Padme continued to gasp as Vader's hands tightened. Vader suddenly flashed back to a similar moment on Mustafar. This was how he lost her and his children in the first place. Vader quickly released Padme who gasped for breath. She backed up from Vader and glared at him.

"I'm sorry." Vader said in a low voice.

"You're sorry?!" Padme exclaimed. "It's too late. You've ruined everything!"

"No, I haven't! You did when you allowed our children to leave."

"I am their mother. I have to protect them, especially after all that I have done to them."

"And I'm their father. They were not in danger from me."

"Yes they were! You were trying to make them Sith lords. And if you think I will let Palpatine go near them, you're mistaken. The plans you had for them, they were sick! You are sick!"

"Enough!" Vader grabbed Padme's arm and took her into the next room. He closed the door and pushed her down on a couch. "You will be staying here!"

Padme pulled her hair back and said, "You're locking me up?"

"For the time. I am going to find our children and bring them back here. What will happen to you will be decided afterwards." Vader then exited the room and locked the door.

Frustrated, Padme ran to the door and banged on it. "You leave our children alone!"

There was no response. Padme was alone.

Vader strolled down the hallway with purpose. He knew what he had to do, what actions needed to be taken. He was going to contact Palpatine, find Obi-Wan and kill him, and then find his children. Vader went to his droid and flicked on the hologram of Palpatine.

"What is it, Lord Vader?" Palpatine asked with his hood covering his face.

"We have a problem." Vader responded.

"I sensed something was wrong."

"Padme has broken out of your hypnosis."

"I knew she would eventually."

"You did?"

"Yes. But it is of no concern. You have found the twins. That was the only purpose of Padme. We no longer need her. She has given the information we wanted."

I need her a lot more than that, Vader thought to himself. "The twins have escaped."

Palpatine seethed. "How?"

"Padme allowed them to go."

"That woman has always gotten in my way, since was a naive young girl. But no matter. Find them, Vader. And bring them back. We must transform them to the dark side. They are a threat."

"What of Padme? I would like her to return as Star Killer. Can you hypnotize her again?"

Palpatine grinned. "Yes. I will come to Coruscant right now and do it. In the meantime, you must do what I ask."

"I will find them, my lord."


Bail and Breha threw their arms around Leia and squeezed her tight when they arrived. Leia sobbed in their arms. She was afraid she was never going to see them again.

"I'm so sorry we never told you the truth." Bail said. "We knew we had to one day. But we were just trying to protect you from Vader."

"It's okay. I understand. I'm just still in shock about it all." Leia said.

"Where's Obi-Wan?" Luke asked.

"He is busy. He knows everything that has happened. He is trying to take care of it." Bail said.

"How? What is he doing?"

"I cannot really say. He hasn't even told me everything. But he is trying to keep Vader away from you."

"How come he didn't try to get Leia and I out from Vader's mansion or rescue Mother?"

"He did. How do you think you managed to break your mother out of Palpatine's spell and left?"

"Leia had a music box that belonged to Mother. That broke her out of the spell."

"And were you able to do that with Vader there?"

"No, we waited until he left. He had something to take care of."

"And what do you think that something was?"

Luke blinked. "Are you saying Obi-Wan had something to do with Vader leaving?"

"He sent Vader a hologram asking him to meet him on Mustafar. That was just to get him away from you. Obi-Wan knew you and Leia could break Padme out of the spell. He knew everything that was going on. He may be old, but the force is strong in him."

"Well, I hope Obi-Wan knows how to break Vader away from the dark side."

Leia looked from Luke to her father to see his reaction to Luke's wish.

Bail put his hand on Luke's shoulder and said with sympathy, "Son, I know you want that. But, Obi-Wan had tried before to bring him back. And this was when Vader just became the monster he became. Vader is too lost in his ways. I don't think anyone can bring Anakin back."


Vader saw the small hut from afar. He was finally here. His old home. Tatooine. Vader blocked all the memories of this place. He never wanted to return here. He never wanted to remember his old life, his childhood, his mother...He dismissed the life of Anakin Skywalker a long time ago. He was no longer that man. He was Darth Vader, a powerful Sith lord and a ruler of the galaxy. But his son, his only son lived a piece of that life. He was raised here, by his mother's stepson and daughter-in-law. This was where his mother was buried. He returned her here to her home, a life she had while he was away training to be a Jedi.

