[00:42] TinkerBelle005xx: She opened her eyes as best as she could and gasped lightly. Padme's eyes darted about wildly for a few short moments. -She didn't seem to know where she was. Or better yet...where she was. Coughing a bit she, laid back and attempted to ward off the persistant desire to sleep.

[00:43] Akai Nightstorm: One of the troopers outside yelled, "Bring a medical pod at once! Lord Vader is in critical condition!" Inside two other troopers rushed forward with a floating stretcher.. rushing outside onto the platform and beyond.

[00:51] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' found herself lost in a world of darkness. Surrounded by the screams of innocent children and sobbing people. She struggled to gain control of her emotions. She needed to awaken, to escape! A light whimper escaped her lips, and a frightened expression appeared upon her face. Her body began to move more and more. She tossed her head from side to side and suddenly Padme' opened her eyes. The dream had ended. Or was she living with in it. She looked around with worry. And then something tickled her nose...a horrid odor. One that could turn the strongest of stomaches weak. She rolled onto her side and gagged a bit. Lowering her right hand down the torso of her body she gave a relieved sigh when she felt the bump of her belly. 'My baby is safe.' She thought happily.But what of Anakin? Padme' sat up quickly and nearly fell back with exhaustion. "Anakin!"

[00:56] Akai Nightstorm: She clearly hadn't been under that long. The troopers had just returned. With them was the medical capsle.. floating onto the ship across from her. On it was something that once... was human. A charred and blackened torso with a single mechanical arm drapped over one side lay there. Third degree burns covered the frame leaving some dark red patches where blood had littterly boiled on the surfice. Volcanic glass clung to what was left of the clothing and had caked inside the wounds. One might have thought this person dead if they didn't groan softly through the mask that had been placed over the face. And though it was hard to tell features... the mechanical arm gave it away... this was Anakin.. her Anakin... what was left of him anyway.

[01:01] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' studied the mechanical arm. And her heart raced. The loud commotion that seemed to surround her, died out as the sound of her beating heart was all she could here. A ragged breath came forth and she couldn't bring herself to look away. He was dead. He had died. -And she soon would too. Her heart hurt, all of her hurt. Without Anakin she couldn't breathe. -She need to touch...to feel...to comfort...he had to know. But she was afraid. Padme' was terrified to come to any realization. She drew in a shaky breath before sliding off of the examination mattress. With ease she passed by a few gaurds. "Anakin?" She called out in a child like voice. Padme' approached the charred body and the tears fell freely. "Oh...Anakin..." She looked away suddenly doubling over she clutched at her stomache. It was over whelming. She couldn't handle it...she was so afraid.

[01:04] Akai Nightstorm: AS she approuched, the hand twitched slightly. The fingers spasmed. then she heard a light growning. No, he was not dead... he just looked as dead as one could get. His head moved slightly... and his eyes, rimmed red with oddly yellowed pupils stared out at her. He seemed to be trying to talk, but couldn't find the words. Instead, another groan came and his eyes shurt suddenly. He was in pain...

[01:08] TinkerBelle005xx: Turning back to face him. She shook her head no repeatively. She refused to accept this situation. Padme' turned around, a panic evident in her eyes. "Help him! Oh God...please, he needs help! He's in pain..." She yelled out loudly. Her voice cracked with emotion and she could taste her tears. Padme' moved in closer...and she felt an odd sensation run through her. She hurt. She hurt for him. "Your going to be fine." She promised, although her expression was one of pure sadness. -She touched lightly at one of his mechanical fingers. Only to pull her hand back quickly. It was still hot! "Anakin...please..." She once more turned towards the gaurds. "Please! Why are you standing there...my husband needs help...he's in pain!"

[01:11] Akai Nightstorm: The emperor entered then. With the hatch closing the shuttle began to take off. "I assure you.." Sidious said, facing Padme, "We are doing all that we can for him. He'll be well taken care of at Coruscant. For now, I suggest you lay back down before you hurt yourself." He then moved off. Odd, that she could be so concerned with the man who had nearly killed her in a fit of rage. True, that wasn't like him at all.. some sort of paranioa took over his brain. Beliving she had actually brought Obi-Wan there.. and what she had been saying to him. Still.. in his pain.. he heard her words.. and wanted to weep. She loved him still...

[01:16] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' glared, and anger eminated from her very being. "Your doing all that you can? ...Are you mad?!" She yelled furiously. "He's hurt because of you. How could you do this? He trusted you...We all did." Her tears continued to come forth. And she was nearly blinded. Taking a few deep breaths she stumbled a bit and nearly fell. "You've ruined everything!" Padme' looked back towards Anakin and she once more felt weak. It was all happening so much. What was she supposed to do?

[01:18] Akai Nightstorm: The emperor turned back to her. "But my dear.. I did not do this to him. I did not hack off his limbs and leave him to burn by the side of a lava bank. Obi-Wan Kenobi did this to him. Betrayed and attacked his own best friend. Most horrible. I only have his best interests in mind. belive me.. this is the last thing I wanted to see happen to Anakin." The man had a charisma about him. Palpatine always did... how long had Padme known him? Maybe not well but he was her senator back when she was Queen... - On the table Anakin groaned again. He heard them talking.. but he was starting to loose focus of the meaning of it.

[01:24] TinkerBelle005xx: She flinched at the brutal words he chose to describe what had happened to him. Mustering some strength from her anger, Padme' slapped Palpatine across the face. Her hand stung a bit and yet she wished she could have done greater damage to this inhuman monster. Her breathing continued to remain deep and heavy. "There will be a day...where you will regret this." She stated firmly. Padme' needed some strength and support...even if it was conviction. "I love him." She declared proudly. "And he loves me." A small smile broke free and for a moment she seemed happy. "I won't let you hurt him...any....more...you...I..." She tried to fend off the after shock that was threatening to bring her down. Padme' gave a defeated cry before leaning back against the wall for support. She needed to be strong for Anakin...and her baby.

[01:28] Akai Nightstorm: Strangely, Sidious did nothing to stop her from striking him, or even retaileat against it. He actually seemed to smile. "My my Padme.. I've never known you to get angry before. But you are venting it at the wrong person. I did not use you to find him... I did not hurt him. I meerly helped him so he could save you. That is all. He chose to become my apprentice." - Anakin groaned softly.. slipping in and out now. He was in bad shape.. he might not even make it to Coruscant... and hearing his wife screaming hurt him inside. Ok so at the same time, hearing her at all proved she was both safe and at his side and that helped a bit.. but a small shock of worry ate into his confused and pain-filled brain.. about what such anger might do to their baby.

[01:31] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' wanted to cover her ears and recite some care free ryhmes from her childhood. But she couldn't. Her eyes grew dark with anger a moment, and she stopped herself. He was playing mind games with her. Twisting and confusing her, just as he had done to Anakin. -Feeling defeated she looked towards the floor and swallowed her pride. She carefully wiped at her eyes before standing tall once again. "Give him something for the pain." She instructed. "I don't want him suffering..."

[01:34] Akai Nightstorm: "It might kill him in his condition." The emperor replied, his eyes cast down apon the burnt and painfilled form of his apprentice. "I do not want that.. do you?" At that he looked back at Padme. - Anakin wasn't comprehending what they were saying.. but he did put his life in the hands of those around him. He wasn't thinking straight though... images flashjing around in his head... images of his life... of Padme.. of Obi-Wan.. far off visions of his mother...

[01:37] TinkerBelle005xx: Silence... Would death be a better comfort for him? Is that what Anakin desired? Its certainly not what Padme' wanted...She didn't want to be selfish but she was. And once more anger was threatening to take control. As she realized, no matter what treatments were provided. -Anakin in the flesh was gone forever. -She slowly shook her head no in response and hugged herself* "Leave us..." She demanded bravely. She would ask him. -And she would carry out any order instructed to her.

[01:40] Akai Nightstorm: The emperor nodded, leaving the room with his troops. It mattered not what she chose... not to him. If he died, he would make anakin's child his new apprentice. If Vader lived... he'd still have him. - Anakin, in truth, didn't know what he wanted any more.. beyond a need that was already satisified. He had wanted to see his Padme.. to know she was alright. To know that she still loved him... and that their baby would be born. That was what drove him to fight his way back up the hillside dispite the horrific pain his body was in.

[01:47] TinkerBelle005xx: She remained standing long after The Emperor and his troops had left. Praying for guidance an odd calm came over her. And she hesitantly approached the bed side of the being...the creature...the mass torment of human flesh and pain. Padme' took a deep breath, the sickening odor wafted through the air...and she felt sick momentarily. Closing her eyes she knew what she had to do. -She moved in closer. "Anakin..." She said his name so tenderly, so thick with love and emotion. "My love...as you can see...you saved me." She chose her words carefully, "Your so wonderful..." She trailed off mid-compliment before closing her eyes...Her hand was raised and it hovered in the air for a moment, she brought it down slowly and allowed it to linger an inch from the flesh of his face. "I love you Ani....I love you." She repeated. -Padme' kept her eyes closed, and in her mind she saw him laying there with a mischiveous smile. The same one she had seen time and time again. -This vision caused her to smile. "All will be well my love. We're together now."

[01:53] Akai Nightstorm: He couldn't speak.. though he wanted to. Even through the haze that envoloped his mind, he could hear her words... and her meaning. The love. It made his heart sing... allowed him to feel happyness dispite it all. He had wanted her to live.. to be safe... he'd done it for her. His eyes opened slightly. He wanted to see her, even though his vision was hazy. The heat had damaged his eyes... the light in the cabin hurt badly. but still, he found himself looking up at her face... into her eyes... this is all he wanted.. to be with her...

[01:57] TinkerBelle005xx: Her eyes met with his, and it took everything in her to night cry. To not frown or turn away with absolute disgust. "Ani, you always get yourself into trouble." She teased carefully. Perhaps if she lightened the mood, he would feel more comfortable. "I know you can't talk..." She choked out. Stopping suddenly, she waited until she could control her emotions. "But...I know...I know that you love me. And I love you to...and if something should happen...our baby will know how wonderful you are. And they will grow to make you proud." She nodded with encouragment. The tears were coming, but they weren't harsh tears. Padme' had a broken heart. "Oh Ani, I want to touch you...to feel you...kiss you and love you. But your so....hurt. I don't want to see you hurt. You need rest...you need your strength so that you can get well."

[02:02] Akai Nightstorm: He closed his eyes. He wasn't going to 'get well' but he could live. This he knew. Nothing could truely repair the damage that had been done to him... only augmentations could be used to fix him up a bit... to make him able to exist on his own. the burns were bad... and many of his internal organs were damaged and had ceased working. The heat had boiled the soft tissues. His limbs all needed to be manufactured now. He'd never be able to touch her again.. but that didn't bother him for himself... he had never needed physical touching.. but it made him hurt for her. He knew she did... that she needed his touch... his embrace... needed more then him just being there. For him, all he needed was to be close to her. He could lean on a wall and watch her for hours and be completely happy and at peace. When they made love it was more for her then him. True, he enjoyed it.. but not as much as the joy he got from hearing her pleasure... from knowing how much SHe was enjoying it.

[02:07] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' watched him close his eyes, and she studied him. -She had silently promised herself that she would be strong and dignified. ...Had he passed? Her eyes searched the distorted shape that was his body. And finally she couldn't take it. "Anakin please don't leave me." She begged as she lowered herself to kneel at his bedside. She took ahold of his mechanic hand, grasping it tightly she felt some relief. The intense heat had faded, but the warmth was still intact. "I'm selfish....forgive me...I need you. I love you, I'll care for you. You will heal...I know you will."

[02:09] Akai Nightstorm: Though the air was being pumped into his body through the mask into his burned lungs and through his blood. His chest wasn't rising.. but his metal fingers twitched again at her touch. His eyelids fluttered. Had he heard her right? The throbbing pain was cutting off his ability to think straight.. to process the data he needed to know anything beyond his own suffering. If only he had another arm to re-assure her with. If only he could speak.

[02:16] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' clung to his hand. His fingers had moved...they had. She carefully released his hand before pulling herself to her feet. "I'm sorry...I'm the cause of this." She closed her eyes. Padme' was tired, exhausted, and emotionally distraught. "I'll let you rest now." She stated quietly, raising her hand she touched tenderly at the necklace he had carved for her many years ago. "I won't leave you Ani, never...I love you too much to give up so easily." Turning, Padme' forced herself to leave the room and the painful image that would haunt her for an eternity.

