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Chapter 10: One Saved One Lost
Anakin is following trial where he senses his kids had taken. He hopes he can save them from any harm come to them. He promises himself and Padme that he will bring them back and they will be perfectly fine.
It took him awhile to get Padme to fall asleep. Before he left, the last thing he told her that he would return with their children. She says the thought of waking up and having her kids back will be the best thing for her.
Anakin came to a clearing as he edge closer he senses bunch of Force Sensitive. Anakin walks up a hill and sees a black shuttle and bunch of people with Lightsabers. There is a female standing in the middle of the group. The female seem to be some very fine training in the Dark Side. She must be a Sith among Dark Jedi.
He sees Maxus Zane approaches the red hair female. Luke and Leia were in a Force Cage. Seeing this made Anakin angry. He launches from his hiding spot to the middle and look at Maxus.
"Give me my children back!" shout Anakin. A human male Dark Jedi rushes at Anakin. Anakin quickly disarm him and at the same time accidentally killed him because his plasma blade burned through his neck. Anakin did not feel bad since he senses that they will fight to the death. He blocks another attack from another Dark Jedi.
Anakin used a powerful Force Push to send the Dark Jedi flying through the air and hit a tree. The tree split in half. While Anakin watches this, the group of Dark Jedi approaches Anakin. Anakin throws off his arms to his side and use a powerful version of Force Push called Force Wave, which pushes all Dark Jedi away. Anakin rushes to his children and used the Force to disable the Force Field.
"Daddy!" shouts Luke and Leia as they rush to him and hug him. Anakin sense trouble and the Sith he forgot all about try to kill him. He leaps out of the way. He was making a run for it. Then a massive Force Push sends him flying and the kids launches out of his arms. Anakin landed hard on his side.
"Run! There are some Clone Troopers over the ridge. Keep heading straight and they will take you to Mommy!" shout Anakin. Luke took off running while Leia say there. "Leia get going!" say Anakin.
"Daddy!" say Leia hugging him, Anakin usually does not get frustrated with his kids, but at the moment, Leia is pushing his limits greatly. "Leia run!" snap Anakin as his fist tighten around the ground. This was no time for his daughter being stubborn. "Daddy, Love you." say Leia as Anakin sits up.
The Sith he forgotten about is walking toward him with two red light sabers with a purple tint. The tips of the plasma blades burn the ground. Anakin stands up and uses the Force to summons his Lightsaber to his cybernetic right hand.
Anakin sees the Sith focus the Force to make an illusion of Padme. Leia perk up at this. Unusually she can sense stuff with the Force but being trapped and being taken from her mother, she just want to be with her mother.
"Mommy! Wait!" shout Leia rushing toward the walking away illusion. "LEIA NO!" shout Anakin rushing for her but the Sith stops him by swinging her Lightsaber. "Yeah watch as your daughter joins our Empire. We may not have your son, but we will have your daughter." say the Sith.
"Mommy! Slow down!" shout Leia as she rushes across the field almost stumble over some roots. She is very happy to have her mom there. She made it to the ramp. As soon as she was up the ramp, the ramp closes. Leia looks around for her mother. She sees her standing there with a smile on her face. "Mommy…" say Leia rushing to her, but when she hugs her mother her hands went through her. Her mother faded from view. Leia look around quickly. She senses something is not right. She races to the ramp. It would not go down.
"DADDY! DADDY! DADDY!" cry Leia as she falls down to her knees. She hugs herself tightly. She is very scared. The floor bellow her begin to vibrate as the engine start. Her heart skips a beat. She rushes to window and sees her father fighting. She pounded against the viewport.
Outside Anakin is fighting hard. "Get out of my way!" snaps Anakin. "No!" snaps the Sith as she sends a powerful wave of Force Lightning. Anakin used the Force to block the attack and leaps over to the Sith.
The Sith gripped Anakin and he was engulfed with Force Lightning. He screams in pain. She then slams Anakin down to the ground. The ground exploded. Anakin landed a bit. "Who the hell are you?" demand Anakin as he coughs a bit. "I am Darth Destria, Darth Vader's Apprentice." say Darth Destria with a smile.
Anakin punches the ground as he got up. Why does Darth Destria looks familiar to him. She reminds him of the Jedi Knight that was Rachelle's first mentor and someone who he and Obi-wan help before the war. It cannot be her because she died at the beginning of the Clone Wars.
"I am not going to let you get away with my daughter!" shout Anakin as he drops to the ground to avoid another attack. He uses the Force to send Darth Destria crashing through trees.
He hears the shuttle take off. His turns to face it and his face pales. Anakin froze up as he watches this. He has failed. He only managed to save one of his children. He never thought he would have to do something like this.
While being distracted Anakin was blasted off his feet with a very powerful Force Push mix with some powerful Force Lightning. He went flying through trees and the trees begin crashing down on top of him.
Darth Destria smiles as she walked away. She presses a button on her Comlink. "Master, it was partially done." say Darth Destria. "Partially done? What did you do wrong?" say Darth Vader's cold dark voice through the Comlink. "Skywalker managed to get his son, but I tricked his daughter with a Force Illusion of her mother." say Darth Destria. "We'll talk about this. I told you I wanted both of them!" snap Darth Vader ending the transmission. Now Darth Destria has to go to another part of the planet to catch a shuttle Darth Vader provided. It was all part of their plan.
