1 Part two continued…
Luke Skywalker embraced Mara tightly. "I'm sorry I have to leave you again."
Mara simply nodded, "I understand Luke, believe me I do understand."
He smiled tightly, "I know you do."
Mara sighed. She couldn't do it. For months she had had her opportunities to kill Luke but she just couldn't do it. She felt something so strong for him, "Promise me something Luke."
"What?" He asked, "Whatever you want and its yours."
"When you return we will spend some serious time together."
"I promise." Luke said and kissed her, "And I need to you to promise me something."
"Anything." She said smiling.
"That you will do all in your power to find my sister."
Mara nodded. "I will do all that I can. I swear."
Luke kissed her again, "I love you."
"I love you."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Emperor Palpatine sat in his long slender chair in his throne room. Leia was failing him, she had failed him. She was far beyond his reach now. He needed to send someone in there. Someone who wouldn't turn from him, someone who wouldn't fail him. And that someone was Mara Jade.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Leia's ship touched down in the sandy landing pad on Tatooine, "Here I am again." She
moaned.
"Here YOU are again?" Biggs asked, "The whole reason I joined the Alliance was to leave this place and I've just wound up back here again."
Leia smiled, "You are so cute sometimes."
Biggs chuckled, "I know."
"All right, now if you two are done flirting can we PLEASE go on with this." Wedge said.
"Who are we meeting?" Leia asked
"Someone named Winter." Bria answered.
Leia's eyes grew wide, "Winter of Alderaan."
"Yeah." Bria said, "How did you know?"
"I grew up with her, sort of."
"Where are you from anyway?" Wedge asked.
"Nowhere." Was Leia's only reply, "Nowhere at all."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Leia Skywalker entered the nosy cantina. Here she was again. The last time she had entered this cantina was several months ago and she had run into that Imperial trader Izellah. At the very back was a woman who stuck out like a Hutt in a room filled with humans. Leia glided up smoothly to her, "Winter of Alderaan."
Winter looked up and the shock on her face was priceless, "Leia Sky-"
"Sexton," Leia cut in sharply, "Leia Sexton."
"Right," Winter said, "Bail had told me you had joined the Alliance, I just never believed it and I still find it hard to believe."
Leia nodded, "So do I."
Bria, Wedge, and Biggs came over to join them, "Well please sit down." Winter invited.
The four of them sat. Winter began, "I have some newest information on the Imperial
super station The Death Star."
Leia nodded, "I've recently given Mon Mothma some new passwords but just yesterday all of my access was cut to Imperial records and I believe I've been found out."
Winter's eyes widened, "By your father?"
"Higher."
To Winter and Leia, Bria, Wedge, and Biggs were invisible. "You mean your former master?"
Leia nodded, "I think he knows and if he does he will send someone to take me out and to
penetrate the alliance, as I have failed them miserably."
"Well you did change your beliefs. I must warn Bail."
"Please do." Leia said, urgently.
Winter nodded, slipped Leia some data cards, and left.
Bria sat there, confused, "Please tell me that did not just happen."
Wedge gripped Leia's arm, "What did you mean you have failed miserably."
Leia sighed, "I used to work for the Emperor, sort of, and he hired me to corupt the Alliance from the inside but the longer I stayed the more and more I began to turn and now the Emperor knows that I am no longer with him, that I am no longer on their side. He knows that I am now your ally and he will send someone to take care of me."
With those words Leia got up and left.
Biggs stared after her, "Geeze, Did you know about this, Bria?"
Bria nodded, "Some what. She told me just the other day. Mon Mothma knows and I think we can still trust her."
Wedge nodded, "I agree. Come on."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Obi-Wan lurked outside the cantina just waiting for Leia Skywalker to show her face. He needed to speak to her, he needed to train her. She was the galaxy's only hope. He saw her leave the cantina. Rushing up he said, "Leia Skywalker?"
Leia jerked back and then wearily said, "How do you know my name?"
"My name is Obi-Wan Kenobi and I-"
"Kenobi." Leia snarled, "You killed my mother!" Then she grabbed the the lightsaber that she had kept hidden for all those months, "I am going to finish the job my father never started!" She swore. And then lunged at his head with the Lightsaber.
