The Lure of the Dark Side: Chronicle 1-The Turning of an Era
Episode IV: The Clone Wars
Chapter 10: Year 3-The Shocking Discovery
These same three months that Baynetta spent on Coruscant weren't as exciting or adventurous. On the contrary, they were quite boring to say the least. When she wasn't at Senate meetings, she'd stay at home and watch HV or read. She missed Antellica terribly, but didn't at all regret her going off with Anakin and Obi-Wan. It'd be a good experience for her; have her stretch out her wings a bit.
At the beginning of the second month however, she began to feel sick which was strange because she was never sick. She suffered with intense head and stomachaches and even vomited a few times. But the Sith just shrugged it off, telling herself that she probably just had a cold or something.
But after two weeks of this however – which included having to leave a few times during Senate meetings because she felt horrible, and vomiting while addressing the Senate, to which she found horribly embarrassing – did she decide to take some time off from the Senate to relax and recover.
She'd thought she'd been overworking herself and that's why she was sick, but the sickness continued on into the third week. This started to worry her, but she refused to see a doctor; she didn't believe in such things.
At the start of the fourth week, she sat up in bed one morning and tapped into the Dark Side to discover her illness and cure it. What she found shocked and startled her: two 3-month-old Force signatures resided inside her womb. She was pregnant!
This was not supposed to happen. It was never apart of the plan that I get pregnant.
She was in utmost rage and refused to believe it. She didn't want these children; she didn't even like children. She'd never been interested in having any of her own.
This is all Sidious' doing. Well I shall tell him that I won't stand for it.
Angrily getting out of bed, she showered, dressed and without even eating, headed for the Senate building. On her way to Chancellor Palpatine's office, she ran into Senators Bail Organa, Mon Mothma, and Jar Jar Binks – the Gungan fool was acting in her stead while Baynetta was on leave. They were all happy to see that she was a little better and asked her if she knew what her illness was. She lied, saying it was a virus of some type, though she didn't remember exactly which. She then lied again by telling them that she had a meeting with the Chancellor about various Separatists attacks near Naboo. The three bid her farewell and she was off again, meeting no one else on her way.
Arriving in the hallway that led to her father's office, she stalked towards the entrance, her anger flaring up again full force. The usual Royal guards were there as usual.
She didn't even bother snarling at them to get out of the way; she was beyond that. She simply rose her hand and used the Force to choke them to death. They instantly fell to the floor dead and Baynetta felt a hint of satisfaction. Bursting into Sidious' office, she found him standing in front of his desk, as if waiting for her and smirking.
"Hello Padme," he said calmly. "I felt you coming and I thought I'd meet you. How are you? Better I hope. But than you must be to be able to kill my two guards."
He approached her slowly. "Soon my dear you shall have better prey to kill. Just have a little more patience. Oh, and on your way out, revive my two guards. It would look most suspicious to anyone to find two of my security forces laying on the floor dead."
"I'll do it now."
Afterwards, she came back in and sat in a chair opposite the Chancellor's desk. He sat across from her, his eyes studying her. She was currently glaring a hole into him. He smirked and clapped his hands together. "So Padme, what can I do for you? I highly doubt it has to do with any of the Separatists attacks near Naboo because there aren't any."
She glared at him a few more moments before responding via thought.
Search within me Sidious and tell me, how many presences do you sense in this room?
He was silent a moment, but then abruptly sat up and looked at her with wide eyes. Getting out of his chair, he came around to the other side of his desk towards her. Seating himself down beside her, he placed his hand on her stomach.
"You're pregnant," he stated. Baynetta nodded and for some absurd reason he began to cackle. Her eyes flashed in disgust and rage. "Might I ask what you find so amusing?"
"Don't you see Lady Baynetta," Sidious said, his eyes sparkling in glee. "The children you now possess in your womb have the Chosen One for a father and the most powerful Sith Lord ever (she coughed at this pronouncement) as a grandfather. These children will be strong." He closed his eyes. "Ah, a girl and a boy. This is simply wonderful."
"Simply wonderful!" she repeated in rage. "This was never apart of the plan. The plan was for me to marry Anakin, not bare his children."
"And you you're blaming me for this?" Sidious asked. "If you didn't want children Padme, you should've gotten on birth control."
She hadn't thought of that. "Yes, or I could simply kill the children now and not have to worry about-"
"No."
"What!"
"I said no."
"What's no supposed to mean!"
"You are not killing these children."
"Why shouldn't I?"
"Because they will be strong. They're already strong in the Force. Be mindful to cloak their presences at all times. Such beings with so much potential should not be wasted."
"I do not want these children!" Baynetta screamed.
"And you do not have to have them," he said calmly. "Once they're born have someone else take care of them like Antellica or Arica but ah-" He took on a sly smirk. "I'm a little confused as to how you're going to break it to Anakin that you don't want his children."
"I'll just come out and tell him," she sneered. "By the time they're born Anakin should be on the dark side so they'll be no reason for our marriage to continue."
"I see. That's not a bad idea come to think of it." The Sith looked thoughtful. "I know how in love with you he is, and he'd never expect you to break his heart. A way to draw him even deeper into the dark side."
There was a moment of silence. "Alright fine. I won't kill them." Baynetta was not pleased about this, but it's not like she had much of a choice. "But once they're born, I want nothing to do with them or Anakin for that matter."
Sidious raised an eyebrow. "I thought you liked Anakin?"
She shrugged and than got up to leave. "Well that'll be all Chancellor."