Chapter 5 - The Code Corruption

Sorry for not updating, for more than two years! I had lost all inspiration for this story… well, anyone who read the note from before this chapter was put should know the rest, but I am very sorry for not updating. Please don't shoot me for not updating, or you won't get more chapters.

Something was wrong, Anakin sensed from the Lake House at Naboo. Luckily he was alone, so he wouldn't have to explain anything to Padmé, he didn't want to trouble her, and wanted to think about what he sensed before telling anything.

"Anakin!" Padmé called, as the man raised his head quickly and looked at his wife

"What?"

"Adenan and Dormé's gone… both of them! Saying in a message that they were searching for a new hiding spot! As if they knew something!"

Anakin's blue eyes widened at that, so… the young Padawan was also sensing it, but why had they left without telling them?

The Chosen One did not know, but he swore that when Adenan came back -he knew instinctively that it was his fault- that the Padawan would get quite a blaming for leaving them when something felt wrong.

"That rat!" Anakin exclaimed, his action-first-think-second side coming up due to anger

"Anakin, no! Adenan's not at fault here." Padmé firmly stated, frowning as she knew whom Anakin was insulting

"How, he left when there's something wrong!"

"Wrong, what's wrong, Anakin?" Padmé calmed down and tilted her head, looking curious

"Something feels wrong… as if…", then, like an avalanche falling off a very tall, snowy mountain, realisation hit Anakin Skywalker, "Jedi! THE ORDER HAS FOUND US!"

"WHAT?" Padmé took a step back, started at Anakin's sudden outburst

Meanwhile, in Hyperspace, luckily not very far from Naboo, rather, in a planet few lightyears away, a Padawan stood up and flinched, realising something was wrong. Dormé found Adenan, and became confused at his still position, he looked… somewhat scared.

"What's wrong, Adenan?" Dormé asked, suddenly becoming concerned

"They… found them… The Traditionalists found the Balancers!" Adenan exclaimed, accidentally using his dimension-seeing abilities

"Trad… Balancers?"

"Anakin and Ahs…Padmé! Mace Windu found them!" Adenan exclaimed out loudly, disappointed at his own mistakes at speaking

"What?"

"Yeah! Found them! We need to get to Naboo… and unrealistically fast!"

"Since we're a few seconds from Naboo on hyperspace, and you have the force, so t's not that unrealistic, but I understand."

The two quickly ran over to the cockpit, Adenan had gone there several seconds ahead due to his Force-Assisted speed, the ship had started turning around in Hyperspace, and Dormé ran over to the cockpit to see Adenan quickly setting coordinates and pressing buttons.

"How long will it take."

"Fifty Seconds… not long enough! You guys should let Anakin and I tinker with this ship!"

But, Dormé found that convenient, unlike Adenan, who was complaining about the ship's speed.

Two Jedi Starfighters headed closer to a house, them being on the Jedi Council, thus being the ones to recognise where the Lake House was. Mace frowned from his starfighter, surely they didn't think that the House was safe for hiding from the members of the Jedi Order.

The two Jedi Starfighters landed, as Anakin cautiously went out, and gasped when he saw the two starfighters, not prepared for that.

He had assumed that Shaak Ti and the less orthodox Jedi would speak for his and Adenan's hiding. Not ready to fight, he put his hands behind his back, he didn't want to harm whatever Jedi were in the starfighters.

Suddenly, a dark skinned man came out of the purple starfighter, and Anakin immediately recognised him.

"Master Windu." Anakin greeted, with a voice more like a growl

"Skywalker. You must be aware that Jedi are not allowed to form attachments."

"Yes, I do know."
"And a Jedi must put duty first. You have thrown away your duty for attachment, and, as I see, with Senator Amidala."

Anakin looked backwards, to see his wife, and set his face grim, then looked back at Windu, who had a very severe look on his face, Ki-Adi Mundi behind the dark-skinned man with a very calm face, the Chosen One assumed that the second Jedi had come out and wasn't noticed because of his conversation with Windu.

