Just wanted to say thank you to anyone who has read my story. I have had it in my head for a while and it feels good to get it out. Hope you enjoy and sorry for any errors.
In a dark hospital room, Vader laid in a bed connected to wires, pipes, IV's, and his face was covered in bandages. Vaders eyes opened slowly. Every inch of his body screamed with pain. He couldn't move. Panic took over his mind. What had happened? How did he get here? Where is Padme and the babies? Is she ok? What had he done? It was almost like waking up from a blackout from drinking, he was trying to piece together the last memories he had before he ended up in this hospital room. He tried to move, he couldn't. He tried to scream, and he couldn't. Lights flickered on and a medical team was by his side, checking vitals and administering more medication through his IV's. He was scared. What happened? He kept asking himself over and over. Where is Padme? "Where is.." he couldn't get the sentence out. He had no voice. "Ssshhh" a gentle voice tried to comfort him. Vader was panicking, shaking, absolutely in shock and in an immense amount of pain. He didn't have any memory of the events that lead him to this moment, and he had no idea where his family was.
Vader did not remember the burns he suffered, he lost a leg, and he had broken bones all over his body. His face was completely covered, burned up. He was lucky he still had his eyes. Anakin was long gone, Vader was what remained. He was in and out of consciousness for the next few days, only waking up to pain and suffering and still not knowing where his love was. Every time he was conscious for more than 5 minutes, the medical team put him back under. He didn't understand.
The Emperor entered the hospital room, all who were in bowed to him. He made his was past the medical team over to Vaders bed. He studied him carefully. "Leave us." He barked at everyone in the room. He stood over Vaders bed, reaching to him through the force, trying to awake him from his coma. He wanted to get his new apprentice up and healthy, but first he had to tell him the truth about what he had done...
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"Where is he Obi-Wan? Why won't you give me a straight answer?" Padme was tender and sore everywhere. She had just given birth three days earlier and hey body was completely broken. The last three days she was in and out of being awake, she woke up a few times searching for her pregnant belly, only to find her babies in their cribs next to her. Obi-Wan and a small team of nurses tended to the babies round the clock all while Padme was resting. She did not know or did not remember what had happened to her. She didn't know where Anakin was. She didn't know the republic was over. Her medical team decided to take her off the drugs today, and Obi-Wan knew they would have to leave the hospital sooner rather than later.
Again, Padme spoke, "Obi-Wan, please answer me." Obi-Wan desperately wanted to tell Padme the truth, that he had and Anakin fought, and that he had seriously injured his former apprentice in their fight. He wanted to tell her Anakin was still alive, but completely consumed by Vader. Telling Padme the truth would only accomplish one thing: she would stop at nothing to get him back to the light, even though he had almost killed her. She would try until death to bring him back. Padme would never give up on Anakin. But Anakin wasn't Anakin anymore and that might be something Padme didnt understand. The twins were the most important thing in the galaxy right now and protecting them was now Obi-Wans job.
"Padme, Anakin is dead. He tried to kill you, which forced you into early labor. We are lucky the children survived, you lost consciousness for quite some time." He said as compassionately as he could.
Padme's heart sank. She didn't believe this. The shock hit her. She would never see her husband again, the love of her life and the father of her children. He was gone. Tears fell from her eyes uncontrollably. She wailed. "No..no." Obi-Wan embraced her, and she sobbed in his arms. This wasn't true, she thought. He's not dead. She lied to herself. All of the sudden the room turned black. She couldn't think. How was she going to do this alone? How could he put his hands on her? What happened!?! Why couldn't she remember. She tried sitting up but her body fought back. She was too sore to move. "Padme you need to be together for your babies, they need you." Motherhood was the last thing on her mind. Her whole world just collapsed. She let out a scream.. "your lying to me Obi-Wan!" She couldn't stop crying.
Obi-Wan let her cry. He let her scream. They sat together for 2 hours. Finally at knock at the door came, "sir the babies are awake." That snapped Padme out of her shock. Her babies. Their babies. A perfect boy and girl. Her Luke and Leia. Her and Anakin had spent so much time deciding on their names. He will never meet them. He will never know them...
Before she could let her mind wander more, the nurse wheeled into two small bassinets, one blue and one pink. Padme sat up, and reached for her babies. Obi-Wan helped her with the twins and she sat in bed with a baby propped up on each leg. She studied them. Luke looked like her, Leia looked like her dad. Padme had been so out of it that she barely remembered their birth. She had missed the first few days of their life, in and out of sleep. In shock. She pushed the bad out of her mind and held each baby close. They stared at their mother. Tears slid down her face. What had she done? Brought two babies into the world with her forbidden husband. She deserved what she got. "How am I going to do this Obi-Wan?" She said quietly. He shook his head. "I am going to help you, anyway I can...but Padme, we must get off of this planet soon and go into hiding. The emperor will want the offspring of Anakin. He will look for them."
The thought made Padme sick. "The emperor?" She asked.
"It was Palpatine the whole time. Right under our noses." He said with pain in his voice.
"I don't understand.."she started to speak but Luke let out a big cry. He was hungry. The cry set mothering mode off in her and she began to get ready to feed him. "I will be back in once they have eaten..." Obi-Wan said. With that he walked out of the room. Padme sat there, feeding Luke while Leia passed out of her. She was instinctively mothering but so lost as a person. What the hell happened? She asked herself...