Ok this is a shorter chapter but I wanted to take care of the Cliffhanger because I am a nice guy. More will be up soon I promise. Thank you for reading this and for all of the encouragement in the reviews they keep me going.

-Fallen Jedi 79

Padme stopped in her tracks and looked at Mara in horror, "What do you mean Mara?"

"At Polis Massa they informed me that I have this rare type of Cancer and treatment for it would have taken seven days. They are the only ones in the Galaxy that can treat it. I will be dead in two years unless I get it treated."

Padme frowned, "Why didn't you say that you needed treatment?"

"Because I am sure that Imperials are after us and I won't risk everyone's life because of me. I won't have you ending up dead after escaping bondage on my account."

Padme shook her head, "You have been raped to protect me. You have been beaten and gone through things no woman should ever go through and there is no way in hell that I am going to let you die. I still have yet to forgive myself for the things that have happened to you when they should have happened to me. Now pack a bag," stated Padme firmly.

"Pack a bag?"

"We are going back."

"It will cost money."

"How much?"

"Around a hundred thousand and the procedure will last for a week at least."

"I'll pay now and we will go and Han needs his mother and that is what he sees you as."

Mara nodded feeling grief at the thought of leaving Han behind She wordlessly left her friend obediently as Padme spoke, "This dam life debt doesn't apply though since you were tormented in my place right?"

Mara shook her head, "No it doesn't."

Padme nodded as Mara left her.

A few hours later long after the children had gone to bed Padme spoke, "I am taking Mara back to Polis Massa for treatment for a type of cancer that she has. I am leaving you in Charge Cade while we are gone."

"Can I come?" asked Serra.

Padme frowned, "She is your mother you should. Han can you stay with the kids and take care of them for me?"

Han nodded with a smile, "I certainly will."

"Cade?"

"We will have fun with them."

Padme nodded and that evening the three women left for Polis Massa on the Amidala.

Mara looked at Padme as they left the planet, "I have a bad feeling Padme about doing this you should just turn the ship around."

Padme shook her head as the ship lurched into hyperspace.

Polis Massa: one day later:

Padme arrived at Polis Massa one day later and was greeted by Osh Scal.

Within the hour Mara began various radiation treatments that would kill her cancer as Padme and Serra waited in the refectory together.

Serra smiled, "Thank you so much for helping her Padme."

"She was beaten for me, and violated in ways that no woman should ever be not to mention that it was by her own husband all because of how much she cared. I owe her."

"Just as I owe you," said Serra."

"You don't Serra if there was a way that I could free you I would."

Serra shook her head, "I don't want to be freed. I deserve this and I would rather be a slave to a good woman than disgrace my mother's people and forced to marry Palo Reliaz."

Padme nodded, "I think I would too. If I was to remain the rest of my life as a slave I would have wanted your mother to be my owner."

Serra nodded, "She wants to adopt Han as her own son."

Padme nodded, "I know she does and we are going to get all of that done when we get home."

Serra nodded with a smile.

Mara meanwhile was unconscious in the med room as she was shot with radiation that healed her body. At the same time destiny determined that the forty two year old woman deserved to live a longer life and a happier one than the one that she had lived.

The woman was on her path to recovery.

Coruscant: Six days later:

Emperor Palpatine smiled, "You are certain that they are unprepared?"

The hooded spy nodded, "I just got fuel for my ship and they are expecting nothing."

"Good I will send a shuttle with troops for them. This must be acted upon now."

Palpatine smiled now Vader would always believe that he had killed his wife in his anger and now he would always have control over his apprentice. He only Wanted Padme alive so he could find out about her offspring before he killed her. He smiled wickedly in anticipation.

Elsewhere in space:

Malen sat in his cockpit as Shmi spoke, "Dad remember how you were talking about how it is good to go backwards on our quarry's trails sometimes?"

Malen nodded, "Why?"

"I was just looking at where we found Amidala's original cruiser. We know that that one boy had a bloody shirt in his room right?"

