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Blaze: here's chapter 8 and I hope that you like it, reviews are much apprenticed.

Chapter 8

Reunion

Ahsoka guided the starship toward the landing bay that the Rebel Alliance had built on their base of operations in the abandoned palace in the mountains of Adari. She, Barriss, Ferus and Jax had been given clearance earlier to land and Anakin said that he was going to meet her on the landing bay.

She landed the starship before shutting down the main engines and getting to her feet. "Come on, I see Anakin," she said gesturing toward where the familiar form of her master walking into the hangar bay with Luke and Leia at his side.

Ferus snorted but followed the Togruta as she led the way out of the starship and over to join Anakin. Anakin smiled in greeting. "Hello Ahsoka," he greeted her while his twin children gazed at the Togruta with wide curious eyes.

"Hello Master," Ahsoka greeted him.

Anakin smiled before looking at Barriss, Ferus and Jax. "It's good to see you two Barriss and Jax," he said before looking at Ferus. "I can't say the same for you Olin."

"I'm not glad to see you either Skywalker," Ferus said.

"Dad, who are they?" Leia asked.

Anakin glanced down at the small girl. "This is my Padawan, Ahsoka, and the others are Barriss, Jax and Ferus," he said.

"You don't like Ferus too much, do you?" Luke asked.

Anakin glanced at his other child. "Luke, I've told you this before, everything that you sense, you shouldn't second guess it by asking if it's true. Your sixth sense is very powerful," he said softly.

Luke gazed up at his father before looking at the others. "Ferus doesn't trust you," he said softly. "Seems to think your true self hiding behind the lie that you portray yourself as."

Ferus narrowed his eyes. "He has a very keen sense," he commented.

"Indeed," Anakin replied. He looked at Ferus before adding, "And I know that you don't trust me, Ferus. I know that you believe that I am hiding my true self behind the façade that I portray but that is not true. This is my true self, whether you believe it or not."

"Anakin?" Padmé called before Ferus could reply and Anakin glanced over his shoulder at Padmé walked over to join him.

"What is it, Padmé?" Anakin asked.

"Obi-Wan wanted to talk to you after Ferus, Barriss, Ahsoka and Jax arrived," Padmé replied.

Anakin narrowed his eyes. "Why?" he asked curiously.

Padmé shrugged. "I don't know," she replied. "I figure he just wants to greet four of the survivors of the purge."

"I guess," Anakin replied with a slight shrug. He glanced at his twin children who were gazing up at him with small smiles on their faces. Ahsoka noticed that she was correct in thinking that Anakin had changed a lot since he became a father.

"Luke, Leia, why don't you go with your mother while I escort our guests to go see our stuffy melodramtic Obi-Wan," Anakin said.

Ahsoka knew that Anakin always made fun of his former master but he could tell Barriss, Jax and Ferus weren't too happy about that. She glanced at her friends and noticed a gleam of disapproval in their eyes. "You've got to understand the relationship between Anakin and Obi-Wan in order to understand why he says that stuff about Obi-Wan," she murmured quietly.

"It still isn't right to make fun of your former master," Ferus growled.

"Obi-Wan understands that I'm only kidding, Olin. Ahsoka's right, you need to understand the relationship between my former master and I," Anakin said. "Now then, why don't we go see Obi-Wan and Sillia?"

"Sillia? Who's that?" Ferus asked.

Anakin smiled faintly. "Obi-Wan's wife," he replied calmly.

Obi-Wan and Sillia were sparring when Obi-Wan felt his former Padawan's familiar presence as well as the presence of four others that he hasn't felt in a long while. "Looks like Ferus, Jax, Ahsoka and Barriss arrived," he commented.

"All I can sense is the light side," Sillia muttered.

"You'll get used to it eventually."

"I'm sure I will."

Obi-Wan wasn't entirely sure if that was meant to be a sarcastic or sincere reply and he decided not to let it bother him. He knew that his wife had several secrets up her sleeve and he also knew she wasn't about to tell him everything about herself. Obi-Wan also knew that Sillia was reluctant to speak about her life with the Tribe of the Lost Sith but that was another story.

He deactivated his lightsaber before clipping it to his belt and turning around as Anakin, Ferus, Barriss, Ahsoka and Jax walked into the area where Obi-Wan was sparring with his wife.

"Hello Barriss, Ahsoka, Jax, and Ferus," Obi-Wan greeted the four Jedi that arrived in front of him.

"Hello Master Kenobi," Ahsoka greeted him. She glanced at Sillia before asking, "Who's that?"

"This is my wife, Sillia," Obi-Wan replied.

Ferus's eyes went wide with surprise. "I thought for sure Skywalker was joking when he said that you were married. I did not think you, of all people, would break the Jedi Code," he said.

Obi-Wan smiled faintly. "Sillia and I fell in love in the five years that we've known each other," he replied. "Besides, I'm sure this is how Anakin felt when he and Padmé were married and probably before that as well."

"It's still breaking the Jedi Code."

"Yes, it is. Is there anything else you'd like to tell me that I already know?"

Ferus narrowed his eyes. "Where did you get that sarcasm from?" he asked curiously.

Obi-Wan smiled faintly. "I must be spending too much time with Anakin," he said.

"I'm not that bad," Anakin protested.

Obi-Wan smiled. "You kind of are," he said.

Anakin looked as though he was about ready to reply but he gasped instead and staggered back a few steps, his eyes filling with horror. "Luke," he breathed before he turned around and ran out of the room.

