Vader sat down at the large dining table to enjoy his dinner in silence. It was late at night, his son was already retired for the evening with his new wife and Vader was more than pleased with how things were looking. Luke would be reminded of who was in charge and he would learn respect. He would also have ultimate revenge against the defiant Queen. Reina would wallow in misery for many years in the royal dungeon. Without an image of her daughter save for the last time she had seen her in the hands of Luke. She would think of what her daughter was enduring at the hands of Luke although Vader knew that Luke would make a far better husband and father than he had. Either way, Jade didn't know that and she would live her life believing that her daughter was being tormented and abused. He stood up in shame at the thought of how much he had failed as a husband. He walked out of the room leaving his half finished dinner and left the palace.

He walked through the dark streets of Theed until he reached the cemetery. He walked into the cemetery and soon found himself inside of Padme's tomb.

He sat down in front of the large coffin as tears started to leave his cheeks. If only he had had her with him. If only she had lived. Vader couldn't undo the past but perhaps he could make sure that Luke had what he had lost so long ago.


Luke looked at Mara as he spoke, "Do you mind sharing a bed like this?"

"We are now legally married and your father has forced us together. Like you said we might as well try to enjoy it. All we can do is try to make the best of it, I've never had a boyfriend though," Mara replied. Luke nodded as he felt lust flowing through him from Mara's presence.

"I've never had a girlfriend," Luke stated.

"How old are you anyways?" Mara asked.

"Eighteen, and you?" Luke asked.

"Sixteen," Mara replied as she stepped forward.

Luke captured her lips as they moved towards the bed. With his hands roaming her he broke the kiss as he spoke, "Do you really want this?"

"Luke we are in this together. Neither of us wanted it but what can we do? You're right let's try to make the best of it," Mara replied as she gave him another kiss. Luke used the Force to turn off the lights. The two teens soon found themselves beginning their journey as husband and wife.


Luke and Mara awoke the next morning with the sun barely rising. Mara looked at her new husband with a smile, "You're an early riser?"

"Even after last night you can say that I am," Luke replied.

Mara kissed his cheek as she spoke, "Maybe it won't be so hard for us to enjoy this life then."

"Last night was amazing enough," Luke replied.

"You were as unfamiliar with things as me weren't you?"

"Yes," Luke replied.

Mara smiled as she felt his hands running up and down her sides.

"What are the plans for today?" Mara asked.

"We are boarding the Devastator and heading back to Coruscant to await my next mission. My dad is transforming this palace into a prison for your mother."

Mara sighed, "Can I see her again?"

"If I could I will allow it, but he has her and he has forbidden me to allow you two to see each other. Maybe after she's in and it's a few months from now we can sneak back and visit."

"Wouldn't he hurt you if you disobeyed him?"

"Yes, but it would be worth it if it made you happy," Luke replied.

"I don't think that it's worth seeing you suffer. I felt so many scars on you last night. He isn't a good father Luke. No father does this to their child."

"Until about two years ago when I met my friend Biggs I thought that all of this was normal," Luke replied as he looked down at his wife.

Mara kissed him as she spoke, "If we have a child you won't do anything like that will you?"

"Never," Luke replied as he sat up.

"Let's get a shower and get started with the day."

"That's a good idea," Luke replied.

"Come on what are you waiting for? Mara replied.

Luke smiled as he took her hand.


An hour later, Luke and Mara were boarding a shuttle that was bound for the Devastator. As they boarded Luke pulled Han aside "I want two good men on our ship. They have to be married, middle aged and good husbands and fathers who won't hurt my wife. They will be her personal bodyguards."

Han bowed, "I will start my search for candidates at once. There are certainly some that we cannot trust with her."

"They have to be willing to kill their comrades if it means protecting her."

"Understood," Han replied


Devastator:

It was a day since their departure from Naboo. Mara had boarded the ship with her husband late in the night and he had left the bed early. She had woken up surprisingly late and after her shower she realized that it was noon.

