Wires | Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker |

Eight

 //I hope you like this! Its kind of a filler.... Idk, its pretty short, i'm just tryna get to the good stuff. Remember to vote/heart and comment! I love hearing your feedback!//

My heart pounded, my vision was blotchy, bile rose in my throat. I sat and watch other nurses working to lower Anakin's blood pressure. They said I was too emotionally compromised to help. After all, I did show up crying, screaming for help. Anakin was dying. There had been no medication for an emergency like that. I still didn't know what caused it. He had been doing so well. After they had done what they could, they transformed him into the hospital unit so he could be under surveillance by multiple doctors and nurses. In the mean time, I had been granted leave for the day. Not because of my emotional state, but because someone had demanded that he speak to me. Someone very important, it seems.

— //I hate point of view switches in the middle of chapters but this is happening.//—

— Anakin's Point of View—

I woke up feeling like my brain had been liquefied. I could feel the tubes in my arms again, and heard the familiar beeping of machines. I opened my eyes only to squeeze them shut again; The light was blinding. I groaned when I realized where I was. I hated hospitals. "How are you feeling, Lord Vader?" An unfamiliar voice broke through the cloud in my head. I moaned in response. Where was Abilene?

"You are going to have to stay here for the rest of your bed rest. I am afraid that you were not under the proper care." What they were saying made my blood boil.

"I was perfectly fine where I was." My eyes shot open. "And I have never been treated better by anyone before." I glared at the nurse, whom looked afraid.

"It was not my choice, Lord Vader. Chancellor thought it best for you to be with other people." I had been with Abilene for so long, I had almost forgotten that people were afraid of me. And that I was supposed to be scaring them.

"DId he say why?" I tried to make my voice as bold as possible. I knew exactly why, but I just wanted it to be confirmed. Of course he knew, somehow. How?

"N-no, Lord Vader, he didn't say. And I didn't ask." Of course you didnt ask, no one questions him. Especially when you are of low status.

"Okay. Where is nurse Amar?" I hoped that she was okay. I hope that I didn't scare her.

"The Chancellor is speaking with her now." Oh god.

Tick tock.

"Lord Vader, your blood pressure is increasing again. I have to ask you to calm down or you will be sedated before further damage is done." The nurse was more afraid than she was at any other point in her life. This dawned on me. Everyonefeared me, Darth Vader. Even Abilene.

I willed myself to breathe evenly, and calm down.

You know what he will do to her. To you.

Breathe.

"I advise that you get more sleep." The nurse spoke nervously. I replied with a nod, shutting my eyes.

This is your fault.

Breathe.

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I awoke later that day. Or maybe it was the next day. It was hard to keep track when you aren't rotating around a sun. I could feel a presence next to me, a familiar one. I opened my eyes to see Abilene sitting next to my bed. She looked physically unharmed, but whether or not she was mentally harmed was another story. She noticed that I was awake, and I could feel her pulse accelerate. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying, and she held herself like she was weak.

"Ani, you are awake! How are you feeling?" She seemed very hesitant, like she was keeping herself from saying something. I knew it had something to do with Chancellor.

"My head hurts a bit." I knew that there was security cameras, and I silently warned Abilene. I could tell that she understood, but she made no move to become more professional. Something bad most of happened. "Are you okay, Amar?" I could not call her by her real name, not out here. She could have her brain wiped again if the masses found out that she had her memory.

"I am fine."

She is lying.

Breathe.

"What did Chancellor say to you?" I needed to know. What did he know? Was I to be punished? Would she be punished?

"He... he thanked me for helping you, for aiding you... " She hesitated to say more. "And he has relieved me of my duties. Permanently. I will be staying here, still, but I will be free to do what I want. With an exception... I can only see you if it is for work purposes. He told me that I was softening you. That I am making you weak to things like anxiety, stress. I am sorry, LordVader." My name on her lips made me feel strange, like things were wrong. She was holding back something. Something important. She couldn't say it. I needed to know what it was. She knew what I had to do, and she let me into her thoughts. I sifted through a lot of things, until I found what I was looking for, buried deep down.

He can't be saved. And neither can you.

//Oooo new setting. Idk about this chapter. tell me what you think.//
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