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When Anakin had gotten a holo-message from Padme asking that he come and pick her up off of a small relatively unknown planet, he had honestly thought she had managed to escape with both children and if that was the case then hopefully Obi-Wan would stop following them. The former Jedi may hate his old master and yet he would rather not kill him if he had another option. Ever since Padme had started to accept his dark side, even if she may not have done it on purpose, he had began to feel like his old self more and more. He knew that he would never be as he once was, but he did not feel like he had after pledging his life to following Sidious and learning all he could about the force and powers of the dark side. He would never again be a Jedi, but he no longer felt the pull to immerse himself in the dark anymore; he felt as if he were stuck in the middle. Besides that, the only reason he had joined Sidious was due to the fact the Sith Lord had promised to help him save Padme, though it ended up he didn't even try so in Anakin's mind he technically had no reason to follow him anymore.

When he finally landed on the planet and found his wife where she had told him he would be, one of the first things he noticed was the fact she had Leia with her, but not Luke. Immediately hhis thoughts jumped to the worst possible scenario. "Padme, where is Luke? Is he hurt? How come he is not with you? Tell me where he is and I swear I get him back. Did Obi-Wan hurt him? Where you attacked?"

When she didn't answer right away, her husband took that time to look her over for signs of injury. From what he could tell she was in relatively good shape if not a little on the thin side which worried him a bit considering she had recently given birth to twins. From the dark circles under her eyes he knew she hadn't been sleeping well, if she even slept at all. Other than emotional exhaustion his wife appeared to be fine and he let out a sigh of relief before taking his daughter in to his arms. Leia was screaming her head off and he could feel her distress of not having her brother with her. Padme was also distressed, but she was better at hiding it.

"Luke is perfectly fine Ani." The former queen of Naboo stated in a soft tone. She knew she had to tell him about the deal, but a part of her was nervous about what his reaction may be. "He is still with Obi-Wan. It was a part of the agreement. I am supposed to talk to you; Yoda would like to set up a meeting with you. He wants this war to be over and done with as do I. He promised me we could have Luke back after as long as he doesn't deem you a threat. Keeping Luke was the only way to assure I would come back."

Anakin took a deep breath as he tried to process everything she had told him. "You're telling me you left our son with people who have tried to kill me? I understand they gave you no other choice my love, but I was coming for you all. If only you had waited a few more days I would have arrived with reinforcements."

Padme reached out to touch his cheek in a soft caress. "If we do it this way then we won't have to run for the rest of our lives. I don't want that kind of life for our children if there is something we can do about it. Say that things don't go the way we plan, then we can do it your way, but I am asking you, please, not for my sake, but for your children, at least talk to them and see if a compromise can be reached. So many lives have been destroyed already and the galaxy is in a tail spin. You once told me that when I was a senator I always tried to find a peaceful solution of at all possible. I have shown you how much I trust you and now I need you to do the same for me."

"You know that I would do anything for you Padme and if this is what you really then I will try to find a peaceful resolution, but you shouldn't hold your breath; I doubt either Yoda or Obi-Wan have genuinely true motives. The Jedi like for things to go exactly as they plan and any deviation from that plan is not something they will take with a grain of salt. We should go back to my ship, it is getting cold and I do not want to take the risk of your or Leia getting sick. Once I get you somewhere warm and get some food in your system we will talk more on this matter."

"Alright." She started walking passed him when he grabbed her arm and spun her around crashing his lips to hers. Padme was caught off guard for a moment, but soon she found herself responding to the kiss.

The young man pulled back and pressed his forehead against hers and readjusted the hold he had on his little girl. "I'm glad you are safe Padme. I was worried about you my love. You have no idea how hard it was when you were gone. From what I heard from C3PO, Chewy has been a wreck. I sent him somewhere safe and asked C3PO to watch after him until things settled down somewhat. Now that you are back we can have them come back. I love you Padme, I love you more than you know and I will do whatever it takes to make our family whole again, even if it means trying to make nice with the remaining Jedi. I will warn you now though my love, if this little meeting goes sour I will get Luke back my way."

TBC...

AN: I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter. I am not sure how many chapters are left in this story, probably five or so, maybe more, maybe less. Anyways, as usual I would love to hear your thoughts.

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