[02:19] Akai Nightstorm: Anakin allowed himself to laps into semi-consciousness then. Drifting in and out of pain... lost in darkness... in terrible images... but he always came back to Padme. seeing her face... her half-heard words echoing in his ears.. the light touches. That's what kept him going. Yes, he could hang on for her.. if only to tell her not to blaim herself for what had happend to him. - It was another hour before they got to Coruscant. The medical center was drenched in rain as Vader was being floated out.

[02:25] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' had not been able to sleep. And due to this factor, the baby growing within her womb chose to display there unhappiness by kicking. -She carefully followed the parade of troopers, guards and droids. They had arrived in Coruscant. And Padme' had spent the last hour of there trip suffering in mental anguish. She had come to a conclusion...-Walking carefully through the down pour of the cool rain that fell as steady as her tears. She felt as if the sudden change in climate was due to her broken heart.

[02:30] Akai Nightstorm: They guided the crumpled form of what once was Anakin skywalker, now being called by the name Vader by those around him, into the medical center where he was transported over to a table. He twitched slightly, groaning as the mask was removed. Special air was being pumped around the table, to assure he was still getting O2 into his blood stream as the droids began to get to work. He didn't feel any of this.. not clearly. The pain was starting to get bad again and he groaned.

[02:32] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' moved swiftly down the hall. She had seen Palpatine be escorted in this general direction. She was desperate to speak with him. -She passed a room and back tracked a bit. Some medical droids were working on Anakin. Padme' shook her head. She couldn't deal with that at the moment. -She had to be quick.

[02:34] Akai Nightstorm: The new emperor was in a room close by, monitering what was going on. He turned his head to see Padme as she came near by. "You really should rest. In your condition.. and especially how we found you. It cannot be good for the baby." He nearly added an given her husband's condition.. teh shock of it. But he was on guard.. knowing she still blaimed him.

[02:36] TinkerBelle005xx: Jumping slightly she turned to face him. "I know what you are..." She carefully placed her hands protectively upon her swollen stomach. "I was angry...how I acted was disgraceful. I apologize..." She began as she offered an apologetic bow of respect.

[02:38] Akai Nightstorm: He smiled gently at her. "No need. You were angry. You had to vent it at someone. And that person happens to be that one that ordered your husband to that world. But the danger had not come from there. But from his former master. I'm sure he fought quiet bravly.. but to be left in such a state.. who knew that Jedi would be so horrible as to do that?" - In the next room Anakin cried out so loud in pain that it was quiet easy to pierce Padme's ears.

[02:42] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' struggled to remain calm and some what collected. She decided to ignore the bone chilling cry of her husband. "I am in debt to you." She started carefully, "I wish to serve you." -Padme' was suffering with a great confusion. Had Obi-Wan truly attempted to murder Anakin? -She couldn't believe it...Yet, she had witnessed how evil Anakin had been. He had even gone so far as to choke her. This sudden realization, only set her idea into action more. She touched the base of her neck. Lowering her hand she bowed down to The Emperor...."I wish to serve you. I offer myself to you." -She needed to be in this man's favor, if she were to help Anakin at all.

[02:44] Akai Nightstorm: "There is no need for that my dead senator. Your husband already serves me and my wishes. He has done very well. I'm sure he will continue to do very well. No. If you want to serve me.. you will rest... so that your child will be born safe... and so you'll be there to great my apprentice when he wakes up. I'm sure the sight of you will calm him down emensly." - Another scream of pain came from the next room.. Anakin again... the surgeries were causing him more anguish.

[02:46] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' saw no hope of winning this debate. Her efforts were pointless. At least for now. She nodded sadly, "But of course my lord." She lowered her head kindly and then inwardly flinched at another alarming scream. -Padme' would rest. Because truly she would have no choice.

[02:50] Akai Nightstorm: And besides.. it kept her from hearing her husband in pain as part of him began to panic finding he couldn't breath propperly. He twitched on the table as the droids worked to attach new limbs. He found he could no longer endure the suffering so he was screaming. The screams were strange due to his scorched and litterly destroyed lungs... but they were there none the less. he wasn't even sure how long this agony lasted... his mind going in and out depending on how bad it got... but eventually, he found it ebbing away. Had it been hours? Days? he could not be sure.

[20:33] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' couldn't go far. She wouldn't allow herself. Making her way back to her borrowed quarters, she climbed into bed. Laying on her side she frowned, as she cuddled a pillow. It was a horrible substitue for the man that she loved. -Laying in silence she found that she had cried all of her tears. She felt sick to her stomach, and completely and utterly lost. Padme' felt that she had no where to go...not that she would leave. But she desperately needed help.

[20:37] Akai Nightstorm: Finnaly, the surgeries were over. There was only one more thing left. The mask. It was designed to keep the air in, help with his speech, and send a lot of imputs directly int his brain. Before his eyes slid down a display screen, filting normal light out so it wouldn't hurt his damaged eyes, but as a result, his world was a mesh of colorless displays, just heightened vision, much like a droid might have... a battle droid anyway. The pain was still there, deap inside, but it was controllable now. The table was moving too, and he felt awake. More alert then he had been in a while.

[20:43] TinkerBelle005xx: Shifting her eyes towards the entrance of her bedroom. She heard several cowardly droids discussing The Emperor's creation. -Padme' very slowly pulled herself up to a sitting position. She slid off of the hard mattress and made her way to the doorway. Looking around she carefully made her way down the hallway. -Hours had passed...at least she had hoped. Sleep had yet to claim her tired and haggard body. However worry and sadness ruled supreme and she missed Anakin.

[20:47] Akai Nightstorm: "Come Padme... I'm sure he'll want to see you. Assuming he can. I'd prefure you to be there." The emperor spoke at her doorway. He was beckoning to her. Then he left, traveling with Padme down to the medical room. Inside was a figure strapped to a table.. the table she had last seen her husband laying on. It was vertial now so the figure seemed to be stadning. It was all black with a helmet, no human features vissible. This was how Darth Vader appeared to the world now.

[20:51] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' followed The Emperor. Remaining silent she looked towards the large figure. The constructed materials were all made up of a black design. Her eyes showed complete confusion. Where had Anakin gone? ...Was he really in there? Padme' frowned deeply. He was entombed within a black casket.

[20:53] Akai Nightstorm: The sound the figure breathing was constant. In and out in a regulated pattern. No deviation. The figure was still... - And the emperor stepped up to his side. "Lord Vader... Can you hear me?" There was a pause.. the figure seemed to stir then, but the head was not pointed towards anyone. "Yes... master.." Came a voice that seemed like anakin's only, much much deaper.

[20:58] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' hugged herself tightly, and wished herself to awaken from the continuous nightmare that had played out before her. Lowering her eyes towards the floor, her mournful expression remained. -She was free to look upon him, without her stomach turning. She could face him, hear him and touch him. But she didn't want to. Anakin was gone...What was she going to do? Was she to address him as Darth Vader as well? ...Would her child have the chance to know there father? ...Her eyes swelled with tears...which only surprised Padme'. -She was exhausted. She hadn't eaten any food or had anything to drink in quite a while. She was weak with misery.

[21:01] Akai Nightstorm: The head moved, pointing towards her now. "Padme.." It said softly. - Vader pulled at the restraints that held him to the table, and quickly freed his right arm. He wanted to reach out to her. To touch her... but she looked... she looked afraid? Upset? He couldn't blame her for being upset. He hadn't wanted to end up this way either. But he loved her... and worried about her. She was in a bad state... could this be what killed her in his nightmares?

[21:04] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' took a moment to respond to the inquesitive voice. Slowly looking towards the figure she raised her eyebrow. -She had been lost in thought. She was torturing herself. As well as regretting. This was her fault...she should never have given in to Anakin's charm. When she attempted to speak she found her throat dry and she coughed lightly, "Yes?" She questioned. Her voice was raspy and deep, her throat sore from her constant crying.

[21:06] Akai Nightstorm: He felt twinged with sadness... why had she not come to him yet? He wondered, pulling on the other arm restraint and freeing it quickly. "My love.." He couldn't bare this... the look in her eyes. He couldn't see the color, but he could see much clearer the look. he could cry.. if he were still able. He was dried out as it were. But his heart... it was still dropping in his chest. Did she think him a monster now? Was it more then just his actions, but what he'd been encased in?

[21:14] TinkerBelle005xx: Silence...She studied him, and longed to run to his side. It was much easier to imagine that he was safe and sound behind the protective suit. But she was nearly lost in a mental trance. She felt nothing but guilt. -Her fault for loving him. -Her fault for begging him to live. -Her fault for refusing to let him die in peace. -Her fault for not wanting him to leave her. -Guilt, anger, heartache, worry...She was a selfish, selfish woman. -Anakin had been raised without a Father...and for the most part of his adult life, he had not had his Mother. And in Padme's eyes, he had grown up to be nearly perfect. "Anakin..." She sounded very tired, and she was. "I've failed you...I couldnt save you..." She hadn't been able to fore see this awful occurrence. Padme' took a deep breath and then shakily exhaled. Her eyes grew wide for a mere moment as she was shocked with a sudden wave of pain. She lost control of her legs and she fell to her knees before him. Grabbing her stomach she nearly shreiked. She wasn't ready...but her body told her it was time. She couldn't deal with this, she didn't want to.

[21:18] Akai Nightstorm: Vader listened to this and was about to say she was wrong.. she hadn't failed him at all.. and that it was his job to save her, when he saw her fall over. This startled him. The pain of what she might think of him now left as he focused on pulling free of the leg restraints. That was quiet easy for him. After all, only one thing was on his mind... her safety. "Padme!" He exclaimed, falling to her side due to the bulky suit. He wasn't used to it. The new limbs were easier then the unfamiliur weight. But he would manage. "She needs help. Get it, NOW!" He yelled, not carrying who he was adressing... even if that someone was his master and the ruler of the galaxy. All there was was Padme.. all that mattered was Padme. He would live for her... it didn't matter to him if it was 'selfishness' in her eyes. He could live for her. But if she died.. if he failed her... he couldn't live at all.. and neither would anyone else around him. - Quickly the medical staff rushed in, moving Padme to a gurney.

[21:26] TinkerBelle005xx: Her breathing escalated. And she nearly hyperventilated. In her state of confusion and pain, she attempted to fight off the medical staff. -Padme's eyes contained a crazed look, and with each new contraction she became more hysterical. She closed her eyes tightly as she was blinded by the intense lights in the medical ward. "My baby..." She repeatively called out for help for her child. -Padme' was so scared, and for a split second Anakin left her mind. Her child was the most important thing in the world. It was Anakin. It was there love.

[21:30] Akai Nightstorm: Vader followed along, stumbling a bit, but determing to move so he could stay with her. "Hold on Padme... hold on.." He told her. His voice carried little emotion outside the suit, but inside he was dripping with fear. Once they got to the next medical room Vader sunk to his knees next to his wife, clutching her hand gently. He wasn't warm.. and not soft... instead.. it was just gloves against skin with metal underneith. "I can't let you die..." It was about then... that he relized.. he couldn't quiet feel the force any more. Relizing this, he started to panic. How was he to save Padme if he couldn't reach the force?!

[21:36] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' clung to the gloved hand. She gripped it tightly, she looked towards the large mask. Facing it she began to cry, "I'm sorry...Anakin, I'm so sorry." She shook her head, as she apologized. The tears streamed down her cheeks and she gasped as another forceful contraction breezed through her. Looking towards the bright medical lights, she allowed the rays to blind her. She needed to live, she needed to survive so that the child would be alright. The light was a comfort, it was the Jedi's way.

[21:39] Akai Nightstorm: Vader kept still.. resisting the urge to squeeze tightly lest he hurt her in the process. "Don't be... just live... live for me.. for the baby... I can't survive without you..." He knew it to be true.. but his voice... he didn't hear how strange it had become. But to her, it was like someone else was speaking his words.. the voice was different. He would do anything to save her... HAD done anything already beliving he could use it to save her.. but much of his power was gone. He was still quiet powerful.. but not what he should be. He doubted he had a power to protect her life. It made him feel so weak and useless. Had he done all this for nothing?

