Sorry for the long wait. My Beta was on vacation and now she's back ahd I I have visited her.
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Lady Vader was bored out of her skull.
Here she expected to be out with the troops but right now they were having a hard time locating the escape pod and they would have to wait until tomorrow morning to go to it at this rate so she got on a speeder bike and headed out. Without her cloak and face veil or her guards.
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Luke Skywalker was heading back to his speeder when he felt a pair of eyes on him. He turned and noticed a young woman with brown hair and eyes watching him from a short distance away.
I feel as if I should know her. He thought.
Luke watched the woman straighten.
"Hey Luke!" Biggs suddenly called.
Luke turned to his best friend. Biggs came over with two mugs.
"Tell me everything that has happened since I left." Biggs said, handing Luke one of the mugs.
Luke turned back to the woman but she was boarding a military grade speeder bike.
"Well, the Raiders are getting a little bolder." Luke began; watching as the woman sped away across the Desert.
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Lady Vader sighed.
This was easily the most boring planet in the entire galaxy.
Suddenly her private commlink chirped. She reached into one of the pouches on her belt and retrieved it.
She held it in front of her and activated it. An image of her father appeared. "I need you at my current position." He said quickly. "Yes Father," she said. "I had your personal ship dropped off. Just ask one of your men which berth it's in."
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Princess Ana sat shivering in her cell. Any minute Lord Vader is going to come in and torture me. She thought. I must be strong!
The door opened and an officer came in followed be Lord and Lady Vader.
Ana swallowed..
"And now your Highness we will discuss the location of your hidden Rebel Base." Lady Vader said, coldly.
A beeping noise slowly filled the cell. Curious Ana turned her head and her mouth opened in fear: an IT-O floated behind them and to the side.
Quickly Ana slid as far as she could away from the droid, no doubt earning smirks from the Vaders.
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Han Solo studied the two men in front of him. He couldn't believe he was even considering this, but life had been treating him well lately. So well, in fact, that he had been forced to dump the Spice he was carrying for Jabba the Hutt. As if that wasn't enough, Jabba was none too happy that Han had no money to pay for the lost cargo. Now he was running out of time and this was the only job that had come his way. Yes, he thought, life was certainly treating him well.
One of the two men was really more than a boy – fresh off the farm if he had to guess. Judging by the bar fight the boy had started earlier, his inexperience was great enough to get more than himself in trouble. What he really needed was at least a year at the Academy to smarten him up.
As for the crazy old man with the lightsaber, he was another sort of trouble. He was the sort to seek out trouble. Han doubted he even knew how to keep a low profile. Han glanced at the lightsaber. It made him think of Angel. She wasn't the sort to keep a low profile either.
Not a day went by that he didn't miss Angel and some days he even missed his post on Coruscant, not that he would admit that out loud. He had never even told Chewie about Angel. He couldn't bear talking about her. Some things were better private.
Han pulled his thoughts back to the task at hand. He folded his hands on the table and introduced himself. "Han Solo, I'm captain of the Millennium Falcon." At least this mission promised to be exciting, no matter what the old man said.
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"Her resistance to the Mind Probe is considerable. It will take some time before we can extract any information from her." Lord Vader told Moff Tarkin.
'You should have done it yourself instead of having her do it." Tarkin said, giving Lady Vader a look.
"I am just as good as my father." Lady Vader hissed.
"The final check out is complete, all stations operational." Chief Bast reported. "What course should we set?"
"Perhaps she will respond to a different form of persuasion." Tarkin mused.
"What do you mean?" Lord Vader asked.
"I think it's time we demonstrated the destructive power of this station. Set your course for Alderaan." Tarkin ordered.
"With pleasure." Bast answered.
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Ana gasped as she was brought onto the Command Deck of the Death Star.
"Governor Tarkin, I shouldn't be surprised to see you here controlling Lord Vader." Ana spat.
Tarkin smiled cruelly.
"Only the Emperor controls my father. If Tarkin tried to control him he would be a dead man." Lady Vader hissed.
Tarkin glared at Lady Vader but didn't say anything.
"Princess Ana, before your execution I would like you to be my guest in a ceremony that will make this battle station operational. No star system will dare oppose the Emperor now." Tarkin said.
"The more the Emperor tightens his grip Tarkin the more star systems will slip through his fingers." Ana said with a vague smile.
"Not after we demonstrate the destructive power of this station. In a way you have chosen the planet that will be destroyed first. I have decided to test the station's destructive power on your home planet of Alderaan." Tarkin announced.
"No! Alderaan is peaceful! We have no weapons! You can't possibly-"
"You want another target? A military target? Then name the system!" Tarkin snapped.
Ana swallowed, her eyes wide.
"I grow tired of asking this: where is the Rebel Base?" Tarkin demanded.
Ana peered over Tarkin's shoulder.
"Dantooine. They're on Dantooine." Ana whispered, lowering her head in shame.
"There you see Lord Vader; she can be reasonable. You may continue with the operation, you may fire when ready." Tarkin said.
"What!" Ana yelped.