Vader never visited his stepbrother or his sister-in-law since he joined the dark side. He wanted no reminder of his past life. But Vader had no choice. He remembered that Luke told him that all this time, he was being raised by Owen and Beru. Vader knew Luke wouldn't return here, but he could find clues as to where he or Obi-Wan could be. He knew Obi-Wan had been living here. Obi-Wan would stay close to Luke. He might be on this planet right now. This was the place to start searching for Obi-Wan and his children.

Vader reached the hut. The door was left opened. Vader stepped in and examined the place. Everything looked the same. Vader remembered learning his mother's condition when he first came here. He remembered the conversation he had with his stepbrother once in this very place. It was during the Clone Wars and Owen was concerned for Anakin's safety. He wanted him to return to Tatooine and help him take care of the farm. This was after the death of Cliegg Lars, Owen's father. Anakin returned to Tatooine to pay his respects. Cliegg Lars was married to his mother and freed her from slavery. Anakin felt grateful to the man and attended his funeral. Owen had married Beru by then. That was the last time he saw them.

Beru entered the room from the kitchen and her eyes startled when she saw Vader. The woman had aged, Vader noticed. Her blonde hair was now gray.

Beru screamed and dropped the tray of food she was holding. Owen hurried in to see what was wrong and stared when he saw the dark figure that entered their house.

"Hello Owen. Beru. I am Lord Vader."

The two farmers stared at their former family member.

"W-what are you doing here?" Owen asked, in shock.

Vader moved closer. "I think you know."

"Have you come here to see Mother's grave?"

Vader quickly turned away. He felt a pain in his heart, but he never wanted to admit to anyone or himself that his mother's death still haunted him.

"I have come here because I know you have been taking care of Luke. And I want to know where he is now." Vader said.

Owen and Beru looked at each other, horrified. Vader finally found out. "How did you know?" Owen asked.

"Never mind that. Just tell me where he is now."

"I don't know. We haven't seen Luke in days. He has been hiding from you and your wife."

"You must have some idea of where he would hide."

"No, we don't. Luke had always lived with us here on Tatooine. He left to join the Rebellion. We have no idea where the Rebellion is or where Luke is now. He never told us. We disagreed with his decision. We wanted him to stay here, where he was safe."

"You kept my son away from me all these years!" Vader said angrily.

Owen held Beru's hand as she stared at the masked man in fright. "Will you kill us?" Owen asked.

Vader took a moment to answer. "No."

Beru breathed in relief and said, "Thank you."

"I am sparing your lives because my mother loved you and you took care of Luke. You are simple middle-aged farmers in the Outer Rim. You mean nothing to the Empire. But if you aid Luke in hiding and I find out, I will not be as lenient."

Owen and Beru said nothing to this.

"Where is Obi-Wan?" Vader asked.

"Right here."

Vader turned around and saw Obi-Wan standing at the doorway with a grim expression. Beru clutched Owen's hand as she looked from Vader and Obi-Wan in fear.

"Kenobi, what are you doing here?" Owen asked, sharply.

"I came to see the two of you. I didn't expect to find company." Obi-Wan said, not taking his eyes off of Vader.

"No doubt he came to fill on what's happening with Luke." Vader said, not taking his eyes off Obi-Wan either.

"What's going on with Luke?" Beru asked fearfully.

"I was going to tell you that Vader had imprisoned Luke, but he escaped." Obi-Wan said.

"What do you want with Luke?" Beru asked Vader.

"I want to reclaim him as my son and have him rule by my side. That is where he belongs." Vader answered.

"His destiny does not belong to you." Obi-Wan said simply.

"He and Leia are my children! They belong to me!"

"Leia?!" Owen asked.

"Leia is Luke's twin sister." Obi-Wan answered.

"Luke has a twin sister?!" Beru asked, incredously.

"Yes."

"Why were we not informed of this? Why wasn't she given to our care?" Owen asked furiously. He had no idea Shmi had a granddaughter.

"We had to separate Luke and Leia so that if one of them was found, the other would be safe. Vader didn't know his wife was having twins. I didn't tell you two because I was afraid you would go looking for her. She has been raised by Bail and Breha Organa. She was well taken care of."

"Do you see what you did to our family?!" Owen asked Vader angrily.

"I've heard enough from you, Owen. I will deal with Obi-Wan on my own." Vader said.

"Then let us not disturb these people any further. We will take this someplace else." Obi-Wan said.

