Chapter 22

Padme was sitting in the chair, on the porch of her mountain estate and the sun was starting to rise over one of the mountain ranges that were across the small lake, in her back yard. Coming out of the woods was a doe and her fawn and slowly they came up to the water of the lake and began drinking the water from the lake.

“ Hey, are you feeling today, sweetie? Here is your tea.” Jobal came out and handed Padme her tea.

“ Um . . . thank you, Mom. Oww . . . After three weeks, you would think I would not hurt . . . I guess it has something to do with the cut up ribs and muscles.” Padme put the cup in her left hand and began to take a sip of her hot tea.

“ They did tell us that it will be close to six to eight weeks, before you can do anything. I will go and get you the medication, so you will not hurt, but it will make you sleep some more.” Jobal bent down and gave Padme a kiss on the top of her head, before going back inside the house to get the medicine that the doctor had dropped off a couple of days ago, when Padme showed up after she woke up from her coma.

Padme closed her eyes and began to drift off to light sleep, and that was when she felt that presence again. Padme opened up her eyes and reached out with the Force. She picked up her Holo-com and hit the number that belonged to Master Yoda.

“ Good to hear and see you, it is.” Yoda image came in view.

“ Thank you, Master. It is good to see you. Um . . . I am calling you, to let you know that I feel that presence again . . . and I have this bad feeling that Windu is here on Naboo.” Padme looked at the Grand Jedi Master.

“ Sure, you are that he is there. I must go and see something. Rumor has been that he is no longer in prison, and it was his Sith Master that got him out.” Master Yoda looked at the younger woman and had this feeling that what she was telling him is the truth. Naboo would be the only place he and his master could have gone to. It is said that the Emperor is in very bad health and he went to His resort on Naboo.

“ Well, I must go. Mom is here to give me my medication and I will be asleep in about ten minutes.” Padme looked up and saw her mother come out onto the porch.

“ Take medicine you must, more sleep you should get. Master Kenobi and Jedi Skywalker, I will send to look into the rumors to see if they true, they are.” Yoda nodded and then bowed his head, before discounting his Holo-Com.

“ Ok, I want you to take this and your father is here to help you to get back into bed.” Jobal handed her a small bottle of liquid and Padme took it from her mother and drank it.

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“ Well, there is the Emperor’s ship and look, there he is. We need to tell the Council that we found him and the rumors are so very true, that Windu is here.” Obi-Wan looked at the ship and saw Windu come off the ship and headed straight into the resort. Waiting for him at the entrance, was the Emperor himself, but he was sitting in a hove chair, proving that what is being said about the Emperor was true . . . he is dying.

“ Ok. Then, we need to go now and let them know that the Emperor is very bad looking and we may have to act fast, because he may not be for so long.” Anakin pulled away from the limbs of their hiding place and sat against the tree trunk.

“ Yes, you are right. We better get going, but first, we need to go see about one person first.” Obi-Wan gave Anakin a huge smile, before left Anakin sitting under the tree.

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Two hours later, both Anakin and Obi-Wan walked into the house that is located on the other side of the town and snuggled up into the mountain range.

“ Anakin, Obi-Wan, this is a great surprise. Oh, if you are here to see Padme, she is in bed asleep.” Jobal looked up from the needle work that she was working, when the two men came into the room.

“ Oh . . . then, we will not disturb her, but we do need to use the Holo-com to contact the Jedi Council and the Grand Jedi Master Yoda.” Obi-Wan nodded to Padme’s mother.

“ Sure, you can do that. I need to go and see about lunch and see about Padme.” Jobal got up and nodded for them to use the Holo-Com in the communication room.

Obi-Wan nodded and went to the communication room and made contact to the Council and told them what he and Anakin had found out . . . They were told that they needed to recapture Windu. Against their better judgment, they had to do away with the Emperor, which means that Anakin must fulfill his destiny and that means, he has to get rid of the Emperor. After they told the Council what was going on, on Naboo, both Anakin and Obi-Wan went to their rooms and went to bed, to get some sleep, before they had to carry out their missions.