Author's Note: Only one chapter left! News on the sequel will be included in the next author's note. Keep up the reviews guys! I love ya!
Chapter 85 responses:
G-Anakin 13: Thanks!
Anakin's Love Slave: Yeah, that's exactly the case. Plus, I didn't think it a good idea for them to get together so soon after his failed marriage. He just needs time, that's all. He'll come around.
Twisted Words (): As impressed as I am by your little biology lesson, you are aware that genes sometimes skip generations. It happens rarely, but all the same does happen. Concerning the Naberries in this story – I didn't think this information was important before, but I suppose it is to some – while Sola and Darred looked like they're brown haired and eyed mother, Jobel, Maratina took after her red haired, green eyed father, Ruwee. Sometimes a descendant of a line will take to looking after someone else besides their parents; an aunt, uncle, or grandparent. In Padme's case, she looks like all three (Sola, Darred, and Jobel). Yes, I did base Maratina on Mara Jade because of my disdain for her character and was thrilled to kill her off through being a princess. Leila is not based on Mara Jade, I can assure you. But you'll have to wait and see as to why I changed Leia's name to Leila. Because there is a reason. As for the twins, their fate is decided in the last chapter (the chapter after this). Anakin is still Sidious' apprentice so it doesn't matter if Padme threw them out or not. It was always the agreement after all that once they were born, she wasn't taking care of them (this was said in a chapter of Episode IV, though I don't remember which one exactly).
The Lure of the Dark Side: Chronicle 1-The Turning of an Era
Episode V: Revenge of the Sith
Chapter 40: A Satisfying Revenge
Antellica was furious. She'd just been thrown out of the only real place she'd ever called home by the very person she'd always thought would be there for her no matter what. But rather than go crawling back to Padme, apologizing for her reprimand and begging to be allowed back into her warm home, Antellica angrily pulled herself off the pavemented ground she'd been thrown on and stalked away from the Amidala property. Her hostile stride led her three blocks away to an old Miabi playground.
What was nice about this recreation area, in Antellica's eyes, was that not only was it isolated away from the rest of island life, but it was also obsolete. And because of this, no one ever came here anymore, so she knew she wouldn't be bothered. Embellished with indigenous vegetation (trees, shrubs, grasses, flowers, mosses), boulders and other rock sculptures, and natural water features, it was nothing short of delightful and grand.
Seating herself on the cold, crisp grass of beneath a tree, Antellica tightly hugged herself to keep warm from the breezy wind that had taken to whipping around the area soon after her arrival. She was still angry. Yet as she continued to sit on the cold ground in silence, she found that her fury at Padme eventually wore out and in its place came two other emotions – loneliness and hurt. Loneliness that she was all alone on the streets with no home to go to, or call her own. And hurt that Padme had thrown her out to begin with, just because they had a disagreement.
As the wind and air around Antellica grew colder, she curled into a ball on the hard ground and cried herself to sleep, truly feeling alone in the galaxy.
0600. That is the exact time Padme awoke the next morning and jumped out of bed to call her three servant girls – Lizzie and Leslie Dayaden, and Dorme Travelen – at their little shack down the road, demanding that they come to her home at once for the work she had prepared for them.
Following her marriage to Anakin and official move to Coruscant, the empress had had her estate's servant girls moved out of it and into the surrounding property she owned, for it was not her wish for them to enjoy the luxuries of her home while she wasn't there. They were usually only allowed into it once a week to clean and do other chores around the house, but this was an emergency.
Much to Padme's rage, the girls arrived a half-hour after she called for them, causing her to rebuke, "When I make a demand, I expect it to be fulfilled immediately. Now clean up this mess of a house!"
While her servants did so, Padme contacted her father on Coruscant to bring him up to speed on all the recent happenings of the past few days. The emperor was very pleased with these turn of events, and seemed to especially love the part about Vader trashing her house in obvious rage.
"Your rejection of he and his children will draw him even deeper into the Dark Side. You have done well Lady Baynetta."
She bowed. "Thank you master."
Sidious continued. "Since there is no longer any reason for you to remain on Naboo, you shall return to Coruscant immediately. There are some things here that need the attention of not only the emperor, but the empress as well."
Again, she bowed. "I shall return post haste master."
"I'll be expecting you..."
