An alternative fate

An alternative fate


Anakin sighed as he and Obi-wan left the recent meeting between the council six weeks later. Padme was merely two weeks away from giving birth. But still she had insisted she would be fine to attend the meeting between the senate. They had started to vote for a new supreme Chancellor after the previous one turned out to be a sith lord. Padme was the favourite of all the voters, she would find out at that meeting weather she was to be made the new supreme chancellor or not. Anakin was worried, he knew Palpatine would detest that he was being replaced by a woman and the wife and mother to the unborn child of the man who refused his offer of becoming his apprentice.

Anakin sighed again gaining the attention of his friend. “What is it Ani. Is it to do with the bad feelings the council were feeling of late?” Anakin nodded “exactly, Palpatine is going to hate the fact he is being replaced, and possibly replaced by the source that prevented him from having a new apprentice to do his evil and disgusting bidding. I have a feeling that the meeting with the senate is going to turn disastrous I don’t know how yet, I can just feel that something is wrong and is going to happen.”

Obi-wan sighed “well we’ve been chosen to observe the meeting and see to it that nothing out of the ordinary occurs. We the council, including you sensed some of the senate are most likely corrupt and working for the sith. If anything does happen I’m sure we’ll be able to handle it just fine Ani.”

They arrived minutes before the meeting was to commence. Unknown to them Palpatine had managed to sneak in and so far go undetected. Sure Anakin and Obi-wan sensed something felt very wrong they just didn’t specifically know what that was yet.

In middle of Padme’s speech Anakin and Obi-wan’s senses went straight into over drive. Before they could fully react, Padme screamed in agony as she crumbled to the floor as she was hit with a strong current of the force from Palpatine. The pain was too much for Padme, with her being only mere weeks from giving birth, she passed out cold.

Anakin and Obi-wan bolted towards Padme, dodging the force currents that Palpatine unleashed in their direction, Anakin fell to his knees and cradled his unconscious wife, while Obi-wan took out his sabre and reflected the energy straight back at its owner. Palpatine was thrown backwards and landed in a tangle of limbs, but still that didn’t stop him.

He taunted Anakin “ah padawan Skywalker, what can’t your dear wife handle a little raw power?” Anakin was seething and spat out viciously “its master Jedi Skywalker you deformed psychotic freak of nature. Are you honestly deluded enough to believe by attacking my wife and unborn child that I will willing betray those that I love and trust and turn to the dark side and do your evil and vile bidding? Do everyone a favour and go back and crawl into your pit of hell and die.”

Palpatine was enraged and let out a snarled filled howl and made his escape as he dodged ammunition from various blasters and other weapons.

Padme was taken from the senate building and straight to the hospital wing at the temple. Where she regained conscious and her waters immediately broke. She was two weeks early and was going into labour weather she liked it or not. She had been weakened by the raw power Palpatine had hit her with. She was not strong enough to go through the strain of giving birth she was in danger, but refused to allow her baby to die.

After four hours of labour she was barely alive and was getting ready to deliver her baby. She screamed and howled in agony as she pushed and panted heavily, tears streaming down her face. Anakin was falling to pieces inside as his wife howled in agony, while on the outside he was a supportive and nervous husband and father to be.

Ten minutes later the sound of a baby’s wailing cries melted Padme and Anakin. The medical droid confirmed “it’s a boy. Padme sighed “Luke, he shall be called Luke.” Anakin nodded his agreement. The droid past the baby to Obi-wan to be cleaned up, just as Padme felt another unexpected stab of pain, she was told by the medical droid to keep pushing. Anakin and Padme were both stunned, there was more then one.

Five minutes later another wailing cry sounded. The droid said in its typical mechanical voice, “it’s a girl.” Obi-wan also took this child to be cleaned up as well. Padme beamed weakly “Leia, I want to call her Leia.” Padme sobbed in relief that it was over but also knowing she was not going to make it, she could feel it.

She took Anakin’s hand and smiled sadly “Anakin I’m, not going to make it, I can feel it.” Anakin grimaced as if he was in agony and pleaded “oh god, no please don’t say that Padme, you’re not going to die, please. I love you please don’t leave me.” Padme sobbed “please Ani you’ve got to go on, Luke and Leia need you to be strong for them and love them. Take care of Obi-wan for me, he is a dear friend. He will look out for you and the twins. Go on and fulfil your destiny, please don’t close yourself off you must love again you have to; love him as I know he loves you. But above all remember I will always love you, not even death will ever be able to put a stop to that.”

Before she took her last breath she took in her twins, her pride and joys for the last time and smile bitter sweetly. She finally turned to Obi-wan and gave him a looked that startled him and said “love him Obi-wan like I know you have for years. It’s finally your turn, love him for me, and enjoy him. I know he will come to love you also with in time, take care of him, and Luke and Leia for me.

I need you to help Anakin bring them up. Having a second father will be better then not having a mother.” Obi-wan stifled a sob, as the tears ran unchecked down his face. She knew, and was giving him her blessing to love Anakin. She was giving him her blessing to play the parent role of Luke and Leia along side Anakin, where she could no longer.

She smiled as Obi-wan said around a sob “I promise Padme, I promise.” Padme nodded knowing Obi-wan would love her Ani and her precious little Luke and Leia enough for the both of them. She turned to Anakin and smiled lovingly at her true love one last time and whispered “I love you always my Ani.” And with that she breathed a last shuddering breath and died with a smile on her lips, as a single tear slipped from her left eye and across her temple.

Anakin started to tremble violently and let out a choked breath before he crumbled and sobbed heart breakingly racking sobs of anguish. Obi-wan left the droid to attend to the twins and went to comfort his friend. Anakin immediately burrowed into Obi-wan’s waiting arms and sobbed like a little boy as he was gently and lovingly rocked back and forth in Obi-wan’s arms. Obi-wan sobbed along with Anakin as they clutched to each other. Padme’s last words to him had really gone and done him in. Luke and Leia were crying loudly clearly in distress.

That did it that made Anakin freeze and knocked him out of his grief induced stupor. He gently unwounded himself from around Obi-wan and shot him an unidentifiable look, which was by no means hostile. He slowly walked over to the large bassinet that the droid had placed the twins in snuggled up in warm soft and fluffy blankets.

Tears silently ran unchecked down Anakin’s face as he took in his precious little ones. He touched his index finger lovingly to Leia’s baby soft cheek, while his other hand gently and lovingly traced his finger along Luke’s little wrist. He felt a tiny stab of love and adoration as it filled his heart, when the little boy gripped his finger with surprising strength. He felt a pang of agony when he took in his daughters appearance she was a spitting image of her mother, and would wager her eyes would without a doubt be the exact same deep and beautiful brown that her mother’s were. She would be a carbon copy of her mother when she grew up.

Obi-wan commented from beside him “Ani she left you such a beautiful and precious parting gift.” Anakin turned his gaze to Padme’s lifeless body, and let out an anguished sob “Obi-wan I miss her already I want her back it’s not fair, why, did she have to die? Why did she have to go and leave me?”

Obi-wan’s heart broke for his love, he didn’t deserve such anguish. He didn’t deserve any of it period. Obi-wan suddenly startled when he felt anger and deadly hatred coming off Anakin in waves. He was horrified to see such blind hatred and rage on the beautiful face in front of him. “I’m going to tear him apart, and when I’m done I’m going to torture him some more until he is begging for my mercy, but he will never get it. I will make such he dies the most painful death ever, if its last thing I ever do.”