WHAT IS REAL

XXXVIII

Palpatine waited patiently for Vader to enter his office. Through the force, he had felt Vader's anguish. The ripples affect assaulted his mind causing him almost fall from the force of it. Just that quick though the darkness settled and everything was calm again. 

Palpatine laughed sadistically. Vader was always at his best when he works though his pain and anger. Palpatine knew in that state Vader could easily overpower him. Truth be told he was actually no match for Vader, but one the advantages of being the master is that he knows things the apprentice does not know. He would not be making the same mistakes that Plagueis had made with him. He would not reveal all he knew to Vader. 

He would keep him way to busy doing his sword work. Palptine was sure that by keeping Vader busy he would not be able to follow in the steps of all the previous Sith apprentices. He planned on living forever and though Vader never disappointed him, he would eventually want a new apprentice.

Vader stood outside the large wooden doors to Palpatine"s chambers. He had to have time to pull himself together. He really hated when he fell apart over Anakin's memories, though truthfully the burning of the temple is a Vader memory. It was a day that was filled with ashes and burning and terrible awful loss and he never wanted to remember. One small of that day righted itself two weeks ago. For that Vader was grateful beyond words, yet along with the gratefulness anger boiled up and threatened to spill over.

 Yet he must not give a way his hand too quickly for he knew all to well Palpatine would use it to hurt him. He had no plans of ever handing Padme over to Palpatine again. This time he would think before he acted. Vader knew that he was never truly able to trust Palpatine. He knew he needed to guard everything he said to the man. So Vader dissipated his anger, put all thoughts of Padme behind a tight wall, and pushed open the door ready to meet Palpatine.

Vader left Palpatine's office and mentally sighed his relief. He had been successful in hiding his feelings and his thoughts on Padme. Palpatine had tried to read him but he had successfully drained his mind. Now as Vader headed to his apartment, His thoughts turned to his twins. Somehow Vader knew that finding them would help him overthrow Palpatine. He was not sure how it would happen; he just knew it would happen. So he would do all he could to make sure they were found. Hopefully Palpatine would be none the wiser.

Kitster's eyes could not focus, and his headthrobbed so badly. He was sure a vein was going to explode in there any secondnow. He squinted as he looked around and suddenly realized he was not at home."I wonder whom I went home with last night?" he thought to himself.He also knew from the looks of things that this was not one of his usual girl'shomes either. This room was stark white. It almost hurt his eyes from thebrightness of the white. The only furniture in the room was the bed he waslaying on, a small table by the bed and one chair. A fresher was in the cornerof the room and he suddenly realized his need for that room at the moment. Hestumbled from the bed to the door and stood there for a second to steadyhimself. The fresher was no different than the bedroom, and it was pretty smallalso. Well it fit the need at the moment and he went in and closed the door. Hewas not sure whose room this was but need drove him to check the cabinet forsomething to make this headache go away.