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The sky battle over Scipio was raging, her pilots were still stuck in the deadly dance of dogfighting with the remaining hyena droids. Thankfully the Separatist fleet had jumped systems almost immediately after her arrival but in their haste they abandoned the droids that had already been deployed.
She felt the ground shake beneath her feet as an explosion landed too close to her for comfort, but she continued running, she had to get to Clovis’s office, Padme was in danger. She knew he was mad at her, but his safety mattered most and right now his life was in danger. She had gotten to the entrance of the office area, there were two commando droids that she was able to catch off guard and quickly slice them down. Entering the room the first thing she noticed was that Padme and Clovis were alone, there were some destroyed droids scattered around the office, Padme looked fine, upset but with no discernible injuries. As she rushed towards her husband she felt the force give her a warning, before she had time to properly react she saw a hyena droid bomb the building they were in before crashing into the building.
She could see both Clovis and Padme had been knocked off their feet and were sliding off the edge of the exposed roof, she used the force to jump to them, she grabbed them both right before they went over. She had just had enough time to think ‘I got him, he’s safe’ before she started slipping, she tried her best to pull them up but she wasn’t strong enough to save them both, at this rate all three of them were about to fall to their deaths. She had to strain to even speak “you’re too heavy… we’re slipping" she sensed something change within Clovis, she saw it in his eyes before he let go. For better or for worse Clovis had loved Padme. Without Clovis’s weight Anakin was able to pull herself and Padme up and away from the ledge, she could sense that he was shaken so she held him, Padme returned her embrace.
They sat like that for a long while, the sun had set before they moved. Anakin heard her comm buzz, she tightened her grip on Padme for a moment before she answered her comm, Rex’s voice came in “General the droids have been destroyed, what’s your location?” she ran her fingers through Padme’s hair as she answered “Good job Rex. I am with Senator Amidala, I’ll send you our cords.”
It was quiet, but after a while she could hear the buzz of their transport getting closer, it was clear that Padme heard it too. Padme pulled away from her, and tried to flatten his robes. “I’m glad you’re safe” she hadn’t even intended to speak, but the words came out anyway, after a moment he responded “I’m glad you’re safe too” as he said that he reached out and pressed his thumb to her cheek, she leaned into his touch, but too soon he pulled away looking at the transport that was rapidly approaching.