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"Chewie get back here right this instant!" The young Wookie heard his 'adopted mother' Padme before he saw her and the sound of her voice had him running in the opposite direction even though there were not many places he could hide on the small starship. "Chewie! If Anakin comes back and finds you took his light saber again, you're going to be in big trouble! How many times have we told you it isn't a toy? You could hurt yourself. Chewie!"

The former queen of Naboo was dead on her feet. Her back ached, she was exhausted, the baby was using her stomach as a base drum, and to top it off she had a very hyper Wookie who wouldn't listen to her. She wished that Anakin was here to help her, but he had left the night before after getting a message from someone, he wouldn't tell her who, he only said it was important and if he didn't have to go he wouldn't. Padme had no idea when he would be back and that scared her. What if something happened and he didn't come back? What would she do then? How could she survive in a world she didn't remember?

The young Wookie could hear Padme calling for him and he poked his head around the corner before making a series of noises and pointing to the light saber excitedly. Ever since Anakin had gave the alright for Chewie to go with them, the Wookie had a habit of taking the saber and hiding it in unusual places. First it had been to annoy the other male and then it had become a sort of game. This time Chewie had taken it in the hopes the former Jedi would come back when he realized it to be missing. He hated seeing his 'mother' which is now how he saw Padme, in any form of discomfort and when Anakin was gone she was in emotional pain and Chewie didn't like it one bit.

"I know you miss him, but Anakin had to do something important." She paused to listen to his reply. "Well no, I don't know what he had to do, but I am sure it was important. You don't have to look after me. I can take care of myself. I know you can Chewie, but you shouldn't have to worry about me. Why don't you go up front and ask R2 to teach you some more about flying? Yes, I will come with you."

The pair made their way to the front of the ship. Padme knew the only way she would be able to keep Chewie occupied would be by getting R2 to let him pretend he was flying the ship. It seemed that the young orphaned Wookie had a liking for flying and she had no doubt that one of these days he would end up a pilot. Perhaps he and her son or daughter would play together one day in the near future. If they were all still on the run from the Jedi it would be nice for her child to have a playmate. With a smile she leaned back against the wall watching the small round droid teach her furry little companion all about the different controls. At least with him around she had someone to occupy her time since her husband couldn't be there. Not that the droids didn't try, but it wasn't exactly the same.

Padme watched on in silence for about half an hour. She was getting ready to prepare something for dinner when she saw a shadowy figure limping towards the ship. At first she had no idea what it was, but the closer the figure got the clearer they became and she was horrified to realize the blood covered being was her husband Anakin. She pushed away from the wall immediately.

"R2 get the shields down now!" She ordered pressing a button on the wall that brought down the doors. When the little droid beeped at her she whirled around angrily. "I don't care what orders he gave you before he left! I am in charge now and so you listen to me. I want those shields down right this instant and tell C3PO to prepare the medical bay."

R2D2 quickly deactivated the shields allowing Padme to run to her husband's aid. She slung his arm over her shoulder taking some of his weight off of his injured leg. She wasn't sure if all the blood was his or not since she couldn't get a good view of his entire body yet. "Ani, what happened?"

"You should- you shouldn't be out here." He stumbled over his words trying to catch his breath. "I thought-thought I told R2D2 to keep the shields up no matter what?"

"I'm not the one who came back bloody with a limp." She snapped at him as they entered the ship once more. "You can't lecture me about being safe when you come back in this condition Anakin."

Her husband tried to play it off like he was fine even though he wasn't. "This is nothing Padme, I am fine. I must have misplaced my light saber. I thought I had it with me, but apparently I didn't. If you think I look bad you should see the other guy."

"The other guy is not my husband so I don't care what condition he is in." She replied helping in to a sitting position once they had reached the medical area. "I am going to get C3PO to look you over and then you are going to tell me what happened and don't lie to me. I think I deserve to know what is going on and I for one am glad you didn't have your light saber with you. If I'd known you were going to fight I would have made sure you did not leave my sight! What were you thinking? I need you Ani and so does our baby! You can't risk your life like this anymore my heart just can't take it!"

TBC…

AN: A short chapter because like I said I am sick and I update faster if I write shorter chapters. I wasn't going to update today cause of the flu, but I did anyways and I hope you all like it. In the next chapter you will find out what happened to Anakin and I will try to make it another double chapter that is twice the length of this.

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