Obi-Wan dodged Leia, "Whoa! Leia, I didn't come here to fight."
Leia felt the anger surge through her, "What, then, you came here to gloat is that it?" She
screamed. She had never felt more anger in her before, and she had been raised in anger.
Obi-wan shook his head, "Leia I came to help."
"Help what?" She screamed, "Finish the job you all ready started? Finish leaving me and my brother alone and unhappy, with no mother?" She lunged again.
Obi-Wan had no choice but bring out his own lightsaber and ignite it, "Leia I don't want to fight."
"Well thats what you are going to get!" She hissed, "I am going to make you pay for taking my mother life. I am going to make you pay with your life!"
"Leia!?" Bria cried in stunned shock as she ran out of the cantina.
Leia didn't even glance at her friend as she struck harder and harder to strike Obi-Wan.
"Leia, listen to me," Obi-Wan pleaded, "I didn't kill your mother. She died of natural causes. Trust me."
"Why should I believe you?" She snarled.
"Search your feelings you know what I say is the truth."
Leia only glared at him. But she heard voices. Voices far away and it was as if she was being transported through time.
flashback
"Push, Amidala. I need you to push." A man cried.
"I can't," she rasped, "I can't."
"Come on Padme I know you can," her husband said.
Amidala looked at him. "No," she whispered.
"Padme you have to." Vader replied.
"No," she was hot and cold now, "Your not supposed to be here."
"Amidala push!" The doctor yelled.
Amidala pushed with all her might and soon heard the cry of a little baby.
"It's a girl." The nurse informed them.
"On more, Amidala, just one more."
Amidala soon heard another cry join the first one. "Its a boy!" The nurse cried
Amidala reached out to hold her children. "Luke," Amidala whispered, "Luke and Leia
Skywalker." she was felt so weak. She was so very weak.
"Padme?" she heard her husband say. "Padme? Don't die oh please don't die."
She turned to him for a final time. "Like you even care."
"Padme-"
"The name's Amidala." she said as coldly.
"Padme, please. Padme, PLEASE." he begged one final time.
It was too late.
end flashback
Leia felt all her strength leave her and she collapsed to the ground. Wedge was at her side immediately, "Leia?" He whispered.
Leia was breathing hard now. "No. NO!" She yelled. "You're lying." She said.
"No Leia. I am not."
Leia pushed her self out of Wedge's embrace, "First you kill my mother and now you dishonor her memory as well?"
Obi-Wan shook his head, "Leia feel with your heart not with the lies that have been filled in your head. I beg of you to remember."
flashback
"My children. My beautiful children. Luke and Leia." Vader said as he scooped the children from the nurses' arms."
"What will you do with them?" The nurse asked, frightfully.
"Raise them. Care for them. Love them."
"How can a monster love?" The nurse shot at him.
end flashback
Leia felt the tears slip down her cheeks. "No. It can't be true. He wouldn't lie to me. He
wouldn't!" She insisted.
"He would dear child. He would and he has. He has filled you and your brothers heads with lies since the moment he brought the two of you home."
Leia's lips trembled and she began an all out weep as she fell into Obi- Wan's arms.
Bria pursed her lips as she watched her friend cry in the old man's arms. Just the sight of it
brought tears to her eyes.
Biggs was shaking his head, "I don't understand."
Wedge shook her head, "I don't either but I do know that it is very important to Leia's past."
Leia got up and looked in Obi-Wan's eyes, "How did you know? If you didn't kill her, how? I don't understand."
Obi-Wan nodded, "I know you don't, young child."
"They lied to me, my whole life. About everything. They told me she stood up for the empire. They had even nicknamed her Queen of the Empire."
Obi-Wan nodded, "But she wasn't. If anything she wanted to destroy the Empire. She founded the Alliance, you know."
"So I keep hearing."
"Your LADY VADER!?" Wedge cried in shock.
Bria hit upside the head, "Be quite. If you let that out this entire planet is gonna kill her."
"You are!" Wedge gasped.
Leia nodded, "Unfortunately. But please, Wedge, Biggs, don't let anyone know. I beg of you."
