Anger||Anakin Skywalker [2]

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We arrived, and it was pretty easy to sneak past the sand people. Before Anakin cut open the hut, I put a hand on his shoulder.

"Are you sure?" I asked, and he nods. I step back so he can use his lightsaber to cut it open, and we enter.

We see Shmi tied up with whip and scratch marks all over her. "Mom." Anakin says, and I help him untie her.

Seeing her like this made my heart break even more. She was such a nice person, she didn't deserve any of this.

Seeing her like that reminded me of the time I was captured. They did the same thing to me. I shake my head as I sit in front of Anakin on my knees.

"Ani.....is that you?" She asks wearily.

"I'm here, Mom. You're safe now, we're going to get you out of here." He says shakily.

"We?" She asks.

"Olivia is with me." He says and they both look at me.

"Olivia?......Is it really you?" She asks lifting up her hand to touch my cheek, and I softly grab it.

"Yes. Hello." I say and she laughs a little.

"You're so beautiful." She smiles, and I slowly shake my head. "No I'm not." I say.

"No really, you are." She smiles. "Now, I am complete." She says looking back at Anakin.

"Just stay with me Mom. I'm going to make you well again. Everything's going to be fine." Anakin wearily says.

Don't you dare cry Olivia.

"Please......don't leave him." Shmi says now looking at me.

"I won't, I promise, like I did all those years ago." I say and now my voice is shaky.

"Joy...."

"I'm not worried about that right now. I'm worried about you."

"No.....your father......Dooku. It's Dooku Olivia." She says, and I'm shocked. "He....took her away.....he said...y-you were next."

I shush her softly and stroke her forehead. "Thank you for telling me. But you let me worry about that."

She smiles at us. "I'm so proud of you both. Thank you so much.....I love you." She says, then I feel her heart stop.

Anakin puts his head into her chest. I get up and sit beside him.

"Ani."

"She's gone Olivia. She's gone!" He sobs.

"Ani-"

"This is my fault! It's all my fault!"

"Anakin look at me!" I yell and he turns his face towards me. He looks as if he was going to kill someone. I grab his cheeks.

"I know it hurts. I felt it too, but it wasn't your fault. It was mine."

"No it-"

"If I had never taken her spot, she would still be alive....with you. That should've been me Anakin, not her. She didn't deserve it."

"And you're saying you do?" He asks shakily.

I say nothing and kiss his forehead.

"I'll be at the speeder." I say and walk out.

45 minutes later....
I see him come back with a body wrapped in some sort of fabric. His eyes were blood shot.

We said nothing the whole way home. When we got there, I helped him bury his mother, and he went into a room by himself.

I got some water and came in. "I brought you some water." I say as I set it on the table.

"I killed them." He says.

"What?" I ask as I take a sip of my water.

"I killed them all." He says and turns around to face me.

I put my cup down. "You killed who Ani?"

"The sand people! I killed them! Every single one of them." He says and my face goes to shock and sympathy.

"And not just the men. Oh nooo, but the women, and the children! I slaughtered them all like animals Olivia!" He says as tears stain his face.

"Anakin...."

"I know I'm better than this! I know I am!" He says and crouches down on his knees and cries. I rush beside him and wrap my arms around him.

"This isn't the Jedi way." He says looking at me. I just kiss his forehead and let him lay his head on my shoulder.