It was cold, too cold. That was the first thing that came to him. Anakin Skywalker slowly opened his eyes to see he was in a room of some kind. It was cold and dark. He reached out to the force but found nothing.
He was cut off from the force. But how? Anakin slowly looked down to see a collar of sorts around his neck, that must be what was cutting him off from the force. It was painful without the comfort of the force right there. Even as a child when he didn't know what the force was, he found comfort in it.
So being without it was painful. At least the collar wasn't huge or anything, but it was uncomfortable. He shook his head slightly then moved his arms to reach up and touch the collar, or rather tried to. His eyes widened when he couldn't move his arms. Anakin became aware that his hands were cuffed behind his back which was chained to the wall.
He frowned at that. Whoever had managed to capture him knew exactly how to keep him in one place for an extended period of time. How was he going to get out of this one? He didn't know but he would get out of here.
Padme... She must be so worried. And...and Luke and Leia. Their precious little four-month-year-old twins. He had to get back, he had to go home. Somehow... But he would do it. Padme needed him, his children needed him!
Suddenly it all came rushing back to him. The Empire, they found them. But he had stalled so Padme and his children could get away. He was about to get away as well but that's when...that's when Obi-Wan showed up.
His old master that had fallen to the dark side and lost his sanity in the process. He had to get out of here before Obi-Wan came back. Anakin didn't exactly want to figure out what Obi-Wan had planned for him.
The man had already turned Ahsoka to the dark side and convinced her to become his apprentice. Who knows what the man would do to him. He didn't know this Obi-Wan... The Obi-Wan he knew was kind, caring, loving, and would never turn to the dark side.
Anakin's eyes widened when the door to his cell opened. He wasn't surprised when Obi-Wan walked inside.
"Let. Me. Go," Anakin demanded immediately.
Obi-Wan didn't seem phased in the slightest. After a moment the sith bent down in front of Anakin and grabbed his chin.
"I'm afraid I can't do that. I have to keep you safe."
"Safe?" Anakin blurted out.
Out of everything he expected Obi-Wan to say this wasn't it.
"Yes. Your like my brother of course I have to keep you safe."
Anakin's eyes widened in surprise. He had expected his former master to kill him on the spot not claim that he had to protect him. "Obi-Wan let me go." He pleaded.
Obi-Wan simply shook his head.
He needed to get out of here, back to Padme, back to his children. If Obi-Wan left the room maybe he could find a way out of his restraints even if it was very unlikely.
"Now I have an important guest coming and they can't know your here s-"
"Who?" Anakin interrupted.
Who was coming? Normally he would be able to sense who but at the moment he couldn't use the force, unfortunately.
"I can't say but they will try to take you away from me, away from your protect-"
"This is not protection! Don't you even dare call this protection!" Anakin yelled, fire in his eyes.
He didn't need to be protected. Ever since he touched the dark side everyone except Padme and his children acted like he was glass. Anakin Skywalker was anything but glass. He was a dragon with the desire to protect and save. To protect his loved ones and save innocent lives.
The dragon in his furnace heart was roaring in rage. Rage at Obi-Wan Kenobi. A man he used to call brother, a man he used to be able to trust with his life... They had been the team, but the team had been split in two. Now that very same man had turned to the dark side and was ruling the galaxy as emperor with his former apprentice that he had turned to the dark side.
He had been so heartbroken when Obi-Wan had turned, but when Ahsoka turned to his heart had shattered. Two of the most important people had turned against him, betrayed him.
"Why...Why did you do it? Why did you turn?" Anakin asked.
"To protect you. That's why Ahsoka turned as well. All we want to do is protect you Anakin."
"You have no right to say my name! Not anymore... Not after you betrayed me."
Anakin looked down to the floor and tried to get out of his restraints to no avail. He wanted to leave and never come back.
"Betrayed you? How?" Obi-Wan asked.
He looked up glaring daggers at the sith. "I don't have to tell you anything. Let me go or leave me alone."
Surprisingly Obi-Wan stood up and left the room, leaving Anakin by himself.
Anakin let out a small sigh of relief. It hurt to be in Obi-Wan's presence, to see what he had become. The first time he had seen Obi-Wan again he had tried to turn him back to the light, to make him see reason. But it ended with him falling down a cliff and getting rescued by fellow Rebels.
So far he hasn't seen Ahsoka since her turn. When he did - because he knew there would be a time when he saw her - he would do his best to turn her back to the light. Hopefully, she wasn't as far gone as Obi-Wan...
The door opened to his cell to reveal a small stormtrooper.
"Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?" Anakin questioned.
The stormtrooper reached up and took the helmet off to reveal his wife Padme Amidala Skywalker.
"Ani we've talked about you not calling me short. Let me get you out of here."
Padme walked forward with a set of keys and unlocked his restraints and the force suppression collar around his neck. The force came rushing back to him, leaving him disoriented. A moment later he stood up on shaky legs and motioned for Padme to lead the way.
But first, she handed him his lightsaber with a smile. They made their way through the base and reached an Imperial shuttle and managed to take off without difficulty. He was surprised Obi-Wan hadn't shown up at some point.
They safely jumped into hyperspace and that's when Anakin allowed himself to bury his head in his wife's arms and cry for all he had lost.
A/N: The ending was kinda rushed but it's whatever. XD XD But of course, Anakin had to use the Leia quote. Father like daughter! XD I hope you enjoyed it!
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