I'm sorry for the exteremly long update. Truth is I have lost motivation for this story and just now got it back to finish this chapter. When I do get the motivation to write I try and finish my original Fan fiction A new life for the dawn and the dead seires. So I hope you enjoy and I'll try to update sooner. As always reviews are welcome ;) Bolt32
Jared just gave her a solemn look , and nodded his head. He looked down and noticed the lightsabre he had been building since he had gotten here.
"Perceptive I see. You politicians are all the same." Padme just cocked her eye brow up causing a small chuckle from Jared.
"Oh, So you do know who I am?"
"You were only one of the most popular senators in the senate, I would have to be living under a rock for me not to notice." Taking a moment he quickly added.
"No pun attended."
"If I recall correctly you also had a very close relationship with a certain padawan, one that bordered on attachment."
Jared felt the waves of pain come off of her, obviously he had struck a painful cord on her. He knew of Anakin and actually fought beside him on a few occasions. He was extremely good with a lightsabre and bar none when it came down to controlling the force. He was also brash, and tended to be quick to fire up his emotions when in need, not exactly fitting for a Jedi. Then again, neither was Jared for that matter.
"I'm sorry, that was out of line." Expecting a response Padme just stood there and not even acknowledge the comment.
"So can I ask what a Jedi is doing in prison? The last time I check they would be soon to execute you than to imprison you." Jared took a deep breath, he was in no mood to offer her the real story, or at least the full one.
"I was taken in before the clone wars ended, I was a padawan under the apprenticeship of a Master Turris. A Jedi as you know is forbidden attachment, something that I threw aside." During the years Padme spent being a politician she became extremely good at uncovering peoples lies. This Jared had lied to her in her face, if this was the truth, it was anything but the whole.
"Your lying."
"Did you parents deny you of the Jedi?"
"Excuse me?"
"Well, your force signature is surprisingly high. Higher than what I thought it would be. Surely the Jedi would of tried to get you when you were a mere child."
"I was tested, but I wasn't high enough." Padme answered curious as to where he was getting at.
"Do you remember what your count?"
"When I became queen they tested me again, it came up 6,200."
"Yeah your right, Its high, just not high enough." Jared just simply stated as he looked the senator in the eye.
"And your trying to deflect the topic."
"Oh, how so?"
"You just lied to me, do I not have the right to know the truth?" Padme asked, in which in a tone that had shocked Jared. He did his best to hide his surprise, which to his relief she did not seem to catch on. She had just used the force, though he knew she wasn't trained in force persuasion but surely she had just used it. He sunk in his chair as theories started to play out in his head. Was that the reason why she was so close to Anakin? Did he perhaps train her during his short stays on Coruscant?
"I'm sorry that is something I cannot divulge at this time senator." He said giving her a sign of warning not to push the topic. Padme just looked at him for a moment, the cold hard stare was soon replaced by a warm one full of understanding.
"Can you at least answer my original question?"
"And what is that milady?" Jared asked curiously, looking around and judging by the doors opening up for second shift he knew they would have to try and force themselves to sleep, in about another 12 hours she was going to be introduced to the hardships and cruelty of the mines. During his times he had seen grown men who seemed to be bred for war to collapse after only weeks of being in the tunnels, how could he expect a soft woman from the senate to stand such torture? Escape would have to come soon, hopefully today would be the day he found a crystal to use in his lightsabre. If anything, it would make escape for the two of them a lot easier.
"Who assigned you to protect me?" With that Jared sighed, it was something only those close to the Jedi would come to understand, perhaps if he was lucky that Anakin would have explained at least enough for her to understand this.
"To say it simply milady, the force." Padme was about to respond when she heard some foot steps come up from behind her, turning around she came to the all to familiar sight of a couple of stormtroopers.
"Your have second shift, you need to report to the mines." The lead of the two stated and reached down and grasped her arms. Jared was sitting there watching this transpire, partially not interfering just yet to test Padme and how she could handle her self. She said nothing and looked down towards the rough ground in submission. Though to be truthful he knew he could not allow her to leave, not with out him. Raising his hands up he projected the force towards the men easily warping there minds.
"Your mistaken, apologize." He said in an utmost clam manner.
"I'm mistaken, I apologize."
"She has third shift with me."
"She works third shift with you."
"You'll leave us be."
"I'll leave you two be." The guards both replied, letting go of Padme's arm they walked away from the cells and started to gather other miners that was assigned to second shift and not going.
