"So let me get this straight," Anakin started, "Capturing Grievous alone has helped end the war in several systems? Sheesh, Obi-Wan! You were right about me ending the war!" A smug smile was plastered on the young Jedi's face. Anakin was sitting up his small bed in the Temple's Halls of Healing, recuperating. A brand new prosthetic limb had been successfully replaced and the signs of torture had been eradicated. Obi-Wan laughed at Anakin's remark.

"Yes. Now all that's left is to help the Senate reestablish a stable government. With all systems. Battle droids are being deactivated, bases are being destroyed. More and more Separtists warmongers and agents are being arrested. I'm sure they'll also be able to tell us about Chancellor Palpatine's schemes." he replied. Anakin nodded, his smile disappearing.

"What is it Anakin?" Obi-Wan asked.

"It's just... I guess I'm disappointed. I know you've said it a million times, but I was very close to the Chancellor. He's been a source of comfort ever since I first came here. And now I found out he was some power-hungry mad man who only wanted the power I supposedly possess."

"It's alright, Anakin. He had us all fooled, even those closest to him." Obi-Wan stood up to leave. "I should go join the rest of the council. Padme should be arriving soon with more evidence on Palpatine's betrayal. We can't keep the Chancellor's death hidden for much longer." Anakin nodded as Obi-Wan walked out of the small room.

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Padme turned out of the main stream of traffic and pulled onto a small landing platform for a moment. Anakin had taught her a little bit about the information a speeder can hold, she just hoped she had remembered it. The small ship's memory had not been erased, so Padme was able to pull up the recent locations of the speeder. Many were nearby and seemed regular: the Chancellor's appartment, the Senate Building, various office buildings and senators' residences. But one location was strange. The Dacho District? What would he be doing there? Padme plugged in the coordinates and let the ship take over, taking her to The Works; the industrial sector of Coruscant.

The speeder approached the hangar of a large building, which Padme suddenly recognized to be the LiMerge Power building. Hiding in plain sight. Padme sighed, grabbing a hold of her blaster, preparing to fight. Landing the speeder, Padme hopped out to find two commando droids approaching her. She drew her blaster, able to hit one of them. The other sprinted towards her, drawing a sword. The droid jumped at her, knocking her over. Padme gasped at the sudden pain of the slash on her back. The bacta bandages were not doing their job anymore. As the droid brought its blade down on Padme, she rolled over, the blade landing where her head had been. She kicked the droid off of her and picked up her blaster. The droid stood back up and charged towards Padme. She pulled the trigger, but missed the droid as it continued moving towards her. The droid landed next to her. She pushed the droid back, placing a foot on the droid's chest, sending a blaster bolt through its circuits.

Padme heaved a sigh, looking around to see that the area was cleard for now. She moved towards a large archway, leading into a dark room. The room was foreboding, with various statues of dark figures and only the low red glow of a small flame lit the room. Padme felt heavy, sad, and stressed, the darkness surrounding this place was not helping. Looking around the rotund room, she found an altar in the middle of eight statues.

She took a step into the circle of statues. Suddenly, a large cloud of black smoke began to rise from a small pensive at the altar. Padme took a step back, but remained in the circle. The smoke began to morph into a large figure, seemingly cloaked and dark. Two beady eyes stared at her, red and yellow with hatred. Padme screamed as the figure began to charge her. Her feet became led and was unable to move further backwards. She suddenly heard Palpatine's voice, echoing around her, she turned around fearing she would turn to see the Sith Lord himself, but nothing was there.

"Jedi!" the voice yelled. "Jedi! Jedi! Die Jedi!" Padme screamed out again as the black mass shot through Padme, knocking to her ground. Pain radiated through her body, the darkness was overwhelming.

But, as soon as it came, the pain and darkness disappeared. Padme slowly stood up. It must have been a security system. She continued moving towards the altar. She looked into the small pensive, at the bottom of which a small box appeared. Padme looked at the box apprehensively, reaching her hand into the bottom of the pensive. She wrapped her fingers around the box and slowly pulled it out, looking around for further threats. She placed the small box into a pouch on her belt and started walking out. Upon stepping out of the circle, Padme felt weight rise from her shoulders. She hopped in the stolen speeder and left the Force-forsaken bilding. She took the box out of the pouch and played with it in her hands. The Jedi are really going to want to see this...

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Padme hopped out of her speeder and broke into a run through the Jedi Temple, passing various masters and padawans. She had been there enough to know where the Jedi Council room was. She walked in, finding the Council was still in session. The Jedi Masters, including Ahsoka, looked up at her.

"Senator? Successful in your mission you were?" Yoda asked.

"I believe so, Master Yoda." she replied, pulling out the small box and the holodisk. "On this disk, you'll find a conversation between the Chancellor and Mas Amedda on the subject of him going to Mustafar. Also, I found a speeder leading me to a private base. And at the private base, I found... This." Some Council members gasped and looked in surprise to see the small box.

"But... How?!" Master Ki Adi Mundi exclaimed. "All of them were confiscated and destroyed years ago when Darth Bane died." Padme looked confusedly at the Jedi Master.

"Master, if I may," she started, "What are you talking about?" Mace Windu sat forward in his chair.

"Senator, what you hold in your hand right now," he began, "is a Sith Holocron."