Chapter 2
I am in funeral, all the important people of the galaxy are here, everybody dress black and they take candles in their hands. I am among the senators. The day is dawning, but I am noticed that the day will be gray and sad.
The retinue is simple and sophisticated at the same time, a lot of people cry, a lot of people lose hope, the whole media is here pointing your uncomfortable flashes for the body, I am close of body, but I don't see who is.
The Jedi accompany the silver and luminous coffin, everyone with their overcoats on their head. Closer of the body are master Yoda, master Windu, Obi-wan and an alien child that seems to be the padawan of the dead, the girl cry hopelessly taking in her hands a lightsaber.
The coffin and the sad retinue arrive at altar where the body will be cremated, people faint, the media goes mad, The small padawan hides her eyes in the Obi-wan chest. The coffin is placed in the altar and I see the body dressed with a scintillant blue clothes and with white flowers in the chest, I finally focalize in the face, it is Anakin, my heart is cut into pieces, he is dead. Then the man begins to approximate the torch of his face…
Padme woke up soaked in her perspiration and suffocated by her fears. Air, she needed air. Padme rose of the bed and she went to the bathroom, she placed her head under the sink and left the water to flow on her head. Padme couldn't believe Anakin was in coma, he was always so strong, he always tolerated everything and now he was in a coma, her dream could be real, he could die or worse, he could continue forever in his sleep. She would not support to see her husband in that eternal sleep and what about the baby? If Anakin didn't wake up what she would say to the baby? Padme saw the strong woman that she was to be slippery with the water that wet her now. Padme focalized in her reflection in the mirror, she was pale, the red and swollen eyes of her as two tomatoes, she felt guilty, if she had impeded Anakin to go, he would not be now in a coma, he would be there with her caressing her belly and dreaming about the baby.
Padme returned to her room, it was dawning, she knew she would not sleep more mainly after that dream then she decided to begin her day. Padme went until the bathroom and took a long shower, later she walked until her closet. She observed the Anakin clothes, she felt as if he was there, but he was not yet. Padme caught a black dress deciding she was strangely in mourning. Padme walked in the direction of the mirror and she looked at her reflection, she was still pale and with the red and swollen eyes, a make-up would disguise her paleness, but no make-up would hide her red eyes. Padme arrived closer of the mirror and stayed there during some seconds, this was the moment of her day in that Anakin hugged her and he called her angel, his angel, but on the contrary of his soft voice there was the silence, the silence of the Anakin sleep. Padme can see in the mirror the Anakin image in the stretcher as she was watching the holo, she felt as if she could touch her husband, she stretched out her hands, then she heard the beats in the door and his image disappeared just leaving the reflection of her tearful face. Padme dried quickly her tears and went to the door.
"Good morning, Milady" Dorme said with a smile
"Good morning, Dorme" Padme said forcing a smile
Dorme noticed the swollen and red eyes of Padme and she deduced her lady had cried a lot " Are you fine? You seem to have cried"
"I am fine, my eyes are like this because a dataped I was reading and. . ."