[21:48] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' remained silent, as one contractioned deepened and she felt movement. The baby was soon to be born. Breathing deeply, she pulled her hand free of the black glove. She lifted herself and struggled to find some leverage. She braced herself and pushed, holding out as long as she could. A million and one happy memories flashed through her mind. Images of her childhood, being Queen of Naboo, meeting a beautiful little boy in Tatooine that soon grew into a handsome young man. -The confrontation. The confliction. The acceptance and the secrecy. Her love, and his. -She fell back against the table exhausted. She gasped for air and found herself desperate for sip of water. "Please..." She breathed in a whispered tone. She panted a bit and closed her eyes.

[21:50] Akai Nightstorm: Around her droids were working, setting her up to give birth and monitering her progress. The moniter close by showed her stressed condition... showing that she was in danger due to everything she'd been through mixed with the stress of giving birth. Vader saw this and felt his heart fill with fear... but the fear... allowed him to contect. He couldn't quiet feel the force.. but he could reach out and bend it. So he tried... tried to bend it so energy would be diverted into her.. tried to bend it so her vitals would go up.

[22:01] TinkerBelle005xx: Her body fell limp against the hard table. As alarms and machines began to beep and buzz loudly. The light was intense and warm. Beautiful even. -She felt peace. Padme's heart had stopped. Several long moments passed and before entering the world of the Force. Padme' was pulled back and slammed into her tragic reality. Her chest rose and her eyes opened. Breathing deeply she gasped and coughed for air as if she had been lost under water. -Her body was covered in a light haze of glistening sweat, and her skin was cool to the touch. -The pain was gone...the physical pain...it would take a great while for her heart to heal. "Anakin?" She sounded desperate, her eyes fluttered. Had she given birth, had it happened. Was the baby alright? Padme' heard silence.

[22:06] Akai Nightstorm: Around people were running in a panic. The droids were calm, but there was a body on the floor. Vader's anger had gotten the best of him when Padme's heart stopped... and it was all he could do to keep from destroying everything in sight.. so a medical assistant who hadn't moved fast enough got the brunt of it instead. Now that Padme's heart was back Vader fell back to her side. "Padme!!!!!" He cried out as the droids said they had to operate to save the babies fast. Babies... they had said BABIES!

[22:11] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' turned to face the masked being. And she smiled brightly. In the middle of her sudden fever she found herself hallucinating. "Ani..." She reached out to him and she tenderly touched the large masked material. Through Padme's eyes she saw her beautiful husband. "Mmm...I love you...so..." She saw his strong jaw, the fading scar above his left eye and his beautiful soulful eyes. There was a hint of sadness in his eyes, and she lost the brilliance of her smile.

[22:14] Akai Nightstorm: "I'm here Padme..." Vader was calmer now, hearing her speak.. but he was still afraid. It hadn't worked. He didn't have the power to save her.. and it was all Obi-Wan's fault. If she died.. he would hunt his old master down. It didn't matter how long it took or if he was not going to win... it was something he vowed. At that momment, fearing her death, he wished that Obi-Wan had been merciful and finished him off... but a Jedi could not kill a helpless man... regardless. "Stay with me.." He said even as the droids began their operation. She was slightly numbed, but not too much... there was fear for the babies she carried.

[22:19] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' moved her head back and forth before bring her left wrist into view. Tightly wrapped around her wrist was the necklace that had given her many many years ago. "Tell me you love me..." She requested in a soft whisper. -Her face twisted for a moment, as she felt a pressure be released.

[22:21] Akai Nightstorm: "I love you.." He said. He wanted to sound soft, but the voice regulator made it all come out the same. He loved her... loved her more then anything. The darkness couldn't steal love from him. Nothing could. He didn't look as the droids cut her open, he couldn't watch that. It was being done because she might die still.. her heart might stop again and not come back. "I need you.." He added as the first baby was being extracted from her womb.

[22:25] TinkerBelle005xx: She frowned a bit as she felt an odd sensation. "Anakin...I can sense your fear. Your so afraid." Padme' whispered. She held her hand out and reached for him. "The Force is strong..." She sighed wearily. -Her love was stronger then ever. That could not and would not change.

[22:26] Akai Nightstorm: That surprised him. She had never shown to be force sensitive before. Had he done something? Not even those who die and are brought back have ever shown such a change. He couldn't speak though... not about that anyway. "Terrified.." He replied, "To lose you." As he spoke, a baby began to cry. The first baby's cord had been cut as the second was being extracted.

[22:30] TinkerBelle005xx: She nodded slowly, "You shouldnt be..." Padme' replied. She paused as the cry of the baby rang through, and she smiled. "The baby." She licked at her lips and smiled softly. "Our baby is okay..." Her fingers twitched and she brought her hand to her face. Sighing deeply, she rested a moment. -Padme' was oblivious to the fact that she would soon be the Mother of two babies. She was happy...satisfied. Her love was at her side, and her baby was being cared for. All would be well.

[22:33] Akai Nightstorm: He shouldn't be afraid? He frowned slightly under his mask.. not that anyone could see. Why not? her heart had stopped... she might be about to die. Why not be afraid? But, her words... they were breaking through the fear. He wanted to trust her, and belive it would all be alright. turning, he gazed at the baby in the arms of the droid nurse. "A boy.." He said as the other was being pulled free.

[22:40] TinkerBelle005xx: A boy? A son. Oh how wonderful, he would be kind and caring, loving and loyal just like his father. "Luke..." She liked how it rolled off of her tongue. To be sure of it, she repeated the name more softly. "Luke." Her smiled faded and she looked towards the dark figure of her husband. A sudden image of Shmi came to mind. The proud and loving Mother of Anakin. Her smiled returned, "This is a happy moment...let go of your fear for me. If you love me, you will do me this favor." She closed her eyes a moment as she mentally heard the faint voice of his Mother. "She loves you Anakin...You weren't at fault..."

[22:42] Akai Nightstorm: As the second baby began to cry the droids handed Luke to Vader. The Sith lord held the boy gently in his metal arms, looking gravely down at his wife. Yes, he could try to let go of that fear.. for her... he could move the stars for her. But, what she said... confused him. "What do you mean?" He didn't understand... that she was mentioning his mother. It didn't even cross his mind. - "A girl" One of the techs said, wrapping the other baby in a blanket as the droids went to work sealing Padme back up.

[22:46] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' laughed suddenly with delight. "And a girl..." She closed her eyes again. Searching for a name that would accompany Luke. "Leia..." She stated calmly. "Leia..." Turning once more towards the dark figure she reached out, to touch the soft skin of her baby boy. Padme' lovingly caressed his skin. He was pefect, and no doubt his sister was perfect as well! -Realizing she had over looked Anakin's confusion, she grew quiet for a moment. "She loves you....Your Mother loves you just as I do...it was her destiny...just as we are on the path to face our own."

[22:47] Akai Nightstorm: Vader held the boy in his arms, lowering him for Padme to touch. He was confused still though, but the fear had ebbed at least. She was coherent and talking to him at least. "Save your strength." He told her. He could puzzle this out later, when she was well again. "We need you... get some rest." He knew she needed it. Her heart had stopped. She needed to relax... to be taken out of this stress and pain. He could question her later about what she was saying.

[22:51] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' she nodded and closed her eyes. Her hand lingered near the small baby, and she spoke with a sleep filled voice. "I wish R2 and C-3PO...were here..." She trailed off suddenly, as her exhaustion claimed her. Padme' fell into a deep sleep, filled with peace and tender moments. That the loving couple had once shared.

[22:53] Akai Nightstorm: Vader watched her, glancing at the moniters. He wasn't satisified to do anything with Luke till he was sure Padme's heart and breathing were steady. After, he gave Luke over to one of the aid's to take him to natal care unit, and took his daughter into his arms. He wished he could see them... see them normally... the color of their eyes... he sighed. In time he might figure out what colors were what by shade, but at the present, he was just getting used to it. "Leia.." He said, wishing he could sound soft and gentle. His real voice.. even if he couldn't exactly hear the false one.. he knew it was different.

[03:19] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' slept quite easily. She had been worn out from all sorts of stressful thoughts. Although Anakin lived he had been placed with in a new shell. One that she would learn to love. (Just as she loved him.) A drastic changed had occurred, and she was struggling to accept him...Padme' loved him still. She always would. Nothing could ever make her stopping loving him. -She would do anything for him. She'd give her life without question. -He had opened her eyes to things she could have never dreamed of. -And now, there life of hidden love was in the open. -Such a shame it had to come down to the loss of Anakin. His inside was still beautiful, it had to be. Padme' sighed softly as she moved about in her sleep. Readjusting how she was laying, she quickly returned to her deep slumber. -It was a much needed sleep, and she rested without interruption. She would have quite a test of strength to deal with once she would awaken.

[03:21] Akai Nightstorm: She slept the whole rest of the day as Vader kept a close eye on both her and the twins. He didn't feel like resting any more. The suit took care of his bodily needs... he didn't require real rest. He was more of a machine now. The irony... he was so good with Machines. Not that it mattered. He had Padme.. and her love. Nothing else mattered but that. And he was there.. the sound of his breather constant, when she woke.

[03:26] TinkerBelle005xx: In her sleep she touched at her once swollen stomach. Not feeling her usual bump she quickly woke up. Only to happily recall that she had given birth. To not one baby, but two! Luke and Leia her set of twins. She smiled a bit and turned towards the light hissing sound, that happened every few seconds. Seeing the large luming figure she jumped and found herself startled by his presence. Padme' knew that Anakin was with her. She saw him. -She saw through the mask...the suit...the shelter.

[03:27] Akai Nightstorm: He straightened out, having been sitting next to her with his arms crossed over his chest. He let them drop now, reaching one out to her. "Padme.." He said. He was pleased to see her awake. With the fluids that had been adminstered to her by the droid staff he hoped she would be well enough to get up.. to see their children. "Did you rest well.. my love?"

[03:30] TinkerBelle005xx: She nodded lightly, as she closed her eyes a moment longer. -Once more opening her eyes she gave a weary sigh. She carefully sat up and looked around. The room was silent, with the exception of his ventilator. Padme' pushed her thick main of curls over her shoulder. "Goodness...I slept so long." She frowned for a moment, as she became worried that the babies would be nearly starved. "What of Luke and Leia..? Anakin are they alright?" She questioned towards the darkened figure.

[03:32] Akai Nightstorm: Vader stood up, nodding his head slowly. "I checked on them an hour ago. They are sleeping. Come, you should see them." He turned, the cape he had been fixed with flurishing behind him. He was still trying to get used to this. The rebuilt body... the look his wife had given him... the babies. It was a lot to process.. so he had decided to take it one step at a time. He was alive.. and Padme needed him. That was a good start. He needed to keep it together till at least she got better.

[03:35] TinkerBelle005xx: Hesitantly, Padme' carefully slid out of the bed. She held onto the bed for support. She was still in a weakened state, but she knew she would be better once she held her babies in her aching arms. "Have you slept Anakin?" She questioned with concern. She didn't want his health to deteriorate. -She knew how he was prone to worrying. And she wanted to be sure, that he had rested both mentally and physically.

[03:37] Akai Nightstorm: Vader put an arm on her to help her move as they walked to where the twins were sleeping, side by side in a crib. He was silent, except for his breather, until they got there. "No... and I don't think I will be." He paused. The various stimulations to his body inside the suit also stimulated his brain... and made sleep un-nessisary. Much of his systems were already too damaged to go into down time anyway... it wouldn't help him at all.

[03:42] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' frowned at his reply. As she didn't understand what all he had under gone eternally. She knew that he had been badly hurt. Morbidly even. Yet he was standing...breathing and walking. She couldn't help but insist that he rest. She smiled and reached inside the crib and placed a hand on both of the twin's small stomachs. Padme' smiled proudly, and she looked back and forth. Being sure to take turns smiling and touching them both. "Anakin you have to sleep." Padme' stated softly. She turned from Luke and looked towards the mechanical being. She would soon be fine. A day or so more of taking it easy, and Padme' would return to normal. Her caring and concerned personality came through as she spoke. "You must."

