Home One:
Yoda felt Ahsoka's death as he turned to Organa and spoke, "A ship I need. Take me to the surface immediately, afford to lose another young Jedi we cannot."
"If Tano is dead, how can she be saved?"
Master Ti asked.
"An old method there is, ancient and unknown to most Jedi it is. Known it I have but used it I have not. At an end my life is. Use it now because limited my time is."
"Why not use it sooner?" Master Ti asked.
"Join me and see you will," Yoda replied.
Naboo:
Anakin and Leia both cried as they held Ahsoka's lifeless body in their hands.
Leia couldn't believe it, this was the best friend that she had ever had, and her master. Her master was dead, her beloved Master was dead.
Anakin turned his head as he heard the sound of Yoda's cane touching the floor.
The Ancient Jedi Master hobbled into the room as Master Windu, Master Ti and the rest of the Council followed.
Yoda then turned to Mace as he spoke, "Grand Master of the new Order you now are."
"Master?" Mace asked.
Yoda wordlessly hobbled towards Ahsoka's body as he tossed his cane aside and climbed on top of her.
He looked at Anakin and Leia as he spoke, "Step aside."
Anakin and Leia reluctantly moved away as Yoda fell to his knees and placed his hands on Ahsoka's chest wound.
The Ancient Jedi Master gathered the Force around him as he reached out with it.
Anakin wrapped his arms around Padme and Leia as he saw a bright light entering Ahsoka's body.
At that moment, Ahsoka started to breathe as he saw Yoda's cloak fall to the ground.
He saw Yoda transform into an apparition as he realized that the old Jedi Master was one with the Force.
"Transferred my midiclorians into her body I have," Yoda stated.
Anakin frowned, "What does that mean?"
"Preventing her from transforming into the Force I have. Using my energy, revived her and given her life I have. In exchange, became one with the Force I have."
"You're saying that you bargained with the Force?" Anakin asked.
Yoda nodded with a smile as Ahsoka opened her eyes.
Anakin looked at Yoda's spirit as he noticed Leia delightfully hugging her Master.
"Thank you Master," Anakin stated.
"Necessary this was, the future Ahsoka is. Too young was she to die like this."
Luke left the Throne Room and walked through the palace in silence as he thought of the battle that had just taken place.
At the same time, he noticed a nervous woman in an expensive dress looking at him, "Commander Skywalker is your mother safe?"
"Yes, Palpatine is dead," Luke replied.
"Thank the Force," The woman exclaimed.
"Who might you be?" Luke asked.
"Lady Lego and friend to your mother."
Luke was stunned, "Ian Lego's mother?"
"Yes, and I know that you killed him."
Luke sighed, "He..."
"There is nothing to explain young one, I doubt that I would have been any different if it was my my mother that he had taken prisoner. He only paid the price of evil."
"My mother was right, you're nothing like him."
"It doesn't matter who your parents are, you still can and will make your own choices. Hopefully you end up honoring yours and being the good man that they want you to be. If you choose to be something like my son, you will die young just like he did,"
Luke grew uneasy as the woman walked away. He thought of one thing, the vision that his grandfather had provided him with. If he fell, he would die at the hands of his own family. His child would fall into darkness and die.
He shivered at the reality as he walked through the Palace.
Home One:
Mon Mothma watched as the image of a middle aged woman appeared before her.
"Milady, your suspicions were confirmed. I managed to match the DNA files that you sent me on Vader to Skywalker's DNA that is in the Alliance Database, they are the same."
"If he gains power, even Palpatine's death will mean nothing. We need to trap him, I have a simple plan that is already in place. Thank you for confirming things for me," Mon replied.
Naboo:
Anakin walked into the royal chambers where Padme was waiting as he spoke, "I'm so sorry that I took so much from you Padme."
"You gave me everything in the last decade and a half Anakin," Padme replied as Anakin kicked off his boots.
Padme looked at her husband as she spoke, "I just don't want anyone else caring for our next baby besides us. If I cannot take her on and be Queen, I will have to resign. If I can do both, then great."
"What if I took care of the baby?"
"We are married, we can do it together. Our family is far more important to me than this Palace or the Throne. I will give it up to have my family a thousand times."
Anakin shook his head, "I can make some sacrifices."
Padme nodded in agreement as she held a rectangular device up, "What is this?" Anakin asked.
"The control to my slave transmitter. Do you remember it?"
Anakin stared at the device in disbelief, "I thought that you destroyed it," he stated as he took the device in his hand.
Padme shook her head as she spoke, "Keep it."
Anakin was stunned, "Padme what do you mean keep it?"
"I am yours and you are mine. Our family matters above all else."
"Padme, What if I wasn't who I said I was? What If I was still Vader on the inside? What if I reactivated this tonight?"
"I don't care, and I know that you won't, I have fully trusted you for many years. I wanted to give this to you when Luke and Leia were one, but I was so tired that I spaced it out. They were so hard to take care of back then."
"You can say that again," Anakin replied.
"Now you have it."
