A.N: As you guys may have noticed, I've been on a roll, updating my stories. Since school is officially over, I plan to continue updating all my unfinished stories until they are complete. Hopefully, you guys can look forward to an update from me every few days.
Thank you, Vera for reminding me of this story. It's probably because of your review on Shooting Star that I'm updating. So thanks again.
Also, before I continue with this next chapter, I would like ask you all to name one of my stories that you want updated. Include the title of the story in your review. Thanks! Now finally, on with the story…
Chapter Nine: Worries
As Vader, now Anakin in masquerade as Vader, thought, it only took twenty minutes to get to the Ruan system, where his son was being held. It was easy to figure out which planet Luke had been taken to. It was the only planet with tons of alien ships surrounding it.
Anakin had his shuttle and as many storm troopers as he thought he'd need prepared for the attack. He wanted to get to Luke as soon as possible, for he had no idea what they may be doing to him at this very moment.
Anger flared through Anakin's face. The dark side was very close, tempting him, but remembering Padme's words, Anakin forced himself to calm down. Though pretending to be Vader would be easier if he used the dark side, Anakin was smart enough to realize now that if he gave into his anger, he'd be going over the same mistakes all over again.
Anakin hurried aboard his shuttle and got into the pilot chair. If all worked out, he would soon have his son again…
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A few minutes after Han and Leia stopped arguing, the Ssi-ruuk had come and taken Luke somewhere. Luke resisted as best he could, but one human boy was no match for five strong Ssi-ruuk. Han and Leia helped as much as they could, but there really wasn't much they could do, and they were soon locked in the room again.
"Now you've done it," Leia said angrily.
Han turned around looking very surprised and outraged that Leia would blame this all on him. "Excuse me!? Why in the seven hells of Corellia is this my fault!?"
Leia opened her mouth to say something, but then realized that there really wasn't anything she could say that would make it seem like it was Han's fault. "Um... ah, well... for one thing you... uh... I don't know! But we are in big trouble, so this has to be your fault!"
Han shook his head and sighed. "I'm worried about Luke too."
Leia looked at Han. She was surprised that he could see through her criticizing and know that all she was really doing was letting out her anger and worry on him. Before she knew it, she was crying.
Han came over and put his arm around her. Leia leaned against Han. For the first time since meeting him, she really appreciated Han for being there with her.
"I never thought that I'd let you come anywhere near me," Leia commented.
"Yeah," Han said. "The only thing we have in common is caring about Luke."
Leia gave a little laugh. "I agree with you on that." She paused. "And that's another thing we have in common."
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The Ssi-ruuk dragged Luke to a room that scared him as soon as he entered it. It was a very large room with tons of wires all over the place. In the middle of the room was some big metal table like thing with braces on it. Luke guessed correctly that the braces were for holding a person in place.
Surrounding the table, were four chairs, made with the similar metal material. On each of the chairs, were metal helmets connected by more wires. As soon as Luke was brought into the room, all he wanted was to get back out as soon as possible.
As they lead him toward the table, Luke didn't know what they were planning; all he knew was that he needed to get away. He kicked and struggled as much as he could, but that hardly delayed what was coming…
In only a few minutes, Luke found himself bound to the table, his shirt off, and wires were being attached to him. Luke looked around fearfully, wondering what they were going to do to him.
Suddenly, he remembered what Han said…
"… Okay, I don't know how they plan to do it, but I think they want to turn us into battle droids…"
Luke had laughed at what Han had said then, but what if it was true? What if they were planning to use him to do it!?
"I wanna go home," Luke said in a small voice. He had never felt more vulnerable in his life.
A.N: I know I've probably hit a new low making such a short chapter. But this is just sort of like a small chapter to build up the tension for the climax chapter coming soon.
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