Hello dear readers! Yes, I know, I have failed to update as soon as I hoped. But I do that this chapter will make it up to you, as it will be longer than normal and near the finale! Yes, only one more chapter to go before this story is sadly ended. That is why it has taken me so long to update, I was hoping to make the chapters as long as possible so you would not be kept in so much suspense. So, please read the following chapter and ENJOY!

Han gasped for air as Anakin's grip around his throat tightened.

After Leia's announcement, things had gone downhill fast.

Anakin had grabbed Han by the throat and shoved him down to the table, while Padme was still trying to comprehend what her daughter had just told her. Leia had tried to rescue Han, but Padme held her back, forcing her to sit down.

"I think that you need to explain things first before we go any further."

"But Han..."

"Talk quickly." Padme responded.

Leia did talk as quickly as possible, keeping a watchful eye on Han's face, which was not yet purple. Leia explained the rest about Han's rescue and her stay with him, trying to make it sound as nice and not like imprisonment as possible.

When she was finally done, Anakin loosed his grip slightly and asked, "One question: Did you consummate your marriage?"

Leia was worried about what he would do, but answered truthfully. "Yes, willingly."

Han was still, apparently waiting for a death blow from Anakin. But Anakin merely nodded and released Han. "Then your mother and I cannot protest your relationship. I am certain that there are more details we should probably know about, but we will let you go. For now."

Leia smiled and hugged her parents. "Thank you."

"So, what now?" Han asked, rubbing his neck and catching his breath.

Anakin spoke, "We need to discuss your brother and what has happened to him..." BOOM.

Everyone was thrown to the floor as the ship rocked. Several more explosions tossed the four of them across the floor. When there was a temporary break, and as the lights flickered, Han said what everyone was thinking:

"I have a bad feeling about this."

Mara rolled her eyes. "Yes, I do have feelings for you, farm boy. Not quite love, but close to it."

Luke just stared at her, unsure what to do. Of course, he would have thought Mara the last person to feel anything except anger and frustration towards him, but apparently there was more to her than met the eye.

Luke swallowed then said, "Well, I look forward to what your final conclusion will be. I just hope that it will be favorable and not a sudden disgust against me."

Mara laughed. "Oh, have no fear, dear Prince, I will try to keep my feelings from straying into the realm of complete hatred."

"Thank you." Luke answered, smiling a bit himself.

The two stood in the pathway, comfortable for the first time since their drunken state of mind on their wedding night. Luke leaned towards Mara, as she did as well, both willing to see what would happen next. As their lips brushed...BOOM.

The two were thrown backwards onto the ground as an explosion burst into the air. Rocks, trees, bushes and who knows what else went flying everywhere, while the two humans used the Force to block projectiles from themselves.

Luke tried to sit up, but was suddenly blinded by the bright lights of a ship landing in the newly created clearing. Once the ship landed, the ramp came down and dozens of soldiers ran down and surrounded the two humans. A person in a dark cloak walked down the ramp and stood in front of the pair.

"Get up."

The soldiers roughly hauled the two to their feet. The hooded figure studied them and nodded. "This is him. Bring him and his wife along."

The soldiers half dragged the two up into the ship, where cloths were shoved over their faces and Luke soon lost all vision as he fell into unconsciousness.

When he finally awoke, Luke found himself lying on the floor with his hands tied, and a massive headache. He slowly pushed himself up and studied his surroundings.

He was in a large room, a palace almost, with no windows and a lone throne in the center, with the hooded figure sitting in it and staring down at him.

"Good morning," it said, "How are you feeling?"

Luke tried to glare at the figure, but it was more like a grimace. "Who are you? Where am I?"

The figure laughed, and Luke finally realized that it was the voice of a woman. "I am someone of great importance, although you, the Empire and the Rebellion have never know that until, well, you would be the first. As to your location, you are in a room in my home, on some planet on the outskirts of the Empire, mostly a barren planet with few people."

Luke tried to think of possible planets, but his head hurt too much to think straight. Besides, he had another issue to deal with first. "Great importance? I doubt there is anyone of great importance that neither the Empire or the Rebellion knows of. Unless...wait, you're the Sith?"

Luke could now see her mouth as she moved her head to smile at him. "Ding, ding, we have a winner! You Imperials are sometimes so slow. Of course, the drug I gave you is probably making you groggy, but I would have thought that your skills in the Force would help it wear off sooner."

Luke glared at her. "I thought you were a man, that is what Yoda and Obi-wan said."

"Oh, him? I was using one of my guards as a cover. A little make up, and with me near him controlling things, I knew that most people would suspect that HE was the Sith, not me. Apprently even the Jedi are dumb enough to fall for that."

Luke tried to process this bit and asked, "Then what do you want with me? I've been kidnaped and used so much this past few weeks that I am sick of being someone's puppet! Tell me what you want."

She stood up and walked towards him. "Oh dear, poor Luke is upset. However shall we comfort you? I do not need you for anything, your Highness, I just needed to capture you, kill you, and take over the Empire."

"Why? Why kill me? What advantage does that give you?"

"It will be revenge against your father for the important person that he took from me."

Luke was confused. "What are you talking about? If you're a Sith, then who could my father have killed that was important to you?"

She laughed. "You are so stupid, Luke, you have no idea of what has been going on under the Empire's very nose," She sighed, "But, if you insist, I will explain things to you. While your father, Anakin, was first in training, Darth Sideous had found a young woman whom he found attractive and decided that he wished to use her to provide an apprentice for him, in case your father did not succeed. Nine months later, she died giving birth to Sideous's child: a daughter. This daughter was raised in secret, while your father was in training. While Sideous taught Anakin the ways of the Dark Side, his daughter was also being taught the exact same thing. However, she was eleven years younger than Anakin, meaning that if Sideous wished to replace Anakin with her, he had to wait a long time. When Sideous wished for your father to find a mate in order to create an heir, Sideous was using that has a distraction for Anakin while Sideous prepared his daughter to become his full time apprentice."

She stopped for a moment to adjust her sleeve, seeming to make Luke even more impatient. When her sleeve was situated properly, she grimly continued. "However, Sideous did not realized how Anakin was changing, and soon learned the hard way (by being killed) never to underestimate his apprentices, no matter how much control he believes he has over them."

"But what happened to his daughter?" Luke asked.

She smirked. "I would have thought even your simple mind would have been able to figure that one out."

Luke was silent, realization dawning on him. This was very bad. "You mean..."

"Yes, Luke. I am Sideous's daughter."'

DUH DUH DUH! Things are very, very bad indeed. Yes, I know, kind of a corny ending, but I just wanted to keep it in the realm of the movies a bit :) Let me know what you think in a REVIEW! Thank you! Until the next(and final, hopefully) chapter, Li Li.