"Padme, you've been free for many years, and this isn't necessary."
"Our relationship wasn't perfect back then, and we both carry our own scars, now that Palpatine is dead, we can move on. No more hiding, no more politics or war. Just the two of us and our family."
"Is that what you want?" Anakin asked.
"It's all that I want," Padme replied.
"If you wish to step down from the throne, I'll step out of the Jedi Order as well."
"No, Mara needs you, train her, she can remain with us. I just want to be a good mother and wife. Maybe once all of our children are grown, I'll make my return to politics."
Anakin nodded as he affectionately kissed his beloved wife.
Anakin and Padme took their places in the Palace Council room where the rest of the Alliance Council was gathered.
They sat down as Bail spoke, "Anakin, we have a plan."
"A plan?" Anakin asked.
"The plan will require you resuming the title of Darth Vader," Mace Windu stated as Anakin let loose a visible frown, how did the entire Alliance Council know about his past as Vader?
"The past doesn't matter," Mace stated.
"How can I do this?" Anakin asked.
"We have a cover story already created," Jan Dodonna stated.
"Let's hear it," Obi-Wan interjected as he exchanged an uneasy look with Eli.
"You will state that your death was staged by the Alliance in order to prevent your rescue and that you have been held prisoner on one of their hidden bases by Jedi for the day that you would be tried as a war criminal."
Anakin sighed, "Let's hear more about this."
Mon Mothma smiled as she watched the scene unfold, everything was going as planned. Bail had bought the lie that she had been told the truth about Anakin and Padme by Mace and Mace was playing into things assuming that Bail was behind everything. Neither of the two men had thought of her feud with the Skywalker's or of the fact that she was going to use things to administrate justice on the only Sith Lord who still lived, Darth Vader. She would also be free of Amidala, she loathed the Queen for standing so loyally alongside her husband.
Anakin sighed as he packed his travel bag and turned to Padme, "You really insist on coming along?"
"You can just say that I'm your slave," Padme replied.
Anakin shook his head, "That'll go over real well with Admiral Piett, back when I told him that all of those years ago, he was disgusted."
"Anakin, you're posing as Darth Vader, Vader wasn't very moral."
Anakin hung his head, "No he wasn't, in fact he was evil. I was evil, look at how I treated you. I remember falling asleep with my arms wrapped around you as you sobbed. I remember taking pleasure in your brokenness and pain. I remember the satisfaction that it gave me. I was a monster."
"You were hurt, why else did you bury your emotions each night with me?"
"To bury the pain that I felt, I was evil but I was also a very hurt person," Anakin replied.
"Let go of it all," Padme replied.
Anakin nodded as he saw one of Padme's handmaidens entering the room.
"Sola and Darred are both here."
"Let them in," Padme replied.
Anakin smiled, "I think that they are going to hate us after experiencing our children."
"They probably are," Padme replied.
Anakin laughed as he saw the couple enter the room.
"You wanted to see us?" Sola asked.
Padme nodded, "Did dad say anything about the mission that Anakin and I are leaving for?"
"He was just discussing it with us before you called, but we were sworn to secrecy," Darred replied.
"We want to give Obi-Wan and Ahsoka a break from... Well from our children," Anakin said.
"And you need someone to keep them in line right?" Sola asked.
"Would you two step up with Dad? Solo and Chewie will also be at your disposal should you need anything," Padme added.
"And Mara too I'm guessing," Sola said.
Anakin shook his head, "She insists on going. We have already figured out a way to explain her presence. She is my apprentice after all. The twins will be enough for you to handle anyways," Anakin said.
"We'll take them but how do we keep them in line?" Sola asked.
"If they pull anything, they have to answer to me," Anakin replied.
"B-but you have no rules," Sola said in amusement.
"I have a few," Anakin replied with a smile.
Executor:
Firmus Piett stood alongside his first Officer, Marc Venka as he spoke, "Is the Crew prepared?"
"They are, and they are eager for the freedom that is coming."
Firmus nodded as he saw the shuttle that carried Lord Vader successfully landing.
He sighed, it was his first time in over a decade that he would be face to face with the man. The man that had once been his commander. The man who was the only living Sith in the entire Galaxy.
He watched as the boarding ramp lowered to reveal a dark robed man followed by a dark haired woman and a blue astromech droid.
He bowed as he spoke, "Welcome back Lord Vader, we are shocked that you survived the rebels all of those years ago."
"The Rebels believe in mercy, they believe in trials and they believe in corrupt courts that is why I'm alive. That is why I will remain alive. That and the fact hat I wasn't properly contained by them. I escaped not long after they captured me. Now, we have a lot of work to do. We need to reorganize the fleet and focus on reforming the Empire."
"I agree, I have the data that Lord Reyas and his Majesty entrusted me with in your office. Shall my first Officer show you to your chambers first?"
"Yes," Vader replied.
"Captain, proceed at once."
The young man nodded as Vader and Padme followed the officer through the ship.