"Don't you dare bring Padmé into this." Anakin growled

"Anakin…", Padmé whispered, realising her husband's mistake

"First-Name Basis too? With a Senator… Skywalker, now I suspect you have seriously breached the code." Windu stated, frowning even further.

Anakin had always thought that Windu somehow had been modified so he felt no emotions. At this point, he felt that was entirely correct. He stood his guard, glaring at Windu while his hand was near his lightsaber in case he needed to fight… but the Chosen One desperately hoped not.

"So I may have… but what can you do, I requested for the Jedi to not find us."

"Yes, you have Skywalker, but the Jedi Code, as stated before, dictates for duty to come first. I am afraid we will need to take you both, including Senator Amidala, back to Coruscant." Ki-Adi Mundi was the one who spoke this time.

"We will need to capture you, if you do not come willingly." Windu warned, but that was the breaking point for Anakin, as he almost activated his lightsaber, but due to quick actions by Mundi, his hands were trapped by a set of force-deactivating binders.

Padmé was too shocked at the sudden change to even fight against Mace Windu, who put normal binders on her, and the couple were forced down into a kneeling position while Mundi went forward, looking at the sky.

"Predictable, of course you would fight. Skywalker, you always tended to show emotion." Windu told the young Jedi, who growled,

"I never thought that the Jedi would commit trickery."

Adenan had quickly gone back to the Lake House, not minding the scenery, which he didn't even admire this time, that was for later… maybe when they left the place.

He saw the brick and wood Lake House, and quickly landed on landing hub for ships belonging to the owners of the house, the lack of presence was already suspicious. The Masterless Padawan activated his orange lightsaber, and went ahead, the landing ramp slowly opening as he got out. Taking slow, cautious steps, Adenan went forward, faithful that Dormé would find her way.

The Padawan went straight, entering the wooden floor of the corridor that connected the Private Hangar to the Main Room. Quickly and stealthily going past there, Adenan stopped at the middle of the main room, which had many shelves filled with mantle-pieces and comfy chairs, but the human did not mind that, as he, swinging his lightsaber on his arm, gone forward, to see…

"Anakin…", he was tied up, along with Padmé

"Adenan…"

"I'm sorry. I didn't know… I'm very sorry."

"It's okay, Adenan, I understand." This time, Padmé had spoken

"Padawan Kornen."

The one who had been called looked up, "Master Mundi."

"The Jedi Mantra focuses on our dedication to duty, which you have not shown."

"I have- I done what the Council said. All the time!" Adenan exclaimed, then sighed, "I do not want to fight you, but if I have to…"

"Adenan!" This time, Anakin had called, whom Adenan looked to, "Don't, we'll deal with the Council for this. And yes, I don't like it, but it's the most logical choice, look what they did to me.

Adenan looked at Mundi, then Anakin, and Padmé, the couple had been tied up, then he looked to Windu, who seemed to be infinitely calm. A monster in his chest wanted to fight, to rebel, but his cooler, more rational side, was telling to not fight.

It was telling him that if he fought, then the Jedi Council would have a reason to believe he was uncontrollable, and that wouldn't help on the long run, even if fighting would help ward them off temporarily, and also allow them to hide more, but they could get immunity if Adenan did not fight. He heard footsteps, and didn't need to look to tell it was Dormé, he already knew when he turned. The handmaiden looked at Adenan, who put his hands on his pockets.

"Don't do anything." Adenan requested of her, and he looked straight into the eyes of the Master Jedi, Mace Windu, "I will come willingly, provided me and Anakin get a Trial under the Jedi Council, provided with full representational options."

The Jedi Masters glanced at Adenan, surprised that his regular fire and passion wasn't in his demeanour. Rather, a cold diplomat and warrior, one that was regularly portrayed in the war stories told by the younger Masters to the younglings and Padawans.

Then, Windu only said one sentence, that sealed the deal, "It will be done."