Star Wars: Cross Paths

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Chapter 52 – A father's message

Luke made Ines sat down, and holding her face between his hands, he talked to her in a calm voice.

"My love, you need to calm down. Your stress is making the baby stress too. He is feeling it and that is why he is moving so much right now. Look at me"

Ines opened her eyes and locked them on her husband's eyes.

"Focus on me, and on my voice. Breath. Let the force flow through you. Let it calm you down" he spoke on a calm voice, holding her closer to him.

Little by little Ines started to calm down.

"That's it my love. Breath." He said stroking her cheeks with his thumbs "How are you feeling now?"

Ines looked at him, taking deep breaths. The images were still vivid in her memory. What was killing her was how she could tell Luke what she saw? He would suffer, probably more than her. But she had to tell him. She couldn't not lie about this.

"What happened? What did you see? Ines tell me" he asked her, which made more tears rolled down her face.

"I know what happened to the Jedi here on the temple. I know who killed them. Luke, you will not like it"

Luke gasped. Since the beginning he had a feeling about who was behind the death of the Jedi in the temple, but he always hope it was something else. Now he was sure, it was what he afraid off.

"Take me home Luke. Please, I want to go to our home" she asked.

Nodding, Luke helped her to stand up and Ines grabbed the info disk.

"R2, let's go" Luke called as he grabbed the book and they had to their apartment.

They entered inside their apartment, Luke sat Ines on the couch, heading towards the kitchen, grabbing a glass with water, and walked back to the living room.

"Here, drink it" he handed the glass, which she took and started to drink, while he looked at her, rubbing his right hand on her hair, and his left was rubbing her belly.

Looking at the small disk on top of the table, he looked back at Ines

"What is that?"

"It is an info disk. My father use a lot of this to record things. What I saw is in there"

"Where was it?"

"It was in a hidden compartment. I don't know who put it there and how they got the info, especially inside the Emperor office. Luke, you will see the moment your father became Darth Vader and why"

Luke looked at that disk. He always wanted to know the moment his father turned. Now that all of that info was at a simply click, would be able to see it?

Ines knew what he was thinking.

"I'm here by your side" she looked at him and with a nod, Luke press the button and the holo that Ines had saw in the Temple played again.

Luke gasped when he saw his father helping killing the Jedi and when the scene of him inside that room with the younglings, Ines turn away. She couldn't watch that again.

Luke press the button. He couldn't watch anymore. Standing up he left the room and head to the veranda of the apartment, sitting down looking at the sunset.

No wonder Ines felt all that pain. Seeing kids being murdered was horrible enough for anyone, especially being pregnant, and knowing the one who did it was her own father in law.

"Why, Father" he said and lowed his head he cried. How he could even continue on of founding the Jedi Order and how he could look at his wife? What was she thinking now, knowing what his father did to those kids?

"I'm thinking that you had nothing to do with that and my love for you didn't change at all" she said behind him, and walked towards him, she stood in front of him. "I didn't stop loving you when I found out your father was Darth Vader, the one responsible for the destruction of my planet. Do you think I would stop loving you now, Luke?" she said resting her hands on his cheeks and wiping the tears from his face she said "You are my life, Luke. My light, my Forcebond, my husband. Our love is bigger than everything and in two months, we will have this little one" she said grabbing his hand and rest on her big belly "in our arms. Our boy is the prove of our love, he was conceived during an act of love from his parents. So no, Luke, my love for you didn't change and I'm lucky to have you in my life"

Luke smiled and pulled her into a hug.

"I love you" he said

"I know you do and I love you too" she smile kissing him.

"How could he do that? Those Jedi were his teammates, kids that he knew for years. How can I found a new Jedi Order knowing what my father did?"

"Maybe that is the reason you need to found a new Jedi Order, Luke. To redeem the Skywalker name again. A Skywalker may had help to destroyed the former Order, but a new Skywalker will bring back the Jedi from the ashes. That is you Luke. You were destined to do this. Besides we know that is not your father. That is Darth Vader right there. And in a way I felt sorry for him. He did because he thought it could save your mother"

Luke sighed.

"That doesn't erase what he did"

"No, it doesn't. I think that is something that you two need to talk"

"If he has the courage to appeared after this" he replied

"He will" she said kissing his forehead. "The question is, who did recorded and hid inside that little compartment?"

"And knew we would found it. It could have being anyone" Luke agreed.

R2 came beeping

Luke looked at the small wrist translation

"There is more in the info disk" he said looking at Ines.

"I think we need to see it"

Agreeing, he grabbed her hand and head inside. Once they were inside, Luke pressed the button and a new holo appeared making Ines gasped at the man in front of her.

"Father" she said with tears in her eyes.

Luke looked at the Holo of the man in front of him. Ines looked like him. It was the first time he saw any of Ines familiars.

"My darling daughter Ines. If you are watching this Holo, it means I'm not longer with you and I hope one of you had found the info disk that one of our inside had hid inside the Jedi Temple.

Also if you are watching, it means the Empire is gone and the Rebellion was successful. I'm very proud of you and I wish I was with you and seeing you becoming in the beautiful and strong woman I know you would become alongside of your husband. Luke…" when he heard his name Luke gasped and looked at Ines. How does he know I'm with Ines? He thought "Take care of my daughter. I know you two are together, because you two were meant to be together. I was there when you and your sister were born. It was there I found out by Master Yoda and Obi Wan that my unborn daughter and the newborn boy I just watched being born, would end together and together they would help to end the Emperor and revive the Jedi Order. I just met by future son in law right there. So I know you are watching this message. Take care of her, she my precious girl, but I know she is in good hands. I wish I could meet you in person, but apparently that is not going to happen, but I'm proud that my son in law help to bring peace and democracy back to the galaxy. Thank you.

Ines, my darling, your mother and I, and your brothers will always love you and always be by your side."

And the holo disappeared. Luke pulled Ines into his arms. Ken Talia holo just talked to him

"I will take care and love your daughter until the day I die, I promise" he said holding his wife tightly in his arms.

Now what he wanted to do now, was talk to his father. They need to talk, now more than ever.

Ines father was the one responsible for that info disk, and Luke finally saw the holo and found out why Anakin Skywalker turn. Now will Anakin appear to his son. And don't worry, Leia and Han will appear soon.