"As you wish."


Padme paced back and forth in the room she was trapped in, trying to figure out how to escape. She couldn't believe all that has happened. Her husband turning to the dark side, democracy dead, children separated, being in a coma...How did her fate become so horrible?

The door opened. Padme turned around and was astonished and horrified to see who it was. "You?!"


Obi-Wan and Darth Vader were facing each other on a sanded mountain. Both of their lightsabers were out.

"This will be the end of you." Vader said.

"You said that last time." Obi-Wan replied.

"I have grown stronger since the last time. You on the other hand has grown old. You are no match for me, my former master."

"We'll see."

Vader striked his lightsaber at Obi-Wan, but the old man blocked it with his own. Back and forth, the lightsabers clashed, neither of them able to outwin the other.

"I suppose Padme's return hasn't broken you away from the dark side. Not that I expected it would." Obi-Wan said.

The mention of his wife infuriated Vader to no end and he striked harder at that point. Obi-Wan, anticipating Vader's anger, managed to block the blow.

"You failed to keep her away." Vader grumbled.

"I know that." Obi-Wan said sadly. "But you were my greatest failure of all."

"That does not bother me. Nothing you say means anything. The Jedi are nothing but enemies."

"You were once a Jedi yourself. And a great one, I may add."

"I was weak. I allowed myself to be manipulated and tricked by you all. But that no longer matters. I am a ruler of the galaxy and one of the most powerful beings."

"You allowed yourself to be manipulated and tricked by Palpatine because you couldn't control your emotions and confusion. And you are nothing but a slave to him, doing his deeds and believing you are receiving a lot in return."

"I have more now than I ever did as a Jedi!"

"I'm sure you believe that. But that is where you are wrong. You had a wife and a future. You destroyed that."

"It is you that has taken that away from me!"

"Then why am I sensing guilt from you?"

"There is no guilt."


"Here, I thought Vader was the most fearsome being in the galaxy. But now he is my father and it seems he is more complicated than I thought." Leia said to Luke and Han.

"Do you believe there is any good in him?" Han asked.

Leia shook her head slowly. "I don't know. He is not as one-dimensional as I used to think. Whenever I would look at him, I just saw evil. Now that he is my father and I know he used to be a hero...well, I still know he is evil but I can see that it's not as black and white."

Luke said, "He is conflicted. I can sense it."

"I never felt he was conflicted since I've known him. He only seemed evil to me." Leia said.

"Mistress Leia?" Threepio entered.

"Yes?"

"You are needed in the main chamber."

"Okay. I will be back." Leia said to Han and Luke and followed Threepio out.


"Perhaps I was wrong about you." Obi-Wan said. "It wouldn't be the first time though. Maybe there is still some good in you. You seem conflicted."

"I am not conflicted." Vader said firmly as he continued to aim.

"After all these years, you are still in love with Padme. Palpatine was never able to take that away from you, was he?"

"Padme always belonged to me. It is your fault that we have been separated all this time. You turned her against me."

"As I said before, you did that yourself. Did you really think she would love you after all the horrible things you have done?"

"She would have seen things the way I did if you hadn't brainwashed her."

"I did not brainwash her. I told her the truth and she was horrified. Neither of us could understand how you could hurt her the way that you did."

Vader furiously striked again but was blocked by Obi-Wan.

"You can still do the right thing. Turn away from the dark side."

"Never. I am strong in the dark side. I destroyed most of the Jedi. And Luke and Leia will be my apprentices. We will rule this galaxy together as a family and you will not be able to stop us, old man. You fool! Do you think I don't see through your tricks and manipulations?"

"Apparently you don't see through the tricks and lies of Palpatine."

All of a sudden, both Obi-Wan and Vader stopped fighting as a vision entered their heads. It was of Palpatine.

"Young Skywalker, if you want to save your Mother, you know what must be done. Join the dark side."

Luke looked frightened as he looked in the corner behind Palpatine. His mother was on the floor with tears streaming down and blood over her. She was weak and frightened.

"No!" Vader shouted as he felt the pain of his wife and his son. "Palpatine lied. He said he would bring her back as Star Killer."

"Of course he told you that." Obi-Wan said, shaken by what he just saw. "But Palpatine knows she would only be in the way. And he knows he can use her to get to Luke."

"I will kill him!" Vader said angrily. "He will not get away with this!"