[03:47] Akai Nightstorm: He rested one hand on her shoulder, the metal harder then a hand of flesh and bone would be. "Padme... I don't think it is.. possible.. to sleep." He wasn't sure how to phraze it really. He had seen how much damage had been done.. looking over his own medical charts.. and had been shocked that he was alive at all. The damage that had been done.. the organs that had shut down.. should have killed him. He really didn't want to hurt her with this... but.. he had no choice then to try and explain it that way.

[03:51] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' stared hard at the mask that hid his face. She searched hard, pin pointing the eyes sockets she did her best to make eye contact with Anakin. Not the mask. "It unnerves me to imagine you constantly standing and pondering your life away. You need rest...even if its in the form of meditation. Your strong Anakin, I know it...I feel it....I believe in you. And all will be well, I want you to rest just as you insisted I should." Her hands continued to touch the sleeping babies in the crib. But for the most part all of her focus was on her husband. She had an inkling as to what he had planned on saying. And Padme' wouldn't have it. Perhaps she was in denile. Or perhaps she did believe that things would improve.

[03:54] Akai Nightstorm: "I have been... watching you was peaceful... waiting for you to wake up." He replied. His eyes fixed on hers from behind his mask... the viewer making crisp details of her face in light and shadow. It hurt his heart that he could not see her lovely tones.. and her eyes propperly. He might never again... though perhaps in time he could lift the mask off in special places and look on her. But even as he thought that, he relized, it might hurt her to see what lay benieth. He doubted he even wanted to look in a mirror.

[03:56] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' sighed and looked down towards the babies. "You worry too much. Anakin why can't you accept and understand that my love for you can't change? I'll pass any test you place before me...I swear it." She stated firmly. She had sensed his concerned thoughts. And she hadn't even stopped to second guess herself. -She was oblivious to the fact that she had some how recieved a new...and quite powerful gift.

[03:58] Akai Nightstorm: Vader blinked behind his mask. "I am not worried my love... I know you love me." He even allowed himself to smile.. not that she could see it. Still, this new perception was disturbing him. HOW had it happend? How had she suddenly gone from being 'normal' to having that kind of ability. it couldn't have been the twins. He knew of no such time when a mother carrying a force user's child had gained powers herself.

[04:03] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' made her way over to him. He seemed much taller now. "Hold me Anakin...before the suns of light were lost in this new darkness. Hold me and love me just as you always have. I feel you still...just as I see you." She finished quietly. "I love you so much it hurts me...its...a feeling I can't explain. And I'm sorry this happened to you. I'm so sorry...that I caused you to go to such lengths...for me." Her voice became thick with emotion, and she tried to hold back her tears. "I'm so sorry...and yet I refuse to let you go...I love you. I can't breathe without you."

[04:05] Akai Nightstorm: Vader held her in his arms, rocking her slowly from side to side. If he could, he might have sighed. Instead, the breather kept on forcing air in and out. "Padme... this.. this wasn't your fault. Please, stop blaming yourself. You tried to warn me... I didn't listen. It was my choice to join the Sith... and it was Obi-Wan that made me this way." A flash of anger hit him. Again, his new found hatred for his beloved master was surfacing.

[04:11] TinkerBelle005xx: For a moment she felt completely fine, until he spoke. "No. Anakin...your wrong. I..." She trailed off as she pulled away from him. Padme' turned her back to him as she struggled to find the truth. "Obi-Wan loved you...I don't know what happened....I don't think I wish to know. But Palpatine is evil." Her tone become cold and accusitory, "He's up to something and he can't be trusted. Your too good for this...why?" She sharply turned back to face him. Mixed emotions, and torn feelings. Instinct and rational thinking all surged together. And all she could come up with...was the defining moment of Anakin's ruin. When she had confessed her love...It was her fault, for allowing a love between them to blossom. "Anakin..." She spoke softly, he needed to understand. "Do not hate Obi-Wan...you can not allow any anger to come forth....Or it will control you. I can only hold on so tight..."

[04:17] Akai Nightstorm: Anakin broke from her. He was stunned at her words, and all he could think about was what happend on the landing platform. How could she defend the man that had tried to kill him? Ha done WORSE then kill him.. leave him in this state for the rest of his life. Her words did nothing to sooth his anger.. instead it made it much worse. "I am not wrong... evil is a point of view Padme... Obi-Wan is evil for having done this to me." Then he shook his head. No.. he wouldn't unleash his anger on her.. not again... not after what happend. Taking a step back to observe her better he continued to shake his head. "I can control this.. in time I can control it very well."

[04:24] TinkerBelle005xx: She stared hard at his form. And she found herself becoming angry. Palpatine was a clever man, and if she was intended to drive him mad...she surely would. "Evil? ...Evil..Anakin? What you did to those children were evil. The younglings...the Jedi Masters that were killed...And you find justification in your ways...how? You can't possibly...To save me? Then I'm at fault as well. And I will take the blame. But I will not hate the man, that came to me grief stricken and miserable because he wished to save you. You've always rushed ahead without listening, and although you don't deserve any of what you have recieved...it is the card you have been dealt. What more has to be done? What more must we lose, before you see...I'm angry Anakin..." Padme' closed her eyes. She felt strong, she seemed to feel powerful. It nearly frightened her. But she would remain in control. Looking towards two corners within the room, she motioned to them and gave a light glare. Using her newly adapted powers and train of thoughts both security holocams sparked and clouded over with smoke. Taking a deep breath, she felt shaky. She had done that. And she didn't know how...or why...she just had. Turning back to Anakin she stood tall, "Do you wish a life of darkness for us both?"

[04:27] Akai Nightstorm: Vader stood there in silence. He could hardly belive that Padme COULD be angry. Even when facing those who had tried to have her killed she hadn't gotten angry. But at him? She could be angry at him? Well... he had gotten angry with her. Perhaps that was why. Still, it made no sense. Was Padme changing as he was? Into something that was too different? He shook his head then turned so that his back was to her. He couldn't look at her right now. She was different... just as she had claimed that HE had changed. "No.." He said finnaly, ignoring most of what she had said and focusing on what her last words were, "I do not wish you to be thrown into darkness... and your anger is not helping that at all."

[04:32] TinkerBelle005xx: She smiled at the back of him. "You will understand..." Her tone was promising and a bit sad. She lost focus for a moment and looked around. What had just happened? She leaned just near the crib and strained her eyes closed. Something was happening to her, that she didn't understand. Padme' chose not to question it. -The silence continued and she realized what she was doing. She would convert to his ways...she would make him understand. -How blind Anakin was. How foolish. -And yet, Padme' loved him...Anger was an emotion she rarely felt. And with in two days time she had lashed out and lost her temper.

[04:34] Akai Nightstorm: Vader suddenly felt the urge to be alone. He couldn't bare to see Padme so different.. it was disturbing him greatly. So, with his arms crossed, he headed out of the room and down the hall while she was with the twins. He just needed to be alone. To be alone with his thoughts... to figure out what was going on. To know why everything was collapsing. She loved him yet she hurt him with her words.. with her sudden anger..

[04:40] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' waited until he had disapeared. Lowering her head she felt the hot tears form. But she would not cry! No more tears were to be shed. She refused. This time she would save him. She would show him how destructive the dark side was....With herself as a sacrifiable example. She leaned over the side of the crib to admire the two babies. Two beautiful symbols of the love that they shared for each other. "My lovelys..." She stated in a whisper, "I love you so..." Padme began. Reaching in she carefully lifed Luke and then Leia into her arms. It was a bit tricky, and it took her a moment to adjust to the sudden weight. She backed up until she found a seat. -Sitting down she smiled, "I love you...Luke and Leia....Your Father will be saved. I swear this to you." -She glanced towards the doors that he had departed through. -She had hurt him. It wasn't her intention to cause him any pain. He suffered enough! Padme' simply wanted him to see, to sense, to acknowledge, know and understand that he had been tricked and used. His love for her had blinded him. And for that factor she felt guilty. This was her only chance at redemption...to follow the very path that he had walked.

[04:45] Akai Nightstorm: Vader was sitting alone in a room now, wondering what was going on. Everything seemed to have tipped upside down. First Obi-Wan tried to kill him.. and now Padme was angry? Both things just a few days ago he would have thought quiet impossible. The only thing that was constant, was Palpatine. He was still the same man in Vader's mind, even after being revealed as the lord of the Sith. so why was Padme protesting he was evil? And something else.. she had mentioned what Vader had done in the temple. He thought about it, and knew she was right. Killing those kids was wrong... but... he had been given orders. He had wanted to tell her.. it hadn't been just for her.. but for peace in the galaxy. Maybe... just maybe she would understand then.

[04:50] TinkerBelle005xx: "Darth Vader you disturb me..." Palpatine began in his obnoxiously devious tone. "Why are you doubting your destiny?" He questioned as he entered the room. The long train of his cloak moved slowly across the floor, as The Emperor approached his new pupil. "You have a heavy heart...I know...I know." His tone was anything but soothing, but he mocked emotion well. Finally standing just near the man, he squeezed his shoulder. "You must let go of Anakin Skywalker...Darth Vader is what remains..."

[04:53] Akai Nightstorm: Vader rose to his feet, his head turned as his master entered. He stood there, listening to the words...letting them sink in.. but oddly they evoked no emotions in him. "I do not doubt my destiny master. I am disturbed by the odd change that has come over my wife... she is not the same... and it is not the child-birth that has done this," He said, pausing a momment. He could let go... except for his heart... the love.. and the hate.. that Anakin held could not be dropped. If it was.. what power would he have? There would be nothing to fule the engine that let him use the force.

[05:00] TinkerBelle005xx: The Emperor nodded slowly as he made his way to a seat large enough to be confused for a throne. "This change in Padme' was preordained...I am sure of it...You saved her did you not?" He questioned. A sinister smile danced upon his lips. "I fear...you will suffer greatly if you question her ways..." Another mock frown and he lowered his head as if pain stricken with frustration. "She is not to be trusted as I fear you already know." Palpatine considered himself to be a genius. Padme' was dangerous to The Emperor's plan. He couldn't kill her, or his new apprentice would destroy everyone and everything in his path. Love was an emotion Palpatine had never experienced. He only felt the lust and desire for power. The change in Padme' was perplexing to him as well...But he figured the answers would come to him in due time. For now, he needed to continue to befriend his pupil. To seem concerned for his well being. -The safest way to destroy Padme' was to ruin the pure love that Darth Vader still clung to. He would turn Vader against her.

[05:04] Akai Nightstorm: Vader was not sure he agreed with the emperor on the first part. Preordained? What prophecy stated that. It even made him shake his head. He hated to disagree, but he just didn't belive it. "I think I saved her... I..." He paused. would it be wise to tell his master the drop in his powers? That he could no longer touch the force as he once did? That only the dark side was his friend now because he could use it to bend the force? "I willed her to live." he finished, keeping his thoughts to himself. His mind was unreadible, but he listened. "I am already suffering... and I am not sure if it matters if I trust her or not.. I love her. I would die for her." She had asked him to live, Had she not? If she wasn't loving him.. why had she not just left him to die? Or even killed him when she had the chance? He shook his head again.

[05:09] TinkerBelle005xx: Palpatine nodded, "As she admitted her guilt?" He questioned carefully. This new wave of lies that The Emperor was about to provide...would be risky. He placed the ends of his fingers together as he studied the mechanic beast that had once been a man. "The love of another is within her heart..." Palpatine paused a moment before he continued. "Padme' may not be a Jedi but she thinks as one. Her guilt prevented her from allowing you to pass."

[05:11] Akai Nightstorm: "Her guilt?" Vader asked. He was very suseptible to everything Palpatine told him. It wasn't just the man's charisma.. it was Vader's bond with him from child-hood. It was quiet strong... strong it enough it had destroyed a truer bond between himself and Obi-Wan who he was practicly one with. "She loves only me.. and I her. If she did not.. she would not have wanted me to live even after my anger nearly destroyed her." Vader insisted. He belived it too. Why else would she have continued to love him?

