"These are dark times." Bail Organa whispered to his daughter. Leia Organa nodded in agreement. She was used to her fathers be careful talks before she went on a mission by herself.

This mission however was the most important mission of all. She was supposed to be delivering the Death Star plans to Alderaan.

"Father I'll be fine you know me! I always talk my way out of bad situations." Leia responded to ease her worried fathers mind.

"Just be extra careful and if Darth Vader or his son board your ship you get into a pod and get as far away as possible."

"Yes father. I should be boarding the ship now the crew is ready to go."

"Be safe and Leia, I love you." Bail told her with worry in his voice.

"I love you too father. Try not to worry too much." Leia said before she entered the ship.

She looked around and studied the paths of the ship so that she could make a quick escape if needed.

"Your majesty, we will be ready to take off in a matter of minuets." The pilot told Leia and she nodded.

"Do we have any droids aboard?" Leia asked trying to sound as casual as possible.

"Yes. 2 R2-D2 and C3PO." The pilot responded, "they should be somewhere by the maintenance part of the ship."

Leia thanked the pilot before heading off to the maintenance area. Arriving there were no droids in sight. But something told Leia that she should turn left and look where the pipes were. It was almost as if she could sense where they were. Following the path in her mind she turned a few corners before coming face to face with an R2 unit.

"Hello little droid. I have a file that I need you to keep safe." Leia said as she bent down to the droid. The R2 unit was white and blue. She felt something inside of her, recognition. This droid has importance. Leia put the drive containing the plans for the Death Star inside the droids memory bank.

The droid beeped happily at her. Leia laughed at her new friend and looked around. "There's supposed to be another droid. A protocol droid I believe."

Just as Artoo beeped back a yes, the whole ship shook.

"Someone's locked onto us." Leia gasped in horror. Her father had warned her that the empire would find them. Panic set in. Leia ran out of the pipe area she was in and back into the main hallway. All the crew members were rushing to the mini-armory on board.

"Senator Organa! It's the empire. We are under strict orders to put you into a pod." A crew member was yelling at her over the commotion.

"Wait! There's an R2 unit that must come with me." Leia responded not wanting the plans to be left behind.

"Okay just wait here by this pod I will be back." The crew member said before running away. Leia stood as patiently as she could. However she did here the unmistakable click of the doors to ship opening a few corridors down. Shaking from fear Leia climbed inside the pod. Minuets were passing and the crew member wasn't back yet. Closing her eyes Leia tried to decide what to do. Something was telling her to eject the pod and that artoo would find its way to her.

Sighing she pressed the button to eject the pod and watched as she got farther and farther away from the ship.

Luke Skywalker was just as strong and ruthless as his father. Obi-Wan had tried to hide him but failed. When he was still an infant he was discovered by his father and taken to his true family. The empire was a beautiful danger in his eyes. Something from a young age he helped forge. Luke knew exactly why he was where he was too. His father had told him everything. The Jedi were evil and corrupt. Obi-Wan Kenobi was the reason his mother had died.

So when Luke was asked to go and find the Death Star plans on board of the Senators ship he was happy to do so.

The door clicked open and he strutted in. His black cape flared as he entered the ship. His boots clicked on the floor so you heard every step. Luke sensed fear on the ship. But he was used to that. Everyone feared Luke Skywalker. He was raised a Sith and would die a Sith and everyone feared him.

The blaster shots had ceased and Luke looked down with disgust on the first crew member. "You! Who's ship is this?" Luke snarled.

"A senator's. Senator Organa." The crew member said.

"Where are you going?"

"Alderaan sir. We're on a diplomatic mission."

"If this is a senators ship and you are on a diplomatic mission, then where is the senator!" Luke felt his anger rising.

"She left in an escape pod sir." The crew member managed to say before he was pulled up by the force to be choked by Luke. Luke's yellow eyes flared. He couldn't remember a time when his eyes weren't yellow. He held the crew me member by his neck until he was just about to die. Then he released him.

Once the body hit the ground and started to cough for air, the rest of the crew mates backed up in shock. There were stories of how ruthless Luke Skywalker was, but stories mean nothing until you are right in the middle of one.