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"My son, where is my son? Where is Luke?" Those were the first words out of Anakin's mouth when he and Padme arrived at the chosen meeting place two days later. For security reasons Leia had been left with C3PO, R2D2, and Chewy. "How dare you use my son as a bargaining tool. If you wished to speak with me then you should have found a different way to do so. If this is your way of trying to gain my trust then you failed spectacularly. Since when did the Jedi start using hostages to get what they want?"

Yoda leaned against his cane heavily. "Hostage was not your son. Safe keeping for him until sure I was your motives pure. Perfectly fine your boy is."

The former queen of Naboo almost let out a cry of joy when she spotted Obi-Wan bringing Luke out from one of the back room. As quickly as her feet would carry her she made her way over to him before taking the little boy from his arms. It was obvious by the expression on his face that he did not agree with Yoda's plan. "Luke! Oh Luke, I've missed you so much! Mommy was worried about you my perfect boy."

Anakin felt some of his anger disappear as soon as he laid eyes on his son. When his wife held out Luke for him to take, he did with a big smile on his face. A smile Yoda had not seen in years since he first joined the Jedi. "Hey there big guy. Did you miss daddy? Daddy missed you and so did mommy. Your sister won't stop throwing a fit; she will be so pleased to see you?

"Love him you do." The little green Jedi master stated with a hint of disbelief behind his words.

"Of course I love my son." He snapped looking up with slightly red eyes due to his anger. "Everything I did was for Padme and our children. I had nowhere else to turn. I went to you, I told you how conflicted I felt and yet you did nothing other than bore me with one of those long winded speeches you love to give. What did you think I would do?"

It was Obi-Wan who spoke next. "You could have came to me Anakin! I loved you like a brother and while I may not have agreed with your choices, I would have been there to help you in any way I could. When you killed all those younglings, you still had a choice! They were children! Would you have slaughtered Luke and Leia as well had they been a part of the Jedi? Will you destroy them in the future if they refuse to join the dark side?"

"I would never let that happen!" He snapped back though he did try to calm down when he felt Padme set her hand on his shoulder in order to try and keep him calm. "My children will have a choice. Do you honestly believe I wanted this? I never wanted to work with Palpatine, but I had no other choice in the matter. In order to protect those I love i had to compromise my own beliefs. Do you want to know how I live with the things I have done? I have to force myself to believe all the people I was forced to kill are better off dead. Those kids, they would've been tortured otherwise until they bent to the will of Sidious. I know how- I know how brutal he can be. Those kids are better off, trust me."

"Conflicted you are." Yoda stated as he rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Light still in you there is, but lurks darkness does as well. Choice you need to make Anakin."

Padme watched as her husband averted his gaze. She could tell he was pondering over what Yoda said. "You should listen to him Ani. You know I will support you in whatever choice you make, but we cannot go on this way forever. Being on the run like this, it's not good for any of us."

"It's too late for me to go back." He whispered looking down at the love of his life and then his son who had fallen asleep in his arms. "The Jedi life is not for me anymore; too much has changed for me to ever go back to that kind of life."

"Understand I do." Yoda told him as he hobbled forward a few steps. "Still a choice in front of you lays. Sith you are not; capable of love you are and love a Sith cannot feel. Sidious destroyed he needs to be. Want to be free you do, then help us you must. Free then you shall be to do as you please."

"You want me to help you kill Sidious?" Anakin questioned not sure he believed what he was hearing. "He is smarter than you give him credit for. He will know right away something is up and if he discovers my loyalties have changed, he will no doubt torture and kill everyone I care about."

"Do it anyways he will." The wise green creature replied. "Follow you he will if run you do. Leia and Luke corrupt he will. No other choice we have."

"Ani, everything he is saying is the truth and you know it. You are not evil because you love your children and you love me. I know you regret some of the choices you've made, but this is your chance to take it back and do some good. I do not condone murder, but you will be saving thousands of lives; you will be saving Luke and Leia from a life of pain and fear." Padme looked her husband in the eye before taking his hand in hers and turning her attention back to Yoda. "I will do anything to keep my children safe. What do we have to do?"

TBC...

AN: Hey everyone. I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and I would love to hear your thoughts. I know it was short and there was no fighting, but here is a hint; just because Yoda believes Anakin, it does not mean others do.

Please R&R like always!