Chapter 11
Shelley pulled out her encrypted comm. "Luke, Daala has a tractor beam on me." Shelley opened a channel to the Guardian. "This is Master Harris, if I'm not released this moment, you will be in the sight of the Jedi High Council."
"Master Harris, you will submit to questioning, ordered by Chief of State Daala."
"As a Jedi High Council senior member, Daala better decide if she is prepared for open warfare with the Jedi Order."
"You will submit to questioning, willing or unwilling either way you're coming aboard."
"Put Daala on the line, and do it now."
"Yes Master Harris, if this is about coming in for questioning you have no options."
"Daala, if I'm not released do you think you'll be in office much longer? I'll answer it, NO, remember The Jedi High Council has the power to remove you and replace you with someone else."
"I don't believe you, you will be answering questions."
"Then you have decided your own fate."
Shelley activated the home beacon that only Jedi Stealth X-Wing could pick up or the Jedi Order, her whole ship also acted like a super antenna even if they were trying to jam her it would take a lot more than just one set of jammer to work.
"Luke do you copy?"
"I've got you the Stealth X-Wings are lunching in 30 seconds, how will, I find you? She'll jump to hyperspace the second that ship is secure in the hanger."
"I turned on my Stealth X-Wings Homing beacon and Motor is going to ship all of the info he can get to you. Luke I nominate Jagged Fel."
"As the replacement?"
"Yes."
"Alright, I'll ask the master's they are try to block communication, but were still getting a pretty good signal."
"I'm almost aboard. If they figure out what's going on they will space this ship. I'll move one of our special tracker into the docking bay as I open the ramp. Be ready for confirmation code. A-2-5-B-9."
"Got it, were launch now."
"Okay and were hitting hyper space in five four three two.."
"I love you."
"I know."
The ship jumped into hyper space.
"Master Harris open the boarding ramp, and come down with your hands in the air."
"One thing you forgot, I'm not a Barvy Jedi Knight or just a health Jedi Knight, I'm Jedi Master if I step off of this vessel, you will be charged with a act of treason, and Daala's replacement won't look to kindly on anyone who harms one of us. Are you prepared to face the consequences of your actions?"
"You will come down, and you will do it before we come into your ship by force."
"Believe me when I say you couldn't come within two feet of this ship, if I don't allow it." She turn off the channel turn toward Motor. "When I close the boarding ramp put up the shield and activate the hull electric currents, you will only open for me, or one of the Masters."
Beep.
Shelley stood walked into her living room pulled open the hidden closet pulled on her battle suit, and holstered her blaster and unhooked her light saber and pulled out the tracking device she would have to be precise in her timing. She fell into the Force lifting the tracking device and opening the ramp as soon as she was sure it was open far enough for them to see her she ignited her blade when all the attention was on her she sent the device straight up toward the roof.
"Last chance Daala, surrendering is your only choice if you don't want prison time, but if I take one more step or anyone fires at me it will be a jail sentence at the least and death sentence if you continue, do you understand you're not dealing with a mad Jedi or a Jedi Knight?"
"Oh we understand quite perfectly that the Jedi have once again, over stepped there bounds in our galaxy, now turn off that lightsaber and submit to questioning, you do not, we will have to assume you've gone mad as well and have to take appropriate measures."
"So not only are you going for a death sentence you want it handed to you at the end of my husband lightsaber?"
"You have no husband."
"Oh? Are you sure, and I mean 100% sure? Because when they catch up to us and you know they will, if something has happened to me or my children you will be the one they hunt down, and defeat. Remember Daala you're not the only one that work for Palpatine I was the Emperor's hand, 1 of 2 and the only still living today, are you will to bet your life, I'm not married are you willing to bet your life I'm not pregnant?"
Silence echoed through the hanger bay. Shelley heard a sisssss noise she pulled a oxygen mask out of her equipment belt.
"Answer me Daala, or are you just as cowardly now as you were then? They only time anyone heard of you after you failed so horrible, was when you were sleeping with Tarkin. Are you willing to put up your life?"
