Brotherhood

Chapter 52 - The Demolition

Author's Note: Yes, this chapter is a week late, but I was too busy finishing an Obi-Wan series fix-it to finish this on time. I'm not sorry. Lol.

Also... the characters are kinda running off with the script again.  Enjoy the new faces who are/will be making appearances. :)

~ Amina Gila

Padme is still stressing over Anakin when Sabe awakens again. "Take it easy," Padme soothes, giving her a few sips of water. "How –"

"Don't," Sabe interrupts, lips quirking into a smile. Her voice is still a little weak and strained, but her tone makes her point clear enough. "Don't ask me that again, Padme."

"Sorry," she says a bit sheepishly. Maybe she has been being a little annoying, asking Sabe how she feels every time the latter wakes up. Which is... several times a day at this point. She can try to tone it down a little, but she's worried. And more than that, she feels restless. She has nothing more pressing to attend to, which is strange for her in and of itself.

"It's okay," Sabe assures her. The brown eyes, so similar to her own, study her. "How are you? You seem... troubled," she notes.

So much for trying to hide it. "I think it's probably nothing," she answers at last, "But I have a bad feeling... like something is wrong with Anakin."

"If it's bothering you so much, maybe you should talk to his mother about it," she suggests.

"Yes, that's a good idea," Padme decides. She still has Shmi's comm frequency, so she pulls out her comm and enters it. It rings, but there's no answer. So, she tries again. And again. The result is the same, and that makes her feel even more unnerved. Something is wrong; she just doesn't know what.

"It might be nothing," she says aloud, though she doesn't really believe that. At all. "It's – it probably is nothing. She's probably busy, or maybe –"

Sabe holds up a hand to stop her. "You're rambling, Padme," she points out with a faintly amused smile that soon falls away. "If it's bothering you this much, you should go check it out. Don't go alone. Take someone with you. Rabe was here earlier; is she still around?"

"I – yes, she is," Padme replies, hesitantly. "I don't want to leave you alone, though."

"You won't," she assures her. "You won't be gone long anyways, and I'll probably be resting the whole time. If you think something is wrong, follow your instincts. Go."

She almost wants to protest, but thinks better of it, since she doesn't want to strain Sabe any further and talking still isn't easy for her. So instead, she simply concedes. "Okay." Padme reaches out, brushing a hair back from her best friend's forehead before leaving the hospital room. Rabe is still at the hospital; she said that she would be staying nearby for a day or two, at least until she was assured that Sabe is alright.

Rabe isn't hard to find, thankfully, and she readily agrees to fly Padme to the Palpatine residence, even if the trip will take several hours both ways. Padme doesn't want to leave in the least, but Sabe is right. If she doesn't do this, then she'll never be able to let it rest, especially not with the feeling of foreboding in her gut.

They don't talk much, at least not anything meaningful, during their flight, though Rabe does ask Padme what she plans to do now that she's no longer a Senator. And honestly? Padme has no idea. She plans to help Sabe though, at least initially. After everything that her best friend has done for her, it's Padme's turn to help her, and she refuses to shirk that duty. But after that? Padme doesn't know. Perhaps she could try and find Anakin. She wants to see him again, especially if something really did happen to him.