"Oh, you said it Chewie." Han acknowledged. "Where did you dig up that old fossil?"

"Ben is a great man," Luke argued.

"Yeah, great at getting us into trouble."

"I didn't hear you give any ideas."

"Well, anything a better than just hanging around here waiting for them to pick us up."

"Who do you think-" Luke was cut off with a series of beeps and whistles from Artoo.

"What is it?"

"I'm afraid I'm not quite sure sir. He says 'I've found her' and keeps repeating 'she's here'," Threepio said.

"Well, who...who has he found?"

"Princess Leia."

"The princess? She's here?!"

"Princess?" Han questioned.

"Where? Where is she?" Luke persists.

"Princess? What's going on?" Han began to ask as Artoo interrupted again.

"Level five, detention block AA-23. I'm afraid she's scheduled to be terminated."

"Oh, no! We've got to do something!"

"What are you talking about?"

"The droids belong to her. She's the one in the message. We gotta help her!" Luke said frustrated.

"Now look, dot gets any funny ideas. The old man wants us to wait right here." Han sat down.

"I had a feeling she was here. Just find a way back into that detention block." Luke asked Artoo.

"I'm not going anywhere."

"They're going to execute her. Look a few minutes ago you said you didn't want to just wait here to be captured. Now all you want to do is stay?"

"Marching into a detention area is not what I had in mind!"

"But they're gonna kill her!" Luke shouted leaning closer towards him.

"Better her than me!" Han turned around stubbornly.

Anakin who'd been sitting in silence in the corner looking at specs of the station, attempting to work out a plan.

Luke and Han's fighting kinda reminded him of his relationship with Ashoka and Obi-wan. Which reminded him he needed to be the mature one on this mission. He needed to keep his mind open. He was here through the force, so he was even more in touch with it. More powerful and more capable than he would be normally.

"She's rich." Luke leaned towards Han.

"Rich?"

"Mm-hmm. Rich, powerful. Listen if you were to rescue her, the reward would be-"

"What?"

"Well, more than you can imagine."

"I don't know. I can imagine quite a bit."

"You'll get it."

"I better."

"You will!"

"All right kid, you better be right about this."

"All right."

"What's your plan?"

"Um..." Luke paused.

"Threepio, hand me those two binders there will ya. Okay." He examined both pairs, walking over to Chewie. "Now I'm gonna put these on you," Chewie growled fiercely pushing him back.

"Okay. Han, you-you put those on." He stuttered handing a pair to Han. "Don't worry Chewie. I think I know what he has in mind." Han reassures his Wookie friend.

He walked over to Anakin. Who was deep in concentration. He tapped him on the back causing Anakin to jump up and swear under his breath.

What Anakin didn't realise is that he had sworn in Huttese. It was his mother tongue and felt most natural to curse in. Luke looked at him weirdly. "Sorry, Luke I wasn't expecting that." He quickly apologised.

"Master Luke sir. Pardon me for asking but what should Artoo and I do if we're discovered here?" Threepio asked concerned.

"Lock the door," Luke said putting on his helmet. "And hope they don't have blasters." Han, Chewie and Luke opened the door.

"That isn't very reassuring," Threepio whined.

"Don't worry Threepio, they probably trust droids. You'll be fine." He reassured him before walking out the door.

"Why thank you Master Ani," Threepio exclaimed. Anakin stopped shocked, he turned to look back at the droid. "I'm not sure why I called you that it seemed involuntary." Anakin smiled before joining the others.

Han and Luke in disguise marched Anakin and Chewie through the corridors. They came to an elevator. "I can't see a thing in this helmet," Luke whined.

"This isn't gonna work."

"Why didn't you say so before?"

"I did say so before!"

"Guys please could we stop the bickering." Anakin sighed. The elevator came to a halt and the four of them exited the elevator.

"Where are you taking this...thing?" An officer asked not seeing Anakin blocked by Chewie.

"Prisoner transfers from cell block 1138."

"I wasn't notified. I'll have to clear it." Crap. Luke thought to himself as he saw the two officers walking towards him

Anakin quickly outstretched his arm and the officers tumbled to the ground. The other three looked at him in disbelief. "Don't worry. They'll wake up-" Anakin trailed off distracted by an extremely strong force signature.