"First focus on saving your wife and son if you value their lives!"

"I do! And I will save them! And I will kill Palpatine too!"

"Do you have any idea where they could be?"

"No. There are not on any Imperial ship. They're hidden somewhere."

"Luke is not with him yet."

"What do you mean?" Vader asked sharply.

"I mean the vision we saw is of the future. But Palpatine does have Padme right now. We must find them."

Vader felt terrified. "Do you know where Luke is right now?"

"Yes. But I will not tell you."

Vader was angry again. "My son is in danger and you will not tell me where he is?!"

"The way you are, you are just as dangerous to him as Palpatine is."

"I am trying to save them!"

"And then what? You still want them to join the dark side?"

"I will do what I must for my family."

"Then you will not hear nothing from me."

"Do you not want them to be saved?"

"I will find Luke on my own and help them myself."

"You know you will never be able to find Palpatine on your own. You would need me."

"Are you suggesting we work together?"

Vader hesitated before responding. "It doesn't seem as if I have a choice."

Obi-Wan raised an eyebrow. "Are you beginning to question the dark side?"

Vader turned away. "You were right about Palpatine. I never should have trusted him. I see that now. As far as what I think of the dark side, I am not focused on that. Right now, we must work together to save Padme and Luke. That's my top priority."

Obi-Wan studied Vader carefully and could see that he meant what he said. "Then for once again, we are on the same page."

Obi-Wan closed his lightsaber and Vader did the same as well. Partners again, they were. And it felt odd to both of them. Vader remembered what it was like to be friends with Obi-Wan. Did he make a mistake to turn away from that? He was beginning to wonder.


Luke and Han continued talking, until all of a sudden Luke felt a sharp pain. He placed his hand on his forehead and sat down.

"What's wrong?" Han asked.

"I don't know. I see something." Luke said as he winced in pain. And then all of a sudden he heard a cruel laughter and a cry.

"Mother?" Luke whispered and he could see the image of his mother on the floor covered in blood and in pain. And standing over her was the evil face of the Emperor.

"No." Luke said.

"What is it?" Han asked.

"It's Mother. The Emperor has her somewhere. She's in pain. She could die. I have to go to her."

"How do you know this?"

"I can see it. A vision. I know it's real. I must go to her."

Luke got up and was ready to bolt out until Han called after him.

"Wait Luke! It's too dangerous!"

"I have no choice!"

"Then I'm coming with you!"

"No, you can't. Stay here with Leia. You can't get involved in this."

"Don't be absurd, kid. You need my help. I'm a good pilot, remember? I'm coming with you."

"What about Leia?"

"She can stay here where she's safe."

Luke hesitated before saying, "Fine."


Obi-Wan and Vader walked across the deserted mountain side by side. It was extremely awkward for the once close friends and now sworn enemies. Both of them were extremely quiet with their minds racing, worrying about Padme and getting to Luke on time.

"My visions always come true." Vader suddenly said. He wasn't sure if he was talking to Obi-Wan or if he was talking to himself.

"We do not know if they will die." Obi-Wan said firmly, unsure if he was trying to reassure his former apprentice or if he was trying to state a fact.

"The last time I had this kind of vision..." Vader started slowly.

"Yes?" Obi-Wan asked curiously. And when Vader didn't respond, he asked, "What do you mean 'this kind of vision?'"

"Of someone in trouble. Someone I love..."

Obi-Wan frowned. "Are you referring to your mother?" He was surprised that Vader was bringing up his former life. He was convinced that Vader had let all of that go. But perhaps the return of Padme and his children had changed that. He never thought he would see a glimpse of Anakin again. He had eventually come to see Vader as a separate being, a monster he hated and wanted destroyed, not the young man who was like his younger brother.

"I was talking of Padme. But yes, I did have visions of my mother suffering before she died."

Obi-Wan continued to walk in silence as Vader continued.

"She was screaming in pain, calling out my name. But I was nowhere near to help. She was giving birth to our children and then her eyes closed. I thought she was going to die."

"Padme did not die. She fell into a coma. She was so weak."

"I see that now!" Vader snapped, but then regained his composure. "I was so sure she was going to die. That was why I turned to the dark side."

Obi-Wan stopped suddenly as this new information passed onto him. He could not hide his shock. "Excuse me? That was why you turned to the dark side? I do not understand."

