Dagobah
Luke climbed out of the cockpit of his X-Wing as he surveyed his surroundings.
He immediately noticed that he had in fact landed in the middle of a swamp. He knew that he would have to move his fighter immediately unless he wanted it to sink.
He immediately jumped into the water and swam towards stable ground as he reached out in the Force.
Yoda was in fact watching him, no doubt the Jedi Master was testing him.
He immediately reached out in the Force as he looked and noticed a small clearing that would be the perfect landing pad for his fighter.
He used the Force and levitated the fighter as R2 whistled several beeps to him.
"Just stay put until I put you down R2," Luke replied as he used the Force to move the fighter across the swamp.
Moments later, he landed the fighter successfully in the clearing.
He then started the hike towards the clearing in silence.
Once he was in the clearing, he opened his storage compartment deciding to set up camp in the tiny clearing with R2.
Luke removed his flight suit and placed it in the storage compartment of his fighter, at the same time pulled out his portable power Generator as he looked at R2 and spoke, "You ready for some power?"
R2 beeped a positive beep in response as Luke connected the faithful droid to the generator.
Luke then reached for a box of rations as he spoke, "This sure is a strange place to find a Jedi Master. This place really gives me the creeps R2."
Luke at the same time started to take a bite of his dinner as he spoke, "Still something familiar about this place, I feel like..."
"Feel like what do you young Skywalker?"
Luke immediately turned with his lightsaber in hand to see a tiny creature perched on a nearby log.
Luke was in shock, he had heard his Father describe Master Yoda to him many times. He had heard Ben describe the tiny troll time and time again as well but nothing prepared him for meeting the ancient Jedi Master in person.
As he clipped the lightsaber to his belt he spoke, "Like we're being watched Master Yoda."
"Mmmm, perceptive you are young Skywalker. Very perceptive," Yoda commented as he hobbled down towards the clearing.
Luke smiled as Yoda spoke, "The trials I am to give you Mmmm yes."
Luke nodded as Yoda continued, "First see you in action I must. Train for a day we will and tomorrow take the trials you will."
"I understand Master," Luke replied.
At the same time Yoda reached for Luke's rations and pulled a piece of hardened bread out of the box before taking a bite.
Luke said nothing as Yoda spoke, "Come along, good food we will have mmm good food," Yoda stated.
Yoda then hobbled off on the nearby trail as Luke spoke, "R2 just stay here and watch everything as best as you can."
Luke then followed the Jedi Master not knowing what else to do.
Executor:
Vader awoke with his arms tightly wrapped around Padme.
He looked down at his Angel as he thought of the night before with her. In many ways he feared that he would wake up and find that the day and night before were nothing more than a wonderful dream.
At the same time, Vader felt his body shaking as he ran his hand through Padme's hair
It was just so unreal that she was in fact alive and in his arms.
Vader unable to control himself gave Padme a kiss on the forehead as he noticed her starting to move.
At that moment she opened her eyes as he started to stroke her hair.
"Good Morning Ani."
"Good morning my Love," Vader replied as he placed a kiss on his wife's lips.
Padme frowned, "You're shaking, what's wrong?"
"I-I'm just afraid that I'm going to wake up and find out that this was all a wonderful dream. After twenty two years of being alone with nothing but memories and images of you this just seems to good to be true in my own mind. You have no idea just how hard it's been living without you."
Vader then continued, "The other night I almost ended my own life."
Padme felt a shiver run down her spine as she moved closer to her husband, "What do you mean?"
"I-I had a lightsaber in my hand, and I was as drunk as a pirate in a Mos Eisley Cantina and I just placed my lightsaber against my chest but before I could ignite the blade I passed out."
Padme gasped in horror as her husband tightly hugged her.
Vader then spoke, "I'm going to go take care of a few things on the Bridge and get an update on the pursuit of the Falcon."
Padme not wishing to argue with her husband nodded as she spoke, "I'm just going to stay in bed I didn't get much sleep the other night and the same was for last night," Padme stated with a playful smile.
"What was eating you the night before?" Vader asked.
"Luke was stuck outside of the base in the middle of a blizzard. Leia and I both were up all night long worrying about him."
"What the hell was he doing outside of the base?"
"He was on his patrol when he was ambushed by a wampa. He almost died out there."
"Of course he did, Hoth isn't exactly a planet that is human friendly," Vader replied as he stood up and started to dress.
Vader then turned and left the room in silence.
Admiral Firmus Piett stood on the Command Bridge a good distance away from his fellow crewmen in complete disgust.
"I heard that the Emperor took that one girl to his quarters," one Officer stated.
"Of course he did. I bet that he interrogated her thoroughly," stated another officer with a laugh.
"He's the Emperor and she's a rebel. He can do whatever he wants to her. He probably will keep her as his prize for the rest of her life, or until he gets tired of her," stated another Officer.
What is wrong with these men? Piett asked himself in disgust.
How can they take something like this so lightly?
