Vader paused before her, his finger pointing at her as he shook his fist. "This is a warning, Senator." His voice boomed, "And for your sake I hope you remember it, because next time, you will have to deal with my Master, and I can tell you this, the Emperor is not as forgiving as I am." With that, Vader slide his lightsaber into his belt and swiftly stormed out of the room, leaving Padme alone with the dead bodies, clone troopers and her thoughts. All three telling her one thing, she was going to die... and probably by the hands of Darth Vader himself.
She hated him. She hated him more than anything else in the galaxy. She didn't care if people said Palpatine was the man behind it all. She knew the truth; Vader was the real monster. She could hear her mind screaming that fact, making sure she would remember it. Padme heard her mind loud and clear. Vader was a monster, just like everyone had said. He was a killer, a murderer, and he deserved to die for all his wrong doings.
He's a monster! He's a monster! He's a monster!
Padme was too wrapped up in her thoughts to comprehend what was happening around her. She could hear the clone troopers commanding her, but she couldn't understand them, her mind was too far gone. They pulled her roughly by her arms and she was forced to follow. She stumbled behind them awkwardly, looking like a drunken girl that had drank too much to release her sorrows; but Padme didn't care. Everything was just too much. "Lord Vader has gone to see the Emperor, take the Senator back to his establishments."
She comprehended that… hardly. Everything was still just too much. She hoped Vader would suffer, just as he had made her suffer. She hoped Palpatine would do his worst, hopefully finishing the job this time. She regretted that she had ever felt pity for the beast. She wished that he had died that night. She wished that he had let her die the night he found her at the bar. She wished and dreaded so much. It was all too much.
As she was taken back to his establishments, again in the dark due to the blindfold, her mind still couldn't make sense of the situation. It was as a million sparks were traveling through her mind, exploding to cause more damage. She knew she was going insane. She could feel it, and as she was thrown into Vader's establishments, she couldn't help to feel broken, weak…. Gone. She hit the floor with a loud boom, but didn't feel a thing. She had nothing left. She was a child. She was weak. She might have been a Queen of a planet, but nothing had prepared her for this. She was done. She was giving up. She didn't care.
Padme ripped off the blindfold, but did not push herself off the ground. Her head snapped towards the noises coming down the hall, her insane mind screaming that it was Vader.
"Mistress Amidala," 3PO screamed in shock and concern as he frantically ran towards her, "Are you alright?"
Padme was too far gone. She had seen too much of Vader. She was losing her mind.
She let out a small cry, as she shoved herself away from the droid approaching her. "Get away from me!" She screamed, pushing herself even farther up against the wall.
"Mistress?" 3PO asked, obviously more concerned than before, "What's wrong?" Padme shook her head frantically, as the tears continued to pour down her face. "This is all a trick!" She screamed angrily, "This is all a trick!"
"A trick?" Threepio asked confused, taking a step back from the crying senator to give her some obvious much needed space, "I'm afraid I don't understand."
"You're going to kill me," Padme spit, turning her face angrily towards the golden droid, "You're with him!"
"Who, Mistress?" 3PO pressed, trying to get sensible answers.
"Lord Vader!" Padme cried.
3PO's head fell to the side, his confusion only growing. "My Master?" He asked still obviously confused.
"Yes, your Master!" Padme spit, "I hate him. I hate him! I never want to see him again!" She began hitting the wall and ground around her, needing desperately to release some of the anger that was inside of her. She didn't care that it hurt. She needed it. The "real" Padme wanting– needing, to wake up from the nightmare happening around her.
"Calm down, Mistress!" 3PO exclaimed as he stumbled forward, grabbing her hands within his own to secure her, "Stop, Mistress. You'll hurt yourself!"
Only then did the "real" Padme emerge, but only for a moment. She starred at the droid before her, the droid that obviously cared about her and her wellbeing. Even if Threepio was Lord Vader's droid, he was nothing like Lord Vader and would never hurt her. Padme knew that, at least in the right mindset.
"I'm sorry, Threepio." Padme cried, looking away in pure shame of her behavior. But as fast as the mist cleared within Padme's mind, it returned; a weird sickness overtaking her as she began to breathe heavily.
3PO ignored her, his one hand moving toward her forehead, as the other remained locked around her wrist. He laid his fingers down gently, as if not to frighten the girl before him. "You are not well, Mistress." 3PO stated, feeling the heat rising from Padme's forehead, "You're burning up."
Padme ignored him. She laid her head back further, allowing it to rest against the coldness of the wall. "He scares me, Threepio." She whispered, "I don't want to die."
"No one is dying, Mistress." 3PO said quickly, "Calm down. We need to think of your h–"
"But they are! They are!" Padme wailed, her tears once again breaking through, "Everyone is dying! He killed them all! He's going to kill everyone!" "Mistress –"
"No!" Padme screamed, not allowing the droid to finish as she pushed herself off the floor and stumbled away. 3PO tried to stop her, but Padme wouldn't let him. "I'm sorry, Threepio." She cried, backing away in the direction she knew was her room, "Tell Lord Vader he got his wish. I'm scared. I fear for my life. I'm petrified of him. I hate him. I hate so him. I wish he would have died, or that he would just kill me already. He's a monster, and I will never tell anyone anything else, because there is nothing human about him. No human could do what he has done. He's a monster."
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