Suddenly three other officers entered the control room. They immediately opened fire on the intruders.

Han, Chewie and Luke immediately reacted. Luke and Han ducking for cover and firing back. Chewie swinging his arm knocking an officer back.

Blaster bolts bounced off of every surface, damaging a lot of the equipment. A stray bolt ricochets off the walls several times before striking Anakin's side. "Argh." He yelled, stumbling back. He then used the force to force throw the guy and he lands at Han's feet. Han shoots him.

The intercom flashed, Han reacted quickly answering the call. "What's going on down there."

"Just a slight weapons malfunction, everything fine now, we're fine now, how are you." Han stuttered, desperately trying to think of things to say.

"We'll send a team down."

"Oh no there's been a reactor leak, big leak very dangerous, don't send anybody till it's contained."

"What's your number?" Han quickly shot the panel, it exploded sending sparks flying.

"Boring conversation anyway. We're going to have company!" He yelled down at Anakin, who was sitting on the ground holding his side. "I found her she's in there." He shouted, groaning as he pulled himself up.

"What happened?!" Luke ran towards him.

"I'm fine a blast just caught me in the side." Luke nodded, opening the cell that Anakin motioned towards.

"Aren't you a little short to be a stormtrooper?" Leia asked as she rolled her eyes.

"Huh. Oh, the uniform." He quickly whipped off his helmet. "I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you."

"You're who?"

"I'm here to rescue you. I've got your Artoo unit. I'm here with Ben Kenobi!"

"Ben Kenobi?! Where is he?"

"Come on!"

"Get behind me, get behind me!" Han yelled to Chewie as a coup of stormtroopers entered the block. Han and Chewie make their way towards the others.

"Can't get out that way," Han informed the group.

"Looks like you've managed to cut off our only escape route," Leia spat.

"Maybe you'd like it back in your cell, your highness."

"C-3po!" Luke repeated panicked. "Are there any other ways out of here." He yelled over the blaster fire. A muffled reply echoed. "What was that I didn't copy."

"I said all have been alerted to your presence, sir. The only way out seems to be through the main reactor." Threepio informed him.

"There isn't any other way out." He sighed turning to the others.

"This is some rescue. You got in here did you have a plan for getting out!"

"He's the brains sweetheart!" Leia quickly grabbed Luke's blaster, shooting the garbage chute cover.

"What are you doing?!"

"Somebody has to save our skins. Now into the garbage chute flyboy!" Leia yelled before jumping in.

"Wonderful girl. Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her." Luke rolled his eyes before jumped into the chute. Anakin ignites his lightsaber deflecting the blaster bolts heading their way.

"Go!" He yelled Han jumped in.

"Argh," He groaned landing in the garbage chute. "The garbage chute was a really wonderful idea. What an incredible smell you've discovered."

Leia rolled her eyes. "Where's the other one?" Han shrugged.

"Let's get outta here. Get away from there."

"No, wait!" Han didn't listen and shot anyway. The bolt bounced off the walls.

"Will you forget it?! I already tried it! It's magnetically sealed!" "Put that thing away! You're gonna get us all killed!" Leia yells.

"Absolutely, your worship. Look, I had everything under control until you lead us down here! Ya know, it's not gonna take them long to figure out what happened to us! And the so-called most capable one of us all, that Jedi, just ditched us."

"He was a Jedi?!"

"His name is Anakin!"

Suddenly Anakin came flying out of the chute next. Groaning as he squelched into the water. "And where were you?" Han asked immediately.

"Saving your skin. Your welcome," he sneered.

"I like him." Leia grinned.

"All things considered this could be worse."

A low growling sound echoed. "It got worse."

"There's something alive in here," Luke stated anxiously.

"That's your imagination."

"Something just moved past my leg. Look did you see that!" He pointed to a shadow moving in the water.

Everyone looked around wearily, moving slightly. Suddenly the creature took hold of Luke's leg pulling him under the water. "Kid!"

"Luke!"

"Luke! Luke!" Han ruffled through the garbage. "Luke?!"

