Sorry I took so long writing this. I am undergoing some changes in my life; changes that some of you are aware of. For a time I couldn't think straight, then I didn't feel like writing, writer's block came calling and then finding the drive to write was spotty. But I told myself the reviews and hits I get for my work are worth all of it.

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Owen didn't know where he was, how he got there but he did know he didn't like how that man was looking at him. The strange humanoid male seemed to be sizing him up in some way.

Anakin had somehow brought them to this strange place when Imperial Storm Troopers started asking too many questions.

All Owen knew was that there was a bright light and when the light faded they were in an unfamiliar place.

At the moment the whole Lars-Skywalker Clan, with the exceptions of Luke, Leia and Aryaih, were in some sort of building of an odd design. The place seemed to be home to three humanoids. The lone female seemed friendly enough but the younger male gave Owen the creeps.

Owen hazarded a glace to where Anakin was talking with the ancient looking one. The two of them had been talking since they arrived in this strange place.

Finally Anakin nodded and turned to look at them.

Owen had a thousand questions for his brother but none of them could form. He had always known that his foster brother was different but he had never considered just how different he was until now.

"A ship will arrive in a few minutes that will take you to safety." Anakin told them when he rejoined their little group. "From here get them to take you to the rebellion."

"Are you sure that they will take us to the Rebellion?" Beru asked. "What if they are loyal to the Empire?"

Anakin was silent for a minute clear sign that he was debating something.

"The being that controls this place he knows how to get the attention of the right ships." Anakin explained.

"What about you?" Padme asked, voicing the question that Owen knew he was thinking and most likely everyone else as well.

"I have to do some soul searching." Anakin responded.

"We will see each other again." Anakin said as he gently put his arms on Padme's upper arms.

Owen quickly turned to his mother and father as Anakin and Padme shared a tight embrace. They deserved some privacy for what might be the last intimate moment they might have in a long time if not forever.

"It is time." The ancient one informed them after a few moments.

Owen turned and watched with some sorrow as Anakin and Padme broke apart and as Anakin either touched his children or gave them a fatherly kiss on the cheek.

Anakin then moved on to Cliegg and Mira. He hugged them the way one would hug a close family member. Owen silently braced himself for Anakin's good-bye. They embraced.

"I'll take care of them until you return." Owen promised Anakin in a soft voice.

"I know you will." Anakin told him in an equally soft voice.

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Rygal Noles blinked his eyes several times; trying to clear his head of the fog that had settled there.

He and his partner, Rhiannon Marks, had been running a supply run when they picked up a distress signal from a fellow Rebel Supply ship.

The moment they had dropped out of hyperspace he blacked out.

Rygal shook his head and looked at the scanners. There wasn't anything out there that was or could have been a ship.

Had the Empire lured them here?

"Rhiannon, stay here while I check the ship." He told her as he started to stand.

"Rygal, this can't be right." Rhiannon's voice stopped him. "According to this there was never any type of ship here in the past few months and there are no objects that could have transmitted the signal we received."

"That can't be right." Rygal said as he settled back into his seat and checked the scans. But the scans did indeed say that the emissions from ships were too old to have been left in the past few months; let alone hours or minutes.

"Then what led us here?" Rygal asked, completely baffled.

Rhiannon shrugged but Rygal could see that she was unnerved as well.

Rygal searched the scanners for any hints of what could have sent the signal but he was still coming up empty handed.

"We'll get the mechanics to go through the systems when we get back and inform the higher ups of the signal just in case it's a new toy of the Empire." He told Rhiannon.

Rhiannon nodded in agreement.

"Well just sitting here isn't getting these supplies to Yavin IV." Rhiannon commented as she gave the scanners one last look.

Rygal nodded and retrieved the coordinates for Yavin from the navicomputer and they once again disappeared into hyperspace.

Rygal leaned back in his chair and stared at the swirl of hyperspace. Old legends said that you would go insane if you looked too long out a viewport of ship in hyperspace but it had been proven false.

"What time is it?" Rygal asked after a long period of silence.

"About lunchtime," Rhiannon responded.

Rygal sat up, removing his legs from the control panel and stood.

"I'll get our lunch." He stated. "I'm guessing that you want the Napaj Prime Nuna flavored noodles?" He asked as he prepared to head for the gallery. Rhiannon just nodded.

Rygal sighed as he headed for the gallery. It was always the same with Rhiannon as far as lunch was concerned. Well she would now and then eat something else for lunch. She claimed that those Napaj Prime noodles were the easiest to prepare on trips like this and the nuna flavored ones were the best.

Rygal opened the hatch to the gallery and froze at the sight of what appeared to be a large family sitting in different places in the room.

Rygal knew for a fact that it was only him and Rhiannon on the ship. They had checked it after they took off of Arana IV both manually and scans.

Rygal pulled his blaster from its holster and pointed it at them.

"Who are you and how did you get on my ship." He demanded.

"You wouldn't believe us if we told you." One of the adults, a woman, responded.

"Try me," Rygal told her.

"You were lured to that area of space by a powerful being that used a distress signal of a fellow supply ship. Once you were here he caused you and your partner to pass out to keep you unaware and once we were on he sent you on your way." The woman with long greying brown hair told him.

She was right: he didn't believe her.

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I'm sorry for the errors in different parts of this chapter. I added parts and I realized that I had a part that had though patterns in the wrong places.

Either way I hope I fixed all the errors.

Oh, Bryg is going to be back in the area Thursday night and I most likely see her on Sunday. I am so excited to see her and her baby. And what makes it even better is that Sunday is my birthday! It will be one of the best birthday presents ever!

Her being back will mean that there could be several updates for DAC.