"You will submit to questioning regarding every facet of the Jedi Order. You will then be incased in Carbonite, like all Jedi should be."
"Very well, if you want to do it that way we will." She took one step and blasters began firing she deflected every blot that came her way right back at their firer, she continued this everyone in awhile on would slip through and hit her armor which had been designed to with stand such a thing as stun bolts, she did this till the room went silent all of Daala little troops down. She walked down the ramp used the Force to close the ramp she step away she saw the shield go up and the current running on the surface.
She went to the corridor she began sneaking toward the turbo lasers she wanted to put the out of commotion. She found the firing banks, took down another dozen troops, before disabling the lasers permanently.
She was headed toward the command deck, when a wall of Mandos blocked her way, she moved her hand and they began to fly around when one escaped his movement she used the Shatterpoint technique and then stabbed him with her lightsaber it took all of five minute to secure all of the Mandos left after she killed the dozen or so that made their way toward her. She made it to the command deck when she heard YVH droids coming up behind her, she pivoted as a blot went flying by she shot into the eyes of the droids and using one another to destroy each other this was the hardest fight she'd had, after 4 YVH droids were put out of commotion she turned back to the blast door, she thrust her lightsaber in and turned it slowly the door began to melt away, then another set of doors came down she did the same with it until the wall was all but melted some of the trooper were on the ground to lay fire that way and others standing, she reached out in the force grabbed the trooper and sent them flying into the wall and fall to the ground groaning or unconscious, she saw Bwua'tu on the ground and Daala raising her blaster toward Shelley raised her hand and Force lighting hit she Daala in the chest? She fell back and slid down the wall, trying to raise the blaster in her hand, she hit Daala with a Force basted, and she fell unconscious, Shelley turned toward the rest of the crew.
"Anyone else want to fight or are you ready to drop us out of Hyper space?"
"Um, well be dropping out of Hyper space, she was making us continue we we're keeping doors closed, so you could get here as easily as we possibly could, with Daala killing us all we made it look like you were deactivating doors as you went, I hope you won't be angry at us, but you are my Queen." Shelley looked at the one speaking and it was the man from Dagobah. "I'm sorry I didn't know she had put a tracking device on my ship, I told her I was on my way to Naboo, she thought you had done a mind trick on me. I just let her believe it. Please don't be angry with me, my mother would never forgive me, if I made her Queen angry."
"I'm not angry, are we out of hyper space?"
"Yes we have dropped out and awaiting order."
"Alright let's get these guys unarmed and Daala into a cell. What happened to the Admiral?"
"He was trying to distract her he knew what we were doing, he was helping but she's in love with him so she just stunned him."
"Alright get anyone that was injured because they wouldn't help to the infirmary, and…"
"Guardian, this is Head of State Jagged Fel, you are under arrest stand down, and prepare to be boarded." She saw the Errant Venture coming toward the ship.
"Jag it's Shelley, send over your boarding party but have Jedi with them we have Mandos I have taken the hanger bay and destroyed the lasers, and have the command deck, I'm in need of reinforcements."
"On its way, are you alright Master Skywalker?"
"I need to rest I've been calling on the Force since I engaged in the fight."
"Alright I'm transferred people straight to you, as well as, some others throughout the ship, can you open the hanger bay the Stealth X-wings are ready for boarding."Shelley looked at the crew and they started pushing buttons.
"They can come aboard as soon as we have cleared the hanger bay."
"Did you hear that?"
"Yeah, I'm going to transfer them over here."
"Roger." She looked at the crew. "Let me know when the bay is clear."
10 seconds later, they told her it was clear. And 50 Stealth X-Wings boarded in a beautiful formation that would terrify anyone that was left if they could see it happening. The last time a formation like this enter a hanger bay, a lot of people died. Shelley was sitting in the command chair, feeling very tired and weak, she felt comfort and peace coming through the Force, Shelley leaned back into her chair, she felt Luke running into the room with Ben right on his heels.
"Sweetheart, come on, stay awake."
