuse me, I will retire." She stood up and turned. "Hadrian can I talk with you for a minute?"
Everyone gave Amidala a slight bow as she and Hadrian left the room. When the door closed behind them, she turned around and face him. She wasn't angry at him, but sometimes she couldn't understand him.
"What is wrong with you?"
"Wrong? Padmé my interest is to protect you and I will found out about this situation. If it was just me I would have all ready done it."
"And why didn't you?"
"They don't believe me… you don't believe me. I know who's behind this, but no one ever believes me."
"Who?"
"Dooku. He sent a Bounty Hunter named Jango Fett to kill you."
"I knew it." She looked up. "Why do they not believe you?"
"Really now, Padmé. Without facts, nobody will. I can't prove anything. Only that I know that I can protect you from him. But you have to trust me." He asked her. Padmé looked at him. She leaned in and embraced him.
"I believe in you, Hadrian."
"I can't afford lose you." Hadrian said holding her.
The vast Jedi Temple sat on an endless flat plain, silhouetted by a traffic filled sky. The sun had sat an hour ago. Mace Windu and Yoda walked down the long hallway, silhouetted by a lit room at the end.
"Why couldn't we see this attack on the Senator?" Master Windu asked the green alien.
"Masking the future, is this disturbance in the Force. Hadrian knew." Yoda said. Mace looked in disbelieve.
"Hadrian?"
"Knowing the future he does. Skittish for a few days before the attempt, he was." Yoda replied.
"Why didn't he say something." Mace asked.
"Believing him, we do not. Trust my padawan I do. He's strong with the Force and knows many things." Yoda closed his eyes. "Much fear I sense in him."
"The prophesy is coming true, the Dark Side is growing. But who is it? Anakin or Hadrian?"
"Know I do not and only those who have turned to the Dark Side can sense the possibility of the future. But many secrets, my padawan has." Yoda opened his eyes again.
"It's been ten years and the Sith still have yet to show themselves."
"… Out there, they are. A certainty that is."
There was a long silence as they walked away. Only footsteps were heard.
Hadrian was still looking at her while she got dressed for bed. He smiled and looked dreamy. Padmé blushed a lot when he was staring but she didn't mind. It wasn't like he hadn't seen her body before. Then she frowned. She gazed over at him.
"The assassin will try again and kill me, right?"
Hadrian nodded. "They will."
Padmé was lost in thought. "Maybe I should draw them out. I'll program Artoo to watch over me while I'm sleeping. That should do the trick."
"You're going to use yourself as bait?" Hadrian asked stunned. Padmé nodded.
"It's not like anything would happen, right? I have three Jedi to look after me." She grinned. Hadrian shook his head.
"Fine. I'll program Artoo. Get some rest, Padmé. You'll need it." He told her. Padmé nodded and gave him a kiss. Hadrian stepped over to the droid who whistled. He keyed in a series of commands into the little droid and Artoo whistled again. The Jedi patted the dome from the astro droid and stood back up.
"Artoo is programmed. Goodnight." He said. Padmé laid in her bed and smiled. Hadrian left her room. Anakin was standing in the living room. Hadrian told him about the plan and he agreed. Together they talked. Hadrian dropped himself on the couch and leaned back. Anakin looked crestfallen. Hadrian didn't know why so he asked.
"She hardly recognized me, Hadrian. I've thought about her every day since we parted… and she's forgotten me completely."
Hadrian shook his head. "No, she hasn't, Ani. She asked a lot about you when I saw her."
Anakin looked up confused. "Saw? When did you see her?"
"When I went home. Why, you're jealous?"
Anakin shook his head and fumed. Hadrian laughed, shaking his head. It was quiet. Hadrian cracked his eye open when he heard distance footsteps in the corridor outside the apartment. Suddenly Anakin's eyes popped open. His eyes darted around the room. Hadrian recognized the signature of the incoming person. But Anakin reached for his lightsaber, then he smiled and put it back in his belt. The door to the apartment slide open and Obi-Wan entered. Hadrian stood up and faced the Master.
"Captain Typho has more than enough men downstairs. No assassin will try that way. Any activity up here?" He asked them.
"Quiet as a tomb. I don't like just waiting here for something to happen." Anakin said, walking around. Hadrian leaned against the wall.
"Don't worry, Ani, Something will happen. I can sense it."
Obi-Wan nodded and checked a palm-sized view scanner he has pulled out of his utility belt. It showed a shot of Artoo by the door, but no sign of Padmé.
"What's going on?" He asked. The dark haired Jedi grinned. Anakin shrugged and looked at Hadrian.
"She covered the camera's. I don't think she liked us watching her.
"What is she thinking?"
"I've programmed Artoo to warn us if there's an intruder." Hadrian assured him. Anakin agreed.
Obi-Wan looked angry. "It's not an intruder I'm worried about. There are many other ways to kill a Senator."
