Title: Final Hope
Author: xBlaze of FuryX
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
Rating: T for safety and language
Setting: Three days after Yoda's death
Main Characters: Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader
Author's Note: This chapter takes place three days since Luke got to Dagabah so yeah, here's chapter III
Chapter III
Captain Han Solo gazed around the Millennium Falcon as Chewbacca walked toward him. The wookie growled and Han heard him say, the hyperdrive still needs repairs and I can't seem to find what's the matter with it, in his mind.
Han sighed before walking over to the hyperdrive. "This thing has always given us trouble," he commented.
"Hey Han," a new voice sounded and Han glanced over his shoulder in time to find Lando Calrissian walking toward him. The dark skinned man nodded in greeting to him before stopping at the ramp to the ship. Han sighed before walking out of the Falcon with Chewbacca just behind him.
"What do you want, Lando?" Han asked as he narrowed his eyes slightly.
"I just wanted to see what you've done to my ship," the dark skinned man replied simply.
"Your ship?" Han narrowed his eyes. "This was my ship, I won it fair and square."
Lando laughed. "That is true but can't I be a little bit concerned about a ship that use to be mine?" he asked.
Han shook his head before sighing. "I still don't get why you told Madine about Luke's parentage? I thought for sure you would keep it a secret when you figured it out with us," he said.
"As I said before, I had to tell them something to make them believe that I'm not working for the Empire," Lando replied with a shrug.
"Thanks to you, Luke is out there and ya know Vader is still searching for him. I don't know what he wants with the Kid but I figure it's something bad. While he's with the Alliance, he had a chance of not being found by Vader but now, who knows?" Han replied. He really liked Luke, the Kid was like a younger brother to him and he didn't want to see what would happen to him if Vader should get his hands on him, even if Vader is his father.
Vader being Luke's father? It's still a surprise to me, Han thought. But I bet Luke is still in shock about this newfound news as well.
Lando sighed. "It's like this, I had to tell them something to make them trust me just as I had to turn you over to Vader to prevent Cloud City from being overrun by Imperials," he replied.
"And look what happened, the Imperials still overran Cloud City," Han said. "I ain't going to forgive ya if Luke gets captured by Vader, just remember that." With that, Han turned around before walking back into the Falcon. Lando took a step after him but Chewbacca growled and he stepped back. The dark skinned man sighed before turning around and walking away from the ship.
Han sighed before gazing around the Falcon. "I hope the Kid is all right," he said out loud.
As do I, Chewbacca growled in reply. I really like Luke, he's a good man.
"Yes, he is and I hope he won't get captured by Vader." Han closed his eyes slightly before opening them and walking toward the hyperdrive. "Now than, why don't we see why this hyperdrive decided to go out on us?
\----/
Mon Mothma let out a long sigh as she leaned back in her chair and gazed at the members of the council around her. Princess Leia has been unusually quiet since they had declared Luke a traitor over three days earlier. Admiral Ackbar sat beside Mon Mothma and Madine and Rieekan sat on her other side.
"So what do you think we should do?" Mothma asked curiously.
"As Leia pointed out, Skywalker is the last living Jedi now that General Kenobi is dead so I think we should try and find him," Admiral Ackbar replied with a slight dip of his red head.
"But he's Vader's son," Madine protested.
"As Leia also pointed out, we cannot blame Skywalker for the actions of his father," General Rieekan pointed out.
"I didn't see you jumping to help him before," Madine snapped.
"I had to have some time to think it over," he replied with a shrug.
"But he could be a traitor, how else would Vader have known we were at Hoth? Not to mention Skywalker was missing for three months before he came back with Princess Leia and Captain Solo from Bespin," Madine pointed out.
"He may not have met us at the rendezvous point after the battle at Hoth but we never asked him why he wasn't here for those three months," Mothma pointed out. She was still startled by the news that Luke was the son of Vader. She could also piece together more information that Vader is really Anakin Skywalker because of the last name Luke had.
"That is true," Ackbar agreed, turning his glassy eyes toward Madine. "I believe we should find him and apologize to him for our actions."
"But where is he?" Rieekan asked before Madine could reply.
"That I do not know, Captain Solo and Princess Leia may know, they were the last ones to see him when he left," Mothma said.
Leia looked up before narrowing her chocolate brown eyes. "How do I know you will not take him prisoner if I tell you where he went?" she asked.
"Cautious, I see," Ackbar said.
"I still think Skywalker is a traitor," said Madine but he fell silent as Mothma glared at him. She turned her gaze back to Leia and held her gaze for a long moment, the dark brown gaze reminded her so much of the late Senator Amidala that she couldn't help but glance twice at the Alderaanian Princess.
"We promise we won't take him as prisoner when we find him, we just want to apologize to him for our actions," she replied out loud before glancing at Rieekan, Ackbar and Madine.
"I agree with Mon," Ackbar replied with a dip of his bulbous head.
"As do I," Rieekan replied.
Everyone turned their gaze to the ex-Imperial who glared at them before lowering his gaze. "Very well, I agree," he muttered, barely loud enough for Mothma to hear him. She nodded slightly before turning her gaze to the Princess as Leia frowned as though she was deep in thought.
