They followed Vader onto the shuttle, he entered the cockpit, Luke and Leia sat on the seats in the center of the shuttle. Leia looked down, she calmed down since she cried but was still sad. It felt like she cried all the tears she had. Luke kept looking at her but didn't say anything.
The shuttle lifted and moved out of the hangar, Leia was nervous about space travel still. She gripped her seat nervously, she was going to Coruscant, she felt her heartache. Will she be able to see Alderaan again? Her mother and father? She closed her eyes as a few stray tears traveled down her cheeks.
Leia and Luke stayed silent, she was glad Luke wasn't trying to force conversation. She didn't feel like talking right now, she wanted to be left alone with her thoughts. She didn't even know if she had the strength to talk. The shuttle moved along slowly.
After a long, silent shuttle ride, she felt the shuttle land. The door to the cockpit opened, Vader strode through, towering over Luke and Leia. Leia was still nervous around this man, her stomach twisted anxiously. The ramp to the shuttle lowered and they all walked out. They walked into a hangar, it was large. Leia kept her eyes down, then Vader pulled out his com.
"Lieutenant Cal, report to my residence at once."
"Yes, my Lord." The man said, Leia let out a shaky breath. Luke smiled slightly, they entered the turbo lift, she kept to herself in the corner. The lift doors opened, she stepped out into the entranceway.
"This is where you shall be staying, you may choose any room you would like, you may not enter my room." Vader said standing above her, she nodded slowly, "I will be in the conference room, come to me if you two need anything." He quickly turned around and entered a room.
She was here now, Leia felt like she might cry again. Now that she was here, her new place of residence, it felt so much more real. Luke put his hand on her shoulder, "I want to show you something." Luke smiled, Leia looked up into his blue eyes and couldn't help but smile. Leia nodded, Luke grabbed her wrist and guided her to a balcony.
Leia stepped out and was blown away by the view, it was like nothing she had ever seen before. The city was enormous, towering skyscrapers clustered her vision, multiple lanes of sky traffic through Coruscant, it was unreal. It was so much unlike the view from the Alderaani palace, which was fitted with a large mountain range, lakes, forests. Polar opposites, yet equally as beautiful.
"I went out here to think a lot when I first got here." Luke smiled, he looked over the view of the city. The cold wind from the high altitude whipped her, strands from her hair slipped around her face.
"Do you mind if I am left alone for a little while?" Leia asked, Luke shook his head in understanding
"Of course." He smiled and stepped out, letting Leia finally let out a sigh of relief. She needed to be alone, she needed to really think. She closed her eyes gently, a single tear tracked down her cheek, the wind redirecting the direction it took. Her heart was truly broken.
Vader was in the conference room, he had ordered Bail Organa to be delivered to the Detention Center while he flew the shuttle down to Coruscant, he would be here within a couple of hours. It would take every bit of his strength to hold himself back from killing Bail, he deserved it, there was no denying it. Organa had stripped his own daughter from him, then even tried to take Luke from him.
Leia, she was so emotionally attached to the criminal. He wanted to kill Bail, perhaps he still would. Leia, his daughter, is emotionally suffering. This man did not deserve any sympathy, Vader wished Leia saw the way it really was. He stripped the family apart, stole Leia, and then Luke. Leia begged for the man's life, he would like to give her this one thing. Just his life, but even that, Bail did not deserve. While he did not promise his life, he told her maybe his life would be spared. It would all depend on how his interview with him went.
Vader had felt Lieutenant Cal's presence arrive, he stepped out of the conference room and walked towards him.
"Greetings, Lord Vader." Cal bowed.
"Dispense with the pleasantries, Lieutenant. There is much to be done." Vader stated.
"What is it, my Lord?" Cal asked, he blinked quickly in confusion.
"It would seem that I had twins, a daughter. Find out what room she picked, find furniture for her, set up school, report to me once you have finished. I will be at the Detention Center." Vader held his hands behind his back.
"T-Twins?" Cal replied, clearly surprised.
"I would seem so."
"I will do all you asked at once, Lord Vader." Cal bowed, Vader strode passed him and headed for the turbolift. He would have to attend the Imperial Palace before the Detention Center, he would have to inform Sidious about his daughter.
He exited the lift and moved across the hangar then entered the shuttle, walked into the cockpit and started the ignition sequence. Vader worried what Sidious would say about Leia, would he allow Vader to raise two children? See two of them as a threat? They were just children, but Sidious was paranoid and he has a right to be. They were a threat to him.
Sidious was going to be upset, there was no doubt about that. Sidious had almost denied his request to raise Luke. If he was denied Leia, he wasn't sure what he would have to do. He knew though, he would never abandon his daughter. That was out of the question, he would not obey Sidious's command if that was what he would have wanted.
He landed the shuttle on a landing pad and entered the Palace, the sound of his very breath sent chills down anyone who heard it. His strides echoed the halls as people separated like water for him, he walked to the Emperors chambers.
The praetorian guards pushed the door open, his cape danced behind him. He walked down the stretch between the door and the Emperors chair and kneeled before him.
"Lord Vader, have you found your offspring?" Sidious asked.
"I have found my son, my master."
"Do you know who had done this?" Sidious smiled, wondering who would suffer Vader's wrath.