"Is because of master Skywalker ,it is not?" Dorme cut her
"Yes, it is" Padme answered noticing to fake was useless
"I am sad because of him too, I was shocked when I saw that news in the holo " Dorme said
"I saw him, it was horrible" Padme answered while tears wet her face
"How is he? Is he fine? Is he very wounded?" Dorme asked worried
"He is stable, but he is in coma. He is not wounded, he seems an angel sleeping, Dorme, it was what more touched me, I waited him was very wounded, but he is perfectly beautiful, it seems he is just sleeping peacefully and soon he will wake up" Padme told
"Does it have forecasts of when he will wake up?" Dorme asked hopefully
"No, unhappily they haven't and the doctors don't have hope he will wake up" Padme said sadly
Dorme held her mouth impeding to leave a terror scream. Padme hugged Dorme, she needed more that hug than her chambermaid, she was in terror too, but to know that somebody supported her was soothing now
"Milady, Master Kenobi is here, he wants to speak with you" Dorme said freeing herself of the Padme hug
"Ok, I will speak to him" Padme said speeding up for the corridor
"Milady" Dorme call
Padme was turned to be in front of her " Yes "
"Can I visit Master Skywalker too? I would like to take flowers for him, I still remember him when he was a child" Dorme said
"I don't know, I will ask for Obi-wan" Padme said warmly
"Thank you, Milady" Dorme said with a smile while Padme left the corridor
Padme arrived the room and she found Obi-wan seated in the sofa. He was abated and he didn't seem to have slept. Padme hugged Obi-wan warmly
"How are you, my friend? Padme told to obi-wan gesticulating for them to sit down in the sofa
"I am terrible, I don't get to eat, I don't get to sleep, I am an emotional ruin" Obi-wan told
"I imagine" Padme said caressing the shoulder of Obi-wan
"I should have impeded him. I should have entered there with him" Obi-wan cried "Anakin is my annex, I know that it is prohibited, but he is my annex . I don't support to see lying Anakin in that stretcher, without reaction. Anakin was always so agitated, so lively. He is my best friend, if he dies. . . "
"He won't die!" Padme said catching Obi-wan's shirt "Anakin won't die! I have faith in that! "Padme loosened Obi-wan noticing she had exceeded
"You are very affected too. You are not?" Obi-wan asked noticing his friend's apparent despair
"Yes" Padme said recomposing "Anakin is my best friend, I like him a lot, see him in coma makes my heart sad " Padme ended
"It makes my heart sad too" Obi-wan said holding the hand of Padme
"Did you also lose the hope he will wake up?" Padme asked sadly
"No, when the doctors said his possibility to wake up was almost null, I asked if that was only worth for the normal people"
"Normal people?" Padme asked curious
"Yes, you understand me, Anakin already made the flights crazier than I already saw, he made impossible plans work, he won several gandarks alone, he saved me calmly of the largest dangers of the galaxy, he accomplished with perfection impossible missions. Anakin is not a normal person, he is a very special person and if somebody gets to leave of a coma this somebody is Anakin" Obi-wan said smiling and with hope in his eyes
Padme returned the smile and her heart filled with hope too, Anakin was really a very special person, he would not stop struggling for his life and he would wake up. Padme was right of that
"I will give a news conference today to explain for the media the real situation of Anakin, since the news spread, several holoporters and fans are in the door of the medic center wanting news of Anakin and wanting to see him" Obi-wan said "And tomorrow master Yoda will begin a new treatment with him. We tried to revive him with the force, but it didn't work. Master Yoda said that perhaps something is impeding his mind of waking up, then he will try to search in the Anakin mind and remove what impedes him of waking up" He ended
The heart of Padme filled with happiness. "And do you believe it will work?"
"I don't know, the chances of working are small, but I have hope" Obi-wan told
"Me too" Padme told "Obi-wan, can I visit Anakin again?"
"Of course, I will give the news conference and later I will come you" Obi-wan said
"Thank you very much" Padme said making a respectful arch for Obi-wan
Obi-wan returned it, he hugged padme and proceeded for his commitment
Obi-wan focalized in the place in front of him. Just had a thing he hated more than politics, were the holoporters and there had thousands of them, of the whole galaxy. It was a big white room with a supported with microphones where would sit down him, master Yoda and master Windu. Obi-wan sat down and blinked the eyes quickly. The flashes was blinding him, involuntarily he remembered an Anakin comment. Give a little smile for our fan club. Anakin kidded and Obi-wan smiled his friend's sweet memory.
