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Chapter Nine:

He felt it.

Something wasn't right.

Something evil was near.

Anakin knew that eventually the Empire would come after him again. But he had wanted it to happen when he was far from Kit'os. The last thing in the world he wanted to do was place Padmé and Galen in harm's way. But it was beginning to look like harm was heading their way.

Ever since the whispers had gotten to Kit'os that the Death Star had been destroyed, Anakin had been on the edge about everything. There had also been rumors that a hotshot young pilot named Skywalker had been the one who blew up the Death Star. That alone made Anakin and Padmé so proud.

But when Anakin started to get his feelings of danger, Padmé knew it. He didn't tell her directly, but his actions always spoke louder then his words.

She noticed that he was moodier as well as weary of letting Galen leave his sight whenever he was home. She tried to confront him about it but he just pushed her away. And that was when she knew it for sure.

Something was coming for them and she needed to be just as ready as Anakin was going to be.

"We're leaving tomorrow morning."

"Why Anakin?"

"Darth Nicholas is coming for us."

"Who?" Padmé asked confused.

"He was a Jedi youngling that he took from the Temple the night he ransacked it. He raised him to be his apprentice."

"Oh," was all the Padmé said.

Anakin pulled her close to him and held her as they stood in their bedroom for their last night there.

"My Lord, we have located the Ronoco family," an Imperial officer said coming up Darth Nicholas as he stood on the bridge of his Super Star Destroyer, the Imperialius.

"Good. Prepare a landing party. If Ani Ronoco is really Anakin Skywalker we need to be prepared."

"Yes my Lord."

The officer walked away.

"Soon I will prove my worth to my Master by defeating a Jedi Knight…" Nicholas thought to himself as he continued to stare out into the vastness of space.

"Wulfie, take Galen to the Desert Star and keep her there." Anakin quietly said, as he handed the sleeping figure of Galen to Wulfie. It was in the early morning hours and it was time to leave Kit'os.

"Are you coming?" Wulfie asked in his best basic. It had taken Padmé several years to teach the Nikkëi basic. But it was the best thing to do.

"Yes. We shouldn't be far behind you two."

Wulfie nodded as he took off into the darkness. Anakin watched them disappear then headed back into the house.

"Padmé! Sabé! Are you both ready?" he called out.

"We're coming!" Padmé said coming down the hall. Sabé was close behind her.

Padmé turned and looked for one last time at the place they had called home for so long. Anakin gently took a hold of her arm. "Come on Padmé. We need to go before they get here. I can feel them close by."

She nodded as they headed for the front door. Then Anakin stopped.

"Get behind me," he hissed.

That was when the front door blew in and several storm troopers forced their way inside. Anakin pulled Padmé close to him to protect her. "Who are you!" Anakin demanded.

"Why Captain Ronoco, don't be so surprised," Darth Nicholas said entering the house. "Or should I say Anakin Skywalker."

Anakin's rage began to build inside of him. Why the hell were the Empire and Palpatine coming after him now? What could Palpatine want with him, besides watching him die, again? Then it dawned on him. He was going to be a pawn. A pawn to try to turn Luke or Leia to the dark side.

Anakin used the Force to obtain a blaster from a guard as he quickly began to take out several of the storm troopers. Behind him, Padmé and Sabé huddle close to the ground, trying to avoid all the blaster fire.

"You fools! Stun him!" Nicholas yelled.

Within a few seconds, Anakin was face down on the ground; unconscious from the stun blast he had taken to the back.

"ANAKIN!" Padmé yelled crawling towards her husband.

She was grabbed by two storm troopers and held, while Anakin was picked up by another one and flung like a sack of produce over his shoulder.

Sabé scrambled to her feet and tried to attack one of the troopers, but was flung to the side like a rag doll.

"Enough! We have what we were sent for. Let's go."

Nicholas turned and headed out of the house, followed by the storm troopers carrying Padmé and Anakin.

"What about her?" a trooper asked leaving the house. He was referring to Sabé, who was lying on the ground.

"Kill her. Then destroy the house." Nicholas said without turning back.

Padmé watched in horror as her best friend was killed in front of her. She wanted to yell; to scream; to fight back. But she couldn't. If she did she would not only be putting her life in danger, but also her husband's. She couldn't do that.

She stayed silent the entire time.

None of the troopers knew it, but Anakin was slowly coming around. He knew that it was pointless to try to fight. He and Padmé were captured, Sabé was dead, and who knew about Galen and Wulfie.

Wait a second….Galen and Wulfie!

"Wulfie…please answer me…"

"Wulfie…please answer me…"

Wulfie looked all around him as he began the prelauch check. He thought he was going crazy. Who was talking to him?

"Wulfie…please…"

He recognized that voice! It was Anakin's! Something must have happened. There had only been one other time that Anakin has used the Force to talk to him. And that was a life or death situation.

Wulfie whispered yes out loud. That was the only way he knew how to answer him.

"Take Galen and leave the planet. Seek a safe world. We've been captured and our true identities revealed. Please protect my precious daughter…"

"I will. With my life."

Wulfie quickly finished his prelauch tasks, then rushed back on board and prepared for lift off. Just as soon as he did, storm troopers came rushing into the landing bay. They opened fire on the ship, but Wulfie was just too fast.

The Desert Star lifted off and blasted away from the planet. It was so fast, that no one could track them. He then chose to take Galen to his home world of Nikkëi'tz for the time being. Last time he checked, there was very little Imperial presence there. And Galen would also be protected by his species.

After he had made the jump into hyperspace, he sat back and sighed.

"Wulfie where are we going? And where is mommy and daddy?" a tiny voice behind him asked.