1130 – Five hours after the servant girls' arrival. It was hard to believe but they'd done it. Dorme, Leslie, and Lizzie successfully cleaned the entirety of the Amidala home in a course of five hours. Padme was truly impressed with the trio. Of course, other damages had yet to be fixed. The broken windows for example and the ruined entrance hall chandelier. That had been moved out of the house and it was her decision to have it replaced only at her return to Naboo. The windows, however, would be replaced the next day. Padme gave her servants enough credits, via check, to purchase and install replacement windows. They were than shooed off the property with not so much as a thank you, and Padme left for Coruscant, aboard one of her newer starships, Gold Mountain.
1130. It was also the time Antellica awoke the next morning. Of course, Antellica herself had no way of knowing this, as she'd left her watch in her old bedroom at that ferocious dog's house.
Yes. Antellica's sadness and hurt had quickly changed to anger once more. She woke up wanting revenge. To cause Padme the same pain she'd brought to Arica, Anakin, and now her.
As Antellica sat up and stretched, she heard the distant sound of a starship flying overhead. Picking herself up off the ground, she shaded her eyes from the sun as she looked up. Just as expected, a ship was seen exiting the planet. But not just any ship. Antellica instantly recognized it as Gold Mountain, one of Padme's newer ships.
So, she's leaving. I wonder...
Antellica smirked at the sudden idea she received and made for the Amidala property at a brisk walk.
Stretching out with the Force confirmed that no one was in the estate, and since she no longer possessed a key to the building, Antellica simply broke into the mansion via a window. Not surprisingly, security alarms went off signaling the break in, but she quickly used the Force to deactivate them.
Going up to her old second floor room, Antellica collected all her possessions inside, and even went as far as stealing some expensive jewelry and elegant gowns from Padme's room. All of this was taken up to the fifth level and put aboard one of Padme's other new star cruisers; personally named by Antellica, Flying Angel. This was followed by the former handmaiden flying the ship from the hanger and docking it onto the property's front lawn.
Returning inside the house, she than proceeded to play out her real revenge against Padme.
The china cabinet in the dining room hosted a numerous amount of elegantly scented candles from all over the galaxy. Occasionally, Padme would use these candles to light up the entire house when she chose not to use electricity. But mostly, she used them when she meditated. She'd sit in a room by herself with all lights out except two small, dimly lit candles. With the tiny glow and simple scent of the candles, she said she was able to relax and tap into the Force at its full extent. Antellica had tried doing this once but to no avail. The closest she'd come to tapping into the Force's full extent was envisioning a small fire in a room only to open her eyes and find that one of the candles had fallen over and her bedroom rug was in flames.
Removing all one hundred of these candles from of the china cabinet, she collected several packs of matches and set two candles in each room of the house, lighting them as she went. Descending to the basement upon completion, she set the house's power generator up to it's maximum height of energy and struck a match to it. Revisiting the first floor, she retrieved a container of vegetable oil and flung it onto the fully powered stove. It was engulfed in flames in seconds. She than began throwing large amounts of oil onto the other large electrical objects on the level and the power sockets that connected them to their electrical current.
The training/exercise room on the fourth level had uses to it besides the obvious. Padme considered it to be her 'war room'. Mainly because many deadly, and some even illegal, weapons and devices could be found cleverly hidden in one of the rooms' closets. This was why Antellica was running up through the slightly smoky house to retrieve something from it. Slicing into the closet with her lightsaber to save on time, Antellica picked up what she was looking for. A detonator bomb.
Returning to the first floor yet again, she raced into the flaming kitchen to collect the unharmed mini-oven, via the Force, from inside. Catching it in her hands, she took it out into the entrance hall and plugged it into the one circuit outlet she hadn't thrown oil on. Inserting the melon-sized detonator into the small appliance, she set it to 60 seconds and fled the house. Into Flying Angel, she rose the ship into the air.
Hovering it a good thirty feet away from the mansion, Antellica waited for it to blow to the very last second. And when it did, everyone within a 50-mile radius knew about it. The violent release of confined energy was so booming and intense there wasn't any way whatsoever you couldn't have heard or seen it, even further away than 50-miles.
Antellica's revenge was executed and she was quite satisfied with the way it turned out. Fleeing the area before the authorities could arrive, she piloted Flying Angel out of Miabi and the Lake Country with the prospect of finding Anakin and Arica. She knew they were still on planet; she simply wasn't sure as to where their exact location was. With the Force, she soon discovered the both of them at the Theed Holiday Lakes Hotel and Resort, obviously together in the same place.
