Blaze: yay! I had a chance to finally do chapter 4

Darth: it's about ime

Blaze: oh shut up

Darth: make me

Blaze: (tosses Darth into a chocolate cream pie)

Darth: mmm pie

Palpypie: can I have some?

A bunch of random people: no

Palpypie: why not?

Blaze, Obi-Wan, Anakin, Vader, Grievous, Dooku, Padmé, Leia, Han, the stranger, Percy, Poseidon, Annabeth, Grover, Artemis, Athena, Zeus, Tigerstar, Feathertail, Ashfur, Hollyleaf, that crazy woman from around the corner, Aragon, Gimli, Sauron, Luke, Thalia, Sally, the cat from upstate, Kronos, George Washington, FDR, JFK, the Executive Cabinet, Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek, the bunny, Lucky, Tigger, Eragon, Murtagh, Brom, Galbycakes, Voldymuffin, and the Klingon: because we don't like you

Palpypie: that's mean

Blaze: and that's not nearly as many people that are mentioned in the first chapter of EON

Darth: why did you start typing that story?

Blaze: I got bored, here's chapter 4 and I hope you like it

Chapter Four

"This is not good," Obi-Wan murmured as the Stormtroopers escorted him, Beru and Owen to the detention center onboard the Executor.

"It was your fault, didn't you know the troopers were following us?" Owen demanded angrily.

"I honestly did not think there would be Stormtroopers stationed at the spaceport where we were heading," Obi-Wan protested. "It wasn't my fault."

"But what about Luke?"

"He got off the planet, I told him that if I didn't come back in an hour for him to take what money he could find and get off the planet. I know it will be a bit hard for him but it is better than him being in Vader's clutches," Obi-Wan replied.

The Stormtroopers roughly tossed Obi-Wan, Beru and Owen into the detention center before the door slide closed behind them. Obi-Wan shifted into a cross-legged position and Beru and Owen sat across from him with fear in their eyes.

"What if he finds Luke?" Beru whimpered.

"I'm sure Luke will be fine, Beru," Obi-Wan said softly.

"Does Vader know its' you?"

"If the Stormtroopers reported me as Ben Kenobi, he could put two and two together but then again…" Obi-Wan shrugged. He knew that Vader knew that he was here but he wasn't about to admit that to Beru and Owen because he did not want to scare them.

"We should have stayed on Tatooine," Owen murmured.

"They would have killed you. How would I have explained to Luke if you two got killed?" Obi-Wan asked raising an eyebrow.

Beru lowered her head. "He's right, you know, Owen," she murmured.

Obi-Wan nodded before glancing up with slightly narrowed eyes as the door slide open and none other than Darth Vader, himself, stepped into the room. Though fifteen years had passed by since Obi-Wan had last seen Vader, the cool yellow flecked blue gaze still took him by surprise and he knew it was hard to believe this man had been the same, nine-year-old boy that had won the Bontha Eve Pod Race.

"Obi-Wan Kenobi, honestly, I would have thought my old master would have been able to escape a few Stormtroopers," Vader said in a cool, sarcastic voice.

"We were caught by surprise," Obi-Wan retorted.

"You? Caught by surprise? It's a no wonder you were brought to me so soon," Vader commented before he turned his cool, yellow-blue gaze to Beru and Owen. Owen met Vader's cool gaze but Beru paled and quickly averted her gaze.

"Owen Lars, I honestly did not expect you to be here," Vader commented. "And Beru, neither did I expect you to be here."

"We have done nothing wrong, my Lord," Beru said.

"You are wrong," Vader snapped angrily. "You have been harboring a Force sensitive, I know, I sensed him."

Obi-Wan forced himself not to wince. Vader knew about Luke but Obi-Wan knew that his former Padawan did not know who, exactly, Luke was or even his name.

"W…We didn't know he was Force sensitive," Owen said but Obi-Wan heard his voice shake and, judging by the cold gleam of anger in Vader's eyes, Vader noticed it as well.

"You have been harboring a traitor to the Empire, I would be in my right mind to kill you now but I will not. I want to know who this boy is," Vader demanded.

Beru and Owen quickly looked away and Obi-Wan found himself holding his breath. He doesn't know, he doesn't know, he told himself silently.

"Who is this boy?" Vader demanded angrily and Beru shrank away. Obi-Wan could feel the dark side flying off of the dark Lord so rapidly that it very nearly toppled him over.

"Who…is…this…boy?" Vader demanded again in a slower voice. "If you do not tell me, I will get the answer I require one way or another."