[05:16] TinkerBelle005xx: The Emperor nodded as he looked towards Vader with sad eyes. "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." He recited the well known saying before sighing. "She has nothing but sympathy for your near assassin..." Palpatine lowered his eyes. "The heart of any female is filled entirely with secrets. The other love she has that I speak of is that of your attacker...She has met with him on several occasions. He was at her side, while you carried out a sentence that was proper. Every Jedi is an enemy...I tell you my son...Padme' is not to be trusted. I fear that she has lost herself...she has been swallowed by an evil that even I can not destroy." His words were thick and meaningful, he spoke with sadness. "I am at a loss...how can I protect you?"

[05:20] Akai Nightstorm: Vader knew Obi-Wan well enough to know that if Padme somehow did feel affection, it was not returned. Still, he listened in as much silence as he could give.. taking in everything. "He did not kill me... he caused me to suffer... he is no assassin... but a torturer.." Vader concluded. His best friend turned worst enemy. The powerful emotion of love and their bond had turned, for Vader, into the worst kind of hate. It was twisting him inside... killing everything about him that he used to hold dear. He continued to listen, following his master's movements with his eyes as he re-lived the momments up on that platform and down on the hill. "What can be done for her?" he knew it was true now... she was being taken from him by a force he considered evil. An enemy of peace.. of the sith...

[05:24] TinkerBelle005xx: "I do not know." He answered slowly and simply. "The Padme' you loved is soon to be no more...She was mad with anger, she threw a fit and lashed out. She even struck me..." He motioned towards his face. Of course no marks were evident, but that part of his tale was true. "You must seperate her from your children or she will cause you more pain...She will turn them against you. She will betray you. She will hate you."

[05:26] Akai Nightstorm: The thought of Padme hating him filled him with such pain. No, he couldn't seperate himself from her. "I cannot my master... I will die without her.." He replied. He felt like he were dying inside right now. He had the evidence before him.. that his Padme had changed. Was that his fault though? Had he done that to her when his anger had squeezed her throat? He wasn't sure what had caused it.. but if he was to blaim there would be nothing but hell inisde for him.

[05:32] TinkerBelle005xx: "In due time, you will come to see that I speak the brutal truth...on your behalf." Palpatine looked away before rising to stand. "You have such power and the force is strong with you. Do not ignore this gift. You will see Vader...she will destroy you with her talk of love and what was. But ask yourself...How could she speak these words and mean them? She loved Anakin...and she lost him...do you believe that she will remain loyal at your side? That she will accept...a touch from a gloved hand? ...Do you believe that she will share a bed with you? ...One where you will lay flat upon it and remain awake...Do you believe that you loving her will satisfy her needs? ...Having your children shows that you had a healthy relationship." The Emperor comment coyly, "That intimacey will never be acheived again..." What would it take to weaken Vader's insistant love and devotion for the woman? Perhaps...an accident would ensue...Palpatine would find a way to kill her. -He had to.

[05:36] Akai Nightstorm: Vader looked away. He couldn't hide the truth from his master. And he hurt inside with his words. What was the worst that would happen? Sidious would kill him and find a more worthy apprentice. Didn't sound so bad from where he was standing. "Master... this state... has weakened me.. considerbly... I cannot feel the force like I once did.. I belive it does not flow through me any more." Of course, the emperor HAD seen what he'd done in the med lab. Several droids had also been crushed in Vader's rampage... without him coming close to touching them... and the one unlucky aid who's throat had been crushed with meer will. He was strong.. but only with the darkside.. only with his hate.. his anger... that's what drove him now. He wasn't sure what to say. "She loves me... not a name..." He managed. His words were clear and convayed nothing, but inside he was faultering. He wanted to weap once more, but had no capacity for it. As he felt this.. he couldn't help but think about the fact that she never once thanked him for what he had sacrificed for her.. instead she had.. protested guilt? "She... hasn;'t thanked me.." Vader said allowed.

[05:41] TinkerBelle005xx: Palpatine nodded. "Vader do you not see?" He allowed a moment of thick silence to fill the air. "She has the power." He finally answered. "She took it from you, just as she has taken your heart. She can not be trusted, and she will not thank you. Because she is blinded by the foolish ways of the Jedi!" He spoke loudly. His tone held dominance and power. "Padme' is a threat to you and your children...If you wish to do good, then you must save the babes from the lies she will spread. You offered her the world, love...happiness...loyalty and life. What has she given you? Heartache, misery, pain...two children yes...But she has plans for them. She will not care for them...as you would."

[05:44] Akai Nightstorm: Vader was overwhelmed by the sense his master was making. It seemed to ring far truer then anything he had ever heard in his life. Yes, the intense love he had for her did bring him pain.. it had brought him to this point.. to this new life. It had turned him into a monster... and she never once thanked him for being so loving of her he was willing to move the stars themselves. He had wanted to save her... but had destroyed himself in the process. She wasn't apprcietive of his sacrifice. And when he was suffering.. she didn't give him peace... instead she protested her selfeshness and kept him alive. "Yes... master.." He said. he wished it was soft.. but it wasn't..

[05:48] TinkerBelle005xx: Palpatine sensed the defeat in Vader. It had taken some time, but not much. Padme' would soon be no more. And then The Emperor could make ready his plans of power and destruction. Vader, still had the power of the Force. He was just too weak spiritually to be entuned to it. The power would return once he had returned to his senses. He nodded towards Vader, "What can I do to bring you some comfort?" He questioned in a soft manipulative tone. It was almost funny how easily he had been able to over power and twist the heart and soul of this boy. All too easy...

[05:50] Akai Nightstorm: To destroy the heart and soul... that was where this was going. On the inside... Vader's heart was breaking into pieces. He just didn't understand... he didn't understand how someone he loved so much could turn on him. Of course, he didn't recognize the manipulation that Palpatine used on him. He could see it on everyone else... when they tried to use him.. but not the one person he SHOULD have noticed it from. "There can be no comfort.." He said bitterly, though no emotion came from his mask. He wasn't sure what to do next. Find Padme? Confront her on this? It seemed like his only real option.

[05:53] TinkerBelle005xx: "I am sorry I could not help her...whats more...I am sorry you gave so much to try." Palpatine slowly rose from his seat. "I will leave you now. I have much to do...We will discuss our worldly issues once you have resolved this problem." With that he offered a very fake sympathetic look. -He then turned and left Vader to suffer with his thoughts and ideas.

[05:57] Akai Nightstorm: After Palpatine was gone, Vader let out a cry of Anguish... which had the effect of destroying many of the lighting fixtures in the room.. crushing them with his power. He sank to the floor, on his knees, overcome by emotion. Mostly, he was confused... so many thoughts whirring in his brain at once. He saw Obi-Wan.. and Padme... and knew if one could turn against him, the other could too. He had cared for and trusted them both.. risked himself for both... He'd saved Obi-Wan's life 9 times and for what? He'd killed everything inside of himself to save Padme's life and for what? He was empty.. alone... and filled with nothing but pain. He knelt on the floor for several minutes before he began to wonder where Padme was. Where his children were. He went to the room he had left them in and found no one. Had she stolen his children? No... worse.. had she LEFT him? Therebye proving everything the emperor had just said? It was hard to belive, but he had the proof staring him in the face. With another roar of anger, he broke the droids in his room.. grinding them to dust.. simply by willing it.

[06:04] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' had returned to her borrowed chambers. She had requested a new crib be brought to her. She sat on the bed. She had changed her clothes and now she was fully dressed. Padme' had plans of leaving Coruscant. She and Anakin would leave. Palpatine was too horrid, and Anikon couldn't see through the man's lies. She gave a weary sigh. She found herself lost within confusion. -A part of her wanted to run and hide. The other, willed her to fight to the death for him. -She had prayed, she had wished, she had hoped. May the Force bless and bestow the understanding to win him back. It would be a hard challenge...but she couldn't give up. Padme' had sent a message out to Obi-Wan...she had been careful to conceal there where abouts...if she were to die...she wished him to take the children.

[06:06] Akai Nightstorm: It was about that time that the sound of the breather came from the door. "Padme.. there you are.." The strange deap voice that now belonged to her husband said. He was dripping with anger, and hate. It was as if something had gotten him seriously riled up. "Where have you been?" He demanded, stalking into the room. He didn't go to her however, he went to the new crib with the twins. - Vader had to make sure his children were safe. It's all that mattered now. They were innocent.. and true... they would not betray him.. he would not let them.

[06:09] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' turned to face him. Surprised by the tone. Although his words were continously robotic and deep...She had felt meaning in them. This time however, she felt accusation. "Here. Waiting for you to return." She remained seated on the bed. "I didn't mean to hurt you before...That wasnt my intention." She looked away and frowned.

[06:10] Akai Nightstorm: He did not turn to her. "You should have said you were moving them." He spoke... as if... he'd done something when he'd found her not there. He'd ruined that other room completely... venting his rage on it. It was when he felt powerful again... using his rage. But deap inside.. he was still in pain.. but the pain was loosing to the hate. Hate just felt better.

[06:13] TinkerBelle005xx: "You left me." She reminded as she stared at his back. A frightening realization begin to set in. He didn't seem kind or caring. Only merely concerned with the children. She pressed her lips together and she felt as if she were being gutted alive. "You wish to kill me." This was a statement, as if it were a fact. Or etched in stone..."You hate me now." Another statement.

[06:16] Akai Nightstorm: Vader turned towards her then, regarding her in silence. The emperor had to be right if she were suspicious of him. Perphaps there was much she wasn't telling him. "You are not the same.." He said mater-of-factly. "You havn't even thanked me for what I did for you. I lost everything... for you... and all you can do is hate me for it." he shook his head. He wasn't sure what to say now... but it seemed... whatever was left of Anakin.. was dying inside that shell.

[06:23] TinkerBelle005xx: She raised her eyebrow with shock. "You want me to thank you..." A bitter and painful laugh escaped her lips. "For saving me? You claim I should feel no guilt and you are angry because I haven't thanked you. How can this be happening? When will this end?" She looked away from him. "As I have stated...I have failed you. My love is nothing...its not powerful enough to save you from yourself...Love is a lie. I will not thank you for saving me. I may see clearly and speak with my own voice...I may still have soft skin and I can walk and touch and taste and feel...but just as you suffer I do to." A painful glare formed, "Will we compete for who has suffered more betrayal...You tried to kill me once before...because you would not listen to reason. Here we stand again...and I'm constantly defending and proclaiming my love and loyalty that you dismiss for a man that has never known love." She swallowed hard and took a deep breath, "Your confused...your mere confusion and doubt insults me. I love you...and thats not enough? ...Now I must thank you...or you will be certain that I have betrayed you. My husband is dead...and in turn....his wife will soon join him...."

[06:28] Akai Nightstorm: Her words confused him greatly, but he interperted it mostly as sarcasim. Almost like a knife to his already weak heart. He hadn't tried to kill her before... he was angry.. his anger snapped... but he hadn't even thought of killing her then. But now... much was forming in his head.Thoughts he never could have conceved of before. He wanted to hurt her... wanted to shut her up for saying such things. How could she possibly claim she was suffering? How could she be hurting! He was alive.. he was here.. he was with her.. and yet she acted as if he was far away somewhere. He grabbed her suddenly, pulling her close to him but not in a tender way. "You think it is all a lie? You of all people? I have never betrayed you... I have NEVER lied to you. Can you say the same? You brought Obi-Wan to destroy me... and he has... not fully.. but he has destroyed everything of Anakin Skywalker... why don't you thank him for that." He might have killed her just then... but he saved his anger for someone else. Obi-Wan had poisned her mind. That was the only thing that made sense. The man that had raised him.. claimed to love him... had been secretly trying to hurt him all along.. HE had betrayed him. and he had to pay for it.

[06:35] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' flinched when he startled her by grabbing her so roughly. "Let go of me." She demanded with aggressively. He was insane! She could do no right. Venting her feelings and proclaiming her love seemed to anger him. This was not her husband. And suddenly she thought...She wondered...perhaps he had died, thats why shouldn't look upon him. "I don't know who you are." Her new and profound power circled her and with a mere thought she was able to push him away from her. "Your a monster. Your evil." She spat angrily, she twirled around and made her way down the hallway. "I will die today." She spoke aloud as she walked down the hall...searching. [06:37] TinkerBelle005xx: thats why she couldn't look upon him.*

[06:38] Akai Nightstorm: He was a bit surprised that she could push him away but, the words for some reason didn't affect him as they should have. Turning, he watched her leave... her words still echoing in his brain. Maybe he was an evil monster... but if so... it had happend because he loved her blindly. Shaking his head... he knew he didn't know her any more either. This was not his Padme. His kind and tender wife who was always nice and loving. His Padme didn't know anger. He wan't to belive it was her death on the table.. the stopping of her heart.. the caused it but... she had gotten angry on the shuttle hadn't she? [06:39] Akai Nightstorm: He didn't bother to follow her. If she wanted to die... let her.. he had the children to worry about.. the twins to keep safe. To keep from the lies of the Jedi that might be left.

