Padme got the mausoleum really early, before Sabe` got up. She did leave a message, saying that she a couple of things to do and that there were two bottles already made for the twins. All she had to do was warm them up.
" Ok, Anakin. I'm going to give you two more minutes, before I leave here." Padme said to herself, as she looked to see the time and noticing that Anakin was late for the meeting.
Then, she heard the heavy breathing coming into the entryway, knowing that the dark lord had finally showed up.
" Before you say anything, I know I'm late. The Emperor stopped me and was asking some things about some Rebels that are supposed to be here on Naboo." Anakin said, closing the door of the burial chamber.
Padme looked up and saw that he was wearing the suit of Darth Vader. Fear came to her, because she remembered that Anakin was very unpredictable, when it came to his anger.
" I see. Why do you even wear this thing, when you really don't need it?" Padme had this feeling that there was something else going on that Anakin was really hiding.
" You see, I was near death when Obi-Wan left me. It was the Emperor, who found me and saved me, or so I thought." Anakin said, as he took off his helmet.
" Then, in a way, what he told me was true, but you seem pretty whole to me" Padme said, looking at Anakin and wondering if he was all-human or machine.
" It's all me, expect my right hand. It's still gone. It was a week after I was put into this thing, that I learned that I was lied to." Anakin said, coming over to Padme and sitting down beside her on the steps.
" What do you mean, by lied too?" she wanted to reach out and brush his hair out of the face.
" Palpatine had been lying to me the whole time. He told me that my injuries were not fixable, that no kind of treatment could fix all the scaring that the burns had done to me. But, he was wrong. I had gone behind his back and began looking into what he told me was true, and that's when I came across a medical center on Polis Massa. I got a hold of a doctor, who was specialist in regeneration human cells." Anakin said and saw that Padme had gone a little pale, when he mentioned the medical center.
" I see, but why do you still wear the suit, if you are healed?" Padme asked.
" Well, after I learned that he lied to me, I realized I had to stop him. I have to fulfill my destiny and destroy the Emperor and the Sith and bring balance to the Force. You see Padme, I'm on the light side of the Force, not the dark side." Anakin said, as he gave her one of his famous grins that he used on her, when he wanted something from her, or when he was just about to make love to her.
" If you say that you are still a Jedi Knight, then what happened to all the Jedi that you supposedly to have hunted down and killed?" Padme asked.
" I found them, but I didn't kill them. Believe it or not, I helped them escape and go into hiding, until I give them the all clear to come out." Anakin said, just praying that she believed that he was telling her the truth. She was always one person that he could never lie to.
" You know something, I believe you. I know that everything you are telling me is the truth, I can see it in your eyes." Padme said, looking deeply in to his eyes and saw truth in them.
" You were the one person that I could never lie too. Um... know where Obi-Wan or Master Yoda are?" Anakin asked, wondering what has become of his ex-Master and the one person, who said was his brother, but yet left him to die.
" No, I don't know what happened to them or even if they are alive. To be honest, I really don't ever want to hear both their names. Mostly, after what they had done to you." Padme said, as tears welled up in her eyes, just thinking about the hurt that was caused by the Jedi.
" I understand. Um... Padme, what happened to our child?" Anakin asked, just as there was a knock and the door opened up and one of the Stormtroopers stepped into the room.
" Sorry for the interruption, Anakin, but the Emperor wants you to contact him now." the Captain said, bowing his head.
" Thanks, Rex. Get everyone ready. We are leaving now." Anakin said standing up and then helping Padme up.
" Very well, sir. It's good to see you alive, Milady." Rex bowed his head, before leaving the room.
" Um... was that Rex? ... As in the 501st ... The unit that was under your command during the Clone Wars?" Padme asked.
" Yes, that was Rex and the 501st are still under my command. They are the only ones, who know my true agenda and they are helping me, with the hiding of the Jedi too." Anakin said, but got a total surprise from Padme.
Padme just couldn't help herself. She came up to Anakin, leaned forward, and kissed him.
" Sorry, I shouldn't have done that, but I just wanted to remember what your lips felt like. I miss them so very much." Padme brushed passed him and headed out of the mausoleum, only to see the Clones from Anakin's old military unit.
The Clones came to attention and even saluted her, as she walked very quickly passed them, as she was pulling her hood over her head.
" Rex, hand me the communicator, please." Anakin said, as he finished putting latching the last latch on the helmet.
" Yes, sir." Rex said as he handed his friend the communicator.
" What is thy bidding, my Master?" Anakin said ,as he called back to the Emperor and to let him know what was going on.
" So, did you find that Rebel Lord Vader?" the Emperor asked.
" Yes, my Master and I dealt with the person." Anakin said, knowing that it was a lie.
" Very good, Vader. You may come back to the Retreat now." the Emperor said, with and evil smile.
" As you wish." Anakin said, cutting the communication between them.
Anakin looked at his men and saw them all nod their heads, before they made it to their speeder, climbed into it and headed back to the retreat.
Padme got into the house and realized that everyone was still sound asleep. Going back to her room, she got undressed, put back on her nightgown and climbed into her bed. Closing her eyes, she began to think about the kiss that she gave her husband. It was the same feeling she felt, before he left her to do all the evil things that he had done. What she didn't know, was that everything that was shown on the security cameras, was all fake. All the children and Jedi are still alive, and are in hiding throughout the Outer Rim Territories.