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Anakin was tossing and turning in his sleep as he fought with nightmares he had no control over. Of course he had no idea he was sleeping and that images in his mind weren't real, but they still took a very deep emotional toll on him and the worst part was realizing that he couldn't do anything until he woke up and if his nightmares had any say in that it wouldn't be for a very long while. The effects of the nightmares were so intense that some of the objects in the room started to explode or crush themselves due to the power of the force surrounding the former Jedi.

He was so close he could almost reach out and touch her, but for some reason whenever he tried to grasp the hand belonging to his wife, the distance between them seemed to grow. "Padme! Grab my hand Padme!"

Her fingers stretched trying to reach his and they brushed together before the black space between them widened and once again they were pulled apart. "Ani I can't reach you! Please Anakin, help me!"

He was running out of time, he could feel it. "You are going to have to jump."

"I can't." She cried her voice trembling in fear.

"You have to." He told her trying to remain calm which was hard all things considered. "I won't let you fall, you have my word. I just need you to trust me. Can you do that?"

Padme nodded. "I trust you Ani."

Then she leapt and he thought she would make, but suddenly it was as if his wife had hit a barrier. Her body stopped midair before she started to fall and be consumed by the darkness. There was accusation on her face as she started to vanish and her voice echoed around him long after she was gone.

"I trusted you!"

"Padme!" Anakin shot up in bed as sweat poured down his body.

He felt as if he couldn't breathe. He realized that it was a dream and Padme was most likely perfectly fine, but even knowing that, he couldn't shake all the different emotions running through his body and mind right now. The nightmare had been so real and very different from the others he had experienced before. It felt as if someone was trying to warn him about something, but who would do that and why? He supposed that in the end it really didn't matter because the point was loud and clear. Padme and his children were in danger. He really did not like the idea of waiting around for whatever to happen; he would rather be one or two steps ahead in this situation. Time had run out and now he needed to get Padme out. It was time for action and while he couldn't get ahold of her to warn her about what was going to happen, he realized that this was most likely his only choice.

Obi-Wan obviously expected a fight and so he would give him one. Anakin knew that his former teacher may say one thing, but he always meant another. As of right now he was probably trying to turn her against him and when that didn't work he would do what he felt he had to. Anakin knew how he thought because he had once been a Jedi as well and so his mind worked the same way, or at least it had until he broke free. There was no way he was going to let Padme, the love of his life, get sucked in to all the Jedi lies. It was time for war and this time he was going in prepared.

"R2 I want you to set a course for the closet planet and send a holo-gram to every outcast, rebel, and any else who has a grudge against the Jedi. Set up a meeting for two days from now. Tell them that Lord Vader wants to discuss something with them." He ordered as he entered the cockpit before turning his attention to C3PO. "3PO, I need you to come up with some sort of disguise. I cannot have my face in open view. It needs to be dark, menacing, and able to strike fear in to the hearts of anyone who sets eyes on it. Do you think you can do that for me? I need it in done in two days' time and it would be great if you could somehow disguise my voice as well."

The golden droid nodded. "I will set to work on that right now Sir. Would you like R2 to fix up your light saber Sir?"

Anakin nodded unclipping his weapon from his belt. "Yes, I would appreciate that. I also need you to find a safe place for Chewbacca to stay for a few days. It is not safe for him to stay here right now and if anything happened to him, Padme would never be able to forgive me, and I would never be able to forgive myself."

"I will make sure he is somewhere safe." The droid promised before heading off to finish the tasks he had been assigned. Before he disappeared completely he turned to look at his human maker one last time. "Sir, I know this is not my place, but I feel it should be said. Lately things have been different and I can tell you have much on your mind. I am not sure what is happening and I really do not wish to know, but whatever it is, please be sure that you know what you are doing. Human emotions and situations are tricky and I hope you are sure of what you are doing and that you are doing them for the right reasons. Well, I have work to do and should probably get to it. Please be careful Sir, I promised Miss Padme I would keep an eye on you and I intend to do just that."

TBC…

AN: the action is going to start very soon so I hope that you all like the lead up to it. I am sorry I haven't updated, but a lot has been going on health wise and I won't bore you with the details.

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