Previously: Vader discussed the Death Star with other
Imperial officials. You found out that
The Emperor was Emperor Palpatine. Then
Vader went to aRawn to hopefully uncover what it was that the Emperor was
hiding. Arawn wouldn't tell him, but he
knew from that threat arawn knew whatever it was, and that the Emperor was
hiding something from him…and that it had to do with Samantha.
"I know you are lying, Arawn. But since you won't volunteer the
information, I will find out by other means."
All this did was confirm
that the Emperor was hiding something from him. He hadn't been totally sure. But what could it be? Vader started for Endor at the same time
that the Emperor's older daughter did. Samantha s not yet left for Yavin. She's getting ready, though. Darth Vader was a much more skilled pilot than Ursula was, so he beat
her by a long shot. Vader takes some of
his men with him. Vader takes out a map
that has already been pinpointed as to where the droid had seen her. The Imperials head in that direction. While Darth Vader couldn't exactly feel
Samantha through the force (they had different kinds…his was normal and hers
was Royal), he still felt her through it in a way…he felt a strong
connection. He let that connection lead
him to her Ewok hut. It was then as she
was packing that she heard the artificial breathing of Darth Vader. She'd never heard it before. I think now's a good time to tell you a
little more about Darth Vader. He's
obviously a Sith (Darth Vader), and if you didn't know that, hopefully
you could have told that he wasn't using the Force for good purposes. You also know a little about him form what
Obi-Wan told Luke. But in a certain
battle against a certain Jedi Knight (one of the last events in Blue Waters),
he'd gotten seriously hurt. He'd gotten
3rd degree burns, and his lungs had also been burned. He couldn't breathe now without the help of
his breath mask. That's why he has to
wear a mask and is the reason he make s the qui que noise…because it is
artificial breathing. That's also why
he wears the black suit. Okay, that's
just so you know. (Yes, if you're
reading Blue Waters, you'll find it out in there, too). Anyway, Samantha, like I said, Samantha had
never heard the artificial breathing of Darth Vader before. Vader didn't come in, but he remained close
enough for her to hear his breathing. Samantha stopped.
"What is that?"
She went to go see what
it was. She stopped right at the
doorway. Vader grabbed her, and with
his men led her out into the woods for questioning. Samantha had a pretty good idea that this thing (she didn't know
it was a man) had come from the Empire. She knew there was nothing she could do…she was surrounded by stormtroopers
and Imperial officers, plus the man in black (Darth Vader).
As soon as they stopped, Samantha says, "look, I don't know who
you are, but you really don't gain much by capturing me."
Vader says, "That may be true, but…" he stops and realizes something…she
doesn't know who he is.
Vader had no idea whether the Emperor's secret involved him or
not, but he knew that neither the Emperor nor Arawn had told him…so that
possibility existed…
"This could work to my advantage," he thinks. Then he continues out loud, "but you are a
rebel…probably a Rebel Leader."
She says nothing, only
smiles.
"So you deny nothing…then
you are a rebel leader. Tell me, where
are the tactical plans to the Death Star?"
"And you think that I
would actually tell you."
Darth Vader tries to look
at her as little as possible.
"I'm sure that you don't want to see this little tree house place
burned to the ground and your little fuzz ball friends charred, because I can
and will do that. I need two things
from you: the location of the Rebel
Base and the tactical plans of the Death Star." He added mentally to his list, "and something else…"
"Well I'm afraid you won't get that kind of satisfaction from
me."
Until next time!