The Rising

Against the Dark side

Darth Vader rushed down the hallway in the underwater base, he had gotten the message only moments ago while in his room meditating. 

His pace was practically running as he went past droids, ignoring the greetings he got as he ran past a smiling Darth Gore. 

The moment Darth Vader caught sight of Padme he pulled marched across the hanger and pulled her into a tight embrace. 

"Padme!" though his voice was hushed it still had a high level of worry and love for his wife as he held her close. 

Vader smiled happily as he pulled away slightly to look her over for any wounds or bruises. 

"Are you ok? Did they hurt you?" He asked so softly that Padme almost looked surprised. 

"No Ani, I'm fine" Pame reassured him as he tried to hold her hands gently, he stopped when he felt two soft pieces of fabric. 

he looked down confused for a second before he felt not only small hands grabbing his arm, but two familiar lives in the force. 

Vader smiled happily as he looked from the two slightly fussed children to his wife, who for a split second looked slightly worried to Vader. 

"Padme?" Vader asked cautiously, not only grabbing her attention but also making him slightly worried. 

Padme on the other hand quickly hid her feelings and looked back at her husband, "Would you like to meet your children?".

Vader smilled happily as he looked down at the bundles. There infront of his eyes where two soft faces both had the exact same eyes and the exact same look of curiosity that made Vader smile ear to ear. 

Padme blinked as she looked at Vaderrs eyes for a moment as they flashed Gold then Brown again. 

"Ah the children have finaly arrived" the dark and creepy voice of Sidius said as he arrived rubbing his hands as he did. 

Padme automatically pulled her children to her chest, sgheilding them from the sith master that had just entered. Vader looked slightly worried at her expresssion for a moment before he himself stood a little closer to her, thinking she was either frightened or unsure. 

"Yes Lord Sidius, I managed to catch them as they escaped from one of the new republic strongholds." Dooku said as he bowed slightly to the creepy old man. 

"Ah good to finaly have you and your children with us my dear, if you would like to hand them to the medical droids i can_"

"NO" Padme almost yelled holding her children closer to her as Vader looked at her confused. 

Sidius glowered at the senator before Dooku finaly spoke up "My lord she has had a rather trying time recently, it might be a wiser option to let the children stay with her for a while untill she calms down".

Sidius glaired at both Vader and Padme for a moment before turning around and leaving the hanger. 

Dooku and Padme shared a slight glance before Vader looked back to Padme and his children, his hand gently pulling back a piece of the blanket so he could see his son slightly. Padme glanced at Vader as he did before he looked up and smiled at her gently, his eyes where fluctuating yet again making Padme smile slightly. 

Vader smiled back at his wife before he kissed her forehead gently, "lets get you tucked into my quarters" he whispered as Gorr came into his veiw. 

He could almost feel his skin crawl as the twisted Sith gave them leering glances, and he had no desire to expose his children to that kind of evil just yet. 

Vader carefully steared Padme out of the hanger and down the corridor away from the prying eyes of Dooku and Gorr, his hand not leaving her upperback until he had gotten them to his quarters. 

Padme was slightly shocked at how dark and ominus the corridors where, but that was nothing compared to how her husbands quarters looked. 

It was not very large, through the darkness Padme could see a single bed that had been crammed into a corner, almost forgotten where as the desk that took up the majority of the wall to her right was full of papers and diograms. 

"Its not much, but Im sure after we have won the Clone War we can have a propper home" Vader said as he watched Padme slightly afraid of her reaction. 

"its ok Ani" Padme whispered.

Vader winced slightly at her old pet name for him. 

"Dont call me that"

"What?" Padme asked slightly confused.

"Thats not my name any more".

Padme walked backward away from him slightly, her eyes going slightly wide at this. 

"Then what should i call you? My Lord?" 

Vader stiffened slightly before he gently cupped her cheek "no....never that".

"isnt that what they call you" Padme asked slightly worried. 

Vader shook his head "That is what my servants call me, your my wife, my equal, you will never be treated like a servant". 

Padme spotted the flikering again as he looked into her eyes and she smiled happily at him. 

Not for what he said. 

But for the fact that her Jedi knight was still there.

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