She quickly headed for Luke's refrigerator and set about making her new husband something to eat for lunch. She made him a sandwich and wrapped it up and headed for the door of her chambers.

She stepped out of her chambers and was shocked to see two Imperial Officers flanking either side of the door. She was being guarded she realized much to her disgust.

She felt anger flowing through her. Luke was no different than Vader. She was still a prisoner. She stared at the two officers as she spoke, "Who are you?"

"We are your security detail assigned to you by your husband milady," a middle aged man of around forty five replied.

"Where is he right now?"

On the Command Bridge."

"Take me there," Mara stated in anger.


Luke saw Mara storming towards him in anger.

"We need to talk."

Luke made a gesture to her two protectors as he led her to his office.

He stepped inside and felt an instant slap on the cheek.

"You promised not to make me a prisoner. Why am I being guarded like one?" she screamed.

"It's not like that at all," Luke replied as the slap melted away.

"What do you mean not like that?" Mara yelled.

"This ship isn't accustomed to having a civilian woman onboard. I had to execute one of my men last week for raping one of the female crew members. This ship has a very large crew and you cannot just leave your room alone and unprotected. That is why I leave you with security."

Mara was silent for a moment before she stepped forward, "I'm sorry I just thought..."

"No need Mara, I understand how hard it is to be in the position that you're in. It's very hard on me too."

Mara stroked Luke's red cheek as she kissed him.

She then placed a bundle in his hands, "What's this?"

"Your lunch. I made it for you."

"Thank you," Luke replied.

Mara smiled as she turned and left the room.

Luke unwrapped the sandwich with a smile of gratitude towards his young wife.


Mara stepped out of the office to the sight of her two protectors.

She walked with them towards the lift as she spoke, "Can I see more of this ship?"

"We will give you a tour," One of the men replied.

"What are your names?" Mara asked.

"I am Jax," stated the older man who had a mix of brown and grey hair.

"And I'm Kit," replied the younger man who had very pale skin and white blonde hair.

Mara nodded as she stepped into the lift.

"Do you have children?"

"I've got two boys and two girls, One of my girls is about your age and she's a redhead. You remind me of her." Jax replied.

"I have a ten year old son and two little girls," Kit stated.

Mara smiled, "Do you have images?"

The two men quickly produced small pocket holoimages for Mara to view.

Mara noticed the tiny blonde haired girls in Kit's image.

"They are gorgeous."

"I haven't seen them in a couple of months."

"I'm sorry," Mara replied.

"It's hard but I gotta keep food on the table."


That night, Luke entered his chambers to the wonderful smell of food.

He noticed a full table waiting for him.

"I made bantha roast for you. I found it in the kitchen. I hope that you like it."

Luke sat down with his wife without a word.

He smiled, "The sandwich was amazing."

He took a bite of her roast in disbelief.

"This is even better."

"You like it?" Mara asked with a smile.

"Yes," Luke replied.

Mara took a bite of her dinner as she looked at Luke and spoke, "Here is my question. in your eyes am I your prisoner?"

Luke shook his head, "What do you mean?"

"Do I have any freedom?"

"About as much as I do which is little considering my father," Luke replied.

"Why do you serve him?" Mara asked in disgust.

"Because it's the only life that I have ever known."

"What if you could have a life without living like this would you?" Mara asked.

Luke was silent for a moment as he looked down at his roast. He took a bite of it as he thought. He then looked at Mara and spoke, "I never have thought of any other life."

"You're a slave to him," Mara stated in disgust.

Luke hung his head as he spoke, "You're probably right."

Mara shook her head as she spoke, "Where are we going right now?"

"Back to Coruscant," Luke replied.

Mara said nothing as she thought of how hard it must be for her husband. She was a part of his life now she was going to see everything that he endured at the hands of the Emperor.