Malen nodded, "He had an infection."

"There is a Medical facility at Polis Massa. It is possible that the twins were born there because we found her ship only a few parsecs away."

Malen smiled, "I like your thinking Shmi it is worth checking out let's go, It will be a day before we get there but we will be there."

Shmi nodded and began to clean her weapons and prepare for the possibility of battle.

Polis Massa: One Day Later:

Padme and Serra watched as Mara was brought out of the room looking in horror and noticing that her hair was gone. "Don't worry it will grow back in a few months they gave me some pills that will accelerate the growth at least I will live now."

Padme nodded at the same time an Alien doctor came in, "Treatment was fully successful you won't have anymore cancer I can promise you that and your hair will grow back soon."

Mara nodded, "Thank you so much."

At that moment Osh Scal came running in, "There are Imperial Troops here right now we got to get you out of here!"

Padme nodded and pulled out her blaster. Serra followed her friend's lead and together the two women took up positions and prepared to fight.

Malen arrived with Shmi and landed next to the Amidala noticing that there was an Imperial Shuttle and Stormtroopers storming into the Medical Center.

"You were right Shmi they got to be here. Find a good position I am going onboard that shuttle to kill the Crewmen you find a good spot and start putting down fire on them as they come out the door once they bring out their prisoners."

"Ok Dad."

Padme, Mara and Serra fired in vain as Imperials stormed in and overwhelmed them they each took out around four stormtroopers as they were stunned and drug out of their hiding places.

Malen killed the Pilots easily, He cut through them with a vibro blade and left the empty and bloody shuttle and contacted Shmi on his comlink, "Wait until I fire I will put them under heavy fire there is an entire squadron. In order to take them it will have to be by surprise."

"Ok Dad."

"Focus on the Officers and Commanders then the rest."

"As you wish Dad"

Malen smiled, His daughter was a good fighter even though she was only fourteen.

Within moments Malen watched from his hidden position as three women were led out of the Medical Center by Various Stormtroopers and around four red Guards. He took out his high repeating blaster rifle and activated his range finder. As the three women were led past his hiding place he threw a grenade into the doorway before firing upon the four Royal Guards that no doubt had accompanied the Stormtroopers as Shmi made her move. Amid the confusion Malen released a powerful torrent of blaster fire upon the Imperial Stormtroopers and moved through the smoke that came out of a smoke grenade that he had thrown, adding to the confusion amongst the Imperial Ranks. Shmi meanwhile was dropping stormtrooper after stormtrooper and they were so confused that they didn't know what hit them or the numbers of their attackers.

Malen spoke over his comlink, "Stun one of the officers if any are left. I want to interrogate him."

"I am on it Dad."

"WIthin moments he saw a blue blast hit its mark as he moved in concert with Shmi.

Padme noticing the heavily armed man that had rescued her moved for her confiscated blaster that was on a Royal guard's corpse and then with the help of Mara and Serra barricaded herself as the three women fired upon The Imperials.

She at the same time noticed that the bounty hunter had taken cover behind a supply ben and was releasing heavy fire on the doorway where the remaining Stormtroopers were.

She took a grenade off of one of the corpses and threw it into the doorway. At the same time she saw the man charge into the door with his blaster just after the grenade exploded and heard the dying screams of various Stormtroopers.

The man then came out with a grin. At the same time she noticed the unseen sniper whom had killed a good portion of the Imperials come out of her hiding place. To her shock it was a girl of around fourteen.

The Man then approached Padme, "Greetings Senator Amidala, I am Bounty Hunter Malen Skywalker."

"Skywalker?" asked Padme in shock.

"Shmi Skywalker was my older sister."

Padme looked at the man in shock noticing his broad form and blond grey hair and blue eyes that reminded her of Anakin, "You look like..."

"Anakin?"

"You know him?"

Malen nodded, "I didn't know who he was when he first hired me but it came out. I then found out that he was my nephew," Said Malen as he approached the young officer that his daughter had stunned.