"I know, but we also want to catch this assassin. Don't we, Master?"
Obi-Wan's eyes almost popped out of his skull. "You're using her as bait?" He looked at Hadrian.
"It was her idea. She wanted to know who's after her and I agreed with her. Don't worry, no harm will come to her. I can sense everything going on in that room. And it will work." Hadrian said, scanning the door.
"It's too risky… besides I don't think your senses aren't that attuned, Hadrian." Obi-Wan replied, crossing his arm.
Hadrian was stunned. "Are you kidding? You don't know me that well, Obi-Wan. I can hear thoughts of people at the other side of this planet if I want too."
Obi-Wan looked in denial. He didn't want to believe that. Of course it has been awhile since he has seen the young man. But he had never forgotten about him, especially the last time they fought together.
"Very well."
Hadrian rolled his eyes. Sometimes those Jedi can be so thick headed. Why could they not believe him that he was a slight more that an average Jedi. Even his own Master has second though about his abilities. His fire gift grew with training and his telepathy was pretty strong. Sometimes it was just too much that he had to build mental walls around his own mind. Otherwise he would go crazy. He heard Anakin and Obi-Wan continuing talking while moving out onto the balcony.
"You looked tired." His Anakin's Master said. Hadrian looked up. This can't be good. He moved out and stood next to Obi-Wan.
"I don't sleep well anymore." Anakin replied hesitantly. Obi-Wan looked worried.
"Because of your mother?"
Hadrian looked shock. If this was happening, then she was caught or was about to be taken.
"I don't know why I keep dreaming about her now. I haven't seen her since I was little."
"Maybe it's a sign. I too have dreams like that." Hadrian replied.
Obi-Wan shook his head. "Dreams pass in time."
Hadrian gazed at him. "Not always, Obi-Wan. Remember what I told you on Naboo." He said sternly. "Some things are not always what they seem."
Anakin looked confused then he smiled. "I'd rather dream of Padmé." Hadrian choked on his saliva and coughed. "Just being around her again is… intoxicating." Hadrian got a coughing fit. Obi-Wan helped him, clapping on the back while addressing Anakin.
"Be mindful of your thoughts, Anakin, they betray you. You've made a commitment to the Jedi Order... a commitment not easily broken... and don't forget she's a politician. They're not to be trusted. Are you alright Hadrian?"
The man in question swallowed hard and nodded. "I'm fine." He said hoarsely. Hadrian could just strangle the boy. He went back inside, but suddenly had a bad feeling. Something was coming. He narrowed his eyes on the door and let his senses stretch. The duo were still talking, but Hadrian didn't pay attention to that instead he listened with the Force. Something was moving in her room.
"She's not like the others in the Senate, Master."
"It's been my experience that Senators are only focused on pleasing those who fund their campaigns... and they are more than willing to forget the niceties of democracy to get those funds."
Hadrian moved slowly toward the door, listening.
"Not another lecture, Master. Not on the economics of politics…"
"Sometimes politics can be very important, Anakin." Hadrian joined their conversation, but he still fixed his thoughts on the other room. Obi-Wan and Anakin walked back into the main room, joining Hadrian.
"I know you're right, Hadrian, but besides," He looked back at his Master. "You're generalizing. The Chancellor doesn't appear to be corrupt." Anakin replied.
Hadrian snorted. "Palpatine is a politician. And I don't trust him very much. He's a back stabbing, egocentric son of a… Well you get the picture." Anakin and Obi-Wan were looking at him; Anakin looked horrified that Hadrian said something like that. The chancellor was his mentor. Obi-Wan looked disbelieving.
"I've observed that he is very clever at following the passion and prejudices of the Senators."
Hadrian turned around. "Of course he is. He's trying the wrap the Senate around his finger so he can start his own campaign."
"I think he a good man. My instincts are very positive about…" Anakin looked stunned and looked sharply at his Master. Hadrian sensed it too this time very clear, but before he could make a move, Anakin dashed pass him. They rushed into the room. The poison Kouhuns stood on their hind legs and hissed as Padmé woke up. Anakin threw himself in front of her, whacking in half the deadly creatures with his lightsaber.
Obi-Wan saw the droid outside the window and raced straight at it, crashing through the blinds as he went through the window. Hadrian whistled at the man's action and rushed to Padmé. She looked alright. He, Padmé and Anakin stared at the sight of the Jedi Master being carried off by the droid. Captain Typho, with two guards and Dormé entered the room. Anakin left the room in a dash.
"I guess your plan worked." Hadrian told her. Padmé looked a bit shock about the intervention and gave him a weak smile.
"I'll follow them. Stay here!"
A short chapter, but a bit longer then the first one, right? Did you like it? Let me know but review!!! I want them badly because I like compliments and critics and all that jazz anyway. OK I'm shutting up now.
Until next time
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Jessie.