Naboo:

Vader walked through the Royal Palace as stormtroopers marched throughout the great hallways. At his side stood Moff Panaka. "The Palace will serve one purpose and one purpose only. It will be a prison for Queen Jade. She is in one of the old dungeon cells at the bottom of the palace and she will be kept there until the day that she dies."

"And what of the future Queen?"

"There is no future Queen or Royal Council. Naboo will be under complete Imperial control. The Royal Palace will serve as a symbol of my absolute authority as well as a reminder of the fate that awaits those who dare to defy my authority."

"Why not end her life and be done with it?"

Vader glared at Panaka as he spoke, "I would rather leave her to wallow in misery she may never see her daughter again or any children that her daughter has with my son. She will simply remain in the dark pit to be forgotten about. She will be alone and suffering. No one will save her. Meanwhile others will see what I have done to her and they will hesitate to join the rebels that are rising to defy us."

Panaka nodded as Vader approached the nearby elevator.

He stepped inside and pushed the button that would take him to the dungeon.

Reina Jade watched as Emperor Skywalker stepped into her tiny cell. She looked up at him in horror. He looked down at her with a smile as he spoke, "My son really enjoyed your daughter. I should say that he really is enjoying her. He had his way with her and when I saw her this morning she was shaking in fear as she served him breakfast. He is breaking her faster and faster. He told me that he just had to take her with force and it was all over."

Tears flowed down the horrified mother's cheeks as Vader told her the fate that her only child was suffering.

"She will bear his children including the third Emperor. You will rot in here and you will be forgotten. You will never be seen again," Vader stated with a cruel smile.

Reina trembled as Vader looked down at her with his yellow eyes.

"P-Please I wasn't allowed to take my holo image of her."

"You will never see her again. The only thing that you will see is the inside of this cell and your meals. You will die in here."

Vader then poured a storm of lighting into the helpless woman before storming out of the cell.


As Vader left the Royal Palace he noticed Maximilian Veers approaching him with a datapad.

"Your new Daughter in law is Force sensitive your highness."

"I knew that the moment that I laid eyes on her," Vader replied.

"She has the same level of power as Master Windu according to the files that I accessed."

"Yes I know," Vader replied.

"It means that your son could have a potential apprentice."

Vader smiled as he walked away from Veers.

"Yes he may have just that."

"Do you think that if he trained her that you could defeat the two of them?"

Vader looked at Veers as he spoke, "If he trained her and their offspring I wouldn't stand a chance. In fact the two of them could be almost enough to defeat me."

Veers frowned, "You're talking like you want him to."

Vader said nothing.

The truth was that he wanted to be with her. He wanted to die. He wanted to die so that he could see his angel in the netherworld. He knew that his son was close to finishing his training. The boy just hadn't fully embraced the darkness. He still had some light in him which was a mystery to Vader due to the fact that the boy had only known darkness from birth. He hoped that he could cause enough rage in the boy to bring about his end. He then could die and leave Luke to rule the Empire that he had built. Mara would have a child with Luke perhaps several. Luke would most likely train at least one of his children and that child would carry on the Order of Sith Lords. The Sith Order would continue through the Skywalker line. The Skywalker's would rule the Galaxy for thousands of years unchallenged, who had the power to stand against a Skywalker? What Jedi would be able to defeat Emperor Skywalker and his son or the descendants of his son?


Coruscant:

Luke awoke with his wife resting in his arms. He looked down at her as he spoke, "Why are you so willing to just be with me after all that my father has done?"

Mara opened her eyes as she spoke, "Because I see a side of you that you don't even see. Despite your attempts to convince me otherwise you have a conscious Luke. You have good in you."

"I am good," Luke replied.

"You may believe that but the Sith are wrong. Is being beaten down and tortured by your father right? How can you believe that what he has done to you is right?"

"I-I don't know," Luke replied.

Mara sat up as Luke pulled her back to the bed.

She then spoke, "So you know nothing about your mother?"

"Aside from the fact that my father killed her. The day that my training is complete I intend to destroy him for killing her," Luke hatefully stated.