He shook the boy awake, "Who sent you son?"

The boy looked at Malen uneasily.

"Help me please."

Malen looked at the boy noticing that he had a fatal blaster wound. "Shmi I thought that you stunned him."

"I did he was the first one that I shot."

Malen nodded, "Were you sent by? Vader?"

"No the Emperor sent us Vader is not to know about this mission."

Malen nodded as the boy spoke, "Please save me."

"There is nothing that I can do for you son you're dying the shot is fatal."

At that moment the boy closed his eyes as Malen turned to Padme, "I know that you have been through a lot since when you last saw my nephew."

Padme nodded, "I have and I don't trust him. The only people that I have come to trust are Serra and Mara here along with a Wookiee and young boy and there is one other."

"I understand that and that is why I am letting you go."

Padme gasped, "You mean that you are not taking me to him?"

Malen shook his head, "Don't even tell me where you are going because I don't want to know for your sake."

"I lost my trust in him," stated Padme.

Malen nodded and took out a business card, "This is my Comlink frequency when you are ready contact me."

Padme nodded and took his card, "Tell him that in several months time I will consider meeting with him. I will contact him then. I just have to get things taken care of where I am and make sure that my children are safe and that my friends are safe as well."

"Understood I understand your position. He has the Skywalker temper that is for certain and what happened to Cay wasn't pretty either."

Malen noticed Padme and the other two women cringe at the mention of Cay.

"I can only imagine what he did do to him," replied Padme

Malen nodded, "It is a good thing that he hired me to search for you four years ago I don't want to know what would have happened if he had hired the wrong man."

"Are you the one that found us on Naboo?"

Malen nodded, "My daughter and I traced you to Cay."

"Now he is gone I am guessing that it was a slow death."

Malen nodded, "He was screaming for at least twenty minutes and begging for mercy. He got what he deserved. He won't be bothering you again."

Padme nodded, "Good now I just have to make sure that Mara has a good happy life ahead of her."

Malen looked at Mara noticing her bald head, "So you must be the Mara Karis that I heard about from all of the other slaves that were in your Husband's vineyards that gave yourself in place of every slave for beatings or his sick desires."

Mara nodded, "Yes I am."

Malen nodded, "I am impressed that was true courage and love that allowed you to protect so many in your place."

"No woman deserves to experience what I have experienced and I would much rather endure what I have a million times over rather than allow Padme or any girl to endure it. No child deserves to be beaten and I would rather have him beat and slap me then have an innocent child be abused by him."

Malen nodded in silence, impressed by the woman's attitude.

No one noticed that Shmi had a hidden camera and that she was recording the entire converstation that was taking place. Or that she had slipped off towards the Amidala and slipped a small homing device in a very hard to see place before returning to her father's side.

Malen spoke, "If you ever need anything let me know your Shmi's daughter in law so as far as I am concerned you are family."

Padme nodded, "Thank you Malen it was nice to meet you and your daughter?"

"This is Shmi named after your mother in law."

Padme nodded with a smile, "She was one of the wisest women that I have ever met."

Malen nodded, "I never got over losing her I searched for her for years after I gained my freedom. Perhaps had I only found her and Anakin he wouldn't be what he is now."

Padme nodded in shame, "I am just as much to blame I helped Palpatine gain his power."

"Everyone was fooled by him," stated Malen grimly.

"Now as for you I will let you and your friends go. We will talk more when we meet. Go before more Imperials return."

Padme nodded, "Mara, Serra come on we are going."

Within moments the three women boarded after saying goodbye To Malen and Shmi and left Polis Massa.

As they left the Medical Center Padme thought back to her meeting with Malen Skywalker.

Padme found herself liking Anakin's uncle, "I have a feeling that having him around is going to help Anakin."

Mara nodded, "When you have an older man like that to look up to it is hard to get out of line when what they say is right."

Padme nodded and looked at her friend, "Remember that that is why I just saved you," said Padme with a smile.