Luke popped back up again with the creature wrapped around his face. "Luke! Luke, grab hold of this!" Leia reached out.

Anakin reacted quickly igniting his lightsaber and plunging this through the creature's body, then freeing luke from its grasp. A loud clanking sound echoed throughout the chute.

"I got a bad feeling about this," Han muttered just before the walls began to close. "The walls are closing!"

"Don't just stand there! Try and brace it with something."

"Thank goodness they haven't found them, but where good they be." Artoo gave a sing-song reply.

"Use the comlink. Oh, my. I forgot. I turned it off." "Are you there, sir?"

"Threepio"

"I believe we have some problems."

"Will you shut up and listen to me?! Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level, will ya?! Do you copy? Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level!" Luke repeats over and over again." "No! Shut them all down, hurry!"

"What? Haha!" Luke yelled in delight.

"Listen to them. They're dying, Artoo! Curse my metal body! I wasn't fast enough. It's all my fault! My poor master."

"Threepio, we're alright. We're all right! You did great!"

"Hey, open the pressure maintenance hatch on unit number- where are we?"

"3263927!"

"There she is." Han smiled the Falcon coming in to view.

"Threepio? Do you copy?"

"Yes, sir?"

"Are you safe?"

"For the moment. We're in the main hangar across from the ship." "We're right above you, stand by," Luke replied.

"You came in that thing. You're braver than I thought," Leia said comedically. "Nice, come on."

Han and the others turn a corner, bumping into several troopers. "Get back to the ship!" He yelled as he ran.

"Where are you going? Come back!"

"He certainly has courage."

"What good will it do us if he gets himself killed? Come on." Luke and Leia ran off in the other direction.

Anakin meanwhile ran after Han. "Curse my conscience."

"Agh!" Han continued his chase after the troopers. Rounding a corner many troopers came into view. Suddenly Anakin appears behind Han, he ignited his lightsaber and jumped towards them.

"Han run!" He yelled as he deflected blaster fire.

"Code saber confirmed. Jedi sighting confirmed. He is armed and extremely dangerous."

"What happened to you guys you used to have a great shot." Anakin used the force to push the troopers back, then closing the hangar bay door. He took off after Han but soon came to a stop. He held his side as he panted heavily. His wound from earlier throbbing. Every breath feeling like a tiny dagger. "Agh." He mumbles quietly as he inspects the wound. There was some tissue damage enough that it had been bleeding, but wasn't any serious damage. It was painful enough. Attached to his belt were some bandages and bacta pads.

Han rounded the corner to find Anakin slouched against the wall. "There you are. What happened?"

"Extreme - physical - strain - not - good - for - blaster - wounds." Anakin managed to say through laboured breaths. Han approached him and the wound came into view, Anakin was attempting to dress it.

"Ohh. That's pretty bad." He winced.

"Yeah, but no serious damage." Anakin winced as he attempted to place the bacta pad.

"Here let me help." Han knelt down taking the bacta pad into his own hand. Anakin groaned and rolled his eyes but allowed Han to help him anyway. "You always carry medical supplies?"

Anakin chuckled. "Obi-Wan would kill me if I didn't. I mean, back in the day, he would have. It's just become a habit."

"I suppose it's even more dangerous for you now." Anakin nodded. "The force can only do so much."

"I thought you didn't believe in the force?"

"Don't tell the kid." Han winked. "There you go," Han announced finishing the wound.

"That should do till we get out of here."

"Assuming we'll actually get out of here."

"I once broke in and out of the most secure Jedi prison in the galaxy, we'll get out." Han helped Anakin up and the two continued on their way.

"Is there anything you can't do?"

"You'd be surprised." Anakin winked.

Obi-wan strolled down a long corridor, distantly he could hear the sound of loud breathing and heavy footsteps, growing closer and closer. Around the corner the figure turned, it was none other than Darth Vader; standing proud his lightsaber already ignited.

Obi-wan sighed as his gaze fell upon him. How far had his good friend fallen? The thought pained him. And of course, Obi-wan was the reason he was in that suit.

Vader walked towards him. Obi-Wan ignited his lightsaber preparing for what was to come. Vader was the first to speak. "I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner but now I am the master."