Marc Venka found himself wondering how he could have ever chosen to enlist in the Imperial Navy. Darth Vader, the Galaxy's most evil man alive was at his side. He was taking the man to chambers with a woman who appeared to be more than reluctant to be onboard the ship and in his presence.
Anakin sighed as he realized that something wasn't right about their current situation. he couldn't figure it out but something was very wrong.
As he was led into his chambers by the young officer, he took in the surroundings as he continued his act with Padme.
He looked at her as the young Captain finished telling him where the refresher was and what foods were available and what buttons to push for his assistance on the computer. He looked at her as he spoke, "You know the rules, do not leave this room unless you are granted permission to do so."
"Y-Yes," Padme replied as she replied with a convincing look of dread and shame.
Mara Jade slowly crawled through the service tunnels that were throughout the Executor dressed in her black jumpsuit. She had her lightsaber clipped to her belt along with a blaster and comlink and any other tools that she may be in need of.
She reached out with the Force as she continued to move towards the source of her Master's force signature.
She was onboard the Executor, the ship where her father had died. She had seen the Imperial Reports on her father's death. Her father had died during his detention.
Meaning in basic that her father had been tortured to death for information that he had refused to share. He had taken Rebel secrets as well as the location of herself and her dead mother with him as he died. A part of her wished that she could find out just who had taken part in her father's murder so that she could avenge him. She wanted to take the men that murdered him and show them the pain that he had felt in his final moments. She wanted them to know that they had taken away her father and her mother from her, her family. She had been orphaned in a matter of hours because of them.
At the same time, she thought of what her Master had taught her, her Master had taught her that seeking revenge was a path to the Dark side. His desire for revenge had driven him to murder his own father and had driven him to the dark side inside of ten years. She couldn't risk falling like her Master. Mara sighed as she thought of all of the damage that her Master had caused, she couldn't risk causing such damage and pain. Mara didn't know why her parents had to die so suddenly as they had, but Mara knew one thing, she had Anakin Skywalker as her mentor. Anakin Skywalker was the greatest teacher that anyone could ask for. She couldn't imagine being trained by anyone else besides Anakin.
Anakin smiled as Mara climbed through the vent in the ceiling and into their chambers.
"There is a spare bed and room for you Mara. Make yourself at home in there. Padme and I are going to have dinner."
"Ok," Mara replied.
"R2 is at your disposal Mara, I'm just as suspicious of everything as you are," Anakin stated.
Naboo:
Ahsoka Tano sat inside of the simple cafe as she sipped her tea as she thought of one thing, Yoda. The Jedi Master who had died just so she could have a little bit more time in life. She knew one thing, her death had given her a far broader perspective on life. She was never taking it for granted and she was never going to waste it. She would make sure that she was an even greater Jedi and servant of the Force, and an even greater Master to her padawan. Her Padawan, Leia needed her as much as Anakin did if not more. Leia had formed an extremely close bond with her. One that couldn't easily be broken. She had to make sure that she was there to complete her training although she would die to protect her family any day.
She stood up and walked out of the cafe after paying the bill. She noticed the setting Nabuian sun and decided that she would quietly meditate in her Palace chambers for the rest of the night.
Luke and Leia both exchanged brief glances with each other as Sola sat down at the dinner table and spoke, "We are going to watch a holofilm at the theater tonight. When was the last time that you went?"
"It's been awhile," Leia replied.
"Well, you're going tonight after dinner," Pooja stated from the other side of the table.
"Your grandfather is going to join us," Sola added.
"Good, I'm glad that he's coming," Luke replied.
"He knows you far better than we do," Sola said.
"I don't get why my parents didn't ask him to take us," Leia replied.
"I think that they are trying to give Uncle Eli, Aunt Mia, and Grandmother and everyone a break from us," Luke said.
"You mean from you," Leia replied.
"Hey!" Luke exclaimed.
Leia shook her head as Sola glanced at her nephew, "Yes, I'm going to watch you very carefully."
"He's sneaky," Leia said.
"Stop being a rat," Luke said in irritation.
Sola smirked, "Your parents already warned me about you."
"Oh," Luke replied.
Mace Windu stood alongside Bail Organa as Mon Mothma left the room.
"I don't know what that woman is hiding, but I currently do not trust her."
"Mon has never liked Anakin and Padme. It's all that I can do to keep her from tearing at their throats."
"Yes, but she is up to something. I don't like what I'm sensing from her Viceroy."
Bail nodded as he spoke, "I don't like that she just got onto my datapad and found out about Anakin. I talked to her about that. She is going to keep it to herself."
"Yes, but you need to realize that she has already hidden a lot from us. Why does she have her own network of spies that even you don't know about? Who told us about the Death Star and Tarkin's intent to destroy Alderaan?"
"Mon's sources," Bail replied.
"Exactly, to be fair, you aren't like any Politician that I have ever known, but she is a politician and Politicians and I don't go too well," Mace stated.
Alright, that's it for now, thank you for reading and reviewing.
-Fallen Jedi 79