Chapter 6.
"Now Sidious it ends," Anakin said.
"That's right it does. Your little friends are at this very moment being annihilated by my best Legion of stormtroopers. Yes you heard me. Stormtroopers. I thought that stormtrooper sounded better than clonetrooper. I sent the 501st to the Jedi temple. Your friends will not survive" Sidious said.
"You lie" Anakin said.
He knew he could not give into the anger and hatred he felt. Reaching into the Force he discerned that the other Jedi were still alive. Before he could send them a message via the Force warning them Sidious attacked. The two Jedi had to defend themselves and the room became alive with light and sound.
"I knew you were Anakin and not Vader all along," Sidious said.
Anakin and Farra each used a different lightsaber combat form. Anakin used Vaapad and Farra used Djem So. Both she and Anakin had been training in Djem So until Anakin started training in Vaapad. Obi Wan was a Master of Soresu, which he'd switched to after Qui Gon's death. Anakin was using Vaapad and Farra Djem So. They hoped that by using different forms they would confuse Sidious. He himself was using Lus-Ma an ancient form and his acrobatics meant that the Jedi had to be very quick. As the fight progressed it became apparent that only Anakin was strong enough in the Force to fight Sidious. Sidious sensed this and with a sweep of his blade he had cut Farra's lightsaber hilt in half. She leapt backwards as Sidious fired lightning at her but the lightning hit her and she was flung backwards. Her head hit the ground with a crack and she passed out.
Anakin's natural instinct was to rush to Farra's side but he knew he had to keep fighting Sidious.
"I sense great anger and hatred in you Skywalker. Why don't you use them?" Sidious asked.
"I have learnt to control my emotions" Anakin said.
He and Sidious dueled back and forth neither being able to find an advantage. Finally the duel ended up on the windowsill of Sidious' office. Anakin used his lightsaber to smash the window then backed Sidious into the corner of the window.
"It ends now Sidious" Anakin said.
"No no no" Sidious snarled.
He raised his arms and lighting fired out of his fingers. Anakin blocked it with his lightsaber and turned it back onto Sidious. His face distorted under the lightning and his eyes turned yellow. As he appeared to run out of energy and his arms fell at his side the door to his office hissed open and Anakin found himself looking at himself.
"You can't win Skywalker. Farra killed a clone of Vader not Vader himself," Sidious said.
Anakin paled realizing Farra was in danger. He turned back to Sidious but was distracted by Farra crying out in alarm. Turning his head he saw Vader had grabbed Farra and was trying to drag her out of the room.
Anakin realized he had a split second in which to make a decision. And he made it. Ignoring Farra and Vader he raised his lightsaber and just as Palpatine was about to fire more lightning at him another lightsaber came flying and impaled Palpatine. Farra had used the Force to fling her lightsaber at Palpatine. Palpatine soon expired and Anakin was able to turn his attention to Vader. He was still holding Farra and had pushed her to her knees in front of him with the emitter of his lightsaber at her back.
"Come any closer and she and baby will die" Vader warned, "All I have to do is ignite my lightsaber and she will be impaled"
"You bastard" Anakin said.
He knew that he could never move fast enough even with the Force to help him to prevent Vader killing Farra. Then he noticed something and realized that Farra had not been slow to act. Vader's lightsaber was pointing towards him and he hadn't even noticed. All he had to do was to move towards Vader. Vader would ignite the lightsaber thinking he'd be killing Farra but he'd impale himself. Anakin guessed correctly that Farra had used the Force to turn Vader's lightsaber around and used the Force to prevent Vader from noticing. He immediately moved towards Vader who as he predicted he would, ignited his lightsaber. Farra leapt away at the same time as a look of horror dawned on Vader's face as he realized what had happened.
"Its over love, really over this time" Farra said as Vader died.
The two Jedi returned to the temple to find that the 501st had indeed been there. None of the Jedi had been killed as the stormtroopers had been no match for them and they'd been able to dispose of them easily. Anakin and Farra reported that both Sidious and Vader were dead and explained what they had found out. At the next council meeting both were told they had earnt the rank of Master for their deeds. They were also to have seats on the council as Shaak Ti and Ploon had been promoted to being lifetime members. Yoda and Windu and Shaak Ti and Ploon were the four lifetime members and Obi Wan, Anakin and Farra were to be long-term members. As the order re-grew one new long-term member and three limited term members would be chosen. Until then the council would operate with 7 members instead of the usual twelve. Ploon and Farra had had a long talk and Ploon had accepted Farra and Anakin's relationship. 3 months later Farra gave birth to a healthy baby son who the happy couple named Qui Wan, which was a combination of Obi Wan and Qui Gon's names.
End