"Only a master of evil, Darth." It pained him to say such a thing.

Their blades crossed, with each strike Obi-Wan dealt Vader blocked it. Vader was fully on defence only striking back a few times.

"Your powers are weak, old man."

"You can't win Darth, you strike me down I will become more powerful than you could ever imagine." Their sabers clashed once more.

"You should not have come back." Obi-wan looked upon his former best friend, his brother. And it saddened him.

Obi-wan loved him, but Anakin was gone. Although there was something there, the smallest sliver of light was still left in his soul, like someone had cracked open the dark cage he was locking his former self away in.

Obi-wan knew he could not exploit it. He had hurt Anakin too much. Vader hated Obi-wan, he hated him as much as Anakin Skywalker had loved him.

Their blades clashed again. The more Obi-wan tried to gain an advantage, the more he realised he could not. Vader was superior to him now, even with half of his body gone. This was the man that abolished the Jedi.

Han, Anakin and Chewie round the corner. Before them, sat, the Falcon, although, it's being guarded by several stormtroopers. "Didn't we just leave this party?" Chewie growled. Luke and Leia rounded the corner stopping beside them.

"What kept you?"

"We, uh, ran into some old friends."

"The ship alright?"

"It seems okay if we can get to it. I just hope the old man got the tractor beam out of commission."

Vader and Obi-wan appear in view of anyone in the bay. Vader making some quick movements advanced on Obi-wan. The troopers watched from a distance ready to make their way toward them.

"Come on Artoo, we're going." Threepio and Artoo make their way towards the ship.

"Look!" Luke exclaims. "Now's our chance, go."

Luke, Han, Chewie and Leia make their way out toward the ship. "Ben?" Luke sighed when he spotted him and Vader duelling.

Vader pauses when he feels the Force presence. "The force works in mysterious ways doesn't it." He exclaims to Obi-wan. Obi-wan looks over at the group and back to Vader. He smiles and lowers his defences.

Vader takes that as an opportunity, striking Obi-wan. Instead of his body falling lifeless to the floor, he vanished, his robe all that is left. Vader stared at the robe, twenty years he had waited for revenge, to see Obi-wan's body dismembered, only for him to just disappeared into thin air.

And what was worse he could have sworn he heard Obi-wan say he loved him, through the force, but maybe that was just pained memories. The thoughts rush through his head as he presses his boot around Obi-Wan's robe.

"No!" "Obi-wan!" Luke raised his blaster, shooting at the troopers.

"Luke come on."

"Come on." Han and Leia yell.

Chewie grabbed hold of Anakin, but Anakin lept out of Chewie's grip and jumped towards the troopers they try to shoot him. Anakin sliced through them easily, heading straight for Vader. One of the troopers manages grabs his cloak, as he lands his cloak falls to the ground.

Vader looked at him as Anakin marched towards him, Chewie grabs hold of Anakin and tries to pull him back. In a state of complete rage, he yelled trying to break free unaware that he was tapping into the dark side as he shouted more he extended his arm.

Vader looked upon his younger self, their eyes locked, as they did i]the force sent a shiver down Anakin's spine. "No!" Anakin yelled in response. "It can't!"

Vader watched as Anakin's eyes grew yellow. Suddenly white lightning exerts from his fingertips, it strikes Vader. The sheer force and power of the lightning brought Vader to his knees.

Anakin suddenly stopped. In complete shock. As the lightning stopped, Chewie let go of Anakin. The once yellow eyes had now returned to their natural blue.

More troopers head towards them. They ran in front of Vader, protecting their boss. As Vader got up off his knees he turned off his lightsaber and clipping it back on his belt. His natural reaction when struck was to ignite it and fight, but not now.

Anakin looked over at Vader quickly and they made eye contact. It's true. I am that monster. Anakin deflected a blaster bolt, hitting the panel closing the blast doors.

"Come on, kid!" Han yelled to Luke as they all made their way onto the ship. Luke continued blasting at the few troopers left. Determined.

Run, Luke, run. A voice echoed in his head. Luke lowered his blaster and entered the ship.