"My buddy was on the planet with his squad when Vader walked by with her at his side and when he asked the Emperor if he wanted her taken care of, he told her that he could handle her himself."
Piett at the same time heard his first officer, Captain Ardan interject a comment, "In bed he can handle her, Rebel scum deserves whatever she gets, I bet he's already had his way with..."
"Enough!" Piett screamed in rage.
At that moment all eyes turned towards the angry Admiral as he spoke, "This is the Imperial Navy, not the bar or the Academy or a high school. I won't have a bunch of you boys talking about sex like a gang of teenage boys that are filled with rushing hormones on my Bridge. Either you cease your perverse jokes or you can all get off of my Bridge!" Piett yelled.
Piett at the same time continued, "And no woman weather Rebel or Imperial Loyalist deserves to be treated in the manner that you're suggesting. I'm a Father and I can tell you that my worst nightmare is my daughter ending up with a scumbag that has no respect for women like the scumbags that I command!" stated Piett as he turned to see his Emperor walking onto the bridge.
At the same time, Piett noticed his nephew quietly focusing on a computer screen at the far side of the bridge doing his best to stay away from his comrades and their jokes.
Vader looked at Piett and spoke, "I sense a problem here, what is going on?" Vader asked.
Piett shook his head, "I'd rather talk about it in private."
Vader nodded as he spoke, "What's the report on the search for the Millennium Falcon?"
"We have had around the clock bombings in the astroid field and our bombers are focusing mainly on the largest Astroid that contains a good number of caves which are the ideal place to hide. I have the fleet positioned so that we'll be able to pursue them the moment they leave the Astroid field. We're waiting for them and they will have to come out sooner or later," Piett stated.
"Good," Vader replied.
Vader then turned and headed towards his office in silence.
Within minutes, he had access to the holonet as he spoke, "This is Emperor Darth Vader with a personal invitation to all bounty hunters in this Galaxy. I am inviting you to the Hoth System to the bridge of the Executor to participate in the hunt for the Millennium Falcon and it's pilot, Captain Han Solo. Be onboard my ship within six hours. That is all for now," Vader stated as he deactivated the transmission and headed out of the office and towards his quarters.
Vader entered his chambers and entered his bedroom where he was awarded with the sight of Padme emerging from his closet dressed in one of his tunics, "I couldn't find my uniform."
"You don't need it, your days as a Rebel are over," Vader stated as he pulled her into his arms and gave her an affectionate kiss on the lips.
"You don't know that," Padme replied.
"I do, and Mara will bring you some clothes if she hasn't already" Vader stated.
Padme said nothing as her husband pushed her down onto their bed as he playfully pinned her down on the mattress.
Vader then gave her a kiss as he spoke, "I missed you so much. The last twenty two years were my twenty two years of hell," Vader stated as he captured Padme's lips a second time.
He then spoke, "Let's go find something for breakfast."
Padme nodded as she stood up and followed her husband out of their bedroom.
Vader then headed into the kitchen with Padme at his side as he reached into the fridge and pulled out a carton of fresh eggs.
"I managed to get these off of a trade ship a week ago."
"They're probably better than the powdered ones that I've been eating on Hoth," Padme stated.
Vader nodded in response.
A few minutes later, Vader found himself sitting on his couch with Padme on his lap as they ate their breakfast.
At the same time, Vader noticed the doors of his training room hiss open as Mara walked out.
"Good morning Master," Mara stated.
"Good morning, how was your morning training session?" Vader asked.
"It was good, I got everything done as usual," Mara replied.
"Good, very good," Vader replied as he took the last bite of his eggs before pushing his plate towards the nearby caf table with a touch of the Force.
Mara at the same time looked at Padme and spoke, "If you would like, you can borrow something of mine until you order some clothes," Mara stated.
"That would be nice," Padme replied as she felt Anakin's hands running up and down her bare thighs.
At the same time, she felt Anakin's lips brushing against her cheek.
Vader smiled at Padme as he spoke, "I love you so much Angel."
"I love you too Ani," Padme replied.
"Don't worry I will make things right with Leia, I promise you."
Padme nodded as her she stood up to take the plates back towards the waiting sink.
Vader at the same time stood up as he spoke, "I'm going to go take care of a few things in my office. I will be back later."
"Am I allowed to leave our chambers?" Padme asked.
"And I mean once I have real clothes," Padme stated.
Vader thought for a moment in silence before he spoke, "Only if you're with me."
Padme nodded in response.
Vader then turned and left the room as Mara spoke, "I'll do the dishes and then I'll get you a dress from my closet and a few other things that you will need."
Padme shook her head, "I'm stuck here and I'm Anakin's wife. How about I do the job myself?"
Mara nodded as she turned and left the room.
Padme then entered the kitchen noticing that Anakin had failed to put the eggs away.