"You are far too trusting." Tarkin told her. "Dantooine is too remote to make an effective demonstration. But don't worry, we will deal with your rebel friends soon enough." He announced.
"No!" Ana whimpered as Lord Vader dragged her away from Tarkin.
Ana watched in horror as a green laser hit Alderaan, watched as the planetary shield held for a second before failing and as Alderaan was blown to rubble.
A gagging noise filled the silent Bridge.
"And . . . you call . . . yourselves human." Ana stuttered.
"Take her away!" Tarkin barked.
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Lord Vader walked down the corridors of the Death Star with his daughter at his side.
"I am sorry father." Lady Vader said suddenly.
"Sorry for what?" he asked her.
"Nearly vomiting on the Command Deck." She answered softly.
"It was your first Force Disturbance. I gagged at my first one too." Lord Vader told her.
He could sense her relief.
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Lord Vader stood in the Conference Room with Tarkin. They were waiting for the report to come in from Dantooine.
Finally the door opened admitting an officer and Lady Vader to enter. Tarkin scowled at her. "Yes?" he nearly demanded.
"Our scout ships have reached Dantooine. There they found the remains of a Rebel Base that they estimate has been deserted for some time. They are now conducting an extensive search of the surrounding systems." The officer reported.
"She lied to us!" Tarkin snapped. "Why that little-"
"I told you that she would never willingly betray the Rebellion; unless she thought that it would destroy this station in the process." Lord Vader said smugly. "Indeed," Lady Vader said in agreement.
"Terminate her at once!" Tarkin ordered.
"And destroy our only link to the Rebels?" Lady Vader asked curiously.
"We will find other links to the Rebellion." Tarkin snapped.
"And if not?" Lady Vader asked snidely.
"Silence!" Tarkin barked.
"Make me!" Lady Vader shot back.
"Lord Vader, you will remove your daughter from this station!" Tarkin snapped, fuming. "Immediately!"
A beep from the comm panel caught their attention.
"Yes!" Tarkin asked.
"We captured a freighter entering the remains of the Alderaan System. It's markings match those of a ship that blasted its way out of Mos Eilsey." The officer reported.
"They might be trying to return the stolen plans to the Princess, she might still be of use to us." Lord Vader commented. "Oh and my daughter will not be leaving until this is investigated." Lord Vader said steering his daughter from the room.
As soon as he was out of earshot, he turned to Lady Vader. "Your behavior was unacceptable. I expect you to sound like an adult."
"Tarkin is an idiot!" Lady Vader objected.
"Of course he is, but you cannot convince an idiot to change his mind unless he respects you and arguing in such a childish manner defeats that purpose. See that it doesn't happen again."
Lady Vader bowed her head. "I will, Father."
"Good, now why don't we go see about that ship?"
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Lady Vader stood beside her father as they examined the ship that they had captured entering the Alderaan System. The ship was a YT-1300 and in bad condition.
She only listened with half an ear to the officer's report to her father. Something felt...familiar here, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why. Suddenly her father put his left arm around her and led her out of the Hanger.
"What is it Father?" She asked. "A Presence in the Force, it feels familiar. Almost like your Mother...," her Father explained.
Lady Vader could feel her Father's pain through the Force and through their Bond. "It's alright Father, I am here," she told him.
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Han mentally shook his head as he followed Luke down the corridors of the space station with Chewie in between them. He was certainly right about this getting interesting.
He was craving a little excitement if he was truthful with himself. The last time he had any real excitement was the botched Spice run and before that when he deserted. It was far from an ideal substitute for racing Angel and her father through the Coruscant underground, but it was the best he could manage just now.
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Lord Vader walked down one of the many corridors of the Death Star with his daughter when he sensed a very familiar presence. He scowled, feeling the negative emotions wash through him. Anger, betrayal, loss, fear. The last time he felt that presence, the person he loved more than any other had died.
He paused for a moment. He wanted to confront him right now, but he pulled himself back. He wanted this fight to be his and his alone. He turned on his heel, heading straight for Tarkin's location.
Lady Vader hurried to after him.
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"Obi-Wan Kenobi, he is here!" Lord Vader announced to Tarkin.
Tarkin frowned. "Obi-Wan Kenobi?" he repeated. "What makes you think so?" he nearly demanded.
"A tremor in the Force. A tremor that is associated with him." Vader explained coldly.
Tarkin sniff. "Surely he must be dead by now," he said dismissively.
"Don't underestimate the Force." Lord Vader hissed angrily.
"The Jedi are extinct. Their fire has gone out of the Universe." Tarkin said. A beep from the comm interrupted him. "You my friend is all that is left of their religion." He finished.
Lord Vader scowled behind his face veil.
"Yes?" Tarkin asked the officer on the other end of the comm channel.
"We an emergency alert in Detention Block AA-23!" The man reported.
"The princess?" Tarkin asked. "Put all sections on alert!" Tarkin ordered.
"Obi-Wan is here. The Force is with him." Lord Vader said with conviction.
"If you are right, he must not be allowed to escape." Tarkin said.
"Escape is not is his plan!" Vader informed Tarkin. "I must face him. Alone." Lord Vader stressed before leaving the room.
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