Obi-Wan knew that Vader was talking about the torture method that the Empire had started fifteen years ago. "You wouldn't harm them, would you, Anakin?" he asked softly.

Vader turned to glare at him. "My name is Vader!" he snapped angrily before adding, "And you would do well to keep out of business that does not concern you."

"This business concerns me as much as it concerns you," Obi-Wan replied calmly.

"I know where this Force sensitive is going, I will find him," Vader snapped but Obi-Wan noticed that he did not say he was going to kill him. Obi-Wan narrowed his eyes, he knew that Palpatine had ordered that Vader kill every Force sensitive and yet he was not going to kill Luke.

Then it hit him so swiftly that Obi-Wan found himself blinking rapidly. He knew! He had to know or else he wouldn't have said he was just going to find him. But how did he find out? He wondered silently.

"We won't tell you who the boy is," Beru declared.

A cruel smirk crossed Vader's facial features before he glanced over his shoulder. "You two are dismissed," he ordered ad the soldiers saluted before walking quickly away and Vader returned his gaze to Beru and Owen.

"Of course you won't tell me who the boy is," he said coolly. "Because I already know." Anger crawled through Vader's veins and Obi-Wan noticed immediately that it was directed at him. "I knew from the moment Darklighter mentioned Luke's name."

"Darklighter? Biggs? Why would he do that?" Beru protested.

"Maybe he felt I deserved to know the truth," Vader said coolly.

"Or you threatened to kill him," Owen muttered and Obi-Wan watched as Owen was suddenly tossed to the other end of the cell. Beru cried out before quickly making her way to her husband's side and Obi-Wan returned his gaze to Vader.

"In truth, Darklighter told me because I was curious as to who the other boy the Stormtroopers had mentioned was," Vader replied coolly before he turned his gaze to Obi-Wan and Obi-Wan saw his eyes gleaming pure yellow as he hissed, "how dare you? How dare you keep him from me all these years?"

"I wasn't keeping him from you, Anakin…" Obi-Wan began.

"My name is Vader!" Vader snarled, his eyes flaring yellow fire but Obi-Wan noticed instantly that the anger wasn't directed at him, at least all of it wasn't and he had a feeling he knew who the rest of his anger was directed at.

"Palpatine never told you Padmé survived long enough to give birth, did he?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Obi-Wan! What are you doing?" Beru cried.

"Shut up, Beru," Owen moaned and Obi-Wan watched as Owen sat up, rubbing his head and muttering something that sounded like curses in Huttese.

Vader snarled in anger. "I should kill you now, Obi-Wan," he hissed.

Obi-Wan raised an eyebrow. "You have always been hotheaded and rash," he said and when Vader looked as though he were about to reply, Obi-Wan asked, "And how do you plan on explaining all of this to a fifteen year old boy?" He did his best to keep Luke's disability a secret, he knew that the only way Vader would ever find out is if he caught Luke and Obi-Wan had to hope that wouldn't happen.

Vader snarled in fury and Obi-Wan almost instantly felt his throat constrict as Vader stretched out a hand.

"Anakin, stop! Luke trusts Obi-Wan, if you kill him, you'll never get your son!" Beru shouted.

Vader suddenly stiffened and Obi-Wan saw his eyes go wide with shock. "W…What?" he demanded and Obi-Wan realized Vader didn't know that Luke was his son. From the look that was in Vader's eyes, he had only suspected that the boy was his son.

"Luke's your son," Obi-Wan gasped out. "I know, I was there."

Vader snarled at him before tossing him roughly to the ground. "How could he lie to me?" he hissed angrily and Obi-Wan knew he was talking about Palpatine. Vader started pacing the detention center, muttering curses in Huttese under his breath.

"What do you mean he trusts Obi-Wan?" Vader demanded after he got his cursing under control.

"He only trusts Obi-Wan, he hardly even trusts me and he doesn't trust Owen at all. It's because of his disability, Obi-Wan is the only one that treats him as though he were just like everyone else," Beru said.

Vader narrowed his eyes and Obi-Wan glared at Beru, attempting to tell her that she wasn't supposed to tell him about Luke's disability. "Disability? What disability?" he demanded.

Beru shook her head. "I won't tell you, if you find your son, ask him yourself," she snapped.

Vader snorted. "We know where the boy is heading so I will do just that. But know this, Beru, I do not tolerate having secrets kept from me. The only reason you three are still alive is because Luke will only trust you three," he hissed and with that, he turned around before stalking out of the cell and the door slide close behind him.

