"I would prefer if you would let Obi-Wan go with you, but if you insist on setting off in the middle of the night, at least let me go with you." Anakin only shrugged your opinion away as he stepped onto the golden sands of Tatooine. "Please Anakin, I know that I can't stop you from going and I wouldn't want to, but please just don't go alone."

"I don't have time for you to go and do whatever so that you're ready for this, y/n. I'm leaving now to go and get my mother back and I would much rather not have company that's going to give my cover away." He pulled his cloak over the bottom half of his face as he hastily walked towards his speeder, hoping to use whatever nightfall was left to his advantage. "Now leave me alone, and don't tell Obi-Wan about this. Hopefully, I'll be back before the sun rises but don't be alarmed if I'm not. I don't know how many Tuskan savages I'll have to deal with."

"Anakin!" You could sense the irritation building up inside of him as he spun in the sand to face you and gazed upon you with furrowed brows.

"I don't know if you have realised this yet, but I don't need your blessing for this, I don't need anybody's permission. This is no business of the Jedi masters, the senate or anyone else for that matter."

"How do you even know she's still alive?" A wave of sand kicked from the ground as Anakin straddled his speeder and rested his hands eagerly on the handlebars. "I think you and Cliegg seem to forget that I am a Jedi, I think Obi-Wan and the rest of the masters seem to forget that too somtimes. I know she's alive because... I can feel her life force, but it's weak and struggling. I need to be quick I don't know if she is going to last until sunrise." The rumbling of the speeder engine shook the ground underneath it, Anakin pressed firmly into his seat and ducked his head low before securing his cloak around his face.

"Just wait and think about what you're doing." You pleaded, knowing that he would hear you but hoping that he would listen.

"I already know what I'm doing. I'm going to save my mother and if she's hurt, I'm going to make the bastards that hurt her pay."

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Written by Aaron.