"Senator Organa." Vader growled.
"You will make quick work with him, won't you." Sidious laughed.
"Yes, I will deal with him once he arrives." He was reluctant to mention he may spare his life under his daughters request. It would certainly make him look weak under his master's eyes.
"Do not forget your mission, Lord Vader." Sidious reminds as he sits up in his throne.
"Of course, my master." Vader still knelt in front of the Emperor.
"You are dismissed," Sidious said with a wave of his hand, Vader still knelt there.
"I have received alarming news, my master." He finally said.
"What is it, Lord Vader?"
"It would seem I had twins, I have found my daughter who was also separated from me." Vader stayed silent, his master's anger grew.
"Twins?" He spit, "You had twins?" Sidious gripped his chair tightly and moved to stand, he hobbled to Vader. "You want this one to?"
"Yes, I would like to raise my children."
"If you plan on keeping your offsprings, I do not want you training two of them in the ways of the Sith, Vader." Vader was silent, "We must remain faithful in the Rule of Two."
"Yes, my master," Vader replied.
"Why you don't kill them off is beyond me, they are a very large threat Vader." Sidious's voice was like poison, he spoke of his children like they were a weed that needed to be cut.
"They could be a great asset to you, my master." Sidious was scared of them, Sidious locked his shields tightly, never unlocked them around Vader. But Sidious has never acted this way, he was fearful.
"They are only useful if they are loyal to me Vader." Sidious pushed, "You may go now, unleash your anger on Organa." He waved Vader away, Vader strode down Sidious's chamber and left. The large doors clanked shut, the sound echoed through the halls of the Palace.
He walked out to the landing pads and onto the shuttle, the ship lifted and he headed to the Detention Center. Vader then unlocked his shields, Sidious was definitely not happy to learn he had twins. He openly admitted he viewed them as a threat when they were only children.
He could not train his children as of right now, a gift they both had, a gift they were both strong in. No doubt, someday they will learn how to use their power, but Sidious held him back. He arrived at the Detention Center and walked in. The Detention Center was dark, cold, screams echoed through the halls. Vader had spent many hours here, interrogating Rebels, traitors, all sorts of scum and poor excuses for sentient life.
Vader passed the hours at the Detention Center by getting updates about Lothal from the crew he sent to the planet. There wasn't much, he felt he should just walk up to Sidious and explain he believes the Rebellion activity was just a rumor, but he did not want to test his patience. Vader then got a call on his com.
"What do you have to report." Vader said into the com.
"Senator Organa is descending onto Coruscant, he is in custody of a group of stormtroopers, he is on his way to the Detention Center." A lieutenant informed him.
He cut the com and walked to the criminal entrance for the Detention Center, he thought about what he would say to him. He thought about what he wanted to do, he wanted to enact his revenge. The dark side swirled around him, pulsated with every step.
Eventually, he saw two stormtroopers leading Organa into the center, Organa looked down to the ground as they entered. His clothes were ripped and dirty, Organa looked up to face Vaders mask. Bails' eyes were red, he had a black eye and a split lip. He must have put up a fight, Bail was shaking slightly.
Vader took Bails's upper arm and yanked him forward and led him to a private cell, he threw Bail in. Bail tripped and fell on his back, he looked up at Vader in fear, he backed up into the wall of the cell. Vader entered and closed the cell for more privacy.
"You deserve none of my pity, Organa." Vader rumbled as he stepped closer to him. Organa narrowed his eyes at Vader.
"There is no sympathy within you Vader, I never expected any of it" Bail must have gained some courage, this would be interesting.
"I would most please me to give you a long, painful death Organa, but I must know why you sought out to steal both of my children" Vader boomed.
"W-Where is Leia." He stammered.
"With her real father, her brother. The family you decided to rip apart." Vader stepped towards him. "Why did you do this, Organa. I am not going to ask again."
"You are dangerous, you have no emotion, you could not care for children, care for them, you don't deserve them!" Organa cried, his eyes tearing up again.
"If you are under the impression that I would ever harm my children you are mistaken!" Vader seethed, Organa scoffed.
"Like you haven't hurt the ones you have loved before." Organa spit.
"And what do you mean by that?" Vaders voice was low, and dangerous.
Bail stood up quickly, weakly stood his ground, his eyes still narrowed at Vader, "You know what you did!" Bail spit, "Padme, you hurt her! You for-" Bail stopped, he grabbed his neck for air, desperately looked around, he began to lift from the ground.
"Do not dare speak her name, Organa." Vader growled, he held Bail there, reveling in it, his pain. He deserved it, he deserved worse. The dark side swirled around him, he wanted to do it, to kill him. He threw Bail hard against the wall, he fell to the ground. His breathing was labored.
"You will not die today, Organa. But you shall be a prisoner to me, where you can pay for what you have done accordingly." Vader pointed at Bail.
"Why- why aren't you killing me?" He looked up weakly.
"That would be too easy, too quick." Bail's eyes began to water.
He could no longer bear witness to this pathetic man, he would not dignify him with his reasons, he would leave Bail now, forever wondering why he is alive. Vader turned to leave the cell, he left the door open.
"Keep him here as a prisoner." He barked to the stormtroopers, then left the Detention Center.