Han Chewie and Luke headed to the school, they found Kay's teacher sitting
in her office. Han knocked on the door and the trio walked in when they got
permission from Mrs. Keral. She looked up in shock, "Is there something I
can help you with?"
Han nodded as he sat down, "You can tell the social worker it's all a mistake. The Imperials kid-knapped Kay yesterday and Anakin has gone after her."
Mrs. Keral looked shocked. "Why didn't anyone tell me what had happened?"
Han sat back as he eyed the teacher. "Did you really think this would keep Kay safe?" Han waited before continuing. "I have a very checkered past, I've led a rough life from the age of 3. Kay's lucky that she has Anakin and Padme too look after her. The person that took me in used me in ways to make him rich. I was beaten to the point where I could not stand and I had to be fed through a straw. Anakin and Padme are not like that, they treat her good."
"So whose idea was this really?" Han questioned. Luke glanced at Han startled as he stretched out with the force to get a reading off the teacher.
Mrs. Keral took a deep breath before answering. If the courts knew about this then Kay would end up staying with the Skywalker's. "I was bribed by the Shern's, they wanted to adopt Kay."
Luke sat down shocked. "Why did you accept the bribe?"
"I don't know, I thought maybe they were right, but the pain I saw on all three made me wonder if it was a mistake."
Chewie spoke up growling an explanation.
Mrs. Keral glanced at both men before her. Han spoke up as he related what Chewie just said. "Kay's happy with Anakin and Padme and to take that away would be denying her a life full of happiness and love. She would not be happy with anyone else." Han and Luke both silently agreed with Chewie's explanation.
"Also the Shern's made a good point, he used to be Vader and we don't want anyone influenced by someone like that." Mrs. Keral argued as if that should justify everything.
Luke's snapped up as Han and Chewie looked shocked. "You have no right to judge my father based on his past. You are only saying that based on what you have heard, if you knew who he really is then you would not be saying those things. My parents love Kay the same way they love Leia and I."
Han nodded in agreement, "Over the weeks from when he was first brought on board the med frigate three years ago at the Battle for Bakura, I have learned who he really is. That whole experience just let me get to know him."
Chewie nodded in agreement with Han's explanation.
"Get the courts to drop this. You have one month before I drop the hammer." Han said straight out as Luke and Han stood up and followed Chewie out of the room.
Mrs. Keral sat there thinking over what Han Chewie and Luke said. Why did she have the feeling that she really should try and get things straightened out?
Kay woke up but she couldn't keep her eyes open if her life depended on it. She felt like crying but couldn't get the sounds past her throat. She opened herself to the force to begin to quickly drain the toxins from her body. Tears threatened to come but she was so thirsty and dehydrated that she didn't have enough liquids left in her body to shed tears.
Kay began to feel hopeless, she was beginning to wonder if she would make it out of here alive, that thought dwindled as she felt she didn't have much of a chance of getting out of here, except in a body bag. She didn't relish the thought, she wanted to go home and even that had been denied her.
She felt something prick the side of her neck, she began to wonder what wonderful chemicals they were inflicting into her now. The next part was not part of the interrogation as someone began to whip her back, she felt her flesh split wide open and salt was suddenly poured into the wound. She located her voice as the pain became too much. Her high shrilled screamed died on her lips as consciousness left her once more.
------------------------------------------ Anakin wanted to be by her side in a most desperate heart wrenching way. He suddenly felt her scream so loud that he hit the lever and he crashed out of hyperspace. Anakin found himself in the middle of Zsinj's fleet. He felt Kay was on the main warship so he headed there punching in his high- personalized codes. He smiled in satisfaction as he got a signal saying that he has permission to land. He guessed no one decided to deactivate his codes, or was it possibly that no one knew about the hand wired codes? Anakin knew it had to be the latter; he landed in the designation spot, which was always reserved for him.
He lowered the ramp and quickly ran along the side of the ship pulling shadows over himself. He walked over to the control panel and punched in a few instructions for the stormtrooopers head over to the opposite side of the destroyer for a meeting. He knew that he could not go around dressed like this. He walked over to the nearest trooper his size, with a force suggestion he asked to speak to the trooper in private. The trooper followed with another small suggestion with the force, he killed the trooper and quickly stripped him. He got on the uniform and shucked out his gut and began to walk towards where he felt Kay's presence, what surprised him that she felt like she was constantly fading in and out. He knew that he was running out of time and he needed to get to her before it was too late.
Anakin walked into the med wing. What shocked him was that Kay was strapped to the bed and her back was split open. He felt his heart rip in half seeing her like this. She was tittering close to death and he didn't have much time. He glanced at the doctor personal wondering if the same trick would work that worked for Han and Luke several years on the first death star.
"I have command to take the girl to Warlord Zsinj."
"Wheres the paper?" The doctor asked.
Maybe not, Anakin thought with dread. He stretched out with the force clouding the doctors mind and noted he hadn't slept much since Kay was brought onboard. "Zsinj says take a nap, and don't worry about the documents." Anakin replied instantly. He stretched out with the force and with a small suggestion that the doctor should get some sleep, the med doctor nodded sleepily in acknowledgement as Anakin watched the doctor tug the straps off and place Kay on a med stretcher. Anakin took hold off the handles and made a hasty retreat to the ship. This was almost too easy. Then again Zsinj didn't probably expect for him to figure it out.
