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Anakin was leaning against the wall as he studied his wife's profile. She was tense and of course he could understand why. What she was about to do would make anyone tense, even the most calm Jedi would have the jitters right about now. "Are you sure you want to do this?"

Padme looked up and tried to smile even though it did not reach her eyes. "It is not a matter of wanted to do this, but rather the fact that I have to do it if I want to get our children back. I won't lie to you and say that I am not terrified, because the truth is I am so scared that I feel as if I am going to be sick. Every single thought in my head keepings going back to the idea that I won't be strong enough to do this and that if something happens to either Luke or Leia, it will be my fault and yet I know that if I don't at least try I will never be able to live with myself."

Her husband pushed away from the wall so that he could come and sit down beside her. "You already know how I feel about this idea, but if you are waiting for me to try and change your mind you need to know that isn't going to happen. You may not remember how strong of a person you are, but I do. It is one of the reasons I fell in love with you in the first place. I am not worried that you won't be able to handle this because I know that you can. I am concerned about Obi-Wan since I know how he can be."

"He won't turn me against you I promise." She told him before standing up after pressing her lips to his in a quick kiss for luck. "We should probably do this now before I run out of courage. Promise me that you will keep an eye on Chewie for me. Remember that he is still a kid and doesn't mean any real harm when he takes your light saber and hides it. He is always looking for your approval even I you don't see it. He thinks of you as a father you know."

"I know." He said standing up and opening the door for her after he ruffled her hair a bit since it looked much to in place to be convincing that she had run away from him, which is what her story was going to be. "There now you look more like a fugitive on the run. If you need me I will be outside in the hall until you are done."

"Anakin," She paused waiting for him to turn and look at her before continuing with what she had been saying. "I love you. I know that I haven't been able to say the words before, but I thought you should know in case something goes wrong. I love you and I am not just saying the words, I mean them."

Taking the couple of steps to reach her kissed her passionately and rests his forehead against hers. "I love you as well Padme. You have no idea what those three words mean to me."

"I am pretty sure I do know since they mean the same thing to me." With one last kiss they left the room together and walked in silence before she headed in to the piloting room alone. Even the droids had left earlier since Anakin had given them the order. "It shouldn't take very long. I plan to do this as quickly as I possibly can."

Padme took a few seconds to gather up every ounce of courage she could. After she was sure she wasn't about to pass out from fear, she punched in the codes that would get her in touch with Obi-Wan Kenobi's ship. It did not take him very long to answer the transmission and when he did, she made sure to look frightened and out of breath. If she wasn't convincing she would end up blowing the mission and if the mission failed she may never see her children again.

"Padme?" The Jedi master couldn't believe his eyes. She was the last person that he would have ever expected to get in contact with him. "Where are you? Why do you seem to be out of breath? Are you hurt? Where is Anakin?"

"I don't know where he is and to be truthful I really do not care." She told him making her voice shake for dramatic effect. "I had to get out. Someone took my babies and he was happy about it. He said it would be nice to not have to deal with the burden anymore and then he, well I would rather not talk about it. I had no idea who else to get in touch with. You are the only person that I feel I can trust. Is your offer of help still available?"

"Of course it is." Obi-Wan told her without hesitation. He would help her no matter what he must do. "If you tell me what planet you are one I can come and get you. I will take you somewhere safe. You have my word that I will keep you safe. I will also get you back to your children."

It took everything inside of the former queen of Naboo to not scream out that he was a liar. Instead she nodded with a grateful smile. "Right now I am on a slave ship that I managed to escape on, but I can get in touch with you again once I have landed on a planet. I need to go in case Anakin is tracking me, but I will get in touch with you again in two days' time."

"Of course." He answered with a blank expression. "Be safe for me Padme. Do not underestimate Anakin. If he finds out you have gotten in touch with me, he will not be pleased."

TBC…

AN: I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter. I was not feeling well, but I wanted to get this out. I hope that you all had a great Easter. I would love to hear your thoughts.

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