Luke Skywalker embraced Mara tightly. "I'm sorry I have to leave you again."
Mara simply nodded, "I understand Luke, believe me I do understand."
He smiled tightly, "I know you do."
Mara sighed. She couldn't do it. For months she had had her opportunities to kill Luke but she just couldn't do it. She felt something so strong for him, "Promise me something Luke."
"What?" He asked, "Whatever you want and its yours."
"When you return we will spend some serious time together."
"I promise." Luke said and kissed her, "And I need to you to promise me something."
"Anything." She said smiling.
"That you will do all in your power to find my sister."
Mara nodded. "I will do all that I can. I swear."
Luke kissed her again, "I love you."
"I love you."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Emperor Palpatine sat in his long slender chair in his throne room. Leia was failing him, she had failed him. She was far beyond his reach now. He needed to send someone in there. Someone who wouldn't turn from him, someone who wouldn't fail him. And that someone was Mara Jade.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Leia's ship touched down in the sandy landing pad on Tatooine, "Here I am again." She
moaned.
"Here YOU are again?" Biggs asked, "The whole reason I joined the Alliance was to leave this place and I've just wound up back here again."
Leia smiled, "You are so cute sometimes."
Biggs chuckled, "I know."
"All right, now if you two are done flirting can we PLEASE go on with this." Wedge said.
"Who are we meeting?" Leia asked
"Someone named Winter." Bria answered.
Leia's eyes grew wide, "Winter of Alderaan."
"Yeah." Bria said, "How did you know?"
"I grew up with her, sort of."
"Where are you from anyway?" Wedge asked.
"Nowhere." Was Leia's only reply, "Nowhere at all."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Leia Skywalker entered the nosy cantina. Here she was again. The last time she had entered this cantina was several months ago and she had run into that Imperial trader Izellah. At the very back was a woman who stuck out like a Hutt in a room filled with humans. Leia glided up smoothly to her, "Winter of Alderaan."
Winter looked up and the shock on her face was priceless, "Leia Sky-"
"Sexton," Leia cut in sharply, "Leia Sexton."
"Right," Winter said, "Bail had told me you had joined the Alliance, I just never believed it and I still find it hard to believe."
Leia nodded, "So do I."
Bria, Wedge, and Biggs came over to join them, "Well please sit down." Winter invited.
The four of them sat. Winter began, "I have some newest information on the Imperial
super station The Death Star."
Leia nodded, "I've recently given Mon Mothma some new passwords but just yesterday all of my access was cut to Imperial records and I believe I've been found out."
Winter's eyes widened, "By your father?"
"Higher."
To Winter and Leia, Bria, Wedge, and Biggs were invisible. "You mean your former master?"
Leia nodded, "I think he knows and if he does he will send someone to take me out and to
penetrate the alliance, as I have failed them miserably."
"Well you did change your beliefs. I must warn Bail."
"Please do." Leia said, urgently.
Winter nodded, slipped Leia some data cards, and left.
Bria sat there, confused, "Please tell me that did not just happen."
Wedge gripped Leia's arm, "What did you mean you have failed miserably."
Leia sighed, "I used to work for the Emperor, sort of, and he hired me to corupt the Alliance from the inside but the longer I stayed the more and more I began to turn and now the Emperor knows that I am no longer with him, that I am no longer on their side. He knows that I am now your ally and he will send someone to take care of me."
With those words Leia got up and left.
Biggs stared after her, "Geeze, Did you know about this, Bria?"
Bria nodded, "Some what. She told me just the other day. Mon Mothma knows and I think we can still trust her."
Wedge nodded, "I agree. Come on."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Obi-Wan lurked outside the cantina just waiting for Leia Skywalker to show her face. He needed to speak to her, he needed to train her. She was the galaxy's only hope. He saw her leave the cantina. Rushing up he said, "Leia Skywalker?"
Leia jerked back and then wearily said, "How do you know my name?"
"My name is Obi-Wan Kenobi and I-"
"Kenobi." Leia snarled, "You killed my mother!" Then she grabbed the the lightsaber that she had kept hidden for all those months, "I am going to finish the job my father never started!" She swore. And then lunged at his head with the Lightsaber.