"You know, I don't think I'll ever get used to that." Padme stated as a mere observation. Jared took this as an invitation, one that he assumed would be a slight touchy subject for her but never the less he needed the question answered.
"Have you had sex with Anakin?" Padme's face went a bright shaded red, over powering her tanned skin. Taking a moment she seemed effortlessly reclaimed her composer, but Jared assumed it was anything but effortless.
"I don't see how it is any of your business." She retorted sharply, which in turn just as well answered his question.
"Seeing that you have, I believe now would be a bad time to tell you about the rule of attachment."
"I fail to see how bringing up a senseless Jedi code like that would be of any value to our circumstance."
"Oh, what has Anakin told you about it then?" Jared prodded on, which just infuriated Padme even more. Having enough she just stood up took a deep breath and started to walk out.
"This conversation is over." Jared raised his right hand up and gave her a slight force push making her fall back down on the ground.
"Stay seated senator." Stating firmly, leaving no room for questioning.
"You could have done that in a less violent way to make me stay."
"Yeah, but you would not of listened. Now, where was I?"
"I believe you were about to go on about the stupid attachment rule."
"Look, its not a rule I exactly agree with. If I did agree with it I would not of broken it myself. There is a reason though, one I'm surprised your beloved did not tell you."
"And what reason would that be?" Padme answered coolly.
"Before you and Anakin met you claimed to have been tested with a midichlorian count of 6,200. That would make you a member of the cusp."
"The cusp?" Padme asked now curious.
"The reason why the council was so adamant about the attachment rule is not exactly that it leads to the dark side. In fact its pretty much proven that its the only thing that can turn one from the dark side back to the light." He started to explain, letting the information sink in before continuing again.
"If the attachment rule was abandon, and a Jedi had intercourse with someone of the cusp much like your self for example." Jared stated, making Padme shifting uncomfortably on the ground.
"Something to do with the biology's of a sentient being. The midichlorians in the persons body react and start to multiply, usually it gives around a 1000 more per cell count. It only happens once though in a persons life time, but its enough to cause danger not only to that person but to people around them."
"Danger, how?"
"Haven't you noticed that after the clone wars your influence in the senate increased, people seemed to flock towards you? You were always a good politician but you weren't in the same league as you were after the clone war. Its because of the force Padme, even now when you talk to me you put a force persuasion behind it, wielding weak minds to your will. Its not something that you were taught to control and so you don't. Imagine if someone that is not as kind hearted as you had all of a sudden been given this ability, some one with unlimited greed behind it. He or she could destroy thousands of lives, millions or billions. That is the real reason why attachment is forbidden."
"Are you saying I can control the force?" To be honest with her self Padme needed not to answer the question as she already knew the answer to it. In hindsight it would explain why she could feel Anakin's pain, and how some missions he went on she felt more uneasy than others. Jared just nodded his head.
"We both need sleep, the mines are a rough place we could both use the rest." Padme just got up and went to the other room and lied her self down upon the blankets that lied upon the home made bed that Jared had made and closed her eyes.
Jared just sat there tired from the conversation, he knew he frightened her which soon turned to anger. Truth is he was frightened himself, not because he was planning on escaping and afraid of the risk of death that came with it. In all honesty he kind of relished in the thought of death, he awaited its coming with the utmost excitement. What really scared him, which was something in all its self that he was unaccustomed to was that he was planning on training Padme. He was going to take on an apprentice before he himself has became a knight. Closing his eyes he let sleep consume him, many times his sleep would be interrupted by visions as they have been coming more frequent as of late and tonight would be of no difference.
Jared held his green lightsabre in front of a strange being. His adversary was in a dark metallic suit, his breaths sounded like they were being amplified. He branded a bright red blade and angled it off towards Jared, almost as if he was waiting for him to strike. Before Jared commanded his arms in a striking motion, he instantly went on the defensive and swung down to block his legs from getting departed from the rest of his body. The strikes were coming in faster than Jared had ever seen, low, high, to the left then right of his head, back down to his right side of his torso. All within a seconds time.
Then he started to let go and evil, dark laugh that echoed through the large dull building. Even the building they fought in seemed dark, as if he could feel its currents surround his body, his every movement was covered by the slime of it all. The man gave him a push so hard with the force that Jared had never experienced something that powerful before. Landing fifteen feet from where he was fighting he still held on to his lightsabre and struggled himself up wards to his feet and braced himself again for battle, a battle he was now sure he was going to lose.