Vader stopped walking too but did not turn to face Obi-Wan. He gazed up at the horizon as the suns were beginning to set down and it was getting dim. "Palpatine promised me that I would find the power to save Padme if I turned to the dark side. He said the power to cheat death was a power only learned through the dark side of the force."

"And you believed this?" Obi-Wan asked incredously.

Vader shut his eyes as he began to remember the scars of his past. He swore he would never go back there, but the current circumstances were forcing him to. "I went to Yoda for help, help about these visions. Yoda filled me on more Jedi stuff, how I had to let go of my fears. He did not understand that I was in love with Padme and I would do anything for her. I could not let her die. I had to do anything and when Palpatine promised me I could save her--"

"You accepted his request." Obi-Wan finished as he sighed, now beginning to understand the struggle that Anakin had went through when he joined the dark side. He had never truly understood what sent Anakin over. He always knew Anakin was no ordinary Jedi. He had anger, possessiveness, jealousy, arrogance, and a dangerous amount of passion. All of those traits were warning signs, but they have never seemed enough to Obi-Wan to explain his turn to the dark side. He knew Anakin was compassionate and full of love. But now that he learned his true reason of leaving the Jedi ways, Obi-Wan now understood. And it did not make him feel angry at his former apprentice. It made him feel sad. He was sad that he was not there for Anakin when he was having those visions, that he could not have helped or give him the guidance he needed.

Obi-Wan never thought there would be a day where he would have this conversation with Vader, where he would learn his true reasons of joining the dark side. But here they were, on a deserted mountain on Tatooine, with the same goals, having this discussion. And then a flicker of hope came upon Obi-Wan. Maybe Vader could be saved after all.

"It's still not too late to turn away." Obi-Wan said.

"What?"

"You can turn away from Palpatine."

"Are you telling me to denounce the dark side?"

"Well, what do you think? Don't you see now what it has cost you? Don't you see the lies you have fallen for? All of that turmoil that has been within you all these years! Weren't you happy the way you were before?"

Vader knew instantly that Obi-Wan was right. Palpatine had tricked him and was now hurting Padme. And he did not have to live without his family all these years if he had not turned to the dark side. The suns were slipping down further as these realizations dawned on him. The sky was getting darker as Vader was returning to the lighter side.

"Who am I now?" He asked.

Obi-Wan took a cautious step forward and said, "I don't know. That is something you need to figure out yourself."

Vader turned to face the old man, the man who was like his father and who trained him since his early age. This was his best friend, the Jedi he had all his adventures with.

"I betrayed you." Vader said quietly to Obi-Wan, unsure if this was his apology.

Obi-Wan nodded and said, "Yes, you did. But I am also to blame. I have not trained you properly nor did I always keep my eyes opened to your conflicted feelings. I could have been a better Master."

"What happens now?"

"What you do for yourself is now up to you. But we do not want Padme to be in Palpatine's clutches no more, nor do we want Luke to make the same mistakes you made. I think we should concentrate on saving them first before we decide on anything else."

"You're right." Vader agreed.

Now with a mutual understanding, the two men walked together across the mountain.


Padme, beaten up, was lying down on the floor. She was barely conscious, but her thoughts were on her children. She hoped that where ever Luke and Leia were right now, they were safe. She knew Palpatine had sinister plans for them. She briefly thought of Vader and wondered if he knew what was going on and what he he would make of all this. She also wondered if Obi-Wan would be able to save her again.

Padme was too weak and too hurt to get up. Her eyes remained closed but she could hear Palpatine talking to someone. She tried her best to listen to the conversation.

"My lord, we have found the Rebel base."

"Good work, Bounty Killer." The cold voice of Palpatine said. "You know what to do now."

Padme's eyes squeezed tightly. Her children were in serious danger.


Leia returned back to her room and was surprised to see Han and Luke gone. She left and walked down the hallways to see if they went to another room, when all of a sudden, she heard a loud noise. Leia gasped as she felt the ground beneath her shook. Again, a loud noise passed over and the ground shook more violently this time. Leia almost lost her balance and then the alarm bell rang. She knew what that meant. The Empire was here. They had found them. Leia closed her eyes. She hoped that Vader was nowhere near. She did not want him to find her.


Vader and Obi-Wan continued walking across the mountain when Vader suddenly stopped. He sensed something.

"What is it?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Can you feel that?" Vader asked.

Obi-Wan felt that something was wrong, something dangerous was around. "Sand people." He said. "They're near us."

