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Chapter Nine:

Anakin could feel Padmé 's pain and it was taking a toll on him mentally. Her pain was his pain. He didn't have to feel it, but then again he had to. It was the only way to tell where she was.

"Where are they?" Obi-Wan gently asked as Anakin's shaking dissipated for a few brief seconds. They had boarded the Nubian skiff and were trying to figure out where they needed to go.

He inhaled deeply to calm himself, and then he spoke. "They are going back to Courscant. Obi-Wan, we have to hurry. She's in so much pain." Anakin barely said.

"We will don't worry." Obi-Wan said setting the coordinates for hyperspace. Usually he would have Anakin fly, but he wasn't in the right state of mind to do so at the moment.

"Emperor Palpatine, I was wondering if we could meet for a few minutes?" Bail Organa's image said, appearing on the holonet that sat in front of Palpatine.

Palpatine smiled evilly. "I never forbid any Senator from meeting with me. When would you like to meet?"

"As soon as possible."

"Very well then. Come whenever you like." Palpatine said with his evil grin still plastered on his face.

"I will be there shortly," Bail said, ending his call.

Once he knew the call had ended, Bail sighed deeply. He had been sent back to Courscant by Master Yoda to help Obi-Wan and Anakin, while he and Master Windu went to Polis Massa to continue Windu's treatment on his arm.

He looked down at the tiny transmitter in his hand. Hopefully this little thing would cause enough interruption so that Palpatine wouldn't get any holotransmissions for a while. And that should give Anakin and Obi-Wan enough time to find Padmé.

They didn't know why the medical center wasn't heavily guarded. But it was all too brief, when Anakin began feeling Padmé 's pain once again. He took off in a sprint through the building, taking out anything that got in his way.

Obi-Wan ran after him, hoping that Anakin wasn't running into a trap.

"Interrupt me, no matter what happens with Senator Amidala." Palpatine sneered into the holonet at the head med droid. "I have a meeting. But as soon as I am done here, I will be back there."

The med droid agreed in response and disappeared, just as Senator Organa entered the office. Palpatine greeted him with a false smile, as Bail sat down across from him. They began to engage in conversation about the end of the Clone Wars and what was to come next. As their conversation continued, Bail ran his hands over the chair's armrests. That way he placed the small transmitter on the chair handle and as far as he could tell Palpatine hadn't sensed it.

Now everything was up to Anakin and Obi-Wan…

Padmé screamed in pain and fear as a contraction hit as well as a med droid suddenly exploding in front of her.

"PADMÉ!" a familiar voice yelled through the smoke.

It was Anakin! He had come for her! Well at least she hoped so. But none of that mattered to her now. Her Ani was there for her. She tried to say something to him, but instead ended up inhaling some of the smoke from the droid that exploded.

She held her arms out to him as he quickly swept her up off the birthing table and out of the room. Outside in the hall, Obi-Wan was waiting for them.

"Come on let's go." Obi-Wan said leading the way.

Padmé slowly let darkness take over her, as they made their way out of the Medical Center. She knew she was safe. And she knew Palpatine had lied to her. Anakin never turned to the dark side. He was here with Obi-Wan and they were going to save her and Luke who had yet to be born. But wait! She was suddenly fully awake again.

"Anakin….Anakin…" she barely said.

"Shh it will be alright Padmé. We're almost out of the center," he whispered back.

"We have to go back," she quietly but forcefully said.

"We can't" Obi-Wan said, without stopping. "We don't know when Palpatine will return."

"He has Leia! I was carrying twins," she said beginning to cry.

Anakin stopped. Palpatine had one of his children! He had to go back and save his newborn daughter. He was about to turn around when Obi-Wan stopped him.

"Anakin we have to go now! We can come back and save Leia after we get Padmé and the unborn child to safety."

Suddenly Padmé was hit with another contraction. The pain on her face was enough for him to want to get her to safety. But then he also wanted to save his daughter. He knew Obi-Wan was right. They had to get Padmé and the other child to safety.

"I promise I will save Leia," he whispered to his wife as they ran out of the medical center. Tears were slowly rolling down his cheeks.

There were just some roads he never wanted to choose between and this happened to be one of them.