Obi-Wan dodged Leia, "Whoa! Leia, I didn't come here to fight."
Leia felt the anger surge through her, "What, then, you came here to gloat is that it?" She
screamed. She had never felt more anger in her before, and she had been raised in anger.
Obi-wan shook his head, "Leia I came to help."
"Help what?" She screamed, "Finish the job you all ready started? Finish leaving me and my brother alone and unhappy, with no mother?" She lunged again.
Obi-Wan had no choice but bring out his own lightsaber and ignite it, "Leia I don't want to fight."
"Well thats what you are going to get!" She hissed, "I am going to make you pay for taking my mother life. I am going to make you pay with your life!"
"Leia!?" Bria cried in stunned shock as she ran out of the cantina.
Leia didn't even glance at her friend as she struck harder and harder to strike Obi-Wan.
"Leia, listen to me," Obi-Wan pleaded, "I didn't kill your mother. She died of natural causes. Trust me."
"Why should I believe you?" She snarled.
"Search your feelings you know what I say is the truth."
Leia only glared at him. But she heard voices. Voices far away and it was as if she was being transported through time.
flashback
"Push, Amidala. I need you to push." A man cried.
"I can't," she rasped, "I can't."
"Come on Padme I know you can," her husband said.
Amidala looked at him. "No," she whispered.
"Padme you have to." Vader replied.
"No," she was hot and cold now, "Your not supposed to be here."
"Amidala push!" The doctor yelled.
Amidala pushed with all her might and soon heard the cry of a little baby.
"It's a girl." The nurse informed them.
"On more, Amidala, just one more."
Amidala soon heard another cry join the first one. "Its a boy!" The nurse cried
Amidala reached out to hold her children. "Luke," Amidala whispered, "Luke and Leia
Skywalker." she was felt so weak. She was so very weak.
"Padme?" she heard her husband say. "Padme? Don't die oh please don't die."
She turned to him for a final time. "Like you even care."
"Padme-"
"The name's Amidala." she said as coldly.
"Padme, please. Padme, PLEASE." he begged one final time.
It was too late.
end flashback
Leia felt all her strength leave her and she collapsed to the ground. Wedge was at her side immediately, "Leia?" He whispered.
Leia was breathing hard now. "No. NO!" She yelled. "You're lying." She said.
"No Leia. I am not."
Leia pushed her self out of Wedge's embrace, "First you kill my mother and now you dishonor her memory as well?"
Obi-Wan shook his head, "Leia feel with your heart not with the lies that have been filled in your head. I beg of you to remember."
flashback
"My children. My beautiful children. Luke and Leia." Vader said as he scooped the children from the nurses' arms."
"What will you do with them?" The nurse asked, frightfully.
"Raise them. Care for them. Love them."
"How can a monster love?" The nurse shot at him.
end flashback
Leia felt the tears slip down her cheeks. "No. It can't be true. He wouldn't lie to me. He
wouldn't!" She insisted.
"He would dear child. He would and he has. He has filled you and your brothers heads with lies since the moment he brought the two of you home."
Leia's lips trembled and she began an all out weep as she fell into Obi- Wan's arms.
Bria pursed her lips as she watched her friend cry in the old man's arms. Just the sight of it
brought tears to her eyes.
Biggs was shaking his head, "I don't understand."
Wedge shook her head, "I don't either but I do know that it is very important to Leia's past."
Leia got up and looked in Obi-Wan's eyes, "How did you know? If you didn't kill her, how? I don't understand."
Obi-Wan nodded, "I know you don't, young child."
"They lied to me, my whole life. About everything. They told me she stood up for the empire. They had even nicknamed her Queen of the Empire."
Obi-Wan nodded, "But she wasn't. If anything she wanted to destroy the Empire. She founded the Alliance, you know."
"So I keep hearing."
"Your LADY VADER!?" Wedge cried in shock.
Bria hit upside the head, "Be quite. If you let that out this entire planet is gonna kill her."
"You are!" Wedge gasped.
Leia nodded, "Unfortunately. But please, Wedge, Biggs, don't let anyone know. I beg of you."