~*~

'Where are we going?' Luke wrote down onto the data pad before showing it to Han as the pilot of the Millennium Falcon slowly made its' way through the hyperspace lanes.

"Well, we were in a bit of a hurry to get away from Tatooine so Chewie, here, put in the coordinates for the Zhar system so I guess there," Han replied with as shrug.

'What's the Zhar system?' Luke wrote down before showing it to the eighteen year old boy.

"It's a system near Tatooine on the Outer Rim. Please stop doing that, Luke, we are about to exit hyperspace and I need to keep my eyes ahead of me," Han said.

Luke hesitated but nodded and put the data pad down beside him before gazing as the starlines disappeared and a big, brown planet rose up in front of them. He pointed to the planet and Han nodded. "That's Zhar, there's a spaceport nearby and it will do for us to stop and refuel. We'll figure out where to take you after we refuel."

Luke nodded and watched as Han gently guided the Falcon toward the planet.

"Unidentified vessel, state your intentions and remain at altitude," a voice over the intercom sounded vaguely like the voice of the Stormtroopers Luke had met on Tatooine.

"We are just looking to refuel," Han replied calmly.

"Please hold." For a long moment only silence existed in the cockpit and Luke began to wonder if they would be allowed to land until the voice of the Stormtrooper came back on. "You may land in docking bay 64," and then the transmission was cut off.

Luke watched as Han landed the Falcon on the docking bay and followed the pilot as Han led the way out of ship with Chewbacca bringing up the rear of the group. Zhar was a barren, isolated planet with only a few trees lying scattered nearby.

'This place is so barren,' Luke wrote onto the data pad.

Chewbacca growled in agreement and Han nodded as a Stormtrooper walked toward them. "Who are you?" the trooper demanded.

"My name is Al Lyvan and I am only looking to refuel my ship," Han replied. Luke gazed quizzically at Han but the pilot ignored his looks and Chewbacca jabbed him in the side as if to warn him not to point out anything. Luke threw Chewbacca a look that the wookie hopefully got as 'I can't speak, how am I supposed to point out anything?' Chewbacca had the decency to look sheepish and he growled an apology.

"Very well, you do have credits with you, do you not?"

"We have some," Han replied handing over a few credits that Luke didn't' notice he had.

"Very well, we will refuel your ship so come on inside," the Stormtrooper said and Luke watched as three more troopers surrounded them before guiding them into the spaceport.

Another Stormtrooper suddenly ran up. "Urgent message, commander, it would appear Lord Vader has entered the system and he has demanded to know about a certain boy," the trooper said.

Luke looked away before glancing at Han with fear-filled look in his eyes. Han put a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sure its' not about ya kid," he murmured but, judging by the look in Han's eyes, he didn't believe himself any more than Luke did.

"That looks like the boy Lord Vader described," the Stormtrooper that had first spoken to them said gesturing to Luke.

"What is your name, boy?" the trooper who had just joined them demanded.

Luke stared at him.

"I asked you a question, boy."

"Leave the kid alone, he can't talk," Han snapped angrily.

The trooper exchanged a glance with the trooper that had been guiding them. "He's mute? Odd, tell us your name, boy," he said turning his gaze to Luke. "Or we will shot your friends." As if to emphasis their declaration, the troopers pulled out their blasters and pointed them at Han and Chewbacca.

Luke gazed at his friends with fear in his eyes and he suddenly remembered that his father's lightsaber was still hanging at his belt. Ben had given it to him just before he had left and Luke had remembered grabbing it just before he had left to go to Mos Eisley. He started to reach for the lightsaber but the trooper, as if noticing that, pointed the blaster at Luke.

"Try it, boy," he demanded.

"Stop! Lord Vader specifically mentioned that the boy is not to be harmed in any way," the trooper that had delivered the message protested.

"We do not even know if this boy is the one Lord Vader is looking for because he will not tell us his name," the trooper snapped.

Luke pulled his hand away from the lightsaber before pulling out the data pad and quickly wrote down, 'My name's Luke Skywalker,' before showing it to the Stormtroopers.

"This is the boy Lord Vader wants," the trooper said after he read the message on the data pad. "Come with me, boy."

"The boy ain't going with ya," Han declared.

"This is none of your business, the boy is coming with us," the trooper snapped.

'I do have a name you know,' Luke wrote down angrily onto the pad before showing it to the trooper.

"Lord Vader is waiting for you," the trooper said. "Come with us and we'll allow your friends to live."

'If they don't go, I won't go,' Luke wrote down quickly.