"How long do you believe it will be before you are a full fledged Sith?" Mara asked.

"A few years," Luke replied.

"What of me?" Mara asked.

"Did you know that you're Force sensitive?" Luke asked.

Mara shook her head as Luke spoke, "I can take you as my apprentice Mara. I can train you and together you and I can rule the Galaxy after we overthrow my father."

"I remember reaching out and calling things to my hand as a child. My mother freaked out when I did and she punished me. I was forbidden from using it. I haven't done any such thing in years."

"My father would have found you if you had. I wonder if he even knows that you are force sensitive."

Mara noticed Luke kissing her even more passionately as she felt him pinning her to the bed. He then spoke, "Together Mara we will rule the Galaxy. Will you join me as my apprentice?"

Mara looked at Luke as she spoke, "Will you give me one thing if I do?"

"Name it," Luke replied.

"I want my mother freed once he is dead."

"I'll do that for you," Luke replied.


An hour later, Mara found herself deflecting blasterfire from a training droid with the spare lightsaber that Luke had given her.

She looked at her husband as she spoke, "How am I doing?"

"You're doing incredibly well for your first time."

"Isn't your father going to come over for dinner tonight?" Mara asked.

"It's likely," Luke replied.

After returning to the Imperial Palace, Luke had learned that all of Mara's possessions from Naboo had been moved ahead of time. He was pleased with the fact that he didn't have to make too much of an effort to move her in. A part of him was angry as he realized that his father was still in complete control. He turned his focus back to Mara's training as he did his best not to think of his father.

As Mara trained, Luke watched with pride deciding that his forced marriage might not be so bad after all. His nights were much more peaceful with her and she had given him so much on each night.


Vader walked into his son's quarters noticing that his son wasn't anywhere near.

He walked into the kitchen to see Mara cooking dinner.

"You're here early," Mara stated.

Vader nodded, "Where is Luke?"

"He had to go to the main kitchen for a few things that we didn't have for dinner."

"Oh," Vader replied

Mara nervously turned away from the vile man as she continued to cook.

"I'm guessing that he has already recognized your Force abilities. He has already started your training hasn't he?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," Mara replied.

"There is no need to lie, that is part of the reason that I chose you as his wife."

Mara looked at Vader in shock as he spoke, "I have lived my wretched life for long enough. Forty years is far too long. Luke doesn't have enough power to destroy me alone. No one in the Galaxy can destroy me on their own. No Jedi could have destroyed me. The two of you though, you will destroy me in a fight if you are well trained and if you have your offspring to aid you. I hope that time comes sooner than later because I am more than ready to die."

"You want to die?" Mara asked in disbelief.

Vader glared at Mara as he spoke, "Yes."

Mara gave him a look of disgust.

"You torture your own son physically and psychologically and you have done all that you have done because you want him to become you. You also want him to destroy you. You want your son to be the soulless monster that I am facing now. And you expect me to be a part of your sick desires?"

"If you are, you will be able to make things the way you want them to be. Think of the power that you may have. You can even destroy my son if you wish. Your child will become your apprentice and you will be able to have your mother back. Once he gains your trust you will be able to slay him in bed as you make love. It will be as easy as that," Vader stated with a smile.

Mara shivered in disgust as she looked into Vader's eyes. She shook her head, "You're nothing like me Skywalker. We are not the same. I am better than you and I will show you that I am better than you. My son will not be anything like you and I'm going to make sure that Luke turns out to be anything besides the animal that is standing in front of me right now. Now please excuse me, I have some cooking to do," Mara stated in disgust. Vader seemed taken back by Mara's defiant response. He glared at her for a long moment before he left the kitchen.


Alright that's it for now, thank you for reading and reviewing. I'm starting school next Monday. Between preparing for it this week and the first few weeks and the course load I don't know how often updates will come. The reviews have been great but as long as I can keep my head above the water I will keep updates coming when I can.

-Fallen Jedi 79