"I heard him tell Artoo that he was heading toward the Dagabah system," replied Leia.
"The Dagabah system? Why would he go there?" Ackbar wondered aloud.
"He said that he had a promise to his friend that he had to keep," the Princess replied with a shrug.
Mothma nodded. "Well then, we are going to the Dagabah system," she said.
\----/
Princess Leia Organa walked down the hallway on her way to the hangar bay, her thoughts were on Luke and everything that has happened in the past five weeks. She closed her eyes briefly before sighing and continuing to walk around.
She spotted Han and Chewbacca walking toward her from the Falcon. Han nodded slightly in greeting to Leia. "So was the verdict about the Kid?" he asked curiously.
"They are going to the Dagabah system to try and find Luke and apologize to him," Leia replied.
"That is good," Han replied, the Correlian smiled slightly before glancing over his shoulder as the wookie came to his side. Lando Calrissian followed the wookie, the dark skinned man nodded in greeting to them.
"Well, if it isn't Lando? I thought you had gone away by now," Han asked.
Lando shrugged. "I wanted to hear what the verdict about Skywalker," he replied.
"They are going to look for him and apologize," Leia replied.
"Where?"
Leia narrowed her dark eyes slightly. "The Dagabah system," she replied. But Luke might not be there anymore, she thought before voicing her thought out loud. "But I do not think he will stay within the Dagabah system. He might know we'd eventually tail him."
"He doesn't trust us enough to keep it a secret?" Han asked.
Leia gave him a look that made him take a step back. "I already told the council," she replied sadly. "I just hope they will keep their promise and not hold him prisoner when we find him."
"Where would Luke go if he somehow knew you were coming after him?" Lando asked curiously.
"Someplace no one would even think to look for him," replied Han.
"But where can he go?" Leia asked. Except Tatooine, she thought silently.
"There's Tatooine, when we were racing to deliver the plans to Alderaan before the destruction of the first Death Star, the Kid was always complaining about how much he hated Tatooine," Han pointed out.
Leia narrowed her eyes. "That is true," she agreed. "Would he go back to Tatooine even though he despises that planet?"
"Who knows?" Han replied with a shrug.
"I'd better get going," Lando said before walking away from the group. Leia narrowed her eyes slightly as she watched the dark skinned man walk away. There is something up with Lando but I don't know what it is, she thought.
\----/
"Lord Vader," Vader glanced over his shoulder as Admiral Piett walked to his side. The Admiral looked a bit hesitant and nervous but he seemed to be keeping his emotions from appearing on his face. But his eyes betrayed the unease that was in his eyes.
"Admiral," Vader replied with a slight dip of his head.
"The Emperor wishes to make contact with you," Piett replied.
"Very well, retransmit it to my communication chambers," he replied before turning around, his black cloak swirling around him as he walked off of the bridge and toward the communication chamber. He entered it silently before kneeling down as Emperor Palpatine's face appeared before him.
"What is thy bidding?" he asked, lowering his head.
Palpatine narrowed his eyes slightly. "The spy has reported to our representative and he wishes to speak with you," he replied. "The only reason I kept him alive when he refused to tell me what I wanted to know was because he is too good to be disposed of."
"I see, master," Vader replied.
Palpatine nodded. "You know your orders," he said before he disappeared. Vader stood up before walking to the communication center and answered the call from the bounty hunter that he and Palpatine had hired.
Boba Fett nodded in greeting to him. "Lord Vader," he greeted him.
"Boba Fett, you have some news for me?" Vader asked, narrowing his cold blue eyes at the bounty hunter.
"Yes, my Lord, the spy I have within the Alliance has told me that Skywalker was last seen heading toward the Dagabah system but that Alderaanian Princess doesn't believe Skywalker is there. She and Solo seem to think he would be going to the one place that no one else would think he'd go back to," Boba replied.
Vader narrowed his eyes. "Where would that be?" he asked.
Boba narrowed his eyes slightly. "The Emperor said you would pay me for this information," he said. "I want at least a hundred thousand credits for this information."
A hundred thousand credits just to find out where my son is? Vader thought, forcing the shock to not appear on his stone-like face. "Why?" he asked.
"I have to pay the spy, he is working for me and he needs the money," Boba replied.
"Why would he need the money?" asked Vader.
"I do not know but he wants half," replied the bounty hunter.
"I see, I will discuss the price with my master but I figure he will give you the money," Vader replied.
"Very well," Boba replied. "My spy told me that the Princess seems to think Skywalker will be heading toward the Tatooine system."
A/n what do you think?
Blaze: ha, a slight cliffhanger
Darth: oh, who is the spy?
Tigerstar: yeah, who is he?
Blaze: I'm having a poll
Tigerstar: can I do it?
Blaze: no
Darth: can I do it?
Blaze: no
Vader: can I do it?
Blaze: sure
Darth: (grumbles)
Tigerstar: I should have seen that coming (grumbles)
Vader: well, here's the poll:
Who do you think the spy Boba Fett hired is?
Han Solo
Lando Calrissian
General Madine
Blaze: well, who ever gets it right will get a Tigerstar plushie and get their name posted on the chapter where the spy will be revealed
Darth: yeah
Blaze: so please review and I won't post the next chapter until I get more reviews