"Anakin!" Obi-Wan called running after his former Padawan past the four Jedi. He caught up with his former Padawan as he weaved his way through the many hallways of the abandoned palace.

"Anakin! What's going on?" Obi-Wan called breathlessly.

"It's Luke, he's in danger, I felt his fear," Anakin replied all in one breath as he dodged around a couple of techs and disappeared down another hallway and Obi-Wan quickly hurried after his panicking and fear-filled former Padawan.

Luke whimpered as Alan made his way deeper into the room, the blaster held casually in his hand. Padmé put herself protectively in front of her children with her blaster in her hand.

Alan smirked slightly. "Do you really think you can take me, Senator Amidala?" he sneered. "Your children are going to die."

"No," Padmé said firmly. "You'll have to kill me first."

Luke and Leia glanced at each other before whimpering and hugging each other as they stared at Alan and their mother with fear in their eyes.

"That can be arranged," Alan sneered releasing a series of blaster bolts at Padmé but the former Senator skillfully dodged before pointing to the room she shared with Anakin. "Go," she ordered.

"But…?" Luke began.

"Go," Padmé ordered again.

Leia nodded before running toward the room, narrowly avoiding getting hit with a blaster bolt but Luke stayed where he was, his eyes wide with fear and Padmé glanced sharply at him over her shoulder as she dodged past another blaster bolt.

"Luke…" she began.

"Can't move, too afraid," Luke whimpered.

"Go on, my son, you can do it," Padmé assured him as she barely avoided getting hit by a blaster bolt from Alan.

Alan moved deeper into the room, still letting loose several blaster bolts at Padmé and Luke and Padmé lifted her son into her arms before ducking behind the couch as the blaster bolts flew rapidly after her. Luke gazed at his mother before touching his mother's shoulder. "You're hurt," he said softly running a small finger across the burn mark on his mother's shoulder.

"I'll be all right," Padmé said. "Did Leia get into the room?"

Luke stretched out with his meager teachings in the Force and sensed his sister's Force presence in the room that his mother and father shared. "Yeah, she's in the room," he said.

"That's good," Padmé whispered. She picked up her blaster before blasting at Alan but Alan quickly rolled out of the way and Luke curled up closer to his mother as Alan came around the couch, his blaster pointing at Padmé and Luke and Luke quickly moved to sit behind his mother.

At that moment the door slammed open with such force that Luke thought, for sure, that the door would be jammed into the wall itself. He peeked over the couch as Anakin, his eyes flaring with rage and his lightsaber ignited in his hand, stalked into the room.

Alan whirled around, his blaster still held in his hand though Luke noticed he wasn't stupid enough to try firing at a Jedi. "Skywalker," he greeted Anakin. "This is not what it looks like."

Anakin didn't bother with the pleasantries as he walked forward, his eyes blazing with such rage that Luke couldn't help but start whimpering in fear. "You threaten my wife's life, you endanger my children, you come barging into my room with a blaster and you think this is not what it looks like," he snarled angrily.

Alan drew backwards a few steps. "Anakin, I was only acting under orders," he protested.

"Orders? Orders? And you honestly believe that I'll just look the other way when you just tried to murder my children?" Anakin snarled angrily lashing out with the Force and Alan was sent flying into the window and was pinned against the clear glass.

Alan looked thoroughly afraid and Luke watched as the man dropped his blaster and he was even more startled when one of Alan's hands went to his throat and his eyes widened with shock. Anakin stepped forward, his eyes still flaring with rage and Luke was startled when he saw yellow flecks appear in his father's eyes.

"Anakin! Let him go!" Obi-Wan called.

"No," Anakin snarled clenching his outstretched hand tightly into a fist and Alan gripped his throat before gasping.

"Anakin, you're frightening Luke!" Obi-Wan called again.

Anakin stiffened though Luke noticed his eyes were still flaring with rage. The rage in the depths of his yellow flecked blue eyes started to dissipate and the yellow flecks slowly disappeared. Anakin didn't let his rage go just yet, however. Instead, he swung his hand and Alan was pulled from the window before sent flying straight through the window of the fifth floor of the abandoned palace.

Shards of glass flew outward from the window as the form of Alan plummeted down the steep cliff face that marked the eastern wall of the abandoned palace and stretched all the way to the base of the mountain. Luke gazed in horror at the shattered window before he looked at his father. Padmé gently lifted her son into her arms but she looked just as surprised as Luke felt.

Obi-Wan was surprised but he walked over to join his former Padawan and placed a hand on Anakin's shoulder. Anakin drew in a shuddering breath but didn't relax his stiff muscles as he gazed at the shattered window. Luke gazed at his father before wiggling out of his mother's grip and walking over to join Anakin.

When he reached his father, he stretched out a hand and gently touched his father's mechanical hand. When Anakin didn't immediately react to the touch, Luke gently wrapped his arms around his father's legs. Obi-Wan glanced at him briefly before looking at Anakin. "Anakin," he said softly.

"Just leave me alone, Obi-Wan," Anakin murmured.

"Anakin, you've done this before, haven't you? Touched the dark side like this, I mean," Obi-Wan said softly.

"On Tatooine," Anakin whispered. He rested his mechanical hand on Luke's shoulder. "Padmé knows what happened there and I already told you about what happened. I don't want Luke to know yet however."

Luke gazed up at his father. "What don't you want me to know, Dad?" he asked softly.

Anakin didn't look at him. "You're much too young, Luke, to hear as to what happened that day," he murmured. He moved his hand out of Luke's before he walked away and disappeared into his room.

A/n what do you think?

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