"Tired, weak, calling on the Force to much, Healing Trance, too weak." Her head fell onto his shoulder. She was unconscious, so he put his hand on her forehead and put her in a Healing Trance.
"Is she going to be alright? We tried to keep as many of the doors closed as we could."
"Who are you? Why would you help her?"
"I followed the Millennium Falcon to Dagobah, she found me there she let me go, said I followed them to Naboo, my home world, she was a Queen in my Mother's time."
"Alright, I need to get my wife, to the ship and let her rest."
"Yes, I will do whatever your Jedi want me to do. Just tell me what you want me to do."
Luke nodded and picked up his wife and carried her toward the hanger bay, 3 Jedi were with him if anyone came out of nowhere, but they got to the bay, unbothered, Luke was reaching out with the Force and lowered the ramp, Ben was about to run up it when it lowered to the floor.
"Ben wait, this is your Mom, are you really going to go up and not think, oh what kinda antipersonnel devices are we going to have here?"
"Right, good idea. Motor open up, its Ben." Beep and the shield lowered and the electric current that was running over the surface turned off. Both Luke and Ben walked up the ramp, and stopped in the living room their jaws hanging open. "Wow. Can you believe this, it's amazing?"
"I didn't know you could actually make a ship look like a living room on Courasant."
"Neither did I, I wonder how much she paid for this?"
"I don't think I want to know, it will probably make me ill."
"Its amazing though, look at this."
"Come on, we need to lay her down. Where is Vestara?"
"She is with Master Ramis-Durron."
They walked to the back of the ship he opened the door and about dropped his wife, it was more amazing than the pictures in Motor. He laid her down and pulled a throw from the end of the bed over her.
Luke and Ben went back to the ramp and left as they left they raised the ramp before getting back to work. Cleaning out the ship of traitors, Admiral Bwua'tu was helping the Jedi with who had been helping Shelley get to the command deck. After about an hour Luke and the Admiral were transferred to the Errant Venture where the Hanger bay was being guarded by Jedi and Smugglers Alliance personnel. Luke walk up to Booster who was motioning and describing something.
"Booster where Jag?"
"He's talking to Daala, and boy is he steamed, I have known him a long time and I've never seen him so mad. I have it recording, for legal purposes, so don't kill her."
"Thanks, Booster. I'll try."
"Sure Luke. Hey how is Shelley?"
"She is on her ship and in a Healing Trance, she was calling on the Force till right before we got here."
"Are the babies alright?"
"I haven't gotten to look at her really she had them locked inside a Force Bubble so they wouldn't feel what she was doing when she killed people and when she final succumb to the Force exhaustion she instinctively left it up."
"Alright, let me know."
"I will. Where is Jag and Daala?"
"The holding room. Third level."
"Thanks."
Luke bowed and left Booster and Admiral Bwua'tu stayed there as Luke headed straight to the third level, standing in front of a door were two Jedi, when they saw him they bowed. Luke motioned for them to open the door. When they did, he heard a in fact very mad Jagged Fel.
"How does it feel Daala, your career ruined with one decision on your part, taking a Jedi Master, even after she warned you. She told you that if you continued on your course you would be out of the Chief of State office, you did it anyway, you could have not only killed her, you could of killed her unborn children, I won't even bet if you live to your trial, but we will see about that, you took a Jedi High Councilor, but also the wife of none other than Grand Master Luke Skywalker, the mother of his unborn children, you endangered not only her and her children, but my children, my wife is pregnant and was very worried about her aunt and unborn cousins, if you live through talking to Grand Master Skywalker, and Jedi Skywalker if he leaves his mother which is unlikely, since he was asking me to transfer him from his Stealth X-Wing straight to his mother's side." Jag who was leaning on his hands, straightened when he saw Luke enter the room. "Grand Master." He bowed. "She is all yours, would you like me to leave?"
"No, you need to stay." He looked at Daala and wouldn't allow himself to get angry. "I want a witness, that can say I not only never touched her, but I also never used the Force on her, even if this is being recorded, a person is more believable then a vid."
"Very well, Master Skywalker." He took a step back put his hand behind his back.