[06:51] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' rounded a far off corner and pressed back against the wall. She couldnt understand it...Why had she survived...? Why had she asked him to stay with her. Her heart betrayed her and she was sure that he had died. She pushed away from the wall and continued on her quest. She came to the room where she had last seen him...Anakin...Seeing the room again, she saw an image of him laying upon the table. A memory or a ghost? Pressing a button she entered the room. A mess of cut away cloth and bloodied and charred skin remained on the floor. The thick scent of burnt flesh was still evident and she lowered herself to the floor. In a paniced frenzy of fear and need she gathered the mess of bloodied pieces and saturated materials...All that was left of her beloved. Her body shook with tears that wouldn't cease...She had nothing. And she was alone. -She was a mess, a sad sight to see...her face was tear stained and her body continued to shake horribly. "Anakin..." She sobbed desperately. "I can't...I..." She brought the small pile of blood stained bits to her face. She imagined that if he were dead, he would come to her. Welcome her. There love had been that strong. "Anakin...?" She called out in a barely audible whisper. Turning her head she looked around anxiously, desperately. There was a great hope and desire...to hear him...to sense him. She loved him so much. And in her desperation and desire to find her true love she had abandoned her children with a being that claimed that he was her husband. Impossible! It wasnt true...she had changed...she felt it...but she had also lived. "Anakin...allow me to see you once more." She sunk to the floor, her tears claimed her and they mixed with the dry blood...causing it to run once more.

[06:56] Akai Nightstorm: There was no responce. He wasn't dead... he was gone. There was no death, there was only the force... but to be gone.... that meant they would never meet again. The truest form of death. His soul had been taken from him.. leaving him an empty monster devoid of the love they shared... at least.. that's what it seemed like with no responce to her cries. It's not quiet how he saw himself. He wasn't sure HOW he saw himself really... perhaps the monster she had called him. He still felt no urge to go after her. No pity came to him... no love... only pain. Perhaps the emperor was right. He needed to fully let go. Anakin was dead.. Vader was alive... He had to forget everything else. But looking at his children.. that was hard to do. They were reminders of that self he was trying to call dead. He could not hurt them.. he could not leave them... he just did not know what to do. And he was unware that Padme did suffer... she suffered the loss of him... the loss of his heart and soul to the dark side.. to the evil control of Darth Sidious.

[07:11] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' remained on the floor...waiting and hoping...he never showed. She closed her eyes, her wish to die was strong but her love for Anakin was stronger. She had to find him. Padme' sat up and screamed out in pure agony and dispair. The lights in the room flickered and she breathed deeply. -Would she be ignored? -She couldn't bare it. An idea dawned on her. He reacted to pain. Emotional...This being....this monster did have a weakness. She pulled herself to her feet and shakily ran down the hall. Pausing every so often to gain her balance against the wall. -Finally reaching the her chambers she took a hold of her comlink. -Sending out an emergency distress call for help from R2D2 she waited impatiently for him to respond. It took all bit 15 minutes and then she said her goodbyes...as well as reminding the friendly droids to follow her instructions to claim the children and get them to Obi-Wan. Padme' began down the hall. She hesitated...as she did fear death. She feared an eternity of lonliness....Much of what she felt and faced at that very moment. -Before stepping inside she opened the comlink and accessed the hologram that she had requested. With in seconds she saw herself in the arms of Anakin. -She entered the room and held it out. "I can't stop trying to find him...and you may laugh at me...or find me irritating...but I am lost without him...I am honest...and kind...and loving...and a good person." Her voice cracked as more tears fell. "I don't want sympathy from you...nor pity....not even mercy...I want to know the truth of my husband...of Anakin...my children...I love them....they represent everything that we were...I want to say goodbye...thats all...Then I'll bother you no more..."

[07:17] Akai Nightstorm: Vader did not turn around. He was fixed on the twins in their crib, trying to detatch himself from the feelings of missery that seeked to plauge him. He barely heard her as she spoke... perhaps he was still too clouded with anger. But something deap withen heard and wanted to cry out... wanted to make him turn around and shout stop... but it wasn't strong enough to do anything.. not any more. It was the small part that still belonged to the good man Padme had married... the part that was no longer in control. The darkness, the hate, the anger.. that's what was in control now. - elsehwere, R2 was relaying the hologram that Padme was sending to a distraught Obi-Wan. The Jedi had never wanted it to come to this. "I should have gotten it done faster.. should have brought her with me.." He said softly. He hadn't abandoned her there. She had been taken by the emperor before he could return.. leaving him to take anakin's craft.. with Artoo, away from it all.

[07:20] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' waited silently with the exception of the occasional sniffle and choked sob. "Don't ignore me...Why? Why are you doing this to me? ...Look at me." She demanded through her tears. "Look at ME!" She stared at the figure. And her heart hurt beyond human comprehension.

[07:22] Akai Nightstorm: Vader stood, turning around with his cape flurishing. His arms were folded across his chest and he seemed to be staring at her. though she could not see his eyes, this was clearly not the folded arm stare that he usally gave... the times when she didn't know he was there watching her. He wasn't smiling under his mask.. his was scowling deaply. "I am not doing anything... you have made your choice... live with it." He said. In part though, he was speaking to himself. He had to live with the choice he had made.

[07:28] TinkerBelle005xx: And then she did the unthinkable. She threw herself at his feet. "Take me." She begged, "Feel me...find me...accept me...create me...convert me...teach me..." She sat up on her knees and wildly touched at the body. "Can you feel me?" She grabbed his arm and roughly jerked it free of his hard stance. She placed his hand upon her head. "I will serve you...I will kill for you...drink and taste blood for you." She lowered her head. "Do what you will. Request anything and it will be done...Please feel me...believe me...forgive me..." She wailed sadly. -She couldnt go on without him, she couldn't. If he were truly destroyed then she wished the same fate. She had already acted out of character more then once. Padme' was frightened...horribly afraid that he would walk away...leave her and ignore her.

[07:32] Akai Nightstorm: Vader wasn't sure what to do. She kept saying.. and doing.. conflicting things. This was far too chaotic. How could he trust her if she changed her mind from minute to minute. Looking down at her quivering form he drew back his hand, letting it hang limply at his side. "I feel nothing..." He said... which was a half truth. He felt empty... hollowed out... felt like ice was running through his veins blocking everything else. "You change your mind from momment to momment.." He voiced his concerns, "You have changed too much. I cannot trust you to stay this course into tomorrow after what you've already shown today."

[07:39] TinkerBelle005xx: She fell back and looked at him as if he had struck her. " ...You feel nothing? You choose not to! Your blind, you are blind! You loved me...not more then one hour ago....You called me Padme'...Your love...then we argued as all couples do and you left me...Only to listen to and believe malicious rumors created by Palpatine that seemed as if they made sense. I'll ask you again...come away with me...Let us leave Coruscant...let us find a home where we can find each other again. Allow me to love and care for you...Forget the Jedi and The Sith...Remember me...Come back to me...My heart and mind is twisted just as your's is...I say things that are hurtful because you play into them...All I ever wanted was your love. Don't you see? ...You said you wouldn't let me die...you said you needed me...it seems that you needed me...you willed me to live so that you would have children...Palpatine has turned you against me...and I can not fight back. I'm hysterical, I'm crazed, I'm mad with insanity because of how much I depended on the love that I felt for the man that you claimed you once were...What can I do? ...I promised them..." She motioned towards the crib..."I promised that we would be alright...let me look upon your face...If what I knew of Anakin is beneath the mask then...allow me to see one more time. Then grant me death." Her tears had subsided and this was her dying wish, her final request....to end it all. She needed to know if Anakin had truly left her.

[07:45] Akai Nightstorm: What was with her rambling on like that? Her want to die? He had thought such things not long ago... thought about death... but... though there was no fear in it for him... he found he had no will to die. Much easier to stay in one's current state the to change it. such is the way of life and death. "What he says rings more true then much of what you had been saying." Vader told her. He regarded her through the display screen in his mask... noticing her pain.. feeling it inside of his twisted and broken heart. He wasn't sure how to react to it any more. "You should rest... you do not know what you are saying." That was the conclusion that sprang up in his mind. That Padme had simply gone insane. Even she had said as much. Oddly though, he could not even look inside himself to relize the same. "I am not taking what I gave at much expense." He ended with. he could not kill her.. could not will her death.. not after willing her life. And he could not remove the mask. That might kill him in his fragile condition.

[07:52] TinkerBelle005xx: The lights once more flickered and both babies suddenly cried out in unison. Padme' slumped back against a wall and frowned deeply. No greater cry had ever been mentally projected, and Padme' fell silent. She had lost him. This being was a machine. Too practical for actual reasoning. Not knowing how to react to the crying babies....She nodded at his suggestion. She was crazy. She was selfish and ingrateful and lost...A failure to herself...to her children and to Anakin. "Will you banish me then?" Her voice was low and nearly drown out by the continuous cries of her children.

[07:54] Akai Nightstorm: He turned away from her, not paying attention to her words.. or the cry she had projected. It had bounced off his inner shielding... off the darkness that surrounded him. If she was truely in pain though.. the dark side would be creeping into her too... as that was it's nature. Ignoring her now, he returned to his children. He reached out his hands to them, gathering them in his arms and rocking them gently, trying to sooth them.

[08:14] TinkerBelle005xx: She watched him ignore her. A harsh pain to bestow upon any tormented lover. She couldn't remain there...she had just invited death. She was losing herself to a role of sheer insanity. Slowly she pulled herself to her feet. She hesistated just near the door. And she longed to comfort Luke and Leia...a part of her longed to be in the arms that rocked them. It was a kind gesture, but it was heartless. No warmth eminated from him. She left the room and started a slow walk down the hall. Suddenly she broke into a fast run. -After searching a while, and working up a fresh new exhaustion she found a small ship. She climbed in and strapped herself in. The small air craft began to raise and it overed a moment. Padme' frowned horribly when she looked towards the building and recalled moments that had all happened hours ago. Setting the ship to auto pilate she quickly left sped off, hurriedly leaving behind Coruscant. Sending out a distress call she waited anxiously for someone to offer assistance.

[08:16] Akai Nightstorm: It wasn't long before she was contacted with a location. When she arrived and docked a grim faced Obi-Wan greated her with a tight hug. "I'm.. sorry.. Padme.." He told her. He'd tried to keep to his Jedi control but in the end... what he'd seen in the transmission had made him hurt more. He'd managed to recover quickly after the fight with Anakin... but now.. he was feeling it again.

[08:20] TinkerBelle005xx: She allowed him to hug her, but her response was hardly welcoming. She silently pushed past him. "He's dead..." She stated in a calm voice. -Her heart hurt, her head hurt. Her lungs hurt, from her consistant crying, shouting and arguing. Padme' was a mirrored image of what she had once been. Her hair was wild with tangles, her face tear stained with faint splotches of blood that had been Anakin's.

[08:22] Akai Nightstorm: Obi-Wan dropped his arms to his sides, letting out a long sigh as he closed his eyes. "I tried Padme.... he wouldn't... listen." He said, turning to follow her. The older man looked a bit discheveled, with holes in his cloak and grime still caked to his tunic. He missed Anakin baddly.... and wasn't sure how to react to the same kind of loss Padme had to feel.

[08:24] TinkerBelle005xx: "I defended you...I refused to hate you. Even though you committed a cowardly act..." She continued walking. Where was she going? She didn't know. She stopped suddenly and turned to face him. "I'm miserable...and he believes that I feel no pain."

[08:25] Akai Nightstorm: His eyes went wide as he followed after her. "Cowardly act?!" He didn't understand what she meant. Stopping, he frowned. He wasn't sure what to do. He knew only that Anakin thought the universe of Padme.. and... that even she belived he was dead... it had to be. So why couldn't he say it?