The troopers glanced at each other before shrugging and Luke watched as the three Stormtroopers that had been escorting them circled Han and Chewbacca. Luke started toward his friends as the troopers placed cuffs over their arms and he gazed at the troopers in shock.

"They will come with us but Lord Vader is only interested in you, they will join your friends in the detention center," the trooper who had brought the message declared.

Luke gazed at Han and Chewbacca who were struggling and he began to struggle as well. The trooper scowled angrily before grabbing Luke's arms a bit roughly and Luke glared at the troopers as they escorted him, Han and Chewbacca away.

~*~

Darth Vader narrowed his eyes as he paced on the bridge of the Executor and examined the brown planet of Zhar below him. He didn't glance up as Captian Piett walked over to join him. "My Lord?" Piett said.

"What is it?" Vader demanded.

"The boy you have been expecting is here, his two companions have been sent to the detention center to join the Jedi and the Lars family," Piett said.

"Where is the boy?"

"The Medbay."

"Was he harmed?"

"Not by much, he was struggling and the trooper might have accidentally bruised him," Piett said.

Vader snarled angrily and Piett wisely took a step back. "I told them not to harm the boy in any way," he hissed. He brushed passed Piett before stalking down the hallway and headed toward the location of the boy that was his son.

When he arrived at the medbay, he noticed a boy of about fifteen years of age was sitting next to Darklighter's bed with a worried look in his eyes. The trooper at the entrance to the Medbay glanced up.

"My Lord, we brought the boy here after Sergeant Nyva bruised him," the trooper said a bit hesitantly.

"Where is Nyva now?"

"The detention center, you said the boy was not to be harmed so I personally escorted him, as well as the captain and the wookie that were with the boy to the center," the trooper said.

Vader nodded sharply before he brushed past the trooper and made his way into the Medbay. Darklighter glanced up. "My Lord," he greeted him, his voice shook a bit and Vader noticed his dark eyes were glittering with fear.

"Darklighter, this must be the boy you were talking about," Vader said.

The boy gazed at him with fear in his eyes before looking at Darklighter. Darklighter smiled encouragingly at Luke. "Don't worry, Luke," he murmured.

Luke turned to gaze at Vader with fear in his eyes and Vader noticed he was clutching a data pad in his hands. He quickly wrote something onto the data pad before holding it out to Vader who narrowed his eyes before taking it.

'My Uncle told me about you,' the data pad read.

"What's the matter with him?" Vader asked handing the data pad back to Luke who scowled before writing something quickly down and holding it out to Vader to see.

'I am right here, after all,' the data pad read.

"He's mute," Darklighter replied.

"Mute?"

"He cannot speak," Darklighter replied.

'Once again I am right here,' Luke wrote down onto the pad and Vader let out a long sigh.

"I know that, young one," Vader said to Luke.

'Then why are you talking as though I'm not here?' Luke wrote down onto the pad before showing it to Vader.

Vader sighed. This was going to be a long day, he thought. "Come with me, young one," he said.

'What about Ben and Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen? And what about Han and Chewbacca and Biggs?' Luke wrote down onto the pad.

"They are well, young one."

'Stop calling me young one and I want to see one of them,' Luke wrote and Vader had to bite his lip to keep from sighing. Apparently Obi-Wan was right, Luke doesn't trust anyone but the people I currently have in my detention center, he thought.

"Very well, I will let you speak with one of them, in my chambers, however," Vader replied.

Luke hesitated. 'I want to see Ben,' he wrote onto the data pad.

Vader sighed. Once again, my former master is right, he thought. "Very well, come with me," he ordered.

Darklighter sat up. "I'm sure you'll be all right, Luke, go on," he said.

Smart boy, Vader thought extending a hand and Luke hesitated but took it and followed Vader as he led the way out of the Medbay and down the hallway toward his chambers.

A/n what do you think?

Blaze: a seven page chapter, cool

Darth: lunch time!

Blaze: weirdo

Darth: Lucky's playing poker

Blaze: candy!

Darth: no

Blaze: CANDY! (Goes off to buy a bunch of candy)

Darth: don't max out your credit card

Blaze: I'm using Palpypie's

Darth: oh okay, that's cool then

Palpypie: why do you guess hate me so?

Blaze: (stabs Palpypie with her candy sword before shooting him with her candy bow and arrow)

Palpypie: ow! (Takes off running)

Blaze: (laughs) that was chapter 4 and I hope you liked it, please review and I will post the next chapter as soon as I possibly can.