Vader felt angry at the mention of them. Sand people had killed his mother.

A loud screech of the sand people came close by. Vader and Obi-Wan turned to the sound of it. And then from a nearby rock, one of the sand people jumped out with a stick and struck Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan lost his balance but managed to get back up before the tusken raider could strike another blow. Vader ignited his lightsaber and cut off the tusken raider's arm. The raider screeched in pain and fell to the ground. However, more sand people started to arrive and were popping out from random places, surrounding the two men.

Obi-Wan ignited his lightsaber as well and joined Vader in the fight against them. Vader was furious about this. He did not have time to fight sand people when his wife and son were in danger. He and Obi-Wan were able to keep the sand people at bay, but it was getting harder as there were so many of them and more kept coming.

Obi-Wan could feel Vader's anger and knew he hadn't completely left the dark side. He was fighting out of his hatred for the sand people and Obi-Wan felt troubled by this. Would Vader ever become Anakin again?

It seemed a long time that Vader was fighting the tusken raiders. There were so many of them and they were all attacking from different corners. Still, he had not been struck yet and had killed hundreds already. This did not scare the rest away as they were all territorial about their mountain. Vader saw on the other side Obi-Wan fighting with a bunch of the sand people. He looked tired and was starting to slow down. Vader realized that he would not be able to keep at it longer. There were too many of them and Obi-Wan was too old. Vader noticed that he was sliding towards the edge of the mountain. It would not be long before he fell.

Vader hurried to the other side and attacked a tusken raider from behind, just as he was about to stab Obi-Wan. However, he was not prepared when another tusken raider nearby completed the task. Just as the tusken raider Vader killed fell to the ground, another had stabbed Obi-Wan.

"NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Vader screamed out as he watched the old man fall off the mountain and to his doom. And as it happened, memories of Obi-Wan and all the good times they had together flashed into Vader's mind. He turned to the tusken raider that killed Obi-Wan and stabbed him quickly with his lightsaber. With more ferocity than before, Vader striked at all the tusken raiders so hard and so fast, that finally the rest of the sand people gave up in fear and left.

Finally, Vader was all alone on the mountain and he finally realized he no longer wanted to be part of the dark side again. It was not what his friend, Obi-Wan, wanted.

Vader continued the rest of his journey alone and in grief.


"This is pretty far out. Are you sure this is where they are?" Han asked as he piloted the ship. Luke was telling him where to go by following his senses.

"Yes, I can feel my mother. We are getting closer." Luke said.

After several moments, they came across Geonosis and Luke told Han to stop.

"She's here." Luke said.

"Are you certain?" Han asked.

"Yes, I can feel it. I feel her pain."

"Alright. I'll land."

Han landed the ship on the sanded planet near an old droid factory.

"Do you know where we can find her?"

Luke closed his eyes and focused on his mother. She was lying down on the sand in an opened area. Palpatine was before her, standing, waiting for something.

"She's in an arena. Palpatine knows I'm here. We have to be careful."


Leia frantically searched the entire floor for Luke and Han but couldn't find them anywhere. She was getting worried. Had they already left or did something happen to them? The walls were beginning to collapse and Leia hoped that Luke and Han weren't under any debris.

"Luke! Han!" Leia screamed out in panic.

Another violent shook. And Leia fell to the ground. At that moment, a huge chunk of the wall broke off and was coming right at Leia. She shut her eyes and braced herself for the hit, but then realized nothing happened. Leia looked up and to her amazement, the broken pieces of the wall were floating in air. They then shifted another direction and fell to the ground, out of Leia's way. Strong arms then grabbed Leia's and pulled her to her feet. She turned around and gasped when she saw herself facing Darth Vader, once again.

Leia immediately tried to break from Vader's grasp, but he was too strong.

"Let me go!" She yelled.

"Calm down!" Vader answered.

"I said let me go!"

"Not until you calm down."

Leia stopped struggling and glared at her father. Finally, Vader let her go.

"Are you alright?" He asked in concern.

Leia took a step back and said, "If you're concerned about me, you wouldn't be doing all of this."

"I'm not behind this invasion."

"I don't believe you."

"I'm telling the truth. I had no idea when I came here that the Empire had found you."

"You're in charge of the Empire!"

"I didn't know the Empire found the Rebellion. I was not informed. I came here to find you and Luke."

"How did you find us?"