"You never could have beaten me Jared, you know this is no different." The creature taunted him.
"Maybe not, but at least I can say that Ive lived a life, and not just a slave to a hideous creature as have you." Jared replied, and braced himself for what was sure going to be an onslaught of attacks but instead nothing happened, just a deep rooted anger started to outpour from his opponent.
"Don't you ever wonder what happened to your dear master Turris?" Jared could not move from these words, instead he just stood there waiting for the machine to continue. Even being forced to prison by his former master he still held an utmost respect for him. Turris by stopping him was just doing his job, was doing what Jared could not do and that was be the perfect Jedi. Laughter started to erupt heavily from the machine now and then gently eased himself out of it and continued.
"He took a group of younglings that were in the temple and was able to sneak them aboard a vessel and go to Naboo. He exceeded my expectations of doing so considering It was me personally that led the assault on the temple. I tracked them down, and chopped off your masters limbs and made him watch as I slaughtered the younglings in front of him. I gutted them above him, letting the children's blood soak down upon his body till he beg for death. Finally I granted his request."
"You monster!" Screaming he charged forward and clashed his lightsabre against his, green against red, Jedi vs Sith.
Jared woke up startled, his body was cold, as the air was breezing a cool 55 degree's in the mines and his sweat was coming out of his pours from the horrific dream. Getting up he stretched, it was still a few more hours before they had to start there shift but now his will to sleep was all but gone. He walked around his living space and stopped by Padme's door and watched her sleep. Well, more like a hole in the wall than a door, but a door none the less. She seemed comfortably, as she curled the blankets around her slender body, and for the first time since she had came here did he realize how beautiful she truly was. Closing his eyes he stretched with the force and saw a bond there, not connecting her to him but connecting her to someone. It was a relationship bond, still fresh still good. Obviously she was not aware of this matter, and the fact that it was almost all but closed but it was still present.
He figured it was connected with Anakin, as every time he mentioned his name she seemed to cringe. He wasn't oblivious to the fact, though during these last few hours he also started to feel a sense of responsibility towards the senator. This first day so far must have been rough, from almost being raped to his less than kind bedside manner. He was going to do something for her, maybe to brighten her day up and give her some hope. That was all they had left now, hope. Sitting down, he prodded around her mind and found the bond, so small and constricted something had happened to make it diminish like this. Anakin wasn't dead though, or else the bond would have been severed, it was the only way to sever a relationship bond. Gathering access to the bond he pushed his force presence through, stretching it open letting her to get a hold of her beloved for the time being. The process was very draining though and could not hold for long, but perhaps if anything would brighten her day in the morning.
Padme stood on one of her favorite cliffs on Naboo, looking down from beside a water fall. Looking around she saw an all to familiar sight of a blond hair man staring it down a few feet in front of her. Almost on cue, he felt her presence and his smile seemed to stretch from ear to ear and ran forward.
"Padme!" He yelled as he wrapped his arms around her soft body. Cringing she placed her hands on his chest and push on his chest.
"Get away from me Sith!" She spoke bitterly. Surely the force had a weird way of doing things. He was the last person she wanted to spend her dreams with, but to be honest with herself it felt far to real to be a dream. Anakin's smile disappeared instantly and he let her go.
It then hit him, this was more than just some dream. He could feel her as if she was laying in bed right beside him, they were sharing the same dream as if in a reality parallel from there own.
"I did it to save you!" He yelled in desperation, his angel was alive! He could not wait to find her, to spend the rest of his life with her. Would she still love him now that he was more a machine than a man? Never the less they would be together, and happy like they were meant to be. At the same time he did not want this to end, for as soon as it did he knew he would be spending more time apart till he did find her.
"Oh, you did a hell of a job doing that Vader!" Putting the emphasis on the title of Vader. It was clear that it stung him. He started to walk towards her slowly, letting his boyish grin cover his face the same grin that she never had the will power to deny before.
"I love you Padme."
"You almost killed me!"
"Padme please." He spoke as his hands softly graced her arms which was responded by the hardest slap she could muster across his cheek.
Padme woke up and sat up on the primitive bed, put her hands on her face and cried herself back to sleep. Completely unaware Jared collapsing right out side of her room from exhaustion, for using the force for so long.