[08:29] TinkerBelle005xx: "Cowardly...you couldn't kill him and end the madness. Instead you left him to live...to suffer to bring misery upon so many...I have nothing. Not my husband...not my children...not even the strength of my inner self." She touched lightly at her face, with frustration. "I don't know what to say...I don't know anything...I'm...I don't know...I don't mean to be this way...but I don't know how else to be." Padme' studied him a moment, "He's dead...Obi-Wan...he's dead."

[08:31] Akai Nightstorm: Obi-Wan took her hands suddenly, but gently, peering into her eyes. His own reflected great sadness even as he shook his head. "Padme... listen to me... I could not strike down a helpless man... regardless of how evil he might have become. That goes against everything I stand for as a Jedi. To do so would be to throw myself down the path of darkness, then where would the order be? I am the last Jedi Knight..." He knew what she was saying. He wished he wasn't so... Jedi... that he had shown mercy to his best friend and killed him on that bank...

[08:37] TinkerBelle005xx: She looked into her eyes, but she had locked herself away. She was nearly dead as well. "Do you wish me to thank you? ...Or perhaps I should comfort you?" Her voice wasn't sarcastic, but it wasnt warm. "I woke up to Anakin this morning...he claimed that he loved me still...and then...I disgust him...I have failed him...Its my fault." She pulled away from him, "I've some how gained and understanding and a power..." She began...Looking around she motioned to two doors that stood open several feet away. With a flick of her wrist they both closed. "What does this mean?" She questioned sadly. She suffered such confusion.

[08:39] Akai Nightstorm: Obi-Wan looked startled. He took one step back from her.. as such power in someone so unstable as she was right now was QUIET dangerous. He knew something was wrong with her... and knew something else.. she needed a rest... a time to relax. "Padme... you need to calm down. You're not thinking rationally." He said this even as he brought one hnad up... trying to force her into sleep without hurting her.

[08:47] TinkerBelle005xx: "You think I'm crazy as well!?" The lights flickered and they were left in sudden darkness. His hand movement had done nothing to calm her. "How should I be? I saw Anakin my husband...limbless with the exception if his mechanical arm...burns and welts...rolls of peeling skin...a massive torso with burns and sores...blisters and boils...and unbearable odor and stench of rotten and burnt flesh...hairless and scorched...I prayed that he would live. I selfishly asked him not to leave me...I vowed that I would love him still. And even now I do...He's been reconstucted...his voice is deep and mechanical...his touch hard and cold...He's taken my children...he grabbed me...he accused me of..." She trailed off and shook her head. "He hurt me. Over and over and over and over again...How am I to act? I can't very well have a cup of tea and go for a walk on a space deck. My heart is broken." She finished sadly, "And what's more is just as Anakin...feels I was crazy...you nearly think the same thing.

[08:49] Akai Nightstorm: "Padme... I'm afraid... in this case he is right. I think you're snapping due to all this stress." Obi-Wan resolved to remain calm. Someone had to, and saddly that someone was always him. Soon he told himself, he would retire to a cave somewhere and be alone to meditate. He had promised himself that long ago when he was training anakin. The boy had been such a handful. "Please.. just listen a momment Padme.. lay down.. rest.. we will discuss this when you are better."

[08:53] TinkerBelle005xx: Anger swelled within her, and she longed to strike him. But that wasn't her...She wasn't like that. She shook her head and raised her hand asking for silence. "I won't get better." She turned away from the too good Jedi, and used her new found power to reopen one of the doors she had just closed. This power was proving to be quite useful...If she could master the technique and understand its potential perhaps she could save him! -She shook her head, they were all right she was crazy. And soon she'd be locked away.

[08:55] Akai Nightstorm: Obi-Wan sighed. He felt like he had failed everyone. He slipped off somewhere to meditate and reflect on this, less he go crazy too --- Back on Coruscant, Vader was busy making sure his babies were sleeping comfortable. He already knew Padme had left... he didn't feel her on Coruscant any more.. but he knew she was not dead. Sitting on the bed, he kept a watchful eye on the crib. Oddly, his breathing seemed to sooth the infants, letting them sleep easier. And he didn't move until someone came.

[09:07] TinkerBelle005xx: Palpatine stood within the door way and watched Vader. Vader was more then his apprentice he was his creation, his discovery! "Vader..." Palpatine spoke in his scratchy voice. He slowly entered the room, it was thick with a residue of emotion left behind from Padme'. The feeling was enough to sicken him.

[09:08] Akai Nightstorm: Vader turned his head from the sleeping newborns to his master. "Yes Master?" He replied, though he did not get up. He just sat there, almost like a statue.. cold and hard on the inside.

[09:12] TinkerBelle005xx: Palpatine walked in further, he approached the crib and looked inside. Sneering he drew back a small cover to examine the sleeping babies. "We will teach them the ways of the dark side..." He smiled at this idea. Looking towards Vader he moved away from the crib. Not bothering to recover them. "You did well to keep Padme' alive long enough to retreive the children." He circled the crib and then stepped away. "Your power is returning...We should leave soon. Its not wise for you to remain here."

[09:14] Akai Nightstorm: Vader stood, discreatly covering the babies back up. He didn't want them to get cold. Staring at his master from behind his mask he asked, "Where shall we be going then?" He didn't say anything about Padme... his thoughts on the matter were still out... he needed time to sit and think about her. But his first concern were the twins. Luke and Leia.. they needed him.

[09:15] TinkerBelle005xx: The Emperor paused and turned suddenly, he needed to test the loyalty of his apprentice. "What if you had to choose one?" He questioned directly. He brought his hands into view and created a small ball of bright purple electricity.

[09:17] Akai Nightstorm: "That would be quiet foolish. To waste power." He was standing before the crib, his arms folded. His twins were both powerful.. not as much as he had been.. except.. together... together they represented a power stronger then his. Together they would be strength beyond anything. Strangely, that reminded him of what it was like with Obi-Wan.. together they had the power to do anything...

[09:20] TinkerBelle005xx: "And if I told you that you must choose one to lead into darkness?" He tempted, raising his winkled and scarred brow. These twins were powerful, but they were a threat just as Padme' was. He would need to control the twins. He alone. Palpatine would make them his...For Darth Vader was being too nice. Any Sith Lord would make the choice...Two at a Time...The Master and The Apprentice...no lord would take on two apprentices. It was not the way of things.

[09:22] Akai Nightstorm: The rule of two... but the Jedi were gone... perhaps it was time for a change. Vader stood fast. He did not like the direction of this conversation. Two helpless babies behind him.. his babies. His children. He'd murdered helpless children true... in the raider camp.. and in the temple.. but this was quiet different to him. He could not let anything happen to them. "Meaning?" He asked.

[09:25] TinkerBelle005xx: Palpatine glared at Vader and quickly dissolved his engergy ball. "Do not act as if you do not understand." He challenged angrily. "You are in debt to me...Be respectful and know your place. If granted one child...which would you take...The male...to grow strong and wise just as you? ...Or perhaps the female to mold into darkness as her Mother would not allow..." He grinned now, and anxiously awaited his answer. If Vader were to betray him, he would kill him. That would be a simple task as well.

[09:26] Akai Nightstorm: "My debt to you... was to save the life of my wife and children. You wish to unmake the purpose of that debt?" Vader replied, cooly. Padme was gone, but the children were in his care. He didn't mind the idea of training them.. but he would not choose between them. They were his children.. his twins. they would be together, and he would fight for them if needed.

[09:29] TinkerBelle005xx: Palpatine was furious and his anger brought forth a cold wind that swept the blankets off of the new borns. "Do you think yourself so mighty to survive alone with two babies and no support?!" He yelled loudly. The children were his weakness. He must choose on! He had too! Only then would the evil sweep through him and claim him once and for all.

[09:31] Akai Nightstorm: But Vader would not waver. So much had claimed him already... but his protectivness of his offspring was too strong. There would be no choice. "You behave foolishly. Their power is too great to destroy. I am weak... they are not." He didn't care what Palpatine did to him.. he was resigned to his fate... but he wanted to protect them.

[09:34] TinkerBelle005xx: Palpatine glared. "I will leave you...and return only once I have destroyed all that I consider a threat to our prominant future." Thats all he could do, he needed to gain Vader's favor...Or to trick him so that he may gather the children and separate them. Either way The Emperor would win this war. Vader was beautiful in his torment, and The Emperor enjoyed his pain. -From his pain he got power.

[09:37] Akai Nightstorm: Vader was in torment inside. Nothing seemed as it should to him. Sitting back down, he focused on the two infinants inside the crib. They were all that was left. The only thing real.. stable.. sure to him. Babies could not trick you. They loved unconditionally. There was no deception... no pain... only peace with them. So he watched them... gaining his center around the horrible contradictions of all those around him.

[09:40] TinkerBelle005xx: Palpatine, was determined to teach his young apprentice a valuable lesson. "I will contact you when the time is right." With that said The Emperor walked out of the room and left him. -He would suffer miserably. The Emperor would dismiss all of the servant droids as well as gaurds and troopers. He would be alone to care for the babies, which would soon become difficult when they grew hungry...He couldn't feed them. He couldn't feel heat or coldness. Nor did he know what they required other then sleep.

[09:43] Akai Nightstorm: He was already suffering miserably. Anything more would push him over the edge. So when he found he was alone with the infants, he bundled them up and went searching. He didn't know what to do any more, but he did know how to care for little ones. They needed their mother.. her milk.. her tenderness.. but he didn't know where she was. Barring that, they needed special formula whcih he did have stashed away. But it was after getting them fed again that he started looking for a shuttle craft. He loved them.. but had relized.. they were in danger with him. He had to take them somewhere safe... where his master couldn't find them.

[15:24] TinkerBelle005xx: The Emperor had returned to Coruscant, and upon landing had suddenly become irritable. Something was seriously wrong. He shoved past the help that had arrived with him and he stormed down the hall. The balance was off...The power he had come to know and recognize was strong, but not intense. Something was wrong. "Vader!?" He called out angrily. As angry as a drunken father might yell to his hard working child. "Vader...answer me!" He demanded loudly. Turning sharply he frightened several gaurds that were following him. They backed away and cowardly hid behind one another, only to be knocked into the walls and thrown into each other by an invisible Force...

[15:26] Akai Nightstorm: Vader was alone. The children were no longer with him.. nore could they be sensed. It was clear, they were no longer on Coruscant. Standing still, Vader watched his angry master in silence. He was ready to face his fate.. whatever it might be. Nothing mattered any more. The children were safe, somewhere even outside his own reach... and he was alone inside.

[15:28] TinkerBelle005xx: He stopped suddenly before him and he stared...long and hard. Moving to speak he struck him hard enough to knock him to the ground. The Emperor remained standing. His blood was boiling and he was behind furious. "What have you done?" His tone was filled with disapointment and conviction. -Vader had betrayed him...and so early into his apprentice ship.

[15:30] Akai Nightstorm: Vader was on his knees now, looking down at the floor. His master was angry but strangely.. he felt nothing at all. He was calm... but mostly because he was devoid of most anything. "I have gotten rid of every last trace of Anakin Skywalker.." He heard himself say. And it was true... the twins were the last link.. his last teather to a life he could no longer have. The last block to any control over him. But he didn't know what this might cost him.. nor did he care. Life, death, it had all become a blurr.

[15:33] TinkerBelle005xx: "Where have you placed them?" Palpatine questioned with fury. "Where have you placed them?!" He repeated loud enough that the very room shook, and his distorted voiced echoed off of the walls. He clinched his fists and held back from crushing his heart within Vader's heart. His eyes were dark and angry, his feeling on Vader was pure disapointment and concern. Had he waisted precious time on this adolescent, that couldn't seem to let go completely and choose.

[15:35] Akai Nightstorm: "I do not know, my master. It was purged from my memory before I returned." He could feel Palpatine's furry. It bled through him, but he did not contain it. He knew he had disapointed his master, but what more could he have done? He was too weak to take him on propperly now... and the children had meant everything to anakin.. keeping the last of the jedi knight inside which would have defied his orders time and time again.