"Jaina, Leia and Han should be on Courasant, it won't take my sister long to make sure your ascension to Chief of State of the GA, is a easy one."
"Thank you."
"Yes." Luke looked back at Daala who looked like she finally understood she was no longer Chief of State. "Master Harris-Skywalker informed us of your action before her vessel was brought aboard the Guardian, We voted unanimously that Head of State Jagged Fel of the Galactic Empire is also to be The Chief of State of the Galactic Alliance, if you had just waited until tomorrow you wouldn't be going on trial for your life, but alas you did, you were warned and you continued but it seems my wife is better than you thought she was going to be, you for some reason thought all Jedi were like, mad Jedi, they all fought the same, and acted the same, you never imagined that not only would your own people turn on you to help keep her alive, or that Admiral Bwua'tu would turn on you."
"How did you do it? Follow her, we didn't have time to check for tracking devices, but all those signals we're being blocked. And we jumped three times you shouldn't have been able to track us."
"I could have followed her anyway as she is carrying my children I could have found her through my own blood, but no she was an Emperor's Hand, did you really think it would be that easy to catch her if she didn't allow it?"
"Why would she allow me to take her if she didn't want to be taken?"
"Because the High Council had decided to allow you to keep your position, but you showed your true colors again, before we had our meeting with you, so thanks for that, you will be put on trial for Kidnapping a Jedi High Councilor, and endangering unborn children, assaulting a Admiral of the GA, you will be lucky if you're not put to death for that, though I find that very unlikely."
Jags comm beeped.
"Fel here."
"The Palleon has just jumped in system and will come to a stop next to the Errant Venture and the Guardian, any order's sir?"
"Yes prepare for prisoners. And the Jedi High Council."
"Yes sir."
Vestara walked aboard Ben's mothers new ship and was amazed at how beautiful it was, Master Ramis-Durron had accompany her aboard, Ben was asleep in a chair next to his mom, she took a blanket out of the closet and put it on him, a hand on her shoulder almost made her jump, she turned to see Master Ramis-Durron she nodded and left Ben and followed. They stopped two doors down and Master Ramis-Durron opened it and waved her in.
"Kyp and I figure this is Ben's room, these are his favorite colors, and if you look at his headboard, what do you see?"
"That Master Harris-Skywalker just had this built, and I must say that the speed and detail by which that they did it is amazing."
"Oh no, this has been being built for the last year and a half."
"But how, the details are very specific Ben's and I's color sabers."
"Well I don't know, maybe she was think when Ben dueled his cousin Jacen, he was a dark Lord of the Sith."
"What about her room. And every other detail on this ship?"
"That I don't know, other than she may have had some insight in the Force, seeing certain details that would only now make sense that she and Luke are married and you and Ben will be."
"Maybe do you think, I could lay down I haven't had any sleep since yesterday."
"I don't see why not, it will be your bed soon enough."
"Thanks." She walked to the left side of the bed and laid down, and was asleep in a few minute, out cold.
Octa walked into the living room where her husband was looking around at the room.
"How did she do this, I've never seen a ship look like a flying home?"
"Neither have I. It's amazing, her specific details, you'd think she had it built in the past few days."
"I know but Luke told us she has been working on this for a long time, I remember when she had all those meeting on Naboo." Her comm as well as Kyp's beeped. They listened as orders were given to send the Stealth X-Wing to the Palleon; Luke would fly his over and be transferred back, and then fly the ship over as well. Kyp confirmed and went to wake Ben, so he could fly his X-Wing over.
"Ben you need to go get to your X-Wing, fly it to the Palleon, your dad will fly his and then this one, over."
"Alright, where is Vestara?"
"I think she went to lay down somewhere, at least that's what my wife said."
"Alright."
"Come on kid, your mom isn't going to wake up until your dad, let's her."
He stood folded the blanket that was on him, and lay it on the end of the bed.
Luke walked up the ramp, and toward his bedroom to check on his wife, she was still in a Healing Trance, he reached out to his children, but was bounced back from the strongest shield he'd ever felt. He kissed her forehead and walked to the flight deck.