Docking at the hotel upon arrival, she entered through a back door and made her way to their, and the baby twins', location – the penthouse. Coming to her destination outside the suite in question, she gently knocked on the door...
1230. Arica and Anakin were sitting on the main living room sofa, near the entrance of suite, entertaining themselves by watching Luke and Leila play in their playpen. Anakin had just come out of the shower a few minutes before and was currently eating some type of oatmeal he'd ordered from room service. Arica wasn't sure what it was, but it didn't look all that great in her eyes. Nevertheless, he was eating it as though it was enjoyable so one could never be too sure about judging by appearances only.
A gentle knock at the door is what brought her from these thoughts of oatmeal and for a moment was confused.
"Did you order more room service?" she asked, with a glance at Anakin.
He replied through a shake of his head because his mouth was full.
Bewildered as to who it could be, Arica went to find out. Looking through the door's peephole showed her it was...
"Antellica!" Arica exclaimed and hurried to open the door for her sister.
She heard Anakin jog over to join her at the door, but wasn't really paying attention to him. Her main focus as of now was on her twin.
The smile that had been on Arica's face an instant before quickly vanished at the sight of Antellica. She looked horrible. Her clothes were ragged and she had deep cuts and wounds on her arms and above her left eyebrow. Her hair was also in disarray with clumps of soot here and there.
"Antellica, what happened to you?" she asked in concern.
Antellica simply looked at her a moment before throwing herself at her in tears. Though slightly startled, Arica caught her sister in her arms and brought her inside. Anakin closed the front door behind them and Arica held onto her sister as she carried her to the main living room sofa.
Antellica wasn't entirely sure what had come over her. One moment she was fine; the next she was being attacked by hurting emotions.
Arica placed Antellica on the sofa and sat down next to her. Anakin quickly followed, sitting on Antellica's left. As she continued to cry into Arica's shoulder however, he went to retrieve some tissues from the fresher, and wrapped an arm around her upon returning.
Gently disengaging from her sister, Antellica accepted the tissues and wiped her face and eyes with them. While doing this, she felt Anakin gently take her left arm into his hands.
"Antellica," His voice was gentle, "where did you get these bruises from?"
Though she guessed he already knew, he just wanted it confirmed.
"Padme," she said barely above a whisper.
Arica hissed and Anakin growled, "When?"
Swallowing, Antellica proceeded to tell them the events of the previous night. By the time she was finished, they were both livid.
"How dare she!" Anakin was roaring while Arica wrapped her arms protectively around her older sister. "How dare she hurt you!"
Antellica sniffed and found herself crying some more. Anakin joined them back on the sofa; he'd gotten up when he started roaring in rage. Taking Antellica into his own arms, he held her while Arica patted her on the head.
Arica noticed that the twins had stopped playing since her own twin's arrival, and were presently watching the trio with wide, confused eyes. She smiled sweetly at the infants and sent them a wave of comfort through the Force, assuring the two that everything was alright before she turned her attention back to her sister. Antellica had moved herself out of Anakin's arms and was now speaking of how she sought revenge that morning by blowing up Padme's mansion.
Both congratulated her on her success and patted her on the back saying, "Good job!" and "Well done."
Afterwards, Anakin took Antellica's arms into his hands and drew from the Force to heal her wounds. They were healed in no time. He repeated this exercise with the wound above her left eyebrow and that too was restored in seconds. Antellica thanked him softly with a smile.
"Oh Antellica, don't worry about it." He returned the smile. "I'm not about to have you continue suffering with wounds caused by that disgusting savage."
It was than decided by Arica that since Antellica didn't have anywhere to go, she'd move in with her.
"Really?!" she asked with some surprise. "You don't mind?"
"Of course I don't mind," Arica exclaimed. "You're my sister!"
Antellica put her head down. "Yeah, well..."
"Look." Arica raised her twins' head with her hand. "Let's just...forget the past, all right. Or at least try to."
Antellica smiled uncertainly at Arica who smiled brightly back and than surprised her by throwing herself at her in a hug, laughing. Anakin laughed as well, and the baby twins started to giggle from their playpen. Antellica looked over at them and beamed.
The next few hours were spent with the threesome moving all of Antellica's belongings into Arica's suite, while taking breaks every now and than to play with and entertain the baby twins.