[15:38] TinkerBelle005xx: "I will destroy them." He stated loudly. "Do you think me stupid?" Palpatine glared and he threw a large display center of the local planets across the room. "Tell me Vader...look up to me just as you will always do." -The Emperor was pure evil. And he thoroughly enjoyed being harsh to anyone and anything. He was angry enough to kill Vader, but he knew he would suffer more if he were kept alive. -Palpatine also couldn't forget that he did have a power unlike any other before him.

[15:40] Akai Nightstorm: Vader stood up, watching his master carefully and shaking his head. "I do not remember anything of it. I can't even recall their names any more." It had been painful to let go of such knowlage.. but it was Anakin's last stand to protect his children before being destroyed forever by Vader. Anakin had never wanted his children hurt... never wanted to see Padme hurt... so he'd done it for them. Now all that was left was the shell that could harnes such power through pain and rage.

[15:43] TinkerBelle005xx: "You mean you don't recall there names? You know of them...you know and remember they're mere existance and nothing more? The names that your wife uttered when you were at her side and she screamed in pain...do not have a place in your heart. Padme' is gone...Luke and Leia are gone. And you turned your back on me...for Anakin." He glared...his voice was cold now. And his tone more brutal. He would be sure to make his pupil suffer.

[15:45] Akai Nightstorm: Luke and Leia? Was that their names? He wasn't sure any more but his master seemed to know. Vader shook his head however. "No... Anakin took them... hid them... then was destroyed completely..." The names no longer held meaning for them. If he found them, he would do what his master wished. He was so empty. Devoid of most human emotion.. except for the pain in his body...

[15:48] TinkerBelle005xx: "What do you know of Anakin Skywalker?" The Emperor questioned slowly. He began to circle Vader as if he were his prey. Soon enough he might very well attack. And hurt him only enough so he would know not to ever betray him again...If he offered Vader this chance.

[15:50] Akai Nightstorm: "That I was once him... that he was a driven man... friend and husband... a lover of people..." A haze had settled over much of the past. It wasn't just the pain that was in his body it was something else, as if everything was slipping away from him. It brought a twinge of sadness to him. And sadness could connect to other emotions.. still useful in the dark side. He didn't even seem to react to how the emperor moved. He was commited to this path. If Sidious wished to destroy him.. so be it.

[15:55] TinkerBelle005xx: He paused as he watched him..."Answer me this question..if you could have Anakin back..free of scars, burns and pain...his children and wife in his apartment waiting for him...would you want this gift?..." He knew all to well how to manipulate people. But Vader puzzled him. He actually seemed, 'ruined'...to transfixed in misery to actually be dark and evil. -He had been these very things to his friends, but once he severed the ties he went into a phase of silent shock. He did nothing. He lived for nothing and possibly so...he may not have desired anything. He simply existed...

[15:58] Akai Nightstorm: Vader shook his head. "I have no interest in him any more. He brought nothing but pain... and did not care for what he already had." It was an honest way to look at his old self, "Too busy clinging to notice he was causing it to slip away. No... there is no going back." He was broken inside... defeated. Was he now useless to his master? Not that it mattered. What the emperor thought was right.. he had lost the ability to desire any more. He simply existed.. a souless puppet ready for commands. Ready to be given new things that might lead to desire in time... but for now... just empty.

[16:02] TinkerBelle005xx: The Emperor nodded as Vader spoke. He made his way over to a chair and he allowed himself to be seated. "I desire Anakin Skywalker's revival..." He looked towards Vader. "Find him." His tone was serious. But of course he had his reasons. Vader, would be a test puppet for him. If he could travel between The Dark and Light side, then his powers would only become stronger...And possibly his desires and anger would return.

[16:04] Akai Nightstorm: Vader nodded, even if he felt the tast might be impossible. "AS you wish.. my master." He said, turning to leave. Anakin was dead... he could not bring back the dead. Nothing could... but he began to understand what the emperor probably wanted. Something not so impossible as that. Yes, he would focus on those old emotions.. echoes.. ghosts.. from a past fading from him.

[16:06] TinkerBelle005xx: The Emperor thought for a moment. And for the first time in nearly one hundred years he felt bad, that he was putting this man through suck torture. But he asked for it. He fell for the tricks of the trade and he sold his soul. This was his fate. -"Arise for me Vader...and strike me." He commanded, in a daring simplistic tone. The Emperor was placing Vader with in a series of tests. -But would he pass them?

[16:08] Akai Nightstorm: Vader turned, staring at him through his mask. Strike his master? He couldn't disobey now could he, even if the request seemed strange. He approuched him, considering it for a momment. "Why do you wish me to strike you?" He asked. He was not a droid.. not completely anyway... such a request did need to be questioned before carried out.

[16:11] TinkerBelle005xx: The Emperor remained seated. He stared at Vader with coldness. "Strike me..." He repeated once more. He wasn't frightened. If he did strike him, he would be thrown into the wall and laughed at. If he didn't he would be scolded and pushed verbally until he would have to follow orders. Palpatine raised his wrinkled brow, and gave him a daring expression. "I don't ask much of you..." He began, "Just the reawakening of Anakin Skywalker...and for you to strike me." He finished in his infamous raspy tone.

[16:12] Akai Nightstorm: Vader had an idea of what was going to happen to him once he carried out his orders, but what did it matter? He already felt pain.. being knocked about or killed would not make it worse. So he did as he was told, but not forcefully. His hands were both made of metal now after all.. and commanded much strength.

[16:14] TinkerBelle005xx: The Emperor suddenly changed his mind, and with the flick of his wrist he captured Vader's hand and prevented the strike from occurring. "Your sad?" He seemed to question him. Although it was more of a statement.

[16:15] Akai Nightstorm: Vader didn't pull back, but he did look down at his master. How deceptivly strong the old man was. "Yes." He said honestly. There was sadness in him.. it wouldn't go away... but he wasn't sure of why it was there. Perhaps.. becase of the passing of his old self. Perhaps something else. He no longer knew.

[16:18] TinkerBelle005xx: And then he released his hand. -The ultimate test was about to be bestowed upon him. -IF Vader failed, it would be of consequence. Two Siths...The Master and the apprentice...To date there were four. Two had yet to be turned, and now thanks to Vader...they were yet to be found. -Taking a deep breath he pondered the birth of his new plan. "I release you." He stated softly...His voice was filled with mocked emotion. Of which emotion the man tried to play off...No one could be sure.

[16:20] Akai Nightstorm: Vader left without another word. He was confused inside.. again not sure what was going on. Confusion was sure to lead him to other emotions.. in time. For now... he had nothing to do... so he made his way outside, to sit on the roof of the building and just meditate. If he was wanted, he would be fetched again.. he was sure of that. And if not? Well.. he would break down in time perhaps.

[16:24] TinkerBelle005xx: Palpatine waited a long while in silence. The Force that surrounded Vader was strong and powerful. Yet in his tragic state he could do no good to control it. He finally stood and made his way to his chambers. He had many arrangements to make. Spys to send out and people to trace down. He found himself excited. He was the powerful entity that now ruled the galaxy no one could hide from him. -Except a soul...and Palpatine wondered if Vader would retreive this soul and its powers.

[16:26] Akai Nightstorm: But his soul was elsewhere... his heart was with Padme... and their twins... his soul... shards of it still clung to Obi-Wan. Vader did not know where any of them were... could not find them to reclaim. It was something that Palpatine probably wouldn't understand. That his connections to people put those things with them rather then in himself. --- Elsewhere.. Bail Organa had landed at the base where Obi-Wan and Padme were. He wasn't alone...

[16:32] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' had become distant and lost. -Although she was kind and she still cared for others. She rarely left the small chambers of her room. C3P-O and R2D2 would often visit with her, and strive to help her to smile. But Padme' couldn't smile, she couldn't be happy. -She was losing weight, and her nights were restless. -Padme' relived her end with Anakin every night. The tragedy of leaving without her children...caused her to feel even more at fault.

[16:34] Akai Nightstorm: Bail came in then, holding something in his arms.. two somethines. "Padme... I... I was asked to find you and bring them to you." He said. In his arms, were Luke and Leia.. wiggling a bit but not seeming overly unhappy.

[16:36] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' had no response to the man that stood before her. She was lost in misery and her eyes were clouded over. She didn't recognize them as her own. -She was in no state to care for them. Caring for them would be a painful reminder of her greatest loss.

[16:37] Akai Nightstorm: Bail frowned, seeing her state of mind. "I'm sorry..." He said softly. He looked down at the twins. What was he going to do with them if their own mother didn't want them. He began to turn, keeping the babies safe. He felt he should leave. Padme seemed.. lost.

[16:41] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' looked away from Bail. The haze in her eyes passed and she gasped when she realized she had nearly dismissed her babies. Her own flesh and blood! "Wait!" She called out. Padme' looked towards Bail with utter confusion. Was she dreaming? Was this a cruel joke? She was constantly afraid. And indeed fear did lead to the dark side. Within a few tentative seconds she found herself standing before him, staring down at her children. -She was afraid to touch them. To speak to them...."How...?" She raised her eyes to look at him.

[16:44] Akai Nightstorm: Bail turned back to her. Perhaps, she wasn't as lost as he thought. Perhaps she just.. thought she didn't see what she had. The babies stirred, and seemed happy apon seeing their mother. Both reached for her, trying to take her fingers. "I was given them by..." He sighed, "Darth Vader... Who instructed I bring them to you... to be safe... away from his or the emperor's reach. Said he was going to wipe his memory of it afterwards."

[16:51] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' smiled politely at him, "Thank you..." She breathed as she quickly and carefully took them both into her arms. "Thank you." She repeated. A single tear rolled down her cheek and it was due to the mention of the man...the machine. She took her children, and turned quickly from him. If they were in her care, then she was blessed! But not safe. She would never be safe or happy again. "I'm sorry..." She called out as she hurried to her room. Once inside she shut her door and placed the babies on her bed. She looked down at them both. She saw Anakin. A weary sigh escaped her lips and she shook her head. Pushing away her sadness, she looked to them and forced herself to smile. To be excited. -She then began to shower them with affection, butterfly kisses and gentle touches.

[16:52] Akai Nightstorm: Which the babies enjoyed emensly. They gooed, giggled, and wriggled their hands and feet. Her Anakin had returned them to her.. perhaps his final act. To show he loved her... and them... but he was gone... he had whiped his own memory of where to find them.. so it was clear.. he knew he wouldn't be coming back. That he was returning to the emperor.

[16:56] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' made haste to pack what few belongings she had. -She couldn't stay. The friends that surrounded her had been Anakin's friends as well. "We're going to go some place safe. " She stated aloud as she spoke to them. "Where we will be safe." If Anakin...NO Darth Vader had known where to find her, then she needed to leave. He was a liar. And his words had hurt her. She shook her head, she couldn't think about him. -No she wouldn't. Padme' would assume a new identity and build a new life. She would forget Anakin and Padme'...They had both died.

[16:58] Akai Nightstorm: But where to go where Vader would never think to look.. where her children would be safe and happy? Just as she was packing, Obi-Wan entered. "Padme... might I have a word?" He had learened from Bail that the children where safe.. but.. he had felt them here as well. He still worried about Padme. About the hate that might pull her into darkness..

[17:00] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' stopped suddenly, and she berated herself for not locking her door. She sat down quickly and placed a blanket over the two bags she had managed to pack. No one could know that she was going to leave. "Obi-Wan...I really don't wish to speak with anyone right now...I'm sorry." She apologized.

[17:01] Akai Nightstorm: Obi-Wan nodded. "Look Padme... be careful... don't let the dark side take you.. or them. Clearly he didn't want that to happen.. or they wouldn't be here." He was frowning slightly, backing out of the door and bowing his head to her. Yes.. if she wanted him to leave, he would.

[17:03] TinkerBelle005xx: Padme' stood quickly, "I'm glad you have faith in me...old friend." Her words were quite sarcastic. She would surely have trouble adapting to a life with them. She would have to find a planet...a home and work. Yes she would work. She would also change her name and perhaps cut her hair. She frowned a bit, many changes were soon to go underway.

[17:04] Akai Nightstorm: Obi-Wan left.. feeling sad. So much failiur. He needed to find a quiet place to meditate... to uncover how he'd gone wrong.. and if there was any way to redeem himself. He wasn't going to give up.. not like others. He couldn't give up on himself. Especially now.