Vader headed to the medical ward. At last, the test results were in. As he turned the corner, he almost tripped over something. But it wasn't something, it was a dead Stormtrooper.
As he entered, Vader's eyes widened. Two more bodies laid on the ground. They were the doctor's medical assistants.
"What is going on?" he thought to himself.
At the same time, Padme was walking around the meditation chamber. Suddenly, she felt a dark presence. It was not Vader. She did not know who it was, but she knew it was heading towards her.
"I need to hide!" she thought nervously. She positioned herself behind the chamber so that whoever walked in would not be able to see her. Padme heard footsteps come into the room. She breathed quietly, not wanting to make a sound.
"Padme!" Vader immediately said. "She's in danger!"
"Lord Vader, someone is in the room!" Padme called out to her grandfather through the Force. Vader bolted from the medical ward and ran as fast as he could.
"Do they see you?" Vader asked, hoping she was safely hidden.
"No. I'm hiding behind the meditation chamber. But if he starts walking around... Oh no!'
"Padme, what is it?"
"I forgot my lightsaber in the bathroom!"
"Don't panic. I am almost there. Can you see who is in the room with you?"
"I don't have to see. I know who it is. It's the doctor."
Vader's heart sank. It must have been the doctor, Skeet Shipshooter, that killed the Stormtrooper and the medical assistants. He took a deep breath as he entered his quarters.
"Doctor, I thought I told you...aagh!" Vader suddenly moaned in pain.
"Good morning to you too, Emperor. Or should I say fallen Jedi Knight Anikin Skywalker?" Dr. Shipshooter greeted him, holding a box in his hand. Vader tried to approach him, but he was shocked again.
"Padme, listen carefully to me," he non-verbally said to her. "You need to escape somehow." Another shock went through his body.
"I was curious as to why you were asking for DNA tests on a lowly teenager girl. She is a beautiful girl, isn't she?"
"It is none of your business who I wanted tested, Doctor!" Vader growled, before getting shocked again. Padme was panicking. There was no way for her to escape without the doctor seeing her.
"She is beautiful like her mother, tall like her father, with blue eyes like yours, her bastard of a grandfather!" Dr. Shipshooter yelled, continuing to shock the Emperor. He tried to ignite his lightsaber, but it flew out of his hands, towards the area Padme was hiding in.
"I'm sorry, Padme. This is not how I wanted you to find out. You must stay hidden," Vader spoke to her through the Force.
"But I can't! He's hurting you..." she cried through her tears.
"You must. I will not let you die by his hands!" The shocks came quicker. The doctor boldly approached Vader, reveling in the power he had over the Emperor.
"Don't worry, Vader. Only you and I know the truth. The girl will never know. Once I find her, I will sell her to the highest bidder. Oh, the money I can make off of her!" the doctor promised, an evil smirk on his face.
"You will never.." Vader hissed, before feeling another shock. He did not know how much more pain he could take.
"But I will. She will be mine, and there is nothing you can do about it."
The doctor went to press the button to shock Vader again. He was mortified when he saw the box, and his severed hand, fly away. Grimacing in pain, he turned to see the girl, holding Vader's lightsaber in her hands.
"Watch out!" Vader yelled, as Dr. Shipshooter pulled out a blaster. He began firing at Padme, who used the lighsaber to deflect his shots.
"So you were hiding all this time, little girl A vicious one you are, just like your grandfather!" the doctor screamed. He continued to shoot at Padme.
"Get out of here, and leave us alone!" Padme yelled, trying her best not to attack the doctor. But he chased her around the room.
Vader was able to make it to the meditation chamber. The shocks kept coming. Although the box was knocked away from the doctor, the button on it was pressed down, continuing to shock Vader.
Dr. Shipshooter had Padme backed up in the corner of the room. He shot at her leg, and she crumbled to the floor in pain. The madman grabbed her weapon and threw it across the room.
"I will deal with you in a moment," he taunted her, as he showed her the inside of his jacket. In his inner pocket was a syringe. Padme was terrified.
"Don't move, or I will blow your head off!" the doctor threatened. He turned his attention to Vader, who was leading against the side of the chamber.
"On your knees, Vader!" Dr. Shipshooter commanded.
"Never! I bow to no one!" Vader yelled. The doctor shot at his thighs, causing the Emperor to fall to his knees. The blaster wounds and the shocks made Vader grunt in agony.
"That's more like it," the evil man smoothly said. "And now, Emperor Vader, you will die."
The doctor aimed his weapon at the Empeor's head, but the shot was never fired. Instead, he felt the stinging sensation of a lightsaber go through his body. He looked up and saw it was the girl who had struck him.
Padme was almost as shocked as the evil doctor at what she did. She had quietly went around the meditation chamber, grabbed Vader's lightsaber, and darted in front of her grandfather. She only wanted to protect Vader, not kill the doctor. But her stab was accurate, and she saw him fall to the floor. She turned off the lightsaber, surprised at what she had done.
Vader gathered enough strength to gently take the lightsaber out of his granddaughter's hand. He ignited it, and walked over to the doctor's body. He gave him a kick, just to make sure he was dead. He could hear Padme grab the box and destroy it.
"He is dead," Vader uttered, as he knelt by the body of the doctor. Then he passed out.
"Grandfather!" Padme screamed in terror, as she raced to his side. She felt his neck for a pulse. It was very faint.
She ran quickly to the big screen and called for help. Within seconds, Stromtroopers and Imperial officers were in the room.
"He needs medical attention!" Padme barked in worry.
"Miss, all the medical staff is dead. We have no one to help him. We can get him to the castle," an officer explained.
"The castle? He needs help now!"
"Captain, we have landed," another officer's voice said over the intercom. A gurney was brought into the room, and Vader was placed on it.
"Go now with the Emperor!" the captain commanded. The Stormtroopers and Padme rushed out of the ship as quickly as possible. They headed outside to the landing area on Mustafar. Padme ignored the fiery scene around her as she followed the Stormtroopers and Vader to the castle.