Mara nodded, "Still I was right we all were endangered because of the procedure and I was content with living a few months as a free happy woman with you before my death."

Padme nodded, 'You are just a little to selfless for your own good," said Padme causing the two women to giggle as Serra entered the cockpit, "I have some lunch for us."

Padme nodded, "Good we can eat then get some sleep before our reversion from hyperspace."

Mara smiled, "How old do you think that Malen is?"

"He's got to be at least fifty," replied Padme.

Mara nodded, "I wonder if he is married or not."

Padme frowned and looked at Mara, "You like him?"

Mara frowned, "I'm just saying he is pretty good looking nothing more."

Padme smiled, "Go ahead and say it Mara if you want to."

"Y-Yeah the only one I was ever with was Cay. He's probably married though so I am out of the loop."

"And if you aren't I am sure that you will catch his fancy when you get your hair back. You are only forty, You have no grey in your hair you are still fairly beautiful Mara just like Serra and little Mara I can see him falling for you," said Padme with a smile as she left her friend in the cockpit.

Mara spoke as Padme left, "Padme."

Padme turned to Mara with a smile, "Yes?"

"Thank you for saving me and risking so much for me."

Padme smiled, "No Mara thank you for protecting me like you did for four years and protecting and watching over my babies and giving us time together."

Mara smiled as Padme left her looking out of the viewports. Having people risk their lives to protect her was something that she had yet to get used to.

Padme frowned, she wondered how much she could trust this Malen. She wondered what his attitude was about Sith and Jedi. She sighed as she headed for her room and dressed in a nightgown before falling asleep.

Dantooine: One Day Later:

"Leia stop messing with 3PO."

Cade sighed, One week of insanity. Mara and Leia were always getting into trouble together with Luke. And when they were apart one was always into trouble.

At that moment Han came in, "They are landing."

"I know I sensed them."

At that moment Luke entered the room, "Mommy is here can we go to the hanger?"

"After she lands Luke."

Han glanced at Cade, "They are certainly a handful."

"Of course they are they are Anakin Skywalker's children and Mara is her mother's daughter."

Han chuckled, "Maybe her and Luke will have a kid together that will give them double trouble."

Cade shook his head, "I am still getting used to being a father I don't want to be thinking about all of that yet."

Han grinned as the two headed for the Hanger with the children running behind them and Chewie lurking behind them.

Padme was the first off of the ship as Luke and Leia ran for her in excitement, "Mommy!"

Serra came next as Mara came bounding for her with her tiny arms in the air as she ran for her mother. Serra picked up her daughter and kissed her forehead as Cade approached and kissed her.

Cade smiled and looked at Padme after greeting his wife. "Han picked up the packet for the preschool information for the children."

Padme nodded, "Can all three go?"

"Certainly there are openings in Mara's class and in the class that the twins would be in. We are all set."

Padme nodded, "Good we will enroll them tomorrow it will be good for them to make some friends."

Cade nodded in agreement as Padme walked past him, "SO what else are you not telling us?"

Padme frowned, "We were attacked by Imperials as we left the medical center but we were rescued by a Bounty Hunter whom is Anakin's long lost Uncle."

"Uncle?"

Padme nodded, "His name is Malen Skywalker and he was hired by Anakin to find us four years ago he is the one that traced us to Cay and he has been hanging out with Anakin."

Cade nodded, "Perhaps having him around will help Anakin."

Padme nodded, "I hope so we will just have to see. Lets take the kids inside tomorrow we will get school supplies and we will enroll them on Monday."

Cade nodded in agreement as Padme walked past him and took each of the twin's hands and headed for their house. Cade then put his arm around Serra as the couple entered the house with their child at their side.

Ok that was it Yes I really had you fooled about Mara didn't I? Hahahahaha that is what I love to do the most is fool people and trick them don't take it personal. JK It is just for fun.

Thank you for reading and or reviewing so so much.

-Fallen Jedi 79