Anakin struggles to stand up. He needs to focus. He is not going to let Darth Destria get away with what she did. He rushes forward as he summons his Lightsaber with the Force. He then attacks Darth Destria. He almost caught her off guard.
"Call that shuttle back!" demand Anakin. "Um… let me think about you Jedi filth! No!" snap Darth Destria as she blocks another of Anakin's attack and made couple of very fatal offensive slashes.
Anakin uses the Force to pull himself away from Darth Destria. Anakin took a step back and places his Lightsaber in front him in a vertical defensive position. "As much as I wish to kill you, Skywalker I have a ship to catch. Do not expect to see your daughter anytime soon!" laughs Darth Destria as she use the Force to speed up her running. If she misses the shuttle off the planet then she will be stranded on the planet.
Anakin along with Luke and some of the Clones walks into Amelia's house. Padme walks down the stairs with a smile on her face. He knows what is going through her mind, she thinks he bring their children back. She is half-wrong. "Luke!" shout Padme rushing down the stairs and engulfing her son into a tight hug.
"Mommy!" shout Luke as he hugs her back. Padme looks up at the door and expect her little girl arrive. She strains her hearing to hear her daughter running up the stairs. She knows that Leia does get distracted with what is around her outside so she might a bit slower. She remembers they could take a walk in a park on Naboo, and they will stop a lot so Leia can looks at the plants, animals, and everything in sight.
She bet any second her sweet cute little girl will come in running into the room, look around for her and when she find her, she will come running to hug her. A smile graces her face as she image what her little girl would do. She is close to both of her children, but Leia is her little girl.
When she was pregnant she was hopping to have a little girl, so she is more closer to Leia, but she treats both of her kids with the same love and respect. It hurts her a lot when they were kidnapped. She was about ready to strangle her friend Amelia for not protecting them when she cannot.
She let go and walks to the door. She looks out to the field and to see her little girl looking at flowers or chasing butterflies. There was no one there besides an LAAT landing and Captain Kia helps Mark, a red hair lady and a baby girl.
"Ani, where's Leia." say Padme turning around. She saw her husband look down. Something is not right. "Angel… I… They got her. I tried to save her but Darth Destria tricked her with the Force and when I try to grab her, she attacked me." say Anakin lowly.
Padme eyes widen when she hears this. To her it felt like the whole galaxy break down into very tiny pieces that you would need a microscope to see. For a few seconds it seems like the whole galaxy was so silent as if there was none. "No…no…no please tell me… this is some sick joke." say Padme as her hands begin to shakes uncontrollable as tears begins to pour down from her eyes.
Anakin takes his upset wife into his arms. She put her head on his chest as tears roll down her face. "Why would I joke about something like that? Leia is my daughter too. I feel so bad. Only if she listen like Luke did and run off toward the Clones she would be here, but no all she wanted was to be around me." say Anakin slowly.
Padme look and saw Mark is in pain as Captain Kia helps him walk. Mark had his right arm wrap behind the Clone Captain's neck. "Darth Vader was the person in the helmet. So is Luke and Leia okay?" ask Mark. The tears from Padme eyes came down more faster.
"Luke is… but I failed Leia. Darth Destria tricked her with a Force Illusion of her mother walking on the shuttle and she take off after it." say Anakin. Mark looks at Captain Kia. "Captain contact the Bakuran Star Destroyers for any warship in space and to make sure it does not leave." say Mark slowly as they walk over to the couch.
Amelia walks into the room. "Do not bother, I already did but the ship jump to Hyperspace after two shuttles return to it." say Amelia. Padme screams as she hears this. Anakin's tunic is balled up in her fists. They just lost Leia to the Sith and only the Force would know if they get her back, or will she be turned against her whole family and the Republic. Anakin hopes that they will get her back before she falls for the lure of the Dark Side. The problem is how are they going to find a group that has remained hidden for 4 whole years.
Mark punches the couch's wooden part of the couch arm hard enough that made his knuckles bleed. He should have take into consideration that Darth Vader would have an apprentice. It is times like this he wishes he can go back in time and stop himself for stopping Captain Kia from going after Maxus Zane.
He was so sure his plan would work that he did not even thought of how it could go wrong. Darth Vader is made from his DNA and most likely has some of his intelligence, so he would have been a master at planning.
Instead of living in doubt, he needs to start planning on how he is going to rescue Leia. He figures since Darth Vader wanted both Luke and Leia, he will be trying to get Luke, so he will need to be protected. This whole trip has been a mess. He find out how the Sith found out by the stations, but the cost is bad. The Prime Minister of Bakura and a General of the Bakuran Military and their family were killed. Mark has a good idea who is the third person who told the Sith of the location of the stations.
"Padme, I am so sorry." say Mark as he looks up at Padme. He did not know if she heard him or not. Padme is still crying into Anakin's tunic. She has all the right in the world to be so upset. Any decent mother would be hurt about losing her children. It does not matter what kind of sentient species you are, a decent mother will feel hurt deep down if something bad happens to their children.
Somehow, he is going to fix this. He has learned that if you worked hard enough almost anything can be fixed, then again maybe it is the Bakuran spirit in him. He does not give up easy. He keeps on pushing until he has things fixed. He had seen his mistakes. Only if Padme have just stayed on Coruscant or went to Naboo her children would be safe. The thing is he must stop living in the past. He must get back up and find a way to fix this. Leia will be reunited with her family. When and how is the only question? He does not know where the Sith are and how to find them. So right now, there is nothing he could do to save his best friend's daughter and that makes him feels bad.