The Other Half • Anakin Skywalker

-Chapter 6-

"Do I wanna know, if this feeling flows both ways?"

-Anakin-

"Today, Anakin, we will be learning interrogation tactics to use when dealing with republic supporting scum. Are you ready?"

Lady Arkeahs voice rang out through the small room, making it sound as if she were talking through a megaphone. She marched towards me, anticipating my answer.

"Yes, Lady Arkeah, I am ready."

I took a step back, and waited on her to tell me what to do.

"Go on Anakin, get your hands in the cuffs. To be able to properly carry out an interrogation, you must be interrogated yourself."

Before I have any time to question her actions, I'm buckled into the interrogation pannel. My wrist are clamped to the far sides of the table, and my feet are chained to the bottom. My head is then pushed back, and I feel her secure the leather headset over my forehead. I don't know what she's looking for in my head, but I hope it's not anything to personal, that might get me in trouble.

I felt the skull splitting pain begin at my forehead, and I immediately started to scream in agony. It feel as if someone were taking an axe, that had been lit on fore, and pushing it through my skull, inch by inch. She keeps going, no matter how much I scream. I can't feel what she's looking for, but I can tell its something important to her. The pain doesn't stop for a good few moments, but I don't black out completely. Arkeah stumbles backwards towards the wall, turning and pressing her hands against the black brick wall.

"Y-you married Padme? And s-she had your children, but you l-left them. Is that correct?"

"Yes, Lady Arkeah. I was married to Senator Padme Amidala, and she was carrying my child. She died during child-birth, and the baby was stillborn."

"No, Anakin. The children were not still born. They are alive, both of them! I see them!"

What? This woman thought I hadn't looked for my children? I did, I had searched and searched, but I never found anything. They had been born dead. I had kinda know that there was twins, but I knew they were stillborn. I knew that my children were gone, I knew it. They couldn't be alive, I hoped they weren't. I knew that if they were, that they would be my final test. My final test would be to kill my children, and I don't think I could do that. I knew I couldn't.

" Anakin, can I go back into your head? I want to see if your children are alive. Please?"

"Yes, Lady Arekah. Please, I want to know too."

She put her hand a few centimeters in front of my forehead and the pain began to come back. I hurt worse this time, like splitting an open wound. I wanted her to stop, but I needed to know about my children. I need to know that they are dead, and that I won't have to harm them. I couldn't bear the thought of having children that had been raised by anyone that wasn't me, especially if they were raised by obi wan. I just couldn't entertains the thought.