Chapter 2

"Daria!" barked Tarkin. Daria had just walked past him, hoping he wouldn't notice her. Tarkin continued, oblivious to her mood. "There is a ship here, the Millennium Falcon. We think they're trying to rescue the Princess. Trap them and make sure that doesn't happen," he started to turn away, but Daria stopped him.

"I'm sorry, but I don't take orders from you, even if you are in the Emperor's graces. And you do not address me by my first name. Call me Miss Vader or Milady. Understand, Admiral? By the way, the Emperor already gave me those orders, oh, about 5 minutes ago." She smirked and then walked away.

She went into her quarters, and into a secret passageway with a dead end she had found a few years ago. There, she stored her weapons, including the ysalmari spike she new how to shoot with on herself in case she had to make a quick excuse on why something happened. This was the perfect time to try it. She just had to go to where there would be shooting and pretend she got hit with a force spike to take away the force. Then, present herself to her father with a few blaster burns, and then bam- she was apparently in a hard fight.

I need to go back to the base soon, she thought.

She did that sometimes; went on a 2 month excursion to the Rebel base. She told Vader and Palpatine that she went to a planet that was full of darkness; Dagobah. She went there once a year to "take some time away from the war." But, really, she was help taking the Empire down. I'll go right after the Rebel's destroy the Death Star, she decided.

_ _ _ _ _ Leia's Cell

Leia was sleeping on the metal cot, when her cell door opened. Through it came a storm trooper, a little on the short side. She immediately sat up.

"Aren't you a little short to be a storm trooper?" she commented.

"What? Oh, the uniform." Then he pulled off his helmet. Underneath it was a handsome young man with sandy blond hair who looked like he just got off a farm. "My name's Luke Skywalker. I got your R2 unit. I'm here with Ben Kenobi."

"Ben Kenobi!" Leia exclaimed. "Where is he?"

"C'mon!" Luke Skywalker said. Skywalker, Leia thought as she got outside her cell. Where have I heard that name from, she mused.

In the hallway were Han and Chewie, shooting storm troopers.

"Great, it looks like you've managed to seal off our only exit," Leia remarked to Han.

"Maybe you'd like it back into your cell, Your Highness," he shot back.

Leia turned around and grabbed the gun out of Luke's hand. She saw Daria and started shooting at her, but missing, you never knew where there would be cameras. Wait, Leia thought to herself. Daria could be without the Force right now. It was their backup plan they had talked about on their last base. She decided to go with that. Leia took a few wild shoots at her. Then there was a Mist. Daria knew how to alter perceptions with cameras- something the Emperor hadn't learned to do. Leia seized her chance at escaping.

"Somebody has to save our skins!" She shot a hole on the side of the wall. "Into the garbage chute, Flyboy," she said to Han. Luke, Han, Chewie, and Leia shot through the opening she made, and into the garbage chute. Han was angry.

"Who do you think you are?" Han questioned. "I had everything under control up there."

"I could see that seeing as we were almost blasted to death," Leia remarked sarcastically. "Oh and I'm Princess Leia."

"I feel bad for your parents," Han muttered quietly.

"Leia couldn't hold herself back. "My parents are dead, along with my whole planet. You have no idea what I've gone through." She glared at him.

Luke stepped in. "Okay, guys, let's stop this. We still have to get out of here." He looked down into the murky water. I think something's alive in here."

Han rolled his eyes. "It's just your imagination, kid."

"I don't think so – whoa!" Luke crashed down into the water.

"Luke," Leia screamed. She started running around, looking for him. Suddenly, Luke popped up, all wet, "It's got my leg! Shoot it, Han!" Luke shouted. Han shot it and Luke got out of its grip.

He breathed deeply, until the walls started caving in. "Oh no!" Luke fumbled with the com. "R2, shut down all the major garbage ways. I repeat, shut down all the main garbage ways." There was a series of beeps. Then, the walls stopped moving. "You did it R2! Good job! Now open the door for us to get out." The door opened and they climbed out.

After they opened the door, surprisingly, there were no storm troopers or workers anywhere. "Where'd everyone go," Han asked. Chewie shrugged. They walked down a few corridors. Suddenly, they stopped. They saw Obi- Wan battling Vader in a lightsaber duel.

"Oh, no." Leia said. Luke saw what she was staring at and gasped.

"What is he doing?"

"I don't know kid, but we better not stick around and find out," Han told him darkly. "C'mon." They slipped around a few hallways, still finding them deserted. Leia looked around quickly and motioned them into the large hanger bay in which Han's ship was. Chewie groaned happily. On the other side through some clear closed doors, they saw Ben and Vader still battling with storm troopers and officers surrounding them.

"We can't just leave him here," Luke exclaimed. Han, Chewbacca, the droids, and Leia were already climbing up the ramp into the ship.

"I know, Luke," Leia said. "But this is our only chance of getting out of here. He created this diversion to let us get out. Don't let it all have been in vain." Luke looked back to the battle. It seemed that Ben was staring at him. Suddenly, Ben smiled and brought up his lightsaber above him. Vader, seeing his chance, swiftly cut him in half.

"Noooo!" Luke shouted. He tried to look at the body, but nothing was there except his cloak. Darth Vader looked at the boy who was screaming.

Luke turned around and ran into the Millennium Falcon with Leia. Han and Chewie jumpstarted it and brought them out of the hanger bay into space. 4 TIE- Fighters were following them, but they shot them off and headed toward Yavin lV.