Star Wars: Remix version
Chapter three: Danger
10 years later
Two people stood on the landing platform watching as Senator Padme's ship descended onto the platform. It touched down and landed. The great doors opened as the Senator and her attendants got off the ship. The man watching the ship took off his helmet and shook the blonde hair from his face.
"I guess I was wrong, there appears to be no danger" He said. No sooner had he said this that the ship before them blew up. The blast knocked them off their feet. His companion, a young woman in her twenties stood up and ran towards the wreck. When Padme reached her decoy she paled. Corde' one of her best friends was dead. Anakin came up behind her.
"I shouldn't have come back" She muttered.
"Your vote is important" Anakin told her. He glanced around and took her by the arm.
"We have to get you inside, before they realize she's a decoy" He said urgently. Pale and shaky, Padme allowed Anakin to lead her away. Once they were inside the apartment where they were staying she began pacing.
"I need to know who's trying to kill me" She said suddenly. Before Anakin could respond, there was a knock on the door. It was Jar Jar Binks.
"Mesa tinking yousa in danger" He said in his squeaky voice. Padme sighed. "Yousa presence is requested at the Jedi council" Padme sighed again. She didn't want to talk to the council, but she knew that she had no real choice.
"Let's go" She said. Anakin stood and took her arm.
"May I escort you?" He asked. Padme laughed as they made there way to the Jedi temple. Yoda was the first to great them.
"Senator, seeing you alive brings warm feelings to my heart" He said in a raspy voice.
"Do you know who it is who's trying to kill me?" Padme asked.
"No we don't" Mace Windu said. "We have asked two Jedi to remain with you as protection" Padme tried to protest, but the council was adamant. Once back in there chambers, she fumed.
"I do not need protection" She complained. Anakin grinned.
"Are you sure?" He asked. She threw a pillow at him and he caught it. Just then the door opened and Jar Jar Binks came in with Obi-Wan Kenobi and another man about Anakin's age.
"It has been far too long Master Kenobi. I'm so glad our paths have crossed again... but I must warn you that I think your presence here is unnecessary." Padme said softly.
"I am sure that the council has their reasons" Obi-wan replied. "Hello Anakin" Anakin smiled.
"It is good to see you Obi-wan, Padme is right it has been too long, I just wish the circumstances of why you're here were different" He said.
"So do I" Obi-wan said. "This is my Padawan Ray Skye" The young man stepped forward. He seemed to be staring intensely at Padme, which made her feel uncomfortable.
"Our presence here will be invisible, Padme" Obi-Wan assured her. Anakin stepped forward.
"The situation is more dangerous than she will admit." He said. Padme frowned at him.
"I don't need more security, I need answers. I want to know who is trying to kill me." She said fervently. Obi-Wan sighed.
"We'll do our best, but until we find this assassin you need to be protected" He told her.
"I have Ani, to protect me" Padme declared. She looked down. "I'm sorry Obi-wan; I know that you're just trying to help. Perhaps with merely your presence, the mysteries surrounding this threat will be revealed. Now if you will excuse me I will retire." Anakin watched as she entered her chambers.
"Obi-wan, can I talk to you?" He asked.
"Of course. Ray, could you go check on security?" Obi-wan asked his apprentice. Ray scowled and exited the room. He wondered who this Anakin was and why he treated Obi-wan like a father.
"I have been having horrible dreams about my mother" Anakin said. "Somewhere, she's being hurt, beaten and she's calling for my help"
"Have you talked to Padme about this?" He asked. Anakin shook his head.
"I didn't want to worry her" he said softly.
"Padme will want to know, Anakin. She cares for you deeply. Channel your visions, if they are real and your mother is indeed in danger, Padme will want you to go help her" Obi-wan advised.
"But my duty is to protect the senator" Anakin protested.
"I know, Anakin, but you have a duty to family too" Obi-wan said. He knew he could give Anakin this advice, because he was not a Jedi and was allowed and capable of feelings that Jedi were not. Late that night Anakin was jolted awake by a scream coming from Padme's room. When he reached her chambers, she was sitting on the bed shaking and Dorme was holding her. There was a huge hole in the window.
"What happened?" He asked worriedly.
"The assassin sent two poisonous slugs" Dorme replied. "Luckily the two Jedi saved her just in time. They went to track down the assassin." Anakin sat with Padme for the rest of the night until Ray and Obi-wan finally came back.
"The council has agreed to send you and Ray to Naboo and into hiding" Obi-wan told her.
"I am not going anywhere without Ani" Padme said firmly.
"By all means take him with you" Obi-wan said.
"But master..." Ray said but Obi-wan held up a hand.
"I don't see why he can't go. He grew up there too" He said. Ray scowled more deeply.
"Very well" He said gruffly.