Okay, I realize that the Luke/Vader dialogue may not be correct, but while I was writing this I didn't have any internet access so I couldn't get the script online like I usually do.

Disclaimer: JEEZ! Look, I have a longstanding grudge against Lucas. Why the hell would I want his creation?

Chapter 7: Lila Alive

"What's going on?" Han asked Lando.

"You're being put into carbon freeze," muttered Lando.

"And me?" asked Lila.

"You too, Vader's handing you over to Jabba."

Leia gasped. Lila rolled her eyes. "Oh, as if," she spat.

"Actually," commented Lando, "you're right. You're actually staying here with Leia and Chewbacca. I was kidding."

"You think this is something to joke about??" seethed Lila. "Shut up before I cut you in half!"

"With what?" asked Han, annoyed.

"Oh yeah…remind me to get that thing back," hissed Lila as she stared at the lightsaber next to Vader's."

Across the room Lila faintly heard Boba Fett saying something. "What if he dies? He's worth a lot to me."

Vader replied, "The Empire will compensate you. Put him in!" he ordered.

Chewbacca attacked the nearest stormtroopers. Threepio put up his arms in an unnecessary and useless attempt to protect himself from a nonexistent threat.

"Chewie!" yelled Han. "Chewie, this won't help. Stop."

"Yeah, if it does anything it'll only make everyone else more pissed, and who knows, they might decide to put me in there too, and then I would never get to see the expression on Luke's face when he finds out I'm not dead," called Lila.

Leia slapped her. "How can you be so callous at a time like this?"

Lila blinked. "What, you expect me to break down in tears? That won't help, either."

"You have no heart! Why are you like that?" cried Leia.

"Because crying over Han won't get me anywhere, and it's not like he's gonna die or anything! Besides," she whispered, "I still have to work out a way to escape, which I can't do if I'm distracted by this!"

"How do you know he's not going to die?" challenged Leia angrily.

Lila groaned in a very frustrated way. "Never mind. Look, all I know is that I need to escape, or else one of you is going to tell Luke I'm alive, and I really want to do it! Also, if I find Luke, I find Vader, and I want my lightsaber. So just shut up and let me work."

"You're hopeless," sighed Leia. Lila flashed a grin.

And within seconds, she was so caught up in trying to find a weak spot in the stormtroopers that she barely noticed Han being sent to his doom, maybe.

Leia watched as strange explosions occurred, and tried to cry into Lila's shoulder. She would have, except Lila wasn't there.

"Bitch," she muttered. "But you're fast."

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Lila wished she had her lightsaber, or at least a blaster, as she dashed through the halls. Luke had just landed—she knew that much. What she didn't know was why he was here.

"I should have known. Of course you would show up and maybe die. Of course."

And before she knew it, she was lost. "Crap. Now what?" Retracing her steps, she went through the hallways until she heard the distant sounds of shouting and shooting. Stopping as a stray shot hit the wall near her head, she heard Leia shouting something.

"Luke! No! It's a trap!"

But of course Luke didn't listen and go back to his ship. No, he kept going.

Lila saw Luke disappear around the corner. Making sure not to be heard, she followed and ended up back where she started—in the carbon-freeze chamber.

Luke was wary. Lila silently praised him. He wasn't taking any chances. Of course, coming here was in itself a huge gamble. Typical Luke.

Enter Darth Vader. Sporting Lila's lightsaber. Which Luke immediately noticed.

Lila missed anything the two might have said—it was harder than it seemed to be in the same room as a Jedi and a sith and not be discovered. She skirted the fight, keeping to the edges of the room.

And so the fight progressed. Lila sighed. This was taking too long. As Luke and Vader moved to a room overlooking a vacuum chamber, Lila decided the time for secrecy was up.

"Join the dark side, Skywalker," Vader said.

"Why would I join you?" gasped a rapidly tiring Luke. "You killed Lila!"

"No," said Lila, stepping out. "He didn't."

Luke gaped. He opened and closed his mouth very quickly several times. "What—I—you—" he stuttered. "You're dead!"

"Sadly, you're mistaken," she snapped. "What, do you want me to be dead?"

"Well, no, but—"

"Good then." Lila reached out with the Force and called her lightsaber to her. The silver blade appeared out of the hilt with a hum. She swung it a few times, and then rotated her head on her neck. "Let's do this!"

Luke was still trying to deal with the fact that Lila was alive when the glass shattered, exposing the vacuum. Luke backed off onto a platform that extended into the void. Lila brought her lightsaber up to block Vader's, and followed Luke.

"But what happened?" asked Luke, as they jointly tried to defend themselves. "Why arent you dead?"

"For the last time, Luke." grunted Lila as Darth Vader parried her lightsaber, "I'm alive, and that is that. I'm not going to say anything else."

Vader pushed her aside. Lila rolled off and grabbed the edge. Hoisting herself up, she stood up as Vader turned to Luke. He raised his red lightsaber.

Luke's hand, along with his lightsaber, fell over the edge.

With a cry of pain, Luke scooted back along the walkway and gripped a pole so he wouldn't fall. Lila gasped.

"Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father, did he?" asked Vader.

Lila knew what was coming. "Shit," she whispered.

"He told me enough," snarled Luke. "He told me you betrayed and murdered my father!"

No, no, NO! screamed Lila silently. He was going to tell Luke, he was going to tell Luke!!

She was right.

"No, Luke. I am your father."

And as Luke's scream rang in her ears, Lila let the tears fall.

Okay, so maybe you were expecting something else, maybe not, but this is what o wrote, and this is what you have to deal with. Lila's only crying because she knows Luke can't handle it, and because she still hadn't accepted it herself, either.

Cowgirl4Christ: I think he's a bit preoccupied to have a panic attack.

Swpaintergal: no, I could never forget.

Jedimasterobi-wankenobi: poor Lila, now its poor Luke, and soon its going to be poor everyone. Babbling's fine with me.

So, let's estimate one or two more chapters in here, and then…fin! But for now, happy reviewing!