"Motor open bay." Beep. And felt a pop. He walked back to the ramp, and went to his X-Wing. "Alright Artoo, load up in the Bay." His ship lifted up and went to the rear of his ship, and eased in, and locked when it lowered. Luke lifted Artoo out of the socket and to his side. "Come on Artoo, we have a new ship to fly." Beep. And rolled up the ramp, and stopped at the top, waiting for Luke to tell him where he wanted him. "In there, there is a second socket for you next to Motor." Artoo rolled into the socket. Luke used the Force closed the ramp and started up the ship. "This is Master Skywalker, departing the Guardian, to the Palleon."
"Permission granted you're clear for departure, and landing in the hanger bay of the Palleon. Your Jedi Stealth X-Wing has already begun entering the hanger bay."
"Thanks, Skywalker out."
He lifted off swung the ship around to the exit and flew out of the barrier field toward the Palleon, and slowed till it entered nice and easy right through the barrier field, he slid next to the X-Wing's, and landed. He saw Ben coming toward the ship and he felt the ramp lowering. Ben looked as exhausted as he felt.
"I'm going to bed, I feel like I haven't slept in a month."
"Alright go ahead." Ben went toward his room opened the door didn't even bother turning on his light, and crawled in the right side of the bed pulled the throw up from the end of the bed. And was asleep in seconds, he never even noticed someone else in the bed, also.
Octa and Kyp came aboard and handed there reports to him.
"We are going to find our room, I'll see you later." Kyp said.
"Alright thanks." They left quickly. Luke went to his room laid down next to his wife and pulled the throw up onto him as well. And was, asleep in a few seconds.
Ben had unknowingly pulled Vestara into him and she came willingly and he curved into her, it wasn't till he straightened and she rolled onto her other side and laid her head on his chest and the Palleon dropped out of Hyper Space, woke them as one. Confused at first then they both started screaming and flipped off the bed, as Luke came charging into the room. Ben on his side and Vestara on her side peaked up and looked at each other and them at Luke who was staring mouth agape and Shelley came into the room saw the look on their faces and started laughing.
"Let me guess, Vestara was tired climbed into a bed and Ben completely warn out also climbed into bed and didn't know she was in it. Then you were cuddling and woke for some reason and here we are?" They were bright red.
"How did you know that?"
"I have trained teenagers for a very long time, not to mention, I was once one, though I never woke cuddled up next to someone else. You are so tired you don't even use the Force, to check if there was someone there."
"Well, I must say I find this situation far more amusing then I should as a parent." Luke said
"Well, I don't find it amusing at all, I go to bed, and wake up with her in my arms."
"I agree, Octa said I could lay down, and then I wake up in his arms my head on his chest."
'Attention we have enter orbit around Courasant.'
Shelley and Luke looked at each other, and left Ben and Vestara to work things out by themselves, they needed to get Planet side. Shelley quickly showered. Luke rounded up the Masters, Jag and Wedge. When Shelley walked to the flight deck, she saw her living room packed with Jedi, Jag and Wedge, she nodded her head and went into the flight deck, Ben, Vestara and Luke were prepping for departure Luke got out of the pilots seat and took the co-pilots seat.
"Jaina, Leia and Han will meet us at the Temple."
"Very good." Shelley started the engines. "This is The Queen's Legacy, requesting permission to depart."
"Granted. Good luck." Shelley pulled back and gentle lifted up and exited the barrier field she continued toward the planet.
"Courasant control to unidentified vessel, please identify yourself and your destination."
"Master Shelley Harris-Skywalker aboard the Queen's Legacy, heading toward The Jedi Temple."
"Granted. Welcome home."
"Thank you. Skywalker out." She headed toward the landing pad in front of the Temple, she also saw the Falcon next to her landing zone, waiting in a speeder big enough for the whole Council. Shelley sat the vessel down so gentle when she walked out of the flight deck with Luke, Ben and Vestara right behind her. She raised her hand and the ramp lowered.