"Obi-Wan told me where you were."

Leia looked at her father incredously. "Obi-Wan would never tell you that."

"He did because Luke is in grave danger. We have to help your brother!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Do you know where Luke is?"

"I wouldn't tell you if I did."

Vader was getting tired with his daughter. He didn't have time for this. "Leia, I know you don't trust me. I know you hate me even. But I am telling you Luke is in grave danger from the Emperor. Palpatine has your mother kidnapped and Luke is going to try to find her."

Leia was horrified. "What? The Emperor has my mother?!"

"Yes. And Luke will find her. I had a vision of this. That is why I came here, to warn Luke."

The walls were continuing to collapse but Leia wasn't paying attention. "I can't find Luke anywhere."

Vader sighed. "He's already left. He went to find your mother."

Leia placed her hand on her chest. "Oh no! Han went too then. That's why they weren't here when I came back."

Vader held out his gloved hand. "Come on! I need to get you out of here."

Leia looked at Vader's hand in disgust. "I'm not going anywhere with you!"

"Leia, we don't have time for this! I'm trying to save you!" Vader yelled impatiently.

"I don't need your saving! I want nothing to do with you!"

"Leia, I promise you I am not going to kidnap you this time. I just want to get you out of here. I am not Darth Vader anymore."

"What does that mean?!"

"I left the dark side. I am Anakin again."

Leia squinted her eyes in suspicion. "Why should I believe that? You'd say anything to get me to come with you."

"Leia, I know you hate me and you have every right to. But I am Anakin again and I just want to get you out of here. After that, you can do whatever you want. I will not hold you against your will."

Leia looked at her father, trying to see if he was telling her the truth. Another loud crash came behind her and shook Leia out of her thoughts. She realized she had no choice and grabbed Anakin's hand. Anakin took her hand and led her out of the room and down the halls where they both ran.

Anakin and Leia fled to Anakin's ship as it took off, away from the battle.

"Where are we going?" Leia asked.

"Where are your adopted parents? Are they back there with the Rebellion?" Anakin asked.

"No. They went back to Alderaan. They had matters to take care of there."

"Then I am bringing you to Alderaan."

"What about Luke and Mother?"

"I will find them once you're safe."

"I want to find them too."

"No. You are not to get involved with this."

"You can't tell me that! Luke is my brother and I want to help my mother too."

"Palpatine is dangerous. I am not going to let him hurt you too."

"What changed? Palpatine was your beloved master."

Anakin took a moment to respond. "He hurt Padme. He lied to me all these years."

"Where's Obi-Wan?"

Anakin didn't answer.

"Well?" Leia snapped at her father's silence.

"He's no longer alive."

Leia stared at her father in shock. "What?! You killed him?! I knew you were lying about changing back to your former self! You're still Darth Vader!"

"I'm not--"

"I never should have came with you. You're probably lying about Luke and Mother too! You probably have them somewhere and now you're trying to take me too!"

"No, you don't understand--" Anakin desperately tried to explain, but Leia continued with her outburst.

"You set that whole battle up back there so you can find me and take me! Where's Luke? What did you do with him?"

"I'm trying to help him!"

Leia grabbed the ship's steering and turned it the other way.

"What are you doing?!" Anakin asked angrily.

"I'm not going to let you kidnap me again!"

Leia tried to take over but Anakin pushed her hand away. The ship lost control and many of the controls burned out. The alarm bell went on as Anakin and Leia struggled with each other.

"You are going to get us killed!" Anakin shouted to Leia as she tried to free herself from Anakin.

The ship began to fall. Anakin pushed Leia hard so that she fell down onto the floor of the ship. Leia tried to get up but Anakin raised her up by the force and threw her into the room behind. He then closed the door with the force and locked her out. Leia screamed in pain and struggled to get the door opened.

Meanwhile, Anakin tried to safely land the ship on the nearest planet. It was hard to fly the ship now that most of its controls were broken. The ship was falling down on the planet at a fast speed. It was about to crash. Pieces of the ship were starting to break off. Anakin continued to try to slow the ship down, but wasn't making much success. Finally, the ship reached the ground and crashed.


Again, I'm sorry I took so long to update. But I've been having a busy semester and I had to work on this chapter little by little. But I will finish this story, and now that I'm on break, I will have more time to work on it. In the next chapter, Luke will face Palpatine while Han tries to free Padme.

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