"Hear me" Obi-wan begun "We are here to answer all your questions about the Anakin state. You should ask one for one and we will answered in the best way possible" He added
"How is Skywalker?" A feminine holoporter asked
"He is stable, he is not breathing with help of apparels, his heart beats are good, but the coma stays" Obi-wan said
"When will he wake up?" A male human asked
"Unhappily doesn't have forecast of that" Master Windu replied
"Is he very badly?" A male holoporter asked
"As I said the coma prevails and the doctors don't have hope he will wake up' Obi-wan told
At this time everybody remained silent, they could not believe ' the hero without fear " perhaps would wake up never, if he didn't wake up the hope of several would disappear, he was the largest symbol of force of the republic, he was the person more love of the republic, he would can't simply sleep forever
"And…and…Do you have hope?" A male holoporter asked
"Hope has we, like you say the young Skywalker the hero without fear is, wake up he will" master Yoda affirmed hopefully
A smile filled the people there and they filled with hope
"When can his fans see him?" A holoporter asked
"Anakin cannot still receive many visits, but I think if he stays stable soon his fans will can visit him" Obi-wan replied
"Is it true master Skywalker will have your own holiday?" A female human asked
"Well, we don't know is better asked it for the chancellor" Master Windu said
"If master Skywalker dies will you remove his semen to create more powerful Jedi?" A female holoporter asked
"What?! No! Of course not!" Obi-wan answered shocked
"The chancellor announced the celebration in honor of Master Skywalker will be tomorrow. Will you show him during the ceremony?" A holoporter asked
"Well, I think it would not be careful, Anakin is in a hospital and it is not a reality show" Master Windu answered angry
"Who will assume the troops of Master Skywalker?" A male human asked
"For the time being, me, but I admit, I cannot do what Anakin can do, nobody can" Obi-wan answered sadly
Obi-wan affirmed it with property, Anakin wasn't in all the battle flanks, but he was a symbol for the troops, besides he accomplished the most difficult missions and he were the chosen one and the Jedi order was not sure it could defeat the Sith without him
A feminine holoporter noticed the apprehension in the face of the Jedi Masters "If Master Skywalker doesn't wake up the republic will lose the war. It is not?" She asked with fear
"No more questions" The three Jedi answered in chorus
Padme entered once again in the medic center, taking in her hands some lilac flowers. She was walking beside Obi-wan, he didn't say a word, Padme watched his interview and she were concerned not only as wife, but as senator, if the republic lost the clone wars the consequences would be terrible, the galaxy would be certainly a chaos in the hands of Count Dokku and the dictatorship would reign absolute.
Padme looked at the flowers in her hands and imagined how would be the galaxy in that her baby would be born if the separatists won, nobody would have freedom, the democracy would dissolve and the baby would not be safe because the anakin baby would be a Jedi like his father and he would be pursued for the sith if they knew who was his father and without Anakin to protect him. What would with the baby happen? Anakin needed to wake up for the galaxy, for her and for the baby
Padme and Obi-wan arrived the entrance of the Anakin room , Padme noticed this time master Yoda was not there. Padme entered in the room, Anakin was as before, she reached his hand and it was cold. Obi -wan was stopped in the door observing that scene, tears sprouted in his eyes
"I will leave you alone". Obi-wan said like he walked the corridor out with the two clones with him
Padme observed their exit, Obi-wan understood she needed to be alone with Anakin, for the wrong reasons, but he understood. Padme was closer of Anakin, she touched the Anakin face and she caressed it smoothly, but Anakin didn't react
"I have an innovation for you ,Ani" Padme said placing his real hand on her belly "I will have your child " she said smiling " I am pregnant of two months and our baby will born in the spring. It is not great? "She said as tears had run her face
She took his real hand her mouth and kissed it "Ani, I love you and I need you, we needed you, I do not get to live without you, I don't know living without you " Padme said caressing his blonde hair "Once my mother told me when you kiss an asleep prince he wakes up, then. . . " Padme said as she kissed the Anakin lips
The Anakin lips were immobile and cold and it seemed her kiss had done it to more cold. She continued to kiss him for some minutes without success. Padme rose and began to shake him "Please wake up " she screamed while shake Anakin violently, then she began to beat in his chest and when she noticed nothing that she did would work, she lied down in the Anakin chest and cried and she stayed there all night