She immediately grabbed the carton of eggs and opened the fridge, what she saw inside almost made her drop the carton. She gasped in horror, aside from a few vegetables in the vegetable drawer and a few hot sauces and some eggs, the fridge was packed with liquor. Padme noticed gallon size bottles of Corellian Ale and bottles of Vodka as well as whiskey and even bottles of wine and bottles of tequila. Padme guessed that there was easily a hundred credits worth of alcohol sitting in the fridge alone.
At the same time, she opened up the nearby cabinets and was awarded with the same horrifying sight.
Luke had told her about Anakin's drinking problem but he had never said that it was this bad.
Padme immediately turned and headed into the bedroom that she shared with Anakin and started searching the nightstands noticing more bottles of whiskey.
She immediately started gathering the bottles of whiskey as she paid no heed to her surroundings.
Within ten minutes, she had discovered around ten bottles of alcohol just in Anakin's room.
At the same time, she heard footsteps and she noticed Mara standing behind her, "I have a small computer that Lord Vader said that you will be allowed to use for holonet access" Mara stated as she laid the computer down on the bed.
Padme nodded as she pointed towards the various bottles of alcohol, "Help me carry those into the kitchen."
"W-What are you doing with them?" Mara asked.
"Dumping them, and the bottles can go to the trash compactor. His alcoholic days are over!" Padme stated.
"I-I don't know if he will allow me to do this I've wanted to do it for years myself," Mara stated.
"I'm his wife, I assume full responsibility for this," Padme stated.
Mara smiled as she reached for two bottles that she placed into the pockets of her pants before grabbing another two. She then assisted Padme in carting the bottles out of Vader's quarters as Padme searched the refreshers for extra bottles.
Mara then spoke, "When I first moved into this place I even found some of that stuff in my room."
"That was originally Luke's room right?" Padme asked.
Mara nodded as she spoke, "I dumped them."
"How is it that his liver hasn't expired after all of this?" Padme asked.
"Some men are more fortunate than others I guess, I remember seeing men die in the cantina that I grew up in from drinking to much and I've always been afraid that the same will happen to him," said Mara.
Padme nodded as she spoke, "He's not drinking as long as I'm around."
Mara smiled at Padme in response.
Millennium Falcon.
C-3PO stared at the Falcon's computer in frustration, "Where is R2 when I need him."
3PO then spoke, "Sir I don't know where your ship learned to communicate, it has the most peculiar dialect. I believe that it says that the power coupling is damaged Sir, I believe that you will have to replace it."
Han stared at the computer in complete agitation before looking at 3PO and speaking, "Well of course I'll have to replace it."
Han then took the electronic cable in his hand and handed it towards Chewie who was working in the compartment above the ship's lounge.
"Here," Han stated.
"And Chewie!"
"Yes?" Chewie roared back.
"I think that we better the replace the negative power coupling," Han stated quietly.
For an entire day the two of them had been hidden inside of the caves of the massive astroid. They had spent the night with Leia sleeping in Han's cabin and Han and Chewie bunked down in the ship's lounge, now after a few hours of sleep the three of them were attempting to get the Falcon in working condition so that they could escape from the Hoth system.
Han was more than determined to make the escape. He made a promise to a Mother to get her daughter to safety and he would do so even if it costed him his life.
Leia had just set aside her small welding unit as she worked on the Falcon when Han entered the room behind her and attempted to assist her, In anger, Leia pushed Han with the back of her shoulder in anger as he spoke, "Hey your Worship I'm only trying to help."
Leia glared at the Corellian Pilot in agitation before turning back to her work as she spoke, "Would you please just stop calling me that."
"Sure Leia," Han casually replied.
"You make it so difficult sometimes," Leia stated.
"I do, I really do," Han sarcastically replied.
"You could be a little nicer though. Come on admit it sometimes you think I'm alright," Han stated with a slight smirk.
Leia immediately ceased her work as she looked away as she rubbed her hands while looking away from Han before speaking, "Occasionally maybe when you're not acting like a scoundrel." Han immediately found Leia turning to face him as he advanced upon her causing her to back up against the nearby bulkhead.
"Scoundrel? Scoundrel? I like the sound of that," Han stated as he wrapped his hands around Leia's and started rubbing them."
"Stop that," Leia stated.
"Stop what?" Han asked.
"My hands are dirty," Leia stated.
"My hands are dirty too, what are you afraid of?" Han asked.
"Afraid?" Leia asked in frustration.
"You're trembling," Han stated.
"You like me because I'm a scoundrel there are no scoundrels in your life."
"I happen to like Nice men," Leia replied as Han moved uncomfortably closer to her.
"I'm nice men," Han replied.
"No you're not," Leia replied as Han pressed his lips against her's capturing her lips in a passionate kiss.
At the same time 3PO's annoying voice was heard in the room, "Sir, sir! I selected the reverse power flux coupling."
Han in irritation turned towards 3PO who was standing in the doorway as he spoke, "Thank you, thank you very much," Han stated.
"You're quite welcome Sir," 3PO stated as he left Solo oblivious to the Corellian's obvious irritation.
Alright that's it for now, thank you for reading and reviewing.
-Fallen Jedi 79