He closed the ramp and lifted off as he lent Kay his strength to hold on. He glanced around stretching out with the force, he was just suddenly swarmed with ties. Anakin grimaced, he wondered what took them so long to realize he was there? Three ties blew up without him touching the controls. -----------------------
Han nodded as he sat down, "You can tell the social worker it's all a mistake. The Imperials kid-knapped Kay yesterday and Anakin has gone after her."
Mrs. Keral looked shocked. "Why didn't anyone tell me what had happened?"
Han sat back as he eyed the teacher. "Did you really think this would keep Kay safe?" Han waited before continuing. "I have a very checkered past, I've led a rough life from the age of 3. Kay's lucky that she has Anakin and Padme too look after her. The person that took me in used me in ways to make him rich. I was beaten to the point where I could not stand and I had to be fed through a straw. Anakin and Padme are not like that, they treat her good."
"So whose idea was this really?" Han questioned. Luke glanced at Han startled as he stretched out with the force to get a reading off the teacher.
Mrs. Keral took a deep breath before answering. If the courts knew about this then Kay would end up staying with the Skywalker's. "I was bribed by the Shern's, they wanted to adopt Kay."
Luke sat down shocked. "Why did you accept the bribe?"
"I don't know, I thought maybe they were right, but the pain I saw on all three made me wonder if it was a mistake."
Chewie spoke up growling an explanation.
Mrs. Keral glanced at both men before her. Han spoke up as he related what Chewie just said. "Kay's happy with Anakin and Padme and to take that away would be denying her a life full of happiness and love. She would not be happy with anyone else." Han and Luke both silently agreed with Chewie's explanation.
"Also the Shern's made a good point, he used to be Vader and we don't want anyone influenced by someone like that." Mrs. Keral argued as if that should justify everything.
Luke's snapped up as Han and Chewie looked shocked. "You have no right to judge my father based on his past. You are only saying that based on what you have heard, if you knew who he really is then you would not be saying those things. My parents love Kay the same way they love Leia and I."
Han nodded in agreement, "Over the weeks from when he was first brought on board the med frigate three years ago at the Battle for Bakura, I have learned who he really is. That whole experience just let me get to know him."
Chewie nodded in agreement with Han's explanation.
"Get the courts to drop this. You have one month before I drop the hammer." Han said straight out as Luke and Han stood up and followed Chewie out of the room.
Mrs. Keral sat there thinking over what Han Chewie and Luke said. Why did she have the feeling that she really should try and get things straightened out?
Kay woke up but she couldn't keep her eyes open if her life depended on it. She felt like crying but couldn't get the sounds past her throat. She opened herself to the force to begin to quickly drain the toxins from her body. Tears threatened to come but she was so thirsty and dehydrated that she didn't have enough liquids left in her body to shed tears.
Kay began to feel hopeless, she was beginning to wonder if she would make it out of here alive, that thought dwindled as she felt she didn't have much of a chance of getting out of here, except in a body bag. She didn't relish the thought, she wanted to go home and even that had been denied her.
She felt something prick the side of her neck, she began to wonder what wonderful chemicals they were inflicting into her now. The next part was not part of the interrogation as someone began to whip her back, she felt her flesh split wide open and salt was suddenly poured into the wound. She located her voice as the pain became too much. Her high shrilled screamed died on her lips as consciousness left her once more.
------------------------------------------ Anakin wanted to be by her side in a most desperate heart wrenching way. He suddenly felt her scream so loud that he hit the lever and he crashed out of hyperspace. Anakin found himself in the middle of Zsinj's fleet. He felt Kay was on the main warship so he headed there punching in his high- personalized codes. He smiled in satisfaction as he got a signal saying that he has permission to land. He guessed no one decided to deactivate his codes, or was it possibly that no one knew about the hand wired codes? Anakin knew it had to be the latter; he landed in the designation spot, which was always reserved for him.
He lowered the ramp and quickly ran along the side of the ship pulling shadows over himself. He walked over to the control panel and punched in a few instructions for the stormtrooopers head over to the opposite side of the destroyer for a meeting. He knew that he could not go around dressed like this. He walked over to the nearest trooper his size, with a force suggestion he asked to speak to the trooper in private. The trooper followed with another small suggestion with the force, he killed the trooper and quickly stripped him. He got on the uniform and shucked out his gut and began to walk towards where he felt Kay's presence, what surprised him that she felt like she was constantly fading in and out. He knew that he was running out of time and he needed to get to her before it was too late.
Anakin walked into the med wing. What shocked him was that Kay was strapped to the bed and her back was split open. He felt his heart rip in half seeing her like this. She was tittering close to death and he didn't have much time. He glanced at the doctor personal wondering if the same trick would work that worked for Han and Luke several years on the first death star.
"I have command to take the girl to Warlord Zsinj."
"Wheres the paper?" The doctor asked.
Maybe not, Anakin thought with dread. He stretched out with the force clouding the doctors mind and noted he hadn't slept much since Kay was brought onboard. "Zsinj says take a nap, and don't worry about the documents." Anakin replied instantly. He stretched out with the force and with a small suggestion that the doctor should get some sleep, the med doctor nodded sleepily in acknowledgement as Anakin watched the doctor tug the straps off and place Kay on a med stretcher. Anakin took hold off the handles and made a hasty retreat to the ship. This was almost too easy. Then again Zsinj didn't probably expect for him to figure it out.
He closed the ramp and lifted off as he lent Kay his strength to hold on. He glanced around stretching out with the force, he was just suddenly swarmed with ties. Anakin grimaced, he wondered what took them so long to realize he was there? Three ties blew up without him touching the controls. -----------------------
